"Machine, machine crossbow!? How can Lu Ren have this thing in his fleet!? ”

This voice was very loud, and on the lookout of the Seahorse, the corners of Lu Ren's mouth rose slightly, and there was a little evil aura on the yin side, and he smiled softly: "It's really nonsense, these guys don't inquire about my Lu Ren's weight?" I don't know if I made those stone carts when Lao Cao and Yuan Shao were facing each other in Guandu? Those big guys are all right, and I won't be able to make these machine crossbows? At that time, I told Lao Cao that I couldn't lead troops to fight or anything, but if it was equipment, no one would be my opponent in this era. ”

It should be mentioned here that the machine crossbow in Lu Ren's ship is not the ordinary big crossbow known to people in the Han Dynasty, but a semi-automatic machine crossbow that Lu Ren and Shirley have comprehensively improved.

In the movie "Red Cliff", the kind of lever-type repeater made by Zhuge Liang does exist in reality, and it is not something made up out of thin air, and it is said that it is likely to be the repeater developed by Zhuge Liang. The crossbow that was reproduced and reproduced according to the prototype of the historical object is now in a museum. After Lu Ren and Shirley obtained the structural diagram searched by the main computer of the moon back base from the modern network, they made further improvements to this kind of repeater according to their current actual situation.

To put it simply, it is to increase the size, increase the length of the bow arm and bowstring to increase the range and attack power of the arrow, and also add pulleys to the chord position at the end of the arm to reduce the force consumption when pulling the string.

Then there was the modification of the structure of the arrow box. The structure of the arrow magazine of the original crossbow was to buckle the short arrows several inches long into the box one by one, and the frame was like loading a pump shotgun, and the loading speed was relatively slow. If this method of loading arrows is for a group of crossbowmen to carry out grouped and multi-stage shooting in normal military array operations, it will naturally have little impact on the density and duration of the arrow array, but on the ships, especially on the ships that are going to carry out long-distance freight in the hands of Lu Ren and Mi Zhen, it is simply impossible and not allowed to carry out multi-stage grouping shooting with an excessive number of personnel in the ships. If you think about it, the total stowage of a ship is that much. If there are too many people, where will the goods be placed? In addition, the food, drink and accommodation of the personnel also occupy a lot of space.

In addition, the space on the ship is limited, the crossbow bow is not allowed to be placed too much, if the original crossbow is continued to be used one by one to the box to buckle the arrows on the arrow, then in response to the kind of water warfare at that time to quickly approach the hand-to-hand combat of the ship, the continuous shooting of the arrow will definitely appear a large gap, which is relatively small in the single ship personnel, and lack of actual combat experience, hand-to-hand combat ability is poor "Lu's sailor" (right to call it so) will become a fatal point of defeat.

As a result, Lu Ren and Shirley modified the magazine to resemble the drum structure found in modern automatic guns, but upside down on top of the crossbow. There are more than 100 arrows in a single arrow drum. And the replenishment of arrows is also quite convenient and fast, as long as the lid above the arrow drum is opened, and then a large number of arrows are placed in the right direction. And when necessary, you can also directly replace the entire arrow drum!

Next is the firing structure. The firing lever of the original crossbow is above the crossbow bow, and Lu Ren's machine crossbow can be set up on the arrow drum, and the firing lever naturally cannot use the structure of the original crossbow, so the lever is changed to the bottom of the crossbow body, and at the same time, the simple lever structure is improved into a relatively more labor-saving and faster gear winch structure, and the archer sits behind the crossbow and keeps turning the winch. And this method of operation is a bit like ...... Two pedals for the bike! Although it is done with two hands, the shooter can lie on the deck and use two legs to play with the kick if necessary.

Finally, there is an improvement to the crossbow mount. This Lu Ren and Shirley adopted the structure of the later gun carriage, so that the crossbow can be adjusted by 40 degrees in the vertical and 60 degrees in the left and right directions. This is when several crossbows on one side of the ship's side are combined. There are basically no shooting dead spots on the mid-range shooting surface.

However, due to the relatively high weight of this arrow drum machine crossbow and the limitation of the technology at that time, the adjustment of the elevation and depression angles is not very convenient, but there is no problem with the adjustment of the transverse strafing surface. So when it comes to practical use. The crossbow should first adjust and fix the angle of elevation and depression, and then carry out rapid strafing in the lateral plane.

In order to make up for the fact that the crossbow and arrow line of the Lu ship were too single due to the large hull and high deck position, a crossbow and arrow window were also placed in the middle of the hull. In the longitudinal direction, the coverage of medium and short-range arrows can be further expanded, so as to reduce the dead angle. For example, the flagship Seahorse and the other two sub-flagships are large ships, and even the crossbows in the hull alone have two rows, and there are three rows of crossbows on the upper deck.

In terms of staffing, each crossbow is operated by two people, that is, one person is responsible for the main wheel to fire arrows, the other person is responsible for shooting and aiming the crossbow, and the replenishment of arrows is done by a special team. Taken together, this crossbow can do three arrows in two seconds under normal circumstances, and the physical exertion of the operator is also less. If you encounter a rocker with a lot of strength and a life-threatening shake, you can even do seven arrows in three seconds! This was already a terrifying burst of fire at the time.

