"How about Hood?" Laing smiled at the crowd.
The Hood family was a famous Sea God Knight family in Brittany's history.
Everyone was a little surprised to hear this name. Among them, the northern nobles had already planned to suggest Jules or the famous Duchess of Lyonnesse, while the southern nobles had also thought of many names. In the end, when Laing suggested it, everyone felt that it was strange. Knight King's suggestion was opposed by everyone.
Laing did not seem to care much about this matter. Seeing that everyone was against it, Laing just said to everyone, "In that case, everyone can go back and write down the name you like and the reason. When the time comes, we'll discuss it together and not make a rash decision. How about that?"
With that settled, Laing wanted to continue the tour. Knight King walked to the steam boiler and saw that the steam boiler that had been modified by Galt had changed quite a bit. However, Laing did not know much about it and could not tell what was good or bad about it. The steam boiler used the best anthracite coal, which was very expensive. Fortunately, Laing was rich and did not have to worry about it.
"Your Majesty, you can continue to look at the cannons outside." Seeing that Laing was still motionless in front of the steam boiler, Nur's chief engineer, Maybach, and old Krupp, who had come to discuss business, spoke almost at the same time.
Laing felt that it was a little strange.
The steam boiler was the heart of the land patrol ship. He had only taken a few glances, why were they urging him to leave?
"Do you have the conditions to start it now?" Laing thought for a while and asked Maybach.
"Uh, it's still being tested." Nur's chief engineer looked troubled. "Your Majesty, perhaps you can try the cannons and turbine guns first."
"But didn't you complete the test in Nur?" Laing asked curiously. "And announced that if necessary, we can force it into battle. Why can't we do it here?"
"We need more time to complete the experiment of this land patrol ship," Maybach said awkwardly. The Maybach said awkwardly, "This giant ship came from afar, and it took a lot of effort to assemble it. Perhaps …"
"Then test it on the spot!" Laing felt that something was wrong. Knight King said in a rough voice, "Isn't the assembly complete? Then let's test it on the spot. "
"This …" Maybach and the engineers looked at each other.
"Hey, hey, hey, this is the battlecruiser I asked you to produce. I'm already forgiving you for using my idea to make your own, but you have to at least fulfill my request!" Laing finally got a little impatient. Knight King said to the Maybach impolitely, "If you can't even do that, then please don't blame me for not paying on time and fulfilling the agreement."
"Alright, if Your Majesty must." The Maybach finally nodded. The Nur Chief Engineer thought for a moment and added, "It's just that the environment here is different from the Nur, and we might not be able to display our full strength."
"Oh, that's fine."
A large group of visitors were asked to disembark from the land patrol ship and observe from afar.
First of all, the heavy and light cannons formed a triple cannon. The cannons were very powerful, and after using the explosive black gunpowder from Veronica's magic workshop, the explosive power was very high. It was a sharp weapon against the Ultralisks, and the results of several test shots were very good.
Then there were the dwarven sulfur revolving machine guns and hellish wind cannons on both sides. They were also very powerful and were especially good against large groups of infantry. The hellish wind cannons were specifically used to clean up the enemies on both sides, and the sulfur revolving machine guns could be adjusted to be aimed at the ground or even the air.
Finally, it was the mortar cannon. When Big Daddy's cannonball landed, it created a huge crater with a diameter of several meters. The entire army of scarecrows was almost completely destroyed. The scarecrows in cloth and leather armor were either blown to pieces or pierced through by the exploding shrapnel. Even the few scarecrows in iron armor were covered with scratch marks.
"Very good! Now it's time for our land patrol ship to move forward! "Knight King said proudly," Let the ship move forward, Maybach! "
"Yes! Get ready, move forward! "Nur's chief engineer Maybach made a gesture.
The workers immediately began to shovel high-quality anthracite into the steam boilers. They were sweating profusely as they sent the coal into the boilers as quickly as possible. The engineers calculated the heat and power of the boilers.
"Woo woo woo …" With a long sound, white smoke spewed out from the back of the land patrol ship. The steam boilers were starting to operate! Four of the latest steam boilers rumbled, and everything looked so beautiful.
Laing, who was standing below, reached out and put his arms around his two sons' shoulders. Knight King couldn't help but laugh, "Sons, it's time to chant!"
