"What is that Lennu chariot you're talking about?" Seeing that Hydra was lost in thought, Duke Shalo asked me curiously in order not to let the atmosphere cool down, or perhaps because he was curious about what I said.
"The Lennu Chariot is a kind of attack vehicle that I conceived. My idea is to use horses to drive the wheels, and then use the rotation of the wheels to drive the gears, and transmit these forces to the crossbows mounted on the chariot, so that they can automatically wind up.
In addition to the crossbow being able to automatically load the string when the wheels turn, I also envisioned installing a spring brake on the crossbow (refer to Zhugelianu). In this way, we would be able to allow soldiers on the chariot to neither load arrows nor string the crossbow, and they could just aim and shoot.
If the carriage is really stationary, the driver of the carriage will do the hard work of the crossbow cart, and let him shake the handle so that Lennu can use it normally.
I have calculated that in this case, when the Lennu Chariot is stationary, it can only be regarded as an ordinary crossbow, but when it is running fast, we can obtain a firing speed 5-8 times that of an ordinary crossbowman, or even higher. "
After he drew a strange, almost half-enclosed carriage with some gestures, Carlo, who was dismissive, showed great attention to it.
"Doesn't that mean this kind of carriage can be used as a shield? Plus it can move quickly, so isn't it an infantry killer?" Hydra's brain worked quickly and he saw at a glance the original form of my weapon - an armored vehicle.
"Light cavalry will die anyway, and even heavy cavalry will be in trouble if they encounter them. Apart from our magician troops, we can only use a large number of catapults to crush them, or I think the little guy's giant crossbow can kill them, but I can't find any reason for him to use his own weapons to attack his own chariot..." Looking at Hydra's flushed face, Carlo's slightly fat face was full of smiles.
"My Lords, please take a look at what this is? Well, please help me stretch it to twice its length, Lord Hydra, right... just like that..." Looking at Carlo's face, I took out a spiral steel wire maliciously. Don't you like to laugh at other people's jokes? Here's some for you too...
"What is this? How could this happen? The elasticity of this little thing is better than the tendons of any monster, not to mention beef tendons. But it looks like it's made of steel, how can it have such great elasticity?" Both hands pulled the spiral wire hard, sometimes pulling it apart, sometimes loosening it, almost making the other people's eyes pop out.
"This is called a spring. Depending on the manufacturing method, it can produce various degrees of elasticity. It can be equivalent to the pulling force of beef tendons, or it can produce hundreds of times the elasticity of beef tendons. Based on this, and my experience in making giant crossbows, I plan to make a powerful crossbow that can be loaded on a carriage and has a range of more than 1,000 meters. I will use all-steel crossbow arrows and install a self-made aiming device so that it can be used to attack valuable targets at a distance in future wars..."
“Hahahahaha…” Hydra laughed wildly before I finished my words, and the spring in his hand was stretched straight into a thin wire. After dozens of seconds, Hydra barely stopped laughing and said, “That’s good, little guy. I suggest you inlay the head of the crossbow with mithril. Only in this way can you get the effect you need. In addition to guiding magic power, mithril also has another special effect of breaking magic! Hahahahaha, the magic-breaking crossbow reappears, and you magicians are dead…” The last sentence was obviously directed at Carlo, the super magician.
"Interesting, interesting... Little guy, if you can equip me with this kind of crossbow machine, I will provide you with magic-breaking arrows according to your request, or directly provide you with secret silver. Let's get closer in the future. It's a pity that you want to learn magic. If you want to learn martial arts, I really want to teach you myself. It's much better than some crappy academy." Throwing away the wire in his hand, Hydra ignored Carlo's dark blue face, patted my shoulder and laughed so hard that he almost got a stitch in the side.
"Actually, I'm working on another thing..." When I spoke again, the room suddenly fell silent. Even Hydra, who was laughing like crazy just now, stopped his excitement and listened carefully: "Actually, I'm preparing to make another siege weapon. The estimated attack distance is more than 1,200 meters, and the maximum throwing weight is estimated to be around 500 kilograms..."
"This is impossible... What can throw such a heavy object so far? If so, then we don't need to fight in the future to defend the city, just smash them all to death..." He burst out, and before I could finish my words, Hydra was almost going crazy. Although he was the commander of the inner city defense corps of the imperial capital, he was actually the highest commander of the entire imperial capital's defense force. He simply couldn't accept the weapons I mentioned.
"Yes, with a throwing arm of more than 20 meters and a spring as propulsion, it is entirely possible to send objects weighing 100-500 kilograms to that distance."
