The design process of the tank went very smoothly. Tang En provided the basic structural design, and then Cloto provided reasonable engineering suggestions to modify it. Brian then evaluated the overall cost and work from the perspective of the chief engineer … Well, everyone should have seen that Brian's skills were obviously skewed.
As a dwarf known for his forging, he was now about to become an engineer. This was really a strange development.
"Here, in addition to the main cannon you mentioned, I think it's also necessary to add some lethality to the front of the tank."
Cloto pointed to the front of the tank and said, "Instead of making it into an armor plate, it's better to add the grinding wheel of the combine harvester. Compared to the direct impact, the sawtooth grinding wheel looks more intimidating."
Tang En thought about the feasibility, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Although the power of the main cannon was great, if the number of Chaos creatures was too large and broke through the defense line to get close, it was obviously not enough to rely on the collision force to crush them. The blessed grinding wheel could effectively grind those creatures, and then the heavy tracks could further crush them, greatly increasing the lethality.
"There's also this. Although the large-caliber machine gun is very powerful, the number of bullets is also a problem. The internal inventory of the tank is limited. Considering the defensive weapons after the bullets are used up, what do you think about installing a large rotating wheel? Install four swords to rotate, and it can completely isolate the enemy's attack. "
Tang En thought for a moment and shook his head decisively. "There's no need. It's a complete burden. The problem of the bullet capacity can be solved by using spatial equipment. There's no need to worry at all."
F * cking rich!
Tang En's words were so reasonable that Cloto was speechless.
Because except for him, there was probably no one else who could take out so much spatial equipment to equip a mass-produced weapon, and it was only used to reload ammunition.
"Okay."
Cloto shrugged and said, "What about the Gnomish Shrinking Ray or the Freeze Ray? Are you interested? "
Tang En was overjoyed. "Of course I'm interested! But can you mass-produce those two weapons? "
The Gnomish Shrinking Ray and the Gnomish Freezing Ray were very powerful, and they could play an unexpected role when used in the right place.
"No …"
"Then what the f * ck are you talking about!"
These two weapons were technology left behind from ancient times, and the dwarves had yet to decipher the technical principles behind them. They could only piece together a small number of finished products from the parts excavated from the ruins, and it was definitely not enough to be used on the war chariots.
In the end, Tang En could only give up on this tempting idea.
"The armored vehicle is too heavy. Will it affect its mobility? If we add the Floating Stone, we can greatly reduce the weight of the armored vehicle. "
"My own weight is also a type of weapon, but you're right. I'm now thinking about whether or not I can control the effects of the Floating Stone."
Of course, Tang En knew the effects of the Floating Stone. If the weight of the armored vehicle was reduced, wouldn't the vehicle's speed increase? However, the weight of the tank was also an important indicator of its lethality and defense. The heavier the tank, the harder it was to be overturned by the enemy. It also had a stronger resistance to frontal assaults. If the tank was too light, it was likely that the charge of a large Chaos creature could send the tank flying.
Klotto frowned. "Controllable? Can you do it? "
"It's very difficult at the moment."
Tang En shook his head. The composition of the Floating Stone was very complicated. They had yet to figure out what kind of composition in the Floating Stone could reduce the weight of an object.
In the Magic Engineering Research Institute, there was now a research lab dedicated to studying the Anti-Magic Stone and the Floating Stone. Those rogue mages ground these two special stones into dust and then analyzed their composition. Tang En's goal was to eliminate the useless parts and only extract the effective components. Then, he would find a way to purify, polymerize, and create a real anti-gravity material and anti-magic material.
Unfortunately, the progress of the research lab was quite slow. It was only after the Master Engineer Glasses that the progress was slightly faster.
In order to realize the controllability of the Floating Stone, the more crucial point was how to effectively isolate the effect of the Floating Stone. Tang En let them try various metals, minerals, plants, and even spells. He believed that there must be something that could block the effect of the Floating Stone, just like how lead could block radiation.
"It's as good as not saying anything …"
Tang En spread his hands. "But at least there's one direction we can go in."
The three of them chatted while refining the design of the tank. The final design of the tank was already very different from the tanks on Earth.
The main turret of the tank was still the same, and so was the machine gun on it. The only thing that changed was the way of observation: Tang En canceled the observation window. In Prandal, where there were no computers or radars, the best choice was still the Arcane Eye.