"Hahahaha!" Frey Derick awkwardly broke free from his father's hand. The eldest son seemed to be very uncomfortable with his father's intimate actions in front of everyone. The young baron coughed twice, "I know, I know. Uncle Clarkson taught me before."
"Oh? You've seen Clarkson? He's a guy who doesn't like to talk. "Laing was interested," When? "
"When Uncle Clarkson came, I wasn't even out of my mother's womb yet." Frey Derick deliberately glanced at Devonshire, puffing out his chest and showing off the pendant on his chest.
There was a black feather attached to the pendant, which was imbued with extremely powerful energy. The baron lightly flicked it with his hand, "This was given to me by Uncle Clarkson. It's his crow feather, and it contains his knowledge and power. What do you think? Devonshire, you don't have it, right? "
"Ah?" Devenhill was stunned for a moment. The son of the Knight King looked at his brother's flaunting expression and took out a bunch of items from his body.
"This was given to me by Uncle Kilman!" There were several thick children's books (from Markulag) with a lot of impressions from the Regent of the Empire himself.
"This was given to me by Uncle Magnus!" There was a dark red gem with a bright eye inside. It could even move. This was the holy relic of the Son of a Thousand Sores, the 'Emperor's Eye'.
"This was given to me by Uncle Vulcan!" There was an exquisite hammer with a salamander pattern on it.
"This was given to me by Uncle Zhuang Sen!" There was a small statue with two wings on its back. The statue was wearing a hood and had no face. It held a longsword in one hand and a cross in the other. It looked very sinister.
"This was given to me by Uncle Fulgen!" There was an obsidian talisman with a powerful protection spell on it.
"Uncle Anglo gave me too many. I put them all in my little house." With each word, Frey Derick's face fell a bit. Devonshire smirked and said, "What's wrong? Frey Derick, why are you so bored? Continue, I still have a lot! "
"Oh! Father, that's not fair! " Frey Derick could not stand this kind of flaunting. The eldest son immediately looked at Laing with a wronged expression, "Father, I also want to see the uncles!"
"There will be a chance, there will be a chance." Laing said awkwardly. Gray Knight Yuan thought to himself that Devonshire was indeed more likable. After all, Suria was the daughter-in-law of the Emperor, and Emilia was not.
"Woo woo woo ~" The battlecruiser in the distance was still spewing out steam. The boilers were rumbling, and it looked like they were about to start.
"Come, Frey Derick, Devonshire, let us chant the magical spell together," Laing said to his two sons.
Frey Derick and Devonshire looked at their father from the corner of their eyes. The two sons finally nodded reluctantly.
Thus, the three of them shouted together.
"Ring the bell once!
Push the lever, start the piston and pump …
Ring the bell twice!
Press the button, ignite the engine, ignite the turbine, inject life …
Ring the bell three times!
Sing in unison, praise the God of Machines!
For Omnisaia! "
"Woo woo woo woo!" Just as the three of them finished speaking, the battlecruiser finally started moving. The steam boilers spewed out white smoke again, and the battlecruiser started moving at an extremely slow speed.
Then, under everyone's dumbfounded expressions, the battlecruiser spent almost a minute moving forward at the speed of a turtle before it slowly stopped.
Then, there was a series of boilers. The battlecruiser took another half a minute to move forward about 50 meters. This time, the engine completely stopped. The Nur engineer came down and said embarrassedly that the steam boilers had overheated due to overload and needed time to cool down.
"???" Laing was confused. The eight marshals of the Knight King Kingdom and everyone else were also confused.
What happened to the promised speed of 20-25 kilometers per hour?
"Try again!" Laing suddenly remembered something. Knight King's face turned green.
"We'll wait here! Wait until the temperature drops, then we'll try again immediately! "
… I'm praising Omnisaiah's section divider …
By the time they returned to Fontainebleau Palace, Knight King and Laing had ugly expressions on their faces. Frey Derick, who was behind them, also had an ugly expression. Devonshire, on the other hand, was extremely dissatisfied.
Damn it, I should have thought of this earlier! Laing was so angry that he frowned.
How heavy was the Land Cruiser?
It was about 60 tons, and this did not include the weight of ammunition needed for the later stages.
Then, how much power does this Land Cruiser have?
The 4 × 65 steam boilers only had a total of 260 horsepower! Furthermore, it was impossible for the steam boiler to maintain its full output forever. It would be good if it could produce 240 horsepower.
What could this 260 horsepower do?
