Chapter 678 Stronger, Faster, and Fierce

The design process of the tank went very smoothly. Tang En provided the basic structural design drawings, and then Clotto provided reasonable engineering suggestions for modifications. Brian then evaluated the overall cost and project volume from the perspective of the chief engineer... Well , everyone should have noticed that Brian's skill point has obviously been misaligned.

As a dwarf whose name is blacksmithing, he is now about to become an engineer. This is really a strange development.

"Here, in addition to the main gun you mentioned, I think it is also necessary to add some lethality to the front of the tank."

Clotto pointed to the front of the tank and said: "Instead of making it an armor plate, it is better to add a winch like a combine harvester. Compared with the direct impact force, the sawtooth winch looks more deterrent."

Tang En thought about the feasibility, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Although the power of the main cannon is huge, if the number of chaotic creatures is too large and breaks through the defense line and comes to close range, it is obviously not enough to just rely on the collision force to crush them. The blessed winch can crush those creatures efficiently. Then the heavy tracks can crush them further, and the killing efficiency will be greatly increased.

"Also, although the power of the large-caliber machine gun is very powerful, the number of bullets is also a problem. The internal inventory of the tank is limited. We must consider the defensive weapons after the bullets are empty. What do you think of installing a large runner? The upper four swords rotate and can completely isolate the enemy's attack."

Tang En thought for a while and then shook his head decisively: "It's not necessary. It's completely cumbersome. The issue of bullet capacity can be solved with space equipment. I'm not afraid at all."

Damn rich man!

What Tang En said was so reasonable that Clotto was speechless.

Because apart from him, I am afraid that no one can come up with so much space equipment to arm a mass-produced weapon - and it is only used for loading ammunition and supplies.

"All right."

Clotto shrugged and said: "What about the dwarf shrinking ray or the freezing ray? Are you interested?"

Tang En was overjoyed: "Of course I'm interested! But can you produce those two weapons?"

The gnome shrinking ray and the gnome freezing ray are very powerful, and can have unexpected effects when used in the right place.

"cannot……"

"Then what are you talking about?"

These two weapons are leftover technologies from ancient times. Now the dwarves have not cracked the technical principles of them at all. They can only splice a small amount of finished products from the parts excavated from the ruins, which is definitely not enough to be used on a chariot.

In the end, Tang En had no choice but to give up this tempting idea.

"The weight of the armored vehicle is too heavy. Will it affect its mobility? If floating stones are added, the weight of the armored vehicle can be greatly reduced."

"Your own weight is also a kind of weapon, but you are right. I am now thinking about whether the effect of the floating stone can be made controllable."

Of course Tang En knows the effect of floating stones. If the weight of the armored vehicle is reduced, will the speed still increase? However, the weight of the tank itself is also an important indicator of its lethality and defense. The heavier the tank, the less likely it is to be overturned by the enemy, and it has stronger resistance to frontal impact. If it is too light, it is likely that a tank will be knocked over by the enemy. The charge of a large chaotic creature can knock the tank out.

Clotto frowned: "Controllable? Can it be done?"

"It's difficult right now."

Tang En shook his head. The composition of the floating stone is very complex. They have not yet studied which component of the floating stone can reduce the weight of the object.

In the Magic Energy Engineering Research Institute, there is now a research room dedicated to the study of magic elimination stones and floating stones. Those wild mages grind the two special stones into dust and then analyze the ingredients. Tang En's goal is to eliminate useless stones. We only extract the active ingredients, and then find ways to purify and polymerize them to create real anti-gravity materials and anti-magic materials.

It's a pity that the progress of that research laboratory was quite slow. It was not until the Master of Engineering glasses were obtained that the progress was slightly accelerated.

To realize the controllability of the floating stone, the more critical point is how to effectively isolate the effect of the floating stone. Tang En asked them to try various metals, minerals, plants and even spells. He believed that there must be something that can block the floating stone. The effect of empty stone is like lead blocking radiation.

"If you say it, you haven't said it yet..."

Tang En spread his hands: "But at least there is one direction to go."

The three of them chatted while refining the design of the tank. The tank they finally designed was very different from the tanks on earth.

The main turret of the tank has not changed, nor has the machine gun on it. What has changed is the way of observation: Tang En has canceled the observation window. In Purandal without computers and radars, the best choice is still the arcane eye.

