Proof of the Sun King

The origin of the steam tank comes from a Tyrellian named Leonardo da Miragliano, who was born in the city-state of Tyrell four hundred years ago.

This man was a painter by birth. In the literary atmosphere of Tyrell, Leonardo started as a painter and sculptor and found a good job, but he soon became obsessed with architecture, engineering and physics Among them, he was particularly obsessed with the steam ironclad of the dwarves. After spending years of hard work to understand the steam technology of the dwarves, Leonardo set out to make a steam ironclad of his own.

At that time, Tyrell did not have the conditions for Leonardo to complete his ideal, so the famous engineer began to serve the empire. His talent in muskets, artillery and war machines made the empire complete for the first time. The construction of musket and artillery units, and the ability to mass-produce, Leonardo's ingenious conception and amazing talent made him quickly become the VIP of the Empire.

So he began to try to build a "dwarf steam ironclad of man's own" that could cross the ocean.

After more than ten years and countless experiments, Leonardo deciphered the steam technology of the dwarves, designed countless drawings of ironclad ships, and wrote countless books on engineering and gunpowder. Finally, a "steam ironclad" was built in a decent manner, and then he wanted to complete his feat across the ocean.

The first test failed. After the hull entered the water, due to the severe overload of the compressed steam power plant, the whole ship exploded. Leonardo was blown into the water, and he lost his life.

But he didn't give up. He firmly believed that his work was a success. Since it couldn't work in water, he changed it to a "land armored ship" and learned the lesson that the compressed steam power plant would explode, so he reduced the size of the iron armored ship.

As a result, the steam tank, a super-killer belonging to human beings, was manufactured in this way. In the remaining decades of Leonardo's life, he made twelve "prototypes" of steam tanks.

It is a pity that as Leonardo entered his later years, his mind was flooded with a completely new invention, he tried to build a flying war machine, which he named "helicopter", in his When the real thing was built and tested, an explosion and crash cost the empire their chief engineer forever and detonated the entire engineer academy and his workshop, along with blueprints for the steam tank and more designs Lost, so far, the Empire can no longer produce a steam tank as powerful as the twelve prototypes.

In order to restore the design of the steam tank, Imperial engineers spent countless time and energy for this. After trying to disassemble the internal structure, the engineers were surprised to find that the internal structure of each prototype is not exactly the same! This made it even more difficult to restore the steam tank prototype. In trying to disassemble the prototype to understand and test the internal structure, two prototypes were declared permanently scrapped, which shocked the emperor and the electors. , The angry aristocrats could not allow the steam tank, a super killer, to be scrapped for the so-called "experiment" of the engineers instead of being used to fight evil.

Four hundred years later, eight of the twelve prototypes remained, two of which were completely destroyed in the war and two were scrapped in experiments.

The turning point of the matter appeared in the great holy war one hundred and sixty years ago. When the savior Ludwig led the steam tanks of the empire to the front line, he was shocked by the power of the steam tanks. This super killer can Against an entire chapter of Chaos Warriors on their own, and against those beasts exclusively, not even the strongest Chaos trolls can withstand a well-placed shot from a steam cannon.

After the establishment of the new empire, the Savior once again summoned the engineers of the whole empire to try to restore the blueprint of the steam tank. This time they achieved a certain success. After decades, they imitated the power according to the prototype. And the size of the "Conqueror-class" steam tank was inferior to the prototype, and Noor also became the only place capable of producing and repairing steam tanks.

"We have tried many times, but no new steam tank can be as stable and powerful as the prototype." Gunter Maybach, chief engineer of the Noor Arms Factory, said somewhat toughly: "But I want to Said, the power of the steam tanks made later will not be too bad, have you tasted the power of the steam tanks in the battle of Helmgart?"

Lane's face darkened when he heard that, Maybach was talking about the battle of Helmgart, the battle between the combined forces of the Empire Rick and Ivey and the Principality of Palaeon in Brittany, where steam tanks joined the war. Then the tide of battle was completely turned around.

The chief engineer is mocking the poor technology of your knight kingdom, and is also embarrassed to despise our Nuer military factory for not being able to build a prototype?