Without further ado, it is said that the Seahorse and the other three ships in front faced the enemy on the side of the enemy, and their crossbowmen were in position, and a continuous and relatively dense rain of arrows was fired at the river thieves. More than 20 zhang, converted to a modern size, is about 50 meters, which is the best distance for this kind of machine crossbow to exert its power. In addition, the helmsmen of the thief ships had been struck by the white light before, and the left and right dodges of the thief ships were out of control, and now they were no different from the live targets of crossbows on this river!

All of a sudden, the river/thieves in the thieves' boats screamed again and again, and the number of people who fell into the water with arrows was uncountable. And Lu Ren on the lookout saw that the battle situation had fallen to his side, he smiled very flatly, and slowly put the stun rifle barrel in his hand on the guardrail of the lookout.

This electric shock rifle was brought by Shirley when she crossed over, a total of two, Lu Ren used it once when he was teaseing Cao Cao on the Jade Bridge, and later Lu Ren and Shirley went their separate ways, and Lu Ren brought one with him just in case.

And this kind of alien technology thing,Its function is very perfect.,Point shot and burst that are trivial.,You can also adjust the size of the output energy to adjust the attack power.。 For example, when Lu Ren and Shirley were playing Cao Cao, because they didn't want Cao Cao's life, they adjusted to a non-lethal stun mode and swept it in a burst mode.

But now Lu Ren is ruthless, using the lethal sniper mode and the infrared night vision function of the scope, and one by one he has given all the helmsmen on the thief ship, if it weren't for Lu Ren's poor marksmanship, he would have wanted to have a violent N kill. Speaking of which, Lu Ren knows very well where his advantages and disadvantages are, and how to develop his strengths and avoid weaknesses naturally has to be carefully considered.

If he hadn't carefully considered these things, with Lu Ren's temperament, how would he dare to meet the thief even though he knew that there was a thief? At the same time, he also brought Cai Yan and the four delicate women with him? On the other hand, Lu Ren also wants his fleet to fight a few battles appropriately, one is to use these river thieves to practice their hands, and the other is to alert the people under his command, so that these guys don't relax their vigilance just because they have the strength that seems to be strong.

But he said that Lu Ren was quietly watching the battle from the lookout, and in case there was no support, he was also ready to make up a few shots for support. But at this time, Lu Ren's ears heard a nervous and rapid gasp. Turning his head to look, he saw that it was Lu Lan holding the pair of talisman short swords, and the person was panting lightly, and his body was trembling slightly. Lu Ren looked at it for a moment, then suddenly shook his head lightly and said to Lu Lan, "Xiaolan, take back the sword." ”

Lu Lan was stunned when she heard this, and said hurriedly: "But my lord, there are still ...... below"

Lu Ren waved his hand: "If it's not necessary, I don't want your girl's hands to be stained with blood...... I hope that my Xiaolan will always be a good girl who is innocent and clean. ”

"Adult ......"

A slender hand pressed on Lu Lan's shoulder, but it was Minchan who persuaded Lu Lan: "Don't worry, Xiaolan, it's okay." Besides, what's the matter, isn't there still me by Yihao's side? ”

Lu Lan hesitated for a moment, and finally put the talisman short sword back into its sheath. Seeing this, Lu Ren smiled and looked at the battlefield in the middle of the river again. However, after the Seahorse and the other four ships attacked first, the ships behind immediately followed, divided into two groups and crossed the Seahorse, and soon surrounded the thief ships. Under the chaotic arrows from all sides, the surrounded river thieves had no place to dodge, and completely became the target of the Lu Navy's arrows.

Among the river thieves, that Boss Chen is a character who has been mixed on the river for many years, and he actually commanded the river thieves in the boat to drive the river boat to the Seahorse where Lu Ren was located in the midst of the chaotic arrows. As mentioned earlier, the Seahorse has a high broadside, and although there are three rows of crossbows in the upper, middle and lower rows to ensure a medium-range shooting surface, these crossbows are somewhat powerless when they are really deceived by small boats to get closer.

Looking at this Boss Chen again, his eyes were also red, and he rushed to the side of the Seahorse without paying any attention to the fact that more than half of the river thieves in the ship had already been killed and injured, and he grabbed the rope hook and wanted to throw it on it. But before he could throw the rope hook out of his hand, a feather arrow had already hit Boss Chen's heart. This river/thief, who has been harming Sanjiangkou for many years, died in his own boat for no apparent reason.

"Huang Xin, shoot well!"

On the deck of the Seahorse, a young man in his thirties heard Lu Ren's praise on the lookout and bowed his hand to the lookout with some embarrassment: "Lord, the letter is ugly!" ”

Lu Ren said: "Order the crossbows of all ships to gradually stop, and the short crossbow team will be on guard, and then slowly approach those thief ships." If there is still a live mouth, the short crossbow team shoots and kills from the rapid. After making sure that there were no more survivors, the thieves hung them behind the ships, and all the dead bodies that fell into the river were fished up and thrown into the thieves' boats. Tomorrow, we will ship to Chaisang, and then deliver all the dead bodies of these river thieves and the thief ships to the Jiangdong naval army. We've done such a big thing tonight that it's impossible not to explain it to anyone and let people know about it. ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )