To Four Thousand Years Later

"Before the experiment is about to start. I want you to know something. Charles declared to the three marquises: "Frank and Gothic belong to the Roman family, and I am the emperor of the Romans appointed by Lord Leo, to be exact." It is said that he is the co-lord of the four territories of Frank Gottweiler and Carthage. "

He said this while walking towards the outside of the city.

Lan Nuohou heard this, and asked strangely: "Yes, Your Majesty. We know what you said... But, does it have anything to do with the experiment you want to do?"

"Of course there is. Charles nodded and threw another question: "Then let me ask you one" what I want to say

As Lan Nuohou said, he turned his head to look at the supply of good grass, and then kept throwing stones into the city to hit their morale first. '

"Afterwards. If it's a relatively weak wall or gate, I'll use the battering ram directly. If it's a thicker one, I'll let someone land on a siege tower from above, and then open the gate.

"Then what if the defense on the city wall is tighter?"

Charles asked: "Until you started attacking the city, the organized defense has not been disintegrated. The small group of soldiers who climbed into the city wall from the siege tower were all strangled by the defenders in the city, and could not advance to the city gate. If so, what should we do?"

heard the words. Lan Nuohou fell into hesitation.

"So... perhaps a Roman catapult could be used?"

"No, that kind of weapon is too expensive to manufacture, and maintenance also requires technology. If it is not prepared in advance, it may not be delivered in time during the actual siege. And the Marquis of Black Deer said at this time: "Generally speaking, we all It was at the outskirts of the city that we ran out of food, Your Majesty. Just like when the Egyptians besieged Tire. As for the other method... that is to dig the earth. Either dig the soil in front of the city wall to loosen its foundation; or dig a tunnel behind the front line, and it will take one to two months to reach the inside of the castle. "

In any case, it is an extremely slow siege method.

"Only the Egyptians," added Heiluhou, the new trebuchets used by the Egyptians—the same kind you used before. Only that kind of weapon can blast the city wall in a short time... but there is no guarantee of time. Even with the engineering level of the Egyptians, it is impossible to precisely control the landing point of the trebuchet. "Then I probably understand."

Charles nodded and showed a smile: It seems that in this respect, Frank and Goth's skills are basically at the same level.

"Then you are optimistic about it. Another invention I brought this time-"

With that said, the group of them had already walked outside the city of Rome.

The army brought by Charles was stationed there, and the surrounding soldiers had been dispersed. And what drove to the front were the locust-like chariots brought by King Solomon. Not to mention Lan Nuohou, even Heiluhou, who had met the Franks on the battlefield, was the first to see this kind of chariot. At this time, the chariot that was officially launched was no longer as ridiculous as a locust like before. Its front and collapsible stand—the stove is shipped separately, and the whole tank becomes heavy just on top of it. In front of the stove is the water tank that was originally hung behind the chariot. There are four steel handrails that look like insect feet on both sides of the tank. Further forward of the water tank is a blank space with a baffle, a long handle that presses down, and a large mechanical mechanism composed of iron chains and strange counterweights. The front part of the car body is the huge rock drill with six handle rudders. And six such tanks. Line up outside the city. On both sides of each chariot, there are four people holding the handrails of nymph feet, and six technicians stand in the open space in the middle, holding the handrails hanging on the fender with their hands raised. Black smoke had begun to rise from the boiler behind them.

...what is this for? Is it a fire-breathing machine? Hei Luhou frowned, feeling a little puzzled.

"Then let's begin."

Following Charles' order, the four auxiliary soldiers beside each chariot suddenly pushed the chariot forward. Their speed was getting faster and faster until they hit the city wall, and the ground trembled slightly with a rumbling sound. Is this the end? Or pull it back and hit it again?

Such an idea just popped into Heiluhou's mind. He saw the four auxiliary soldiers skillfully swing down the railing in their hands, connect it to a crowbar hanging on his waist, and buckle it to the ground. Then they ran to the back, lowered the folded brackets, and fixed the chariot to the ground.

One is. Under the watchful eyes of the nobles and commoners in the city of Rome, the six technicians began to press down on the long pole vigorously.

With the spurt of steam, under the incredible eyes of people, the stone cone in front of it started to rotate by itself without anyone moving it!

