Chapter 329: Iron Armor

The steam car, which changed from slow to fast, made a loud noise on the railroad tracks, making countless people stunned, watching a steel monster running wild in the field, and also let out a piercing roar, many people already knelt down and began to kowtow, and they didn't know whether they were praying or repenting.

Li Tai rode up as early as when the car started, and Li Ke followed to take care of his younger brother, and then a group of guards rode horses to follow.

Feng Daiwen just rode his horse slowly, and Ma Zhou and the others also rushed away.

Fortunately, the track is not far away, but more than twenty miles, when Feng Daiwen and Ma Zhou arrived, Li Tai and Li Ke were watching around in the car, and the guards were also curiously scanning under the car, although they couldn't see anything, but it was really difficult to hide their curiosity.

"It's hard to believe, it's hard to believe!" Rao is Ma Zhou's intelligence and concentration, and now he is equally shocked, approaching and touching, sure that it is not an illusion, shaking his head and muttering to himself.

"Huh! How about Binwang? I said it was going to surprise a lot of people. Feng Daiwen walked up to Ma Zhou and said with a smile.

"Du Du is really a god and a man, so such a treasure can be made." Ma Zhou glanced at Feng Daiwen with complicated eyes and sighed, for his top boss, Ma Zhou admired him more, whether it was governing the army or governing the government, there were often unexpected moves, and the methods were different, but the impact this time was too great.

Although I have seen the steam engine striking iron and forging weapons and equipment, I still can't imagine being able to pull goods on the road and run wildly, as fast as a galloping horse, and there is no need to stop.

"King Bin, don't add credit, this is all done by Li Shaojian and his colleagues in the scientific research institute." Feng Daiwen said with a smile and waved his hand.

"Governor! With this, if the road is built all over the country, the benefits will be huge! Ma Zhou calmed down, stared at the car with bright eyes and said.

"King Bin is very right, but he can't do it at all now! It is really that this track consumes too much steel, and if it is laid in a remote place, I am afraid that it will be stolen not long after it is put on, and it will only be slowly drawn in the future. Feng Daiwen explained with a smile.

"It's a pity! It's a pity! This thing is as fast as a galloping horse, day and night, and it is much better than a Maxima. Ma Zhou shook his head and sighed.

"Binwang has ever thought that if he just carries people, it is enough to use the front of the car, and there is no need for a track, just on an ordinary hard road." Feng Daiwen pointed to the front of the rather ugly car and gestured for Ma Zhou to imagine.

"Haha! Master Hou! This is really the same thing that the hero sees, and the lower officials are also pondering about this, if the front of the car is smaller and the connecting carriages are made into one, whether it can drive on the ground at will. Li Chunfeng heard the conversation between the two, laughed, and said excitedly.

"It's completely feasible, Young Eunuch Li should have seen skis, if you make the wheels underneath like that, can you walk on a softer road?" Feng Daiwen suddenly thought of armored vehicles, the steam engine is not small, and it is obviously unrealistic to make a car, but it can be a tracked armored vehicle.

There is no need to load barrels, shells, and too thick armor, which can completely reduce weight, make it an open top, and can stand on people, and can be used as an assault vehicle.

"Okay?" As soon as Li Chunfeng heard Feng Daiwen say, he immediately stared at the front of the car and thought hard, and then closed his eyes and meditated.

"Young Eunuch Li doesn't have to think about it, let's make another front car first, and then we will come to discuss it before it is too late." Feng Daiwen patted Li Chunfeng on the shoulder, interrupting his contemplation, things have to be done step by step.

"Master Hou, you are right, Xiaguan has to Longwangshu, this car still needs a lot of improvement, and it also needs to train people to control the vehicle." Li Chunfeng said with an embarrassed smile.

"The arrangement of the young eunuch in this regard is that as for controlling the manpower, he will select the government soldiers, and they are all innocent and good families." Feng Daiwen nodded in agreement.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! I'll control the front of the car, I'll come! Li Tai, who was jumping up and down, leaned over and said loudly.

"No! Not negotiable. Feng Daiwen refused him without hesitation, and then ignored Li Tai, who shrugged his face, and rode back with people.

The steam car is called a train by the people because it is driven by coal fire, and every day I watch the train go back and forth, I am always not afraid, but I like to peek at the roaring vehicles when I have time.

As a common man of the Tang Dynasty, he was originally high in front of the Japanese slaves, but now with a train like a divine beast, he is full of pride.

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It is very convenient to forge weapons and armor with a steam engine, although the original inverted steel knife is fast, but the quality is not good, and now the machine is used to beat, and the toughness and hardness of the knife are improved more than one point.

As for the armor, it is also inverted to hammer, drill, slot, and then forged into armor, although it is still cumbersome, but it is a hundred times faster than before, and there are a lot of joint activities, more lightweight, strong, and easy to wear, the two help each other, and they can be worn very quickly.

The workshop is all assembly line operations, one person is responsible for one or two processes, and more than 300 pairs of full-body armor leave the factory in a day, which are rubbed with kerosene by women and loaded into the warehouse.

The most troublesome should be regarded as cavalry armor, the Datang heavy armored cavalry is also called equipped with iron armor, which used to be worn with cow tendons and cowhides, and it is quite troublesome to make, and it takes a long time for those iron plates to be beaten and formed.

The most troublesome thing is that the iron armor of the war horse needs to be tailored to each horse, so that the horse can move freely and not be affected.

Now with the machine, not only is it very fast to hammer and form, but it is all machine slotting, and it can be combined with a strong buckle, and there is no need to use cow tendon to pierce it, there are fewer processes, the iron armor is lighter, and the defense is also outstanding.

The previous limitation of iron armor was not only the difficulty of making iron armor, but also the restriction of war horses, and the fur for making iron armor lining was also one of the reasons.

But now all this is not a problem, with the Turkic, Khitan, Hui attached to the war horses, cattle and sheep fur.

And this time, the iron armor of Liaoxi has been redesigned, and the whole armor has been completely reloaded, including the knights, all of which are armor with steel in the front and leather in the back, that is to say, the war horse and knight, the front half is steel armor, and the back is leather armor, which not only reduces the weight, but also does not affect the defense.

Even so, this kind of heavy cavalry can only be used as a charging formation, not for running.

The heavy armored cavalry not only has higher requirements for war horses, but also the knights also need to be physically strong, and they need to cooperate more, and they can not form a coordinated charge, which can only be regarded as sending food, with the current situation in western Liaoning, the soldiers have no big problems, but the war horses are only three thousand qualified, which is also because the heavy armored cavalry must be two horses, one of which is riding on the road, and the other is riding when fighting.

(End of chapter)