Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1672 Firepower
"It's nothing, it's nothing. Before I came out, my teacher told me to keep quiet. That's all for now, I'll leave this place to you. See you later if there's a chance."

“Tsk tsk tsk.” Alexander shook his head. “You really do know nothing, nothing at all. Think of Agamemnon, your troubles may lie in places you never expect.”

Alexander is gone.

[Yes, news has come from outside that the shadow soldiers have retreated.]

"Where did they retreat to?"

"I don't know," Apollonia replied. "Our soldiers reported that the shadows vanished on their own after only a brief moment of absence. But that's not surprising; they are data, and data can naturally be compressed and folded."

Lu Huaiyang arrived in front of Shangluo a little later.

"So, Commander Lu, how strong are those shadows?" Shang Luo wanted to assess what would happen if a war really broke out.

Lu Huaiyang shook his head: "It's hard to say, after all, we've never fought against a group of data before. But this isn't the mortal world, our actions here will be hampered, while for those data, this is home ground. The fact that they can disappear around a corner is terrifying in itself. We probably need to make more thorough preparations."

Do we have a contingency plan?

“Actually, yes,” Lu Huaiyang replied. “For example, you see, we all use storm guns now—the storm gun is just a new-era individual weapon for us. We also have plans to use troop-type weapons to make squad and company-level weapons. For example, we have prepared 45mm machine guns, which are placed on tripods.”

A 45mm caliber can be considered artillery almost anywhere. However, in modern armies, it is generally considered "squad-level" firepower.

"Wait a minute, 45 millimeters, isn't that too big?"

"This is mainly due to the actual needs on the battlefield. This caliber is enough to penetrate almost any tank."

The anti-tank guns used by the royal army in the past—weapons called anti-tank guns—were actually less than 40 millimeters in caliber.

The royal army's tanks occasionally used sub-caliber armor-piercing shells—that is, using sabots to launch shells smaller than the gun barrel caliber. The reason for doing so was that the larger the caliber, the larger the explosive charge, and the larger the size of the shell itself was not necessarily better.

However, with elemental weapons, the problem has a new solution.

"My question is, isn't a 40mm caliber too large? Won't it have very little ammunition?"

"Don't worry, this is a sub-caliber ammunition."

"What do you mean?"

"This means that although it can fire larger caliber ammunition, it actually uses a 40mm chamber capacity to fire 20mm bullets. Because in terms of armor penetration, a 20mm caliber is sufficient. Increasing the caliber to such a large size is mainly to increase the energy of the shell."

In other words, this is a sub-caliber autocannon, firing every round of armor-piercing discarding sabot. The original 20mm caliber torch gun is now fully utilized, allowing both sides to use the same ammunition.

"How did they do that?" Shang Luo asked in surprise. "Did they put a sabot in every bullet?"

"It doesn't need any sabot to operate. First of all, all the bullets you see, whether 20mm or 40mm, actually don't contain propellant." These new torch-type weapons are equipped with a torch fuel canister, and all of them use liquid propellant.

Because the propellant is made of liquid, there is no need for a shell to contain the gunpowder. All guns fire only the projectile itself, and the propellant inside is purely the projectile's propellant.

"So even if you're using a 40mm caliber gun and loading a 20mm bullet, is this even possible?"

“Immortal magic, isn’t it amazing?” Lu Huaiyang replied. “Restraining the restraints isn’t actually that difficult. This gun barrel has the ability to project the force of a huge charge onto a steel needle—and we need more other weapons.”

These Roman shadows were clearly quite formidable. Lu Huaiyang had already reported this situation to the General Staff, and the other troops arriving in Seberonia would also make minor modifications to their equipment in light of this, such as replacing their gear with more heavy firepower that was adept at dealing with large groups of enemies.

“Hmm,” Victoria gave a positive assessment, “We definitely need some heavy firepower.”

"You seem quite inclined to harm your own people."

“Shangluo, you don’t know this. Do you know what the best way to quell a street riot is? Some people like to fire blanks. But Rome’s experience has proven that firing blanks is useless. You can see this from your ‘Napoleon’.”

In Napoleon's experience, one must never fire blanks during street riots. Because once blanks are fired, the enemy gains confidence. Napoleon believed that the first round must be live ammunition, and blood must be drawn, only after which blanks should be used to disperse the rioters.

Besides, using cavalry is also a good method. After all, people can't avoid a large horse charging towards them.

"Aurora does indeed need to deploy some heavy firepower to control the situation in Cybertronia."

"Speaking of which," Lu Huaiyang asked, "Does Her Excellency Victoria not have any of her own soldiers here?"

This question silenced Victoria—to be honest, she didn't actually have her own large-scale army.

Victoria did indeed possess considerable special operations forces, such as the Imperial Guard and Athenian naval submarines. However, the true Roman army remained under the command of the legions, and she herself did not command any legion. Therefore, her military strength was ineffective against large-scale enemy operations.

The arrival of the royal army completely resolved these problems.

“I can rest a little more at ease now.” Victoria sighed. “Although it’s said that a fight is going to break out, if we really start fighting, we can’t do it without Aurora’s help.”

As before, Victoria was somewhat excited when she realized she could wage civil war. For them, this was a way of dealing with each other among the elders.

The arrival of Aurora prevented the situation from escalating to street brawls—this kind of thing happens frequently in Rome, even after races when thugs fight each other.

"By the way, what about King Agamemnon that Alexander mentioned before he left?"

"Ah, what an unfortunate fellow. After the Trojan War, Agamemnon thought everything would be fine. Who knew his wife would have an affair while he was away and plot to kill him? Ultimately, Agamemnon, preparing for victory, was caught in a fishing net while bathing and died in his home—I wonder if there's any special meaning behind him telling me this."

(End of this chapter)