Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

After everything was arranged, Linde, Lena and Laurie began the final review.

"The range of the grenade is still too short. If we run into a regular demon army, we will probably suffer a loss."

Lowry handed Lind a somewhat damaged chain mail breastplate.

Lind weighed it and found that there were obvious scratches and damage on the breastplate. Those demons were still able to cause damage to the soldiers with better equipment even when they were at a disadvantage. Their physical fitness was indeed stronger than that of humans. No wonder the Lars family had such a hard time fighting against the demons.

"Unless all our soldiers have undergone formal training and are willing to fight to the death, it will be difficult to wait for the enemy to get close before throwing grenades. If it is the militia who only participate in daily training, they may not be able to resist throwing grenades when the demons charge."

Although he won a great victory this time, Lind had to admit that luck played a big role. The opponent underestimated him and gave Gray-collar many opportunities.

Lind agreed with Lowry's point of view and nodded, saying, "I didn't intend to use grenades as the main weapon from the beginning. Remember the artillery in the laboratory? That should be the main force on the battlefield in the future."

“It would be even better if the mobility issue could be solved.”

Lowry shrugged, but it was just a casual remark. As for the power of artillery, Lowry could be said to have become numb. It was a pity that there were still some minor problems. It might be okay to use it for defense, but it was a bit cumbersome to pull out to fight.

At the same time, the artillery at the test site nearby also opened fire, and the black shells flew in graceful arcs towards the pure white knights.

Of course, these were not actual knights attacking Reina. Lind wanted to test how much damage the current territory's artillery could cause to the elite soldiers of this world.

The result of the experiment made Lind a little worried. Although according to the description of the knights, if they were hit by a cannon head-on, no one dared to say that they could withstand it completely even if the defense was fully prepared. The specific situation depended on the skill differences between the knights.

But if it was the aftermath of an explosion, it would be difficult to affect the charge of these knights.

The first time they saw the power of the artillery explosion, it was very scary, but after the knights got used to it, they even took a nap in the explosion range.

This is also one of the shortcomings of artillery. It may be very effective against ordinary troops if it hits the target by chance, but when it comes to elite professionals, it is difficult to have a significant effect after the initial kill.

Although Lena told Lind that there were very few armies that could charge under artillery fire, and not every army was composed of professionals with luxurious equipment, as long as the artillery was pulled out, more than 80% of the nobles could be beaten to a state of disarray.

However, Lind's fear of insufficient firepower came on, and the current level of artillery could not provide Lind with a sense of security at all.

The only thing that made Lind feel relieved was that the production and development of artillery was very fast.

After all, Lind is not like other predecessors who time travel. He has to make steel first and find a way to increase the furnace temperature before making cannons. Even if he does not use the arcane magic array, but only uses the old method of this world, relying on ordinary rune magic array, the furnace temperature provided by Li Da Zhuan Fei will allow Lind to use wrought iron directly for casting.

The main problem at present is the worrying yield rate, and there is still room for improvement in weight, but it is more than enough for defense.

In contrast, the research and development of the musket was somewhat stuck. Even though Lind provided the basic ideas and there were already usable muskets, the key to modern firearms lies in granulated smokeless gunpowder.

Although Lind had seen a video on the ancient method of granulating gunpowder, he was not very interested at the time. What's more, the most important thing was that he really didn't know how to make smokeless gunpowder. Of course, if he knew how to make it, this book would probably be banned.

There is still a huge gap between hand-rubbed gunpowder and modern gunpowder.

Unlike artillery, muskets don't have great power to fly bricks flying. If you can't handle the gunpowder problem, you can only slowly try and error. The gunpowder problem has even affected the development progress of artillery, so that the current artillery is actually still very primitive - at least that's what Lind thinks.

"boom!"

Lena test-fired the musket that the Rune craftsmen had made using alchemy based on Lind's description. It was a bit like a 19th century percussion rifle, directly skipping the flintlock step, but it is not yet able to be mass-produced.

The bullet hit the chain mail, and judging by the straw behind the mail, the person who was hit by it probably felt uncomfortable, but it was not fatal.

Laurie picked up the chain mail that was shot by Lena and was silent. You know, the chain mail that Gray and White Collar wear now has all been enchanted with basic magic. Even the enchanted armor cannot completely block the damage of firearms. This is no longer an ordinary trick, but the level of a magic prop.

"Boss, are you going to rebel?"

Laurie came to Lind stealthily and confirmed with Lind half-jokingly.

"not enough."

Linde shook his head and said three simple words.

Laurie didn't know what to say. Wasn't this powerful enough? Could it be that his lord was really planning to rebel? Laurie began to struggle fiercely in his heart.

