My players are all acting

10 at night.

Fortress of the Ordered.

Zhao Haiping came to the door of the blacksmith shop and found that there were already many players queuing up here.

"I want that mid-range armor!"

"Get me a good long gun."

"Are you selling horse armor? If you have one, give me the cheapest one!"

The entire nearby street seemed very lively.

In these two customs clearance dungeons, there have been many upgrades in the Fortress of the Orderer.

On the one hand, there are many more merchants in the town, selling various equipment and props, and carrying different functions of the town; on the other hand, the scope of the entire historical slice has become larger.

Li Weiyi and other players have already started discussing the next step of planning for the Fortress of the Sequencer.

So far, the first-phase construction plan of Linyuan City has been basically completed under the enthusiasm of the players.

In Li Weiyi's previous plan, apart from the rammed earth walls of the most primitive county town, the city walls of Linyuan City had three floors.

In fact, Li Weiyi and others already wanted to remove the rammed-earth wall directly, because it no longer plays a very defensive role and still occupies a lot of land, but the current manpower is relatively tight, so it is temporarily kept.

Currently under construction, are stone walls.

The innermost layer is a circle of stone city walls at the cliff on the top of the mountain, which locks the dangerous position and ensures that the inner city is a flat ground, which can be regarded as the core area;

The middle layer is built on the mountainside according to the terrain, including the resources on the mountain such as cultivated fields and mines;

The outer layer is to build a circle of city walls near the foot of the mountain according to the terrain, as the front line to resist the enemy.

The three city walls are connected by city walls, and there are many secret passages and underground holes, allowing players to quickly support each other back and forth.

In addition, there are also city walls that directly lead to the water to prepare for the future.

What if the game can open sailors in the future? At that time, the water army dock can be built logically, and it will be more convenient to rely on the river to transport troops.

During the expedition of the sequencer in the copy of "Fenghou is not my will", the innermost city wall of the entire sequencer fortress has been completed, and it has played a major role in the battle against the northern barbarian cavalry.

After that, the players kept moving bricks.

This time Zhao Haiping came back to the Fortress of the Ordered, and saw a scene of enthusiasm.

This may be because the last version opened the cavalry trial of "retrieval", most players went directly to the cavalry trial, so the big business of moving bricks was slightly slowed down; and now there is no new small trial in this transitional version. The refining dungeon was activated, so the players all came to work and earn money in the Fortress of the Sequencer.

So far, with the hard work of the players, the second and third layers of the city wall have been roughly completed.

I have to say that the players' construction speed is really terrifying, especially as the new version of the game "Dark Sand" continues to open, players have more and more resources, the number of players is also increasing, and the construction speed is also increasing. faster.

Now, the three-dimensional defense system has been preliminarily established, enclosing the entire mountain into three circles, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside and then to the top of the mountain, all are surrounded by city walls, which can be described as impenetrable.

Players are looking forward to it, and the northern barbarian cavalry is coming to the door again.

Cavalry hedging is thrilling and exciting, but if you can use rolling logs, stones and various defensive equipment to beat monsters violently on the top of the city, it might be a happier way to play.

According to Li Weiyi's previous construction plan, the next step is to continue to build the city wall and connect all the three city walls.

The next step is to continue to strengthen and heighten these walls and build fortresses on them.

When viewed from a distance, the entire mountain looks like a huge hedgehog. The three walls and the fortress on the city wall are like countless spikes on the hedgehog, making people lose the desire to attack completely just by looking at it from a distance. .

In front of this city, the monster's fearless offensive characteristics will only bring more happiness to the players.

However, at this time, Li Weiyi and other construction masters were discussing fiercely about the follow-up construction plan of the Fortress of the Sequencer.

Because at this time they were faced with a choice: should they continue to consume the construction value and complete the entire defense system of Linyuan City that was previously planned? Or let Linyuan City maintain its current state for the time being, spend a large amount of construction value and then transform the surrounding terrain?

The reason for this kind of entanglement is that after the two historical slices of "Fenghou is not my will" and "Reckless heroism" were opened up, the scope of the entire sequencer fortress and player fiefdom has been greatly expanded. .

The current slice of history where the Fortress of the Sequencer is located has expanded several times compared to the original state.

Originally, its scope was actually only enough to build a city.

