Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 1653 Zhuge Repeating Crossbow
"Tell the soldiers, be careful!" Zhao Kuangyin said with a serious expression.

That huge shield is enough to completely cover a person.The shield array, which looks like a copper wall and an iron wall, is no different from the walls of some small cities, and it can still move.

It is said that the unknown is the scariest thing, if it is known in advance, then there is nothing to worry about!

Now, with the tall shield wall blocking everything behind, Zhao Kuangyin immediately raised his vigilance to the highest level, worried that Yue Fei was going to play some tricks!
"Crossbow arrows, shoot!"

"Here!" Bi Zaiyu nodded, and with a wave of his hand, a row of crossbowmen armed with crossbows quickly stepped forward, and after a distance of nearly 250 steps, they began to shoot at the shield array.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The dense arrow clusters hit the thick shield, and many arrow clusters were directly bounced off.

Of course, such a huge shield cannot be made of steel.If that's the case, I'm afraid Li Cunxiao and the others will have to be shield soldiers.

If such a large shield is made entirely of iron, not to mention just one shield, it would cost a lot of pig iron.Just talking about this weight, how could these shield players be able to carry it?Therefore, if a shield of this size is made of all iron, it is simply unrealistic!

The large shield was wrapped with a layer of cowhide, and the inside was also inlaid with iron sheets. Ordinary bows and arrows could not break through the shield's defense at all.

"How far?" Yue Fei looked up at the observation tower and asked.

"250 steps!" The flag officer replied with a bow.

"250 steps?" Yue Fei was a little surprised, but he also understood that the other party might have improved the crossbow.

Han crossbows mainly use stones as units, and are divided into one, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ten stone crossbows.According to the Han bamboo slips, the range of the airborne three-stone crossbow can reach 189 meters, the range of the four-stone crossbow can reach 252 meters, and the range of the ten-stone crossbow can reach up to 600 meters.

Of course, these are talking about maximum range, not effective range.

Although it is theoretically possible to shoot so far, the power of the bow and crossbow must have declined in the end.These bows and crossbows are all more powerful the closer the distance is. At close range, the power can even be comparable to bullets.

As for the bow and crossbow with an effective range of 250 steps, this is not a bow that is used in large quantities in the army.

"Bow and arrow counterattack! Target, the enemy's rear!"

Following Yue Fei's order, a group of crossbowmen quickly came out, quickly divided into six rows, and came to a place separated by a distance behind the shield formation.

The crossbowmen in the first three rows were half on the ground, ready to shoot at any time, but the crossbowmen in the last three rows were ready to go, and the crossbowmen in their hands were obviously different from those in the first three rows. There are eight feet.

Although the enemy's bow and crossbow made him feel a little surprised, but the bow and crossbow he equipped this time will definitely make the enemy feel even more surprised.

"Om..." The crossbow strings trembled, and two thousand crossbow arrows whizzed forward, screaming and falling into Bi Zaiyu's army formation, and a puff of blood mist bloomed with the screams.

But Bi Zaiyu heaved a sigh of relief, the power of the wave of feather arrows just now was really not very good, not only the precision was not enough, even the force was much weaker.

But immediately afterwards, Bi Zaiyu was dumbfounded, like magic, the crossbow box on the opposite side shot out arrows one after another, forming a black waterfall, pouring down head-on.

"Liannu!" The princes watching the battle from behind all widened their eyes, looking at the scene in front of them in disbelief.

In the early Warring States period, "Mozi" recorded "the chariot of Liannu". Therefore, Liannu actually existed long before, but it has many shortcomings and has basically been lost.

However, with such a great talent as Zhuge Liang in his hands, Li Xiang has secretly carried out the research and development of the Liannu since the Jingbei War.And Zhuge Liang really lived up to expectations, as in history, once again created the Yuan Rong crossbow.With a swipe of his pen, Li Xiang directly named it "Zhuge Liannu".

Although the damage rate of a repeating crossbow is relatively higher compared to a single-shot one, and it is almost impossible to repair on the battlefield, this self-loading and continuous-firing crossbow is far beyond the reach of ordinary crossbows in terms of lethality.

Of course, what is mentioned here can be shot continuously is not what it means literally. At least the crossbowmen have to pull the wrench that assists the winding after each arrow to achieve semi-automatic winding. Reload ten crossbow bolts into the crossbow box, but in any case, the shooting interval of this kind of continuous crossbow is far shorter than that of ordinary crossbow equipment.

If the damage rate is not considered at all, the shooting interval of the continuous crossbow is less than half of that of ordinary crossbows, and the efficiency has more than doubled.

what does that mean?This means that [-] crossbowmen can be used as [-] crossbowmen, and even its effective ability to resist the enemy is stronger than [-] crossbowmen, unless those [-] crossbowmen take the "second stage" shoot' or 'three-shot' tactics.

But repeated crossbowmen do not need this tactic, because they only need to pull a wrench to shoot the next arrow immediately. In theory, as long as the continuous crossbow is not damaged and the arrows are sufficient, they can always maintain continuous suppression of the enemy.

Of course, besides the damage rate, Liannu has other disadvantages, and there is nothing perfect in this world.

It is difficult to add feathers to an all-iron arrow, and an iron arrow without feathers will lose balance and roll over when flying for a long distance, which cannot achieve the effect of a long-range weapon.The production of Wanba wooden arrow shafts requires high precision, and it is difficult to manufacture manually, so it is not easy to manufacture and use in large quantities.

The requirement of the crossbow to target the arrow has affected his practical effect to a considerable extent.

Therefore, although Zhuge Liang developed the Liannu, the Jin army did not change equipment on a large scale, but only equipped a small number of troops.

"Be careful! Hold your shield up!"

Bi Zaiyu, who was in command of the crossbow array, did not expect that the opponent's crossbow machine could shoot continuously, but he was also considered a battle-hardened man, and he was not stunned like those soldiers, so he quickly ordered.

Many shieldmen subconsciously raised their round shields to protect the crossbowmen behind them. Although the continuous crossbow greatly improved its shooting efficiency, it also sacrificed his shooting power to a certain extent.

However, facing the enemy's shield, Yue Fei's dark face didn't show any expression, he just kept such a serious face forever, and raised his right hand as a signal.

Seeing this, the flag bearer immediately waved the flag in his hand, and the crossbowmen in the first three rows stopped firing, and instead, the crossbowmen in the last three rows began to vent their firepower.

(End of this chapter)