The powerful flames came and went quickly. They started to explode under the city wall until they disappeared. The piled up beast corpses were wiped out in an instant. The supernatural flames were unreasonable. In such a short time, only those who were still alive were left behind.
Burning coke piled up on the ground and burned in deep trenches. The wild beasts that were not involved in the distance seemed to be frightened and wandered nearby, not daring to rush up and refusing to turn around and leave. Watching
Polu felt strange about the beast testing in the distance.
"These beasts were so unafraid just now that they rushed up to them. Why are they afraid now and still refuse to turn around and run away?"
"It's just the beginning now, I can still scare you, but in a few days it will really cut you off in the face and scratch your claws."
Bolu looked at the warriors standing on the city wall holding javelins. The warriors looked a little tired after continuous bursts of javelin throwing. There is no doubt that using a javelin to attack with all your strength is not an easy task. The commander is probably
I feel that these three or two are not enough anyway, and I show a kind of indifference to the beasts that do not enter the range or wander around the edge of the range.
Polu searched for the remaining memory fragments in his mind, and it seemed that there was no such thing as a crossbow. The greatest demand for crossbows was the army composed of ordinary people. In this country, personal power has been greatly strengthened, and the scale of wars is generally small.
In this world, the army has chosen to take the route of professional soldiers. Almost everyone who can go to the battlefield has a system of armored lords and their own soldiers, and has some extraordinary strength. When facing extraordinary targets with armor, the killing ability of bows and arrows can
It's extremely unsatisfactory.
The attack range of throwing spears has reached 80 meters, and everyone is a good javelin thrower. The army chose to throw spears, and naturally crossbows and bows could not develop. Nowadays, those who insist on using bows and arrows are all famous marksmen, let alone crossbows.
Is this a weapon?
"Speaking of which, there are no rules against using bows and arrows to attack, right?"
"No, although no one is using it, you want to try it? Yes, if you are not in the defensive formation, you should be able to use it? Isn't it just throwing things outside?" Galad said ambiguously. "But there are no new ones in the fortress.
What kind of bows and arrows should I buy? They are all old goods that I have been hoarding for a long time. Whether they can be used is still a question."
"I can do it myself."
Otto answered: "He is from the Machinery Institute who just came here."
"Oh, seeing how comfortable you are here, it turns out you are from the Mechanical Institute."
Polu "..."
"Then let's go down first," Polu said. "Otto, Nantes, let's go! Do me a favor."
A few people hurriedly walked to the warehouse area behind the mage tower. There was an entire warehouse here, which was temporarily set aside for the machinery. The length of the warehouse was nearly 50 meters, but the width was only 10 meters. There were no windows on the walls, and the interior was dark.
Yes, you can only open the sliding type at both ends
The door was opened to allow more light to come in. Not far from the door, the flames in the newly built large furnace were burning. In order to build the furnace, the wall was dug out. No one wanted the furnace to directly discharge smoke and dust here.
In a small space.
As soon as he entered the door, the captain of the repair shop was sitting at a desk next to the furnace, reading a book with the sound of flames burning. When he heard the sound of entering the door, he raised his head. "Polu, didn't you just go out just now?
?Why did you come back? Didn't you go check the wall for freshness? There are no repair tasks at the moment."
"Captain, I just came back from the city. I want to try setting up a bow and arrow. This is my comrade from the duty post, Otto, Nantes."
Polu pointed at the two of them, and they quickly said hello. The captain closed the book in his hand and looked at Polu: "Have you ever asked why people here don't use bows and arrows?"
"I've asked about it. What I want to make is not the current bow and arrow, nor is it a one-handed draw. The structure is different."
"What materials will be used?"
"Wood, old bowstring, a small piece of iron sheet. That's all"
"Then you go look for it in the scrap pile over there, as long as you don't move the complete materials."
"Okay, thank you captain!"
"It's good to keep the lights at night. If they break, it will be troublesome to repair."
"clear"
"Go ahead." The captain waved his hand and continued to lower his head and read.
Bolu led the two of them and continued to walk into the warehouse. "Let's go and make something fun!"
"How powerful can a bow and arrow be? And we can't use high-grade materials. We can't pull it apart if it's too strong." Otto looked disdainful.
"You'll find out soon"
Before Polu traveled through time, he used to dive in a forum where every major event must involve his aunt. In addition to Guan Gong's battle with Qin Qiong and his father-in-law's stick, the ancient war zone had quite a few interesting things. Now that he has a suitable environment, he has been fond of doing things since he was a child.
Polu, who was making something, had the urge to give it a try this time. He found a number of pieces of wood from the scrap pile that should have been left over from repairing the fence, about shoulder height, and picked out a piece of wood with a suitable length.
Clamp it to the workbench, sharpen a piece of charcoal, and start drawing on the wood.
"Polu, what are you doing?" Nantes asked curiously.
"Here, you can help me cut along these lines later."
"But I can't be a carpenter."
"It's okay, just peel it off a bit,"
"What about me, Poru?" Otto asked
"Can you help me get some arrows? By the way, bring back some old bows. I just want the strings."
"I may not be able to get the new ones, but can I buy the old ones at the bottom of the box?"
"As long as it can still be used"
"That's good"
"Nante, come here and do me a favor first."
Porou and Nantes are gearing up, but the Atlas Mountains are indeed the northwest mountains. The temperature is very low all year round, and the quality of the wood taken locally is excellent. The quality of the waste wood that is just thrown away can be used.
