"Maximum range: 300 meters. Optimal range: 150 meters!" Fang Yue didn't need a sentry to report the figures; his biological brain had already calculated them.
"The range is still a little short. We need to increase the pressure in the steam tanks."
"The new materials are still under development, but it won't be long before we can produce the second generation of steam equipment. Then the gap between us and this era's gunpowder weapons will rapidly narrow!" Ai Yang reassured him.
"Don't worry. The range may be a little short, but its power is more than enough. Steam armor is comparable to a Tank Vehicle, yet more maneuverable in combat. Unless it gets hit by a heavy cannon, ordinary infantry weapons can't penetrate it."
"Right. Let's move out!" Fang Yue glanced at the gleaming silver ranks and climbed onto the steam carriage.
Besides more than a hundred steam warriors, the force also included five steam carriages, forming a complete combat group. For steam soldiers, the steam carriage was not only a combat unit but also a logistical supply unit.
Steam weapons differed from gunpowder weapons: their power came from stored steam. A weapon like steam armor obviously couldn't fire up its own boiler to build pressure. Instead, it relied on steam carriages. Whenever the pressure inside its steam tank dropped below a certain threshold, it needed the carriage's boiler to recharge it.
Onlookers lined both sides of the road, watching the Steel Giants advance with awe. The hiss of steam and the billowing clouds, along with the heavy tread of their steps, became the only sounds outside the village.
Each suit of armor weighed two or three hundred pounds, so it obviously couldn't be powered by human strength. Even a trained warrior couldn't wear it and move for long. In