Chapter 458: Bad Mood

Chapter 452 – Bad Mood

Upon seeing the equipment of the rangers that the Border Iron Cavalry had brought back at no small cost, Cross knew that the loss of the cavalry was inevitable, and at the same time the uneasiness in his heart when he went out to the army had found its source.

Although Cross came from a family, but he did not just rely on the background to get to the top, in fact, that side of the force are not lack of people with background, can get to the top itself is the ability to reflect, so he is very clear about the impact of equipment on the war.

But there are those who are in favor of it and those who are against it, like Cross, who focuses on the equipment to push the development of guns and cannons is called the new faction, which corresponds to the old faction that sticks to the traditional professionals as the main force of the war.

Most of the old school are over 50 years old, because they have experienced the era when the imperial border army was dominant thirty years ago, they naturally look down on all other forces, especially the two alliances in the north and the barbarian kingdom.

In their eyes, the two alliances in the Northland, one is the descendant of criminals and the other is a group of ragtag people, both are things that can’t rise to the occasion, and the barbarian kingdom is even a thing that was beaten like a dog at the beginning.

Even if the empire collapsed, lying on the rich legacy left behind by the imperial border army, this group of people still looked at people with their nostrils and looked down on anyone.

In fact, in their opinion, if it wasn’t for the behemoth that was the Hundred Cities Alliance in the south pulling most of the North Pass Border City Alliance’s energies, they would have long ago unified the Northlands and established a kingdom.

It is because of this pride, coupled with the huge legacy left behind by the Imperial Border Army, the new faction has always been suppressed, after all, ordinary firearms can’t do much harm to the professionals.

It wasn’t until the old faction began to lose their strength due to age, and the new faction gradually came to power, that the situation began to change.

Especially after the influence of the military competition originated from the Northern Honor Union gradually spread outward, the new faction took this opportunity to grasp a greater say, after all, the enhancement of the strength of the army by firearms is obvious to all, especially after the ability to mass-produce, it is even more drastic changes, no one can ignore this point.

The Northern Pass Border City Alliance had the ability to mass produce them, so the promotion of guns in the army was unstoppable.

Taking advantage of this wind, the new faction gradually grasped more rights and the right to speak, and a force to promote the war, but as one of the representatives of the new faction, Cross has always had a feeling of uneasiness, but before the expedition, after seeing the majestic army was suppressed just, now see the enemy’s equipment, he realized that the uneasiness comes from there.

The armament update of the North Pass Border City Alliance is completely influenced by the Northern Honor Alliance, so as the source of everything, the Northern Honor Alliance’s armament in the end to what level, this is no one knows, because the two sides are not only separated by nearly hundreds of miles, in the middle of the Northland Noble Alliance in, the news is inevitably distorted.

He thought that with the strong strength of the Northern Pass Border City Alliance, he would be able to even out the gap between the two sides, but he was still too naive, and this time the opponent was by no means that simple.

“Go and invite Master Eugene here.” Cross took a deep breath and spoke to the attendant beside him.

Eugene was the only Legendary Alchemist of the Northern Pass Border City Alliance, and a strong supporter of the New Faction, and this time, he accompanied the army, firstly, to stand up for this war pushed by the New Faction, and secondly, because he was interested in the Northern Honor Alliance, so he immediately rushed here upon receiving the news.

“Master Eugene.” Seeing the rather tall and slightly lean Master Eugene, Cross rushed forward to greet him.

“This is the equipment you seized.” The white-haired and long-bearded Master Eugene just nodded to Cross, then walked to the long table without stopping his footsteps, and the first thing he picked up was the semi-automatic cavalry gun.

As a product of industrialization, the semi-automatic cavalry gun couldn’t be talked about in much detail, but every part, every construction, made Eugene feel like a treasure, because what he was looking at wasn’t the craftsmanship, but the design ideas. “The structure is concise and compact, the materials are appropriate, all of them are machined, there is not a bit of redundancy, it is quite a mature product.” Master Eugene who skillfully withdrew the bullet and disassembled it into a pile of parts nodded with satisfaction as if he had just savored a classic cuisine.

For a master like Eugene, a weapon wasn’t the more complicated the better, nor were the materials the more expensive the better, but rather a suitable match.

It might not be a rare ingredient carefully cooked by a chef, but a classic is a classic, and will always bring a deep and unforgettable impression, and this was the feeling that this gun gave to Master Eugene.

Following Master Eugene’s instructions, Cross reassembled the parts, it wasn’t difficult, but it instead made his face look harder and harder, because it meant that this gun was easy to maintain, less demanding on the soldiers, and easier to popularize.

As a round of bullets was loaded in, Cross’ face became even more gloomy, because the mainstream equipment in today’s army could only be loaded with one round at a time, even the most skillful shooter couldn’t match it in terms of firepower density, zooming out to the entire battlefield, the gap in firepower could simply make people despair.

Finding an open space and emptying bullets with a sense of rhythm, Cross’s face could no longer be described as difficult to look at, he was about to lose hope for victory in this war.

“The gap is surprisingly large.” Caressing this semi-automatic rifle that only belonged to ordinary soldiers, Cross’ heart couldn’t help but give birth to a slight chill.

The more familiar one was with the army, the clearer one knew how much of an impact a simple, reliable, and to some extent advanced weapon could have on a war.

Was this weapon advanced? Advanced and not advanced.

Cross had seen guns more advanced than this one, every part exuding artistry, but such weapons could only become the collector’s items of the nobility rather than following the soldiers around in the mud pits, and thus the army was currently using one-shot rifles of simple construction and weak firepower.

These guns are very reliable and hardly ever malfunction, and even if there is a dud, all that is needed is to pout open the chamber to remove the bullet and replace it with a new one.

The problem was that this kind of gun was more suitable to be taken for hunting than to be put on the battlefield where fighting was fierce.

But there is no way, want to control the power, practicality and cost all in the passing line is not an easy thing, the North Pass Border City Alliance can not do now, or else will not be out of the cost, maintenance, and ammunition and other aspects of the use of the single hit one.

“What would it take to get to the level of this firearm?” Contemplating for a long time Cross put the gun down and asked Master Eugene, he wanted to use this to get a feel for the depths of the Northern Glory Alliance, perhaps this gun was equipped only for the elite at all costs.

“A production number of over one hundred thousand, during which it will need to be constantly used in actual combat, while constantly being adjusted until it reaches equilibrium.” Master Eugene was clearly prepared for Cross’s question and gave an answer that made his heart go cold.

“That is to say that the Northern Glory Alliance has a manufacturing system on a large scale and is sufficient to meet the consumption of the army with the war.” Cross’ mood couldn’t be worse, so he spoke in a calm tone.

“I should say that it’s quite a well-developed manufacturing system and employs a large amount of alchemy machinery, with an output that exceeds your imagination.” Master Eugene stroked the cut marks on the metal parts of the semi-automatic cavalry gun, feeling the beauty that belonged uniquely to industrial manufacturing from it, and with a hint of excitement spoke the worse answer to Cross.

(End of chapter)