Chapter 223: Cannidi II Clockwork Rifle! More Accurate! More Powerful!
In the industrial park, the arsenal is the most mysterious. Not only do they have their own workshops, but they also have a special shooting range in the wilderness outside.

At this moment, in the muddy ground where weeds were ankle-deep, a holy gunner was praying intently while holding a new clockwork gun.

In his prayer, he asked the Holy Spirit in the holy gun to respond to his call, blow out a strong holy wind, and not to cause duds or explosions.

“Is the prayer over?”

"It's over." After silently reciting the last prayer, the gunner gripped the muzzle of the gun and responded in a low voice.

As an old gunner who had experienced the arduous march and the bloody battle of Fort Joan of Arc, it only took him a few minutes to learn how to use the new clockwork gun.

The difference from the old-style clockwork gun is that the new-style clockwork gun has a 3mm smaller caliber, making it lighter to hold.

He first used a cleaning rod to push the firing rod back to its original position, and then stuffed a round lead bullet into the muzzle of the gun.

"Prepare!"

Hearing the officer's order, the gunner calmly twisted the spring key in the barrel. After about ten turns, he reached out and pulled the bolt on the barrel.

After a "click", the trigger of the clockwork gun stood up as if it had taken a blue pill, and it was extremely strong.

"aim!"

He lifted the clockwork rifle on a stand, placed the butt against his shoulder, and let the cold iron barrel touch the gunner's cheek.

If you put your ear close to the barrel, you can hear the sound of the anti-return pawl retreating little by little.

With his finger inserted in front of the trigger, the gunner suppressed the dizziness, closed his left eye, and aimed the crosshairs at the muzzle of the gun at the dummy in knight armor fifty meters away.

His heartbeat seemed to be in sync with the gears, and every second seemed to be stretched infinitely.

Then, the moment finally arrived.

“Holy Wind!”

A piercing scream suddenly erupted, and the roar of the clockwork gun tore through the sky like thunder, deafening.

The clockwork key spun rapidly like a windmill, leaving an afterimage, and the pungent smell of heated metal instantly filled the nose.

"boom!"

The knight dummy in the distance suddenly fell backwards, but stood up quickly again, swaying back and forth repeatedly.

The sound of broken metal and sawdust, which made one's teeth ache, was scattered in the cold air.

Pasrick waved his hand, and two soldiers set up the knight target and ran towards Horn with difficulty.

After the target was delivered, Hemodin stood up. She was wearing thick leather gloves today, revealing her strong arm muscles.

Picking up a clockwork rifle, she introduced it to Horn: "Canedi II rifle, 17mm caliber, 30 meters long, lead bullet weight 50 to 18 grams, total weight 22 to pounds.

When using a bracket, one person can operate it, and an experienced operator can keep the firing frequency within 30 seconds, or two rounds per minute.

Based on the Cannedy Type 1, I switched to an S-type spring to ensure consistent output throughout the entire process.

The firing rod and gear will not be damaged by the first half, and the second half cannot keep up with the firing rod speed, causing the projectile firing speed to be inverted, thus reducing the wear of the firing rod and gear.

In addition, a non-return pawl is installed in the barrel. After winding the spring, push the bolt, press the non-return pawl, the trigger pops up, aim and pull the trigger.

However, the anti-reverse pawl can only stop the mainspring from rotating for about 1 minute at most. After the mainspring is wound, if it is not fired for one minute, the anti-reverse pawl has a high probability of rebounding. "

Horn walked forward and touched the small hole on the plate armor, which was as thick as his index finger. He inserted his finger violently, and it went in about two knuckles. That is to say, the effective killing distance is 3 yards, and the armor can be penetrated at a distance of 4 yards, with a depth of to centimeters.

Combined with Ceci's Skunk brand soothing salts, an experienced Holy Gunner can use meditation between firing and reloading, and will only use up all his mana after firing four times in a battle.

