Soldiers come to the world

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

In Xiakou, there was loud drumming on the river, and more than [-] warships were divided into red and green armies to fight on the river. The wind and waves on the river were extremely violent, and the densely packed warships were heaving in the wind and waves, but the two navy armies were not affected at all. Influenced by the fierce battle, the arrows rained like rain, and groups of soldiers jumped into the enemy ships, brandishing their knives and spears to kill the enemy.

A three-thousand-stone ship, with a red flag flying, rampaged among the small boats, knocking over the small boats repeatedly, and the soldiers on board fell into the water one after another.

But if you look closely, you will find that under the big ship, dozens of water ghosts wearing black fish skins have already clinging to the wall of the big ship, like dozens of leeches. Fire oil sprayed on the wall of the ship...

This is a large-scale military exercise for Jiangxia's naval forces. There are [-] naval forces and [-] warships participating in the battle. This military exercise has been going on for two months, with a total of nearly [-] exercises. On average, there will be big battles every two days. one game.

This is actually an actual combat training method, no different from a real war. The training is very dangerous and cruel. Nearly a hundred people have been killed or injured during the training, and dozens of warships have been hit and sunk.

After meeting with Zhou Yu, Liu Jing immediately turned to the north. At this time, his ship also appeared on the edge of the warship, quietly watching this large-scale military exercise.

"Report to Zhou Mu, that's the target ship!"

On the bow of the boat, Gan Ning pointed to an old boat about [-] shi in the distance. On the boat was a big blue flag and three sails. It was sailing westward at high speed. A thousand-stone warship with a red flag was chasing closely, and the distance between the two sides was about three hundred steps.

Liu Jing immediately became interested and watched closely the two red-flag warships. This is a typical tactic of chasing the opponent's logistics ships.

Today, due to the arrival of Liu Jing, the old ship of two thousand stone will be sunk.

At this moment, the warship on the left side suddenly threw a ball of fire, which hit the sail heavily. A fireball hit the fleeing logistics ship, and the fire quickly spread on the ship and soon engulfed the ship.

Liu Jing's expression became extremely serious. He was not surprised by the tactics and the fireball, but by the range. He knew very well that the fireball behind him was shot by a stone cannon, and the range of the stone cannon on the river was only fifty paces. But he can see clearly today, it is clearly within a hundred paces, how is this possible?

He looked back at Gan Ning in doubt. Gan Ning seemed to know his doubts, and explained with a smile: "This is the highlight of today's military exercise. The test of a new type of stone cannon has been improved by Mr. Ma. The range has been doubled, but the size It's still the same as before."

"I see!"

Liu Jing laughed. It would not be surprising if it was Ma Jun. Since Ma Jun returned to Jiangxia half a year ago, Liu Jing has fulfilled his promise and established a craftsman school in Xiakou to train senior craftsmen. There are about two hundred Most of them are young people in their 20s, and most of them are engineering soldiers in the army.

Ma Jun worked as a craftsman to teach wine offerings. He devoted himself to studying various mechanical technologies with the students every day, and created many major achievements. It is especially suitable for the Jianghan Plain and the Jiangdong area where the water network is densely covered. In just half a year, the new keel waterwheel has been spread to Soochow.

Another example is that they invented the wheeled trebuchet. The same twist can send out nine boulders at the same time, and the range has been increased by fifty steps, and the combat efficiency has been increased by nine times. This is extremely effective in defending the city.

"Where is Mr. Ma now?"

Gan Ning pointed to the chasing warship, "He is on the right side of the warship now."

Unlimited expectations arose in Liu Jing's heart, and he immediately ordered: "Go and see!"

The big ship set sail and sailed towards the distant river.

The target ship hit by the fireball is still burning, the huge hull is tilted, and half of it has entered the water. Even if it is a military exercise, this scene is extremely tragic. It seems that the end of life has brought a strong psychological impact to all the soldiers participating in the exercise. Shock, which is one of the purposes of the drill, prevents morale from collapsing.

Dozens of small boats searched for the [-] soldiers who dived and escaped, "Found it!" With a shout of surprise, the last soldier was found and rescued on the small boat, and the small boat left quickly. The huge suction force is a disaster to the surrounding boats and people.

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When Liu Jing boarded the warship, Ma Jun, who was full of excitement, stepped forward and saluted, and said slowly, "See... Zhou Mu!"

Although he still stutters a bit, he is much better than before. He has received careful treatment from Zhang Ji and has found a way to cure his stuttering, which is to deliberately slow down his speech. After nearly half a year of correction, he has made great progress But more importantly, this kind of progress gave Ma Jun confidence in himself.

"I heard that the master has made a new stone cannon, can you let me have a look?"

"It's just an improvement, state pastor please!"