Of course, the scope mentioned here includes not only the city itself, but also the surrounding areas that the city can radiate and cover.

Every city has a certain coverage area, and there must be a lot of space between the cities.

If the space is too small, it is tantamount to wasting resources and duplicating the role of the city; but if the space is too large, the city will not be able to cover it, creating a dead corner for defense.

And in these newly emerged areas, there are also a lot of resources needed by players.

For example, timber, stone mines, coal mines, iron ore, farmland, etc., are completely distributed in a random state.

Players can of course transport these resources from thousands of miles away, but after all, the distance is so long that it is not cost-effective.

This is just like some strategy games. When the territory is large, it is necessary to consider dividing the base.

So in order to bring the whole area under control, the best solution is to build a few more cities.

At present, judging from the most extreme situation, at least four more cities are needed to cover the resources of the entire historical slice within the protection scope of the city.

It is not impossible to have only one city, but on the one hand, the delivery speed of materials will be slowed down; Occupied by demons, the resources in these places cannot be used.

Therefore, Li Weiyi also considered whether to spend some more construction value to reshape the terrain, and continue to plan the area of ​​the new city according to the generated terrain.

Even if it is impossible to build three or four cities at once, at least one additional city must be built to form a double-city structure.

This maximizes the use of resources.

Of course, when reshaping the terrain, players can choose to lock the terrain in a certain area without changing it. This avoids the situation where the already built Linyuan City is also destroyed when the terrain is randomly generated.

But the construction value is limited after all, whether to repair Linyuan City first, or to transform the terrain and create a new city, this needs to be carefully weighed.

Therefore, these architectural tycoons have started to argue again, but have not been able to draw a definite conclusion for the time being.

On the other side, there are quite a few players who are busy buying all kinds of new equipment.

Zhao Haiping immediately bought a set of horse armor, and also upgraded his own bow and arrow, buying a riding bow that is very suitable for riding and shooting.

By the way, I also bought a three-eyed gun that is standard for cavalry.

In the trial dungeon before, many players have tasted the sweetness of this thing, and of course they have to arrange it for themselves at this time.

After clearing the dungeon of "Heroic Bravery", all the equipment of the whole period of the Great Sheng Dynasty was updated in the city, which made the players dazzled.

After some operations, Zhao Haiping was poor again.

No way, spending money like water!

Whether it's weapons or battle armor, they are too expensive, and it's easy to empty out all your savings.

I had no choice but to leave Linyuan City, ride a war horse and wander around the vicinity, hoping to see if I could be lucky enough to encounter some intruding monsters, and exchange some rewards after killing them.

...

At the same time, several players gathered in Li Hongyun's fief.

These are the like-minded gun lovers he found during the game during this period.

Among them are many craftsmen who have a deep understanding of firearms, or have strong hands-on skills.

Li Hongyun is now a star player anyway, so he is quite popular among the player community, and successfully organized such a "gun innovation research team".

At this time, there are many different firearms in front of everyone, such as various same or different bird guns, three-eyed guns, etc., and they are trying to dismantle and study them.

There is also a blacksmith who is constantly beating a red-hot iron ingot with an anvil.

Before the dungeon of "Fenghou is not my will", an area similar to a blacksmith's shop has appeared in the player's fief, with basic props such as anvils, furnaces, hammers, etc. for blacksmithing.

It's just that at that time, the two dungeons of "Getting Things out of Bags" and "Reckless Heroism" will be opened soon, and few players really study this stuff.

After all, blacksmithing is a technical job in itself, and it costs a lot of money.

If you want to forge iron in your own fief, you have to go to the Fortress of the Orderer to buy coal, iron ore and various materials, and if you fail, it means that all these are in vain. After a long time of hard work, it is often better to go directly to the blacksmith shop buy ready made.

The early players were relatively poor and were reluctant to make such an attempt.

But as the progress of the game continued to advance, players became more and more wealthy, and some people began to think about blacksmithing.

Li Hongyun is obviously one of them.

Some players are more interested in forging cold weapons, but Li Hongyun is most interested in hot weapons.

That is, how to continue to improve the bird gun in his hand.

"So, after the research, the result is that we can't play Gatling.

"Not only can't rub Gatling, but even ordinary bolt-action rifles can't be rubbed out.

"The only thing that can barely be made is the flintlock gun." Li Hongyun briefly summarized the conclusions drawn by everyone after research.

The ranger player who was blacksmithing nodded, handed the iron tongs and hammer to another blacksmith player for rotation, then sat down in front of Li Hongyun, and began to explain the current thinking to him.

This ranger player is called Cui Huowang. Among ranger players, he is not a particularly outstanding existence, but in reality, he is a good forge of cold weapons and an excellent fitter.

After entering the game "Dark Sand", he has been trying to improve the weapons and equipment in it, whether it is cold weapons or hot weapons.

This kind of motivation naturally hit it off with Li Hongyun, and he became the soul of this "gun innovation research team".

Cui Huowang picked up a bird gun casually, and said: "The bird guns in the Dasheng Dynasty were all matchlock guns. As for the three-eyed gun, it was even more backward and belonged to the Huomen gun.

"To put it simply, the development history of modern firearms is fire door guns, matchlock guns, flintlock guns, cap guns, and firing pin guns. Of course, this is only a rough classification. According to the type of barrel, it can be divided into smoothbore guns and rifled guns. guns and more.

"The firearms of the Dasheng Dynasty have been developed to the level of matchlock guns. If you work hard to reach the level of flintlock guns, there is no major problem, but if you go further up, it will be difficult.

"Because further development requires a chemical technology tree, that is, thunder mercury. Whether it is made of thunder mercury as an external trigger or directly as a primer for paper bullets, this kind of thing is essential .

"Thundermercury is a special substance that explodes after being fired, so it is an excellent medium to ignite the propellant. Without it, the propellant can only be ignited in the way of a flintlock gun, which cannot simplify the entire firing process .”

Li Hongyun was a little disappointed: "Is there nothing else that can replace it?"

Cui Huowang paused for a while: "How should I put it...of course there is, but it will only be more difficult to obtain.

"Thundermercury requires certain chemical techniques to synthesize. As for the key materials in other technology trees... the difficulty is not low, and the steps are far more complicated than you imagined.

"As for things like rifled guns, mini bombs, firing pin guns, and bolt-action rifles, almost every step requires the support of many technology trees. Now I don't even think about it. Even if I barely make it, the cost will be too high. unacceptable level.

"In the final analysis, the most critical issue is that currently what we can explore in the Fortress of the Sequencers is only a small area, and many precious resources are not available.

"The things we can currently obtain in large quantities are all based on the technology tree of the Dasheng Dynasty. Most of the things that the Dasheng Dynasty has, we can buy in towns, but the things that the Dasheng Dynasty does not have are not Easy to handle.

"And this situation will definitely not improve in the future, because the technological level of the Qi Dynasty will only be lower than that of the Dasheng Dynasty. In other words, this is very likely to be the upper limit of our technology.

"In the final analysis, the content of the game "Dark Sand" is opened to us in the form of slices, and in the end it will still fall into the battle between the sequencers and the demons, so generally speaking, it is a fantasy world, not a fantasy world. The world of technology..."

Li Hongyun was inevitably a little disappointed.

He was expecting to find a few experts who could use weapons such as AK47 in the Fortress of the Orderer, or to take a step back, a bolt-action rifle would be enough to beat demons.

It turned out that none of these could be done.

The fundamental reason is that the place they are in is a slice of history, not a real world.

Historical slices are phantoms that have existed in history, so everything in history will exist here, but the difficulty of obtaining things that have not been discovered, manufactured, and used on a large scale in history has skyrocketed.

Cui Huowang said again: "But you don't have to be so disappointed, in fact, the flintlock is not as bad as you think.

"Besides, our enemies are demons, and it is impossible for demons to climb the technology tree, so as long as we have flintlock guns, it is actually enough to crush them in musket technology.

"No matter how rubbish the flintlock gun is, it is more than enough to fight a dozen cold weapon regiments by queuing up and shooting them.

"And players and demons are not afraid of death at all. As long as they are trained, their morale will completely crush the general army. Therefore, the tactic of queuing up and shooting is actually a very suitable tactic for players to use.

"Under ideal conditions, a flintlock can fire three shots a minute, and when paired with a bayonet, it is actually enough to complete the weapon innovation of an army."

