Chapter 14: Breaking the Barbow

On the school ground, Wu Ji, Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao stood quietly, looking ahead.

Li Mingchu, with a few infantrymen, was two hundred steps away, tying armor on a wooden stake. Soon, they tied it up, and Li Mingchu picked up the flag in his hand and sang the flag at Wu Ji.

"Okay!" Zheng Tai was very expectant and said, "How powerful is the crossbow made by Wu Du? How far can it shoot?"

"Yes! We are looking forward to it!" Huangfu Song kept rubbing his hands and said, "With Modao, the combat power of the infantry has doubled, and he is not afraid of the enemy's cavalry anymore. However, Modao is too heavy. Although the brothers are strong, train hard, and their strength grows rapidly, they cannot withstand long-term consumption. They must try their best to weaken the enemy during the enemy's charge, kill the enemy, and reduce the pressure on the Modao hand."

"The Converted Army is obviously insufficient at present, and it is urgently needed a new long-range killing weapon. Wu Du commander made this kind of crossbow." Qi Dabao was very excited, and his eyes were red: "If this kind of crossbow is easy to use, our long-range killing will be greatly improved, and Liaogou will feel better!"

As they said, the Converted Army had a war horse and its maneuverability improved. With the Modao, the lethality of melee combat was greatly improved, but the long-range lethality did not improve and could not adapt to the needs of new fighting styles. Improving the long-range lethality became the primary task of the Converted Army. Therefore, Wu Ji spent some time designing a new crossbow, which was created by the Wu military industry. Today is the day of test shooting.

If it succeeds, the long-range lethality of the Converted Army will be raised to a new level. This is a great thing, and everyone can't do it if they don't expect it.

Wu Ji whispered the flag and asked Li Mingchu and the others to avoid being injured by accident. He had not tested the test, and no one knew what the new crossbow had. Li Mingchu was busy and avoided it far away.

A crossbow beside Wu Ji looked like a bow, with a bow body three feet three and a string two feet five. Wu Ji took out a seven or eight inch long crossbow arrow, stepped on the mechanism with his feet, and the bow body became a crescent shape. He placed the crossbow arrow on it, aimed at the wooden stake, and tilted the engine violently. He heard a sharp "swoosh" sound, and the crossbow arrow broke through the air like a meteor.

Zheng Tai, Wu Ji, Qi Dabao, Huangfu Song's eyes suddenly widened, staring at the crossbow arrow that was rushing through the air, looking expectant, and very nervous. The crossbow arrow looked like a meteor rushing to the moon, nailing it to the wooden stake.

"So accurate!" Zheng Taida was surprised, looked at the crossbow arrow with a piece of arrow feathers outside in disbelief, and ran over.

It was indeed very accurate to hit the target with one arrow two hundred steps away.

Wu Ji put the crossbow and ran over. Several people rushed to the front, seeing the situation on the wooden stake, and couldn't help but widen their eyes, looking at me and I looked at you, and you could clearly find the disbelief in the other person's eyes.

The wooden stake was covered with a triple-step human armor, which was very thick. Not only did the arrow pierce all, the tail of the arrow left outside was only more than two inches. In other words, one arrow penetrated the triple armor, and the remaining three or four inches were shot on the wood.

Although the wood is not as strong as the heavy armor, it is also good. It is very great to shoot three inches with a bow and arrow. In addition, the triple step human armor is, which means that the range of this kind of crossbow is far from the extreme.

This is amazing news. Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song, and Qi Dabao shouted in unison: "Great! Great!"

"With such a powerful weapon, the Liao Dog is still far away and will be shot and killed by us. When the Liao Dog rushes closer, there will be heavy losses." Huangfu Song's face was full of red light, as if the beggar had picked up a gold ingot.

Wu Ji looked at the situation for a while and was also shocked. He did not expect that the crossbow would have such great power.

"Commander Wu, let's continue to try first, measure the range first, and then study where to penetrate heavy armor." Crossbows are used on the battlefield, and penetrating heavy armor is a prerequisite. The more you can penetrate heavy armor at a long distance, the greater the benefits, the more fighter jets you get, the greater the chance of the enemy being attacked by you.

However, as a new crossbow, the range and penetration power are all unknowns and need to be calculated to be used as reference data and can only be used in battlefield command.

As a battlefield commander, these are important data. Only with these data can the power of the crossbow be maximized.

Zheng Tai's proposal was immediately approved by everyone. When he returned to the place where the crossbow was released, Zheng Tai did not care about the image of his parents' officials and snatched the arrow in his hand, which made Huangfu Song dissatisfied and complained. Such a powerful weapon, if you can't try it, anyone will complain.

This is a crossbow, which is to use your feet to pull it away. In order to save effort, Wu Ji designed a labor-saving device, which is very easy to pull it away. Although Zheng Tai was not very strong, there was no problem at all. As soon as he exerted his right foot, his bow became a crescent moon. He put the crossbow arrow on it and did not aim at the wooden stake. Instead, he aimed at the open space. When he buckled the machine, the crossbow arrow made a sharp roar, and rushed out like a meteor rushing to the moon.

When the crossbow arrows were exhausted and fell to the ground, Li Mingchu and a few soldiers began to measure the distance. They walked to the crossbow arrows, looked at the crossbow arrows on the ground, and were stunned for a while, opening their mouths for a long time without saying a word.

