After a large amount of labor poured into the Fera Shipyard, the logistics department of Ellington and the underground world began to operate at an unprecedented speed.
All the departments were working under the buff of Haste. Whether it was the steel mill, foundry, or shipyard, they were all taking in tens of thousands of tons of universal alloy at an astonishing speed. The parts were cast from Ellington, then put into the space ring, and then transported to the Fera Shipyard to be assembled by the workers. The entire assembly line was working together with a very high level of tacit understanding. As time passed, the cooperation between them would continue to become more tacit, and the efficiency would become even higher.
A week passed in the blink of an eye. The workers who had been working under Haste had already spent a year, but because of the strong support of Tang En and Nola, there were no abnormalities among the workers. They were all very good at resisting the initial pressure, and were becoming more and more accustomed to the high speed of efficiency.
A week ago, the Fera Shipyard was still empty, but now, the eight docks were filled with huge warship frames. Two-thirds of the various internal equipment had also been installed. In another day, the first batch of warships would be ready to be launched. At that time, the Irus Empire's navy would be training on this new batch of warships.
At this time, Tang En and the main researchers of the Magic Engineering Research Institute were experimenting with the most crucial part, which was the warship's weapon system.
In the blueprint, Tang En had designed three types of weapons for the battleship.
The first type of long-range attack weapon was a newly designed ship-borne missile array launcher called "Storm". It could launch twelve 80-millimeter ship-borne missiles at once. This missile was larger than shoulder-mounted RPGs. Because of its larger size, it could carry more gunpowder, projectiles, magic formations, and magic crystals, so its destructive power was more powerful.
This missile had a range of up to 100 kilometers, but because Prandal did not have satellites to assist in positioning, Tang En's design was very Prandal: the launched missile had two special spells. The first was the Arcane Eye, which was connected to the missile launch controller. It was similar to the Arcane Eye used by Jean in the Tower of Stars and Moon, which allowed the controller to activate detection spells to lock onto the target. The second spell was "Guided Arrow". As long as one of the launched missiles locked onto the target, this spell could be activated, causing the other missiles to correct their trajectories and hit the target.
Homing Arrow was originally a ranger's exclusive spell. However, Tang En had the golden thigh of the God II. In order to solve the problem of the trajectory correction, he had magically modified this wind-type archery spell, turning it into a level two buff spell.
The second type of weapon was a mid-range attack weapon. It was mainly based on the 350-millimeter ship-borne main cannon, supplemented by the 150-millimeter ship-borne cannon array, and coupled with underwater torpedoes for sneak attacks.
The ship-borne main cannon had a range of 10 to 40 kilometers. It fired a powerful, specialized shell with a wide range of damage. The aiming and locking method was still a combination of the Arcane Eye and detection spells to lock onto the target, and a small magic formation to fine-tune the trajectory.
The third type of weapon was a short-range attack weapon. Its main attack range was between 1,000 meters and 5,000 meters. It was mainly based on the 15mm large-caliber, high-rate ship-borne machine gun, supplemented by the grenade launcher. If the enemy broke through the line of defense and broke into the danger zone of the warship, then this large-caliber machine gun would launch a terrible metal storm, tearing all the enemies to pieces!
This type of high-caliber, high-speed carrier-based machine gun had a terrifying firing rate of up to 500 rounds per minute. What was even more terrifying was that it would use the anti-magic bullets that the Magic Military Factory had recently mass-produced. Even if the enemy used a magic shield to defend themselves, the bullets would easily tear their bodies apart.
Unfortunately, the miniature magic formation replication technology had not yet been completed, so the magic bullets could not be mass-produced. Otherwise, this large-caliber machine gun would be the real king of slaughter.
Ten thousand meters away from the eastern outskirts of Ellington, on top of a hill, there was a dense crowd of people. There were dwarves, gnomes, elves, dark elves, and of course, most of them were humans. At this moment, they were all gathered here, ready to witness this historic moment.
"Are you ready?"
A large light screen floated in the air beside Tang En. The light screen showed a target placed on a mountain 100 kilometers away. Today, they were going to test this powerful weapon that combined Tang En's "inspiration" and magic, the science and technology of the gnomes, and the forging of the dwarves into one.
"Storm," the ship-borne missile array launcher.
At this moment, Danny was sitting in front of the missile launcher controller.
Because the missile's flight speed was too fast, ordinary people could not use the Arcane Eye to lock on to the target. Therefore, the best operator of the missile launcher was a ranger.
After a ranger awakened his talent and underwent targeted training, he could obtain amazing dynamic vision. Of course, the more powerful the other Prophets were, the better their dynamic vision would be. This was especially true for the elves. Because they lived in the forest, they were born with extremely powerful dynamic vision. However, in terms of cost-effectiveness, a ranger's dynamic vision was the best, so it was the best choice to use a ranger.
