Yang Fan had a nonchalant expression, and he was not worried at all.
As long as they don't use shotguns and Lumi guns, he is not afraid. He knows very well the virtues of those Huomen guns made by the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Fan himself has experimented. His nine-shot fire door gun uses the best maroon gunpowder as the propellant, and the armor-piercing projectile made of steel balls wrapped with lead shot can completely block it at a distance of 25 meters without penetrating.
As for the gunpowder formula of the Ming Dynasty, he was confused. The projectiles were also pure lead bullets, which were flat and not round. The lead bullets were soft, and at this distance, the gun could not even hit cloth armor, let alone steel armor.
Yang Fan handed over his hands to everyone and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I want to make a bet with all of you. I will use the Jiannu big bow, the magic gun, the settlement bludger, and the three-eyed blunderbuss to shoot at my plate armor. If I can penetrate it,
I am willing to pay three for one. If it cannot be penetrated, I am willing for them to pay one for one."
Although Chongzhen was young, he liked to keep a straight face and pretend to be serious. Ministers did not dare to be presumptuous or joke in front of him.
As soon as Yang Fan's words came out, everyone was a little surprised. They felt that Yang Fan was a little arrogant. Many of the censors present were ready to accuse him of being unreasonable and disrespectful in front of the emperor.
Unexpectedly, Chongzhen laughed very happily and said: "Yang Qing, you have a good idea. I will bet on you to win. I bet on you to win. Wang Chengen bet fifty taels."
The civil and military ministers were very happy to see the emperor and immediately became active. They placed bets one after another. However, they were basically not optimistic about Yang Fan.
Because everyone knows that pierced armor cannot stop the penetration of spears. As long as the enemy's physical strength is sufficient, spears can generally penetrate pierced armor and cloth armor and pass through the chest.
Armor is mainly used for defense loss on the battlefield, and it also has good defense against slashing. No matter how tightly the armor is made, there are always gaps in it. Spears can easily penetrate it.
Defending against muskets is even more difficult. Jiannu relied on his triple armor and a certain distance to block the three-eyed gunfire. Yang Fan's plate armor only had a thin layer, and it didn't look like he could block it.
appearance.
Soon, the Ministry of War transferred test personnel. They were all veterans who had returned from the Liaodong battlefield. After Li Banghua took charge of the seal, the Ministry of War made a lot of adjustments, and now both efficiency and personnel have been greatly improved.
A pair of wooden human-shaped stakes for hanging armor were brought in.
Under the guidance of Yang Fan's soldiers, the wooden mannequin was first put on thick cotton clothes and pants. Then, the boards were put on and put on. The veterans stood aside, waiting for instructions.
Li Banghua looked at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, do you think the test will start now?"
Chongzhen nodded and said: "Let's get started. Today I will see with my own eyes whether these armors are just showy, or whether they really perform well."
Following Li Banghua's order, several veterans rushed forward, swung their Yanling knives, and slashed violently. They were all veterans of many battles and were skilled in knife skills, specializing in slashing from various tricky angles.
Whether it is the armor of the Ming Dynasty, the cloth armor of the Jiannu, or the feather armor of the Mongols, they all have weaknesses. The main reason is that the defense of the waist and ribs is weak.
The armor stomach of the arm is only found on the outer semicircle and not on the inner side. This design is mainly for flexibility and weight reduction. The weight here is dead weight. The enemy is basically unable to attack, and it still accounts for four or five kilograms of weight.
Several veterans discovered that this plate armor had no so-called weaknesses at all, that is, there was no place that the iron armor could not protect. It was really completely covered. Cutting and stabbing had no effect except for strings of sparks anywhere.
They soon discovered that these curved surfaces were very easy to slip and could not be cut effectively. Stabbing with the tip of a knife was not effective. The plate armor was polished so smooth that if it had not been pickled, it could be used as a mirror.
Xiaoqi Cheng Bin is a veteran in his fifties. He has rich battlefield experience. He is one of the veterans Zhang Fengyi brought back to the Ministry of War from Liaodong.
He came over and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, these plate armors cannot be cut with a knife. They are all first-class fine steel armors."
Chongzhen nodded and said: "Then try changing to a long gun."
The veterans took the order and left. A strong man over 1.8 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a round waist, picked up a big gun, stamped his feet, twisted his waist to exert force, and yelled "Kill".
The gunfire filled the sky. The tip of the spear was like a water dragon, and it went straight to stab the chest of the plate armor.
The chest of this armor is a raised arc with gold patterns and golden chrysanthemums on it. It looks very nice with the gray-black background color.
This shot was aimed at the core of the chrysanthemum.
Everyone shouted "Hello" in unison, and even Chongzhen couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "This shot makes you so handsome."
With a bang, the tip of the spear pierced the plate armor. Then it slipped and pulled out a long string of sparks. It slid past the side, passed under the arm and ribs, and pierced a wooden stake behind the armor.
The one-foot-long pointed steel spear point directly pierced the wooden pile as thick as a bowl of ocean, and splinters flew away. The spear point directly penetrated the wooden pile and became stuck inside.
The big man twitched but did not pull out. He touched his nose in embarrassment and then withdrew.
Only the long barrel of the gun was left, trembling and making a buzzing sound.
"Okay," there was a burst of cheers, which was not only praising the strong man's marksmanship, but also praising Yang Fan's strong steel armor.
In fact, the thickness of the front chest part and key parts of the steel armor reaches three millimeters. It's just very small.
If the shot just now had penetrated the ribs, it would have been able to pierce even a one millimeter carburized hardened steel plate. However, it is extremely difficult to penetrate that place, and there is almost no chance on the battlefield.
Chongzhen flushed with joy. Li Banghua had shown him before that none of the mandarin duck war jackets and cloth armors in the inventory of the Ministry of War could block a spear. This kind of steel armor was still more powerful.
Li Banghua was not unhappy because he was in danger of losing the bet, but was very happy.
He was the Minister of the Ministry of War who really wanted to rectify the national army. But Chongzhen failed to withstand the pressure and used him like Qin Xiaogong used Shang Yang.
"This level of force is enough to block a cavalry charge with a spear. We have passed the weapons level. Now let's test the bows and arrows and muskets." Li Banghua said.
A group of veterans came up, each holding a large Jiannu-style bow with a long bow tip. The length of these large bows without strings was more than 1.8 meters, and the length with strings was 1.6 meters.
Because it's too big, it can't be used by small people. The height must be above 170cm. And when shooting with a bow and arrow, you need to stick your butt forward. It looks very ugly.
Cheng Bin asked: "Sir, how far away is the arrow?"
"Starting from fifty steps, shoot an arrow every ten steps, and within twenty steps, shoot an arrow every five steps." Li Banghua said.
Cheng Bi continued to ask: "Sir, how much power should I use for the bow and what kind of arrows should I use?"
Li Banghua thought for a while and found that the most powerful weapons for establishing a slave were the tiger-force bow and shovel-shaped arrows, and the most powerful armor-breaking tools were the triangular pyramid arrows. So he said: "Use a 13-power bow, spade-shaped arrows, and triangular arrows."
The Tiger Power Bow has 12 power, and using a 13-power bow is obviously to simulate the strength of the White Pendulum Soldier in shooting arrows.
The highest-level elite soldiers of Jiannu, Bai Baiya Labing, are very powerful in both fighting and riding. If we look at the power of bows and arrows alone, there are more than 20,000 people in Jiannu who can use tiger-force bows.
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Ordinary armor can't stop the Tiger Power Bow at close range. Can Yang Fan's plate armor do that?
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