Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 335

The appearance of this black iron can be said to be a surprise, because it can not only make the sword sharper, but also enhance the toughness of the equipment.

In many cases, resilience is also very important.

For example, casting an iron pot.

If it was made of ordinary pig iron, it would definitely punch a big hole with a single brick.

If it was made of black iron, it would probably be able to smash it out with a hammer.

This toughness is especially important for defensive equipment such as basalt armor and iron shield.

If pig iron is used to press the iron plate covered by the iron shield, it must be at least half an inch thick.

Otherwise, let alone heavy weapons such as tomahawks and maces, a thicker machete can probably cut through the iron covering the outside.

It is different to use black iron to suppress the iron plate covered by the iron shield, one point thick is enough!
This is a great boon for infantry fighting with shields.

Because the iron shield covered by a half-inch thick iron plate weighs at least several tens of kilograms, it is difficult to carry it.

And the iron shield covered by a one-cent-thick iron plate only weighs more than ten kilograms, so it can be lifted and danced without any problem.

The thick iron plate was relatively easy to process. Song Yingxing and the others even punched a tiger head with fangs on the surface of the iron plate.

Looking at the majestic iron shield, Taichang couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction and said: "Well, this one is much more beautiful than that waist knife. How about its defensive performance?"

Uh, that waist knife.

There is no way, forging that kind of curved waist knife is too troublesome, which is not conducive to mass production.

Song Yingxing heard this, and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, didn't you say you should hurry up, so the waist knife doesn't have any curvature."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, it doesn't matter if there is a curvature or not, as long as it is sharp enough, how many knives and shields can two sets of such machine tools make in a day?"

Song Yingxing reckoned: "It should be no problem to make [-] sets of knives and shields a day with two sets of such machine tools. It doesn't need to rush to work day and night. If you work day and night and take turns to rush work, it is estimated that it will be no problem to make a thousand sets of knives and shields a day. .”

Five hundred swords and shields a day, [-] swords and shields a month.

That is to say, four sets of such machine tools can make [-] sets of knives and shields a month.

Moreover, not many people are needed.

A set of machine tools can be operated by more than ten people.

If it is the original purely hand-crafted sword shield, it would take a lot of effort for one person to build a pair of sword shields a day, and more than [-] people would be needed for [-] sets!
This is the benefit of machines instead of humans.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Okay, five sets of this kind of machine tools, ten sets in total, so that more than 7 pairs of knives and shields can be made in a month, and these craftsmen don't have to rush to work day and night. .Anyway, we don’t have any shortage of steam engines right now, so let’s save manpower if we can. We don’t need to force them to rush to work day and night, exhausted to death.”

Song Yingxing hastily cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "If you use this black iron to make armor pieces, the armor you made should not be as thick as before. How about we equip all the infantry and sailors with black iron armor?" ?”

This is good, but the problem is that the number of black iron armor is too scary!
You must know that the 40 Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion expanded this time only have armor for the original 35 Shenwu Battalion soldiers, that is to say, they have to manufacture [-] sets of armor in less than half a year.

Making armor is not making swords and shields. It is impossible for machine tools to completely replace labor. Even the simplest armor has hundreds of armor pieces. It takes a lot of effort to connect these armor pieces together.

Song Yingxing was a bit confused when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, it takes too much time to make armor, and we may be too late!"

Of course Taichang knew this.

What he wants to build is not the kind of complicated full-body armor.

It is also inconvenient for ordinary infantry and sailors to wear full body armor.

He thought for a while, and then gestured on himself: "I'm not talking about the kind of armor that covers the whole body. We only need to equip ordinary infantry and sailors with vest-like armor. That is to say, This black iron armor does not need wrist guards, arm guards, shoulder armor, skirts and other messy things, it is just a sleeveless vest, which can protect the vital parts of the chest and back."

Song Yingxing heard the words and couldn't help but wondered: "Your Majesty, the vest you are talking about is the waistcoat, right?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, the vest is similar to the waistcoat, except that this vest is not open at the front with buttons, but a cylinder with two shoulder straps. We only need to sew the armor pieces on such thick cotton cloth. It can be done on the vest. This kind of armor is also convenient to wear, you only need to put it on from head to bottom, and then fasten the belt that comes with it."

This stuff is much simpler to make.

Song Yingxing nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand, Your Majesty, in a few days later, I will ask them to make a few sets of molds for trial production."

The material has changed, so the mold will naturally have to be re-engraved, because the thickness of the black iron armor is different from the original pig iron armor, so of course the original mold can no longer be used.

However, the punch press can still be used universally, and the trial production is quite simple.

Within a few days, Song Yingxing and others invited Taichang to the armor factory, and asked him to come and see how the newly made black iron armor was.

The armor plate of this black iron armor is not only much thinner, but also increased in length and width. The original armor plate was roughly one inch wide and three inches long, but now the armor plate is two inches wide and five inches long.

Because black iron is much tougher than pig iron, it can be made not only thinner but also larger when used to make armor.

That is to say, if you want to protect your chest and back, you need to sew three rounds of such a piece of armor up and down. As for the shoulders, you can sew an arc-shaped piece of armor on one side.

This kind of black iron armor is really simple and light.

The entire black iron armor weighs only a few kilograms in total, and wearing it is almost like wearing a thick coat, without any sense of weight.

Moreover, because the mysterious iron armor wrist guards, arm guards, shoulder armor, skirt and other messy things are not only convenient to wear, but also do not affect any movements after wearing them.

Taichang put on a pair of black iron armor and tried it himself, nodded in satisfaction and said: "Well, it's very good, just follow this."

This kind of black iron armor is easy to make, because the total number of armor pieces on it is less than fifty, and there is no complicated structure, just a cylinder.

At this moment, the number of punching machines in the armor factory is terrifying, and it is not a problem to punch hundreds of thousands of armor pieces a day.

Moreover, with the continuous plate pressing machine designed by Cheng Jiashuo, coupled with the shearing machine, the plates required for stamping the nail plate can be processed quite quickly.

As for labor, since stamping armor pieces does not require much labor, tens of thousands of craftsmen in armor factories, including their families, can all be used to sew armor.

That is to say, if the armor factory is working hard, it will be no problem to make tens of thousands of black iron armors a day.

With this speed, it is no problem to make millions of sets of simple black iron armor in half a year!

Soon, all the sailors put on this simple and light black iron armor.

Immediately afterwards, the [-] veterans of the Shenji Battalion were also replaced.

Then there are the recruits recruited by the Shenwu Battalion and the Shenji Battalion.

This thing looks light and light, and its defensive effect is indeed quite good. It has no problem blocking ordinary swords or even musket bullets.

After the soldiers of the three armies put on this kind of black iron armor, their combat effectiveness will be more terrifying.

Although this kind of black iron armor is not a full body armor, its defensive power is sufficient.

No matter what part the person is slashing at, just use the front chest or back to block it, and it will be fine. If you take advantage of the situation and give him a knife, the enemy will be finished in all likelihood.

Once this seemingly desperate style of play is practiced proficiently, it will be overwhelmingly crushed when encountering unarmored pawns!
(End of this chapter)