With the establishment of the Equipment Battalion, the Zhejiang Army's production of cotton armor could be described as a leap forward. Not to mention the craftsmen of the Equipment Battalion, even the apprentices were much more skilled and sophisticated than the blacksmiths that the Zhejiang Army had previously hired from nearby areas.
On the third day after the equipment battalion joined, one hundred sets of composite cotton armor had been produced and assembled.
Master Craftsman Liu Jin specially asked Zhu Ping'an to inspect the first 100 pieces of cotton armor produced.
"They assembled a hundred pieces of cotton armor so quickly. Did they lower the quality requirements in pursuit of speed?"
Zhu Ping'an was surprised, but asked worriedly.
"Please rest assured, every piece of armor and every piece of armor has the unique mark of the craftsman, and the quality is absolutely flawless. We have also conducted preliminary verification, and the quality is absolutely flawless, and they are all top-quality cotton armor."
Master Liu Jinjiang guaranteed that he was very confident about the quality of the cotton armor because they had already conducted preliminary verification.
"Okay! Take me to see your results." Zhu Ping'an said happily.
"Please follow me, my Lord."
Liu Jin, the craftsman, excitedly led the way, eager to show off their achievements. These days, they are treated very well in the Zhejiang Army, with craftsmen enjoying the treatment of battalion commanders and apprentices enjoying the treatment of sentry chiefs.
Many soldiers had opinions. Although Zhu Ping'an spoke for them last time and the soldiers had fewer opinions, there were still some.
Their craftsmen and apprentices all took a breath and wanted to produce convincing results and let their achievements speak for themselves.
Zhu Ping'an followed Master Liu Jin all the way to the equipment camp, and saw a hundred sets of assembled cotton armor put on a hundred straw men. A set of cotton armor shone brightly under the sunlight, and looked mighty and extraordinary.
Cotton armor does look more stylish and photogenic than iron armor!
The helmet is of the unified style of the Ming army, with a short pointed tip and a layer of red tassel under the tip. The front brim of the helmet is a protruding iron brim, which can keep out rain when it rains and also block some loss of water. The helmet body is also a cotton-iron composite, with ear protectors, neck protectors and neck protectors under the helmet, which cover a much larger area than iron armor. It can be seen that iron armor plates are hidden inside the ear protectors, neck protectors and neck protectors because they are covered with copper nails.
According to Zhu Ping'an's design, the cotton armor is divided into seven major parts: body armor, shoulder pads, armor sleeves, front cuff, left cuff, armor skirt, and heart guard.
The entire body of the armor is densely covered with copper nails, which sparkle in the sun and look very majestic.
The color of the entire cotton armor is black iron, which looks similar to the color of the cotton armor worn by the big brother played by Jet Li in The Warlords.
"Not bad, it's exactly the same as I imagined." Zhu Ping'an touched the cotton armor and was very satisfied with the design. As for the quality, Zhu Ping'an turned to Liu Dadao who was following him and said, "Dadao, try the cotton armor to see how protective it is."
"Okay."
Liu Dadao grinned and drew out his sword. He first used his normal strength to swing it hard at the cotton armor.
To be honest, he has been curious about the cotton armor for a long time. Ever since Zhu Ping'an asked him to buy a large amount of cotton, he has been skeptical about the protective power of the cotton armor made of cotton. Although there is an iron lining inside, how thick is the iron sheet? One set of iron armor can be melted into the iron lining of four or five sets of cotton armor.
Two layers of compacted cotton and a layer of iron lining, how much protection can this cotton armor provide? Liu Dadao felt that he could cut through the cotton armor with this sword.
clang!
After a dull sound, Liu Dadao opened his mouth in surprise and widened his eyes in disbelief. He only left a knife mark on the cotton armor with his knife, and did not even cut through the outermost cotton armor, nor did he touch the inner lining iron sheet. Although he only used ordinary strength, it only left a knife mark. The protective power of this cotton armor is much higher than he imagined.
Zhu Ping'an also stepped forward to watch and touched the knife mark with his fingers. The knife mark was very shallow. In addition to the strong defense of the cotton armor itself, there were densely packed copper nails on the cotton armor. Liu Dadao's knife just hit two of the copper nails. The copper nails helped the cotton armor share part of the impact, so only a shallow knife mark was left.
"Dadao, try it with all your strength." Zhu Ping'an said to Liu Dadao.
"Okay, sir, please stand a little further away." Liu Dadao nodded vigorously and asked Zhu Ping'an to stand further away so that he could use his full strength.
Zhu Ping'an followed suit and took a few steps back.
Liu Dadao shook his neck, making a crackling sound, then spat into his palm, rubbed his hands, stood in a horse stance, took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly, swinging his sword at the cotton-armored man with all his strength.
clang!
There was a dull sound mixed with the sound of metal clashing.
Liu Dadao opened his mouth wider, his eyes almost popped out, and he looked at the cotton armor in front of him in disbelief. There was a deep knife mark on the cotton armor, which was much deeper than the previous one, but that was all. The knife failed to cut through the cotton armor, and even failed to cut out the iron lining inside.
You know best how much strength you have. With this blow, even a small tree the size of a bowl can be cut in half.
"The defensive power of this cotton armor is not much worse than that of iron armor." Liu Dadao exclaimed, his face full of disbelief.
"very good."
Zhu Ping'an stepped forward again and touched the knife mark. This time the knife was much deeper, but the defensive power of the cotton armor was indeed quite good.
"Dadao, try shooting an arrow from twenty steps away." Zhu Ping'an said to Liu Dadao, testing the cotton armor's defense against bows and arrows.
Liu Dadao accepted the order, took out a strong bow, stepped back twenty steps, slowly pulled the bowstring, and the bow was like a full moon.
whoosh!
Fast, accurate and ruthless!
Liu Dadao was born into a hunter family and was an excellent archer. After he let go of his hand, with a whoosh, the arrow flashed by like a meteor, and with a "dong" it hit the cotton armor.
Then.
It fell down with a snap.
Zhu Ping'an and others went forward to check, and saw a small hole in the cotton armor. After poking it with their hands, they revealed the iron lining inside, which was just slightly concave.
"Sir, I didn't expect the cotton armor to have such strong defense. I'm not bragging. At a distance of twenty steps, I can easily shoot through the leather armor. The defense of this cotton armor far exceeds that of leather armor, and is almost as strong as that of iron armor."
Liu Dadao exclaimed in admiration.
Zhu Pingan nodded, and then said, "Try the musket again."
Liu Dadao took out a musket, took out a small oil paper bag of ammunition from the ammunition pot, bit a hole in it with his mouth, poured the gunpowder into the gunpowder pool, then closed the lid, then stepped back twenty steps, lit the fuse with a fire starter, put the fuse on the fuse clip, aimed at the cotton armor in the distance, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
A gunshot was heard, accompanied by gun smoke, and the cotton armor in the distance was hit. The scarecrow wearing the cotton armor was knocked backwards.
Zhu Ping'an and others went forward to check. Liu Dadao took a breath and saw a bullet stuck in the cotton armor. He used a dagger to push the bullet away and found that the first layer of cotton had been broken and the iron sheet was deeply dented, but the inner layer of cotton armor was intact.
"Hiss, the defense of this cotton armor is incredible. It can actually defend against muskets at a distance of 20 steps. Even iron armor will be broken by muskets. The defense of this cotton armor against muskets is much higher than that of iron armor..."
Liu Dadao took a breath and exclaimed in surprise.