Chapter 672 Genius’ Idea
Zhuang Mengdie has always lived in Black Moon City, and Black Moon City will not erect a wall like this to restrict its own development in order to facilitate subsequent expansion and construction.
This also makes Zhuang Mengdie basically never seen city wall facilities like this.
Now standing on the wall of Huangsha City, the novelty that he had never experienced before also aroused Zhuang Mengdie's interest.
Zhou Xu was not in a hurry to speak. When Zhuang Mengdie became interested in the wall, he first let her observe it on her own and waited until she had a good look.
After all, Zhuang Mengdie is a smart person with an intelligence potential of up to four stars. Smart people often have their own thinking, and even from time to time, genius-like ideas will flash through their minds.
If you interrupt casually and accidentally let the inspiration that the other party finally caught slip through your fingertips, it will be a huge loss.
With this mentality, Zhou Xu quietly waited for Zhuang Mengdie to finish observing the wall. After looking at himself, he spoke out his thoughts.
“The space at the top of the wall is limited. If we need to deploy troops, the three-bow bed crossbow is a bit too big and cannot be placed here at all.”
Leader Following Zhuang Mengdie, Zhou Xu walked on the wall, making gestures and talking.
"There is also a problem of recoil. On this masonry wall, unless a special fixing platform is made, there is no way to fix it."
"But the aiming range of the three-bow crossbow is inherently limited. , if a fixed platform is installed, it will probably completely freeze the three-bow bed crossbow and lose the ability to adjust the attack angle and even the orientation. "
As a person who personally developed and manufactured the three-bow bed. Looking at the whole Zhou Dynasty, Zhuang Mengdie can be said to be the person who knows the three-gong bed crossbow best. She can know every part of the three-gong bed crossbow very well, and she also knows the functions of those parts. functions, and the effects those parts need to achieve.
The three-bow bed crossbow could greatly adjust its attack direction before because it was not fixed on the ground. But once it is moved to the wall and needs to be fixed, it cannot be fixed like it is on the ground. That's how you adjust the position.
As for the angle, there is not much angle that can be adjusted on the ground. Basically, it can only be shot horizontally. After it is fixed to the wall, there is no hope.
"If a rotating structure similar to an axle is added between the fixed platform and the bed crossbow, will it be able to rotate left and right, or even 360 degrees laterally?"
I just said this. , Zhuang Mengdie reacted immediately and shook his head.
“No, considering the recoil of the bed crossbow, the structure itself is not strong enough at all while ensuring flexibility, and there is a risk of breaking after being used a few times.”
Zhou Xu has been thinking about a series of related issues for a long time, so he has already made a conclusion in his mind, but Zhuang Mengdie has just learned about it.
Under this premise, she could immediately think of using the bearing structure to improve it, but her own experience soon made her realize that this was not strong enough, and the idea was beautiful. , but it cannot be implemented concretely.
"That's right! Maybe it can be made of metal! Copper has very good ductility. We can use copper or fuse it with other metals and try to develop an alloy."
Thinking of this, Zhuang Meng Die couldn't help frowning and fell into a tangle.
Having never made such an attempt before, she was sure that the wooden structure would not be able to withstand it, but once it was replaced with metal, she was a little unsure.
From Zhuang Mengdie's perspective, the answer to this question can only be obtained through actual testing.
At this moment, Zhou Xu spoke...
"There is a high probability that it won't work." Although it has not been tested, Zhou Xu, as a time traveler, knows more about the principles.
For the sake of convenience, he brought the design drawing. Now he unfolded it directly on the wall, then picked up the charcoal pencil wrapped inside and started drawing on the edge. .
“Once a design with this structure is selected, the bearing structure will become the core connection point between the bed crossbow and the fixed table, and will also bear all the burdens. It is manufactured according to the current process technology. The bearing structure will most likely not be able to withstand it.”
“As a piece of urban defense equipment with a huge impact, it is related to the life and death of an entire city, so its most important thing is stability.”< br>
Having said this, Zhou Xu pointed to the drawings he had drawn long ago.
“It is precisely with this in mind that I made a choice and decided to reduce the range power of the three-bow bed crossbow in exchange for its flexible and stable firepower on the wall.”
“As for the idea of metal bearings, there is no problem, but according to my idea, not only the bearing part, it is best to replace the entire core structure parts with metal ones, so as to go further. Improve its stability!”
Previously, Zhuang Mengdie wanted to try to maintain the core design of the three-bow bed crossbow and solve the problem of moving the three-bow bed crossbow onto the wall while ensuring its power and range. .
But after personally checking the walls of Huangsha City and understanding the entire situation, Zhuang Mengdie, as a developer and manufacturer, also had a deeper understanding of why the three-bow bed crossbow could not work properly. The reason for installing the wall.
Under this premise, the improved design proposed by Zhou Xu suddenly became reasonable.
Of course, during this process, Zhou Xu only proposed ideas, and the specific design and development, as well as the subsequent manufacturing work, basically fell on Zhuang Mengdie.
Absorbing the various improvement ideas provided by Zhou Xu, Zhuang Mengdie lowered his head to look at the design drawing in his hand, and then looked up at the wall of Huangsha City.
Immediately, Zhuang Mengdie seemed to have an idea. She reached out and touched the protruding walls on the city wall that could be used as shelters. She came up with an even bolder idea.
"My King, you think we should simply make the crossbow smaller."
Zhuang Mengdie started gesticulating as he spoke.
“Then add a backward bracket under the bed crossbow. In this way, when using it, the crossbow soldier can place the bed crossbow directly on the wall, with half of the main body resting on the wall. Outside, the bracket extending backwards can be pressed against the wall from the outside to withstand the recoil force..."
Listening to Zhuang Mengdie's description, Zhou Xu, who quickly did some brainstorming, was startled at first. What followed was an uncontrollable ecstasy.
"Damn it! Mengdie, you are such a genius!"
He was previously focused on modifying the bed crossbow, but instead he got into over his head.
To put it simply, the bed crossbow is equivalent to the cannon in the cold weapon era. Whether it is a single-bow bed crossbow or a three-bow bed crossbow, they are still "cannons" and their essence will not change.
Zhou Xu had previously been thinking about how to transform this 'cannon' into a city defense cannon.
But Zhuang Mengdie’s idea jumped directly from the frame of ‘cannon’. She was planning to set up a row of ‘anti-material sniper rifles’ on the wall!
(End of this chapter)