Looking at the craftsmen who gathered around the room, these people were all full of expectations, and it was obvious that this time the parts were processed according to the drawings "faxed" by the Tokai team, and the inspiration for these craftsmen was also great.

According to Sima Fuqiang's long-term observation, the military technology of the Dongzhou forces is comparable to that of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the set of drawings he got this time is a new process from the Song Dynasty.

Taking out the assembly drawing, he looked at the eager expressions on the faces of the craftsmen, "Everyone must have roughly guessed what this device is, right?" ”

An old carpenter hesitated for a moment, and saw that the others didn't mean to speak, so he couldn't help but ask, "The parts this time are the largest workload in our carpentry room, so we can probably see that this is a kind of bed crossbow, but some don't understand some of the structures on the crossbow arm." ”

Sima Fuqiang smiled, "The master's vision is indeed vicious, this is a bed crossbow That's right, its variety is 'three-bow bed crossbow', also known as 'eight-cow crossbow'." This is the assembly drawing, let's take a look at it first, and then assemble it together to test it. ”

The teammates sent the assembly drawings that had been copied into several copies to the craftsmen, and repeatedly emphasized that they must be kept strictly confidential, and the drawings should not be taken out of the town guard's house, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law.

Not to mention that the dreamers have such a special emphasis, even if they don't say it, the craftsmen don't dare to have a trace of carelessness. For the inhabitants of Donghai Town, the Dongzhou Imperial Court is just an irrelevant floating cloud in the distant sky, and the Donghai team is the emperor of the soil here.

Even though the troops from the state capital were already stationed outside the town, it was obvious that those people had an indescribable fear of the night that hung over the town all the year round, and even if one day the two sides had to fight each other, if there was no military order, I am afraid that no one would want to enter the night at all.

Therefore, unless you don't want to mix in Donghai Town, no one dares to offend the people in your dreams. What's more, in the eyes of these craftsmen, the relatively relaxed policy in the East China Sea Territory is far better than the rebel-controlled Wei County, or the official and military-controlled Lixian Prefecture, at least it can allow them to live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no reason to give up this relatively comfortable presence.

The most important thing is the one who is called Mr. Shixin, for some reason, there is always such an attraction that makes people want to be close to and work for him, let alone betray him. In the eyes of all the aborigines, Huang Zhi's status is even higher than Sima Fuqiang, the controller of Donghai Town.

Without further ado, everyone started to get busy, and assembling the eight-ox crossbow was also a huge project. The name of this crossbow is "Eight Oxen", which means that it takes the power of eight oxen to operate, which shows its weight. If the eight-ox crossbow is made by man, it will require as many as 100 people.

Therefore, considering that the strength of Donghai Town after the expansion is only 500 people, Sima Fuqiang only made six eight-bull crossbows in the first batch, and one of them is used as a backup, because Donghai simply does not have enough manpower to make this sixth one.

The official classification of the eight-ox crossbow in bed crossbows is the three-bow bed crossbow, and the crossbow arm is equipped with three crossbow bows, two at the front and one at the rear, which together form this powerful siege machine. The crossbow bolt used was a modified military spear, with the head replaced with a three-edged iron arrow cluster, and the tail feathers were replaced with larger feathers.

If the general bed crossbow uses this kind of spear crossbow arrow, the range is usually about one hundred and twenty or thirty steps, that is, two hundred and fifty meters of modern measurement, if it is installed on the wall of Dongwei Pass, it can not threaten the tail Dongguan at four hundred meters away, and can only be used for defense. As a strengthened version of the bed crossbow, the Eight Bull Crossbow directly increased the firing range to at least two hundred and fifty steps, which is equivalent to doubling the firing range, and it can easily threaten the defenders of Weidongguan, which is simply a big killer for both offense and defense.

And the current range is only a conservative estimate, because the craftsmen of Donghai Town are still in contact with this thing for the first time, and the parts made have not yet been run-in. When the technology matures, its firing range can be further increased to 300 steps, that is, 560 meters away, and it can directly cross the Weidongguan wall and hit the military camp behind.

With this thing, it is like the ground forces in modern warfare with the support of artillery fire, and its advantages are self-evident.

After a day and a half of intense installation, the first eight-bull crossbow was assembled on the last afternoon before the deadline for the Tokai team's stay, and the final commissioning was finally ready for it. The victory or defeat of the first battle of Weidongguan depends on the power of this bed crossbow, so people in the dream are cautious to check it over and over again.

After confirming that there were no problems with the installation, Sima Fuqiang recruited Zhao Meng, who had long been unable to bear it, and asked him to summon a hundred reliable town guards to carry out the test work together.

Since Li Wei's Lizhou army was stationed on the edge of the pipeline southeast of Donghai Town, Sima Fuqiang arranged for the test of the eight-ox crossbow to be carried out in the northwest corner, which was the farthest away from it. It took nearly an afternoon just to set up the Eight Ox Crossbow on the city wall, and by the time the range and accuracy of the data were officially tested, the outside of the town was already red like blood in the setting sun.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Sima Fuqiang loaded the large crossbow arrow, known as "one gun and three sword arrows", onto the bed crossbow, and at this time, the three crossbows on the eight bull crossbows had been pulled apart with a winch with the efforts of hundreds of villagers. The captain of the East China Sea placed the crossbow arrows in the arrow slot and set up all kinds of frames, before signaling the waning moon, who was already eager to try, to take charge of the "bow opening ceremony".

It's not that the waning moon has any special contribution to the production of the Eight Bull Crossbow, it's just that this kind of large bed crossbow can't pull the trigger with the strength of a human hand, and it is usually the crossbow holding a sledgehammer and using the strength of the whole body to shoot it. So this good errand naturally fell on the head of the waning moon, and others may have to work hard, but he can launch it with just a light hammer.

The huge "one gun, three swords and arrows" made a huge and sharp sound of breaking the wind in the air, and with a shocking momentum, it rushed forward to a stone mountain more than 400 meters northwest of Donghai Town. In front of everyone's eyes, with a sonorous crash, the huge arrow was nailed to the mountainside, and the huge arrow shaft still dangled for about a minute before it completely came to a standstill.

"The power and range are good, but the sound is a bit loud." Sima Fuqiang made a preliminary conclusion.

Immediately after that, the group repeated several shots to test the accuracy and reliability of the eight-ox crossbow, and the results were quite satisfactory, and only a little adjustment was needed before it could be put into actual combat. And the huge arrows that were shot into the mountainside, everyone also took a lot of effort to pull them down, which shows how powerful they are.

The satisfied Sima Fuqiang immediately explained all kinds of related matters to his mother-in-law, which was nothing more than some details of commissioning, as well as the installation of the next few eight-bull crossbows, and the training of the town guards and villagers for this kind of siege weapon. It wasn't until it was really late at night that he and everyone returned to the real world through the night of Tokai Town.

(To be continued)