The anti-riot armor in front of the tank was modified into a grinding wheel full of saw blades. The grinding wheel would rotate as the tank moved forward, shredding the enemies and plants along the way into pieces.
The tracks did not change, but heavy armor plates were added to the sides to protect the tracks.
At the back of the tank was a row of adjustable nozzles hidden under the armor plates. The wind-powered magic engine that Tang En designed for the tank had a total of four nozzles. The powerful engine provided a huge amount of power for the tank. The adjustable nozzles could be adjusted up and down, reducing or increasing the pressure of the tank on the ground according to the situation.
After the three of them finalized the design, they immediately split up. Clotho got the various factories to start making the various parts, and at the same time provide reference indicators. Twain went back to make the high-power wind-powered magic energy engine, while Brian needed to record the processing methods and indicators. Later on, Errington also needed to produce a batch of the same mothership.
The production of the tanks would definitely not be done in Ellington. Tang En had already planned for it. The development of such heavy weapons had to be done in the military factory in the Blackrock Caverns. Not only would it not attract attention, but it would also have a large amount of cheap labor. The Dark Elves and Redstone Dwarves only needed food to fill their stomachs, and they would be satisfied.
After returning to the Magical Engineering Research Institute, Tang En immediately began to work on the development of the magic engine. He already had the specific idea, and now it was just a matter of implementing it, so there was no difficulty.
The original wind-powered magic engine was designed to simulate the engine of a jet. The two options for increasing the power were nothing more than expanding the output of the magic array or increasing the number of magic arrays and wind channels.
In the end, Tang En chose to increase the number of wind channels.
There were two reasons. First, it was easy to overload the engine by simply increasing the output of the magic array, especially in the pressurized heating chamber. If the pressure and temperature were too high, even the universal alloy could melt again. Second, the magic array engraved on the substrate was not controlled by the mage himself. It lacked flexibility, and too much mana input could easily cause the magic array to collapse.
The above situation could be avoided by converting the high-power magic engine into a complex structure, and there was a very unique feature: fault tolerance.
Yes, during the operation of the tank, even if one of the magic arrays collapsed, the remaining magic arrays would not affect each other and could continue to operate and provide power support for the tank, effectively avoiding the danger of the tank being paralyzed.
The four wind-powered magic engines connected side by side looked very inconspicuous and had nothing to do with beauty, but after testing it, Tang En was very satisfied with his design.
These four engines were integrated and independent. They were normally powered by a high level Magic Crystal, but if there was a malfunction in the magic circuit, they would automatically draw the magic from the standard Magic Crystal they were filled with to maintain normal operation. This conversion process was very smooth, so there was no possibility of power disappearing at all.
The advantage of magic and alchemy was that as long as you had the idea and the ability, you could realize your own imaginative ideas. It was unlike the technology on Earth, where even if you had an idea, you might have to verify many basic theories and confirm its feasibility before you could realize it.
After making the high-power magic engine, Tang En conveniently made the corresponding control panel. This control panel would be equipped with a fire control system in the future, and a specialized gunner would be responsible for controlling the weapon module and the defense module.
"Sigh, if only there was a computer, it would be much more convenient."
Tang En put away the things he had made and smacked his lips regretfully. Without an intelligent system, many things could not be realized. It had to be controlled by manpower, which was really too troublesome.
The only thing that could solve this problem now was the alchemy technology mastered by Angus.
In the long process of alchemy development, there was a common alchemy puppet technology, the artificial soul technology, which could already achieve the customization of instructions, which was equivalent to the most basic machine language set in the development of computers. Tang En felt that this thing could be used as a computer.
From the past to the present, if the rules customized by those alchemists had been passed down, Tang En believed that the artificial soul would have already formed a set of effective command writing methods. As long as he added some commands he wanted to implement on top of this foundation, he would be able to achieve his goal.
At the thought of this, Tang En was full of complaints, because Angus had disappeared for more than half a month and had yet to return.
Although Tang En used Irus' Scepter of the King to divert Angus' attention in order to protect the teleportation technology, this guy said that he was going to look for information, but in the end, he was gone forever.
Could it be that this guy was really going to fix that thing and come back?
"Tang En! Isn't it time to settle the score with the Broken Islands!? I almost lost my old life, if you don't give me some benefits, I won't be willing! "
Angus did not come back, but Jean, who had recovered from his recuperation, came back.
After this guy recovered, he finally came to settle the score with Tang En.
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