Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1244 - 1237: Reform Proposals

Chapter 1244: Chapter 1237: Reform Proposals

Facing Zisu’s offensive, Luo’er found it difficult to cope, so he turned his head, seeking assistance, and looked at Zhuyan Yu. However, it was clear that Zhuyan Yu didn’t think it was a bad thing, so she smiled and said, "Luo’er, you have to keep your word."

"Teacher Zhu!" Luo’er frowned slightly, speaking in a tone of complaint.

"Seeing how unwilling you are, let’s just say you owe me one for now, you’ll have to repay it," Zisu said with a disappointed expression on her face that was hard to conceal. It was obvious she really wanted to get Luo’er.

"Oh, oh, thank you, wait a second..." Luo’er was confused for a moment, then suddenly it dawned on him, and he blinked, saying, "Shouldn’t it be you who owes me?"

"Zisu," at this moment, the Linglan leader rushed over with her people and then asked her in surprise, "What exactly is going on, how could that general have...?"

"Hmm, I don’t know," Zisu blinked, tilting her head and said innocently.

"It was me," Luo’er unexpectedly took the initiative to speak up.

"Mr. Luo’er, you..." Hearing Luo’er’s response, Linglan’s expression became even more shocked, not just her, even the stoic Yunji couldn’t hide her astonishment.

"We had a personal grudge with that general," Luo’er came up with a reason on the spot.

"Is that so?" Linglan asked, blinking and twitching her ears.

"That’s right," Luo’er nodded, "Out in the city, we were attacked by those generals more than once; you can ask Danggui about it. When we found him, he was also attacked by those generals."

"So that’s how it is," Linglan nodded, seemingly convinced by Luo’er’s words, but she still had doubts, "But from such a distance, how could you..."

"It’s not far for us," Luo’er spread his hands calmly and said.

That was the truth; Luo’er really hadn’t lied to her. The weapons in the hands of the Advance Team were mostly equipment for beyond-visual-range warfare, whereas their adversaries were still locked in visual range warfare, naturally unable to contend with the hits from beyond-visual-range weapons.

"Speaking of which," seeing everyone fall into deep thought, Luo’er decided to change the subject to avoid further discussing the matter, "I’ve heard that your Abisien have already equipped yourselves with flintlock guns. Could I have a look? Perhaps we could provide some technical guidance."

"How did you know we have flintlock guns?" As soon as she heard this, Linglan immediately became vigilant, her suspicious gaze swept over Luo’er, then she looked towards the innocently-faced Zisu.

"Oh, please don’t blame the Linglan leader, I was the one who asked," Luo’er volunteered to clear her name.

"Don’t look at me like that," Zisu pouted, subtly hiding behind Luo’er, and then with flickering ears, she said, "Their weapons are much more advanced than ours, they wouldn’t even be interested in ours."

"Uh..." Hearing her words, Luo’er coughed slightly, then said with an embarrassed look, "To be frank, and not to offend anyone, but in our eyes, your weapons aren’t much different from scrap metal."

"Such an arrogant tone," Yunji said with furrowed brows, dissatisfied.

"Let me take a guess at how your weapons work," Luo’er said, slightly organizing his thoughts, and then continued, "You need a barrel, to fill it with gunpowder and a bullet, and at the end of the barrel, make a small hole. When shooting, you need to ignite the gunpowder in the small hole with a burning material, thereby igniting the flame inside the barrel. The gunpowder, after detonating, will propel the bullet to shoot out, attacking the enemy from afar. That’s the basic principle, right?"

As they heard his explanation, everyone’s faces grew even darker, and their gazes turned towards Zisu, who had poked out. Looking innocent, Zisu replied, "I didn’t tell him any of that; he knew it on his own. I’ve already told you, their weapons are very powerful."

"Please don’t blame the Zisu leader," Luo’er said. "The principles I just mentioned have been applied by us hundreds of years ago, so to us, they are not incomprehensible."

