Chapter 8: The Duel (21)
And Ding Yi in the stands, Anna also looked quite worried. Because Ding Yi can fight, she has seen it, but it is only Ding Yi. When caught in an ambush, all other battles are fought with pistols and hand-cranked machine guns to gain the advantage. Including the soldiers of the gendarmerie and the police company, who came to help, they did not engage in hand-to-hand combat at all.
So Anna is really worried about the scene of the 100-person duel. Especially when she used the monocular given to her by Ding Yi to peep at Ding Yi, although Ding Yi raised his hand to greet her after finding out, the smile on his face was a bit far-fetched, at least Anna thought so.
In fact, at this time, the magnates of various countries sitting on Ding's side also made some discoveries.
So everyone shook their heads even greater, and even one of the earls whispered: "Praise, too much praise, will always make people lose themselves." He shouldn't have to take on such a challenge in an area that he is not good at. And it seems that he knows that he is invincible, and he doesn't plan to admit defeat! ”
But the countess beside him, wiping the wetness from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, said with a sigh: "So he is Poseidon, you are not." This is a hero, a hero will never retreat, even if he knows that he will fail, the hero will ride a horse and rush towards the enemy! She even counted her husband directly, "You'll never be a hero like Poseidon!" ”
The Count was not angry or jealous about this, probably thinking that there was no need to fight against the man who was about to die: "Yes, my dear, for I have to stay by your side, and my reputation is higher than my life, but in your presence it is not worth mentioning. "The Kingdom of Sicily, though it was not yet called Italy. But from the Count of the Kingdom of Sicily, there is no doubt about it. He's great at making women happy.
At this time, Ding Yi, whose face was not very good, was flipping through the text handed over by Cao Jixiang. Helplessly, he sighed: "The deformed industrial system, I have finally tasted the bitter fruit, alas. Then he took the pen handed by Cao Jixiang, dipped it in ink, and wrote an approval on the text: stop developing the series and concentrate on solving the problem of spring materials.
Ding Yi is indeed unhappy, even if he completes the approval, he is still unhappy. Because this is the Guinean side, Du Mu sent the text jiàn. The first bad news is that Li Jiangtou passed away, so to speak, he was tired to death, and his brain was overdrawn, because before he died, Li Jiangtou was white-headed overnight, and then after a few days, he went; The second bad news is that the craftsman Li is tired to death. A series of weapons research and development failed.
Although Ding Yi gave them detailed details and drawings, Ding Yi is not very clear about the dynasty, and he will not be able to get an atomic bomb. But single-gun weapons are too ripe to be cooked. Therefore, Ding Yi not only gave three-dimensional renderings, but also gave six-sided drawings of each drawing, such as Bobola. Of the eighty-seven parts, Ding Yi drew eighty-seven six-sided drawings.
But it failed. Not only did the development of the Bobosha submachine gun fail, but the development of the MG42 ripping machine also failed. Thomson's typewriter was also a failure. The key is that the M3 grease gun, which is "broken and thrown away, is not worth repairing," also failed to develop, and the "plumber's work," the historic nine-dollar Stern submachine gun, also failed.
The reason for the failure is actually the same problem, the recoiling spring, that is, the spring, the strength of that spring is not enough to withstand the recoil of the gun, whether it is the recoil of the pipe or the recoil, etc., the best result is that after assembly, five bullets are fired, and then the reentry spring breaks.
"In the normal process of industrial development, it is impossible to have such a problem!" Ding Yi smiled bitterly and said to himself, but there was really nothing he could do about it, so he could only stay and let the factory slowly evolve and slowly develop new scientific researchers, "Lao Cao, go to Guinea, all senior engineers, let Du Mu pay attention to their schedules and rest, and don't allow anything like Lao Li to happen again." There is also the fact that Lao Li's future affairs are handled better, according to the scale of the six books. ”
But at this point, Ding Yi was in a worse mood, because Cao Jixiang said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, this Ministry of Rites does not have a charter, and the old slave really can't be a spring official!" "Ministry of Rites, not at all. In fact, Ding Yi's current overseas territory is basically military management. Okay, no etiquette, so how to grade this mourning? What kind of standard should the six books be? It's not that Cao Jixiang doesn't want to shoot sycophants, it's really that he can't shoot it!
"We have a book of etiquette! Immediately return to Huaxia and let Yao Kui go to work immediately! "Ding Yi is really angry, and he doesn't call Yao Kui's word or number, he calls his name directly, in this era in terms of Chinese habits, the monarch directly calls the name of his subordinates, unless it is a military general who does not take the word, or it is the rhythm of punishment, "In the past, what kind of person does he want, bring it with him!" If you refuse to come, let Li Jiannan tie it up! ”
There are very few Western magnates who can understand the words, at least the nobles around Ding Yi don't know why, they just look at Ding Yi's face gloomily and reprimand something to the old eunuch. So they are even less optimistic about the next 100-person showdown.
