Chapter 156: Inspecting the Arsenal and Forging Horizontal Blades
With just one click, the steel gun in Dian Jie's hand accurately pierced the heart of the wooden man. The stabbing method is more violent. As soon as Dian Jie threw the steel gun, the wooden man was thrown out of the air. It was as if it had penetrated the enemy and smashed his corpse.
The two thousand Tiger Battalion cavalrymen stared carefully at the movements in Dian Jie's hands, and stabbed the wooden man on the opposite side in a similar way. The same flick of the gun. The movements are neat, fast and neat. There was no trace of mud and water, and the broken wooden man was scattered around the ground.
"Very good, the soldiers are practicing well." Dian Jie praised it, and then shouted again without hesitation: "Next, riding training!" ”
When the two thousand cavalry of the Tiger Battalion heard the order, they all came to the side of the war horse.
Seeing that all the soldiers were ready, Dian Jie shouted: "All get on the horse!" ”
All the cavalry personnel have long been familiar with the movement training of this prancing horse. Hearing Dian Jie's order, without hesitation, he pulled the reins of the horse with one hand, and then stepped down hard, and suddenly jumped onto the horse's back, the action was like a cloud of water in the same formation, and none of the cavalry dragged back.
"Charge!" Dian Jie shouted again.
As a few commanders ordered it to wave, the two thousand cavalry of the Tiger Battalion quickly moved. He held a steel gun high in his hand and carried the barrel of the gun between his arms. In a burst of neighing, the war horse under the crotch galloped up quickly. The ground was full of dust, and he rushed forward with the power of thunder.
But in the blink of an eye, two thousand well-trained Tiger Battalion cavalry and steel spears stabbed the wooden men erected in front of them. The wooden stakes buried deep in the ground, some of them were even uprooted by the cavalry, and they flew into the air.
Seeing this training scene that was not inferior to actual combat, Ye Hao felt proud in his chest, took the initiative to walk to the platform, clapped his hands at the soldiers below and praised loudly: "Tiger Ride." The world's elite is well deserved. ”
Hearing Ye Hao's praise, the two thousand Tiger Battalion cavalry on the horse replied loudly: "Thank you Lord Gong for your praise." ”
The voice is high-pitched, resounding in the sky, and it is endless.
Ye Hao was very excited at the moment, with this elite. Who of the princes of the world dares to say that they cannot fight with them?
"Lord, this training matter has been completed by my old man, and you can handle your official business. When there is nothing to do, accompany the old gentleman, play chess, drink tea, and don't use this kind of place to polish time. Dian Jie strode towards Ye Hao and said jokingly.
Three black lines fell from Ye Hao's head, and Ye Hao smiled and patted Dian Jie on the shoulder, "Then there is Brother Lao Dian." You keep practicing, and I'll look around. With that, Ye Hao left.
Ye Hao, who came out of the training ground, visited some military workshops in the arsenal one after another, such as siege engine workshop, catapult workshop, bow and arrow workshop, and armor workshop. Ladder workshop and so on. Later, he came to the weapons workshop.
As soon as I walked in, I felt the rolling heat wave in my face. It's like putting him in a furnace.
I saw that in the spacious and atmospheric weapons workshop, which covers an area of more than 500 square meters, hundreds of craftsmen are making all kinds of bows, crossbows, arrows, armor, knives and steel guns. This is the assembly line operation suggested by Ye Hao. It has played a practical role.
Standing in Ye Hao's direction, he could see that in front of a large casting furnace on the far left, Ma Jun, who was wearing the official uniform of the chief manager, was directing several strong men with strong bodies and bulging muscles to beat weapons.
That crackling motion swung down. You can feel as if the ground is rumbling. It shows that their strength is indeed amazing.
The efficiency of this weapon workshop is good, Ma Jun is doing it very well, Ye Hao is interested in observing around this workshop, from time to time to beat his hands, and give directions.
When Ma Jun saw Ye Hao coming, he took out a knife embryo from a furnace that had been filled with water and handed it to Ye Hao.
I saw that the total length of this knife embryo was about 70 to 80 centimeters, the blade had been opened, the length was between 50 and 60 centimeters, the thickness was about 6 to 8 millimeters, and the width was smaller than that of the actual combat Han knife, about 3 centimeters to 4 centimeters.
Ye Hao waved the knife embryo and tried it, feeling that the hardness was not enough, he couldn't help shaking his head.
"The lord said that the horizontal knife was cast by the patterned steel forging method, and the little old man came early in the morning to try to cast it, but he didn't feel so good." Ma Jun sighed and said.
"Sir, don't be discouraged, the casting process of this horizontal knife is complicated, I can think of it, let's take our time, don't worry. However, from the mouth of a person I heard, I vaguely knew that this patterned steel forging method must be carried out in five steps before it can be effective. Ye Hao said, recalling the books he had read in his previous life.
This horizontal knife is not an independent weapon, but a style of the Tang Dynasty knife, is the Tang Dynasty soldiers generally wear the knife, modern commonly known as the "Tang knife", narrow straight blade, small fang, long handle.