Ryan had nothing to say about this, and he had no choice but to accept: "Okay, please continue to introduce us to Mr. Maybach."

"Cough cough~" The chief engineer of Noor thought to himself how the crown prince of the knight kingdom and the god-chosen champion of the lady in the lake were not provoked. He was quite elegant and easy-going. His original dissatisfaction with Ryan also disappeared. Little, Maybach coughed a few times, and then introduced: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, let's continue."

Maybach led the crowd towards the depths of the factory. Amidst the extremely tight guards, a huge military factory was opened, and there were seven or eight steam tanks. The workers and Nuer engineers stopped, and they immediately saluted Emilia: "Welcome, Your Excellency."

"Very good, continue to do your business." Emilia nodded majestically, and then took Sulia's arm: "Sister Sulia, how is it? These are the crystallization of science and technology belonging to human beings! Great, right?"

"It's amazing." Surya smiled and nodded to Emilia.

Everyone first came to the first steam tank under the guidance of Maybach, and the chief engineer opened the canvas.

What was exposed in front of everyone was a steam tank with a yellowish color. Like all steam tanks, it consisted of a car body, a rotating turret, and a steam structure at the rear of the car body. Coat of arms and insignia, including the Iron Cross, Skull, and Warhammer of the Empire, including Noor's Two-Tailed Comet and Golden Griffin Crest, it is equipped with a ram, three-barreled rotating Hellstorm rapid-fire cannon, and a small steam cannon with a rotating turret .

"The first steam tank that has been successfully imitated." Maybach nodded: "The original work, we generally call it 'hell level' or 'old man level'."

"As you can see, this steam tank is much smaller than ordinary steam tanks, and instead of being equipped with a large steam cannon, it is equipped with a three-barreled rotating **** blast rapid-fire gun, because the technology at that time was not mature enough, We can only use the prototype as a template to shrink the structure again and cancel the oversized steam cannon, in order to cause a lot of damage in a short period of time."

"It turns out that its power is really amazing. In a short period of time, the Hell-class steam tank can cause huge damage to the enemy in an instant, but... the same is true for our own people. Before the Hell-class stopped production, we produced a total of five such vehicles. The Hell-class tanks were discontinued after that, but most of the Hell-class tanks are still in service."

"Yeah." Ryan nodded. Hell-class or old-boy-class tanks are the first batch of imitations. After mastering the imitation technology, Nur obviously will not mass-produce such tanks.

The canvas of the second car was lifted, and a very special tank appeared in front of everyone. This steam tank was not equipped with any weapons, and even the rotating turret was cancelled. Its height is close to 3.5 meters.

"Warhammer-class steam tank, cancels all weapons and equipment, and is specially used to fight the enemy in the freezing environment of the north, where it is inconvenient to allocate and replenish ammunition. The modified and strengthened steam power structure is enough to knock down a whole troll and eater. Humans and demons." Maybach continued: "But obviously, this was not the original intention of our steam tank design, so we only produced two."

Followed by the third steam tank, this steam tank canceled the rotating shells, installed a super-heavy steam cannon, and installed two rotatable continuous-fire long-barreled firearms on both sides.

"Relentless steam tank, canceled the rotating turret, and gave up the position to this super-heavy cannon. This tank is specially designed to deal with the enemy's war machines and giant beasts. The rotatable fire cannon is enough to deal with the enemy on both sides. There is no The revolving turret made the tank faster, but also greatly weakened the defense, we produced a total of seven, and now have five Relentless steam tanks in service."

The canvas on the fourth steam tank was also lifted. This steam tank eliminated the rotating turret and replaced it with a small platform with railings.

"The chariot-level steam tank is not a successful trial work. The rotary turret is cancelled and replaced by a platform, so that five to eight soldiers can provide fire support on the platform." Maybach pointed to the scarred platform: "It turns out that the power It's really strong, but it takes a long time to train the soldiers to not get dizzy or fatigued, and because of the weight, the speed is slow, so we only produced three."

Visiting these modified steam tanks, Ryan nodded again and again, and it could be seen that Nur's research on steam tanks was not resting on his laurels, but had been trying to modify them. The big engineers of these empires were slowly exploring the direction of progress while being conservative. .