"Of course! Your Majesty, please give the order! I can't wait! "
Danny, who was rubbing his hands, was ready to go. From the day the weapon was developed, he had participated in the whole process. Tang En's improvement of the guidance arrow as a support spell was completed with his help.
"In that case, fire. It depends on whether you can lock on and hit the target accurately."
Tang En nodded. Whether his whimsical idea could work or not depended on this.
Danny took a deep breath and focused all his attention. Then, under everyone's uneasy gaze, he slowly stretched out his finger and pressed the launch button.
With a muffled rumble, the huge missile array launcher spewed out a strong air current. Under the push of the magic engine, the huge missile, after a short period of pressurization, instantly burst out with amazing acceleration. In the blink of an eye, it roared into the sky and flew toward the north.
Using the wind-powered magic engine, although the instantaneous explosive power was not as strong as gunpowder fuel, it had the advantage of saving a lot of volume. It was not like the missile on Earth, where 90% of the volume of a missile was fuel, and only the warhead had lethal power. The missile designed and manufactured by Tang En was almost entirely filled with powerful explosives and projectiles. The warhead was also covered with multiple compound triggering magic circles, which made it extraordinarily powerful.
As there was no intelligent system to assist in the calculation and control of the trajectory, after the missile entered the high altitude, it was immediately necessary for the operator to adjust the trajectory through the mental link. Danny had already grasped the control handle and linked with the Arcane Eye through the magic on the control handle. At this moment, his eyes were emitting a faint arcane glow, and a translucent field of vision in front of the missile appeared in front of his eyes.
Almost at the same time, with the help of Nola, Tang En also linked with Danny's mind and obtained a shared vision. Another light screen appeared next to them, which was the scene that Danny saw at this moment.
"Link complete!
"Link stable!
"Vision clear!
"Target has been discovered. Initiating the first orbit change. Orbit change complete. Entering the second acceleration phase. Initiating acceleration —"
As soon as Danny reported the situation, everyone present saw that the missile suddenly changed its flight direction. After sliding in an arc, it began to accelerate obliquely toward the target a hundred kilometers away in the north.
As it was a one-time use magic engine, Tang En did not impose any restrictions on this engine at all. Under the engine's full acceleration, the distance of a hundred kilometers was almost covered in the blink of an eye. The visual stimulation of such a high-speed dive to the ground was very strong. If one did not have a strong enough heart, just seeing this scene would be enough to cause a rush of blood in the brain, not to mention Danny who was experiencing all this from the first person's point of view. He was so excited that his face was red and his whole person was in a state of high excitement.
At this moment, the missile had completely locked on to the target. Danny activated the magic circle around the missile to make the final adjustments to the trajectory.
"Target locked!"
"Second orbit change complete!"
"Initiating the third acceleration!"
After the adjustments were completed, Danny fiercely activated the magic circle for the third acceleration. The so-called third acceleration referred to the last distance before the missile hit the target. At this distance, the enemy would be able to see the missile, so it would be easy for them to respond by dodging. In order to increase the hit rate and reduce the probability of the enemy dodging, a third acceleration was added, which was the final acceleration phase.
The effect of the third acceleration was very terrifying. It stuffed all the mana in the magic crystal into the wind-powered magic engine, causing all the power to explode in an instant. Under this explosion, the missile's speed would almost double again. Even if the enemy saw the missile, they would have no chance to dodge and would be blown to pieces in the blink of an eye.
After the third acceleration was activated, everyone present witnessed the situation of the missile's sudden increase in speed. Danny's vision was pulled into a straight line almost in an instant. The whole world became blurry, and only the target locked on by the detection spell appeared clearly in the center of his vision.
The impact of this vision was unparalleled. Several wild mages who participated in the research and development could not help but cover their chests. They felt that their hearts were beating too fast, and they could not bear it anymore.
On another light screen, everyone also saw the silhouette of the missile. The streamlined missile swooped down from the sky, whistling as it rushed toward the target on the hill, and then …
It exploded!
On the light screen, the missile accurately hit the target and silently exploded. Flames, light, thick smoke, and soil covered the light screen summoned by Tang En. After waiting for a few minutes, the smoke slowly dissipated. Then, everyone looked at the scene on the light screen and was stunned.
The originally small hill had completely disappeared, replaced by a huge pit with a diameter of a hundred meters. In the deep pit, flames and ice were echoing each other, and gravel and hurricane were flying together!
What the hell!?
Tang En's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't this thing a little too powerful?
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