Chapter 13 The poor third generation of engineering
Jin Di hung a sign at the door saying he was closed for business, then took Herad to the back room, opened the lifting platform and entered the basement.
The basement goes more than 150 meters underground and can block ordinary nuclear explosions.
Of course, digging a basement so deep is impossible.
It was a circular space of at least 100,000 square meters.
Judging from the passages extending in all directions, this huge underground space must lead to other places.
Seeing the large-scale project in front of him, Herard was not surprised.
Both dwarfs and dwarfs are born in the year of the rat, and they especially like to dig underground in the dark.
They either hollowed out the mountains or dug out a city underground.
It's normal to dig a mall underground.
The powerful people in Dalaran monitor the ground very strictly.
A place so deep underground is not within their monitoring range.
This reminds Harad of the sewers of Dalaran in the game.
In such a huge underground space, of course there are many shops.
There are also many customers coming and going on the street.
The shops opened here will more or less contain some contraband.
But the main reason is to avoid Dalaran's heavy taxes.
In Jindi's underground black market, there are shops several times larger than those on the ground.
Inside the store, a little dwarf was sitting boredly behind the counter, reading a book.
Seeing the boss bringing someone over, the little dwarf quickly hid the book and ran over to receive the boss.
Jin Di was in a good mood and didn't pay attention to the paddling under his hands.
"Go and take out our big one."
"Boss, which one do you want to take?"
"Of course it's the biggest one."
"Okay."
The little dwarf quickly ran into the warehouse in the back room to work.
The products on the shelves in this store are all made with serious engineering.
Various engineering auxiliary props are displayed on the counters and shelves.
There are also many muskets, grenades, and mortars displayed on and beside the walls.
However, Herard did not see any large war machines such as steam tanks or armed helicopters.
That one is probably not for sale and will not be put up for sale.
Herard was a little curious about the big guy the two little dwarfs were talking about.
Dwarfs are generally no more than one meter tall, so their big bodies must be wet.
This can be seen from the mortars in the corner.
The caliber of that thing is up to 50mm, which is almost a replica of the little devil's grenade.
Only poor people use small cannons that are short of firepower.
If mortars did not have a 120mm caliber, they would all be small water pipes with weak power.
The muskets hanging on the wall are pretty good, with calibers starting at 10mm.
The caliber of some guns exceeds 20mm, and small-caliber mortars are the two extremes.
Dwarfs are very shrewd in their thinking. There is actually no design problem when they make these weapons.
The mortar is used by the dwarf himself, so the caliber cannot be too large.
Those muskets were prepared for the dwarves, and of course the caliber was made as large as possible.
Although dwarves are short, they are a bit shorter than humans.
Their nickname is Sons of the Earth, and their strength is among the best in the entire continent!
Except for the aberrations among the trolls, there is currently no race that can compete with the dwarves in strength.
Herad weighed the musket and felt that it was also suitable for use by high elves.
These muskets can be transported and sold in Dalaran by gnome mages.
This shows that the recoil of the musket is still within the tolerance of most people.
Muskets are much more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows.
Many weaker enchanted bows and arrows may not be as useful as muskets.
And weapons like muskets are easy to use.
Even civilians can master it quickly and use it decently.
According to common sense, high elves and civilians would also be very strong.
There is no need for a simple and crude weapon like a musket.
After all, their long life span is there.
Even if a pig practices for hundreds or thousands of years, it will become a pig demon!
But there are so many high elves who are just waiting to die.
High elves with good talent and hard work are extremely powerful.
Those high elves who are not talented enough and don't work hard naturally have little strength. When disaster strikes, the civilians' three-legged cat martial arts and shooting skills will never come to the fore!
The introduction of powerful muskets can give civilians combat effectiveness at critical moments.
After making up his mind, Herard chose a more suitable musket.
"Is there a place to test the gun? Let me see how powerful it is."
Seeing that the high elf mage was interested in the gun, Jin Di happily led the way.
As he passed the warehouse, he shouted inside.
"Gelbin, wait and send the big guy to the room where the gun is tested."
"Got it, boss. I'll send it over soon."
Herard saw the things stored inside through the crack of the door that was opened a little. It seems to be a large mechanical body.
The technological route of the gnomes is rather weird, but overall it is quite developed.
The steam tanks they produced for the dwarves were very retro.
The mechanical chocobo he uses is very sci-fi.
This weird technological route is comparable to steampunk!
It looks very retro, but in fact it is full of black technology!
The mechanical body in the warehouse, Herard guessed it was some kind of robot.
Considering the dwarf's picky personality, it's probably impossible to bring out the robot.
However, Herard is still looking forward to the big guy who can be placed with the robot.
The gun testing room in the store is a straight tunnel over a hundred meters long.
The electric light on the roof of the tunnel illuminates the inside of the tunnel as bright as day.
Human-shaped targets are placed according to distance.
At the entrance to the tunnel, sandbags were stacked as shooting shelters.
Although these arrangements are rough, the safety is no worse than shooting clubs on earth.
The musket chosen by Herard was a long-barreled musket that dwarves like to use.
This musket is famous for its accuracy.
The length is just over one meter and the weight is about ten kilograms.
Its appearance and structure are relatively simple, similar to the old bolt-action rifles on Earth.
After Jin Di gave a brief explanation, Herard pulled the trigger in a decent manner.
"Bang"
a crisp gunshot sounded.
The dazzling light from the muzzle flashed.
The recoil of the musket was considerable, pushing Herard back half a step.
Although this intensity was already very strong, it was still within his tolerance.
The smoke produced by burning gunpowder is very light, similar to that of smokeless gunpowder.
He was also very satisfied with this.
However, as a newbie, Herard's hit rate is appalling!
Although it did not hit the sky or the ground, the target 20 meters away did not hit.
Jin Di, who was watching from the side, was not surprised. He handed a box of bullets to Herard.
"It's not easy for a novice to hit the target. It'll be better if you practice more."
Herard removed the cartridge case and reloaded it, and continued shooting at the target twenty meters away.
The crisp sound of "bang bang bang" gunfire continued to echo in the tunnel.
The twenty-meter target is very close.
However, Herard's shooting talent is average.
He fired several shots in succession and finally hit the target successfully.
The target made of solid wood was broken into two parts by flying wood chips.
Looking at the broken solid wood target, Herard nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, the power of this gun is okay. I guess the troll will be choked by one shot!"
Jin Di was immediately happy when he heard this comment.
"Guest, you are so discerning! The dwarf mountain ranger troops like to use it to deal with trolls." The
daily tasks in Azeroth are to eat, sleep and fight trolls.
Beating the trolls to death is political correctness.
Even dwarfs who don't like to use violence also hate those endless trolls.
Trolls love to eat people, after all.
No one wants to be eaten by a troll.
In fact, these weapons developed by gnomes were originally used to deal with trolls.
(End of chapter)