"20 meters? What do you use for the throwing arm? The connected oak wood can't bear such a heavy projectile, let alone throw it out. And using a spring as the propulsion force, even if you can generate such a large elastic force, how do you get the throwing arm to move to the position ready for throwing? Are you going to let thousands of men push and pull?" Hydra, with a flushed face, almost wanted to stand up and beat me.
"I will use a full-steel trebuchet. As for how to get the throwing arm in place, it's very simple. I will stake the trebuchet in the attack position, and then install a large capstan on one side of the trebuchet, and let the horses drive the capstan. I don't plan to make too many of these trebuchets, but as long as there are a few, I think any city will have to surrender."
"Mad...you are a madman...How can a catapult with a 30-meter long throwing arm be made entirely of steel..." Hydra was speechless. This level of stuff was beyond his imagination and completely negated his original city attack and defense strategy.
"He is a madman, but the weapons he made before and is preparing to make are all adorable. I sincerely hope that these weapons can be put into use as soon as possible. Commander Hanlong, I hope you can immediately prepare the construction report of three such divisions. One of them is the Flame Legion, which will be led by you; the other will be reorganized into the Fire Lion Legion of Carsent, and it will have a main combat division like the one you mentioned; the last division will be led by our Lord Hydra himself. The specific implementation will be decided after you submit the report." Looking at the two colleagues who were almost in chaos, the only one who remained sober, Duke Shalo, spoke. After all, he was not a magician, nor a city defense commander, and he would be happy as long as it was beneficial to him to guarantee the imperial power.
"Yes, sir. I will try my best to complete this plan as soon as possible, but in order to keep it secret, I..."
"You don't have to worry about confidentiality. All three divisions will be secretly trained together, and the loyalty of all participants will be strictly checked. We can't let these weapons flow into the hands of other countries or other forces. In addition, I hope you can live here, so that your safety can be better guaranteed, and you can get better care in life..." The Duke of Shalo's words, to put it nicely, are care and protection, to put it bluntly, it is close surveillance.
After being told a few words, I was sent to a small villa in the Duke of Shalo's palace.
"Captain Hanlong, you will live here from today until the Magic and Martial Arts Academy officially opens. I will send someone to retrieve all your things with you tomorrow, so don't worry..." This was the last words of Duke Sha Luo when I came out.
After I was sent out, a wizard in light blue magician's uniform came in. After a spell, the water-based soundproof barrier covered the three powerful people in the imperial capital.
"Is this kid bragging? I've never heard of a trebuchet that can shoot that far, let alone one that's made entirely of steel. Let alone using it, I don't think it's even possible to move it. Do you want hundreds of horses lined up in a row to pull such a big thing? I don't think it's possible, Carlo. What do you think?" Hydra kept shaking his head, with a look of doubt on his face.
"I can't tell. Do you think the elasticity of the thing in your hand just now is likely to exceed those tendon elastic cables we know now?" Carlo didn't dare to say anything. After hearing that a giant crossbow over 800 meters appeared, he was already worried whether the Demon-Breaking Crossbow really reappeared in the world. And after seeing that weird, more elastic thing called a spring today, he had nothing to say.
"Strong. From what I felt just now, it is at least several times stronger than ordinary beef tendons..."
"You two, stop speculating. Tell me, did you ever believe that the range of a catapult was more than 800 meters? No, did you? And before the last invasion of the demons, did you ever hear that there were crossbows that could shoot arrows 600 meters away? No, did you? But in this battle of Desolate Stone City, catapults with a range of more than 800 meters appeared, and during the invasion of the demons even further back, demon-breaking crossbows appeared in the Far East Territory. So we should not be skeptical about this, but we should not have too high hopes either. If we succeed, these things will be ours first. If we fail, we at least still have giant catapults and those giant crossbows. What do you think?"
"Yes, I think I'll do as Sha Luo said. Starting tomorrow, I'll select soldiers with low combat effectiveness but good loyalty from among my own soldiers and prepare them... Why are you looking at me? Didn't you say that slave soldiers are fine? Do I have to send my personal guards to move stones?"
"Hydra, what I mean is to select from the ordinary legions, train them together and then assign them to various legions. If even slaves can be used, then ordinary soldiers will certainly not be a problem. In addition, Carlo will help the little guy go to the Magic and Martial Arts Academy to say hello. Although you said that his magic power is fine, if he is rejected in other aspects, although it can allow him to concentrate on designing equipment, it will be very disadvantageous for winning him over and improving his enthusiasm..."
"Okay, after all, he belongs to our faction now. If he doesn't have any self-defense ability, it won't be good. I will take care of all these things."
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