When the speed of the heat engine reached a certain standard, Lu Miaozi decisively opened the pneumatic valve on the side, and saw that the four wheels covered with a layer of iron sheet, with only the axles exposed, were rotating rapidly, faster and faster, turning into an ugly thing.
Clear blurry afterimage.
Along with the thick black smoke coming out of the combustion chamber below the hot air engine, the two rear wheels indirectly connected to the engine drove the entire crossbow tank towards the grassland by the lake at high speed, passing through more than a dozen places for use along the way.
The wooden stakes recording the distance left deep wheel marks.
Compared with the chariots of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which were only four or five feet wide and weighed only a few hundred kilograms, the new chariots equipped with steel armor and fuel storage rooms were much larger in size and weight.
That's four to five thousand pounds, and the width of the wheel is increased to reduce the pressure.
Although it is definitely not comparable in size to the five-story Linchong Lugong Chariot, which can be called a mobile fortress, but with the power of hundreds of horsepower of the heat engine and the newly designed weapon system, regardless of mobility, lethality, or
Its defensive power completely overwhelms a giant tank like the former.
"Mozi Bei Gaolin" mentions that the "Liannu chariot" can be used to defend the city. It has "two axles and three wheels", which can be used as a carriage, and the windlass is used to guide the string; the arrow is "ten feet" long, and the arrow end is
The connecting rope is like shooting with a gun, and can be rolled up with a windlass.
The four-bow crossbow cart currently widely equipped among major forces can fire four giant crossbow arrows at a time. It not only has strong penetrating power and can penetrate the enemy's shield and armor, but also has a range of up to a thousand steps. However, due to the heavy body
, has limited use in plain battles, and is generally only suitable for city defense and street fighting.
Combined with the design ideas of these original crossbow carriages and arrow carriages, as well as the steel crossbow carriages and rail carriages in Yang Gong's treasure house, the engine and armor shell were added, and the many wooden structures of the body were covered with iron sheets for reinforcement. After repeated streamlining and optimization
, then there was this "Continuous Crossbow Chariot".
In order to efficiently utilize energy and improve archery efficiency, the repeating crossbow adopts a frame-retracting structure as a whole. The reaction force of firing large arrows causes the bow arm to retreat a certain distance, reducing the time to re-draw the string, and offsets part of the recoil force to stabilize the frame.
structure.
Generally speaking, the improved new repeating crossbow has two modes: one arrow at a time and ten arrows at a time. It has one main arrow path and nine nine arrow paths. The total tension of the bowstring is about 400 stones. It is driven by connecting rods, flywheels and air pressure.
Obtain the energy from the heater at the rear of the vehicle, and after turning on the corresponding mechanism and safety device, the repeating crossbow can be continuously driven for shooting.
Due to the use of a large number of pneumatic transmission devices and the design of multiple rotatable metal pneumatic tubes to drive the mechanism, the crossbow module on the chassis of the chariot does not need to be fixed. It is designed to have the ability to rotate, and the shooting direction of the arrow can be changed in
A considerable range of adjustments has been made to significantly improve the flexibility of the repeating crossbow tank;
Whether it is the winding of the crossbow, the rotation of the arrow rest, or the speed change and steering of the front and rear wheels, while being driven by the engine, it can also allow the warrior to indirectly accelerate and decelerate through the winch and the true energy to directly accelerate and decelerate, improving accuracy at critical moments. At the same time, it requires extreme
High calculation ability and mastery ability.
As for the arrows fired from the repeating crossbow, as we all know, even if they are fired with the same force, whether they are attached to the true energy will have a greater impact on the penetration and range. Therefore, in order to ensure the power, in actual combat,
, it is best to let the warrior attach the true energy to the arrow before firing.
However, because the warrior's zhenqi attached to the arrows will inevitably dissipate during the flight hundreds of feet away from the body, and the attachment speed is not very ideal, it cannot keep up with the winding of the machine in the ten arrow mode, so it must be
Only by allowing innate warriors to control the weapon system can it exert its maximum power.
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As we all know, one horsepower or one horse originally comes from the power of a strong horse doing work, that is to say, a four-horse chariot can basically be regarded as the level of four horses;
So, with the power of hundreds of horses pulling the new chariot, the maximum speed it can reach is actually quite impressive. After testing, it can maintain a speed of two hundred miles per hour on most terrains.
Although the control conditions are relatively high, requiring one or two elite acquired warriors plus an innate master, but with two breaths and ten arrows, a range of more than 600 steps, or two modes of one breath and one arrow and a range of 1,500 steps, the continuous crossbow can
Chariots can easily chase down enemy troops and massacre them with heavy arrows.
Under normal circumstances, except for elite cavalry units, the charge speed of ordinary cavalry is only 80 miles to 120 miles per hour. And due to the limitations of horses' endurance, they can only maintain their speed for a short period of time before they need to slow down.
