Before the emergence of hot weapons, the crossbow was undoubtedly the overlord of the cold weapon era. Its figure has been the dominant position in long-range attacks on the battlefields of this world for thousands of years. Even in modern times, the figure of the crossbow has played an important role in anti-terrorism and sports competitions.
field still has its place
At first, when Zhou Jiping proposed the use of crossbows, it was just to deal with the raids that the hyena tribe might launch at any time; later in Soyo, it was because of the huge threat from the Vana Stormtroopers that Zhou Jiping used scrap car parts for the first time.
The tribe's relatively backward crossbows were improved for the second time, and they also used this as a starting point to grab some weapons, and finally won the small-scale battle with the hyenas.
Since acquiring firearms, Zhou Jiping has gradually set his sights on hot weapons. The crossbow is only used as a weapon for projecting grenades. If it weren't for these animals that steal crops, Zhou Jiping would never develop such a weapon.
The relatively backward cold weapon is on the agenda
But this time, the test results of the crossbow gun can be said to be beyond Zhou Jiping's expectations. At first, he only tried to use the crossbow gun as a shooting substitute. Now seeing the performance of the crossbow gun is so strong, Zhou Jiping's heart
More ideas came up
At present, Soyo's weapons are still in short supply. If crossbows can be used as weapons in the Free Army, Soyo's weak defense strength can also be appropriately improved.
Especially after the crossbow arm is wrapped with animal skin, the sound made by the crossbow arm is not covered up. When launching, only the sound of the crossbow string tearing the air is left. In actual combat, this is almost difficult to detect, especially as a
When it comes to sneak attack weapons, the advantages of crossbows are definitely unmatched by firearms.
Another point is that Zhou Jiping started to think more about cold weapons like crossbows. The guns seized from the hyenas were starting to rust! Although when the rainy season came, Zhou Jiping organized people to perform maintenance on these firearms.
, these weapons were oiled intensively, but only one month after the rainy season began, these guns still showed rust spots to varying degrees. Now Zhou Jiping understood that the weapons used by hyenas were indeed low-grade firearms and must be oiled and maintained frequently.
This is especially true during the continuous rainy season in East Africa. This situation is even more obvious.
This is still if there is no live ammunition shooting. If we conduct several live ammunition target shootings, the corrosion of these weapons will be more serious under the erosion of gunpowder. Now, the remaining lubricating oil in several damaged infantry fighting vehicles has been
Otherwise, when the rust is serious, these firearms will have problems sooner or later. Although these guns may still be able to fire on the battlefield, the dangers such as accuracy loss, jamming, and chamber explosion will definitely increase.
The emergence of the crossbow gun can be said to have solved the problem in front of Zhou Jiping.
It can replace firearms to a certain extent. Shooting training can temporarily store some firearms that are prone to problems until the rainy season has passed. In addition, the cost of using crossbows is extremely low, and some materials can be obtained locally.
Make it without worrying about running out of bullets and having nowhere to refill them.
In addition, the crossbow gun has another hidden function that Zhou Jiping cannot yet explain, that is, it can reduce tribal warriors' excessive trust and dependence on firearms.
Under the auspices of Zhou Jiping, in less than a month, crossbows became popular in Soyo. Whether it was field platoons, the Free Army, or tribal warriors who were part militia and part hunter, crossbows gradually became ubiquitous.
Even appearing more frequently than firearms, the power and effectiveness of crossbows were quickly recognized by the tribesmen of Soyo.
With the popularity of crossbows, Zhou Jiping also adjusted his training plan. All soldiers must first use crossbows for shooting training. After achieving excellent results, they can use guns for shooting training. Crossbow shooting training does not need to be fixed.
Instead, the soldiers assisted Soyo in guarding the cultivated land and used crossbows to drive away the animals that came to destroy the food.
Soon, the power of the crossbow gun was verified on the animals. The direct effect was that because the roads were muddy during the rainy season, it should be very difficult for the tribes to hunt animals. But after the crossbow gun was installed and put into use, Soyo tribes
The tribe's meat supply has never stopped, whether it is wild boars, young bison, hares, or even anteaters, poultry, there is almost everything. This makes the tribesmen, who have been half-starved and half-fed, begin to worry about not being able to eat wasted food.
Problem
At the beginning, the field platoon and the Free Army were still carrying crossbows and practicing marksmanship with the soldiers guarding the farmland. However, after a short time, the area around Soyo became a restricted area for animals. If they wanted to hit something, they had to
Just get out of Soyo
At the same time, the marksmanship of the tribal warriors has greatly improved. Many of the warriors who already have the basics of hunting can already hit the target with crossbows. What made Zhou Jiping sigh the most was that among these tribal warriors, the most accurate marksmanship was actually
It was Duka and Gudili. Duka once set a record of breaking the neck of a pheasant with a steel ball, while Gudili was even more perverted. This guy who liked to use crossbows "created" more than one one-eyed bison.
So many years later, a few bison with one eye or huge tumors on their heads were found on the grassland. At this time, the elders of the tribe would say: "These bison must have lived near Soyo when they were training soldiers in Soyo."
What’s more, even some unlucky lions have been hit.
Military training turned into entertainment, and military training turned into hunting. Zhou Jiping never expected this situation in advance. But seeing that the people in the tribe were eating better and better, Elder Jiwayo no longer worried about not having enough wildebeest meat to support him.
Zhou Jiping also felt relieved about the issue of the end of the rainy season.
"Unity, tension, seriousness, liveliness" - this is a slogan that can be seen at the entrance of many military camps. It seems that the 'serious' and 'lively' in these four words are somewhat contradictory. In fact, otherwise, just take Soyo's
As far as the field platoon and the Free Army are concerned, after these soldiers have experienced the entertainment training of "shooting + hunting" with crossbows, the "lively" energy of the soldiers now far exceeds their "serious" nature.
It is true that things must turn against each other. In the third month of the rainy season, an accident occurred. Several Free Army soldiers were joking with each other with crossbows. As a result, the strung crossbows slipped, and the fired steel balls hit a soldier on the buttocks.
Drilled a hole!
Fortunately, the steel ball only hit the side, and the person only lost a lot of blood. His life was not affected, but such a situation was enough to alarm Zhou Jiping.
Zhou Jiping realized that a military law and doctrine system to restrain the Free Army must appear