Age of Empires From Scratch Chapter 87

  Chapter 87 New Bullets

  The vigorous wave of construction and learning lasted throughout the winter.

  When the new year comes, although the winter village is still in a world of ice and snow, the temperature has begun to rise significantly, and correspondingly, the enthusiasm for learning has gradually subsided.

  In a few months, everyone has read all the knowledge that they are interested in or even not interested in, and then they will choose a certain knowledge for formal practice according to their own preferences and the depth of their understanding of these knowledge.

  David estimates that no one will be able to master some kind of mysterious power for a while. Without the guidance of a mentor, mastering mysterious power by self-study is not an easy task.

  Laura was able to quickly learn many hunter skills. The fundamental reason is that she has mastered the magical power of the Holy Light, and she can understand many power applications in the notes more intuitively.

  Others don't have this advantage, they can only slowly explore from scratch.

  In comparison, Will Turner's blacksmith shop has made a lot of contributions this winter: making various crystal ore weapons, making various parts needed by several scientists, and making the pistol that David wanted.

   Even, based on the original design, Will Turner also played some creativity.

"The warhead of this bullet also has crystal powder added, and crystal powder is also added to the charge." Will held a bullet in his hand that looked no different from a .45 ACP pistol bullet, except that the bullet The color is a bit special, with a purple halo under the sunlight.

   "How about the power?"

  David was still looking at the revolver Will had just built for him. The appearance of this gun still chose the appearance of his favorite violent hunter revolver before, but because the main material is light cast iron, the whole gun has a faint golden color.

  At the same time, in order to facilitate the supply of ammunition in the village, the specifications of the bullets were not the original .44 Magnum, but a .45 caliber was specially made—this is a customized pistol in the shape of a rampage hunter.

  In this way, all the pistols in the village use bullets of the same caliber, and Will only needs to make a mold of one specification, which saves a lot of trouble.

   "You can try it yourself." Will pointed to the target not far away, which was set up in advance.

  Today is the day to test the gun, and it is also the day to show the power of the new bullet. The target chosen by Will is a huge stone with thick metal plates hanging from the front and back.

David put a few bullets glowing purple into the gun, and the specially-made revolver can pop out from the left and right sides of the gun body, that is to say, there is a button on both sides of the pistol, press and hold the button on the left, You can make the revolver eject from the left side of the gun body; press and hold the right side to eject from the right side.

  This design is convenient for David to use with both left and right hands. When reloading, you only need to hold down the corresponding button with your thumb and lightly shake the gun body.

  At this time, David held the gun in his right hand. After loading six bullets, he flicked the pistol, and the runner returned to the gun body, and then raised the gun to aim at the target.

boom!

  Without brewing or any reminder, David pulled the trigger directly after aiming. The sound of the pistol firing was slightly different from the previous Rage Hunter, and the sound was more dull.

This is not the point. The point is that after David shot, the stone that was the target was directly blown into dust. With his strong vision, David clearly saw that the metal plate hanging in front of the stone was also shot into pieces. debris.

   A group of people, including Steve, Mark, Eva, etc., were watching the test firing behind David. No one expected the power of this shot to be so exaggerated.

David looked in the direction of the target, and he saw a lot of metal fragments—that was the metal plate that was previously tied in front of the stone; besides a few broken stones, there was more flying dust—it was directly blasted into powder. and another piece of broken metal plate, inserted here and there in the ground farther out—a metal plate tied to the other side of the stone.

  Looked down at the pistol, and David looked at Will again. He really didn't expect it to be so powerful.

  David could clearly feel the wave of holy light released from the pistol when shooting, and the energy of holy light was attached to the bullet.

  But what caused this destructive power should be the purple energy that burst out when hitting the target, which means that this powerful power mainly comes from the crystal ore powder. Of course, David does not rule out that it is the interaction of two energies that has such amazing power. As for the magic-breaking effect added by the holy light, it is not yet clear.

  Looked at the Furious Hunter in his hand again. Now it is more appropriate to change its name to the Holy Light Hunter. David is very satisfied with this new gun. After playing with it happily for a while, he inserted it into the holster around his waist.

   "You also made rifle bullets!"

   "Of course." Will pointed to another box next to it, which contained rifle bullets.

   No one needed to be reminded at all. Sharon had already carried a huge thick metal plate to the shooting range, supported it with two stones, and stood the metal plate horizontally against the two stones.

