Bang bang bang.

The sound of axes slashing at tree trunks came and went.

The axe was swung vigorously, digging deep into the trunk of the tree, stirring up a burst of small pieces of wood before the explorers shook the handle and pulled it out with great force.

The trunk was cut through a gap large enough that the tree began to crumble.

The logging team members shouted loudly and gave a reminder, and then several people kicked on the trunk of the tree with all their might.

The trunk creaked, and then crashed to the ground. With the sound of countless branches being broken, the leaves flew in all directions.

Although the exploration team only brought a few axes, it greatly improved the efficiency and saved the physical consumption of the team members.

Next, the trunk is sawn into sections for easy transportation.

The trunks were to be rolled and transported to the camp, where they were finely processed.

The expedition team did not carry saws.

However, the needle gold was lent to them.

The "saw" of needle gold comes from the bladed spider, which has slender and straight hind limbs and a row of tight spikes, which is a natural good saw.

The Blade Spider is a silver-level magical beast, and the exploration team members quickly realized the power of the silver-level magical beast from another angle.

Working in pairs, they use their bladed spider legs to sawing through thick tree trunks, as if they were easily slicing white bread with a sharp dinner knife.

The veteran scholar Cangsu has rich experience in leadership and command.

Because of the staggering of needles, he divided the people in his hands into two groups.

One group fells the trees, and the other groups peel the bark, tearing the inside of the bark into strips of filaments.

Every once in a while, the two teams take turns to change the content of their work, so that the team members can save energy, have a break, and still keep the work going.

In one morning, the logging team exceeded its mandate.

Large quantities of wood, rolled in sections, were carried to the camp one after another, where they were temporarily stacked in the corners.

There are also filaments torn from the bark, which have been smedicated.

Lunch was served up, and almost everyone was hungry.

White buds and yellow algae are also coming back from the meal.

They didn't have much to gain, just a few birds and a pheasant. This gain was obviously not comparable to the manpower and time expended, but at least they cleared the mountains and forests near the camp again.

To everyone's surprise, Needle Gold also ordered that there would be a short nap time after lunch. This has never been done before.

This is actually a suggestion made by Cangsu, and the lunch break can ensure the efficiency of the team members in the afternoon.

Although the logging work is over, the work that follows is still very large.

A large number of tree trunks were chopped down to form pieces of wood, which were the prototype of the short bow arms.

Therefore, the length and thickness of the planks are required.

Even the planks should be the core of the tree in its original position along the entire trunk.

It's the work of a joiner.

It would have been nice if there had been a carpenter, but the members of the exploration team were all laymen, so the true nature of the layman was immediately revealed—many tree trunks were destroyed, and many planks, although chopped out, were not up to standard after the white bud inspection.

Unqualified planks that can be used to lay hunter traps.

Even the most broken wood can be used for fire. After the fire, the charcoal and wood ash formed are also good resources and have high practical value.

The exploration team has reached this point where any resources are in demand. The resources that can be obtained will never be let go easily.

The carpentry was progressing slowly, which made the anxiety and impatience in the heart of the needle more and more accumulated.

Although he also knew that he was in a hurry.

To be honest, Zidi's potion did him a great favor, which allowed him to save the most crucial time.

Moreover, Cang Xu's arrangement was also very reasonable and sufficient, and the old scholar had already estimated the unqualified situation.

As the members of the expedition team became familiar with the work, the loss of wood began to decrease considerably.

Qualified planks are being produced one after another, and more and more.

When the number of planks rose to a certain level, Greybeard instructed the people to start using planks to make short bows and arms.

The process is actually quite simple.

The planks are simply cut into thinner strips to form a shape that is slightly thicker in the middle and thinner at the ends, and notches are cut at the ends to facilitate the future hanging of the bowstring.

After the white buds are checked and confirmed, they are smedicated and placed in a dark corner to dry.

When this work was over, many people were clamoring that they could become archers.

More people move their fingers or knead their arms, arms, thighs, etc. The pain, soreness, and numbness made them grin.

Their bodies are close to their limits, but there is other work waiting for them.

A large number of arrows need to be crafted.

There is generally a standard for the selection of arrow shafts, which are cut into long cylinders for wood processing that meet the standards, and then polished to the smooth surface.

On the side of the exploration team, of course, there is no mature processing link.

The main material from which they make arrows is tree branches, which are as straight as possible and close to the length and thickness of normal arrows.

Bai Ya instructed everyone to make arrows, first peeling off the skin of the branches to make arrow shafts, then carefully cutting the feathers with the blade of a knife, and then pasting them with a medicinal agent to create arrow feathers. Finally, the arrowheads are slightly baked to allow the wood to be carbonized and hardened, and then sharpened to a fine point.

