Xia Nan asked: "What is the protective effect of these chain mail, mountain armor and the like, and is it worth spending a lot of effort to configure?" ”

Wei Lianheng replied: "Chain mail, also known as ring lock armor, is generally made of iron wire or iron ring buckle to form a garment, each ring and the other four rings are buckled, shaped like a net lock, so it is called chain mail." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info good chain mail production process is cumbersome, and the price is not low. This armor can withstand ordinary sword slashes and horse bows, but it cannot block foot bows, let alone heavy arrows and crossbows. In addition, because it is too soft, heavy weapons such as meteor hammers and maces cannot be stopped."

Xia Nan was a little disappointed when he heard this, this chain mail didn't seem to be very cost-effective, so he asked, "What about Shanwen Jia?" ”

"Shanwen armor was originally just a leaf attached to the Mingguang armor, and it slowly became the best armor after the Tang and Song dynasties. Because its armor piece is a mountain-shaped iron piece, it gets this name. The protection is better than chain mail, but it is more complicated and expensive to make than chain mail, and the guard can only be equipped with a thousand households. ”

After listening to Wei Lianheng's introduction, Xia Nan basically pss these two common armors of the Ming army are low cost effective, and the defense power is not proportional to the cost, so what is the use? In the future, you will always have to face opponents with strong hand-to-hand combat ability such as the Tartars, and heavy weapons such as maces and heavy arrows such as rifles and arrows cannot be avoided, since you cannot effectively resist the attacks of these cold weapons, it is better to travel lightly and maintain the flexibility of the musketeers.

"Wei Baihu Wei Lianheng is worthy of being a hereditary military household, and he is very familiar with military affairs. However, these two types of armor are not very practical, the protection is average, and it also reduces the mobility and flexibility of the team, so I don't think it is necessary. Xia Nan made a comment.

Yang Youji has a cold temperament, and he rarely speaks on such occasions, so he rarely speaks at this time: "Master, in fact, there is something in Qiongzhou Mansion, if you use it well, it may not be worse than iron armor." ”

"Oh?" Xia Nan's eyes lit up, "You can make armor without iron?" What's the good stuff? ”

"It's a rattan armor."

"Fuji armor?" Xia Nan asked with interest, "How to do it, let's hear it." ”

Yang Youji replied, "When Han Sheng and I were hunting in Guangxi, in order to guard against fierce beasts, we used to make half-body armor with rattan. The specific method is to soak the green rattan in water for half a month, then take it out to dry for three days, then soak it in oil for ten days and half a month, and then take it out to dry, and finally coat it with tung oil. There are also many vines in Qiongzhou Mansion, which are used to make armor, and the materials are available everywhere, and they don't cost a few pennies. ”

"Can you protect against knives, guns, bows and arrows?" Summer Minami is most concerned about the protection of the armor.

"The rattan armor soaked in tung oil is constantly chopped by knives, and arrows cannot be shot, and it is not much worse than the chain mail of officers and soldiers, and it is extremely light, not afraid of water, and breathable, which is suitable for use in the hot and dry place of Qiongzhou."

Xia Nan was thrilled when he heard it, such an excellent, inexpensive armor sounded very tempting, but why didn't all dynasties have large-scale equipment?

He asked Wei Lianheng suspiciously, "What do you think of Lianheng?" ”

"In fact, the Li people in Qiongzhou also use rattan armor, but the advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance." Wei Lianheng explained, "Rattan armor can only be used in hot and humid places in the south, and it is not suitable in cold places in the north. In addition, it takes no less time to make a good pair of rattan armor than it does to create a pair of chain mail, and although I don't know how long it takes, it always takes a year or two."

"A year or two?" Summer Nan was taken aback, is this a work of art to create? He asked Yang Youji, "Does it really take so long?" ”

Yang Youji nodded, "It doesn't take so long for an ordinary Orion, but it does take two years to make a pair of rattan armor comparable to iron armor." First of all, after cutting the green rattan and weaving the rattan armor, it is then soaked in tung oil for two days and two nights, which is to make the rattan armor more resilient. Then take out the rattan armor to dry, at least two months, and then soak it in grapefruit oil, and so on 5 times, a set of good rattan armor is completed. ”

Xia Nan was speechless, it would be better to use iron armor to make a pair of rattan armor in two years. He couldn't make up his mind, and asked Lin Weiye, "Old Lin, I don't know how to choose, what good ideas do you have?" ”

Lin Weiye thought for a long time and replied, "The advantages and disadvantages of rattan armor are very obvious, and it cannot be used as our standard armor." However, it is too hot here in Qiongzhou, and I want to block the sword, and I want to be cool and breathable, it seems that I can only choose rattan armor, otherwise, wearing an iron sheet is a walking oven, and the sun will be scalded to death after a long time. ”

"Are you in favor of abandoning iron armor and using rattan armor?"

"No, no, no, I didn't say that." Lin Weiye shook his head again and again, "I think we can take the compromise route and both." In Qiongzhou Prefecture, you can consider using rattan armor, of course, the process can be simplified, two years can be shortened to a few months, and the monkey version can deal with most of the threats in Qiongzhou, as for future wars outside Guangdong, especially in Liaodong, iron armor can be used. ”

Xia Nan was puzzled, "Wei Lianheng said that chain mail and mountain armor are flashy, why do you still use them?" ”

Lin Weiye rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "It just meets one of my previous wishes, I mean to realize one of my previous ideas, which is to imitate the structure of cotton armor, wrap cloth on the outside, and fix it with bubble nails, but the cotton inside is replaced with iron sheets, and it is made into a vest like body armor, which is only worn during combat, and it is usually placed on the baggage cart when marching."

Summer Nan has also heard of cotton armor, and it seems that Houjin popularized this armor that is said to be able to resist guns on a large scale. He asked suspiciously, "Why don't you just use cotton armor?" It doesn't seem to be expensive, and the production cycle is not too long."

Speaking of this kind of technical problems, Lin Weiye returned to his true character as a military fan, and talked eloquently, "The reason why the Tartars implemented cotton armor on a large scale is because the main opponent, the Ming army, generally uses firearms such as bird guns and three-eyed guns, and cotton armor can absorb the kinetic energy of lead bullets, but the effect on swords is very poor." On the contrary, most of our future opponents will be based on cold weapons, and it is better to use iron armor than cotton armor. ”

Listening to him explain this, Xia Nan understood. Cotton armor is the original body armor, the effect of fire protection is obvious, but the effect of cold weapons and blunt weapons is not good, just like soft chain mail.

"And what is your final suggestion?"

Lin Weiye replied, "In Qiongzhou, you can use rattan armor, and in the future, you can use iron armor to go north." ”

Wei Lianheng also agreed with Lin Weiye's point of view: "Qiongzhou is too hot, it is really good to use iron armor, and rattan armor is breathable, and it is still okay to use it temporarily." ”

Xia Nan listened, nodded and said, "Then take Lao Lin's suggestion, use the rattan armor locally, and try the effect." In the future, Lao Lin said that the stab-proof vest oh no, no, a new type of iron armor. This kind of iron armor was handed over to him for trial production. "To be continued.

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