During the years when leaving the central continent and being exposed to the history of Earth's war and weapon development, Gastens has thought about a question countless times: What kind of weapon technology tree is suitable for Elena, and what kind of technology tree can maximize the continuity and monopoly of the base he will establish. And what kind of weapons can be chosen so that his revolutionary team can get the greatest competitive advantage?

These thoughts have lasted for several years, and the final answer is actually not complicated. Compared with the endless gunpowder weapons on the earth, the steam power of the central continent naturally has insufficient killing power. If you want to rely on steam power to increase the power of the weapon, the price and cost of increasing the thickness of the armor is far higher than the increase in the thickness of the armor. In the year when you return to your own world, the wars that Elena experienced have proved all this. Even Elena, even with rich steam equipment, has a lot of equipment.

Gastens, who has experienced the experience, has the production time, production process and production cost of the Thunder Type equipped for Elena's troops, is much higher than the three-layer simple plate armor that the enemy soldiers wear. In terms of cost alone, the cost-effectiveness ratio of using the Thunder Type is far less than the cost-effectiveness ratio of strengthening defense. Moreover, as enemies of all parties understand more about Elena's weapons, there are more and more ways to deal with this weapon. Eliot's troops have begun to use human or animal power in combat.

The armored combat vehicles promoted, and the army of the Niglu Republic also included the three-layer plate-armored soldiers in the regular combat queue. There is no limit to human intelligence and group wisdom. Gastens knew that his Thunder and Luoshan models would eventually be targeted, copied, or even surpassed. And when the enemy took out a stronger shield, what should he do? The marginal cost of using air-pressure-driven weapons in improving lethality will soon exceed Elena's ability to withstand it. Therefore,

At the beginning of his return to this world, Gastens established the development idea of ​​weapons of defense as king. This is also the reason why he lacked interest in the steam cannons of the Negro Republic. The weapon carrying a huge boiler and a heavy body is really powerful and has a limited strength compared to the large-caliber rifles on the earth. If Elena's elite troops were not all dragged by the Negro Republic with strategies, his Elena would not have been in such a crisis.

Under the pyroxene lights in the experimental weapon workshop of the First Factory, the tank called the giant beast has already shown its glory. It is not like the water cabinet tanks that the British took out during World War on Earth, nor is it like the modern weapons with large angle armor and flattened vehicles that developed to the later stages of armor and anti-armor technology. Because the world lacks high-power weapons, Gastens gave up the large number of anti-armor piercing designs of modern tanks on Earth, but added a large amount of upper space to the tank. In these spaces, Gastens stuffed his true core competitiveness, a steam turbine he called the core.

It was a steam turbine that was small enough to be loaded into a huge tank, and it was a steam turbine that was so high that no engineer in the world could imagine. This kind of power equipment that had never appeared in this world, the pyroxene used was not even ordinary pyroxene, but all of them were metallurgical pyroxene.

“It’s so beautiful…”

William stood beside the giant beast, looking up at the silent and terrifying weapon, and exclaimed softly. The giant beast plan had already begun to be implemented shortly after he arrived in Elena, and maintained a very high level of secrets inside and outside the base. Only a few people knew that this weapon existed. If it weren't for the heart of the giant beast that was not in place when Negru invaded, Negru wouldn't have broken through the Luoshan intersection so easily.

“It has to be beautiful.”

Gastens answered William's words in an unquestionable tone. He stepped forward, reached for the handrail fixed to the outside of the armor, and climbed onto the roof of the giant beast. There, the opened hatch was silent quietly, as if his wife was waiting for her husband to return home. Gastens reached out to hold the hatch, and his feet were down, jumping into the interior of the giant beast.

The interior space of the behemoth with four people designed was not as cramped as imagined. As the designer, Gastens easily found the switch to start the behemoth. According to the operation process he designed, he turned the switch one by one, opened the throttle valve, let the distilled pure water enter the water tank, and then ignited the metallurgical pyroxene, allowing their heat to heat the liquid through the characteristic heat-resistant materials. In just a while, the water vapor filled with the secondary gas storage chamber entered the critical state of high temperature and high pressure. Gastens turned several buttons

, with satisfaction, he heard the sound of the core starting to operate. The high-speed axis of the steam turbine was a somewhat sharp chirping sound. Although it was harsh, it was particularly beautiful in Gastens's ears. He observed the power meter from time to time, and after seeing that the numbers met the expected standards, he connected the transmission mechanism connecting the power system and the walking system. With a bang, the huge and heavy beast began to advance on the hardened road in the workshop. Its progress was slow, but it had an unstoppable breath.

However, after just a short distance, the beast stopped. Gastens crawled out of the beast with satisfaction and patted the beast's armored steel plate with his hands. Although its defense is much weaker than its kind on Earth, it has almost no fear for any weapon in this world. Now, at this point in time, the beast is almost an unsolvable existence to the enemy of any country.

"Sometimes I wonder how your brain is growing and that you can design such a terrible weapon. If our giant beast was completed at that time, it might not be your turn to put that magic."

William was obviously impressed by the power of this terrifying weapon, and his voice was filled with trembling and regret. If the giant beast could have entered the war at that time, perhaps Elena would not have lost so badly, and perhaps his daughter Daisy would not have died inexplicably in that way.

After chuckling twice, Gastens did not answer William's question immediately. He circled the monster twice and checked its status. After a long time, he gave his own answer.

"The steam turbine was not perfect at that time. You have done your best to make prototypes in such a short time. In the battle half a month ago, we lost a lot, but the base area is still there, the factory is still there, and the giant beast is still there. We have survived the most difficult time. Next, it is time to let the world realize our victory and give us the rightful position."

