Ten days later, the gradually perfected twelve parts finally combined together, two feet three inches (52 cm) in length, two feet (46 cm) in arm width, twenty arrows at a time in the arrow box, a gripable lever connected the tail end of the arrow box and the crossbow body, after firing, hold the lever in one hand and pull it back, the lever drives the crossbow string to complete the reset, and at the same time open the two wooden bolts at the bottom of the arrow box to let the iron arrows in the arrow box fall into the arrow slot, the arrow is completely made of pig iron, weighing nine taels (140 grams, Han Jin 16 taels), The length is one foot and one inch (25 cm), and the cluster of arrows is sharp and triangular.

Under the collective efforts, this repeater and Liu Qi's familiar repeater has been very different, the arrow box, lever and crossbow body are connected by metal parts, which can be loaded and unloaded at any time, which is Liu Qi according to the concept of modular weapons in later generations, even if a part is damaged on the battlefield, it can be replaced immediately, greatly improving the efficiency of maintenance in wartime.

In addition, in order to make the cavalry more convenient to use, the position of the grip of the crossbow body is much earlier, more than the center of the crossbow body, so that most of the crossbow body can be supported by the arm, which not only greatly improves the stability and shooting accuracy of one-handed shooting, but also far more labor-saving than the grip when winding, and the crossbow string can be extended to increase the overall hardness.

And because the center of gravity is advanced, the weight of the repeater can be increased, and without affecting the aiming, the shape of the arrow magazine becomes flat and wide, holding ten more iron arrows, which doubles the firepower!

What is surprising is that this series of improvements is pondered by some craftsmen, in the past, many people said that Zhuge crossbow is exaggerated and fictional, and it is impossible to create such advanced weapons at the level of science and technology in this era, Liu Qi also firmly agreed, but now this idea has completely disappeared, and he no longer dares to despise the wisdom of the ancients!

Liu Qi's hands trembled a little with excitement as he held the first real repeater in history created by himself, looking at the expectant eyes of everyone around him, he took a deep breath and raised the repeater to pull the trigger towards the target grass target.

Sou!

While!

Liu Dian pulled the trigger with force, and the iron arrow came out of the string, and instantly arrived at the grass target hanging with fish scales and iron armor twenty steps away, with a crisp sound, the iron arrow easily broke through the obstacle in front of it, and resolutely drilled into the grass target.

Immediately after that, Liu Qi lowered his right arm, pulled the lever back with his left hand, raised the repeater again, took aim slightly, and pulled the trigger again, and then kept repeating the above action until he shot the arrow magazine.

"The general is really a god!"

Liang Feng, Liu Hong and others, who came specially, carefully took over the repeater and played with it with surprise, and they simply admired Liu Qi to the ground.

This crossbow with a strength of about 150 Han catties, which can penetrate the fish scale iron armor within 30 meters, and the repeater that can penetrate the cowhide hard armor within 50 meters only took half a column of incense to shoot 20 arrows, and with the existing hand crossbow, even if it is not aiming, it can only shoot four or five arrows in the same time, and the rate of fire is almost comparable to that of a bow and arrow!

The most important thing is that training a crossbowman is far faster and simpler than training an archer, excellent archers value talent more, feeling and consciousness can not be obtained through learning and training, and the requirements of crossbowmen are much simpler, there is no need to consider what parabola, crosswind effect on the landing point, capture the movement trajectory of the target, estimate the advance ......, just aim at the target within fifty meters and pull the trigger, in the face of an iron arrow with an initial velocity of more than fifty meters per second, it is almost impossible for humans to react in less than 1 second.

With such a sharp weapon, what is there to fear from an enemy ten times his size!

Liu Qi proudly accepted everyone's worship as ordered, and at the same time secretly rubbed his sour left arm with both hands behind his back, secretly saying that it was not that the general was physically weak, and the rate of fire was faster!

The crossbow is a smooth finalization, but unfortunately it is impossible to equip the army immediately, Liu Qi roughly knows that the production of the bow and crossbow is more time-consuming and laborious, but after learning about the actual situation, he was still startled, the military bow and crossbow is a composite bow and crossbow, which is composed of dry, horns, tendons, glue, silk and lacquer, collectively known as "six materials", select the right wood as the dry, paste the horn made into thin slices, glue it with animal tendons or fish bladders, and then tightly wound it with silk threads, and finally coat it with varnish to complete.

This process is not done in one go, each part of the material needs to be specially treated at different times, dry in winter, horns in spring, tendons in summer, close all materials in autumn, put in the bow box in the cold winter, put the bowstring on the next spring, and store it for another year before it can be used.

Such a complex process needs to span two to three years, in the bow workshop, because the work can be staggered, so there will be batches of finished products at different times every year, but as far as a bow is concerned, its working hours can not be shortened, and the same is true for crossbows, all of which is only to form the maximum deformation potential energy after pulling the string, and transform it into kinetic energy that allows the arrow to fly faster and farther.

Gao Hong was the most anxious, shouting for the craftsmen to find a way to speed up, listening to the craftsmen talking bitterly to Gao Hong and Gan Ning to explain the disadvantages of the quick products that are not made in accordance with the regular process, Liu Qi walked to the grass target and turned around a few times and frowned, of course he didn't have the patience to wait for two or three years, except for the dry materials needed for the crossbow arm, other materials are ready-made, use them first, it is winter now, you can make a large number of dry materials, and make hundreds of crossbows to use first!

The army has few benefits, the infantry's demand for repeaters is not urgent, and now the top priority is to equip the navy and cavalry first, as for the problem of durability or not Liu Qicai didn't bother to pay attention to it, if it is broken, it will be burned, and it will be rebuilt! No matter how expensive the weapon is, no one matters, and the quick repeater is not durable and insists on shooting more than a dozen boxes of arrows, how many enemies can be killed and injured by these dozen boxes of arrows, how many casualties can be avoided, and it is worth wasting more weapons!