And at this time, with the sound of the horn, the duel of 100 people began.
It can be said that it is not very exciting, because the Ottomans immediately divided twenty or thirty men and pushed a trebuchet out from behind. Then pushing this trebuchet, they advanced towards the side of the Ximing Empire, and it was obvious that they were going to use the trebuchet to smash it first, then shoot Ximing's soldiers with a rain of arrows, and finally end the battle with long knives.
The commanders sent by Mehmed II were, at least in the age of cold weapons, very tactical command.
In the hundred-man phalanx on Ding Yi's side, the soldiers in the first two rows took out metal pipes and wheels from their backpacks and put them together with screwdrivers. About seven hundred meters from each other, the two rows of soldiers finished their work, and twelve small metal trebuchets were assembled, with two wheels for adjusting the high and low angles and azimuths, and a larger wheel for storing power for the metal trebuchet, and of course a pawl to jam the gears when the wheels were released.
When fired, it smashes a raised piece of metal to release the pawl.
Ding Yi's industrial system can't complete the reentry spring, that is because the reentry spring is already a very precise part in this era.
But the silly black and thick steel plate used for metal trebuchets, which is only used to store power, was no problem seven or eight years ago.
"High and low angle scale three, azimuth angle scale five, ready, put!" With Tan Feng's rigid order, one by one fist-sized iron bullets flew out, and the first wave of iron bullets hit a little far, directly smashing into the dense formation behind the trebuchet, twelve iron bullets, about eight or nine hit the target, that is to say, the Ottoman hundred-man team on the opposite side, in this wave, faced a ten-percent attrition.
And before the Ottomans could stop screaming and screaming, the twelve metal trebuchets on Ximing's side, the gunner in charge of winding, had begun to report loudly: "One shot is good!" "Three guns are good! "The second cannon is good! ”……
When he heard the number of the last trebuchet to complete the winding, Tan Feng gave the order again: "The high and low angle scale is 1.4 points, the azimuth scale from one cannon to six guns remains unchanged, from seven guns to twelve guns, the azimuth scale is reduced by three, prepare, release!" "The drummer was mechanical and accurate, repeating his commands with the beat.
This time, the iron bullets fired by the twelve trespassers were crossed, and most of their intersections were on the trebuchet pushed by the Ottomans. The Ottomans were also elite, and after suffering the first wave of losses, they immediately held up their shields. But where can the wooden shield hold up the iron bullet launched by the reserve power of this low-carbon steel plate? smashed through the shield directly, and then smashed the skull; There was someone with an iron shield, who was a little luckier, and after the iron shield was smashed, the bones of the hand were also broken, but even if it was temporary, he escaped; About five iron eggs hit the trebuchet, and the wooden trebuchet disintegrated.
"How is this possible!" The nobles of the various countries who watched the ceremony stood up one after another, and it was difficult for them to understand the principle of steel plate energy storage, so they couldn't figure out why such a small metal trebuchet had such a great power, "God! Could it be that Poseidon was really a saint, and that God gave him miracles when he fought against the infidels? ”
Many noble ladies screamed: "God bless Your Majesty! God favors the heroic Poseidon! ”
"Incredible!" The cardinal of the Holy See could not help but stand up and draw a cross on his chest, "O all-present, all-knowing, all-powerful Lord, is this a miracle from you?" Is this a reward for the righteous and a punishment for the heathen? ”
They attributed this scene to a miracle performed by God, because this qiē was far beyond their comprehension.
And only Princess Anna remembered what Ding Yi had said when discussing mathematics with her earlier: "Knowledge is power." Allow me not to be humble, in this day and age I have absolutely berserk power. Maybe not enough to build a utopia, but enough to destroy the enemies that stand in my way. ”
Mary of Burgundy excitedly said to her father, Charles, Duke of Burgundy: "Father, look! In front of His Majesty, no one dares to speak of victory! You see, this is our army, this is our army! And I, Mary of Burgundy, am one of them! ”
"He's amazing." Even the Burgundian and bold Charles had to sigh, "I can't imagine how he did it, and I must admit that if this qiē is not a miracle, then he is a great man, not only in front of the piano!" ”
But by this time, the Ottoman soldiers began to throw down the dismantled and cumbersome trebuchet and charge with shields and bows and arrows.
And Ximing's hundred-man team, the soldiers in the two columns behind took a step forward, blocking the metal trebuchet behind them.
The Duke of Burgundy could not help but shout: "Stupid! It should be projected, even if two more rounds are fired, it would be good to be able to smash ten people to death! Poseidon was a great man, but the duel was ruined in vain by these stupid, lowly soldiers! "Because this is only a duel of 100 people, if you can hit 10 more people, then the Ottoman side will be almost 30% reduced.
Many nobles who knew military affairs also lamented the same as the Burgundian dukes, and cast sympathetic glances at the stands where Ding Yi was. (To be continued......)