"General!" the second captain came running, "Kevin occupies our archer range, and we can't train anymore." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

General Oude shook his head: "Can't you just send him away?"

"He didn't leave, he said he was ordered to stay in the barracks. ”

"It's a nuisance. The general also frowned, "Okay, you go over first, and if you can solve it, you can solve it yourself, and if not, come to me again." ”

The commander received the order and immediately left. After another moment, the commander of the third brigade also came running: "General, Kevin will continue our horse racing field to practice driving skills, and our cavalry will not be able to practice." ”

General: "Didn't you just be at the archery range?"

"He said he was kicked out," said Lieutenant Colonel House.

"It's just a lieutenant, you can't figure it out, what are you going to eat, do it yourself!" the general waved his hand.

In a moment, the guards announced, and Kevin asked to see him. The general thought that he had come just in time, and he was about to look for you. Immediately let the guards in.

Kevin stepped forward and saluted respectfully, and then spoke: "General, a team of cavalry occupies the field, and I can't even practice my driving skills." ”

General: "......"

"General," Kevin continued, "I can understand the limited training grounds, but I have to get used to the catapult I just assembled." I beg your understanding. ”

"Don't give me so much nonsense," the general used his majesty directly, "If you want to train, just train directly in your own parking lot, don't make trouble for me." Do you understand?"

Kevin nodded: "Understood, General!" and immediately turned to leave.

After another moment, the second captain came again: "General, Kevin is in his own parking lot, throwing things directly at the target of our archers, and my soldiers are all afraid. ”

General: "......"

"General, let him out," suggested the second captain, "and catapults are not something that can be trained in the barracks." What he flew over now had crossed several barracks, and it was still more dangerous. ”

"What did he throw? Is it a stone bullet?" the general frowned.

"No, he's throwing some smelly shoes, rotten wood, or anything like that, but it's still dangerous. The second captain still suggested, "Let him go out, it's the grassland outside anyway." ”

"Is it okay to let him out?" the general sneered, "and one will lose my face if you don't pay attention." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lieutenant Colonel House also came in, holding a shoe in his hand: "General, when I was just going back, a shoe flew over. Fortunately, it's me, if it were someone else, I would definitely be slapped in the face. ”

General: "......"

"General, please take a look. House handed over the shoes, and the general subconsciously took them, which were ordinary hard cloth shoes, and there was still residual warmth, which seemed to have just been taken off not long ago, and there was a faint smell wafting out.

The general finally got up: "Let's go, let's go meet that Kevin." ”

In fact, the progress of Kevin's catapult is basically known to the generals. After all, in the barracks, it is impossible to hide this kind of thing from the general, otherwise his control will be too weak. But he really didn't expect Kevin to be so high-profile. So much so that such a trivial matter has to come forward with him, a general.

Immediately, the general arrived at Kevin's depot with two lieutenant colonels and a few retinues, who were standing barefoot on the ground, sweating profusely as he operated his catapult. The catapult's original loading position, with a shoe in place, seems to be preparing to fire.

Catching a glimpse of the general and a large group of people coming, Kevin immediately stopped what he was doing, trotted over barefoot, and saluted: "General!"

The general did not answer, but glanced at the catapult: "How is your car?"

"It's still in the run-in phase," Kevin replied, "I can't guarantee the accuracy of the projection, but at least, I can guarantee that the thing will be dropped." But the general rest assured, nothing I threw was lethal. ”

The general glanced at his feet: "Where's your shoes?"

Kevin was a little embarrassed: "My shoes are in the hands of the general, no wonder I can't find them everywhere." General, please return my shoes. ”

The general casually threw the shoe to Kevin, who took it in his hand and was not in a hurry to put it on. It seems that he is also waiting for the general's next instructions.

Lieutenant Colonel House on the side immediately spoke: "Do you know that your shoes almost hit me?"

"This ......," Kevin panicked, "the responsibility is on me, I originally controlled the range of the catapult in this parking lot, but this car has a lot of problems, and I am not skilled enough, and I often throw long distances." I admit that it is my responsibility and I am willing to take responsibility. ”

"Are you responsible?" the general sneered, "how are you going to be responsible?"

"I'm going to give up training on my days off, I'm going to train day and night until the catapult is fully up to par. Kevin replied.

Everyone: "......"

"The general can come and watch the launch process of my catapult," Kevin immediately came to the side of the catapult and introduced to the general, "At present, the preliminary work has just been completed, just pull off this wrench, and my shoes on the basin will be launched, and the general can come and experience it himself." ”

The general walked slowly, and with the general's experience, the catapult had actually seen a lot, and it was not new. However, for the purpose of inspecting the equipment, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the wrench and pulled it down.

