The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 189 The Situation on the Front Line and the Ultra-High Speed ​​of Industrial Production

Being successful in education did not make Ickert any more proud.

In order to deal with the new threat, he had to speed up the manufacture of magic guns.

"The hairy orcs have gone deep here?"

From Aris, Ickert got an amazing fact.

The caravan that was going to redeem the bounty encountered a large number of hairy orc cavalry before they reached halfway, the number was about two hundred.

It should be a group that went south to plunder.

Fortunately, the caravan was not loaded with goods, otherwise it might not be possible to run back.

Only in this way, the trade plan between Windsor and Ross Sodol had to be postponed.

Presumably his old senior should also be busy dealing with the orcs at this time.

Wealthy towns, but those guys always like to rob the target, if not for the lack of sufficient siege equipment, Rosesodol would have been looted.

Now that the orc troops have penetrated here, the other territories will inevitably suffer.

Regarding the general situation of the local defense zone, Ickert also heard a rough idea from the old senior.

In front of the imperial fortress, there are large and small frontline territories of wood elves and humans moving south.

At the beginning, there were only old and immortal elves. The elves who migrated all over the country loved the forest full of magic.

But the orcs also like it very much, and they march south every year. As long as the elf kingdom does not move back, they will always stand in the way of the human empire.

Can people with long ears swallow this breath?

Of course not.

In line with the national policy of messing up shit when things are in doubt, the wood elves successfully let human "compatriots" also enter this narrow strip.

The method is also very simple. Whenever the orcs go south in large numbers, the cunning wood elves will let go of the defense on the east, allowing the orcs to go south and enter the open empire territory.

Whenever the fur orcs raised their troops to attack, they would find that the defense line on the west was impregnable, but the east was like a cracker.

Then they decide to go around and raid.

But I didn't expect to be led to the empire by the elves around around.

The Cameroon Mountains are a huge natural barrier to stop the orcs, a natural Great Wall!Its strategic value is self-evident!

If it is bypassed like this, how will the country be defended in the future?Are you still looking for a new continent?
The dwarves who migrated to the mountains also hated this group of old and immortal elves, so they joined forces with the empire to keep the forest in the east.

But elf stuff, don't even think about getting any benefits!

The fortresses of the empire and the dwarves, as well as many front-line territories were established here one by one, stabilizing the stretching front.

However, the hairy orcs who suffered from East and West found a new passage.

The junction between elves and humans no longer has heavy protection due to the restoration of the battle line.

And the two sides are holding grudges against each other.

Once deep inside, both humans and elves would try to drive the hairy orcs into each other's territory, with no intention of fighting.

Taking advantage of the disagreement between the two armies, many outstanding orc generals worked together to successfully consolidate a looting corridor leading directly to the south!

Although not enough to allow "massive forces of strategic importance" to pass, it can send enough orc cavalry to harass the rear.

In this way, it can effectively curb the development momentum of human beings on the front line, and even if it is operated properly, it is not impossible to defeat the human defense line from the rear.

Pointy ears are also happy to see such a situation.

The balance policy is really engraved into their DNA. The conflict between dwarves and dwarfs is in front of them, and the orc empire has to stand aside.

After all, everyone has fought hundreds of old enemies, and there are countless blood debts. When you are new, how old are you?

Perhaps what these guys are more afraid of is that humans will replace elves.

As the most noble race on the mainland, the elves' culture and hegemony dividends are full.

Muddy legs can't be domineering in front of the noble and sharp ears, wouldn't that be a mess?

The trade routes were disrupted by the hairy orcs, and Ikert's displeasure with the wood elves deepened.

Where is this force of order?This is clearly chaos!
And under the threat of the orc cavalry, the situation where the natives could be driven all over the ground with a few guns in the past is gone forever.

Even during the Napoleonic Wars, when large-scale firearms were equipped, cavalry still enjoyed a pivotal position on the battlefield. Now it is replaced by extraordinary cavalry, and the situation will only get worse.

"No matter what! Send out the magic gun first!"

The lack of firepower phobia broke out again. At least this time, Ickert must ensure that all skirmishers can be issued with a magic rifle.

The artillery discs don't take up much productivity, so Ickert came to the Ministry of Industry again to check the production status of a type of magic rifle.

"Lord Lord."

Seeing this, old Kent immediately stepped forward, holding a Type [-] magic rifle in his hand.

"Already created?"

Ickert took over the new magic rifle. Its overall structure is still the same as that of the gemstone gun, but the caliber and length have been reduced to the point where it can be used by a single mouse.

And in order to install the bayonet, the one-type magic rifle also has a bayonet tenon.

"Where's the bayonet?"

"Here, my lord."

Old Kent immediately handed over the forged bayonet. The shape of the bayonet was very similar to the famous three-edged bayonet.

The production of such a long steel thorn is not because it is powerful, but because this shape of bayonet is naturally suitable for countries with a weak industrial foundation.

Not every country can mass-produce qualified bayonets that are thin and dagger-shaped.

On the contrary, there is almost no workmanship required to make a long iron thorn. The territory only needs to cast some triangular knife blanks, which are rough ground and heat treated and then handed over to the craftsman for grinding.

The grinding method is also very simple, which requires the use of a grinding machine in the territory. In order to produce military thorns, workers and mages have half disassembled this machine tool.

The grinding wheel can be replaced. If you want to produce a three-edged army thorn, you only need to draw a line on the three-edged file-shaped knife blank, and then use a narrow grinding wheel to grind along the line.

The general production process is like this. Although the quality of the steel used is mediocre, the bayonets produced are still decent.

Ickert put it on the magic rifle and locked it with a tenon. The bayonet and the handle were fixed on the right side of the barrel. This was to make it easier for soldiers to poke projectiles from the left side when equipped with a bayonet.

"How long would it take to produce such a rifle?"

"My lord, we have figured out the structure of the first type of magic gun. Thanks to your machines, our production efficiency has been greatly improved!
The fitter job only needs to provide a fixed size plate, and then cut out the approximate shape by various machines, and then we will polish it.

I currently have three Ratmen apprentices. If I personally check the control accuracy, I can produce three bolts for magic rifles a day.

And with that steam forging hammer, our factory can forge at least two barrels a day!Coupled with the heat treatment technology explored, these two barrels can withstand higher chamber pressure than ever before!
The gun handguard is also very easy to solve after having a sawing machine. If the assembly and heat treatment time are not counted, the production of the territory at full capacity can even reach the production speed of three per day!

If you work overtime, it will be faster! "

After putting into industrialized production, in just one day, the production speed of the territory exceeded the previous month.

Almost a thirty-fold improvement!

"In this way, it is the steel output that restricts the production speed."

Iron ore was not mined by hand, and industrial raw materials were gradually being consumed. If he hadn't brought a lot of supplies when he came back from Donali City, industrial production would have come to a standstill.

But this month, a new group of rats will be summoned, and Ickert plans to make good use of these labor forces.

(End of this chapter)