The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 115

After installing the magnet, Ickert returned triumphantly with his fellow guards and Hawkeye guards.

The trophies captured by the team were countless, and the Ratmen who did not participate in the battle were jealous.

But even for the two armies that participated in the battle, there was not much spoil to share.

Most of the leather and iron ore will be confiscated, and Ickert will use them to further arm the ratmen.

With great difficulty, the territory was replenished with two leathersmiths and a blacksmith, and Ickert thought that the production capacity could be further expanded.

For the preparations for war, Ikert has set a small goal.

That is full-collar mules and horses (crossed out), Romanized.

After research by a certain spiritual Roman, some of Rome's weapons and equipment are indeed quite suitable for ratmen.

Including the famous lobster armor, solid shoulder armor can help warriors better withstand attacks from above.

For the small ratmen, it is true that attacks from above need to be defended more.

Helmet and shoulder armor, this is the armor that the rats need. The chain mail currently used in the territory has limited meaning to the rat people.

Ikert must at least fully arm the Companion Guard and Hawkeye Guard.

However, relying on the craftsmen of Liao Liao led by Windsor, it is simply a dream to build enough armor in a short period of time.

In order to improve production efficiency, Ickert had to point out some technologies again.

It can only be said that military needs are driving Windsor collar to rapidly improve technology, although it is still just a small workshop-like exotic technology tree.

After a good day's rest, Ickert came back to the blacksmith's hut to inspect the manufacturing progress of the gemstone propellant gun.

"Hammerhead, Kent, how is the matter I told you guys done?"

Eckert walked into the hot blacksmith's hut and found that Hammerhead and Kent were sweating on the simple bore bed.

Due to the lack of sufficient steel, the main body of the borer bed was still made of wood, supplemented by clamps made of metal.

If it was in the past, the screws on the fixture would definitely be difficult for Ickert again, but fortunately, he has solved the problem of spring steel.

What Hammerhead and Old Kent are busy with now is the incomparably powerful spring clamp.

"Please wait a moment, my lord, we will be fine soon."

Hammerhead wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied that both he and old Kent were shirtless, as if they were doing hard work.

These spring steels are different from the thin spring steel on firearms. The strength of thick springs is quite terrifying.

The two craftsmen took a lot of effort to install the fixture, and the relatively fragile wooden machine tool could not be damaged in the process, so the difficulty can be imagined.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, my lord. As you can see, the simple bore bed you ordered has been completed."

Hammerhead bowed his knees and said, in order to complete this bore bed, he and old Kent really spent a lot of effort.

But when it comes to the usefulness of this big guy, the two can't figure it out at all.

However, what the lord asks is always useful, and the two old craftsmen are used to it.

"Well, yes, the completion of the bore bed means that we can already produce high-precision firearms, but at present I am more concerned about the production of barrels. How is the situation over there?"

"My lord, the gun barrel is being forged by two other blacksmiths, but you also know that the weight and barrel length of the jewel-inspired gun are unheard of, and they lack experience in this area."

"lack of experience?"

Ickert frowned and said, lack of experience is inevitable, but this is also a problem that the territory must face.

But since it has appeared, let's solve the problem quickly.

"Take me there."

"Yes, my lord."

Hammer quickly led Ickert into another blacksmith hut, where two blacksmiths were worrying about the barrels they made.

As soon as Ickert walked in, he saw the extremely thick barrel, and from the moment he saw the barrel, he knew it was a failure.

The reason is very simple. A long and thick thing with obvious bends cannot be called a gun barrel.

Seeing Ickert coming in, the two blacksmiths hurriedly knelt down and said:

"Lord Lord!"

"How is this going?"

Pointing to the failed barrel, Ickert said sternly that after nearly a month of forging, a failed product was finally produced, and the final gun output of the territory was directly reduced by one.

Although he knew that this was an inevitable mistake in his homework, Ickert was still very angry.

The two blacksmiths quickly explained:

"My lord, we really don't have the skills to make such a gun barrel. Every time, we have to curl an iron sheet of about the same thickness into a tube shape of nearly two merrills! If you don't pay attention, the barrel will be broken and bent. !"

"alright."

Ickert said helplessly, he almost forgot that he made the barrel of the gun nearly two meters long, if he still uses the old method, there will definitely be problems.

From this point of view, it is the forging of the new gun that has to improve the process.

Besides, only skilled craftsmen can solve this problem, but Ickert can't wait now, and he doesn't have time to wait.

Hammerhead's experience in making barrels is limited to those small pistols for self-defense.

But what kind of craftsmanship is needed to make a heavy matchlock gun?

Ickert touched his forehead, feeling annoyed.

If you really think of a way, it's not that you can't think of it.

It's just that if he wants to think about everything, it is impossible to complete the industrial revolution, and these subordinates, can they be used at the critical moment!
Ever since, Ickert asked Hammerhead with a glimmer of hope:
"What, Hammerhead, do you have any solution?"

"My lord, this."

Hammerhead really wanted to say, this is something difficult for some strong people.

He is not as good as Lord Lord, who has countless whimsical ideas.

The only teacher is the previous old blacksmith.

However, after creating so many new gadgets with Ickert, Hammerhead has more or less new ideas in his mind.

"My lord, maybe we can try not to forge the iron sheet, but to wrap the first layer of the gun barrel with iron?"

"Entanglement? Yes, it's a good idea."

Ickert appreciated that the idea of ​​Hammerhead jolted his memory.

That's the rolling steel method used to make heavy matchlock guns when he accidentally saw it while surfing the Internet.

He still vaguely remembered that the picture recorded at that time was the steel coiling process of an "iron cannon" in an island country.

When the two blacksmiths heard this, they became interested, but there was still a problem with this method.

"Hammerhead, if you want to wind it as you said, what if the iron material breaks halfway?"

Steel swords are okay, iron swords and the like are really easy to break, not to mention coiled steel with exaggerated craftsmanship.

"But we have spring steel!"

Hammer thought, the lord really has the foresight, the way of laying out the spring steel in advance is really correct!
Eckert also agrees with this new approach.

(End of this chapter)