It is far inferior to a chariot, which determines their outcome in the encounter.
The so-called bucket chariot, as the name suggests, is a giant stainless steel bucket installed on the front of a hot-gas engine-powered chariot, with a sharp sickle protruding from the axle. The powerful impact of the chariot will knock down enemies along the way.
Cut into two pieces, neither heavy cavalry nor heavy infantry can resist.
Considering that the enemy's elite innate warriors may be able to intercept tanks and damage them with their stainless steel armor, the giant bucket actually has multiple combat modes. It can be erected to act as a giant shield with spikes on the surface, and can be used to overturn
If you encounter obstacles, you can also use the stick to hammer the enemy.
What is even more destructive is that two bucket tanks can be connected with each other through extremely tough black iron wires as thick as hair, and pulled into a flying blade that is dozens of feet long and can cut iron like mud.
Increase the range of cutting enemies.
As the two vehicles charged at high speed, countless soldiers and horses had their arms and legs broken off on the hundred-foot-wide road, and their remaining limbs and flesh were spread out on the ground. There were no living creatures anymore, making it difficult for the enemy to have any intention of resisting.
Then completely collapsed.
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On the lush grassy bank surrounding the lake, more than two hundred large square tents are densely distributed. They are actually temporary residences for many craftsmen next to the testing site, as well as storage areas for various mechanical workpieces.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing the crossbow chariot driven by Lu Miaozi and Shang Qingya, Liu Zongdao, the second deacon of the ranch, said hello to his men and immediately sent a few skilled riders
The good player quickly chased from behind, but was pulled far behind. After a period of adjustment, the distance was basically maintained;
Of course, it is not that the horses on the ranch can really catch up with the speed of the chariot, but because Lu Miaozi chose to drive at a slower speed in order to test the efficiency of the engine. Through subsequent calculations, he appropriately reduced the engine and fuel configuration to achieve weight reduction and load reduction.
The purpose of reducing process requirements.
After running two or three times around Luofan Lake, Shang Qingya poked his head out of the sunroof with the guard plate not closed at the top, waved to the rear, indicating that the tired riders did not have to continue to follow reluctantly, and adjusted the front wheel.
The turn caused the chariot to rush straight towards the woods above.
Although it does not have a special device in the front like the bucket tank, the front armor of the crossbow tank is also equipped with a strong collision angle. Even if it knocks over several rows of big trees head-on, as long as it is timely
Even if you decelerate and brake, you won't suffer much damage.
However, at this time, Lu Miaozi, who was responsible for controlling the Liannu weapon system, looked out intently from the long exploratory hole, and then loaded two six-foot-long special arrows into the two auxiliary arrow paths at the edge.
By looking at the arrow, we can see that the content of his current test is probably to use trees as targets to launch attacks.
In an instant, along with the pneumatic transmission, the "chichi" sound of machine friction and the crisp sound of smooth winding, the high-pressure pneumatic pipe drives the piston connecting rod to pull the bow arm into a curved arc, and then the bow arm and bowstring are loosened at the same time.
Open, causing two arrows to be fired immediately.
The next moment, a sonic boom suddenly sounded, and the entire arrow rest retreated half a foot. Two thin gray lines with ever-widening distances crossed the sky that was gradually falling into darkness. In an instant, they passed through a distance of forty or fifty feet.
distance, flying into the depths of the woods;
The stainless steel arrows imbued with Qi by Lu Miaozi either pierced or shattered tree trunks of various sizes passing by. Finally, with all their strength, they were nailed into two thick trees more than 300 feet away. The arrows were half-cut.
exposed outside.
After extinguishing the coal in the combustion chamber and allowing the flywheel connected to the heat engine to slow down slowly, Lu Miaozi closed several valves in the car, then completely opened the movable panel on the roof, and stuck out his head with Shang Qingya, towards
Looking from the woods.
Under the breeze, I saw a few big trees more than 20 feet away swaying for a short time, directly folding into two sections from the middle, the upper half fell down, the fracture was as smooth as a mirror, and it was lifted up
The strong wind caused other trees inside to break one after another, eventually forming a large fan-shaped open space of several hectares.
There is no doubt that if they are not equipped with iron armor, if two arrows are fired like this, all enemy troops in an area of hundreds of acres will be cut into two sections and killed on the spot, exactly like the fate of these trees.
It can turn a straight arrow into a large-scale strike. The technique used here is actually quite simple. It is just to connect the two arrows with dark iron filaments;
When the arrow is launched, the black iron filaments tighten and straighten into an extremely sharp blade, cutting everything in its path into two pieces, which is not much different from the strategy of connecting bucket chariots with silk threads.
