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The internal meeting of the parliamentarians lasted for a whole morning. In addition to how to deal with the divine descent, the focus of the discussion was on whether they should continue to defend the capital or take the initiative to recover the kingdom's territory or even invade the empire.
Hattar has urged this several times, because now nearly half of the kingdom's territory has fallen, and he is almost unworthy of the title of king!
However, this king in name only obviously could not influence the decision of the parliament. After several rounds of discussion, Lin En decided to hold on for a while and restore logistics, especially the production of ammunition!
In this battle to defend the capital, the Alchemy Research Institute had already developed a powerful weapon called the machine gun, and its performance on the battlefield was also very impressive. With only three machine guns, it killed hundreds of God's Punishment Army soldiers in just one minute. This record was undoubtedly amazing.
You must know that these God's Punishment Army defeated thousands of Guards and Musketeers, and they became targets of slaughter by machine gun fire. As long as the supply of ammunition can be guaranteed, they will be able to take the initiative in the war!
Chapter 375: New Ace of Aerial Combat - Fighter
"Dean Lin, have an apple..." "Does it feel good to be hammered like this?" "Dean, it's time to take medicine!"
In a luxurious villa in the royal capital of [Hadratha], Lin En was lying on a comfortable table and chair, receiving meticulous care from the wizards of the academy.
In the last battle to defend the capital, Lin En forcibly mobilized all the computing power of the magic network to cast the Eternal Flame and laser magic. The severe backlash afterwards almost caused him to have brain death.
Although he was rescued after drinking two legendary potions in succession, he was unable to cast magic at will for a short period of time.
This scared Alok and the others greatly. After all, Lin En, the magic star, was the backbone of the entire school and could not afford to make any mistakes!
After Lin En repeatedly assured him that he was in good condition and just needed rest, the wizards in the academy were still very worried, and collected a lot of precious potions for him that could restore mental damage and increase vitality, and they also put him on a strict recuperation plan by a master who was proficient in herbalism - in general, it meant eating well, drinking well, and taking more supplements, and not doing anything!
In addition, hundreds of wizards and a whole new army equipped with percussion rifles were arranged to be responsible for the security of the manor, for fear that an enemy would sneak in at this time and kill this "powerless" magic star.
Johnny, Lydia, Alok and others who were familiar with Lin En were sent to take care of Lin En's daily life and provide close protection. According to Orlando, this was the top priority of the school at the moment!
Orlando and the others' overly reactive arrangements made Lin En feel helpless. He just couldn't use his magic power at will for the time being, but he wasn't a useless person. Even at his weakest, he could still knock out a dozen brainwashed guards with his fists...
But it must be said that this kind of life of having everything provided for him is very comfortable. Even if he is not a useless person, he feels like he is about to become one.
"Master Dean, this is purple fruit. King Hattar sent it here. I tried it for you. It's not poisonous and tastes great!"
Beside him, Lydia picked up a peeled purple fruit and put it into Lin En's mouth. Then she began to pinch his thigh very attentively. However, her strength was so great that Lin En gritted his teeth in pain.
"Alright, alright, let go!" Lin En slapped the half-orc girl's hand away helplessly. If she continued to pinch like this, he would lose his legs!
Lydia shrank her neck, looking pitiful like a little animal that had done something wrong.
"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?" Lin En shook his head and asked.
Although Lydia was one of the people assigned to take care of his daily life, she had been slacking off these days, secretly tinkering with some strange things. She was suddenly so attentive today, there must be something wrong.
"I drew a blueprint and would like you to take a look at it for me..." Lydia hurriedly took out a design from her arms and unfolded it in front of Lin En.
The drawing showed a very rough and crude-looking aircraft, which was very similar in style to the one he saw when he first came to Yieta Harbor, but it could be seen that many adjustments had been made to the details.
Lydia stared at Lin En nervously. Although the appearance of the airship satisfied her dream of flying into the sky, it was the masterpiece of the dean after all. Over the past year, Lydia has not given up the idea of making her own aircraft.
And she remembered Lin En had said that there was nothing wrong with her design concept, and the biggest reason why the aircraft she made was difficult to take off into the sky was due to insufficient power!
