Chapter 310: Trench Mortar (1/2)

Chapter 310: Trench Mortar

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

This was the first time Li Du had attended a silent auction It was a new and refreshi+ng experience

The auction was a lot quieter and definitely faster than the usual ones he attended Everyone swiftly took their turns to view the units and then estimated the worth, or discussed it with their tea on the bid price They would then write it down on the bid sheet and slip it into the designated box

Li Du had no intention to win the first four units; he wrote a low offer on the bid sheets

When they reached the fifth unit, Li Du adopted a serious attitude toward it The stout cannon inside see’s ”Relive the Past” ability so he could derive a ed before hi assembled and placed inside a warehouse The warehouse contained at least a dozen other cannons that all looked exactly the sa on the wall of the warehouse, which was the sa that Li Du had seen on the base of the cannon He still couldn’t understand what it ed to a battlefield The cannon was placed in a trench; its stubby barrel fired deafening shots across the sky

The subsequent scenes showed that all the cannons were hidden in military trenches Li Du was dumbstruck for a moment, as he did not know that there were cannons made for use in trenches

He took out his smartphone and searched the Internet The speed was slow so the ie could not be shown But from the search results, such cannons did exist and were called ”trench mortars”

From the search results, the trenchangle, a low velocity, and a steep angle of descent Although they were short-range cannons, they were powerful weapons for destroying fortifications

After reading through the texts, Li Du confirmed that the stout cannon was a trenchhistory It first appeared during the 13th century and subsequently got replaced by better eneral, these cannons were older and very popular before World War II, especially with the Ger World War II

In the introduction to the weapon on the web page, the Karl-Gerät, a giant cannon developed by Ger World War II, was specially mentioned as it was the last trench mortar cannon evercaliber of 600 hed 2 tons each and charge a e of 25 miles The Germans had created such an incredibly powerful cannon to break the French’s strong siege and defense forces at Marcheno, Italy

However, as inside the unit was not the ferocious KarlWorld War I As he recalled the original scene, the soldiers earing the Ger the cannon’s age and approxie unit

As they finished viewing the unit, Li Du spoke to Hans in a low voice, ”Generally, how much do we need to win this type of unit?”

Hans furrowed his eyebrows in thought and said, ”From e can see, this unit is not a valuable one The old, broken parts of a car and frames of a machine are not special items—at most, 1,000 dollars”

Li Du pondered for a few seconds and said, ”Okay, let’s bid 2,000 dollars”

Hans whispered, ”This unit is good?”

”I can’t tell specifically, but it should be hile,” replied Li Du ”Look at that stuff inside that’s wrapped with oilskin—and that wooden chest, there should be valuables inside So, let’s set it at 2,000 dollars?”

Hans shook his head and said, ”Let’s go with a safer price: 4,000 dollars!”

Such was the charm of a silent auction nobody kne much their rivals would bid for a unit If someone wanted to win a unit, they would bid with an aht was reasonable There would not be cases of winning a good unit with a lower price

If this was the usual type of auction, they could have won the unit for a thousand dollars, or even lower, for a few hundred dollars

But that was only a possibility At a regular auction, there could be treasure hunters following their lead and copying their bids If the auction went this way, they would need to spend a considerable amount of money in order to win the unit

Any bid a was unknown until the winners had been identified

Li Du wrote 4,000 dollars on the bid sheet and slipped it into a small box