Molly really did study Chinese recipes carefully, just as Arthur had written in his letter.
However, descriptions like "a little" and "an appropriate amount" in the recipes gave Molly somewhat of a headache.
Fortunately, the dishes were delicious. Molly was, after all, a professional housewife with twenty years of expertise, and her skills were rock solid.
It was just that Rick always felt Mrs. Weasley's Chinese dishes were somewhat different from Momo's.
The redhead cubs were very satisfied with their mother's new dishes.
Fred: "Today's new tricks are really nice. If we could eat these every day in the future..."
George: "We are willing to reduce our pranks on Ron by 10%!"
Ron: "Thank you so much," he said. "But the food Mum made today is indeed delicious."
Percy: "Didn't you see Mum was busy for two days for this table of food? If she makes it every day, Mum won't be able to handle it!"
Bill: "...Delicious."
Ginny: "Big brother is right, but what is that? Brains? Eww..."
In short, the first attempt at Chinese cuisine received unanimous praise, filling Molly with a sense of accomplishment. After everyone finished eating, she happily went to clean up the mess.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Arthur quietly came to Audrey's side. "Audrey, I made some slight modifications to that tank, but there are still many things I haven't figured out. Can you explain them to me?"
"Sure!"
Audrey naturally agreed, but Rick's eyes widened.
"Tank? If I didn't hear wrong, Mr. Weasley said 'tank', right? Audrey!"
Audrey said with a smile, "A tank is only a few million dollars. Brother, if you want one, I can sell it to you!"
That wasn't a question of affordability at all, okay?
"Mr. Weasley..."
"Audrey, you can call me Arthur."
"Okay, Arthur," Audrey waved her hand. "Let's get in the tank. I'll demonstrate for you!"
Hearing they were going to get in the tank, the whole room full of people followed out in a rush.
Even the youngest, Ginny, was no exception. After all, this strange vehicle called a "tank" had been sitting here for some time. Dad never let her go near it, making her curiosity ready to explode.
A T-80 normally has a crew of three: commander, gunner, and driver.
If nine people were forced to squeeze in, the experience would definitely be terrible.
But this was the wizarding world.
Under the Undetectable Extension Charm, Arthur had opened up a space inside the T-80 large enough to hold a party.
Audrey naturally took the driver's seat.
She had started practicing driving tanks ten weeks ago (playing), with a total practice time of... months!
As the tank drove out of the garage, everyone in the vehicle was inexplicably excited, especially Rick. This was a weapon of war known as the King of Land Warfare!
Audrey noticed two extra buttons on the driver's panel.
"Arthur, did you install these two buttons?"
"Yes," Arthur said excitedly. He had previously driven the tank using the method for the flying car, but this thing was simply too heavy. Both flying and driving were agonizingly slow. Seeing it drive smoothly now, it was impossible not to be excited. "The red one is for invisibility, the blue one is for flight. But this big guy is too heavy; flying to a height of thirty feet is already the limit."
Audrey nodded and pressed the red button.
From the outside, the tank seemed to vanish, though the deep tracks on the ground would ultimately give it away.
Trying to stay away from the village, Audrey asked, "Where are we going?"
Arthur thought for a moment. "Why don't we go to Mr. Lovegood's house? He is the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler."
After driving for a while longer, Arthur asked, "Audrey, what is the block with the steel pipe on top of this tank used for?"
"That's the turret!"
Rick beat everyone to the answer. He was still an older boy not yet thirty, and he was incredibly excited this time. "That long tube is the cannon barrel, used to fire shells!"
"Shells?"
Arthur was still confused. Not only him, but the Weasley cubs, except for Bill, were all equally lost.
"Talking more is not as good as trying it yourself."
Audrey smiled and stopped the vehicle.
This was a mountain gully, so there was no fear of being seen by Muggles. She went to the gunner's seat, skillfully loaded, aimed, and fired!
A shell shot out from the 125mm cannon barrel, turning into a stream of light that hit the side of a hill.
BOOM!