Refer to the black iron chain in "Eternal Dragon Sword" that can be stretched longer and longer. The black iron alloy in a certain proportion has extremely strong ductility, no less than gold, platinum, silver, etc., and can be stretched into extremely fine shapes through special processes.
The filament still retains amazing strength, enough to easily cut through gold and iron.
If a kilogram of black iron alloy is completely stretched into a long thread as thick as a hair, it can be as long as ten miles, and divided into "flying blades" that can cut people and horses, it can reach as many as fifty or sixty sections.
It can also be recovered through magnets after the war. Although the material used is extremely precious, it is nothing compared to its power.
While collecting and smelting rare materials such as dark iron and cold iron in large quantities, Anguo also built an astonishing number of new iron and steelmaking blast furnaces. The annual steel production in the south, which was originally less than one million kilograms, is expected to increase by more than five or six times.
And the quality is also higher than before.
Coupled with the large-scale exploration and excavation of coal mines, the overall industrial development has been quite rapid. After the recent batches of new tanks are manufactured, they can be mainly invested in other industries that benefit the people.
"With this kind of lethality, even an army of a thousand men in iron armor will be defeated by two arrows, with heavy casualties."
It was difficult to see the scene in the distance clearly at dusk. Shang Qingya took out a telescope carefully made by Lu Miaozi and looked at the last row of fallen trees 300 feet away, feeling shocked in his heart.
Considering that the current regular army formations in the Central Plains generally have a hundred-man army with a span of twenty steps, it is unprecedented that such a continuous crossbow chariot can match or even defeat an army of tens of thousands while continuously firing black iron flying blade arrows.
Super weapon.
Even if the production of flying blade filaments is limited and it is impossible to equip them in large quantities, with the six-foot-long heavy-duty fine steel arrows, with the advantages of firing rate and range, a salvo can at least pierce through a dense formation.
Dozens of people can also clear a large area.
"Don't overestimate the power of the chariot."
Lu Miaozi shook his head and explained: "Without the left and right military formations or the cover of the bucket chariot, the observation port, exhaust port, and wheel parts of the crossbow chariot are all easily damaged by attacks, and they still have to pass through.
Only practical testing will do."
"In the ten-arrow salvo mode, after every six rounds of shooting, the original arrow box will be emptied, and it will take ten seconds to reassemble. If you are surrounded by enemy troops at this time, the difficulty of breaking out will be significantly increased."
Turning around and leaning towards the rear heater, he glanced at Shang Qingya's sweat beads from being heated due to being close to the engine, and quickly touched it twice with his fingers to judge the cooling rate of the surface of the machine.
After a brief inspection for a while, Lu Miaozi condensed a thin layer of ice on his eyes to magnify them. He carefully observed the subtle damage to various machines after this operation, and sighed with some sighs:
"I heard that there is a material called 'aerogel' that has a strong heat-insulating effect, is extremely light, and is not easy to burn. It is said that when Lao Xiang was busy with his task of refining spiritual materials, he took the time to
I have made some, which are indeed a kind of strange things."
"If it is wrapped outside the heat engine and combustion chamber and isolated from the cabin, it can improve the efficiency of heat utilization and the comfort of the driver. Of course, the cost will definitely
Much higher."
"Also, the internal wooden structure of the chariot is obviously still slightly insufficient in terms of strength and wear resistance. Once a problem occurs, it will be difficult to disassemble and repair, and a large area will be scrapped."
"If we keep the total weight unchanged and switch to metal materials, it is said that the research institute has recently developed a new material called 'foam steel', which is only slightly heavier than wood and has good toughness and shock absorption effect.
Try to make it and assemble it."
Since innate masters can carefully control the infuriating energy outside the body, special materials such as "aerogel" and "foam metal" that originally required high production processes have become much less difficult with Zhao Qing's inspiration.
For example, in the production of "foam metal", the most important problem that needs to be overcome is that pure liquid metal is not easy to foam by injecting bubbles, because the bubbles will float quickly under high temperature and high pressure and cannot be stabilized.
But under the action of the internal force of the true energy, this is not a big problem. Just pass the true energy directly into it and turn it into bubbles that will not be discharged, forming holes during the solidification process of the liquid metal.
As for the fact that most warriors are not very willing to enter factories and become workers specializing in such skills, Zhao Qing has already prepared corresponding countermeasures. While improving his salary and publicizing it in newspapers, he also vigorously trains ordinary people to become warriors.
In the future era where martial arts, science and technology, and industry are combined, there is no doubt that it will be a beautiful society where everyone can practice martial arts and become literate, and where productivity develops rapidly.
In the process of moving towards this era, the promotion of various suitable martial arts is really a top priority. In order not to waste resources and time, and improve the efficiency of martial arts practice, large-scale testing of practice qualifications will play a big role.
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It is said that the lightest tank is only 3 tons, and the tank is about 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms.