With just one sentence from Leo, the entire world's resources began to flow towards the modified close-in weapon system.
Within two years of the factory's launch, and in just one month, it had produced 500,000 units, far exceeding the required quantity. The plan to manufacture improved close-in weapon systems was urgently halted.
The limitation on the firepower of the modified close-in weapon system is not the muzzle itself, but the bullets.
If it were just a normal metal bullet, then as many as you want could be produced. But each bullet needs to be engraved with a small Energy Absorption Magic Array and perfectly fitted to the bullet body to ensure that there is no difference. This is extremely difficult.
Because if the Energy Absorption Magic Array is engraved incorrectly, the result will be unstable energy, causing it to explode the moment it is activated!
At the very least, one needs to be High-Rank Wizard Apprentice to be able to engrave seals. Even after those Official Wizard studied and improved the seal engraving technique into an assembly line operation, the level only dropped to that of an intermediate apprentice.
Currently, there are only 1.3 million intermediate-level apprentices. Even if they worked around the clock, they could only produce one million bullets per day.
However, working around the clock is unrealistic, because they need rest, and they also need time to break through to the level of advanced apprentices.
Their advancement to High-Rank Wizard Apprentice is far more important than manufacturing bullets!
The final calculations show that, after sacrificing some intermediate apprentices who take too long to advance to advanced apprenticeships, the daily production capacity can only reach 200,000 bullets. This is the maximum production capacity calculated after these limitations.
This means that at the start of the conquest of the Jackal World, the number of elemental bullets was only 160 to 200 million.
This number seems terrifying, but the improved close-in weapon system has the same firepower output of 10,000 rounds per minute. Based on 160 million bullets, it can only provide 16,000 minutes of continuous attack time.
Or, to put it another way, it can only provide 16,000 improved close-in weapon systems with one minute of attack time.
Currently, the number of improved close-in weapon systems (CIWS) has reached 500,000. If these CIWS were distributed equally among them, each CIWS would only receive a paltry 320 rounds of ammunition, which is exactly two seconds of firing time.
Press the button once, and all your bullets are gone!
"If we don't have enough elemental bullets, we'll use regular bullets. That should be enough to deal with some weaker Gnoll. We can always set up more; we have plenty of regular bullets."
In the end, Leo made the final decision: the elemental bullets had enough attack power, so they would be used in critical moments, and ordinary bullets would be used as much as possible in other situations.
While ordinary bullets are not very powerful, and can only damage Low-Level Wizard Apprentice Gnoll under concentrated fire, they can still have some effect on Intermediate Wizard Apprentice Gnoll under multiple rounds of suppressive fire.
In any case, the improved close-in weapon system has been transferred from the ship to the Gulu Beast, giving it high-speed mobility.
With a High-Rank Wizard Apprentice and the ammo capacity of a wizard's ring, this combination can inflict massive casualties on ordinary Gnoll.
Calculations show that this combination of methods causes more than three times the damage compared to previous methods.
In the Gnoll World, 40% of Gnoll are at the level of Low-Level Wizard Apprentice, and ordinary bullets are sufficient to deal with them.
Another point is that even after running out of bullets, the High-Rank Wizard Apprentice and the Gulu Beast retain their original strength and can still attack!
With the successful development and deployment of weapons, the number of elemental bullets is increasing Heavenly Capital. The Gulu Beast army has learned battlefield coordination, and the number of High-Rank Wizard Apprentice has reached 500,000 in three years of intense effort, doubling the number from three years ago.
With two years remaining, everything is still being prepared intensively, and various resources are being consumed like water.
Before the war even began, the resources in the academy's warehouse had already been completely depleted.
Meng Jie and the newly formed combat command were so worried that blisters appeared on their lips. The fact that Level One Formal Wizard could fall ill showed that things had become quite difficult.
In order to raise more resources, Meng Jie and his group offered all wizards and Wizard Apprentice a deal: they could borrow any surplus resources they had, and the wizards would return 1.5 times the amount after the war.
Unable to borrow money from the merchant guild, they borrowed money from these trainees.
Everyone knew what situation they were facing, and they all used the resources from their wizard rings to help the academy overcome the difficulties.
With the help of these trainees, the various plans were able to continue, allowing Meng Jie and his team of combat commanders to finally breathe a sigh of relief!
Good news kept coming, but bad news followed closely behind.
The first piece of bad news was that Charlotte's promise of a level 500,000 mechanical puppet had fallen through. Leo asked her about it once, but Charlotte stammered and couldn't give a straight answer.
Although Charlotte didn't say it, Leo understood. It was because the people behind Charlotte were unwilling to pay. To put it bluntly, Leo was only a Level Three Great Wizard, and no one would care about the thoughts of a Level Three Great Wizard.
They were still angry about not getting that world, and they were already being kind by not causing trouble for Leo, so how could they possibly pay an apology to a Level Three Wizard?