The emergence of the internal combustion engine obviously made up for this and made the improvement of aircraft possible.
In her imagination, although this aircraft could not transport troops and weapons and ammunition like an airship, it had the advantage of being faster and lighter. With a machine gun or beam weapon installed in the front, it could fight the Griffin Knights head-on in the air...
Lin En carefully checked it a few times, and after having the intelligent computer analyze it, he smiled and said, "Very good, there is progress!"
"Can it fly?" Lydia asked impatiently.
“There’s no problem flying this time…” Lin En said thoughtfully, but before Lydia could jump up excitedly, he spoke again.
"But if you want to reach a speed of 200 kilometers per hour at full power as you expected, it is impossible. The shape of this aircraft is still lacking. It cannot effectively resist wind resistance. The materials are also not up to standard. It will definitely fall apart when driving at high speed!"
"Didn't I give you an introductory notebook on aerodynamics before? How much have you read?" Lynn asked back.
When Lydia heard the word "aerodynamics", her face suddenly became confused. That thing was too difficult to understand and it was simply not something that a human could learn!
Before reading this note, Lydia always believed that she had an extraordinary talent in Olympiad mathematics. She could quickly master equations, exponents, and geometry, and even understand part of calculus. However, aerodynamics left her confused. It was hard to imagine that this was just the basics.
Seeing the troubled look on the halfling girl's brow, Lynn guessed that Lydia had not learned it.
Of course, this is normal. Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid mechanics, and the amount of knowledge and calculation involved is very huge. Even until modern times, some difficult problems about fluid mechanics have not been solved.
It was not until the 22nd century that relatively accurate predictions and calculations were achieved thanks to the rapid advancement of the computing power of quantum computers.
The notes that Lynn gave to Lydia were naturally very old, based on classical mechanics. Unexpectedly, the difficulty was still too high!
"You can compare the air to the sea, and your aircraft to the fish swimming in the sea. Their body shape is to better resist the resistance of the sea water. This is also reflected in birds. I call it streamlined..." Lin En used his hands as a pen and magic power as ink. While slightly revising the drawings, he explained to Lydia.
Lydia watched Lin En writing and drawing on the drawing. In just five minutes, all the details had been fine-tuned.
The frame is still the same frame, but it looks much more beautiful, with an indescribable beauty...
Lin En didn't know what Lydia was thinking, otherwise she would definitely tell her that beauty itself is power!
Powerful war machines usually look very good and domineering, because that is the design that best fits nature...
Chapter 376: Legendary doubts and aerodynamics!
Lydia stared at the drawing for a long time, pondering the significance of every change. After seeing the tail wing specially drawn by Lin En, she couldn't help but ask.
"Master Dean, what is this tail wing used for? Why do we need two wings in front and behind?"
"You see, all birds have tail feathers, right? That's the inspiration for the tail wing," Lynn said with a smile.
Lydia was stunned for a moment, but soon reacted. Indeed, both powerful monsters and ordinary birds have long tail feathers on their backs, and even dragons have long tails.
"That's used to maintain balance and assist steering, right?" Lydia quickly guessed.
"That's right." Lin En nodded. Learning from nature is often an extremely important part of obtaining design inspiration.
After understanding, Lydia pointed to the modified wing.
This was what surprised her even more. The wings drawn by Lin En were not completely straight, but curled up at the ends. This was very strange, because no bird has wings with upright tips.
"This involves knowledge of aerodynamics. Simply put, it can block wingtip vortices, reduce induced drag, and increase the limited aspect ratio..." Lin En explained endlessly.
Lydia felt dizzy after hearing this. She had no idea what wingtip vortices and aspect ratios were...
"How about this, we can try folding two paper airplanes!" Lin En thought for a moment and said.
Lydia immediately became excited. The paper airplane was something the dean had taught her. It was a very interesting flying toy that could be made with just a piece of paper. The principle of flight was very similar to the way she made her aircraft. It was like a smaller version of a self-powered aircraft model.
During this time, she also developed a new folding method that can fly very far...
Lydia trotted over and quickly brought back two pieces of paper of the same size. She handed one to Lin En and then folded it quickly.