"What happened? Tell me quickly! How far?" Huangfu Song was anxious and shouted.

"Three Hundred and Thirty-Two Steps!" Li Mingchu took a breath, calmed his mind, and roared.

"What? Three Hundred and Thirty-Two Steps?" Zheng Tai, Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao exclaimed in unison.

One step in the Song Dynasty is equivalent to one meter five, three hundred and thirty-two steps now, which is equivalent to one mile. It is absolutely unimaginable that a single crossbow can shoot a mile away. Not to mention that Zheng Tai and the others are surprised, even Wu Ji himself was quite surprised, and he did not expect that he could shoot so far.

One mile range means that the enemy can be killed or injured at one mile. During the charge of this mile, the enemy must be blocked from being covered by crossbow arrows, and casualties will be very serious.

In ancient wars, they mainly fought close to each other to win. It was not that the ancients did not know the importance of long-range strikes, but because there were not many weapons to do this. The one who could do this was the crossbow, and the crossbow was a powerful weapon that was unique to the ancient Chinese world. However, a crossbow required several people to use, and a large crossbow required dozens of people to use, and the troops were too strong.

Despite this, its range is only about one mile, and a single crossbow has such a range, which is a huge and significant improvement.

"Come again! Come again!" Zheng Tai was happy.

A test shot was already delighted. However, it took several test shots to get the final data. This time, Huangfu Songfei rushed to the edge of the crossbow like a snatch, grabbed it in his hand, and started to operate.

There is no way for a crossbow to have only one crossbow path, which is too wasteful of energy. There are three crossbow paths. Huangfu Song pulled the crossbow and put three crossbow arrows up. He started the machine and the three crossbow arrows made a sharp roar and rushed straight forward. When his strength fell, Li Mingchu hurriedly took people over to measure, but the difference was still not big.

A few people, once, my engine was launched, and the distance finally calculated was about 330 steps. This was definitely a huge news. Everyone was very happy, and their faces were red, talking about the benefits of such crossbows.

"The crossbows in the past required several people, more than a dozen, or even dozens of people to use. It's too gang." Zheng Tai held his finger and began to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the current crossbow with the previous crossbow: "This kind of crossbow, one person, is launched at one time, and is three crossbow arrows. If five hundred people fire, it will be 1,500 crossbow arrows, which will make Liao Gou suffer a lot!"

"That's it, that's it!" Huangfu Song then settled the accounts: "There were more crossbows in the past, and there were five or six arrows at a time. However, too many soldiers, with the same five hundred crossbowmen, we could shoot 1,500 crossbow arrows. The previous crossbows were made by five people, each with six arrows at a time, but only six hundred crossbow arrows were less than half of us."

Qi Dabao, excited, took over the conversation and said, "The only advantage of the crossbow before was that its crossbow arrows were very thick and heavy, with amazing lethality, which could penetrate human bodies, and even horse bodies."

"Yes! According to historical records, it is said that Qin crossbows can shoot people and horses in the air to fly." Zheng Taida nodded and said in a word: "However, although that kind of crossbow has this advantage, it is too bulky and difficult to carry and inconvenient to march. Our crossbows are light and easy to carry, just like the bow of the archer. Besides, they can also be put into battle anytime and anywhere. If the crossbows in the past were to be dismantled, they would be very troublesome to install when fighting. If they encounter an encounter, they would be caught off guard and they would not be able to exert their power at all."

"Hmph!" Huangfu Song made a series of proud hums: "Who dares to fight an encounter with crossbows like us? In this case, our crossbow arrows will fly all over the sky, so Liao Gou can't afford to eat it."

The three of them said one by one, and I said one by one, and they all told the advantages and disadvantages of the current crossbow and the previous crossbow. The previous crossbow was too bulky and inconvenient to carry, and it was difficult to exert its power once it encountered an encounter. This kind of crossbow is different now, and you can enter the battle anytime and anywhere.

The only disadvantage is that its lethality is not as powerful as the previous crossbows, but this can be compensated by quantity. As long as there is enough quantity, the enemy can still be defeated.

In the past, the crossbow arrows were thick and heavy, with amazing lethality. The crossbow arrows of the Tang Dynasty reached an astonishing weight of several hundred kilograms, which were used to bombard the city gates.

"Next to test how many steps can you penetrate the heavy armor!" Wu Ji was also happy and reminded the three of them.

The three of them immediately laughed: "Look at us so happy, I even forgot about this."

The range is measured and the distance through heavy armor must be measured, which is also the data required for battlefield command. You must know that the battlefield changes rapidly, and you must seize every opportunity, even a single-time fighter jet cannot be wasted.

Li Mingchu and his men kept moving the heavy armor backwards. Wu Ji and the others operated the crossbow and shot. After two hundred and fifty steps, they could only penetrate two levels of human armor. After two hundred and eighty steps, they could only penetrate one level of human armor and shot nearly two inches into the wood.

The lethality is just over these two inches. This is shot into the wood. If it is shot on the flesh and blood, it will definitely be four or five inches, which is enough to give the enemy enough damage.

"Commander Wu, please give me a name!" Zheng Tai looked at Wu Ji, his face full of excitement.

"Yes! You must give a good name!" Huangfu Song and Qi Dabao immediately agreed.
Chapter completed!