The arrows thus made are far from being comparable to regular military supplies.

First of all, the selection of arrow shafts is a step worse, and the selection of arrow feathers is not superior, it is completely shoddy, but you don't dislike it.

There are too few feathers in the exploration team, most of them come from the chicken feathers and bird feathers that Bai Bud hunts today, so every one of them should be cherished.

The only thing that is comforting is the potion that Zidi has temporarily configured-it is really sticky!

As for the arrows, they are shabby.

Not even an iron arrowhead.

If you really use it, you will have to scrap it after a few times.

The lethality is naturally low, but it is still a threat against ordinary beasts.

In addition to the making of arrows, there are other jobs.

For example, the large wooden shield, which is one person tall and relatively wide. It is assembled from tree trunks and rattan and pestled on the ground to form a simple and low curtain wall.

This is also called a shield.

Long ago, when the Terrans attacked the castle, there were such fortifications.

By now, this kind of fortification has long been obsolete.

Even if someone uses it, it is at least a layer of iron on the surface.

In addition to the shields, there were also wooden spears.

Explorers can hold their guns in both hands and assassinate flying squirrels from a safe distance.

But this tactic is better than nothing, because everyone knows that the rat is fast, can glide in mid-air, and has a very agile posture with its tail in the air.

What everyone is looking forward to is mainly the short bow.

In the evening, the torn bark had been completely dried, and people began to rub the hemp rope while sighing at Zidi's means.

The technique of rubbing the rope was also learned from Bai Ya.

There's a trick here.

The main thing is to divide a filament into two bundles, each of which rotates counterclockwise, and when the two bundles merge, it rotates clockwise. In this way, the braided rope will be tighter and less likely to fall apart.

Twine rope is used as a bowstring, and each short bow is equipped with at least two bowstrings, one for use and one for spare.

By the time it was time to eat in the evening, the bowstring was basically enough.

As at noon, dinner was plentiful. There is also game among them, which has become a rare flavor for everyone.

Early the next morning.

Needle Gold and the others all got up early, because there was an important thing to do-

Try the bow.

Left it for an overnight, with the addition of the potion of purple pedicle, the bow has dried.

Bai Ya tried to grab the ends of the bow arm with both hands and bend it hard, and after seeing that the bow arm was bent by a small arc, he grinned, "Great." It's a little better than I expected. ”

Cangsu muttered: "Huang Zao, give you a task. Break this bow, but be sure to push it slowly. ”

Huang Zao understood what Cang Xu meant, and immediately set about it, and when the bow arm bent to its limit, it snapped and immediately broke into two parts.

Everyone saw it with their own eyes, and they immediately understood the limit of this simple bow arm.

"It seems that only one hemp rope can be used as a bowstring. ”

No one had any objections.

Sometimes, multiple hemp ropes are combined to form a bowstring. But after the test, the toughness and limit of this short bow bow arm is more appropriate with a hemp rope.

Bai Ya tied the bowstring up, and he played the live buckle, cleverly and firmly.

Immediately, the son of Orion mounted his arrow, aimed it at a distant target, and shot it with a whoosh.

The crowd watched with wide eyes.

Obviously, the arrow, which was originally heading straight ahead, flew directly to the upper left, and then landed on an oblique basis.

The firing range reached more than fifty paces.

It's far from the target - I don't know where it went.

But no one showed disappointment, and Needle Gold even nodded slightly—he knew this was just the beginning.

The bow is something that needs to be debugged.

The bow arm is crude, and you need to use a dagger and other props to continue processing the bow arm. Also adjust the bowstring, as well as the arrows. With this process, the aim of the short bow will become stable, and the range will be greatly improved.

Eventually, after the White Bud's debugging was completed, the arrow successfully hit the target a hundred paces away, and the arrow was shot two fingers deep.

For this result, the needle gold is already very satisfied.

On the one hand, this is not a compound bow, but a single bow, and the bow arm and bowstring are all made of local materials, not carefully selected. On the other hand, the arrows do not have iron arrowheads, but they are sharpened after carbonization and are very coarsely processed.

It's good to have this kind of performance.

Because the needle gold is not much to require.

They were now in the middle of the forest, not the vast and empty terrain of the steppe, and the longbow was not suitable.

None of the explorers are good archers, most of them are ducks on the shelves, so don't expect them to be on the right foot a hundred paces.

"Due to the limitations of the environment and personnel, the effective range of the short bow can be 100 paces, which is already possible. ”

"The key is how many arrows we can shoot in these 100 steps, and if we can shoot more than three arrows with a certain degree of accuracy, then the plan of the short bow will be considered a success. ”