Dust flew, and two towering trees crashed to the ground, leaving a huge crater!
"T-80 vs. Trolls"
Seeing all this through the monitor, the Weasley family fell silent.
Bill knew about tanks; he had accidentally seen an Egyptian Muggle army military exercise while in Egypt.
But exercises didn't use live ammunition, so the effect was obviously incomparable to the scene before them.
In this instant, the Weasleys, who already had good feelings towards Muggles, became even more convinced that wizards and Muggles should live in peace.
"Audrey," Arthur stammered, "This tank must be very rare in the Muggle world, right?"
"No," Audrey replied. "There are over one thousand two hundred tanks in Britain alone. This isn't some rare item."
This Muggle shock was a bit strong, stunning all the wizards present.
One had to know that there were only three thousand registered wizards in Britain proper, and currently, those with combat capability did not exceed one thousand.
So never underestimate the combat unit Lucius Malfoy; he could definitely rank in the top one hundred in all of Britain.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Two huge boulders fell from the sky and smashed directly in front of the tank, splashing up a large amount of dirt.
"Ah—!"
Ginny screamed.
Audrey immediately jumped back to the driver's seat and began to reverse. Sure enough, two more giant boulders smashed onto the spot where the tank had just stopped.
"Over there!"
Ron pointed at the observation port on the left and shouted loudly!
On the hill to the left, two huge figures stood on high ground.
Those were two mountain trolls.
Only, unlike the one that caused havoc at Hogwarts on Halloween and was knocked out by him, the bodies of these two trolls were taller, and their muscles were even more knotted.
They were wearing metal armor on their bodies, with striped red light flickering on that armor like breathing.
"Damn it, goblin metal collars!"
Audrey grumbled.
Centuries ago, goblins used collars made of goblin metal to control trolls and dragons. The two trolls before them were obviously being controlled.
Running out of rocks to throw, the trolls picked up their clubs and charged forward with large strides.
"George! You take the gunner's seat! Step on that pedal to control the turret rotation!"
"Fred! You are responsible for observing and aiming!"
"Arthur, Bill, open the top hatch and use magic to delay those two trolls!"
Audrey controlled the tank to retreat rapidly. Under George's control, the turret turned towards the trolls, and Fred began aiming with the help of the fire control system.
It had to be said that the Weasley twins were really fast at accepting new things; they were born with unparalleled talent for various creations.
"Damn! The muzzle is raised too high, the autoloader can't load the shell!" Audrey complained, continuing to retreat. "Since that's the case..."
"George! Level the muzzle!"
"But if it's level, we can't hit them!"
"Listen to me, level it!"
Audrey shouted loudly. At the same time George and Fred leveled the muzzle, she hit the blue button Arthur had installed.
The tank slowly rose into the air. George and Fred shouted excitedly!
"Good! Good! Just a bit more!"
Two seconds later, "Now!"
Arthur and Bill used Impedimenta to delay the trolls' movement, making them look like fixed targets.
BOOM!
A shell hit the troll's chest accurately.
As rookie gunners, the Weasley twins did quite a good job. Those gunners who had practiced for half a year were just about at this level.
When the smoke and blood mist cleared, the entire upper body of that troll had disappeared. The lower body swayed a bit, then fell to the ground and rolled down the hill.
"Oh yeah!!"
The twins high-fived in celebration.
"Ron! Did you see? This thing is much more useful than a wand!"
Ron grabbed George's sleeve: "George! I want to do it too! Let me try!"
Rick looked at Audrey. It was the first time in his life seeing creatures like trolls. He should have been afraid, but at this moment, he felt a sense of eagerness.
Sure enough, all fear stems from insufficient firepower. Sitting inside the tank, he just wanted to fire a shot right now.
"Audrey, can I try too?"
However, Audrey let the tank land, left the driver's seat, and walked towards the exit.
"We can't fight anymore."
Her face was gloomy. "If we kill this one too, the clues to the mastermind behind this will be cut off. I want to capture this troll alive!"
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