Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 834 - 63

The first Floating Battleship was commandeered by Perfikot, and its main cannon was dismantled.

In the original world, replacing a battleship's main cannon was a very complicated matter. After all, the main cannon of a battleship isn't just the barrel on the deck but also includes a massive ammunition supply system below the deck, even larger than the barrel itself.

To replace the main cannon, the entire system must be pulled out from beneath the deck before a new main cannon can be installed.

The entire process is quite complex, and even in wartime, it would take a long time.

However, in this world, thanks to the presence of Alchemy, replacing the main cannon has become relatively easier.

Using Alchemy, one just needs to disassemble the connection structure of the main cannon turret, then lift the turret out with crane equipment.

The Floating Battleship is even simpler because one of its main cannons is installed at the bottom of the ship. As long as the connection structure between the turret and the hull is disassembled, and support props are placed underneath the turret, the ship can ascend itself to remove the turret.

After dismantling the original turret of the Floating Battleship, Perfikot installed the already prepared Electromagnetic Cannon.

There are significant differences between the Electromagnetic Cannon and traditional artillery. To ensure the firing of the Electromagnetic Cannon, Perfikot specially set up a charging system inside the turret to charge the capacitors.

The charged capacitors would be installed on the barrel of the Electromagnetic Cannon to provide power to the electromagnetic coils.

The reason the charging system is not directly connected to the Electromagnetic Cannon is primarily because the charging rate is insufficient, failing to release strong enough currents instantaneously.

Thus, the Electromagnetic Cannon must use capacitors to achieve instantaneous discharge, allowing a sufficiently strong current to pass through the electromagnetic coils, thereby providing enough magnetic force to fire the cannon shell.

Although directly charging the capacitors on the Electromagnetic Cannon is possible, it charges very slowly, often taking a long time after one shot to charge for the next, making it somewhat impractical in actual combat.

The detachable capacitors designed by Perfikot do not have this problem. As long as soldiers are skilled in replacing capacitors, the firing can achieve two to three rounds per minute.

This firing rate is already terrifying for the main cannon of a large caliber battleship.

After witnessing the power of the Electromagnetic Cannon's test fire and the sailors' operation of firing three rounds within a minute, the Navy Department evaluated it as "if there are enough shells, just this one cannon can sink an entire fleet in naval battles."

Of course, in actual combat, a single cannon obviously cannot sink an entire fleet, as various situations could occur.

However, the combination of the Floating Battleship and the Electromagnetic Cannon really could sink an entire traditional Navy fleet.

Because they don't have effective anti-air methods?

Before Perfikot accelerated the technological development of this world, it was basically stuck at the early stages of the first industrial revolution. Although battleships had developed Ironclad Warships, the concept of anti-air hadn't yet appeared.

If not for this, Perfikot wouldn't have been able to defeat three major old-world powers just using Flying Airships' bombings during the Seventeen Day War, destroying the capitals of three nations and causing millions of deaths.

If there had been any decent level of anti-air defense, it wouldn't have been this devastating.

However, before Flying Airships soared into the sky, people in this world truly didn't have concepts of flight or anti-air.

After witnessing the formidable aerial superiority of Flying Airships, the Imperial Navy tried researching anti-air tactics, but since the Empire's primary goal was to deal with the apocalypse, they made no significant investment in military research.

The Navy and Army Department officials had to fund several engineers specializing in weaponry, asking them to figure out ways to research anti-aircraft weaponry.

After all, whether it's battleships or army forces, they are bombed on the ground. When facing bombardment from Flying Airships, it's necessary to have some anti-aircraft weapons to avoid being grilled.

But over the years, these engineers have not come up with any particularly notable results.

After all, the technological gap in weaponry is just too vast. You cannot expect high-altitude artillery in an era that still uses muzzle-loaded guns.

If not for Perfikot bringing some research results forward, the Navy and Army might have already staged the iconic scene of generals gathering to block the gates.

Even so, the Army only managed to acquire some anti-aircraft machine guns, offering slight comfort that they could at least resist a little when being bombed.

On the other hand, the Navy successfully obtained ownership of the Flying Airship, and having their own aerial forces made them focus more on anti-aircraft defense naturally.

Only by personally experiencing the smoothness of combat under air superiority can one understand how crucial anti-aircraft is for ground forces.

Although all Navy warships remained in the Empire's homeland, frozen in the oceans, the Imperial Navy did not disappear but instead transformed into the 'Air Force' by manning the Flying Airships.

Of course, even though they were already flying, the Navy still refers to itself as the Navy.

One of their research achievements in anti-aircraft defense was using high-speed Flying Airships equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns as focal points of fleet firepower. After forming a firepower net with several high-speed Flying Airships, they could effectively intercept Flying Airships.

But that sort of thing… works fine against Flying Airships with breakable gasbags, but trying to intercept Floating Battleships completely encased in heavy armor?

The Navy tested, and the Floating Battleship did not even need to return to port for repainting.

This was a tremendously shocking development for the Navy, motivating them to invest enthusiastically in testing the Floating Battleship and Electromagnetic Cannon.

Whether Perfikot needed manpower, intelligence, or resources, they provided them in unlimited quantities, striving to meet all the demands of this young lady.

Meanwhile, the Navy increased efforts to push forward the construction of new Floating Battleships, only modifying the original main cannon plan from traditional artillery to Electromagnetic Cannons.

Through testing, both the Navy and Perfikot witnessed the powerful might of the Electromagnetic Cannon.

Perfikot's understanding was finally having a viable weapon to counter the Divine, while the Navy saw it as finally having an effective anti-aircraft weapon.

Although their perspectives and understandings differ slightly, both agreed on the formidable nature of the Electromagnetic Cannon.

Thus, Perfikot initiated her prior plan to test the Electromagnetic Cannon's armor-piercing shells using mythical beasts.

She specifically called over Alice, hoping she would evaluate the power of the Electromagnetic Cannon and confirm whether it possessed Godslaying power.

Perfikot, having witnessed the Divine and even slain them before, did not achieve particularly good results last time when using the Electromagnetic Cannon to fire Thermobaric Bombs against the Divine.

This time, she wanted to hear how Alice, the sprite maiden knowledgeable of divine power, would assess it.