The southeast corner of Twilight City was surrounded by a four- to five-meter-high stone wall, forming a closed place with only one exit. At this time, two iron doors were opened, and Allen walked in with Bud Barton.
This is where the Logistics Bureau is located. In addition to mobilizing food and grass, the Logistics Bureau is also responsible for researching and manufacturing war weapons.
Allen came to the Logistics Bureau this time because the latest war-killing weapon developed by the Logistics Bureau has been successful.
Ballista!
The structure of the crossbow is complex. If it were directly studied by the Logistics Bureau, it would probably not be possible to produce a finished product for several years, so Allen looked up a crossbow certificate from the origin bead.
After obtaining the drawings, the Logistics Bureau began research, experimentation and improvements, and finally produced a crossbow that fit the real environment.
The reason why it is called a crossbow is because although it is a crossbow, it is as powerful as an artillery piece. It can not only fire iron bullets, but also can fire giant crossbow arrows or spears.
Once the ballista becomes powerful, within its range, the giant arrows fired can pierce seven or eight soldiers in a dense formation like gourds. If the bullets fired are iron bullets, it will directly
It can smash the bodies of several warriors into pieces.
In particular, iron bullets can also cause secondary damage. After completing the first attack, the force of the iron bullets flying out can still cause internal injuries or severe limbs.
The ballista needs a specific set of springs to increase the pressure. The Logistics Bureau spent a lot of effort to make the springs. This is also a difficulty in the process of making the ballista. Every spring needs to be carefully struck by the blacksmith.
After forming, an experienced blacksmith can only knock out two or three finished springs a day.
"My Lord Count!"
Upon learning that the Earl had arrived, Newman, who was responsible for making the ballistae, immediately came with a group of his men to greet him.
"Newman! I heard that the ballista has been produced?" Allen said with a smile.
"Yes, sir! Quick, push the ballista out to the earl!" Newman shouted to the people around him.
Crunch! Crunch!
Then, the sound of wooden wheels rolling against the ground came, and several young and strong men pushed the crossbow to Allen.
Looking at the dark-colored ballista in front of him, with its strange structure and large size, Allen nodded. The materials required to make the ballista were extremely complex, and most of them were rare and precious.
The upper body of this ballista is basically made of fine iron. These fine irons are not ordinary things, but special fine iron produced by the gold-eating snake. Even the spring is the same. Although the lower part is made of wood, it is also made of special materials.
hardwood.
In order to be strong enough, the crossbow string is made of a mixture of fine iron wire, fire beef tendon, fire rat hair and other materials to ensure that it can fire ten kilograms of iron bullets and special iron guns.
"What's the specific power?" Allen looked at Newman and asked.
"Sir! If ten kilograms of iron bullets are loaded, the effective attack range can reach 500 meters! And if it hits an iron gun, the attack range can reach more than 700 meters!" Newman said with excitement, in order to give this crossbow to
To produce it, their logistics bureau spent a lot of energy during this period.
After hearing this, Allen's pupils shrank. Although he knew in advance that the range of this thing was very long. The drawing said that the longest range could reach four hundred meters, but the actual range of the ballista now produced by the Logistics Bureau was actually beyond
Quite a few.
He couldn't wait to see the power of this ballista, and quickly ordered Newman to use this ballista to attack again, allowing it to show its destructive power.
"Sir! Please set a distance?" Newman's voice reached Allen's ears.
"Five hundred meters!" Alan suppressed the excitement in his heart and said calmly. Five hundred meters is exactly the limit distance of iron bullets.
Since iron bullets and iron guns are fired, they cannot fail to attack targets. On the battlefield, the target of a ballista is the enemy, and now the target of attack has been changed from humans to cattle.
The Logistics Bureau lined up five full-grown oxen wearing iron armor and fixed them five hundred meters away from the ballista. Fortunately, the Logistics Bureau was quite large and had enough open space for test firing.
Squeak! Squeak!
Then the logistics bureau personnel on the side put a solid iron ball close to ten centimeters into the ballista, and the two of them operated at the same time, struggling to pull the ballista open.
The next step was to adjust the angle. According to some special markings on the ballista, the two spent more than a minute adjusting the angle.
"Sir! Ready!" Newman stood next to Allen and said softly.
Allen nodded, indicating that it was time to start. Newman understood and used gestures to make everyone on the side move back, and then let the two people next to the ballista launch the ballista.
boom!
A sound of air explosion was heard, and there was a roar in everyone's ears. The iron bullet turned into a black shadow and disappeared.
Boom!
"Howl!" Then a muffled sound came, followed by the pitiful scream of the cattle.
Of the originally headless cattle directly in front, only the last one was still standing as usual. The two in front were instantly turned into pieces, leaving the area covered with blood mist. The third cow was not turned into pieces, only its belly.
It disappeared directly. The fourth one was the one that was screaming. Although the armor on its body had obvious dents, it was not broken.
In other words, after killing the third ox, the iron bullet lost its power and could not break the armor of the fourth ox. However, even so, it caused serious internal injuries to the ox, and blood spilled from its mouth.
, which can be seen by falling to the ground.
From a distance of five hundred meters, he directly killed three cows wearing iron armor. Allen was convinced that such iron bullets hitting the enemy would definitely cause large casualties, especially in this era of cold weapons, the most important battle
The method is to charge as a group, and once the crowd is too dense, the damage caused by the iron bullets will be greater.
"Change the spear!"
"Yes! Sir!" Newman said respectfully after hearing Allen's words.
As soon as Newman finished speaking, a black spear, about two meters long and as thick as a copper fish, was put into the ballista.
The place where scalpers were supposed to be protected was now lined with ten scalpers.
Whoosh!
The spear broke through the air, with a roar, the air exploded, the air flow surged, and the spear turned into a black shadow like a black snake preying on its prey.
Phew!
Just hearing a harsh sound, the spear quickly passed through the first ox, pierced the iron armor of the second ox, and penetrated into it, followed by the third, fourth, fifth... until the seventh.
, when it passed through his body, the spear got stuck on the armor and stopped.
"Howl! Howl!"
Suddenly, a shrill wail came from the mouth of the cow. Except for the first one, the other six did not die immediately, although the body had been penetrated by the spear, and a thick hole was opened.
However, as time goes by, these cow howls become smaller and smaller until they are no longer audible.