The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 218 Mass production of bullets
In addition to the launch of the new howitzer, Ickert also developed a larger caliber gun for the Skaven artillery unit.

Following the advent of the 45mm artillery, the Territory also urgently needs a larger caliber artillery to deal with the possible threat of high-level superhumans.

Therefore, the 75mm high-caliber anti-supernatural artillery came into being. This artillery uses the latest firing array, which is more moderate than the previous generations of firing magic, and has a longer burning time. In addition, the extended barrel makes the shells The exit speed has been improved, and the service life has also been greatly improved.

It's a pity that with Windsor's current situation, it is not possible to equip artillery on a large scale, and the types of shells are still mainly solid cast shells, and the stock of warpstone armor-piercing shells is only enough for a small battle.

Ickert's current goal is to build a powerful artillery force with six 6mm guns, three 45mm guns, and three 3mm mortars, and more than half of it has been completed so far.

In this era, artillery of this scale is enough for Ickert to win many small battles, and its suppression is no less than a full-staffed mage regiment.

However, before achieving this goal, Ickert needs to solve the most important ammunition problem in the territory.

So far, the Ministry of Industry has produced more than 300 magic guns for the entire army, and the main troops have been fully equipped with new weapons. The cavalry also asked the Ministry of Industry to make a sawed-off version of the "carbine gun" in order to reload on horseback. ".

The consumption of ammunition brought by so many guns is extremely terrifying. No matter how stingy Ickert is, a Ratman spearman must issue at least 20 training ammunition.

For this item alone, 6000 rounds of ammunition will be consumed.

What's more, he has to stockpile at least 50 rounds of ammunition for each magic gun to prepare for war. Although the foundry is working overtime every day, there is no doubt that this method can no longer meet the ammunition needs of the army.

If the army is expanded in the future, it will only be more difficult.

In order to solve this problem, Ickert had to summon the core cadres of the Ministry of Industry again.

"I believe you all already understand that I am here for ammunition this time. I have already controlled the production principle of ammunition. It only depends on whether the current capabilities of the Ministry of Industry allow or not."

Ickert got straight to the point. There were not only the new Ratmen and worker cadres present, but also mages from the Astrology Society.

Facts have proved that force mages are really suitable for mechanical work.

Now that the Ministry of Industry has introduced new machines, and has almost doubled its production capacity, the strength has soared, and the masters have said that there is no difficulty that the Ministry of Industry cannot solve.

"My lord, in fact, many of our Ratman students have already mastered turning conical bullets. If the two new lathes are also put into production, they can produce about 30 rounds of qualified bullets a day."

This speed can already be said to be very fast. In his previous life, Ikert himself used a CNC lathe to save more than 20 pieces in one morning, and they were still plastic blanks. It is very unexpected that the masters rub iron so fast.

"This is really good news. Our army does have a need for conical bullets, but this is far from meeting the current consumption of the territory."

What Ickert said made the masters a little frustrated. For the manufacturers of ammunition, they are very confident in their production speed.

But to be honest, there is no need to fight. You just need to strengthen the training intensity to empty the ammunition, unless you stock up a lot of ammunition in advance.

At present, the territory lacks stamping technology, and the equipment used to manufacture larger industrial parts is not efficient for such small parts.

"What we need is round solid ammunition. It needs to be very large. It is best to produce hundreds or even thousands of rounds per day. If there is no accident, we will use black gold as the raw material this time."

The so-called black gold is what the imperial people call lead, and there is currently a black gold mine near Windsor.

The reason why lead is used to make bullets is mainly because the melting point of this thing is low. The melting point of lead is only 327 degrees. It does not need to take up magic power and can be smelted more conveniently. This is very important for Ickert's ammunition production facilities. .

"I intend to build a high tower, with a thick-walled iron furnace on the tower, and a heating space below,
In addition, the tower also has a pipe extending outward to drip the molten black gold liquid.

Finally, as long as we put the collection basin below, we can easily make bullets. "

As soon as this remark came out, in the Ministry of Industry, whether it was a mage or a teacher, there were question marks all over their heads.

How come we can understand every word, even together, but the final result is so surprising?
What the hell is going on with this device?How could the bullet be produced without paying attention?
"Please forgive our stupidity, but Prophet, please reveal the truth behind this for us."

An astrology master asked, and these words expressed the aspirations of all the participants.

For the explanation of the principles, Ickert had planned. After all, he wanted to cultivate industrial talents while researching and developing.

"To put it simply, first of all, most of you should have seen water dripping from the eaves."

drip?What on earth does this have to do with making bullets?
The people present were a little clueless, but they could only listen with frowns.

"When a drop of water falls from the eaves, it will maintain a roughly circular shape due to a kind of surface tension. In fact, not only water, but all liquids have this property. Regarding the existence of surface tension, you can try it now .”

There was a bamboo water cup in front of the participants, and a mage pointed his finger on the water under the guidance of Ickert.

"This! The water is actually adsorbed on my finger! I have never paid attention to this kind of detail. The truth is all around us, in every corner of our life!"

Other astrology mages also tried it one after another. After realizing this knowledge, they couldn't help but sigh again for the correctness of following Ikett to seek the truth.

Who would have thought that the knowledge that existed around him turned out to be the secret recipe for large-scale production of bullets.

Everyone figured it out.

The liquid lead drips from the pipe into a ball, then cools as it falls to the ground, and can be stuffed into the barrel with just a little sanding!
With this sharp tool for producing bullets, it is really not a dream to produce thousands or even tens of thousands of bullets a day!
"However, you must also be very clear that although this device can enable us to produce enough shot puts, if you want to obtain a large number of qualified bullet blanks, you still need your Ministry of Industry to strictly control the processing accuracy of the pipeline.
At the same time, it should also be noted that as the lead water in the container decreases, the liquid flow rate in the pipeline will also change, which may cause some production problems, and the entire system must be strictly designed. "

The specific manufacturing process is what really tests the production capacity of the Ministry of Industry.

However, the territory's current manufacturing level is no longer afraid of this test. The first ammunition tower only took three days to complete the design, and it was announced that the construction was completed in just ten days.

After the ammunition worker opened the valve, the territory frantically produced ammunition at a rate of almost one per second.

Then these ammunition is handed over to each soldier for polishing, and the problem of ammunition shortage is perfectly solved.

(End of this chapter)