A delicate paper airplane soon appeared in the girl's palm. After looking at Lin En who was still folding paper, Lydia took a running start and threw the paper airplane out.
As the saying goes, great efforts can produce miracles!
With Lydia's full strength, the paper plane flew nearly thirty meters away before landing shakily on the ground.
Lydia happily put her hands on her hips and looked back at the dean. This was the farthest that the paper airplanes she had folded had ever flown!
"Is it my turn?" Lin En folded the wings into an upward shape. He didn't intend to stand up, nor did he use too much strength. He found the right angle and pushed it lightly, and the paper airplane flew out of his palm.
Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters...the paper plane still showed no signs of decline. It even circled in the air and returned to Lin En's hand.
Lydia was so stunned that she began to suspect that the dean had secretly cast a spell to cheat...
But then I immediately remembered that the dean was unable to cast magic now!
"You can try it yourself!" Lin En shrugged. He naturally saw the girl's doubts.
Lydia picked up her paper airplane in disbelief, made a small change to the wing, and then tried it again immediately.
Due to the different angles, the paper plane did not fly back, but it also easily broke through the 50-meter mark...
"How amazing!" Lydia said in amazement. With just such a small change, the distance of the paper airplane can be increased by more than 70%. It can only be described as exaggerated!
All of a sudden, Lydia became interested in aerodynamics again. It was so interesting!
After Lynn demonstrated the superiority of the new design through practical actions, he discussed with Lydia the material issues involved in manufacturing the new aircraft.
Lynn is also very concerned about this thing.
Airplanes are real weapons in air combat, and using airships for air defense is not the right way after all. This time they used the newly developed laser magic to catch the enemy off guard and destroyed an entire group of Griffin Knights!
But such a tragic lesson will also make the Vatican vigilant.
They have used it more than once, whether in the defense of the royal capital or in naval battles. Now that the information about laser magic has been exposed, it will be difficult to have such a good record next time.
And this new aircraft will become their new air combat ace...
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For the next two days, Lin En stayed in the manor and enjoyed a luxurious life with everything provided for him, and from time to time he guided Lydia in making the aircraft.
During this period of time, the Vatican has been very quiet and has not made any major moves. At least the airships they sent out for reconnaissance did not find that the Empire had any intention of invading again.
Lin En guessed that the disastrous defeat of the two expeditionary forces would be enough to damage the entire empire...
In addition, the Empire's expeditionary fleet may still be floating on the sea at this moment, and war is unlikely to break out again in the short term.
However, although their strength was strong, it was far from enough to intimidate the Holy See. At most, they were a little apprehensive. It was foreseeable that once the other side launched another attack, they would definitely organize a more powerful force...
After ten days of recuperation, the vague pain in his brain had completely disappeared, which also meant that he had regained his ability to cast spells and could finally fool several legendary speakers in the magic field.
This is undoubtedly the top priority right now. On the one hand, it is to guide wizards to explore more microscopic areas and find ways to defeat the false god [Ella]. Secondly, it can also add bricks and tiles to his magic network and increase more computing power support.
Although the computing power of the magic network is now sufficient, and even exceeds the maximum limit he can bear, it is always a good idea to plan ahead. This time, risking brain death, Lin En has taken a step closer to controlling and mastering magic power. He feels that he is getting closer and closer to a five-ring wizard!
"By the way, 071, weren't you unable to mobilize the wizards' computing power across levels before?" Lin En suddenly thought of a question and asked silently in his mind.
Before, when he was just an official wizard, he tried to mobilize the computing power of a great wizard like Anthony, but the response he got was that he couldn't, because the other party's spiritual level was higher than his, and he could not bear the power of any great wizard.
It was not until after a successful breakthrough that a positive response was received.
In Lin En's opinion, the gap between a great wizard and a legendary wizard should be quite big. He was somewhat surprised that he could mobilize Harof's computing power just after he entered the realm of a great wizard.
Chapter 377 Harov: I suspect their legend is not the same as ours!
[According to the judgment, the target of the agreement is in serious life-threatening condition, and the user protection is temporarily lifted. It is estimated that if the battle does not escalate and there is no medical rescue, the target will survive for an additional 7 minutes and seconds! ]