"Conqueror class." The chief engineer pointed to the fifth tank, which was very consistent with the tank that Ryan and the others had seen. It was a standard steam tank consisting of a body, a rotating turret and a steam power device behind it. About four meters high, the body is equipped with a large cannon, the rotating turret is equipped with a small steam cannon, and has a ram: "This is the version closest to the prototype and the most produced version, since the drawings of the Conqueror class. After the completion, the Noor Arms Factory has produced a total of 43 vehicles, and there are currently more than 20 vehicles in service."

"Steam tanks, what an amazing engineering miracle." Ryan noticed that there were three or four identical Conqueror-class steam tanks in the factory building, and he nodded: "Today is really an eye-opener."

"Finally, let us solemnly introduce to you, the pride of our Nur, the Savior!"

A five-meter-high steam tank appeared in front of everyone. Everyone looked at the steam tank in surprise. Griffons adorn this massive war machine.

"Salvator Mundi, one of the twelve prototypes of a steam tank built by master Leonardo da Miragliano, this tank has been in service with the Empire for about four hundred years, it has been on the battlefield Alone against an entire Chaos God's Chosen Warband, it once shattered the head of a demon prince, and its outstanding performance on the battlefield made it legendary." Maybach exclaimed with pride: "The Great Holy War , the invincible Savior joined the battle with His Majesty Ludwig the Savior, and it caused countless great damage to the enemy, even after His Majesty Ludwig left us, the Savior inherited the road The will of His Majesty Dewish, it has not given up on Nur, whenever the war comes to the most critical time, we firmly believe that the Savior is with us!"

"It's the pride of our Nuer." Emilia's face also had a faint smugness on her face, and the Imperial Countess stepped closer to the Savior, looking at the mighty appearance of this steam tank prototype: "It's more powerful than It's far superior to those Conqueror-class imitations, and for four hundred years, it has encountered many difficulties, but it has never failed."

Ryan closed his eyes and nodded in agreement, while he was still thinking about other things in his heart.

good stuff! Really want!

Also, how is the steam tank similar to Gundam, the prototype will always hang on the production machine?

"The Savior is currently being maintained." Chief wizard Maybach continued: "This is also an old antique. Even if we continue to replace parts and repairs, the Savior must be properly maintained. This is our Nur. The only prototype steam tank left."

"What about other prototypes?" Ryan asked casually.

"Distributed in other provinces and free cities of the empire, such as the famous 'Conqueror' belongs to Rickland, 'Emperor's Wrath' belongs to White Wolf City, 'Two-tailed Comet' belongs to Brunswick, 'Mi The Ragliano' belongs to Tarabheim and so on~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Maybach nodded: "Only in the most critical time will these big killers be dispatched, and these prototypes must be used to fight together It is almost impossible. The last time these prototypes fought together was more than 130 years ago, when a giant waaagh attacked Kronborg, His Majesty Ludwig ordered three prototypes and six The steam tanks took part in the battle and defeated the big waaagh! And he killed the green-skinned warlord Gitripa on the spot. "

"Yeah." Ryan nodded heavily, what else he wanted to say, Maybach waved his hand: "Okay, Your Excellency Ryan and Mrs. Suria, you have also finished visiting, the tank needs maintenance, please let us move to another place. !"

Ryan and Suria both had the heart to take another look, but Maybach's attitude became tough, Emilia shook his head secretly at Ryan, and Ryan had to agree: "Okay, may I ask Mr. Maybach, in addition to the steam tank, there are other What can you show us?"

The chief engineer suddenly hesitated. Maybach held the wrench in his hand and gave Emilia a wink.

my duchess?

"Let's show him, anyway, I won't get pregnant." Emilia said angrily.

"Okay then." Maybach nodded to show his understanding. He took everyone to a new factory: "Just right, we have two brand new project plans recently."

"First of all, mechanical horse technology!" A human engineer was riding a mechanical horse completely composed of machinery, running back and forth in the open space, and the mechanical horse smashed all the obstacles on the road to smash.

Ryan couldn't stop laughing after seeing it, what this mechanical horse reminded him of.

Original: Ishimori Shotaro.

"And... a brand new giant war machine."

"We're naming it... a landboat!"