Ma Jun invited Liu Jing to enter the cabin. On the left side of the bulkhead, Liu Jing saw a new stone cannon. In fact, the shape is still the same as before, but the old pull rod is gone, and it has become a winch and a two-foot-long cannon. The copper rod, this slender copper rod made Liu Jing suddenly realize something, he thought of the crowbar, and immediately understood the principle of winding.

A student of Ma Jun next to him was overhauling the stone cannon. He introduced to Liu Jing: "In the past, the stone cannon used hemp rope as a string, which had little elasticity. great.

But in this way, it takes a lot of effort to wind the strings. If you use the old pull rods, you can’t pull the strings anymore, so you use a winch, but the winch is not enough. Add a very long bronze rod, so there is no need to wind the strings. effortless. "

After finishing speaking, the apprentice showed Liu Jing himself. He picked up the copper rod from the ground, passed it through the winch, and slowly pushed it forward. Using the principle of the lever, the winch creaked and turned. The extremely elastic bowstring It was also slowly pulled away, and with a 'click', the hanging knife was hung on the bowstring.

The student pulled out the copper rod, and smiled at Liu Jing: "It used to be a pull rod, which required two people to pull back at the same time, but now the elastic force has doubled, and the pulling distance is longer, but only one person is enough. This small improvement has increased the range of the stone cannon by more than fifty steps, please let Zhou Mu shoot it."

He put a round stone weighing more than ten kilograms in the stone trough. Of course Liu Jing knew how to operate it. He walked to the stone cannon, stepped on the knife teeth with his foot, and only heard "Beng!" ' With a loud noise, the boulder was ejected upward by an oblique angle, and the cabin was buzzing, with no energy left.

This kind of powerful force made Liu Jing admire, "That's right, it's much bigger than the original momentum."

Ma Jun stepped forward and said with a smile: "There are still... there are deficiencies!"

"If there are any deficiencies, please tell me, sir."

"Zhou Mu didn't realize...is it meaningless to defend the city with stone cannons?"

Ma Jun's words touched Liu Jing's heart. How many times he participated in the battle of defending the city, the range of the stone cannon was only fifty paces. Except for the final use against the nest carts, it actually did not play any role, and it was effective against the nest carts. It's not big, and it's far less practical than a trebuchet. It's really a tasteless one.

"Sir, you are right, but how can you improve?"

Ma Jun smiled and said: "It's a bit complicated, let my apprentice talk about it."

Sheng made a salute, stepped forward and patted the stone trough, "Change this place into an iron pocket, with thirty iron arrows in one pocket, or change it into a large crossbow arrow, with a range of up to three hundred steps, which can pierce through all shields and arrows within two hundred steps." Armor is a sharp weapon against intensive attacks and against cavalry."

Liu Jing heard the content of his words, and asked with a smile: "Have you tried it?"

Shengtu looked back at Ma Jun, Ma Jun smiled and nodded, Shengtu bowed and said, "There is a test stone cannon in the craftsman school, and it has been tested many times!"

Liu Jing was overjoyed, and immediately said to the generals: "Let's go learn craftsman now!"

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The so-called Craftsmanship, as the name suggests, is a school for cultivating craftsmen. This is not Liu Jing's original creation. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Mozi and Gongshu Pan both established such schools to train excellent craftsmen.

Jiangxia's artisanship is by no means closed doors, and there are no theoretical courses. In fact, it has become a place where inventors and creators gather, and has also become a military research center in Jingzhou.

Craftsmanship, also known as Gongshuyuan, commemorates the great craftsman grandfather Shuban in the Warring States Period. It is located in the northwest corner of Xiakou City, covering an area of ​​[-] acres, of which the test site alone covers [-] acres.

Ma Jun led Liu Jing and dozens of generals into the Bow and Crossbow Hall, which specializes in the study of crossbow arrows. There are more than 40 apprentices, and two old craftsmen who have made bows and crossbows for nearly [-] years are the masters. Ma Jun also participated in the development of crossbows.

There is a stone cannon on the stone pier in the backyard of the bow and crossbow hall, which is exactly the same as the improved stone cannon on the ship, but everyone has discovered that the stone trough has been changed into an iron pocket, and the iron pocket is divided into thirty grids. Insert an iron arrow into each grid. Each iron arrow is about a foot long and extremely sharp.

Shengtu continued to introduce: "We call this the Iron Ballista, and the arrows are called Jackdaw Arrows. There are thirty arrows in a bag."

At this time, Wei Yan next to him asked curiously: "Can you really penetrate everything two hundred steps away?"

Ma Jun smiled, "You can experiment!"

He beckoned and gave an order, and several apprentices immediately ran to set it up. Liu Jing looked at the iron ballista, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered Zhuge Liang's Yuanrong crossbow.