Alien Knights

"Remove the current prime minister?" Todd suddenly reacted: "Wait a minute, Emerson, isn't the prime minister yourself?"

Emerson said with a wry smile: "Yes, I hereby propose to dismiss myself."

Todd frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"I made a mistake." Emerson looked at Todd and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember that when Lone Rock City was under attack, a messenger for help came from the front line. Since you were not here, I made a decision on my own, an impromptu decision Establish a "wartime cabinet", temporarily suspend cabinet meetings, and ask all members to fully support the war without any objection."

Todd hesitated for a moment, and said: "We are in a hurry, and the war is imminent. Naturally, there is no time for the cabinet to meet and discuss slowly. At that time, you formed a war cabinet. It didn't seem like a problem."

Emerson said solemnly: "Your Majesty, what is the cabinet? The cabinet is a department that assists and assists the royal family in managing the kingdom. If the power of the cabinet prime minister is not controlled and restrained, it will cause the authoritarian psychology of those in power."

"Take this war as an example. Although the establishment of a wartime cabinet was a last resort, this approach concentrated power on one person for a short period of time. In the short term, this move is conducive to the deployment of the kingdom. War resources, but if the person in power is an ambitious person or a lunatic, it will easily lead the entire country to slide into the abyss of war."

Todd chewed on Emerson's words carefully, and always felt that what he said now seemed somewhat similar to some history in his previous life.

"Let me give you the simplest example. Once the prime minister decides to use the excuse of war to adjust his own power and scope of functions, then he may use this method to gather power and eradicate dissidents. Coupled with some sensational speeches and hypocrisy The glory of the world, the unaware people will be blinded by it, and unknowingly reduced to a political tool..."

Todd interrupted Emerson's words: "The battle of Lone Rock City, the establishment of a wartime cabinet in Muxi City. As the king, I actually have an inescapable responsibility. If I If we can contact the cabinet in time, there will be no dispute today."

Cumberland cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I still want to ask again, where have you been? When do you plan to return to Muxi City?"

Todd said after a moment of silence: "I'm in the north and I'm dealing with some affairs. The affairs of the kingdom will still be handled by the cabinet in a short time."

Without waiting for Cumberland to ask another question, Todd said: "Emerson's proposed removal of the prime minister this time, because of the reasons, I reject this proposal. I will find a feasible way to deal with unexpected events that may occur in the future kingdom. Ways to solve it. This topic ends here, next topic.”

Ignoring Emerson's speech, Todd directly asked the next official to start reporting.

After everyone reported, Todd gestured to Huggins beside him.

The latter said: "Today's meeting ends here temporarily."

Seeing everyone stand up from their seats, Huggins suddenly said: "Mr. Dunlop, please wait a moment, His Majesty still has something to ask you."

Wayne froze, turned his head to look at the expressionless Todd, and sighed secretly.

The first question the king raised was somewhat unexpected.

"I heard that the keel battleship also participated in the battle of Lone Rock City. What was the result?"

Wayne bowed to Todd, and said concisely: "The results are excellent, and the problems are mountainous."

A trace of curiosity appeared on Todd's face: "How do you say that?"

Turning on the 3D projection device on the conference table, Wayne called up the model diagram of the keel battleship with his hands, and began to play some clips from the naval battle.

"Let's talk about the weapon first. The weapon called "spore" is driven by black powder. Once it touches water, the gunpowder will not be ignited if it is wet. Therefore, this weapon cannot be launched in water. Fly to the target in the air."

Wayne showed the flight trajectory of the spores on the 3D projection, pointed to the screen and said to Todd: "Your Majesty, have you seen it? The trajectory of this launch can still maintain a straight line in the first half, but in the second half because of the gunpowder Irregular combustion, as well as damage to the tail, will cause great uncertainty in the trajectory."

Todd looked at the "spore" on the screen, but it only flew 20 to 30 meters, and it began to gradually deviate from the track, and the more it hit, the more it deviated, and he couldn't help frowning: "If the ballistic of this weapon is unstable, it means that its The hit rate is very low.”

Wayne nodded and said: "That's right, when a warship is conducting a spore attack, it must be very close to the enemy ship and use multiple bursts at the same time, so that it may hit the target."

"But if you get too close to the enemy ship, you will let yourself enter the blast radius." Todd rubbed his chin and said to himself in distress: "This is exactly like a handheld nuclear bomb launcher..."

"Moreover, apart from the short range and unreliable ballistics of spore missiles, they also have a very high failure rate." Wayne said with some headaches: "Whether it is experiments or actual combat, only about 70% of the spore missiles hit the target. The volume has exploded."

"What's the reason?"

"According to the results of many tests, I deduce that the kinetic energy generated during the impact is not enough."

Todd was a little surprised when he heard the word "kinetic energy" out of Wayne's mouth.

Wayne continued to explain: "When the missile is propelled by black powder, due to the impurities in the gunpowder and the incomplete combustion, its flight speed generally changes in stages. When a collision occurs, it is possible that the velocity of the missile has slowed down to a point where it does not reach the minimum threshold for spore impact explosion."

Todd nodded slightly while listening: "Is there a solution?"

"Not yet. There are too many improvement elements involved. Such as gunpowder raw materials, projectile design, parasite breeding and physical calculations, etc." Wayne shook his head helplessly, looked at Todd and continued: "Your Majesty, Apart from the weapons, everything else such as the hull, the structure, the sails, the propulsion, etc., have big or small problems. But if you compare them to one thing, they all become small problems."

"whats the matter?"

"The pilot of the keel battleship."

Todd said while thinking: "If I remember correctly, the pilot of this ship is Aisha, is it because she disobeyed orders and made her own claims?"

"No, Your Majesty, the pilot I'm talking about generally refers to anyone who wants to start the ship."

Looking at the puzzled Todd, Wayne said after thinking, "Most of the energy source of the keel parasite comes from the nutrients in the host. If it's just an ordinary keel armor, due to its small size and low activity, it consumes a lot of energy from the host." There are also few nutrients, and ordinary people can fully support the daily activities of the armor."

"However, a keel warship is completely different. A 21-meter-long warship is completely composed of keels. Whether it is propulsion, steering or repair, it needs to use the nutrients in the driver's body as a source of energy supply."

Todd gasped: "You mean...?"

"During daily cruising, the keel battleship mainly uses sails to drive, which consumes less nutrients from the host. However, in the war phase, it needs to use a lot of nutrients in the driver's body. Although the naval battle of Lone Rock City lasted only one hour, Ayi Sha not only completed the routine tactical actions of acceleration and turning lights, but even used the keel battleship to conduct a melee collision, completely destroying the enemy's flagship with "overload deformation".

"When the war ended and the battleship returned, Aisha fainted directly in her seat. Although the keel battleship was safely returned to the dock with the strength of the crew, the driver's body suffered overdrawn injuries. Although two months have passed, she is still unable to move freely, and even needs crutches to walk."

Todd rubbed the space between his brows vigorously, and said in a low voice, "We didn't consider the nutrient supply of parasites in advance. This is indeed a big problem."

Signaling Huggins to write down these questions, Todd looked at Wayne again, and said calmly: "Wayne Dunlop, let's put aside the matter of the keel battleship for now, I want to talk to you about a more important matter... ..."

Wayne lowered his head, a look of panic flashed in his eyes: "Your Majesty, please tell me."

Todd's upper body leaned forward, stared at Wayne and said slowly: "About all the experiments you have conducted recently, I hope you will tell them all in detail without any omissions..."