Even if Leo is Legendary Great Wizard, it won't work!
There was nothing Leo could do; he couldn't afford to offend the people behind Charlotte, so Leo had to suffer this loss himself.
Although Charlotte later sent 10,000 level-one mechanical puppets, which Charlotte bought with her own money, this quantity was of no use and could only be considered better than nothing.
However, Charlotte's attitude still made Leo very gratified. At least Charlotte wanted to make amends, but she was willing but unable to do so.
The second piece of bad news is that the final intelligence on the Gnoll World has been compiled, and a comprehensive terrain map is also available.
This was originally good news, but the fact that there were over three billion Gnoll put immense pressure on Leo and everyone else.
If 3 billion Gnoll advance one level at a rate of 1%, that means there are 30 million people advancing one level.
In fact, based on intelligence analysis, the number of Gnoll at level one or above exceeds 50 million, which is ten times the number of officially qualified jackals like Leo Leo, far exceeding their strength.
Fortunately, these Gnoll were scattered throughout the world, not concentrated in one place, which provided a breakthrough in the war.
The newly formed combat command is working around the clock to develop combat plans. It consists of veteran wizards with rich expedition experience and new wizards who have participated in expeditions. Body Refinement Wizard from the Undying Body Academy have also joined in.
They worked hard Heavenly Capital to develop various plans, striving to make their First World War a success!
After three months of arguing and debating, the final solution was presented to Leo.
"Based on our joint research, our strength is slightly weaker than that of the Gnoll World. Although we will achieve final victory in all 985 simulations, the casualties will be enormous, and the reparations will consume all our profits."
"The only scenario with minimal casualties is to prioritize eliminating the God of Gnoll. If we can take him down, the Gnoll World will be unable to achieve unified command. With their communication still at a primitive stage, we can completely seize the initiative in the battle and fight however we want."
"Even if the war is prolonged, we can sustain it through war without any problem."
Hu Jianxing returned from the Tower of Elements with a resolute expression. Having participated in two expeditions, he spoke confidently and fearlessly to Leo.
Leo didn't immediately look at the battle plan. Instead, he looked at the person in front of him who was once the most outstanding student in the academy and now exuded the Wisdom Radiance of a wizard!
He found his path as a wizard!
Leo nodded in satisfaction; he finally saw hope for a higher life form in the humans of the New Earth.
Wizards are not those who enjoy a comfortable life in academies, leisurely conducting experiments every day. True wizards are strong individuals who have found their own path!
Without offering any praise, he simply read through the entire battle plan with a blank expression. The battle plan was very detailed, listing all possible contingencies and corresponding countermeasures.
The central idea of the operation was to deprive the Gnoll of their ability to form a unified command, divide their spheres of influence according to their tribal structure, and gradually eliminate them.
Almost all the difficulties encountered in expeditions involve massive armies mobilized from all over the world; hundreds of millions or even billions of local troops are always the wizards' biggest headache.
The casualties of the wizard expeditionary army always occur in these large-scale battles, with tens of thousands of casualties every second.
The Stigmata Wizard are wealthy and powerful, so they don't care. But they can't afford to fight like that; their families are poor. If they fight like that, the academy could go bankrupt in a single war!
If the Gnoll lose their command capacity and the world's forces cannot be mobilized, then the Academy's army can take over the world with minimal casualties while maintaining the initiative.
The key to this is their God; only their God can mobilize them all.
Therefore, killing their god is equivalent to killing their brain and severing their command system.
At that time, whether it's 3 billion or 30 billion, they, scattered as they are, can only be conquered little by little!
The combat command center had no idea how to kill the World Lord; they could only leave the decision to Leo!
"Alright, I understand. Leave the God of Gnoll to me. I will kill him before the great battle begins." Leo said expressionlessly after reviewing the battle plan, his light tone making it seem as if he were killing an ant rather than World Lord.
Hu Jianxing bowed slightly and took his leave. It was neither surprising nor unexpected that a Level Three Great Wizard could calmly say that he could kill Level-Four World Lord; it seemed as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
What might not work for others, he had complete confidence in their dean, even a blind confidence that defied wizarding wisdom.
Only after spending a long time outside, witnessing the true cruelty of the expedition world, and seeing the vastness and magnificence of the Wizard World, did he understand what kind of power his Dean truly possessed.
That was a power that drove almost all wizards to mad worship!
His Dean single-handedly altered the historical record of wizarding civilization; among the countless second and third ranks, their Dean will forever be the most prominent figure.
Every time such a figure appears in the history books recording wizarding civilization, it seems to herald the arrival of a great era to everyone!
"Are you sure you can manage all by yourself this time?"
Privately, Yaoyao looked at Leo with concern.
Outsiders blindly worship Leo and Leo power, but as his soulmate, Yaoyao knows better than anyone that every legendary feat of Leo's was a brush with death, a dance with the Grim Reaper on the edge of a knife.
Only he himself knew the dangers involved!