OBS Chapter 1472 Laying
Chapter 1472 Laying
Chapter 1472 Laying
Actual combat is always the best teacher. No matter how good the tactics designed in plans and blueprints are, they may be shattered by a wave of attacks on the battlefield.
Once upon a time, humans and fish people compared their underwater mobility. Even with the help of underwater scooters and even with the blessing of God in this regard, humans spent a huge amount of money to gain an advantage in speed, and then found that it was meaningless.
What’s the use of just being fast? Your underwater scooter can go in a straight line, but can it change direction like a live fish, and can it accelerate or decelerate along the underwater undercurrent?
Not to mention the "radar skin" and "sonic detection" that come standard with the murlocs, which are an overwhelming advantage in the low-light or even lightless environment of the deep sea.
In actual combat, just like what happened to Lu Ping'an, when you punch, not only will your movements be deformed by the water pressure resistance, but your opponent will also be able to sense the water pressure in advance and easily dodge the difference in the physiological structure of both sides, making it an unfair battle whether it is a naval battle or a land battle, and the murloc will be equally uncomfortable on land.
Most of the hot weapons and firearms are useless underwater, and heavy weapons are difficult to deploy underwater. The tip of a knife and the long handle are quite uncomfortable to swing. On the contrary, "stabbing" weapons such as daggers and harpoons are slightly easier to use, and the opponent's fishmen are all masters in this area.
But humans are not vegetarians. After a period of hardship and fierce fighting, they have long found new tactics and weapons.
"I never thought that the spinning stone weapons would sell so well here."
The powerful traditional weapons that rely solely on kinetic energy have exerted amazing effects after being quasi-contaminated.
While most gunpowder weapons will fail underwater, underwater sledgehammers, jet harpoons, and shotguns only need a little self-heating to generate strong kinetic energy, and are extremely effective at close and medium distances.
Remote control? This thing has poor controllability underwater, so don't expect it.
"The only problem is that this world is not the origin of the materials, and the production is limited, so the cost of transportation to foreign lands is too high. But after the East Country intervened, this doesn't seem to be a problem. This business should belong to me."
Lu Ping'an is probably the most powerful arms dealer in the world. He is good at mass production and customization of quasi-contaminated weapons and forbidden items. Even if there are a few master craftsmen who can produce some goods to compete, none of them can be found like him, who throws them around like an assembly line.
Magic pets (including magic plants) and extraordinary weapons are the most profitable product chains in his hands, and are also the foundation that supports the increasingly large Rebirth Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, Lu Ping'an was invited to the front line to sell weapons and promote logistics construction.
"Have you started the birdcage tactic? That's really a shame."
Lu Ping'an's family was not the only one doing business. As far as he could see, more large ships were coming.
As soon as these freighters arrived, they opened the guardrail on one side and started throwing things down.
"boom!"
Giant diving bells the size of houses are thrown into the water and remain at a predetermined depth, becoming permanent local sites.
If the battlefield environment does not suit us, then let's change the battlefield.
As underwater structures are thrown into the water, most of them will lose control or be destroyed by attacks, but as long as there are enough of them and enough reinforcements, a permanent defense line can be established underwater.
"Boom!"
Right in front of Lu Ping'an, something even more outrageous happened.
The cargo ship, which had lost all its cargo, began to sink slowly right in front of him.
But what was strange was that the speed was slow, the hull was still balanced, and there were lights flashing on it, as if it was still operating normally.
Looking at the huge ship slowly sinking into the sea, Lu Ping'an understood.
".It's not enough to have a fortress, do we need walls and mountains?"
More ships are slowly approaching, and after they complete their transport missions, they will become underwater shelters.
Fighting the aquatic tribes with no cover on all sides? Why not give us some time to set up the field and return to our best line fighting.
“It’s really not worth the money.”
This kind of pushing line tactic has long been proven to be effective. First, build an underwater city, which is equivalent to blocking the attack directions of the murlocs in all directions, and then gradually push inward.