Come and buy a set of furniture that costs tens of thousands.
While Polu was thinking about how to turn this wood into beads and sell it, he pulled the saw in his hand. With great effort, he successfully used the big saw to cut out a piece of fine-textured wood board - about 60 cm long, 3 cm wide and 5 cm high.
The long piece of wood was quite dense. Bolu felt that unless he upgraded to a knight immediately, no matter how hard he used his hands, he could only pull the piece of wood to this extent.
"Stop, stop, stop, okay, okay." The two men were sweating profusely while working on the big saw in the cold weather. They sat on the ground and chatted while fanning themselves. Nante pulled off his collar and said, "You have spent so much effort.
You have to buy us a drink!”
"No problem, no problem. Why do you fall in love with drinking at such a young age?" Polu wiped his sweat and touched the hard wood. He was almost ready for the next step. He couldn't move this dense wood strip yet.
The bow arm, known as the bow, was placed on the workbench. Polu cut a piece of paper into a pattern of bow head binding and binding string head, and then used charcoal to draw the shape on the wood.
Flip it over and draw it on the other end. "Come on, Nantes, start whittling the wood. You peel that." Boru smiled evilly and threw a chisel to Nantes. Nantes glanced at the tool in his hand.
: "You said you asked us to help, are you asking us to do hard work?"
Bolu raised his head, but the plane in his hand didn't stop. "That's right."
Nantes "...Why don't you call the craftsmen at the Machinery Institute for help? They can't do it faster or better than us."
"I just came to the Mechanical Institute, and I really can't shout if I really want to."
While Polu was sweating profusely while rolling the wood, he thought to himself, "It would be nice to have a grinder. A jigsaw would also work. But if it doesn't work, an angle grinder would be great. Gripping the planer with my hands is too tiring."
"As a designer who knows how to use a sculpture machine, even though his skills are not very good, Polu still knows which processing method is better.
Otto, who was twisting an old bow string in his left hand and holding a few bundles of arrows in his right hand, came back and saw Polunante struggling with the bow arm. "I told you that the bow is too strong and we can't pull it open."
Otto threw the arrows and the string on the ground. "Your bow arm is so thick, and the elasticity must be strong. I think it's better for a knight to use it."
"I made this for ordinary people like us."
"Can ordinary people pull this bow? It's so short and thick that it can't be pulled with both hands."
Hearing the commotion here, the captain who was sitting not far away and reading a book took a look, then turned back to continue studying his book.
"You'll know in a moment."
Holding the shaved bow arm, he walked to Nantes and saw that Nantes had already carved out a groove on the crossbow body. Polu began to carve the crossbow machine. Polu, who had seen countless pictures on the website, naturally copied one.
A classic case. In the end, this most difficult structural part did not cause any trouble to Polu. The accumulation of wisdom of countless people in another time and space helped Polu cross this gap. It was not even as painful as planing wood, because
It was just an experiment, and it was simply made of wood. It would be too difficult for Polu to make metal parts for this purpose.
"This thing is interesting. It's really different." Suddenly the captain's voice sounded behind Bolu who was concentrating on carving the wood of the crossbow. Bolu's hands shook in fright and he almost cut off the parts.
"Captain, are you also interested?" Polu turned around and said to the captain.
"You have made it so lively, and I have nothing to do, so I came to take a look." The captain asked: "This thing is interesting, but how do you use it?"
"We have to put these two parts together first." Polu looked at the two wooden parts. Nantes had already dug the grooves for the bow arms, so he put them together smoothly, and hammered them with a cloth-wrapped hammer a few times.
They got stuck together and moved the crossbow to the predetermined position. "You see, I first fixed the bow arm and crossbow body with leather ropes. If I have a bow string now, as long as I pull it to this hook position, it will get stuck.
Come on, with this structure below, I only need to pull this part back, and the bow string will rebound and launch the crossbow arrows. I estimate that it can at least have the power of a knight's squire pulling a strong bow."
The captain frowned: "It's almost the same, but your bow requires at least three or four ordinary people to pull it, and it's too rough."
"I have one more thing that I haven't installed yet," Bolu took out a thin piece of iron sheet from the workbench. "Nail this thing to the front of the crossbow body." Bolu gestured. "Look, I just need to
Nail this ring, and then I only need to step on this ring to pull the bow string with two hands and use the strength of my waist to wind the bow string. Two people should be enough."
"It can't be pulled. There's something wrong with your calculations. It's too rough. The idea of this thing is very interesting and the principle is very simple. I understand it. Forget it, I have nothing to do today, so I'll make one. Take a closer look.
."
"Yes." Bolu stood by and pretended to be a primary school student.
The captain rolled up his sleeves, took the crossbow from Polu's hand, and said, "Your idea is to use a strong-arm hunting bow that can keep the string stretched all the time. It is also very convenient. You don't have to string it on the spot. You can choose the right moment."
It is enough to string it up and shoot the wild beasts outside the city. The wood you chose is too thick, has adequate strength, and is too heavy. If it is used by ordinary people according to your idea, then there is no need to choose it too thick. "
As the captain spoke, he touched the wood with his hand. Silver light lit up in his palm. The sawdust splashed like water as if it had encountered a circular saw. As the captain moved his hand, the crossbow body gradually became thinner and easier to hold.
Polu and Nantes, who were looking at the planing wood, were stunned. "I'm going to look at it, this is completely a humanoid machine tool!" Polu roared in his heart. "What a great ability, I'm so envious!"