The anti-riot armor in front of the tank was modified into a winch full of saw blades. The winch will rotate as the tank moves forward, cutting enemies and plants blocking the road into pieces.

The tracks have not changed, but thick armor plates have been added to the sides to protect the tracks.

At the rear of the tank is a row of adjustable jet nozzles hidden under the armor plate. The wind-powered magic engine Tang En designed for the tank has four jet nozzles. The powerful engine provides the tank with huge power. The adjustable The injection port can be adjusted up or down to reduce or increase the pressure of the tank on the ground as needed.

After the three people finalized the design drawings, they immediately began to work separately. Cloto asked various processing factories to start making various parts and provided reference indicators. Tang En went back to making high-power wind-powered magic energy engines, and Brian Then you need to record those processing methods and indicators here, and go back to Ellington to produce a batch of the same mother machine.

The production and manufacturing of tanks will definitely not be done in Ellington. Tang En has already planned it. The development of this kind of heavy weapon must be placed in the arsenal of the Black Rock Cave. It is not eye-catching and has a lot of hard-working and cheap resources. Labor - Dark elves and redstone dwarves are content as long as they have food to eat...

After returning to the Magic Energy Engineering Research Institute, Tang En immediately started working on the development of the Magic Energy Engine. He had already had the specific ideas, and now he was just implementing them, so there was no difficulty.

The original single wind-powered magic energy engine was designed to simulate the engine of a jet aircraft. The two options for increasing power were simply to expand the output power of the magic array, or to increase the number of magic arrays and wind ducts.

Tang En finally chose to increase the number of air ducts.

There are two reasons. First, simply expanding the output power of the magic array can easily cause the engine to be overloaded, especially the boost heating chamber. If the pressure and temperature are too high, even the universal alloy may melt again; the other is Second, after all, the magic circle engraved on the substrate is not controlled by the magician himself. It lacks flexibility. Excessive magic input can easily cause the magic circle to collapse.

By converting a single high-power magic engine into a plural structure, the above situation can be avoided, and there is also a very unique advantage: fault tolerance.

That's right, during the operation of the tank, even if a certain magic circle collapses, the remaining magic circles will not affect each other and can continue to operate and continue to provide power support for the tank, effectively avoiding the danger of the tank being paralyzed.

The four wind-powered magic engines connected side by side looked very inconspicuous and had no aesthetic appeal. However, after Tang En tested it, he was very satisfied with his design.

These four engines are both integrated and independent. They are usually powered by a high-level magic crystal, but if the magic pathway fails, they will absorb the magic power from their respective standard magic crystals to maintain normal operation. This conversion process It is very smooth and there is basically no possibility of power loss.

This is the advantage of magic and alchemy. As long as you have ideas and strength, you can realize your wild ideas. Unlike technology on earth, even if you have an idea, you may need to verify a lot of basic theories before determining the feasibility. can be realized.

After completing the high-power magic engine, Tang En easily took out the corresponding console. This console will later be equipped with a fire control system, with a dedicated gunner responsible for controlling the weapon module and defense module.

"Oh, it would be much more convenient if I had a computer."

Tang En put away the things he had finished and smacked his lips with a bit of regret. Without an intelligent system, many things could not be realized. They had to be controlled manually, which was really troublesome.

The only thing that can solve this problem now is probably the alchemy technology that Angus has mastered.

During the long process of alchemy development, one of the commonly used alchemy puppet technologies was artificial soul technology, which could already realize the customization of instructions. It was equivalent to the most basic mechanical language set during computer development. Tang En felt that this Things can be used as computers.

From the past to the present, if the rules customized by the alchemist masters are passed down, Tang En believes that the artificial souls may have already formed an effective method of writing instructions. As long as some of his own are added to this basis, The command he wants to implement can achieve his goal.

When he thought of this, Tang En was full of complaints, because Angus had disappeared for more than half a month and had not come back yet.

Although it was Tang En who diverted Angus's attention with Illrus' royal cane in order to protect the teleportation array technology, this guy said he went to check the information, but the result was gone forever.

Is it possible that this guy really wants to repair that thing and come back?

"Twain! Should we settle the score on the Broken Islands!? I almost lost my life. I won't do it if you don't give me some benefits!"

Angus didn't wait, but he waited until Jean was back to full swing after recuperating.

After this guy recovered, he finally came over to settle the score with Tang En.