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Chapter 15 New Technology (Part 2)

The sound of the arrow breaking through the air was much sharper than before. It was something Gundam, Wen Tianxiang and Zhao Qian had never heard of it. The three of them looked surprised. Gundam was the most anxious and shouted at the soldiers watching the target: "Hey, how about it? Did you shoot it? Did you shoot it through?"

The two soldiers watching the target ran over with the target, saying, "General, he shot, he shot through."

"Punctured through? Is it impossible? Can it be shot through so far?" Gundam didn't believe it, so he blurted out, jumped up, grabbed the plate armor from the soldiers, searched carefully, and screamed in surprise: "Oh my God, I really shot through, hit three pieces. Damn, what kind of magic weapon is this? Not only did he shoot through the plate armor, but he even shot through the wooden board. Where are the arrows? Where did the arrows go? Did you pick the arrows off?" The two soldiers who were watching the target asked.

"General, don't wrong us, okay? General, you can't wrongly accuse anyone of such a big official." A soldier who watched the target argued a little aggrievedly and pointed to the distance and said, "General, the arrows are there, nailed on the wall."

Gundam looked in the direction, right? Ten arrows were nailed to the wall, three were one inch into the wall, and seven were about five inches into the wall. The courtyard wall of the military weapon supervisor was very thick, one foot thick. The courtyard wall was thousands of steps away from the target, and the target was one hundred and twenty steps away from the steel crossbow. It was simply unimaginable that it could have such strong penetration at such a long distance.

Gundam, who had seen it, jumped up and screamed, "Oh my God, this is really a magic weapon. With such a good weapon, why are you afraid of the Tatar cavalry? No matter how many he has, please let him know whether he has come or not."

Wen Tianxiang and Zhao Qian, like Gundam, were shocked by the power of the steel crossbow, and their chin almost fell. They absolutely agreed with Gundam's words and kept nodding. Wen Tianxiang said: "Yes, yes. The court has been using the cavalry of the Tartars. They once made many crossbows, but the results were not ideal. I didn't expect that there would be such a treasure."

Zhao Qian then said the conclusion that he had not said: "With this treasure, why are you afraid of Tartars?" He rushed to the steel crossbow, bent down and looked carefully, as if the steel crossbow was really a peerless treasure.

Cavalry was ace troops in the era of cold weapons. It is known for its terrible impact. The Mongolian cavalry was a victorious army to conquer the Eurasian continent. Their battles were even more daunting. Gundam and they fought with the Mongols countless times and were very clear about the strength of the Mongolian cavalry. They have always struggled to find a good way to deal with it. They never expected that Li Jun made a steel crossbow, which was a powerful weapon to deal with the Mongolian cavalry.

In the era of cold weapons, crossbows were the nemesis of cavalry. In Chinese history, the first prosperous era of crossbows should be considered the Han Dynasty. In order to deal with the Hun cavalry, Emperor Wu of Han spared no effort to develop crossbows, which could fire three arrows at one time. This was a huge threat to the Hun cavalry and made considerable contributions to defeating the Huns.

Li Jun could understand their mood very well, smiled slightly, and said, "This range is much larger than the Divine Arm Crossbow, but it can be further. It can be shot into the wall because it is a rammed earth wall. If it is a stone wall, it will not be shot in." The wall of the military weapon supervisor was rammed with earth.

"That's amazing, too." Gundam interrupted Li Jun quickly and praised.

Wen Tianxiang and Zhao Qian agreed with Gundam's statement, and Zhao Qian rushed to say, "Yes, this is something we all dream about."

Li Jun reminded: "Don't be too superstitious about weapons. Talent is the most important factor in war. Huang Yongshan, what are the problems with this crossbow? What needs improvement? You are an expert and your opinions are very valuable."

"The emperor is too proud." Huang Yongshan finished his humble words and immediately turned to the topic, saying: "I think there are two difficulties in this steel crossbow. The first is that its accuracy is poor. Only three of the ten arrows were shot, and the hit rate was not half. I want to install a positioning device, so the accuracy will be much higher. I once tried shooting, and the lowest hit rate was that even one shot could not be shot. Today, it is the highest to be shot at three shots."

As soon as he finished speaking, he interrupted Gundam. Gundam jumped to Huang Yongshan, pointed at his nose and said, "Okay, Huang Yongshan, you dare to test the shooting on the back of the emperor. Don't you know that this is what the emperor wants to see? The emperor wants to punish him heavily." He muttered: "If you have good things, don't show me first, but you rush to see it yourself."

Huang Yongshan couldn't afford to offend Gao Da, so he begged for mercy and said, "General Gao, I didn't mean it. General, you know, if we don't try first, how can we find the problem? If there is a problem with the Emperor's Royal View, wouldn't my meal guy be gone?"

"What you said makes sense. However, the punishment is still necessary." Gundam still refused to give in.

Gundam muttered clearly, Li Jun knew that he had difficulty in balance, and said, "Good, okay, I will punish you. Huang Yongshan, I will reward you with a golden belt. Is this punishment OK?" He turned his head and asked Gundam.

In the Song Dynasty, only high-ranking and powerful ministers could get the gold belt. It was a great honor for Huang Yongshan, a military weapon supervisor who was not very noticeable, to obtain the gold belt. He was very excited and said: "Thank you, the emperor."

"Okay, okay. This kid should give him some benefits if he can create such things, otherwise he will be lazy and hide his personalities, so we will not be miserable." Gundam couldn't stop smiling.

Huang Yongshan pulled Gordon's sleeve and said, "General Gao, look at what you said, it seems like we only know how to eat rice all day long and don't work. We are not lazy and we are lazy to tell you that we are lazy."

"The advantage of this crossbow is that it can be launched continuously, and it can fire more than ten at a time. If thousands of steel crossbows are fired together, it will form a huge net of arrows. If you want to avoid it, unless it turns into a mosquito. Therefore, accuracy is not necessary." Li Jun ignored their jokes and said, "Huang Yongshan, what is the second difficulty?"

"The emperor is wise! Your Majesty, the second difficulty is that the material is rare. The steel requirement is very high, and it can no longer meet the requirements after hundreds of refinings. It takes hundreds of refinings, or even thousands of refinings to meet the requirements." Huang Yongshan said regretfully: "In this way, it will be difficult to produce this crossbow in large quantities. If the steel problem can be solved, it will be easier."

"How much can you produce in a day?" Li Jun asked calmly.

Huang Yongshan hesitated for a moment before saying, "There are almost ten fights a day."

"That's all? You guy said you're not lazy? Now it depends on what you say." Gundam slapped his sleeves, and it seemed that he would not give up until he said he could give birth more.

Huang Yongshan, Suzhi, said that Gao Da would never fire empty guns. Thinking of Jia Sidao's hot back then, he didn't take it seriously, and he dared to joking in public. If he wanted to beat him up, he couldn't escape. He hurriedly said, "General Gao, you misunderstood. It's not that I don't do my best, but because there is no steel, I can't produce it. Who doesn't want good things? It's hard for a good cook to cook without rice."

Gundam touched Huang Yongshan's shoulder and said, "When did you become a woman again?"

"Give me an example," Huang Yongshan quickly escaped from Gundam's men.

Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Qian, Gundam and Huang Yongshan knew that Li Jun was magical. Maybe he had some wonderful way to get the steel and looked at Li Jun at the same time. Li Jun looked at them with anticipation and said, "Go to the steel field to see it. Is this a Huihui cannon?" A huge Huihui cannon stood on the ground and attracted Li Jun's attention.
Chapter completed!
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