The speed of the stone cone's rotation gradually accelerated within half a second, then miraculously elongated, and hit the city wall again, leaving a pit half the size of a fist.

However, this is not the end. The elongated stone cone continued to rotate clockwise, and then slowly retreated. It retracted; then it popped out again, hit the city wall, and turned back again.

As the technician kept repeating the action of pressing down the long rod hard and letting go to let the counterweight lift the long rod, the iron chain made a clanging sound caused by friction, the black smoke behind him suddenly became bigger and thicker, and the speed of the drill bit's rotation and ejection also changed. faster and faster.

After more than ten seconds, the long rod formed a wonderful inertia when it was pressed down, and the technician's movements became much lighter. And as the speed of pressing down the long rod accelerated, the drill bit also kept at a fairly fast speed synchronously, continuously rotating at a speed of once per second and hitting the solid earthen city wall!

Even before the reign of Augustus, Rome had earthen walls made of schist. But during the reign of the "wise man" Tiberius I, he claimed that Rome should not have walls - because the walls should be the border of the Commonwealth of St. Augustus, not the protection of the city of Rome.

So he tore down the Wall of Servius, and gradually took over the power of the other two representatives over the decades, even leading to a wave of expansion. Many of the territories of Goth and Egypt today were conquered at that time.

Later, with the collapse of the Two Kingdoms alliance, Rome rebuilt the city walls. But because the enemies are different, they always push and push, and they are not sure about the definite number. In the Stone King period, the greatest threat to the Gothic enemy became the Egyptians with new trebuchets. As a stonemason's experience, Stone King presided over the construction of the rose wall that can withstand heavy stone bullets. The shape is like = Meiji. Its inner and outer sides are made of masonry, but because it is a technical job to burn good-quality bricks in this era, even Rome cannot use masonry to build a four-meter-thick wall that surrounds the entire city of Rome. The scale of the castle is still possible, and it is absolutely impossible for the city to be piled up like this. And Stone King is confident that he can use fewer bricks to build a stronger city wall. His method is to add a batch of horizontal and a batch of vertical cork inside the walls on both sides, and then seal the gaps with clay. By the way, this clay is the same batch of clay mixed with blood and ashes. This stone wall is trusted by the Bloodstone King. He even demonstrated publicly that he bombarded the stone wall with a trebuchet, and concentrated three consecutive shots at the same place without causing the stone wall to collapse. Just knocked some bricks away.

This solid stone wall gives people a strong sense of trust.

But now, the solid city wall, which seemed to last until the end of the world, began to shake under the continuous bombardment.

The earth crust inside the city wall is cracked. Fragments of masonry flew in and out.

The three big, continuous bombardments caused the entire city wall to shake. Even the ground was rumbling and trembling.

Except for one machine that suddenly broke down and got stuck temporarily, the other five machines emitting black smoke had dug through the outermost masonry skin. The surrounding masonry cracked and flew in and out by itself. In the midst of the dust, the city walls continued to shatter, and clods, sawdust, and gravel fell in a rush. Every ten minutes of work, there will be a pause for a few minutes. During this time, the machine can be pushed forward for a certain distance, and then the anchor will be lowered again, water and some things mixed with coal will be added, and then it will be turned on again. Watch this scene, Black Deer Hou His eyes widened. No one knows better than him what this means—if there is an army with such chariots that can cut through walls...then they can even destroy all the fortresses in the world. For them, war is no longer a competition for resources and manpower, returning to the castle is no longer the last safe choice, and the siege of "so-and-so city" will never happen again...

Plus the explosive stone bombs, and the rocket barrage that prevents the cavalry from charging. No one can escape their blows, not even in a castle. From now on, the situation of the war may change drastically. Hei Luhou even felt fearful about it.

From Roman trebuchets to Roman catapults. to the Egyptian trebuchet. And now... People's offensive methods are getting stronger, but their defensive capabilities have not increased. Is it possible that people in the future will invent chariots that can smash the city wall with just one blow? In that case, if the enemy attacked the city, how should we defend it?

After three hours under the gaze of Hei Luhou who was excited, worried, excited, and terrified, the wall of roses collapsed.