According to standard regulations, a tank must be equipped with at least sixty people. In addition to the soldiers standing on the tank responsible for the attack, there are also foot soldiers on both sides of the tank who follow the tank along the way. These soldiers are responsible for providing food to those on the tank.
The number of infantrymen required to deliver weapons and provide food and fodder was about twenty.
Sixty people need to stand on a chariot, and these sixty people have to perform various offensive actions on the chariot.
Archery, chopping, everything is available. Think about how much space a heavy tank needs.
The plank-shaped chariots are quite small in scale, just like the carriages used for human transportation. Each vehicle can only seat four or five people at most.
Any more and the car will fall apart.
However, the chariot built by Xie Xuan actually overcomes the shortcomings of the generally small size of wooden chariots. The modified toad chariot can not only accommodate multiple people, but also has a cover. Soldiers do not have to fight in the open and can hide in the chariot.
Among the chariots, and the chariots are pulled by oxen and horses, they can automatically move the chariot forward without the need for the soldiers in the chariot to operate.
Although the Toad Chariot has a cover, the entire body is actually not taller than an ordinary chariot, and is relatively slightly shorter.
However, the first impression given by the Toad Car is that it is huge.
Although the height of the chariot is slightly shorter, it can accommodate quite a lot of soldiers. As far as the toad chariot in front of me is concerned, eighty soldiers can fight at the same time in one chariot, and there is still plenty of space.
Why can a toad truck that is not very tall accommodate so many soldiers?
What’s the secret?
The Beifu soldiers were busy pulling one chariot after another out of the workshop, but Police Officer Shen was not in a hurry to follow them. Instead, he stood at a fixed position and watched the toad chariots in front of him, one after another.
One by one passed by.
From a visual inspection, the height of the toad cart is just over one foot, and because it has a lid, it looks even smaller from a distance.
But soon, Officer Shen saw some soldiers who were preparing to fight jump on the toad cart and get ready for battle in the workshop.
Officer Shen approached them and observed carefully. When the lid of the toad truck was lifted, he finally discovered the mystery!
The soldiers in the toad car were all squatting!
And the cover of the toad car is actually removable!
The weapons commonly used by Beifu soldiers today are nothing more than broadswords and spears. Among them, the Huanshou sword is shorter and easier to carry.
But because the spear has a wooden pole at the back end, the wooden pole is generally about five feet long, so it is relatively easy to carry it on the shoulder.
But it is not easy to bring a chariot. Imagine how much space it takes up if each soldier carries a spear and carries it on his body!
It is precisely because long pole weapons occupy too much space and are inconvenient to carry. In the past, chariots were made of open-air type. This was also considered.
Soldiers stand on an open-air chariot. Their weapons are easy to carry, and there is more room for movement. It is even convenient to get on and off the chariot.
The soldiers in the toad chariot did not hold weapons. Except for long knives that were easy to carry, weapons that were inconvenient to carry, such as spears and halberds, were all stored in the corner of the chariot.
The rear baffle of the toad chariot can also be opened. When the chariot arrives at the foot of Xiangyang City, it is quite easy for the warriors in the toad chariot to get up and fight in the chariot or jump out of the chariot to fight outdoors.
While the chariot was moving, the soldiers squatted half-crouched in the chariot. Because of the cover of the upper cover, the enemy could not see what was going on in the chariot and did not dare to attack rashly.
When the chariots stopped, the Beifu soldiers could file out and attack vigorously. Of course, the fact that such a combat method could be deployed on the battlefield relied on the well-trained training of the Beifu soldiers.
Long-term cooperation, tacit understanding, and being orderly whether attacking or retreating are the characteristics of the Beifu soldiers.
It was precisely because of this advantage that they dared to put aside the protective spears and capture them temporarily when they were about to jump off the chariot.
It seems to be a very simple action, but in fact, it is quite difficult to do it on a chaotic battlefield.
It is necessary to ensure that the soldiers can jump out of the chariot neatly, and when picking up weapons, they must be fast and observe order. Looking at the territory of Jin Dynasty, no other troops except Beifu soldiers can do this.
Even before the Toad Chariot entered the battlefield, Officer Shen could predict the huge losses this new type of chariot would cause to the arrogant Di Qin army.
Xie Xuan is a practical person. Although he doesn't talk so much on weekdays, since he arrived at Xiangyang City, he has been supervising the craftsmen making siege equipment all the time.
It wasn't until he saw it with his own eyes that Police Shen was surprised to find that there were not just one Toad Chariot, but twenty of them!
Twenty!
If all twenty toad carts were parked under the Xiangyang City Tower, they would probably be lined up in a row, blocking the main entrance of Xiangyang City.
It will not be easy for the Qin soldiers to come out of the city to fight again!
so amazing!
Before one wave of shock subsided, another wave of shock arose.
Officer Shen had just satisfied his curiosity and planned to leave the workshop with the last toad cart, but he was surprised to find weapons being continuously transported out behind him.
Although this kind of weapon can be called a "chariot" of some kind, it is obviously not a toad chariot.
Could this be the legendary "opposite building?"
Officer Shen vaguely remembered the mission assigned by Xie Xuan. In addition to the toad car, he also mentioned that he would also bring the opposite building to join the battle.
During the few days when Police Officer Shen was helping in the workshop, the craftsmen were busy making toad carts, and they didn't hear that they were also making weapons such as counter towers.
The opposite building in front of him was really an eye-opener for Police Officer Shen.
What is this thing used for?
It's so amazing!
That pair of buildings really deserves the name "building", because it really looks like a building!
Its chassis is roughly the same as that of a toad cart. It is made of pure wooden boards. However, compared to the toad cart, the chassis on the opposite floor is not as wide and the interior is hollow. It can accommodate about twenty warriors.
The difference is that the toad cart has a cover, but the top of the opposite building does not have a cover, but is open to the air.
On the open-air cover, there are two pairs of vertical ladders similar to the Lingyun Ladder. The vertical ladders are about one foot high.
A horizontal ladder is built on top of the two vertical ladders using a mortise and tenon structure. Compared with the vertical ladder, the horizontal ladder is larger.
Police Officer Shen stood on the opposite side of the building and observed it for a long time. He really couldn't imagine what such a combination of ladders could do.
Is it probably also a tool for siege?
After much thought, Police Shen could only make this conclusion. Mr. Xie is not an ordinary person!
What a genius there is in Beifu!
Although Wang Mi is full of clever tricks and is a young hero, Xie Xuan is not an ordinary person. Look at the weapons he made with his own hands. They are all exotic objects that have never been seen on the battlefield before. It can be seen that Xie Xuan is also the same. Really capable!
Beifu is lucky to have so many talents!
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._