Chapter 475: Dragon Scale Warship
Half a month later, with the unremitting efforts of more than 1,000 shipwrights, the first warship belonging to Li's shipyard was finally completed.
This time, Li Hao did not publicize it with great fanfare, but blocked the entire shipyard and only brought a few cronies and friends to the scene.
In the harbor of the shipyard, a twenty-meter-long warship is lying in the water.
The seven-leaf black sail is straight, and the sail is made of extremely tough tarpaulin, and it will not be easily damaged if the ordinary sword is cut on it.
The mast is poured as a whole and on the plywood, such as pine and bamboo, tough and tenacious. Each mast has been personally beaten by the cadres of the smelting department. Idle weapons, it is impossible to break them.
The hull of the ship is as black as ink, made of countless palm-sized steel plates, layered on top of each other. Complementing each other, they can evenly distribute the impact and spread the power throughout the body.
This manufacturing process is inspired by the fish swimming in the water, the scales of the fish are layered and intertwined, covering the body of the fish, which not only protects the fish from impact, but also reduces the resistance of the current, allowing the fish to swim freely in the water.
The whole ship is mottled with scales and armor, and Liang Yizhou also gave it a resounding name - Dragon Scale Warship!
This ship is like a dragon swimming in the water, although it has not yet experienced a battle, Li Hao is very convinced that if he fights at sea in the future, the dragon scale warship will be able to make a splash!
"The ship theme is complete, the next thing is to wait for the weapons!" Li Hao clenched his fists and muttered to himself.
"Looks like the little girl came at the right time!"
A chuckle came from behind the crowd.
Li Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly looked back, only to see the crowd parting left and right, and a woman with white sand eyes, supported by the maid, walked up.
"Princess Yan Yan!"
Li Ziyin exclaimed.
Before Li Hao said that he wanted Li Jiazhuang to send some things, he didn't expect that she would personally escort him!
A small Suzhou city, one day can gather the princesses of the Tang Dynasty and the two countries, I don't know what to say!
"Princess Jinyang, the head of the Li family!" Tart Yan Yan was as gentle and elegant as ever, and after coming to everyone, she bowed her hands politely.
"Sister Yan Yan, your eyes are inconvenient, how could they let you send things all the way over!" Li Mingda hurriedly walked up and personally helped Yan Yan to sit down.
Tart Yan Yan smiled slightly: "I personally supervised the manufacture of these weapons, and I also want to see how powerful they can be on the dragon scale warship!" ”
Li Hao didn't say much, and walked quickly to the several large boxes sent by Yan Yan.
The light in his hand flashed, and the demon knife came out of its sheath, and the lids of several wooden boxes immediately jumped into the air, revealing several strong and powerful bed crossbows in the boxes.
"Broken crossbow! Forged from a hundred forged steels! Each crossbow arrow can fire two steel arrows at a time! The power can break the city and crack the stone! ”
Tart Yan Yan opened her mouth to introduce Li Hao.
"Great!"
Li Hao clenched his fists excitedly, and immediately sent someone to install these broken ship crossbows on the dragon scale warship.
On the deck of the dragon scale warship, a slot for installing a broken ship's crossbow was designed early on. All the sizes were arranged by Li Hao in advance, so even if the two things were forged in different locations, they could still be installed smoothly.
With a clatter, all of the shipbreaker's crossbows were mounted on the Dragonscale warship.
"Brother Li, how do I think these siege crossbows are more powerful than the bed crossbows of the Linghui Army!" Li Mingda stood beside Li Hao and asked in a low voice.
Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "That's good, now that my eyesight is so strong, I can see the power of Li Jiazhuang's secret weapon with just one glance!" ”
"Are these crossbow arrows really so powerful?"
"Haha, it's not me bragging, if you use this kind of crossbow arrow, ordinary city gates can be easily pierced. The power is not much worse than the catapult of the Linghui Army! ”
"With such a strong weapon, why haven't you seen Linghui military?"
"Because I can't use it!"
Li Hao smiled bitterly.
"Why?"
Li Mingda was a little surprised, the power of this broken ship crossbow is so strong, if it can be used on the battlefield, it must also be a sharp weapon to kill the enemy, how can it not be used?
Li Hao pointed to the broken ship crossbow: "Mingda, you have also seen that the power of this siege crossbow is too great, and the recoil is very strong." To be used, it must be placed on a fixed base to be used. Even a chariot could not carry such a powerful recoil. We've tried, and even the strongest chariot will disintegrate if it can't withstand the power of three arrows. ”
"In other words, this shipwrecked crossbow is specially designed for warships?"
"That's right, the dragon armor warship can share the force, plus on the water, the recoil will be unloaded infinitely, so it can be used. It can be said that this kind of crossbow arrow was inherently designed for warships. ”
"But if it is a city gate, dozens of arrows can be shot through, and it can be directly shattered, but if it is used against warships, this kind of crossbow arrows can only shoot enemy ships out of a hole at most, don't you think it's overkill?"
"Haha, Mingda, you misunderstand this, this ship-breaking crossbow is not used to shoot at the hull!"
"What is that for?"
"Black Eagle, show Princess Jinyang how our ship-breaking crossbow is used!"
Li Hao shouted at the black shadow who installed the broken crossbow.
"Yes!"
The Falcon Squad sprang into action, and they fixed a pole around two people to the ground. All aimed their shipwrecked crossbows at the pillars.
"Arrows, interlock!"
Black Hawk beckoned, and the two falcon warriors carried two crossbow arrows on top of the bow, and then took out an iron chain to link the tails of the two crossbow arrows together.
"Launch!"
With a loud roar, the crossbow arrow shot out, because the broken ship crossbow added several gears to help, the power of this arrow was amazing, just the loud sound of the arrow shooting, shocked the ears of the people around.
The twenty-meter ship was also shaken back two meters by the recoil.
If it was an ordinary wooden ship, I am afraid that it would have been directly shattered by this ferocious recoil, but the armor pieces on the body of the dragon scale warship shook gently with the vibration, spreading the power of the vibration evenly and entering the water.
The surface of the water was shaken into ripples.
Two arrows carried wind and thunder, roared out, and shot straight at the wooden pillar.
Surprisingly, both crossbow arrows did not hit the wooden pillar, but slashed past it.
The Falcon Warriors are all masters of archery, and it stands to reason that this should not be the case.
But the next moment, everyone was stunned.
For they saw that the iron chain attached to the middle of the crossbow bolt was striking straight above the wooden pillar.
The edge of this iron chain was already sharpened, coupled with the strength of the crossbow arrow, only to hear a loud click, the wooden pillar surrounded by the two was cut into two pieces like this.
As the bolts fell to the ground, the whole wooden pillar let out a tooth-aching whimper and slowly fell to the ground.
"What a terrible power!" Li Mingda covered his mouth in surprise, "I understand, what the broken ship crossbow has to deal with is not the hull, but the mast of the sail!" ”
"That's right!" Li Hao smiled with relief, worthy of Li Mingda, he is always so sensitive and intelligent to Li Jiazhuang's weapons.
"A warship is on the sea, the power lies in the wind, and a warship without sails is like a tiger without limbs, roaring and screaming, and there is no danger at all."
"When he encounters an enemy at sea, he only needs to break their mast, and no matter how strong the enemy is, he can let us strangle it!"