Chapter 674 The advent of the city defense crossbow (2)
After the first version of the city defense crossbow was completed, it was presented to Zhou Xu as quickly as possible.
In order to ensure its power, the crossbow is two meters long, so the size cannot be smaller, and so is the weight.
It is not that easy for a single soldier to carry it and move it freely, but as long as two soldiers are deployed, moving it will not be a big problem.
Under this premise, another problem is that the original design of the city's crossbow defense was to use brackets to support the outer wall of the wall to resolve the recoil generated when the crossbow arrows were fired.
Therefore, on normal ground, this bracket cannot be used at all, which makes this piece of equipment can only be used for wall defense to a large extent.
This also makes the test only possible on the wall.
The specific test location was chosen by Zhou Xu directly on the city wall facing the edge of the world, which was relatively safe and hidden.
He asked people to set up targets outside the city, and the group quickly climbed onto the wall.
The three soldiers responsible for testing the city defense crossbow at the moment are all substitute members of the crossbow team. Although they have not used the city defense crossbow before, the entire operating principle is basically the same. There was Zhuang Mengdie giving guidance from the side, and after getting familiar with it, he quickly got started.
"Then the first round of testing will officially begin. From far to near, first aim at the wooden target in the middle of the fourth row outside the city."
With Zhou Xu's order, the three crossbowmen quickly Operate it.
After putting the city defense crossbow on the wall, opening the bracket and pressing it against the outer wall, a soldier standing at the back was responsible for supporting the city defense crossbow to stabilize its center of gravity, while the crossbow standing in front The soldier is responsible for turning the handle located above the crossbow body, and completing the bow shooting and general direction aiming through the built-in mechanism structure.
Seizing the opportunity, the third crossbowman installed the specially customized crossbow arrows.
After further aiming, with the pull of the trigger, the crossbow arrow of the city defense crossbow suddenly shot through the air.
The shooting range and power were sufficient, but the accuracy was not right, and the fired crossbow bolt was directly inserted into the ground half a man away from the wooden target.
Although the operation process of this city defense crossbow is the same as that of the three-bow bed crossbow, the feeling of using it is not the same. It can be regarded as a new weapon for the time being.
They are not proficient enough in mastering it, and they do not have any special talents. Naturally, they cannot achieve precise strikes from the beginning.
It's luck if you can hit, but it's normal if you can't.
But even so, considering that their king was standing on the side at the moment, after an arrow missed, the crossbowmen felt nervous.
However, Zhou Xu had no idea at all. After taking a glance, he said calmly...
"Change to the wooden target in the middle of the third row."
Without hesitation, the three crossbowmen Let's get started quickly.
In the first round of testing, Zhou Xu asked the crossbowmen to hit the wooden target directly in the middle, without caring whether they hit or not.
Because the most important thing in this round is to test the effective range of the city defense crossbow.
In the past two years, with the improvement of Dazhou's internal process technology and the abundance of resources at hand, the range power of the bed crossbows they produced has been relatively significantly improved compared to the earliest version.
Among them, the three-bow bed crossbow has a range of 850 meters to 900 meters while ensuring sufficient lethality.
Considering the background of the times, there is no doubt that the three-bow bed crossbow is a super killer weapon as long as there is room for use.
This process technology was also used when manufacturing the city defense crossbow. Considering the entire design, the power and range will be reduced.
But as of now, while ensuring lethality, its effective killing distance still reaches the range of 450 to 500 meters. If the distance is further extended, the power will drop too much, and in Zhou Xu's opinion, there is no need to conduct a test.
“Next, the wooden target in the middle of the fifth row.”
If Zhou Xu was testing the maximum effective range of the city defense crossbow before, then now, he started to test Yes, it is the strike range of the city defense crossbow aimed at the bottom of the wall.
For weapons like this, the bottom of the city wall is often the blind spot for their attacks, and the city defense crossbow is no exception.
But in comparison, it is not fixed, and it is relatively lightweight. It is controlled by three crossbowmen, so the adjustment of the attack angle must be much more flexible. The attack below The dead space should be suppressed smaller.
During a simple test, Zhou Xu was basically sure that the city defense crossbows were capable of shooting up to the sixth row. From the outside, it was almost an angle of 60 or 70 degrees. Going inside, the city defense crossbows were not good either. The operation is to attack the blind spot.
"Now start shooting to the left and right. The attack position of the city defense crossbow remains unchanged. Starting from the farthest row, shoot one by one."
Now is the time to start the test. The fan-shaped attack area directly in front of the city defense crossbow.
As a result, after this test, the stability of the city defense crossbow dropped significantly. Zhou Xu and Zhuang Mengdie, who noticed this change, almost simultaneously focused their attention on the support on the outer wall. on the stand.
“It seems that this bracket needs to be adjusted again, and I need to think of something else”
While muttering to himself, Zhuang Mengdie quickly wrote down this latest question in the notebook in his hand.
However, after finishing writing, a burst of unconcealable distress appeared on his face.
Obviously, this problem gave her a little headache.
In the past, when the city defense crossbow was used for frontal shooting, since the outer wall of the front was basically flat, the bracket could be set up evenly and stably.
But once the attack angle changes, the angle required for support will also change, and it will no longer be as stable as it was at the beginning.
In response to this situation, Zhou Xu could actually think of some solutions, but considering the background of the times, these methods are probably not useful.
Of course, if he gives up worrying about the bracket problem, he actually has other simpler and cruder solutions.
For example, let the crossbowmen solve the problem by running.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Xu is unlikely to let the city defense crossbow attack small soldiers. The attack targets of the city defense crossbow are basically concentrated on the opposite siege equipment, which is used to disintegrate the opponent's siege equipment. , or it may be a defensive weapon for individual special large units.
Based on this premise, this city defense crossbow is relatively light, and two crossbowmen can fully carry it and run.
At that time, wherever siege equipment or large units appear, just let the crossbowmen carry the city defense crossbows and run there to launch an attack.
Or, to be simpler and cruder, just win by quantity. If the whole row of walls is filled, there will be no running problem.
In fact, in this era, compared to solving the problem of bracket telescopic adjustment, it is easier and more reliable to use the two methods above.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu also called Zhuang Mengdie aside and discussed it.
Zhuang Mengdie had been troubled by this problem, but now she nodded subconsciously after hearing Zhou Xu's words.
"Indeed, it is difficult to solve this problem. Even if it can be solved in the future, the cost will probably be very high. It is better to let the crossbowmen take two more steps, or to set up a few more city defense crossbows."
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