After trying a few more shots, Reina at the side seemed to have thought of something and began to dismantle the gun and think.

Lind signaled Lena's knight Susan to be his target. Lind wanted to see how firearms would perform against the elite troops of this era.

Susan was a little reluctant at first, but finally put on her helmet and stood not far away.

Bang bang bang!

Lind didn't have the same shooting talent as Lena. It took him a long time to get used to the feel of the shot before he shot the bullet at Susan's fully enchanted armor, but Susan didn't react at all.

In her own words: It was like a stone was thrown at me.

The musket has actually surpassed the entire era and is completely effective against chain mail and plate armor, but it seems that the unique enchantment mechanism of this world has greatly reduced the power of the bullet.

Originally, these enchantments were meant to prevent the knights from being easily stunned by the opponent's armor-piercing weapons such as hammers and flails in close combat, so the enchantments were mainly specialized in eliminating the impact force. However, by chance, they also served as a defense against firearms that had not yet been released.

The higher the level of enchantment, the less damage the firearm can cause. In this world where high-level knights are all tough dogs, ordinary kinetic weapons have limited effects on fully armed knights. Firearms that have not reached the level of modern weapons can hardly break through the knights in the front row, but they can be used as special attacks against fragile mages.

After all, mages are classic with high attack and are fragile, and defensive magic is mainly used to defend against magic. Gunpowder has no magic reaction and can easily escape the detection of mages. If you get close to it, you might really be able to take down the fragile mage in one wave.

But I heard all this from Lena. The Lars family is most famous for producing many knights, but no wizards. They even look down on those with spellcasting professions.

If Lowry knew what Lind was thinking, he would definitely think that Lind was crazy. Elite professionals are not cabbages, how could they be broken through so easily?

But it is too early to say these things. After all, nowadays firearms are basically made through alchemy, which has many steps, is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and can basically only be used as experimental products.

Because the technological level in the territory can only be described as a loft in the sky.

The normal research and development sequence should be to develop the magic steam engine or magic capacitor first, then the industrial lathe, and then develop the weapons, and then carry out mass production and manufacturing of weapons, but Gray Collar does not have a lathe yet.

Although Lind has a sense of standardization, for example, chain mail can be directly replaced with damaged parts, but there is really no way to do this with more delicate weapons such as firearms, which can only be made by hand by the old masters. Lind can only tell the old masters the sizes and let them do their best.

Of course Lind knew that the lathe was the mother of industry, but Lind had only seen CNC machine tools, so he could only study the most primitive pedal lathe in his territory first.

Why pedal? Because Linde had no idea how to use the arcane magic array as a stable power source, or which arcane magic array to use as a power source. Linde was not originally an engineering student, so he was scratching his head about changing the steam engine to a magic-driven one, or directly producing a magic engine in one step.

Fortunately, Linde knows the principles, and perhaps he will be able to manufacture similar things in the territory in the future, but now he is short of manpower, so Linde can only focus all his energy on weapons production.

Lena, who was standing by, had already disassembled the rifle into pieces. Her green eyes swiveled around as she asked Lind, "Brother, do you think it's possible to use this device to cast magic?"

Everyone present was silent, and Linde was suddenly enlightened. Yes, he seemed to have been bound by experience before, and whenever he encountered any difficulties, he would rely on his experience from his past life to solve them. In comparison, Reina's unconventional thinking made her more like a time traveler.

"Yes! If we install the magic trigger on the musket and activate the arcane magic circle inside the musket, wouldn't it be a magic version of the musket? Reina, are you a genius?"

Ordinary muskets and magic muskets can even be used alternately. Magic can be used directly against Tough Dog Knights, while ordinary muskets can be used directly against mages who like to use magic shields. Ordinary muskets can also be used in conjunction with magic for fire suppression.

Linde praised Reina without reservation, causing Reina to scratch the back of her head in embarrassment for a moment. She also said awkwardly, "But brother, this requires simplifying the arcane magic array to the extreme. I'm afraid it's difficult for me to do this alone. In addition, the firing angle and strength of the spell need to be readjusted."

This is almost like inventing a new magic.

Lind nodded and added, "Not only that, charging is also a problem. This is a weapon. We can't adjust it while using it like on a production line."

All in all, although this project has great prospects, it requires a lot of investment, especially for professionals who have seriously studied the magic system.

It is somewhat difficult to rely on Reina's knights. After all, most of these knights, like Reina, use ancient methods to cast spells - casting spells entirely based on feeling.

Moreover, compared with Rena, he has less systematic learning, and most of what he learns is learned in combat. He is not familiar with spells other than knight magic, and his computing power is worrying.

Linde thought about it and wondered if there were any professionals in the territory who could be captured as laborers? It would be best if they were from an academic background.