Unfortunately, after reducing the caliber and changing the buttstock, the barrel had to be lengthened, from the original 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters.

This means that in order to use a clockwork gun normally, one must be at least 1.6 meters tall.

Because when using it, you need one hand to hold the bracket to support the barrel.

Friends who often use clockwork guns know that if you remember the lever principle given by Horn, the closer the fulcrum is, the smaller the lever arm is.

If you are short and your arms are not long enough, the heavy muzzle in front will tilt downward, and may even cause the entire gun to become unbalanced and fall or fire inaccurately.

But the power of this thing is more than enough. At a distance of 7 meters, based on the charging speed of a heavy armored knight of meters per second, it is enough for the clockwork gun to fire two rounds.

Because Horn estimated that it would take about 5 to 6 seconds from firing to the rear row moving forward, the cavalry would fire the first time after entering a distance of meters and the second time at a distance of meters.

Carefully stroking the gun barrel, Horn seemed to be able to see the scene after thousands of guns were fired at the same time, thousands of lead bullets pierced the knight's body and fell to the ground like dominoes.

"Yes, you did a great job." Horn announced immediately, "Hey, please remember that I plan to confer the title of monk of the Royal Engineering Monastery of the Papal States on Hemodin. In addition to the basic salary, he will receive a monthly subsidy of 20 dinars, and he can apply for an invention fund every year for inventions."

"Royal Engineering Monastery? Invention Fund, what is that?" Heimerting was a little confused.

"The so-called Royal Engineering Monastery is for those craftsmen who have made significant contributions and academic achievements in engineering. They can be granted holy orders for their technical contributions." Horn patted Hemodin's shoulder and deliberately raised his voice.

At this moment, almost all the craftsmen in the surrounding area stopped moving for a moment, as if they were listening to something with their ears cocked. Some even trotted over without any concealment and pricked up their ears to listen.

"In the future, there will be a Royal Alchemy Monastery, a Royal Literature Monastery, and so on. As for the Invention Fund...

You can think of it as a free loan from the monastery of engineering, a sum of money to make and experiment with things you like, such as watches. "

Seeing Hemodin's bright eyes, Horn smiled and said, "If your invention is really successful, part of the profits generated by the invention will be attributed to the Engineering Monastery as invention funds and operating expenses.

But if you don't like it, you can also pay some money to buy out the invention.

Okay, I'll give you three days off, and then it's time for the second project - the cavalry clockwork gun."

After arranging for Hemodine to rest, Horn called Brock over next: "How is our production of clockwork guns? Can we produce 1000 in two months?"

"The production is about 8 per day. If the working hours are extended, the maximum is 12 per day." Brock still looked distressed. "As for whether we can complete 1000 in two months, please ask if there are enough orichalcum springs and refined iron?"

"I have reduced the iron requirement for the orichalcum clockwork alchemical ritual to 8 pounds, but the cost is that 12 alchemists are required to participate in the alchemy."

Each time the mountain copper is refined, 6 pounds of refined iron are reduced, so the total savings is about 2000 pounds of refined iron.

Horn replied: "The alchemists are not the problem, can the production keep up?"

"Give me 40 alchemists who can produce 10 pounds of mountain copper every day," Pasrick vowed.

Horn immediately transferred the pressure to Brock, who broke out in a cold sweat. He thought for a long time before saying awkwardly, "Your Majesty, our limit is 12. After all, rolling a gun barrel is a very troublesome process, and the damage rate is very high."

"What if we use the hydraulic hammer in conjunction with Jeanne's lightning?" Horn asked.

Brock continued to shake his head: "The workload has exceeded Her Majesty Jeanne's upper limit. Her Majesty Jeanne's magic power is limited after all. Besides, there are only a little over ten blacksmiths who can do delicate work."

Horn's mind suddenly flashed with the electric water in the Moon Pond. He pondered for a while and said, "First, extend your daily working hours, give you extra bonuses and night passes, and I will think of other ways."

(End of this chapter)