Linglan looked at Luo’er suspiciously, then at Zisu, and finally sighed, nodding and saying, "I believe Mr. Luo’er."

"They are outsiders!" Yunji frowned and reminded everyone frankly in front of Luo’er.

"Yunji," Linglan glanced at her, then at Luo’er, and said unabashedly, "We need outsiders, we need more friends. Now that the Dongsheng Empire is invading our lands, if we cannot fend them off this time, our kind truly might face extinction. There will be no place for us in West Outer Heaven."

Hearing her words, Yunji looked like she wanted to say something but ultimately couldn’t speak up. She turned her head to glare at Luo’er, then turned away without saying another word.

"If Mr. Luo’er would like to see our weapons, this way please. If you can provide any valuable suggestions, we will be extremely grateful. We thank Mr. Luo’er for choosing to stand with Abisien in this life-or-death situation," said Linglan, whose words skillfully turned Luo’er and his companions into allies rather than mere guests.

"You are too kind, Linglan leader," Luo’er said politely. "We simply saw injustice on the road and drew our swords to help. Although I’m unaware of the exact conflict between Abisien and the Dongsheng Empire, aggression can never be praised, no matter the circumstances."

After the formalities, Luo’er gathered the Advance Team and followed Linglan to their armory to see the weapons they used to resist the Dongsheng Empire.

Upon closer inspection, Abisien’s firearms were still quite primitive. Despite having both muskets and cannons, they were largely at an early stage of development. Both the muskets and cannons were of the matchlock firing type.

The most advanced musket in Abisien was the matchlock gun, which already had a basic trigger mechanism. Pulling the trigger would plunge the smoldering cord into the powder pan, igniting the gunpowder and firing the shot.

Clearly, Abisien’s matchlock guns had been developed to their limit and desperately needed to break through to the next type of firearm. These muskets had a little cover over the powder pan that was flipped open by the firing mechanism when the trigger was pulled, allowing the cord to ignite the powder pan.

Unexpectedly, the Demon Clan had developed an automatic safety device for their firearms. On Earth, during the age of the matchlock, the cover of the powder pan had to be opened manually.

But no matter what, these matchlock guns had essentially reached their peak and were unlikely to see new advancements. Of course, perfecting them was easy—to transform them into tactical matchlock guns, all one needed to do was add a leather strap.

Hu Daoke, a weaponry expert, examined the muskets closely. Due to limited forging technology, the demons couldn’t make gun barrels out of steel with higher tensile strength, so their muskets were thick and heavy. It would be more accurate to call them handheld cannons than muskets.

After checking them over and peering down the barrels, Hu Daoke nodded and commented, "The trigger mechanism could be easily switched to flintlock, they already possess the necessary manufacturing technology. However, this barrel thickness needs to be reduced, otherwise, whether it’s transformed into a flintlock gun or a snaphance gun, it would essentially be defective."

"The strength of the steel isn’t enough," Cheng Ziang tapped the barrel and shook his head, "With this kind of steel, rashly reducing the thickness would only lead to a burst barrel."

"Basically, the thickness could be halved and it would be about right," Hu Daoke said, making a few gestures.

Elsewhere, Baiyue and others observing the musketeers in formation also spotted an issue. Pointing at the lined-up Demon Clan musketeers, Baiyue remarked, "Pairing musketeers with pikemen is too cumbersome, it would be better to eliminate the pikemen."

"Without pikemen, how can we face the Dongsheng Empire’s cavalry?" a Demon Clan Captain asked, confused.

"It’s simple, just equip the muskets with bayonets," Baiyue said, gesturing.

It was evident that the warfare of West Outer Heaven was still at its early stages, where soldiers stood in ranks to fire their weapons. The Demon Clan musketeers needed to form up defensively against potential cavalry charges, which necessitated the presence of pikemen in the formations to counteract the impact of cavalry.

Cavalry was a very ancient branch of the military, and on Earth, even until World War I, cavalry still played a significant role in warfare. To say that musketeers could fearlessly face down a cavalry charge was naively frightening.

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