Section 88 Bed crossbow
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After the unknown monster escaped injured, the gate was quiet for a while, but the movement just now attracted more monsters to the area.
Soon after, another monster tried to break through the gate, and the battle team took turns guarding the entrance of the cave with five basic units, and if a smaller monster tried to enter, they stabbed it to death with spears.
After a moment of confusion, people regained their peace, and such a precarious life was the norm of the end times, and they were able to live until now, and they had long been accustomed to it.
"Gasoline should be used at a critical time, pay attention to fire prevention." Li Mingfeng said to the team members in charge of guarding.
Lin Chuan and the people in the equipment team stood behind the security door leading to the interior of the base, studying countermeasures together.
"This should be special steel." Hoss, who has been appointed deputy head of the equipment team, said. "High hardness, corrosion resistance, not easy to oxidize." He tapped it with a wrench and said, "At least twenty centimeters thick." ”
"Can't you open it?" Lin Chuan asked.
"Yes, yes." Hoss pushed his glasses with his hand. "But our existing saw blades and welding rods will be consumed on this door, and there will be no way to do weapons."
"Can't you just cut the position of the door pin?" Lin Chuan asked.
"Such a door ......" "This door ......," Zhou Tao and Hoss said at the same time.
They all stopped, and then Zhou Tao continued: "After this door is closed, there are four locking pins on the top, bottom, left and right that will stick out to fix the door, and only the position of the door pin cannot be opened, at least a hole must be cut out enough for people to enter and exit, so that you can go in and find a way to open the door." ”
"I guess it's going to take a whole day." Hoss added. "You also have to consume all the blades and welding rods."
"Then let's make weapons first." Lin Chuan gritted his teeth and said. "With the right weapons, we can defend that door."
The days that followed were spent in a hectic way, with all the action moving closer to the equipment group, and the people dismantling the car into parts according to their instructions, and making rough prototypes according to their requirements for further use.
A week later, Wang Qinian and Hoss built a rudimentary steel crossbow, because there were no suitable materials, they used multiple layers of steel to make the crossbow arm, wood to make the crossbow body, two motorcycle brake lines to make the crossbow string, and wood strips and steel sheets to make the crossbow arrows. The weight of the whole crossbow is more than fifteen kilograms, and when winding it, you have to use all your strength with your hands and feet, which is very cumbersome, but Li Mingfeng can use this crossbow to shoot through the head of a mutant person with an arrow within twenty meters, which makes everyone feel very satisfied.
Originally, there was supposed to be a group dedicated to making a steel crossbow, but there was only one set of tools, and after making an improved steel crossbow, the equipment team began to try to make a bed crossbow with a larger size and more power.
Lin Chuan and the tank had been searching for the team digging tunnels, but they searched all the houses around the warehouse that could be accessed, but they couldn't find any traces of them.
"Did they dig out of the warehouse area?" After another time of finding nothing, the tank suddenly said.
This may be the only possibility, they can't dig all the way up from the ground, Lin Chuan looked at the warehouse area where the monsters were infested, and felt very disappointed.
They deliberately avoided this warehouse, and instead chose another warehouse with cans, and explored its surroundings little by little, and on the schematic map of the tank, there were many passages that could be used to escape or temporarily shelter.
The young men in the equipment team had built a dozen Molotov cocktails and a flamethrower that could eject flames five meters away, but the bed crossbow was still slow.
The food was being consumed day by day, and the atmosphere in the base was slowly deteriorating, and some people began to quietly spread pessimism, and people became restless.
Many people asked Lin Chuan to find another way to seize the last time to collect food, but he tried his best to delay it, and he just arranged the material team that had completed the material collection task to collect a lot of wood for use in the rainy season.
Everyone was looking forward to the results of the equipment group with a depressed heart.
Twenty days later, Wang Qinian and Huo Si finally made the first bed crossbow, and Lin Chuan immediately took all the committee members outside to conduct the test.
"How does it feel?" Lin Chuan asked Li Mingfeng, he was the undisputed number one shooter, and of course the test task could only be completed by him.
"Pretty good." Li Mingfeng replied.
Wang Qinian nervously instructed him to wind it with a winch, and then put a one-meter-two-long crossbow arrow sharpened from a seamless steel pipe.
The tank drew a one-meter circle on the wall a hundred meters away, and the accuracy of the bed crossbow would not be as good as that of the steel crossbow, so they were all willing to accept some deviations. Such a large target is about the same size as the average size of a monster, and if Li Mingfeng can hit the target, then he should be able to hit the monster's vital point after many practices.
Li Mingfeng carefully adjusted the Wangshan of the bed crossbow, and everyone looked at him with bated breath.
With a "boom" sound, the crossbow arrow drew a graceful arc in the air and slammed into the concrete wall, forming a large cobweb-shaped hole in the wall.
No one was excited.
"Dio!" The tank yelled.
He was standing nearly fifteen meters to the right of his target, but the bolt almost pierced his body.
"Brother Li, what are you doing?" He screamed loudly. "Want to murder?"
Li Mingfeng's face became ugly, he rewound it, and then called the tank back from the front.
This time, he hit seven or eight meters to the left of the target.
The third time, ten meters to the upper right of the target.
Fourth ......
"That's what you guys made?" He finally screamed uncontrollably.