William did not hear Daisy's content from Gastens, and he was a little disappointed and understood. After all, for the young leader in front of him, how could his daughter Daisy, even if she was precious, be comparable to the revolutionary cause itself?

"Daes, dad, don't worry, I will definitely find the murderer. They can't escape."

It seemed that he heard William's voice, and it seemed that he suddenly thought of Gastens comforting him. William actually didn't want much. He nodded and raised the questions he had always worried about.

"Gastens, the monster you designed is indeed powerful. If it can be put into the battlefield, it will definitely change the form of the battlefield again. However, if this weapon is released, it is certain that it will attract a large number of imitators. I admit that Elena's steam equipment production capacity is very high, but no matter how high it is, it is not as high as our headquarters in Purgatory Power, and even the steam equipment companies in the Niglu Republic, the Verne Republic and even the Arronte Empire. If our idea is discovered or even copied by the enemy, they rely on a production capacity that is far beyond ours and can equip similar weapons faster than us. How can we fight then?"

William was involved in the design of the behemoth. The purpose of this beast's original design was mainly to fight enemies that the Thunder and Luoshan types could not be dealt with. Of course, if the enemy had the opportunity to capture it on the battlefield, it would not be difficult to imitate an armored combat vehicle that looked similar with the steam equipment level of this world. Even if those people had enough patience and skills, they would not be unable to create a steam turbine that looked similar through reverse engineering. However, neither William in front of them nor the engineers who were destined to be tortured by this new weapon in the future would have thought of what the biggest imitation barrier of this weapon was.

"Don't worry, uncle, they can't make such things."

Gastens had been thinking a long time ago about how to prevent the enemy from imitating his weapons, and he finally found the answer from experience on earth. The search process of the answer was long and complicated, but the final result was just two simple words.

Material.

The idea of ​​armored combat vehicles is easily copied, and the structure and the mechanism of this track transmission are also easily copied. Even the complex steam turbine, as long as the imitator has enough patience, can make exactly the same equipment. However, they certainly do not have the materials in their hands that can withstand sufficient high temperature and high pressure to push steam into a critical or even supercritical state. This is also destined that no one except Gastens can make a steam turbine like a core. Once this necessary powerful power is lost, it is impossible to drive this kind of combat vehicle by simply using the existing steam-powered machinery in this world. You must know that greater power means greater volume, and greater volume means

With higher weight, higher weight means higher power requirements. Those who try to imitate the giant beast will eventually realize the huge obstacles that lie on their roads. And the material formula, which can only be answered by luck, is based on technical level in this world that is not even complete in the concept of alloy, to find something similar, not a year or two years, and the investment required is not a simple number. You must know that, back then, he used the resources of a great magician and a whole mage tower to barely find materials that can meet his requirements. Now, the challenges faced by his enemies to find the same formula are almost insurmountable.

Although he felt like a mirror in his heart, Gastens did not tell William the matter. Most of the comrades involved in the revolution were cute, enthusiastic and credible. But even so, Gastens didn't want to take a little risk. The giant beasts were the core competitiveness of the revolutionary army he planned to establish. He would destroy any factors that might endanger the safety of the giant beasts in the bud.

When William saw Gastens just laughing and not talking, he knew that some things might not be easy to express. He didn't care, but just continued to say it according to his own ideas.

"In my opinion, this weapon has no rival in this world. However, its production cycle is very long, especially the engine you call the core, which is almost no one except you. This will greatly limit the output of the behemoth-"

"As long as this kind of thing exists, it can destroy the enemy's confidence."

Gastens didn't care that high-cost, high-end and sophisticated weapons like the giant beast are not suitable for the road to winning in quantity. Now he and Elena do not have the ability and technology to produce giant beasts in large quantities. Fortunately, as he himself said, as long as this kind of indestructible thing appears on the battlefield, it can already determine the outcome of a battle.

William nodded, obviously agreeing with Gastens's statement. He looked up at the gun barrel and machine gun on the giant beast's tall turret and fell silent. The giant beast not only carries a steam turbine for power, but also two smaller steam engines, steam machine guns and steam cannons on the turret specially used to drive. William, who already knows about the giant beast, could easily imagine the majesty of this weapon on the battlefield.

"Okay, uncle, you did a good job, thank you for your hard work." Gastens tested the behemoth and knew that it had met his expectations. He was very satisfied. William nodded and discussed many technical issues with him before saying goodbye to each other. Now, it is not the time when the behemoth is released, William will continue to work in this secret workshop, understand the nature of the behemoth, better control it, and stimulate its potential. Gastens has more things to do.

Leaving the experimental weapon workshop, Gastens met Luna and Ivan who were waiting for him in his office. Seeing Gastens come back, Luna left the office well and left the room for conversation for Ivan and Gastens.

"Boss", Ivan saw Luna leave, turned around and went straight to the point, "I have completed the work you arranged."

Gastens was a little happy when he heard Ivan's words. It seemed that there was a lot of good news today. He nodded with a smile and asked.

“How many people are there?”

"About forty, all veterans who fought the battle of Elena's guard."

"Very good. Take them to a separate place for training, keep it confidential. It will take some time for the production of weapons. You can practice with Daisy's gun first and pay attention to maintenance."

"OK."

Ivan nodded and began to ask for more details about this special force. Gastens's attention returned to that afternoon, when Daisy threw the bag with the gun at his feet, looking at him with a warm smile, it seemed that he would never change.

Outside the window.
Chapter completed!