Laing really didn't understand this aspect. If it wasn't for the Land Cruiser's actual operation, Knight King really wouldn't understand this aspect.
However, after this incident, he vaguely remembered that he had seen some data in his previous life. It said that the weight of Sandezi's Tiger Tank was about 60 tons, and the power system was a Maybach gasoline engine. It seemed that the power of the engine was 600 or 700 horsepower? Laing couldn't remember clearly.
Let's just say it was 600 horsepower. The Tiger Tank was still criticized for its low power and lack of off-road ability. It was later crushed by the sea of Soviet T34-86s.
But this Land Cruiser only had 260 horsepower. What could it do?
Sure enough, in the next few tests, no matter how hard the Nur engineers tried, no matter how overloaded the steam engine was, the Land Cruiser's fastest speed was only 5-6 km/h. And this was already good data on mud roads and plains.
Laing was so angry that he didn't know what to say. With such low power, climbing hills and complicated terrain was impossible. Even if most of Brittany was plains, it was destined that the Land Cruiser's mobility was very poor. When it needed to move, it wouldn't be a killing machine, but a burden!
What should I do?!
Knight King called Noor's chief engineer Maybach over and gave him a good scolding. Party A's Ryan told Party B's Noor that the problem of power had to be solved. Also, how did you achieve a top speed of 20-25 km/h?
The embarrassed Maybach finally reported the truth.
How did the Nur do it?
The reason was simple. The Nur's roads were made of marble. On the Nur's roads, the Land Cruiser could reach 20-25 km/h with only 260 horsepower and an appropriate overload.
Everyone was so angry that they laughed. How could your experimental data on marble roads be used on ordinary roads?
How powerful were marble roads? For example, after installing the new steam boiler, Maybach's favorite thing to do was to drive the steam tank and race on the Nur's streets.
"Maybach, if that's the case, how can you be sure that the Nur can use the Land Cruiser when necessary?" Laing asked.
The Maybach was very embarrassed, but he still said seriously, "The landcruiser uses a riveted structure. We can first disassemble the entire landcruiser into several parts and transport them to the vicinity of the battlefield in batches. Then, by building a temporary assembly workbench and steam crane, we can assemble the entire landcruiser. Although it will cost a lot of manpower and resources, if necessary, we can immediately send it to the battlefield."
"That's the Nur!" Laing said bluntly, "Your Nur has enough workers and engineers to do this, but we don't! You have to find a way to solve the power problem! Otherwise, as the client of the contract, I have the right not to pay the remaining amount! "
"Your Majesty, four steam boilers is already the limit." Maybach could only helplessly tell Laing, "We've tried many methods, but no matter what, we can't add more power systems unless we redesign the entire battlecruiser."
"Or, the Knight King Kingdom can think of a way themselves?" Maybach probed.
Laing was so angry that he laughed.
I'm clearly the client, and you're the client. How can the client solve the problem when the client can't meet the technical requirements?
I should've asked you to paint me with all the colors of the rainbow long ago!
"I'm not going to talk to you. I'll go discuss this with your Duchess." Laing turned and left with his men. He also ordered the attendants to put away the Land Cruiser.
When they returned to the courtyard of Meiquan, Emilia, who was playing mahjong, heard Laing's opinion and Maybach's report. The Empire's Duchess was speechless. "I don't know anything about technology. Laing, why are you looking for me?"
"As the client, shouldn't I be looking for you? My Duchess? " Laing reached out and rubbed Emilia's face. "Everything else is good, but the power problem isn't solved. This is just a large fortress!"
"Then … don't … look for me!" The Empire's Duchess slapped Laing's hand away in embarrassment. Emilia said helplessly, "Laing, our Nur's technology is already the best in the Old World. This steam boiler is already the latest technology from Galt. If even Maybach says that it can't be done, then no one in the Old World can."
It seemed like the Nur really had no other choice. Laing knew that the technical requirements he had back then were very high, and the power system had already been improved.
What should I do?! Then wouldn't the thing I spent so much money on become a big piece of metal that can only be used as a cannon?
How should I solve the power system problem?
Laing thought about it.
There was only one solution left, and that was to change the steam power of the Land Cruiser.
Change to another power source to drive the Land Cruiser.
Then, the question was, who had a more powerful power system that could surpass the highest steam technology available in the Nur to ensure that the Land Cruiser could move?
Laing thought about it, and his eyes lit up.
It seemed like he had to ask that faction for help.
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