boyutpedia Chapter 165 Do you want to modify the crossbow?
Chapter 165 Do you want to modify the crossbow?
The Fan family members were all in the army outside the city, and the women who participated in the martial arts competition were all on the city walls. They could be said to be Fan Haihua's strongest support! Who dared to say that the Fan family was useless?
Mr. Fan's illness has not yet fully recovered, but he can still walk. Although he cannot ride a horse, he cannot lie in bed, so he rides in a carriage and looks around the city gate every day. If he finds any problems, he will ask someone to correct them in time. If he has any new ideas, he will go to Fan Haihua to discuss them.
Fan Haihua was worried about his health, but she pushed some clerical matters to the old man on the grounds that she was too busy, which stopped him from running around.
Lin Yue finally had some free time, so she and An Jinyue went to the city gate to observe the battle between the two sides and see if they could provide some suggestions based on the situation on the front line to strengthen the defense in the city.
The two witnessed Fan Haihua's busyness and powerful abilities, and were moved and infected. Lin Yue had been to the battlefield and knew the cruelty of war.
An Jinyue also helped to stockpile dry food in the city. The noble families all had their own granaries, and some families that secretly moved south had their food hiding places discovered and gathered together.
Although these food supplies are not needed at the moment, they still need to be counted and guarded in case of emergency.
The men of the Yun family were all outside the city. Although they were worried, fortunately the whole family lived nearby. It was truly a moment of life and death together.
"I always thought war was far away from me, but I never thought that one day, a battle would break out in the capital, and I could even stand on the city wall and watch the battle unfold!"
Two people stood on the city wall and looked outside the city. In the distance, the war was spreading and the whole place was scorched earth.
The neighing of war horses and the shouts of killing reached their ears clearly. They even had an illusion that they could hear the sound of swords entering the body. That kind of soul-shaking feeling was not only experienced by them, but by everyone in the city.
War is so close to them!
Lin Yue looked into the distance, and the scene of people shouting and horses neighing under the fluttering flags in the distance was deeply imprinted in her mind.
Unlike the swift and fierce sweeping of hot weapons in other worlds, the battlefields of the cold weapon era are also enough to shock people deeply!
War! How cruel!
She felt that she had to do something to change the situation!
Hot weapons are unrealistic, and she doesn't dare to try explosives easily. The current situation is uncertain, and it would be too shocking to use them. However, a powerful crossbow with great lethality would be fine. She has seen the existing crossbows. A large crossbow has four wheels underneath and is pushed forward by four soldiers. Two soldiers load the bows and arrows, and can only fire three super-large arrows at a time. If it is improved, continuous shooting should not be a problem.
Lin Yue immediately found Mr. Fan and took out the blueprint of the large bow and arrow. After careful study, she quickly grasped the key information.
"You said you wanted to transform it into a powerful crossbow capable of continuous firing?"
Mr. Fan was extremely shocked.
Lin Yue had already picked up the pen and blank sheet next to her and nodded at the old man.
"Do you know what you're talking about? This is a powerful crossbow. If it can be modified into a crossbow capable of continuous firing, it would be a great achievement! Maybe the capital city can be saved!"
"Old man, don't get excited. I'll draw the blueprints first, and you can find someone to try to build one, and then you'll know if it's successful!"
Lin Yue was drawing on the drawing as she spoke. It took her only a cup of tea to finish the drawing. Compared with the crossbow drawing next to it, there was not much difference at first glance, but a closer look revealed that there were more parts and the internal structure had been changed a lot.
Mr. Fan was a top scholar in both civil and military studies, and had served in the army before. He could tell the difference just by looking at the picture of the powerful crossbow she drew!
He was so happy that his beard stood up.
"Change it like this! So that's how it works! What a great kindness!"
"I'll have someone try making one right away! The Ministry of Industry has quite a few discarded crossbows. Some of them can be modified, and the large frames can be used. The finer parts need to be made right now. Half a day! It only takes half a day to make one for trial!"
Lin Yue was also infected by his excitement.
"I'll go with you. We'll have to make and test some parts and adjust their dimensions on site!"
The two men quickly went to the Ministry of Works. There was only one person in charge left in the Ministry of Works, whose surname was Xing. All the high-ranking officials followed the old emperor south!
Although the Chief of Criminal Affairs was not a high-ranking official, they were the ones who usually did the work. When he saw the picture, he shouted excitedly, and the rest of the people in the Ministry of Works were attracted by him! These people were the ones who usually did the work, and basically they were all kept!
"The capital is saved! With this powerful crossbow! The capital is saved!"
Everyone was extremely excited! They immediately set about following the blueprint. Strength lies in numbers. More than a dozen people worked together to polish the most delicate parts of a powerful crossbow, with Lin Yue discussing and researching with them.
At first they didn't take Lin Yue seriously at all, thinking that she got the blueprint by chance, but they didn't expect that an expert could tell whether it was real or not with just one look!
After a few simple exchanges, everyone's opinion of her changed! No one dared to look down on her anymore!
They're really knowledgeable! Dimensions! Parts! Structure! Concepts and practices are all mastered!
Everyone was so excited that they didn't even bother to eat or drink water! It was almost like they were going crazy!
Are you kidding? This concerns the lives of people all over the city. How dare they not risk their lives?
In less than half a day, they had made a powerful crossbow. At the moment of test firing, Mr. Fan was so excited that he covered his heart with his hands, and Chief Xing was heartbroken when he saw this.
"Old man! You haven't recovered yet! Be careful! Don't faint!"
"Hey! What are you afraid of? Isn't this the miracle doctor here?"
Old Master Fan didn't care at all. His life was saved by Lin Yue. Lin Yue was right next to him. If she could save him once, she could definitely save him again! What was there to be afraid of? Even if he fainted for this, he would be happy!
No! He wasn't happy with it! He wanted to see the successful test firing of this powerful crossbow with his own eyes!
Looking at the four seas, if this continuous firing crossbow is successful, Daqi's military camp will have a powerful weapon, and can form a powerful crossbow army! Crossbow army! Not only is it a siege weapon, but it can also deter the enemy from a distance!
Old Master Fan was already imagining the scene of thousands of crossbows firing simultaneously! How shocking that would be! With it! The prosperity of the Great Qi Dynasty is just around the corner!
As expected, the first test launch failed!
Undeterred, they quickly investigated the cause, made some modifications, and tried three more times!
the fourth time!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The successive artificial city walls collapsed, raising a cloud of dust in the martial arts field.
"Ah! Success!"
"Success!"
“It worked!”
Everyone at the scene cheered!
"The capital is saved!"
Mr. Xing, the head of the Ministry of Works, sat on the ground and cried loudly!
"Mmmmm… The capital is saved! We succeeded!"
Mr. Fan’s eyes were also slightly red, and his beard was almost standing up to the sky with excitement!
"Lin Yue! You are a great hero! Once this powerful crossbow is launched, the Great Qi Dynasty will be the only one of its kind in the world. This is a great achievement!"