   When Sharon ran back behind David, David had already raised the ordinary HK416 rifle without any modifications, only the bullets just stuffed into the magazine were specially made by Will.

boom! boom! boom!

   Let's shoot a few bursts first, and David can clearly see that each bullet can leave a big hole in the metal plate that is at least five centimeters thick.

   Then he pulled the trigger and fired continuously, and the metal plate was useless until one magazine was finished.

   "Is there no shortcoming in this thing?" David was surprised. He didn't expect Will to come up with such a big killer: "Is it troublesome to make? Is it dangerous?"

"It's not troublesome or dangerous." Will shook his head. He has been tinkering with it for several months. He can be sure that the production of this kind of bullet is not much different from that of ordinary bullets, except that one more material is added: "Crystal Ore is a very stable material."

   There is only one disadvantage: the number of crystal ores is too small.

As Leonard and Mark gradually designed and manufactured various equipment that can use crystal ore, large crystal ore should be used as energy, leaving Will to make bullets with scraps, after making some 20mm machine guns After the cannonball, the crystal ore powder in his hand has been used up.

   "Is that so..."

David has no way to solve this problem. The growth rate of the crystal ore is not under his control. After a few months of holding back, there is not much growth. Two of them are made into weapons. At present, the crystal ore stock in Winter Village is also low. It's only three yuan, and it may be moved by Sheldon and the others to test new equipment at any time.

   "Build as many as you can!" David thought for a while, and added: "The village keeps some emergency ones, and Tirion will take the remaining bullets!"

Some time ago, Tirion Fording asked Laura for drawings of Krupp 105mm howitzers and shells used in World War II, drawings of Garand rifles and corresponding bullets, and Browning 12.7mm Drawing of a heavy machine gun and bullets.

   If there are no accidents, Ironforge should be producing these types of weapons. Fording has also returned to the Kingdom of Lordaeron, ready to go to Hearthglen to face the Scourge.

According to the plan that Fording disclosed to David before, once the Scourge begins to attack, Ironforge will use the 'air force' to send the weapons ordered by Fording to Hearthglen. If the crisis is really as Fording said, In severe cases, Ironforge will also send dwarf troops to join the battle.

   It seems that Fording doesn't need to worry about the issue of weapons, but David thinks that there are powerful equipment here, and supporting Fording is also an attitude.

  After taking out one hundred and twenty-one rounds of pistol ammunition, David first handed the shell casing that was knocked out to Will, and then put all the bullets into an ammunition bag separately.

  According to his thinking, he doesn't need to carry ordinary bullets, he has enough means to fight against the enemy, and he can also use bows and arrows when encountering ordinary people or beasts.

  The Holy Light Hunter in his hand is not so much a medium-range and short-range defensive weapon as it is a portable heavy firepower. He was actually quite curious, if he encountered a tank, could he blow it up with one shot? Anyway, he was sure that the weasel ultralight tank in the village would not be able to withstand a single shot.

"Hammer of Judgment, and this Light Hunter, do you need to bring anything else?" After clearing the shooting range, everyone was concerned about David's trip. Laura took a picture of David while asking questions. The down jacket on David: "I definitely can't go out wearing it like this!"

  The new year is here, and although Lindong Village still looks like a large construction site, the general outline has already emerged.

  Considering that this year may not be too peaceful, David has already stated that he is going to set off for Iron Tree Fort recently, and if it doesn't go well, he will go to the capital.

  Go early and return early. It is best to return to Lindong Town before the autumn harvest. At that time, the surrounding villages may find that their food is not enough, and they are very likely to do something to Lindong Village.

   "Some documents, maybe some gifts."

   Other than that, he really has nothing to prepare. As the head of a small rural village in the most remote area of ​​the kingdom, it is 'impossible' for him to come up with any rare and good things.

"Also, I won't go with you this time. I have something to deal with." Laura is still the adventurous Laura. Compared with the ruins of civilization in the book, she still prefers the latter: "Also, I always feel that this adventure is very important and must not be missed."

  David nodded, knowing in his heart that the Holy Trinity was finally going to cool down completely. Laura, who had mastered the Holy Light and learned some hunter skills, would become even more difficult to deal with.

   Just when David was thinking about how miserable Holy Trinity was, Steve suddenly came over: "David, there are some things I want to ask you for advice."

  (end of this chapter)

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