It is a type of two-handed knife, which has been improved and developed on the basis of the "ring head knife" in the Han Dynasty. The basic shape is similar to that of the "Japanese sword", but the blade and blade of the horizontal knife are often straight, unlike the common "Japanese sword", which is curved with a curve, and the horizontal knife has a straight knife shape.
It can be said that the shape of the "Japanese sword" is generally a derivative of the "horizontal sword" style of the Tang Dynasty in China. The forging technique of the horizontal knife in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be extremely advanced in the world at that time, the forging blade is extremely sharp, and the foot riding can be used, it is a pity that the technique of making the horizontal knife was learned by Japan after the operation, and the Japanese sword was famous in later generations.
"Oh, what are the steps, tell me quickly." Ma Jun is a research fan, and he can't wait to hear this.
"First, it is necessary to select materials, that is, to choose a kind of rigidity and a kind of iron as raw materials, and process them into strips and blocks respectively. The second is forging, which stacks two materials, a layer of steel and a layer of iron, and forges them into a blank by folding them many times and twisting them repeatedly. This is the patterned steel billet, which can be used to machine cross-cutting knives. Third, it is steel clamping: that is, another piece of non-patterned steel with high carbon content is embedded into the pattern steel billet from the side, and the steel clamping can be forged into a device. The fourth is quenching and tempering. The purpose is twofold: to improve hardness and strength, and to make it have a certain toughness. Make the pattern clearer. The cooling water we use, ordinary water will do. ”
"The most important thing is the last step, grinding and polishing. The aim is to improve the surface finish to show the pattern. ”
Ma Jun nodded when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he patted his chest and promised: "The lord has already said in detail, so with this patterned steel forging method, the little old man is confident that he will be able to forge this horizontal knife in less than three months!" ”
"By the way, sir, whether it is a knife, sword, or spear blade that you will order someone to build in the future, bring a blood groove, and you can set the size of the blood groove yourself."
"The blood groove that the lord can say is a groove in the body of the Pu Dao?" Ma Jun asked.
Ye Hao secretly sighed at Ma Jun's well-informed, and said with a smile: "Exactly, the blood groove is a part of the knife body, located around the knife body, and one or more grooves parallel to the north. ”
"Forgive the little old man for being ignorant, what is the function of this blood trough?"
"Sir, don't underestimate the role of this blood trough, its role is great, the blood trough, as the name suggests, is a slot for bleeding, because when a knife pierces the human body in combat, it will destroy blood vessels and cause bleeding. After a knife without a blood tank is pierced into the human body, if it is not pulled out, it will not cause massive bleeding for the time being, and it can survive in time. When a knife with a blood groove is pierced, blood will leak out along the blood groove or even spurt blood, resulting in rapid and massive blood loss to death. ”
In addition, blood dryness is also conducive to drawing knives, increasing the strength of the blade, saving materials, and reducing the weight of the blade without affecting the strength of the blade. It complicates the wound and requires less physical exertion on the user. The difference is subtle, but the impact is fatal. ”
Ma Jun suddenly realized, and couldn't help but praise: "The lord has a deep insight into weapons, which really makes the little boss see his vision and benefit a lot, and it is really a great luck for the little old man to meet the lord in his life." ”
Ye Hao bowed slightly, and then said with a smile: "It is the honor of the younger generation that my husband can help." ”
After an afternoon of exchanges, Ma Jun finally achieved the first achievement of his later improvement. That's trebuchet.
After listening to Ye Hao's ideas, the genius Ma Jun quickly improved the catapult used on Ye Hao's city wall after some research, and designed a new type of catapult - a rotating continuous stone throwing car.
The structure of this siege apparatus is made of a large wooden wheel that rotates around the axis, and dozens of large stones are tied to the edge of the wheel with a rope, and then the wooden wheel is driven by machinery to rotate rapidly, and the stones hanging on the wheel also rotate together, and when the speed of rotation reaches a certain level, then the rope of the stone is cut off, and the stone will be continuously launched towards the front, attacking the front, or the enemy's tower, so that the enemy has no time to defend at all.
Ye Hao tried the ability of the improved catapult, and was surprised to find that the panshi could be thrown more than 500 meters away in a row. Longer range than the original catapult.
"Sir, I am convinced of your creative ability. This wheeled continuous stone throwing car of yours is very good, with this artifact, why worry about the great cause, what reward do you want, just say it. Ye Hao said.
"Thank you for the praise of the lord, Deheng's achievements can be valued by the lord, and I am very satisfied. And Xiao Lao's life was saved by you, and let me hold such a big position in you, I really don't dare to ask for anything. Ma Jun hurriedly replied.
Seeing the sincerity on Ma Jun's face, Ye Hao couldn't say anything, if he could get Ma Jun's help, he would be able to get advanced weapons and advanced production tools, which was his luck.
Ye Hao also said happily: "Sir, you can just take care of this arsenal by yourself in the future." If you want something to invent, what materials you need, just ask Fauber to mention it. That's what I Ye Hao said, as long as all the Ye's shops have, what you don't have will be bought for you. In addition, I will give you some suggestions to make your results better. (To be continued......)