But this thing is too expensive. For small and medium-sized forces, it is better to just get a ship and fight to the death.
"With a big boss paying the bill, you can spend as you like."
Now that we have the super giant Dongguo to pay for it, and it is destined to be a long-term war, then there is no need to hesitate to continue investing resources.
Construction on the water has never stopped. As far as Lu Ping'an can see, he can see at least five large artificial islands.
There are not only houses but also factories and entertainment facilities.
This technology is also in the hands of a certain leader of the Linnu Church.
"It seems that it's not just me, other people are also full from the orders."
From what Lu Ping'an had seen himself, due to too many manufacturing orders, in just the past half month, metal ores and finished metal ingots had appreciated by at least 30%. Even mining excavators, transport ships (marine excavation), underwater bombs for blasting mines, etc., had begun to soar in price.
Lu Ping'an actually has a big order in hand now.
"How can we make the lantern survive underwater and still have penetrating light? Isn't this difficult for me?"
Despite his complaints, Lu Ping'an had no intention of shirking his responsibility.
In terms of the division of spoils and industrial division of labor in this world, the most valuable thing in Lu Ping'an's hands is the "lamp flower trade". Its basic ability to provide lighting and heating is quite useful, and its slight ability to expel pollution makes it impossible for anyone to refuse to put more at home.
Because the lamp flowers were so useful, even when the "electric lights" in this world were developed, no one bought them.
"Why do lights need to be connected to wires and have to pay for electricity? The electricity bill is so high that a light bulb can last for many years."
If we really let those female bosses in the forest open their technical classes to mass-produce electric lights, they would have to solve the problems of power supply and water pressure. There is enough research and development funds, but I don’t know how long it will take.
Well, it would be better to "use mystery if science can't solve it". As long as the funds and interests are in place, the big guys will personally show how to rub it by hand.
Customized underwater lanterns that can provide underwater lighting are Lu Ping'an's largest order at present. The sales volume of a single product is not high, but once it becomes a necessity for military equipment, it will be a long-term and huge order.
"I have no doubt that they will throw underwater lights around for the sake of underwater light. Compared to directly building an underwater fortress, this little money is nothing." Just imagining the grand scene of lights everywhere underwater, Lu Ping'an felt that he had made a fortune.
At this moment, Lu Ping'an is really optimistic about his side. Unless there is a gap in strength between the two sides in the war, the final competition will still be a test of comprehensive national strength.
With the crazy investment from the Dongguo official, a big boss who has no shortage of money, the final winner will naturally be the one with more money and resources.
Lu Ping'an's progress in developing underwater lanterns is also quite smooth. After all, this is not from scratch, but more of an integration of past "examples".
In the past ten years, there have been countless variants of lamp flowers and lamp trees. This is not the product of Lu Ping'an and the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce, but a part of the "samples" released were cultivated and modified by other gardeners, and part of them were naturally reproduced and replaced. Eventually, there was a strange situation where lamp flowers were found all over the world, but the appearance, type, and characteristics were completely different from those of the same species.
In fact, many people in the folk have been taking lantern flowers into the water, and there have been new examples of offspring subspecies produced by fusion with aquatic plants.
What Lu Ping'an has to do is to collect this type of underwater subspecies, then extract its biological modules, repeatedly try and error, and finally come up with a cheap subspecies lamp flower that can emit underwater lights.
In fact, Lu Ping'an did it just a few days after arriving at the front line. However, Lu Ping'an is still trying to improve it, hoping that the underwater lantern will have stronger adaptability to the deep sea and be able to protect itself underwater.
In fact, with this investment, he is developing the weaponization of underwater magic plants.
"Is this a scam? This is to be responsible to the users. Since the funds have not been spent yet, we have to come up with the best products." At least, this is what Lu Pingan himself said.
(End of this chapter)