Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 159 Multipurpose Unicycle

The tiger crouching cannon of the reconnaissance battalion had just been fired on the experimental field, and the smoke had not completely dispersed.

The crossbow lifted the cover, revealing the dark steel arm. The walnut wood exudes the smell of tung oil. Except for the steel part, everything else is made of solid wood, which is solid and durable.

Dian Zhengnan said: "Brother, if you want me to tell you, just remove the wheelbarrow and just carry the crossbow. It weighs sixty or seventy catties and it's really troublesome to push it with a cart."

Wu Song smiled and said, "Zhengnan, the two of us want to go together, but not all soldiers are as strong as us. We still need to use a wheelbarrow to maneuver better."

Chai Lin pointed to the wheelbarrow and said: "This wheelbarrow is not ordinary. The wheels have bearings, steel rims, and rubber tires on the outside. Arrows, food and other materials can be placed under the crossbow arrows, and more than 200 catties can be easily pushed. It can be driven. And considering that if there is a place where the unicycle cannot be used, the crossbow bolt can be disassembled, and it can be carried by one person or carried by two people. This is a multi-purpose unicycle.”

Chai Lin pulled the bow, put the huge arrow on the groove, pulled the trigger, bang, the big arrow flew out.

Chai Lin said, "Erlang, come for the second arrow."

Wu Song followed Chai Lin's steps, drew the bow, put the big arrow in place, pulled the trigger, and fired it with a bang. I am afraid that people will have to string candied haws.

Dian Zhengnan said: "I play too."

As he spoke, he drew his bow and went up to the Xuan, and fired a crossbow arrow.

A group of people went to check the range. There are three arrows with numbers, and the difference is not big. The first arrow is 280 meters, the second arrow is 270 meters, and the third arrow is 290 meters.

Chai Lin sighed: "If it is on the city wall with a favorable wind, 400 meters is no problem, but the actual lethality is only 200 meters. Also, you can't shoot arrows at high elevation angles. This needs to be improved. The weight of the arrow is too heavy, so it needs to be reduced. .” Accompanying documents record one by one, these must be improved.

Wu Song asked: "Brother, the reason why you asked me to come here to test this weapon is not to allow our heavy infantry battalion to equip this ballista?"

"That's right, that's what I meant. You've seen our Crouching Tiger Cannon. Although it's small, it's very powerful. It's very lethal against infantry. But the artillery has a huge weakness. Once it's cloudy and rainy, it's completely dead. The crossbow can no longer be used, but the crossbow is not the case. It is rainy and the bow is slightly weaker, but it will not delay the use. Originally, I planned to protect the heavy infantry of your battalion in front of the artillery when forming an array to protect the artillery, but When I think about it, I feel that this is too conservative. Our philosophy is to attack, and the enemy will be fucked. We can't work hard on defense, so I made a crossbow. Although the range is not as good as the city defense giant crossbow, it is better because of its simple structure. It’s easy to use, and it’s very fast to go up to the mysterious place, even a single soldier can go up to the mysterious place,” said Chai Lin.

Wu Song shot a few more arrows and said, "This crossbow is very powerful and powerful, but it may not be accurate."

"If you are poor, you can strike with precision, and if you are rich, you can cover fire. What do you want to do with the head? The crossbow is used to deal with a group of enemy soldiers. When firing, it is not a single crossbow, but hundreds, or even thousands of crossbows are launched together. After the new recruits are trained, we will add another 100 people to your battalion. In three to five years, the first battalion may have [-] people. It is too weak to fight with swords, bows and arrows alone, and the crossbow must be loaded. Get up." Chailin said.

Wu Song brainstormed the shot of hundreds of crossbows shooting down in the air. This is quite a terrifying lethality. Even heavy armor can be pierced. It fires faster than artillery and is more adaptable than artillery. It's a great weapon.

Wu Song clasped his fists and said, "Okay, don't worry, brother, I will definitely practice well."

Chai Lin said: "In the past few days, I will improve it a little bit, and then I will equip you with ten crossbows and arrange soldiers to practice them skillfully. Forbidden goods, our status is currently only a village soldier."

"I understand this, brother, don't worry, you must never use the order, and hide it after training." Wu Song said.

"Okay, we have to hide our cannons, crossbows, and armor, and we have to pretend to be pitiful and poor to the outside world." Chai Lin arranged.

Chai Lin arranged to produce another fifty wheelbarrow crossbows, but only allocated ten to Wu Song's heavy infantry battalion, and kept the rest in stock.

Although the [-] soldiers are only in the recruiting period, there are a large number of famous generals, and their force is beyond the limit. If a lion leads a group of sheep, it is a group of lions.

The wind was howling and the weather was extremely cold this day.

Today Lu Da led a hundred soldiers out on patrol. The soldiers were wearing cowhide boots, sheepskin jackets, and double-layer cowhide armor, with knives and bows on their backs.

After leaving the camp, Lu Da said: "Lieutenant General Li, today's patrol route is [-] villages in the south, and the round trip takes a total of [-] miles. Our infantry is not as fast as the light cavalry. We divide the troops according to the original plan. We each take five Ten soldiers."

"Okay, Battalion Commander Lu, let's patrol nine villages each, so the speed will be faster." Li Nianzi said.

Lu Da and Li Nianzi led [-] soldiers each to carry out patrols. Lu Da had been in the village for more than [-] days, and this was the first time he went out of the camp to patrol.

There are three purposes of patrolling. The first is to prevent bandits from attacking nearby villages.The second is to hunt wild animals such as wild wolves, wild boars and tigers that invade the village, and the third is to maintain law and order and help catch thieves.The nearby villages are the source of soldiers from the township soldiers, and they can be said to be real soldiers.

Ruda was wearing leather armor and a steel helmet, and the soldiers behind him were wearing bamboo helmets.Walking on patrol with strides, the team of 50 people can be regarded as a huge force, and there are no bandits and bandits along the way.

At noon, the group took out dry food and had lunch.

Lu Da said: "I didn't encounter any tigers, wolves or beasts on this journey, let the Sa family's Zen staff also be open to meat."

The soldiers laughed and said, "It's more difficult to encounter wild beasts now. The Qingqi Battalion is too ruthless, the arrows are too accurate, and the horses run fast. It is difficult for us infantry to encounter them when we come out."

Lu Da was speechless, and said: "The Sa family originally had their eyes on the top, and they always underestimated the heroes of the world. When they came to Cangzhou, they found out that they were wrong. They are not counted as my coach brother. Pang Wanchun's arrows are like a god. The Sa family can't compare, and the Erlang brothers are even stronger. Infinite, Bian Xiang is also proficient in martial arts, even the newcomers Dian Zhengnan, Jie Zhen, and Jie Bao are not ordinary people, especially Dian Zhengnan, who claims to be a hundred Dian Zhengnan, it is not easy."

The soldiers said: "No, no, our Sword and Shield Battalion is still the most powerful Commander Lu."

Lu Da laughed and said, "You guys are here to flatter the family again, haha."

Just joking around, a soldier suddenly said: "Battle Commander, there is a situation ahead, a group of villagers are chasing a leopard."

Ruda ordered: "Full speed forward, ready to fight."

"Yes."

Don't look at these recruits who have been training for less than two months, but the training intensity is very high, and they are all screaming.

Ten archers prepare bows and arrows, with swords and shields left shield and right sword.

Not far ahead, dozens of villagers chased a huge leopard with sticks, forcing the leopard to the front of the steep river bank. The leopard had no way out, and kept threatening the villagers .

"Wait for the villagers to back off for now, and the Sajia will come and deal with it." Lu Da said.

(End of this chapter)