Chapter 7 The Monster Black Bead (3)
"Are you kidding me?" The captain of Bingyouzi stood up suddenly. This guy was over 1.9 meters tall and had a very strong body. As soon as he stood up, he suddenly became powerful and grabbed Zhou Weiqing by the front. His fierce face was already in front of his eyes.
"Uh..., I mean, I need to think about which military branch to choose." Zhou Weiqing immediately said with a smile on his face. As the saying goes, a good man doesn't suffer the immediate consequences, and he didn't want to be beaten. In fact, if he were willing to reveal his identity, people here would probably kneel down. However, although Zhou Weiqing is a bit insidious and cunning, he has one good thing. He absolutely obeys his father's words. His marshal father once said to him, sweat your own sweat and eat your own food. Damn it. He who relies on his parents for heaven and earth is not a real hero. Therefore, although Zhou Weiqing is young and a noble, he will never bully others like Princess Difuya.
In fact, if Zhou Weiqing really regrets not being a soldier, then the squad leader has nothing to do with him. Who knows that he is so young, so frightened, he will immediately be unable to say anything about not being a soldier.
After hearing Zhou Weiqing’s answer, the team leader sat back with satisfaction, tilted his head and looked at him and said: “Hurry up and choose, then fill out the form and take the test. I’m telling you, boy, it’s your turn. Fortunately, today is the first day of recruitment, and the test is relatively loose. Otherwise, do you think it is so easy to join the army and get paid?"
Zhou Weiqing said with a bitter face: "Brother officer, um, I would like to ask, if you go to the battlefield, which military unit is least likely to come into direct contact with the enemy when standing at the back? ”
He has his own ideas. Every boy has a heroic dream when he is young. If he wants to be a fire-headed soldier or something responsible for logistics supplies, he really doesn't want to. Since he is a soldier, he must be decent. Otherwise, when dad knows that he is just a cook, why not be beaten to death by him? He himself couldn't afford to lose this person. But the main combat arms will definitely go to the battlefield. Of course, Zhou Weiqing hopes to find a relatively safe arm. Safety comes first. This guy has always believed that it is human nature to be afraid of death. It is normal. He does not have the concept of taking death as home. .
There was a cunning light in the eyes of the squad leader, Shi Shiran said: "The simple one is of course the archer. Archers usually stand in the back row, even if they need to go to the front to row arrows, They will also retreat to the back before the main battle units of the two sides collide. Unless our army is completely defeated, generally speaking, the archers will never come into direct contact with the enemy."
After listening to his words, Zhou Weiqing was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, this is good, right! Why didn't I expect that the best branch of our Tiangong Empire, officer brother, I would be an archer." Archers usually stand in the back row and will be protected by soldiers. , he still knows this.
Seeing that his trick was successful, the team leader smiled, then sat up straight, picked up the pen and said: "Name, age."
"My name is Zhou..." Zhou Weiqing almost said his name directly, Fortunately, he accepted it quickly and immediately changed his words: "My name is Zhou Xiaopang. I am sixteen years old." He has lived in a noble family since he was a child, and he is the only son in the family. Although he is only thirteen years old, he is more sophisticated about people and the world than ordinary teenagers. He knew it much earlier. Since he decided to join the army, he obviously couldn't be discovered by his father, so he gave himself a temporary name. As for the name Zhou Xiaopang, it was still his nickname when he was a child. It has not been ten years, so of course I'm not afraid that my father will come to the army to investigate. "Little Fatty Zhou? You're not fat either!" the officer muttered while taking notes. He had no doubt at all about Zhou Weiqing's reported age of sixteen.
Soon, after the registration was completed, he handed the form to Zhou Weiqing, pointed to a corner of the circle next to him and said: "Go, the archer test is over there. As long as you pass the test, you will be an imperial soldier."< br>
"Thank you, officer brother." Zhou Weiqing took the form and thought happily, this time is really good. He can become a soldier again and be a less dangerous archer. This is simply perfect.
I excitedly took the form and came to the test site. There were only four or five soldiers here, wearing simple black and gray military uniforms with light leather armor on their upper bodies and special finger guards on their hands. On his head was a light-blocking hood with a large brim, a long bow on his back, and a pot of feathered arrows under each arm. This is the standard equipment for ordinary archers. There is also a sense of heroic appearance. Although there was no one here to test at this time, several archers stood straight. Zhou Weiqing was very aware of his father's stern character, and he was so fierce to his son, let alone running an army. Therefore, although the Tiangong Empire is small, with only tens of thousands of troops in total, it is quite elite. In the battle of the same number of armies, Zhou Weiqing's father, Marshal Zhou, has never been defeated, and he is famous among the effects around him.
"Brothers, I'm here for a test." Zhou Weiqing handed over the form. A soldier took the form, glanced at him, and said: "Little brother, you have a lot of ideas. Congratulations on choosing our promising company." "Here, give it a try." As he said that, the soldier who took the form took off the long bow from his back and handed it to Zhou Weiqing.
Zhou Weiqing took the long bow and couldn't help lowering his head to look at it carefully. I saw that the long bow was made of high-quality star wood, the length was as high as 1.8 meters, and the arrow was 0.9 meters long. The front part of the bow frame is arc-shaped and the back part is flat. The middle hand grip of the bow is about four centimeters wide, gradually tapering toward both ends, and the ends are inlaid with corner materials.
This kind of long bow has been developed after countless years of war. The length of the mixed material bows and crossbows in ancient times in the vast continent is generally less than one meter and two meters, and the attack distance is only two hundred yards (one yard Equivalent to 0.9 meters), the effective range is only one hundred yards, and the penetration is far from enough. With the passage of time, crossbows gradually developed into larger sizes. Especially after the discovery of star wood, a high-quality wood with a tough texture and light weight, longbows began to be widely used. The longbow used by the archers of the Sky Bow Empire is extremely powerful. The longest range of an ordinary longbow is up to four hundred yards, and the effective range is two hundred and fifty yards, which is twice that of a crossbow. Its rate of fire is as high as ten to twelve arrows per minute, which is unmatched by crossbows. In the hands of a skilled soldier, the longbow has a much higher hit rate than the crossbow. Because the longbow was lighter, easier to master, powerful, and suitable for skirmishers and square volleys, these advantages eventually led to the elimination of the crossbow. It can be said that the longbow is the most effective and versatile individual weapon on the battlefield.
The high rate of fire of the longbow can achieve a "barrage" effect. When one's own soldiers charge forward, the longbowmen at the rear can still release high parabolic arrows to attack the upper part of the enemy. The weakness of war horses is attacks from above. Most war horses have no armor, so once they are injured, they will become difficult to control. Even at the extreme distance of three hundred meters, the cone-shaped arrow can still penetrate ordinary mail armor.
(End of this chapter)