The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 224
The emergence of new artillery weapons, in fact, can not completely solve the army's weapon problem.

The flight test of the paper shell rocket was carried out soon. Obviously, in this world without aerodynamics, it is too difficult to control the flight trajectory of the rocket, and the long distance is only suitable for striking large-scale clusters.

The flying speed of the paper shell wind bomb is also unflattering, probably a little stronger than that of a paper airplane, and the jewel impact fuze can barely be called reliable.

However, the paper shell rockets did not produce too many fragments when they exploded, and their power was less than that of the orthodox rockets.

Under such circumstances, the rocket launcher still cannot replace the role of traditional artillery on the battlefield, especially this time the opponent is still the undead, so Ickert attaches great importance to large-caliber weapons that can effectively damage the undead.

75mm火炮和120mm迫击炮的生产任务被再一次扩充，伊克特打算将炮兵扩建至拥有12门45mm火炮，6门75mm火炮以及6门120mm迫击炮的恐怖力量。

This can be said to be quite powerful for two thousand magic rifle mice.

Even if the scale of artillery is placed on Blue Star, it is a huge amount that can only be deployed by ten thousand infantry.

But such powerful artillery does not come without a price.

"My lord, although an artillery of this scale will be very powerful once it is built, we must first equip each cannon with at least two to four jackals, as well as four to five artillerymen and a transport team of 50 people. .

Not only that, but we also have to start the production capacity and prepare more than one hundred rounds of ammunition for all the cannons. If you follow the usage of the mortar you planned, you need to prepare one hundred rounds of grenades for each gun.

Not to mention the consumption of rocket shells, maybe our industrial production capacity can still be achieved by gritting our teeth, but in this way, even a gun cannot be produced! "

Virgil reminded that the so-called war is production capacity. A group of well-trained artillery can fire two to three shells in one minute. For many hours, it is simply impossible to fire all the time!
Virgil’s estimate is actually conservative. If you want to fight a good battle, you need at least 24 rounds of shells for one artillery piece. Since the territory is going to have an artillery brigade with 5000 artillery pieces, it is very difficult to stockpile more than [-] shells. normal thing.

But the key point is that this is a cannonball, not a bullet. The smallest cannonball is much heavier than the bullet. This is a huge challenge to Windsor's productivity.

In fact, it is simply not realistic to rely on the territory to produce so many shells by itself, and the raw materials are not enough.

Moreover, artillery can be quickly produced by casting, as long as the raw materials are in place, it can be solved, but the magic rifle territory currently only has the time-consuming forging process.

Artillery and infantry, it seems, can only choose one of the two.

But Ickert chose to have it all.

The difficulty Virgil raises is actually easy to solve.

"Have a hard time with the Radley clan!"

Steel may be very precious to the territory, but for the Skaven society that has long entered the industrial age, it is just something that can be seen everywhere.

The easiest way to solve the source of raw materials is to directly purchase steel scraps from the Ratman society.

This is much faster than rolling low-content iron ore.

An order across time and space was quickly conveyed. The clan leader Qiao Qiao thought for a few seconds before deciding to send someone to buy scrap steel on a large scale.

Then some Ratmen were mobilized to collect all unused steel and lead products in the clan to ensure a sufficient supply of minerals for Windsor every month.

Not only that, but the clever Jojo also purchased a rat terling to suppress resistance within the clan.

The dedication of the Laidley clan made Ickert feel at ease, and by the way, he also experienced the joy of colonization and sustainability.

Good guy, it's no wonder that colonialism is so prosperous. It's really beneficial to squeeze outsiders emotionally.

It's a pity that this road is not long-term after all, but it's pretty good to use it at a critical moment.

So Ickert observed carefully, and found that the current tragedy of the Ledley clan was still not at the limit of the clan, nor was it far from the limit of Jojo's management.

So Ickert waved his hand, and tortured the slave rat again!Let the clan speed up the excavation of the dimensional stone, freeing up a sum of money to order a batch of steel pipes and bayonets from the factory of the Skrye clan.

This time, the Skrye clan felt that they had caught a big fool, so they made a 180-degree turn in their attitude towards the Ledley clan, and labeled it a "big dog".

Oh, isn't this Qiao Qiao? You just came to us a few days ago and bought a lot of industrial machinery. How is it? Has your factory produced anything?
nothing!That's great!Ahem, Rat means, it's such a pity, you want to order barrels and bayonets?

For a big order, it’s easy to say, the delivery can be made within one month, and the bolt parts can also be found in us, and more will come in the future, so I often go back to the factory to have a look!
The great generosity of the Skrye clan really made Ickert realize what industrial production is, and this is still in the case of orders needing to be queued, otherwise, with the production capacity of the Skrye clan, a few thousand steel pipes are only a day's output.

With the industrial support of the Skryre clan, Ickert's strategic problem of both ends was basically solved, and the next step was to wait for the troops to be fully armed and ready to violently blast into the hole in the earth.

Ickert, who was relieved, spent money to recruit several earth mages to cooperate with Xi Luoerman in the construction, and began to dig tunnels and ammunition pre-storage points under the cover of the hunters.

Poison from the Blight clan was also dropped on the enemy camps.

After an initial scouting, the hunters found that the force appeared to be a lone force, so an early start to disturb their positions helped to reduce their combat effectiveness.

On the first day after the poisoning alone, about 30 human officers were poisoned to death in the camp. If there were no extraordinary military doctors, another hundred ordinary humans with diarrhea would have been taken away directly.

The entire camp weakened visibly, and the camp commander had to replace water sources farther away and set up troop monitoring.

At first, the army thought it was just an ordinary acclimatization. After all, the human beings who came here across the world have suffered a lot.

However, when the Ratman poisoned the new water source through the tunnel again, causing the death of 20 lower-level human officers, the commander realized that this was a premeditated attack.

The entire army became vigilant. After all, in the past, they only regarded the creatures here as uncivilized aborigines, and they probably wouldn't have the guts to attack them proactively.

Not to mention that they are still hidden so deep underground.

This act of poisoning undoubtedly made him realize that what attacked them must be some kind of intelligent creature.

Companies were dispatched one by one to search for traces of the Ratman in the cave, but apart from some inexplicable caves and cavities, nothing more was found.

They tried to send a reconnaissance team upwards, but without exception, Ikert sent ratmen to ambush and solved them all.

This will be a war.

(End of this chapter)