But this process does not need to be followed up by the children's group and the youth group, they only need to know how the glass is fired, and the more delicate process will be specially selected by a few chemical geniuses, plus a master.

The rest of the regiment members had to be instructors, and the students were 2,000 servants. A small half of them had experienced the Battle of Maweicheng, and the remaining half had recently been transferred from various walled forts in Huangzhou.

There is no farm work to do in the winter, and it is a waste of food to stay in the walled fort, Hong Tao plans to give these soldiers a winter training camp to see if his plan to transform the box service into soldiers can succeed.

Who will train these chamber servants, only the children of the Children's Corps and the Youth Corps will take over. Jiang Erlang's special forces are also expanding, and they will go out before the beginning of spring, and the time is tight and the task is urgent, so he can't spare too much time to take care of the box service, at most, he will take these militarized farmers to a long-distance training every few days, and teach them some conventional combat skills by the way.

Most of the time, the chambermen were led by a group of children, who first learned two hours of literacy every day, and literacy and simple math were required. The rest of the time is basically in queue training, not only to stand in line, but to hone their discipline.

The primary quality of the new army is not to be physically strong, but to observe discipline and obey commands. Because the new army's combat methods and weapons are different from those in the past, the demand for soldiers will naturally have to change accordingly.

Speaking of new weapons, Hong Tao is very satisfied with the craftsmen. First of all, Wang Datou, don't look at him who has abolished a right hand, but because of a blessing in disguise, his brain is more bright. It is estimated that the blood supply is more abundant, after all, the blood in the right arm is a lot of idle, and it is likely to rush into the brain.

In addition to making thunderbolts and rockets in his workshop in Huangzhou in the past few months, he has not forgotten to think about how to improve the existing weapons to make them easier to use, more powerful, and more convenient to carry.

In fact, our ancestors' ability to invent and create is not weaker than others, but because there is no systematic scientific environment, and the status of craftsmen has not been very high, so that the younger generations have gradually lost their enthusiasm for creation.

Hong Tao didn't bring them much knowledge, but he opened a door. As soon as they enter this door, the craftsmen will find that there are so many things they don't understand, and there are still so many things to ponder.

It's not a matter of guessing that any improvement will be the basis for the rating, and then bring tangible benefits to yourself and your family. No one will refuse something good, and even an apprentice will think about what he is familiar with and see if he can find useful details. Even if you can't soar into the sky with this, it's a good thing to move up two levels.

So, the system is very, very critical, a good system can really make the bad guys good, and a bad system can really turn the good guys into bad guys. This has nothing to do with race, civilization, or country, but the whole world and all mankind.

The steel plate crossbow, which is improved by Wang Datou and Peng Da and other craftsmen on the basis of the divine arm crossbow, and the biggest difference between it and the divine arm bow is the crossbow arm.

Whether it is the divine arm bow of the Xia people or the divine arm crossbow of the Northern Song Dynasty, the crossbow arm is made of cow horns. This thing is a natural material, and the texture of each cow and each cow's horn is slightly different, and even if it is made by the same craftsman, the final product will be different.

Moreover, the crossbow arm made of several layers of horn and bone glue is not all-weather, and it is greatly affected by the environment. If the temperature is too low, it is easy to crack, if the temperature is too high, it will be soft, and if the humidity is high, it will open and deform, so there are many restrictions on use.

For example, the crossbow will not work well on rainy days, and even too much fog will reduce the power of the traditional crossbow and have a great impact on the lifespan of the crossbow.

Wang Datou was originally a coppersmith, with a very exquisite metalworking skills, and after arriving in the Horse Mansion, he specialized in iron and steel craftsmanship, much like the sheet metal workers of later generations plus some fitter skills.

Wu Laosi's son Wu Qiang inadvertently made spring steel and became a master craftsman, which stimulated Wang Datou a lot, and he was particularly concerned about innovation.

Steelmaking and ironmaking made him thought that he couldn't catch up with the martial arts, so he concentrated his energy on metalworking. It's also a craft to get it right, and you only have to look at the carburized armor and bearings on the surface of the horse to know its importance.

After choosing the direction, you still have to have specific goals, what to improve? Wang Datou originally planned to work the carriage to see if he could make the body structure stronger, lighter and smoother.