The weight at the front fell to the ground immediately, and when he heard a whirring, the rear throwing arm was suddenly cocked, and the shoe was suddenly thrown away. As a result, the shoes happened to fall into the vegetable cart where the man was cooking, and there was a large bundle of vegetables on the car.

The guy couldn't see who fired it, so he immediately scolded: "Fake! There is a smell of stinky shoes in the dish today, so don't blame Lao Tzu." ”

Everyone: Although you can't see the landing point of the shoes from the angle of "......", the scolding of the guy can still be heard.

"Presumptuous. Kevin was furious, "How dare you talk to the general like this, come on, and don't you want to arrest that guy?"

The general finally took a deep breath: "Okay, your catapult will go out for me to practice." ”

"General Xie. Kevin was still polite.

"But remember for me, you have to go out every day, and you are not allowed to go to other main cities. The general spoke.

"Yes!" Kevin complied.

And just like that, I'm gone. The general waved his hand and prepared to leave.

"General, the military spending issue ......" Kevin is really not afraid of death, speaking of which, the general has already offended, and it is nothing to offend some more. But the issue of military spending is a big problem, and it can't always be Kevin's own expense, right?

"Okay, yes," the general finally nodded, "go to the quartermaster yourself, didn't you say you want to discuss?" ”

"But I have tried many times to see the Quartermaster, but I have been turned away. "Kevin tried to get something more secure.

"Then you can figure it out yourself," the general turned around, "you are not a child, and you still need an adult to take you with you?"

"Yes. Kevin nodded.

"Also, since you can train normally, you have to pass the year-end assessment in December. The general said directly, "Otherwise, I will be demoted to a private and let me go to the picket to see the gate." ”

"Yes. Kevin replied loudly, and there was basically no pressure in his heart.

After sending the general away, Kevin immediately put on his shoes, put the catapult away, and pulled it directly out of the barracks. After throwing away my shoes all morning, I finally got the general's order to go out, and many things were easy to do when I could go out. Including going to the tavern in the evening to tell a joke and so on. As for military spending, Kevin still doesn't have any hope, and will wait for the next meeting.

Although the catapult came out, Kevin was the first to handle it, and many of the technologies on the car were brand new. A new technology may feel good at first, but after a while, problems of one kind or another are likely to arise. Where the wear is particularly serious, the rope is stretched, the donkey is tired and doesn't want to move, etc., these problems need to be found and solved in continuous practice.

Kevin went out alone, but in order to train uninterruptedly, Kevin brought three more donkeys. Let the two teams of donkeys take turns pulling the cart, anyway, there are many donkeys here.

The daily training is to find a piece of land on the grassland and determine point A and point B. Park the car at point A, then smash all the bullets at point B. Then pull the cart to point B, pick up all the eggs, then turn around and hit point A, and so on.

Kevin recorded all the impact points, as well as the set parameters of the catapult at the time, which were modified and had some different parameters from ordinary catapults. Kevin had to readjust it to figure out how far to go, how much weight to adjust, where to place the projectiles, and so on.

This is where the biggest skill in operating a catapult comes in, unlike a bow and arrow. The accuracy of the archer's shooting depends on many factors, such as whether the bow is stable or not, whether the aim is accurate or not, and so on. Catapults don't have so many skills, as long as the parameters are correct, a wrench is pulled, and the rest depends on the will of God.

Catapults are usually very inaccurate, and their targets are buildings, large military formations, enemy positions, etc., and are rarely used to attack individuals. Even if the parameters are exactly the same, the position of the catapult is random within a range of about ten meters, because the structure of the catapult itself is not perfect.

The main wooden structure will produce a certain amount of shaking when a shot is thrown, and even if the wood is thick, its material is not suitable for the requirements of precision strike.

Kevin discussed this with Lao Te. If it were all made of iron, not to mention the price, it would not be able to be pulled by three donkeys, and would the iron catapult really be accurate? Not necessarily, even if it was increased, it would probably not be cost-effective.

But there's another way, and that's to take into account the magical aspect. For example, hardening, which is a simple spell based on earth. If you can engrave a hardening pattern on the catapult, you can harden the whole of the catapult every time you attack, which may be of great help to improve the accuracy. And the car doesn't get heavier, and the donkey pulls it.

And at the end of the day, it's money.

Including the equipment of other types of bullets, the general stone bullet is the most ordinary thing on the street, and Kevin currently only has this kind of bullet in his hand. And a normal catapult should also be equipped with fire oil bombs, gravel bombs and other types of ammunition, which are not available at present. As for the magic bullet engraved with the magic array, or the glass bullet with Chimera acid, the kind that can be hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars at a time, Kevin feels that it is still too far away, so let's take care of the immediate situation first.

Many people have said that catapults are already semi-obsolete weapons, and after in-depth research, Kevin feels that the old catapults can indeed be eliminated, but if they can be successfully improved, it should still have a certain effect.