The Admiral of Hogwarts

Hugo was very satisfied with this secret industrial center built by the ship girls, because whether it was war or peace, manufacturing was an indispensable part.

"The output of our current base has actually exceeded normal demand, but our shipments are not large, because we still have a large project that requires a large amount of this type of magic metal."

After visiting the construction site, the Soviet Union opened a secret door on the wall, and then led everyone deeper underground, while explaining.

"In addition to strengthening ship equipment, we also need these metals to manufacture various magic machine tools and some war constructs, to prepare for future expansion of production and possible wars."

"I thought your machine tools were modified from ordinary machine tools bought from outside."

Hearing Enterprise say this, Hugo also realized the unusual nature of those machine tools.

"At first, we did think about buying machine tools for modification, but later we realized that modifying machine tools was not easy to use under different needs."

"So we chose to design and manufacture them ourselves, and finally came up with this batch of machine tools suitable for wizards to use."

Speaking of this, a look of pride appeared on the Soviet Union's face.

It is not so strange that the ship girls can design machine tools, after all, their main bodies have extremely complex mechanical structures, so they naturally have a full understanding of mechanical knowledge.

Not to mention that there are existences like Indomitable or Salem among them who are proficient in magic, so naturally they can combine a lot of knowledge in a very short time to create this series of machines specially prepared for the magic world.

"We're here."

After walking down the slope for about fifty or sixty meters, they came to a huge iron gate. Then the Soviet Union took out a magic wand and gently tapped it on several patterns on the iron gate.

Soon, the iron gate slowly retracted to both sides, revealing a huge space inside.

"Ha—Terracotta Army."

When the lights in the space came on, Hugo was surprised to find that he was standing on a platform, and below the platform was a huge pit, with multiple neat arrays of statues standing below this platform.

"To be precise, this is imitating the guard statues of Hogwarts."

The Soviet Union pointed to the stone carvings below and said, "And some are experimental products pursuing low cost and rapid production."

"Experimental products?"

Hugo looked at the stone carvings below with a puzzled expression, because he felt that these humanoid sculptures that looked like heavy armored warriors were no different from the sculptures at Hogwarts.

"Yes, these are just experimental products."

Enterprise said, pressing a button next to her. Soon, a sculpture walked up a staircase.

When the sculpture got closer, Hugo realized that the sculpture looked much rougher than those in the castle, and at the same time, it always felt a little more clumsy.

"Wait, can magic statues be made of cement?"

After stepping forward and carefully observing it, Hugo realized that the material used for this statue was not stone at all, but cement.

"To be precise, these statues are made of reinforced concrete. Under our best efforts to reduce costs, its shelf life is only 3 to 5 years."

The Soviet Union said, looking at the statue.

"I remember that those stone carvings at Hogwarts have lasted for at least 1000 years."

After hearing the Soviet Union say this, a helpless expression appeared on Hugo's face.

"But making such a stone carving requires a lot of materials and time."

Enterprise stepped forward and touched the statue, saying, "Even if we try our best to produce that kind of statue, we can only make twenty or thirty a year at most."

Hogwarts, as an old magic school, has its own advantages. At least after a thousand years, this school has accumulated powerful strength.

For example, the overall defense system of the school is like this. According to Enterprise's investigation, the statues and armors at Hogwarts, which are important parts of the defense, were accumulated little by little over the long years after the school was established.

This is why the armor styles at Hogwarts vary greatly, from the oldest Viking chain mail to the Renaissance plate armor.

Hugo and the ship girls obviously cannot have such a strong foundation as a thousand-year-old school, so in this regard, they can only solve the problem through alternative ways.

"If this kind of reinforced concrete statue is produced with all its strength, the annual output can exceed 6,000."

The Soviet Union stood proudly next to the cement statue and said.

"In terms of quality, this kind of statue is certainly not as good as the fine products produced by Hogwarts. Even an ordinary person can defeat these statues in a one-on-one battle if they find the right tools."

"But there is no doubt that quantity is also a kind of quality. If a large-scale war really breaks out in the wizarding world, these statues will have an unprecedented effect."

Obviously, these statues should have been produced under the guidance of the Soviet ship girls. For them, flooding the enemy with a massive amount of technical weapons is a very useful tactic.

Of course, the ship girls are not simply imitating those sculptures at Hogwarts. For example, the number of humanoid sculptures below is less than 1/5, and more are sculptures that look like abstract animals.

For example, among the large sculptures below, more than half are a kind of small quadruped sculptures that look like dogs, but have only one body and four legs, and four crystal beads inlaid above the four legs for detection.

"This is a special sculpture that we invented after being inspired, and it is also the one we are most optimistic about in the sculpture selection, and can perfectly complete various cannon fodder tasks."

While introducing, the Soviet Union beckoned such a sculpture to run up, and then took out a flat round box the size of a human face from the ship equipment space and installed it on the back of the sculpture.

"Considering that this type of sculpture is basically of little use in the wizarding war, we simply use them as vehicles and as mobile projectile launchers."

"These weapons contain 12 crossbow bolts, which are launched through a one-time rune."

The Soviet Union said, taking out another similar disc from the ship equipment space, then opened the lid and took out a crossbow bolt to explain to Hugo.

"Although these arrowheads plated with a layer of magic bronze and containing magic potions can have an effect on wizards, to be honest, the effect will not be very good in war. It may take multiple shots to knock open the protective layer on wizards or those magical creatures."

"The only experimental product with powerful lethality is the crossbow bolt we made with a series of precious materials such as goblin silver, dragon scales, and dragon blood, which can basically cause fatal damage to wizards of the Auror level."

"But that thing is completely unsuitable for war, because each one needs a top magic expert like Indomitable or Salem to spend one to two days to manufacture."

Enterprise added from the side.

"What's worse is that the cost of such a crossbow bolt is terribly high, and it is also difficult to ensure a sufficient supply of raw materials. So it can only be used for small-scale beheading operations, not for war."