Come to another world and become a lord

Chapter 146 Preparing for the Battle against the Orcs

Karl never thought that Nura would act so quickly. In almost half a day, she selected a cavalry team of 500 people for him.

When Karl came out of the yurt, he heard Nura giving a speech to the 500 people:

"From today on, you will all obey Viscount Karl. You must do whatever he tells you to do. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" everyone shouted in unison.

Then she came to Karl and said:

"I have brought the team here, and from now on they will all follow your orders."

She paused here and continued:

"They are all the youngest and strongest guys in the tribe. Most of them are not even married. Young people are more likely to accept new things."

Carl nodded and looked at the tribal warriors in front of him. What Nura said was true. Many of them seemed to be about the same age as him, all under 20 years old.

Later, Grandma Kaya also brought the raw materials needed to produce gunpowder. The ghost clan's caravan pulled them from the mountains, including cartloads of saltpeter and sulfur, as well as wood for charcoal burning.

Carl looked at it all with satisfaction. Everything was ready and now he could do a great job.

"But then again, can we produce so much to equip a team of 500 people?" Nura still had a hint of worry.

Carl replied:

"Don't worry, I'm not the only one doing this. All the women, the elderly and even the children in the tribe will be involved in the production. I will also develop a set of standard production processes to ensure that they can get started quickly."

"You...are you willing to do this?" Nura still expressed doubt.

Carl understood that it was normal for her to have such doubts, because letting everyone participate in the production meant that the formula and production method would be fully shared with the tribe, which would undoubtedly leave hidden dangers for him. But he had no choice, and he made the decision after repeated consideration.

"Now is the time to put aside our prejudices and we can talk about the future later," he said.

"Yeah, yeah..." Nura nodded woodenly, and then added, "Thank you..."

After that, Carl threw himself into the production selflessly. However, the tribe's production capacity was far worse than he had imagined. First of all, they did not have enough blacksmiths and craftsmen, and the few who did were completely incompetent in craftsmanship. Many things they made did not meet Carl's standards at all.

For example, for a simple grenade, they cannot meet the standards in terms of sealing and tightness. The biggest problem with black powder is sealing. Only when the gunpowder is compressed to the extreme can an explosion occur. If this cannot be achieved, it will just burn and will not have any lethality.

This troubled Carl for a while, but he soon had an idea. Since he didn't have the technology to make grenades, he could make the next best thing, a simpler explosive pack! This thing is simple to make, but it is very powerful. In his past world, when his motherland was in the most dangerous time, the brave soldiers used the simplest items and wisdom to make one weapon after another to fight the enemy, and the explosive pack was one of them.

In the Nura tribe, they only need to use their most common fur, fill it with black powder, then tie it tightly with hemp rope, connect it with a fuse, and a solid explosive package is ready.

Moreover, this thing can be made by anyone, young and old, and it meets the needs of large-scale production in the short term. As long as there is enough gunpowder, it doesn't matter how much you make.

After the first explosive pack was made and successfully detonated, it was announced that this production process was feasible. The huge explosion shocked almost everyone in the tribe. In their opinion, it seemed that only a magician could perform an attack of this power.

Although Noura tried hard to keep her face calm, Karl still saw that the corners of the girl's mouth began to rise unconsciously.

"Hmph, it looks pretty good." But even so, she still pretended to be nothing special.

Karl just smiled and didn't expose it.

Afterwards, he specially drew a production flow chart, including the specific amount of gunpowder to be used and the bundling method, and distributed it to everyone based on this standard to reduce the appearance of defective products.

Then Carl began to train a 500-man cavalry team to throw explosive packs. This was not a difficult task. The main thing was to pay attention to the burning time of the fuse and throw it at the right time. However, there was a problem. They had to throw the explosive packs while riding horses, and they also had to be able to throw them a certain distance. For this reason, Carl actually made several improvements and scaled the size of the explosive packs by a certain proportion. However, even if it was reduced, training was still needed to successfully throw it a sufficient distance without blowing itself up.

At this time, Carl couldn't help thinking that if it was a grenade, it would be much easier. Fortunately, these young people were very enthusiastic about learning. After witnessing the power of the explosive pack explosion, they were eager to try it out and wanted to use this powerful weapon with their own hands.

They even enjoyed it. They not only learned to throw, but also learned to tie up explosive packs and the proportion of black powder. One of the young warriors named Altai performed particularly well in the training. Not only did he learn quickly, he also took the initiative to help others. Not long after, he was appointed as the team leader by Carl.

And Noura seems to be very satisfied with the current progress.

"That should be enough," she said to Carl during a break in training.

But I saw Carl shook his head:

"It's not enough. The cavalry can only carry a limited amount. What will they do once they run out? And I'm not sure how lethal these hand-thrown explosive packs are to orcs. To be on the safe side, we need stronger weapons."

The girl showed doubt again:

"Why, you have something else?"

"Of course." Carl nodded proudly. "The next thing is our real trump card, the key to ensuring our victory. We call it the 'unscrupulous cannon'."

"Heartless Cannon?" Noura tilted her head. "This name is a bit random."

Carl laughed again:

"It actually has a more professional name: Flying Thunder Cannon!"

That's right, the Flying Thunder Cannon is another simple weapon. It was made by our ancestors with wisdom and simple assembly when they had nothing, but it could give the invaders the most terrifying blow. Most people think that the Flying Thunder Cannon is made of gasoline barrels. However, Carl knew that this was not the case, because at that time, sometimes the situation was so bad that even gasoline barrels could not be found, so the soldiers invented a simpler method that did not require any artificial products, that is, a full-dig and half-dig projectile pit made of earth pits!

The method is not complicated. It is to dig a triangular inclined pit with a slope of 40 degrees, a depth of 50 cm and a length of 95 cm. Then dig a horizontal groove at the bottom angle for loading gunpowder for launching and connect it with a wire. This is already a preliminary launching pit.

The launch pit is then filled with soil to prevent the shock wave and heat from the launching gunpowder from directly detonating the explosive pack. Loose and sticky soil is used to fill the pit to a depth of about 30 centimeters, and the cross-section is ensured to be at a 50-degree angle to the ground.

In this way, a full-dig projectile pit is completed, while a half-dig type only needs to reduce the length of its tunnel. The difference between the two lies in the shooting distance. The full-dig type can reach a shooting distance of 500 meters, while the half-dig type is about 300 meters. The projectile pit made in this way can project a large amount of explosive packs.

Of course, the technical difficulty here is still in the fuse. You need to ignite the fuse of the explosive pack first, and then ignite the fuse of the projectile pit. You must ensure that the projectile pit explodes first, and the explosive pack must be ensured to explode just when it hits the ground. After many experiments, Carl determined the length ratio between the two. Under Carl's guidance, the men of the tribe chose a hillside to start digging a large number of projectile pits, and set the landing point of the explosive pack as the artillery point. In this way, in Carl's eyes, it was considered well prepared.

"Then the cavalry regiment will act as the vanguard, lure the orcs into the bombardment point, and then use the flying thunder cannon to kill them completely!" When Carl said this, Nura handed him a glass of goat milk wine.

Carl took it and took a sip. It was round, smooth, and a little sweet and sour. When he put down the cup, he saw Great Khan Akitila looking at him from afar. The other party just looked at him for a while, then turned and left without saying a word.

"Come to think of it, your father... supports you in doing this?" Carl suddenly asked Nura.

"Yeah." Noura didn't say much, just nodded.

After the other party left, Karl saw Grandma Kaya approaching him and suddenly said:

"In fact, several tribal leaders had strong opinions about you. They all questioned why you hadn't gone south yet. It was the Great Khan who helped suppress everything."

It turned out to be like this, but it was also expected. The tribes were loosely connected and most people just wanted to live a peaceful life. Now they were asked to stay here and fight the orcs, so naturally there would be people who objected.

Then he heard Kaya sigh and continue:

"The little girl has placed all her hopes on you, you can't lose."

"Don't worry, I won't lose." Carl said as he drank the goat milk wine in the glass in one gulp.