Release that Witch - Chapter 1290

Chapter 1290: 1290






To expedite the various projects in the Design Bureau of Graycastle, Roland adjusted his schedule and decided to have a nap for two to three hours every day after lunch . Therefore, he now entered the Dream World more frequently .

As a consequence, a group of God's Punishment Warriors started to appear in the afternoon in the Castle District, which attracted a lot of onlookers .

With the help of the Design Bureau of Graycastle, his industrial projects went pretty well . By the last week of fall, the design of the tractor had been completed .

Before then, Anna was solely responsible for the manufacture and testing of all the projects in Neverwinter . Then, the plant took over the parts production and the assembly of the final models . The whole process was not only time-consuming process but sometimes it involved a lot of unnecessary work as well .

As Anna's Blackfire worked far better than machine tools, workers in the plant, sometimes, could not always produce the parts created by Anna . A machine could produce thousands of parts at a time . However, it took a considerable amount of time to figure out which parts should be assigned to the plants and which to Anna for further processing . The plant could only mass produce the machines after a completed model was available .

In fact, this was the exact problem during the production process of the second generation steam engine . The pressure control valve looked pretty simple, but when it came to mass production, few were fit for its intended use . Because of the high defective rate, they had to start the production all over again, which thus resulted in a huge delay of more than half a month before a final product was successfully made .





But the Design Bureau of Graycastle in the Dream World had helped Anna finish all the preliminary work, from testing all the way to the design of the assembly line . They also determined whether ordinary machineries would be capable of producing certain parts . Given that, once Roland drafted the plan, the Ministry of Industry could immediately start on the production, which largely shortened the production process and reduced the cost .

Roland named this farming machine, which he had put great faith in, the "Harvest" .

Its five pairs of road wheels would run on Graycastle's soil .

Nevertheless, Master Xie still had a lot to do . The current "Harvest" was nothing but a basic frame that could only serve as a tractor for farming operation . There was still a long way to go before it transformed into a war machine with five pairs of road wheels .

Roland hoped that this machine could meet all the army's needs .

As for the telegraph machine, Qingqing soon recruited some workers, including fresh graduates and amateur radio technicians . But Roland had a hard time reading the circuit diagram, so he ordered the workers to change the diagram into an actual design plan . Even so, he was still quite slow at understanding it . Therefore, he managed to memorize the design and decided to study it with Anna later .

Apart from these two major projects, they had also made great progress in other war preparation projects in Neverwinter .





The first project was the road construction that connected the south and the north .

According to the letter from Horford Quinn to him, the Kingdom of Dawn had hired nearly 1,000 workers and built several plants to produce cement in two border cities . These plants produced hundreds of tons of cement every day for the road construction . The construction of the road between the Windswept Ridge and the Sparkling River was almost completed, and they had commenced to build the section around the Cage Mountain area . It was estimated that everything would be done within half a month .

Even with Lotus and Molly's help, Roland had to admit that the Quinn Family was pretty efficient . Apparently, they had put a lot of efforts into it . As the road in the Eastern Region along the Redwater River directly led to the City of Evernight, they were now only one step away from transporting supplies to the front .

Also, the supplementary project, the "Hump" the steam-powered wheeled truck finally came into use .

The truck had a classic cab forward design, equipped with an engine and six wheels . Apart from a long nose (to accommodate a huge water tank) at the front, it was quite similar to a modern truck . It weighed around 10 tons, with a loading capacity of six tons . The truck could run on a hard-surfaced concrete road at a rate of 40 kilometers per hour for about 300 kilometers .

When necessary, the driver could fill the tank with rain, well water and even urine to increase the speed . Even if there was no water supply, the truck could still function pretty well between cities and rivers .





Unlike the armored train, each truck required at least two drivers, which meant that even if Neverwinter could produce a great number of trucks, there would not be enough people to operate them . Fortunately, they simply needed to found a driving school and train people to drive the trucks . There were no traffic rules whatsoever in this world, so the only task for the drivers would be getting the vehicle moving .

The last project was storage batteries .

Although this project was less technologically demanding, it was as important as the other ones .

Storage batteries could, for instance, power the taillights and headlights of the truck, which were also the only electric devices on the "Hump" . With lights, the truck could work day and night .

Electricity could also power up the biplanes and save the ground staff a lot of time . More importantly, if the engine of the plane was seized in the air, pilots could restart the plane again and thereby preserve the stability of the aircrafts .

The numerous immigrants recently relocating to Neverwinter further sped up and took the industrialization process in Neverwinter to a new level .

But Roland also understood that such rapid progress was not only attributed to the increase in the population . Had they still manufactured products in traditional workshops, it would have taken several years, let alone a few months, to train a layman into a proficient worker . However, in a modern plant, experienced workers would voluntarily teach new ones, as they relied on their apprentices to get promoted or a raise . They were always eager to teach everything they knew .

It only took a person one to two weeks to learn the basic machinery operation . Even if this person was illiterate, he could still imitate the steps and thus process parts fit for use .

The new production system and the implementation of universal education, as well as continuous research and development would all further expedite the industrialization in the urban area in the future .

Yet Roland had some bad news too .

Iron Axe reported that the First Army at the front felt it increasingly hard to cope with the demons, as the Red Mist had spread to the Cage Mountain area . Some people even claimed that Devilbeasts were seen in the Kingdom of Dawn .

Back in the battle on the Fertile Plains, Roland had noticed that the demons could run thousands of miles to pursue their enemies . Even a few Mad Demons could cause substantial damage to the rear .

Now, the few Devilbeasts seen in the sky might be very likely the demons' scouts .

The First Army must send an equal force to the sky to suppress the assault .

Roland sighed quietly . Perhaps, it was time to dispatch the Witch Union and the Aerial Knights .

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