Li Hongyun had no choice but to sigh silently: "Okay, then let's continue talking about the flintlock.

"Can this flintlock...can be rear-loaded?

"When I was using the bird gun, I really wanted to complain. Every time I reloaded the bullet, I had to pass it with a stick. It was really stupid..."

Cui Huowang nodded: "In theory, of course it is possible, as long as you can accept the series of defects it brings.

"For example, because the craftsmanship is not up to standard, the airtightness will not be very good. It may produce a lot of smoke and flames to burn yourself when firing, and the initial velocity of the bullet will also decrease. Of course, the most important thing is that it is troublesome to manufacture and difficult to mass produce. , can only be regarded as an aristocratic toy, and the cost of making such a gun is at least four times higher than that of a muzzle-loading gun, but it may not be more usable.”

Li Hongyun was helpless again: "Okay, let's install it first.

"Can you think of a way to simplify the cleaning rod? Every time you poke the barrel, you have to insert it back. It feels too troublesome. Can't you hold it in your hand or put it somewhere else?"

Cui Huowang shook his head again: "From the perspective of historical practice, it is obviously not possible.

"Because the battlefield is very chaotic, the cleaning rod is an extremely easy to lose part, and without the cleaning rod, it is impossible to shoot.

"It's easy to lose or miss a key step when you hold it in your hand or put it on the ground, so generally speaking, it is still necessary to force soldiers to perform the action of putting away the cleaning rod to strengthen their muscle memory and reduce the noise on the battlefield as much as possible. accidents."

Li Hongyun was a little helpless. It seemed that many things were not as simple as he thought.

Soldiers in the flintlock era looked stupid, and many people naturally wondered if there was a better way to deal with it, such as saving the step of collecting the pass or changing the formation of the queue for shooting...

But unfortunately, these often prove to be death.

The standard tactics developed by human beings in history are often the optimal solution at that level of technology.

Li Hongyun finally accepted the conclusion that he could only barely try to develop the flintlock, and asked: "Then how far can we use the front-loading flintlock? If it is not enough to form a generational difference between the monsters, it is completely unnecessary." It took so much effort."

Cui Huowang said: "Of course there is still a big difference.

"No matter how poor the accuracy of the flintlock gun, no matter how slow the reloading speed is, it is still much easier to use than the matchlock gun, and its lethality is even higher than that of the bow and arrow.

"If we consider the tactics of flintlock guns, we can improve the lethality of muskets in at least three aspects.

"The first is the array density. When using matchlock guns, stand relatively scattered for safety reasons, while flintlock guns can stand more densely to increase the density of firepower. Moreover, dense arrays can also be used in close combat. play a big role.

"The second is to improve the fixed-loaded paper tube ammunition, that is, to wrap a certain amount of gunpowder and lead bullets in a paper shell. When loading, fill the fire door with a fixed amount of propellant, and then bite open the bag of fixed bullets. Pour it directly into the barrel and compact it with a cleaning rod to shoot, and the loading speed is faster than that of the matchlock gun.

"The third is the socket bayonet. The long barrel of the flintlock and the bayonet can basically replace the role of the long gun, and it also has good hand-to-hand combat capabilities.

"Furthermore, through training, we can allow players to exert the best discipline and use queuing shooting tactics and hollow phalanx tactics to deal with the monster's heavy armor and cavalry.

"A musket is basically a sling against heavy armor, because neither the shield nor the metal armor can block the bullets of the flintlock.

"Now what we should worry about is that even if I can barely make a flintlock gun, there are not enough people to mass-produce it."

Li Hongyun thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, let's start with the flintlock first!

"If it can be made, I will take the flintlock gun and go to Beichen or the blacksmith's craftsmen to see if they can imitate it, and try to get some players to equip it!

"As a player, if you don't let the enemy experience the 'time has changed', what kind of player is that?"

For this point, Li Hongyun has always been brooding.

When he challenged the dungeon of "Fenghou is not my will", he was beaten by Dongyi bandits with matchlock guns for the first time when he fought Puning Port.

Is it okay if the player is crushed by the technology of the monster instead?

Therefore, he has been thinking about when he can get the place back.

At that time, the players will have a flintlock gun in their hands, and then they will touch the monsters to let them know why the flowers are so popular!