However, after a lot of work, I found that if there was no suitable road surface, the carriage would not have been qualitatively improved anyway. But in the process, he discovered that leaf springs, which were originally used as a shock absorption system, were a good thing. Since this thing is so elastic that it can bear hundreds of pounds of weight and stretch continuously, why can't it be reduced in size and used on the crossbow arm?

The carriage is a good thing, and the horse and the Xia people must be needed to fight, but the divine arm crossbow is still needed for combat. It would also be of great help to the colt if the complex, delicate traditional crossbow arm could be replaced with a steel plate that could be mass-produced and processed at will.

However, it was not possible for one person to improve the Divine Arm Crossbow, so he told the Wu family, Peng Da, and several main assistants about this idea. There is only one opinion, and anything that is possible to facilitate the horses is the highest pursuit of the craftsmen. Whether you succeed or not, do it! Let's do it together!

So a research group was set up spontaneously, with Wang Datou, who put forward the idea, as the main player, Peng Da, who was familiar with the structure of the divine arm crossbow, and the martial artist was responsible for providing spring steel sheets of various sizes according to Wang Datou's requirements.

Although the production of spring steel cannot be artificially controlled, and it can only try its luck under the deployment of several raw materials, the Wu family still does their best to let the Wu Er family in Weiqiao Town save some of the best spring steel as much as possible and send it to Huangzhou for testing.

Didn't the ancients say that everyone is of the same heart, and their profits are gold.

With the concerted efforts of several cross-industry companies, the first steel plate crossbow was successfully trial-produced in less than two months. What is the effect...... Not ideal.

It's not that the range and power are not as good as the traditional composite crossbow, but if the spring steel sheet is thin, it is easy to deform, and the rebound is not very complete. It's thick, and the center of gravity of the crossbow is too forward, so it's not easy to use and carry.

This is not a conclusion reached by craftsmen, but a professional evaluation after many test shots by professional crossbowmen.

One thing I forgot to mention, in this Divine Arm Crossbow Improvement Plan, Miao Kui uncharacteristically gave full support.

As a traditional soldier, he has always been resistant to rockets and other things, but he is in favor of improving traditional weapons. Providing a professional enough shooter and giving a fair assessment is all he can give.

"No matter how difficult it is to use, this crossbow will definitely become a sharp weapon for our forbidden army. Quickly show it to the adults, if Lord Shuai Si does not dislike it, I am willing to use this crossbow instead. "No matter how many shortcomings the steel plate crossbow has, Miao Kui is very optimistic about this new weapon. He was originally a crossbowman, and his understanding of bows and crossbows is not inadequate.

The reason why the cost of the divine arm crossbow in the Northern Song Dynasty was so high was because the Northern Song Dynasty did not have a large number of yak horns available, so they had to exchange cloth and tea with the Tibetan people. If it can be replaced by steel, even if it is slightly worse in performance, it is a big improvement.

Large-scale warfare is not about the performance of a weapon, where quantity is often more important than quality.

For example, during World War II, German tanks and fighter planes were very powerful, but the Allies relied on the continuous blood transfusion of the United States and the strong industrial manufacturing capacity of the former Soviet Union, and the quantity dragged down the quality.

No matter how good you are, the output can't keep up, it's in vain, people break one to supplement two, you break one and a half can't replenish, and you are the one who loses in the end.

The same is true for steel plate crossbows, if the Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army can be equipped with a large number of such long-range weapons that are not affected by weather, temperature, and humidity, and can be replenished in time after they are broken, the combat effectiveness will immediately be greatly improved.

No matter how good the horns are in Western Xia, the speed at which a cow lays down and the speed at which a bull grows horns is definitely not as fast as that of an iron-making furnace. Besides, it takes years to make a good pair of crossbow arms, but the manufacturing time of the crossbow arms of steel plate crossbows only needs to be calculated in days, and this speed continues to improve with the proficiency of craftsmen in the process.

As long as the craftsmen find the most suitable data, the characteristics of industrial production will be vividly revealed. The larger the quantity, the faster and less expensive it will be produced. Quality...... It's almost the same as carving out of a mold, but it's harder to make a difference.