"Maybe something didn't get it right." Wang Qinian said sweating profusely, Li Mingfeng tried hard to find out the law of deviation, but this damn thing was simply random.
Huo Si and Wang Qinian immersed themselves in research for a long time, and finally determined that there was a problem with the coordination of the trigger and the crossbow string, because the force was too large, and every time the crossbow arrow flew out, it would be irregularly deformed, and the result was that at a distance of 100 meters, it was basically only luck to hit something with this bed crossbow.
A crossbow bolt made of steel can easily shoot through ten centimeters of concrete, but what is the use of a crossbow arrow that cannot hit the target, no matter how powerful it is?
The people in the base are still waiting for the results of the experiment, and they are bringing them back with them, not knowing what kind of turmoil will be caused in the base.
"Give us another week, and we'll definitely figure it out." Wang Qinian said anxiously.
"It's too late." Lin Chuan replied.
The temperature has begun to get colder day by day, the sunny days are getting fewer and fewer, as the hot weather recedes, the monsters' activities begin to be active again, and the reconnaissance team and the material group began to often encounter monsters foraging for food when they went out, and the casualties gradually became stricter, which made them have to reduce the time and frequency of going out.
There is no weather forecast now, and in a week's wait, maybe the sky will be clear, but if the rainy season comes, they will never have a chance.
"How many seconds did it take to last string?" Lin Chuan asked.
"Fifteen seconds or so." Li Mingfeng replied that a winch must be used to wind the bed crossbow, otherwise it would be impossible to pull such a heavy crossbow string with manpower. "It's enough time for the monster to pounce, and there's no chance to shoot a second arrow."
"Then we're going to make sure the first shot hits the target." Lin Chuan replied.
"But it's simply not possible!" Li Mingfeng couldn't understand Lin Chuan's train of thought. "We can't drag our crossbow arrows in front of monsters and shoot them, can we?"
"That's what we're going to do." Lin Chuan replied.
"We can't destroy them from afar, we can only get closer to them." Lin Chuan said. "Like last time, let's find a suitable place that is strong enough for the big monster to be destroyed to get in, and then we lure it over and shoot it at close range when it desperately pokes its head inside!"
"It's dangerous to attract monster people." Li Mingfeng said that he had imagined the situation described by Lin Chuan in his mind, and had already considered several buildings around the warehouse area. The idea may be feasible, but it is difficult for them to find a suitable place to place the trap. "This time the distance to escape is much farther than last time, and the monster is larger, and the person who goes to be the bait will probably not be able to run the trap and be eaten."
"We'll figure it out." Lin Chuan said. "The most difficult problems to solve are no longer there, can't we still think of a good way?"
"The weapons are ready, now we have to find Li Weilin and persuade them to join us in the operation." Lin Chuan continued. "Tanks, do you know their area of action?"
The tank nodded.
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Lin Chuan deliberately walked into the base with a happy expression and loudly announced to his companions that the test of the bed crossbow had been very successful, and that it had fully met the requirements, and that the operation against the warehouse area would begin immediately.
The people were suddenly agitated, and the anxiety that had been going on for many days was finally relieved.
Many people congratulated Wang Qinian, he looked at Lin Chuan, his expression was very tangled, but under Lin Chuan's gaze, he finally smiled reluctantly.
The giant crossbow he made did not achieve the effect he expected, and it was Lin Chuan who thought of a way to redeem it.
"Let's eat a little better tonight, recharge our energy, start preparing early tomorrow morning, and officially act the day after tomorrow!" He continued to speak loudly. "If you say a qiē shun lì, we won't have to worry about food in two days."
What if it doesn't go well?
Many people ask in their hearts, but they are not allowed to ask such questions in such an atmosphere.
Lin Chuan asked Lu Guangping to boil all the canned meat into porridge and add food to the combat team and the reconnaissance group, and he kept walking around the crowd, describing to them the situation after the successful operation, and encouraging their feelings.
At this moment, the tank came in with Li Weilin.
"Just in time, have a good meal with us." Lin Chuan said with a very happy look.
"I'd like to see your bed crossbow first." Li Weilin said.
The bed crossbow made of various materials is full of solder joints, but it gives a rugged aesthetic.
"Does it really work?" Li Weilin asked.
"We've tried it many times." Lin Chuan replied. "But to be absolutely safe, we're ready to use it at close range."
"Close up?" Li Weilin repeated.
"Ten meters." Lin Chuan replied. "Kill it all at once."
He briefly told Li Weilin about his plan, Li Weilin nodded silently, looking at Lin Chuan's gaze with a sense of insight.
"My people want to see you kill giant monsters before they go out, is that fine?" He asked.
Lin Chuan nodded. "But you're responsible for killing the mutants in the warehouse as quickly as possible."
Li Weilin said there was no problem.
"Then eat first, and after dinner, the various squad leaders of the combat group and the people of the reconnaissance team will come over, and we will discuss the detailed action plan."
"I have one more question." Li Weilin asked. "Who's going to be the bait?"
"I, I'm the first, if I'm not finished, the tank the second." Lin Chuan replied.
Li Weilin looked at him with interest.
"Do you think you'll be able to make it?" He asked.
"I will." Lin Chuan replied. "I've already succeeded once."
Li Weilin shook his head.
"You're not going to succeed with that." He said. "Let me come, you don't have to die in vain, I have a better way."