Liu Qi immediately ordered to start production immediately, and at least 500 units would be required within a month, and the craftsmen secretly said that this one was too anxious, just now those generals proposed that a year still made them feel unacceptable, and the things made in this month became a one-time thing?

As soon as the military order came out, the craftsmen had to comply, and gathered together to discuss how to make the repeater crossbow produced in a month last longer, Liu Qi simply lived in the camp of the craftsmen, and happily discussed with them the methods of further improvement, and felt that the enthusiasm of the craftsmen who were highly valued had increased significantly.

A carpenter named Li Bo proposed to add circlips at both ends of the arrow groove to fix the iron arrows, so that the cavalry could also use the repeater in violent turbulence without worrying about the iron arrows falling, the circlip is also very simple is an acute triangle, connected to the arrow groove by ox tendons, when the iron arrows fall, press the circlip downward to move, the iron arrows can fall into the arrow groove, and then under the pull of the ox tendons, the circlip can be firmly stuck after the iron arrow is restored.

Half an hour later, a modified repeater was presented in front of everyone's eyes, Li Bo really had superb craftsmanship, the iron arrow was extremely stable in the arrow groove, even if the repeater was turned upside down and the iron arrow would not fall out of the arrow groove, and the elasticity of the cow tendon made the circlip not affect the shooting, and the cavalry equipped with such a repeater can indeed improve the combat efficiency in complex terrain.

But a blacksmith named Wei Yi objected: "No, no, although this circlip is exquisite, it is too laborious to make, not to mention that it is easy to be damaged directly in contact with the iron arrow, and the villain has a method that is simpler and easier to do without maintenance, and it is enough to leave two protrusions at the bottom when making the arrow box." ”

Wei Yi's method is simpler, leaving two protrusions at the bottom of the arrow box that match the edge of the iron arrow, when the arrow box is wound and reset, it will form a relatively closed space like a gun barrel with the arrow slot, as long as the head of the repeater is not rushed down the iron arrow, it will not fall out of the arrow slot.

Li Bo and some craftsmen objected: "Riding on a horse is violently bumpy, and the iron arrow moving back and forth will inevitably affect the accuracy, which can be a matter of life and death for the rider, and how about shooting down when defending the city?" It's not ......."

Although the effect of the circlip designed by Li Bo is better, the circlip is directly in contact with the iron arrow, and the violent friction generated by the high-speed shooting of the iron arrow will inevitably wear out the thin circlip, and the maintenance of such a repeater will be very troublesome in the future, especially in wartime, the intact rate of weapons and equipment is an important guarantee for the combat effectiveness of the troops.

But Wei Yi's method also has major flaws, the iron arrow is like a bullet to a rifle for a repeater, shaking back and forth or falling out of the arrow groove is bound to greatly affect the accuracy and range of shooting, and an arrow often determines the life and death of the shooter on the battlefield.

Such a small problem is naturally difficult for the well-informed Liu Qi, but in order to exercise the creativity of the craftsmen, he just waited for them to solve this problem, and what amazed him was that the craftsmen led by Li Bo and Wei Yi came up with a perfect solution in just one afternoon.

The two compromised their plan, thickening the front edge of the arrow box on the basis of the arrow box designed by Wei Yi, and attaching a layer of sheepskin to firmly press the iron arrow in the arrow slot, and although Li Bo's circlip was canceled, Li Bo came up with a more exquisite design, adding a simple lever at the bottom of the front end of the trigger and the arrow box, and pulling the trigger while driving this lever to slightly lift and press the front edge of the arrow box of the iron arrow, so that the shooting of the iron arrow will not be affected at all.

After completing the shooting, the arrow box pressed the falling iron arrow again with the lever and trigger reset, perfectly solving the two problems at the same time, and Liu Qizheng was about to reward the meritorious man, but saw a strange black fog suddenly appear in the sky.

This black fog came inexplicably, as if it had popped out of nowhere.

The black mist squirmed for a while, and Liu Qi vaguely saw a vague outline of a human face, and before Liu Qi could see the other party's appearance clearly, a thunderbolt slashed down silently.

"Go to another world, this place doesn't belong to you" seems to be uttered by countless horns at the same time, but it is strangely synchronized at a frequency.

Liu Qi's eyes were white, and he immediately lost all his feelings.

Liu Qi, who was dazed, woke up and found that he was no longer in the same place, but appeared in a colorful magical passage.

A thin layer of pentachromatic film enveloped the passage, littered with fluttering debris.

The fragments were of different colors, some were bright, some were dull

A palm-sized fragment floated in front of Liu Qi's eyes, Liu Qi glanced at it curiously, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The rise and fall of a world is rapidly stacked in that fragment, and various figures who push and block the progress of history pass by one by one.

After a while, Liu Qi checked a few fragments and found that these fragments were actually about some worlds in the Three Kingdoms era. It's just that the historical trajectories in these worlds are somewhat different.

In some worlds, the Yellow Turban overthrew the rule, in some worlds, Sun Jian dominated the world, and in some worlds, there were magical traversers who stirred up the world

"Are these parallel worlds?" Liu Qi didn't quite understand the reasons and principles for the existence of these worlds, and he didn't know how he got here.

Just as Liu Qi was about to take the risk of grabbing a certain world fragment, a watermelon-sized fragment not far away suddenly emitted a strong light, and that light carried an unparalleled suction, and Liu Qi didn't even have time to struggle before he was absorbed by that world fragment.