Chapter 84: Super Slingshot
"What should I do? If you choose to go on one side, I don't know how long it will take to find a way around. Daciano sat by the campfire with her knees crossed, looking like she was about to walk out of this mountain range, but she was stopped by a natural danger, and she had not taken a bath for many days, and she was inevitably a little lost.
"It would be nice if we could connect with the people on the other side, maybe they would know where there is a way to go. I don't know if they can see the fire we have here. Bell stood on the edge of the cliff and looked out into the distance!
Daciano's eyes lit up!"yes!Why didn't I think of that!That's right!Bell, you're a genius!"
"What's the situation? What is genius? Have you thought of a good idea?" Bell turned his head and saw Daciano dancing with his hands!
Anesa touched her chin and raised her eyebrows, "You mean let's make the fire bigger here, so that the people on the other side can see us?"
Daciano snorted triumphantly, "My method is better! This deep valley is not passable, but the arrows can pass, as long as we find a way to ignite the other side, they will notice this side!"
Bell slapped his thigh, "Yes, this method can be tried! As long as we can get in touch with the person on the other side, we will definitely be able to cross here!"
If you have a new idea, everyone will do it, and it's time to do it, but you can try any method that feels a little more reliable!
The bow and arrow with the iron arrowhead had been lost a few days ago, and now it was a simple arrow made of thick branches. Tie the dead grass to the place of the arrow, and then soak the little oil left.
Standing on the edge of the cliff and looking at the other side, Bell held a bow in his right hand and an arrow in his left hand, and lightly stretched his ape arm to turn the bow into a full moon! Annesha personally lit the arrow with a torch! A blazing fire burned! Bell's left knee was slightly bent, and his right leg was straight! The standard 45-degree longbow firing stance!
Whoosh! Flophh
The charm of being able to shoot a longbow with a short bow is already amazing!, but Bell still shook his head regretfully, "That distance is still not enough." The bow's power has reached its limit...... We need a stronger bow!"
"This arrow is simply beautiful! It's the first time I've seen such a standard longbow posture, and it's not something that ordinary people can shoot so far with a short bow. Susar was already stunned, the ultimate range of the short bow was only 100 meters, but Bell's arrow far exceeded the limit of the short bow!
No matter how strong the bow is, the bow itself has a limited capacity, and if the force exerted on the bow exceeds its own capacity, the bow will be destroyed. Therefore, a bow that can shoot 100 meters can only shoot 100 meters, and if you want to increase the range, in addition to reducing the hit rate, the angle of the arrow is also extremely important!
And the methods used in Bell's arrow are not only these two points. He had a complete grasp of the force limit of the bow in his hand, and shot the arrow at the critical point of collapse! This is the distance that can only be achieved by shooting a longbow with a short bow!
Daciano saw everything in his eyes, but his face did not show the same excitement as in his heart, "If this is the case, we can only use local materials! It is a bit difficult to make a good bow, but it is not impossible to make an oversized slingshot!"
"How do you make an oversized slingshot?" said to An'esha's mind, the shape of a ballista.
"Let's do this! ...... like this again" Daciano danced excitedly, and everyone looked at her and said with a gesture, and suddenly felt that this woman, who usually looks very cold, looks unusually cute today?
After a short time, Daciano finished telling all the methods of making a large slingshot, and everyone immediately went to prepare the corresponding materials! Used to make long-range weapons, the most important thing is to figure out the ratio of strength, whether it is the elasticity of the wooden frame itself or the production of strings, it must be properly matched!
Less elastic brackets require extremely tough strings to maximize the force. The bracket with better elasticity needs a string with average toughness, so as not to produce a large force attenuation during launch.
The materials around Bell and the others were limited, and the only materials used to make the strings were ropes made of deer tendons and vines, so they could only make some fuss about the selection of materials for the brackets. Fortunately, everyone is in the middle of the mountains, and the forest resources here are very rich, and it didn't take long to select two small trees with the thickness of the bowl mouth.
With the material of the bracket, you need to find a way to fix it, and the easiest way is to bury it half and expose it. The purpose of this is to calculate the height and range, and the other is to give the bracket a more stable force when the string is pulled backwards.
After the bracket is ready, it's time to make the strings. Bell still has some experience in making bowstrings, but he doesn't have many good ways to deal with this oversized slingshot. After listening to Daciano's suggestion, he took the rope made of vines as the core with the mentality of giving it a try, and wrapped several strands of deer tendons around it according to the figure-eight winding method. Drill holes from each end of the bracket and fix the bowstring to it.
After the collaboration of nine people, it didn't take much time for an oversized slingshot to be made! Bell crossed his waist and looked at the strange thing in front of him, "Can this thing really work?"
"I think it will work. I remember that the book said that this oversized slingshot once received quite high praise in the history of warfare. The ballista and catapult we know now are the evolution of this kind of thing. Daciano himself didn't have much confidence in this kind of thing, but he still pretended to be calm and confident.
"Okay, how do you use this thing? Is it really like a slingshot? Let's find something to try first!" How's the stone?" Ann Elsa pursed her lips, her hands rubbing constantly, staring at the slingshot in front of her, her eyes shining.
When she was sent to be this kid's bodyguard, she thought that she could take this opportunity to have a good time playing with the things in the human world, but she didn't expect that along the way, not only did she not succeed in anything, but it was constantly dangerous.
This time, thanks to Daciano, she came up with such a thing, and Anysha couldn't wait to try the power of this thing.
"Try this first!" Bell stretched out his hand, and a palm-sized boulder was handed over. I don't know when this guy picked it up.
Annesha excitedly took the stone, stood behind the slingshot, and put the stone on the mixed string with both hands......!
Before he could finish speaking, Daciano's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost!