The bow arm is nearly six feet, and the crossbow body is almost as tall as a person.

Such a huge heavy crossbow made Han Gang, who was also six feet tall and a head taller than ordinary people, three or five points shorter.

It is said that the bed crossbow is small. If it is said that it is a single crossbow, it is big again.

But if you hold it in your hand, who can say that this is a bed crossbow? It's just that such a heavy crossbow is pulled out, and I am afraid that it will not have the strength of eight or nine stones or nearly ten stones. The arrows that shoot out of the iron armor are estimated to be able to skewer the iron-clad soldiers into meat skewers.

Han Zhongxin's eyes couldn't help but straighten up when he saw such a heavy individual crossbow full of violence, and he forgot for a moment that he wanted to repay his errand with Han Gang.

"This is a bow to defeat the enemy?!"

The news that the Ordnance Supervisor is making new weapons that are more powerful than the Divine Arm Bow and the Armor-Piercing Crossbow has been circulating in the army for some time. Even the name came out.

Since it was confirmed that the main army of the Liao State had almost changed its iron armor, many people were expecting the appearance of a new crossbow that would re-establish the Song army's superiority over the Liao army in long-range attacks.

The bow is one of the most anticipated ones.

"No, the Enemy Bow is just a Divine Arm Bow that has enlarged its size. This is a hand-fired crossbow. Han Gang handed the crossbow to Han Zhongxin, and looked at it for a long time, his hand was sore, "It's a new thing from the Ordnance Supervisor, and I just sent it over." If Zhang Xiaojie doesn't leave, he is ready to give it a try in front of him. ”

"That's not right. The hand-shot crossbow in "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is obviously a bed crossbow. Hand shoot the cicada crossbow, hand shoot the bucket crossbow......" Han Zhongxin was stunned and took the heavy crossbow that looked extremely terrifying, and his hand sank, and he almost didn't take it off.

"The full name is the Hand Shoot Bed Crossbow." Han Gang spread his hands and laughed, "The Weapons Supervisor is like this, the name is very straightforward, and it doesn't use his mind at all. ”

Actually, he's the same. The name of plate armor really didn't move his mind at all, and he didn't seriously think about a majestic name.

After he took over the hand-shooting machine crossbow from Han Gang, he was estimating the weight of this thing, "Why is it so heavy, I'm afraid it doesn't have twenty or thirty catties." ”

"Twenty-two pounds, not counting the bracket."

Han Zhongxin followed Han Gang's line of sight, and on the side, there was a double-ended iron fork rooted in the ground. In the center of the double-pointed fork, just enough to hold a hand-shot bed crossbow.

With a heavy crossbow with a bracket, Han Zhongxin really hasn't seen it, "What about adding a bracket?" ”

"With this shelf, it should be thirty pounds."

"It's almost as heavy as half of the riding armor!" Han Zhongxin looked at the crossbow again, shook his hands, and felt that it was not much different from holding armor in his hand.

"Without a helmet and accessories on your hands and feet, that's really pretty much the same." Han Gang nodded.

His strength is also very good in the army, but Han Gang held this heavy crossbow, and knew that with his arm strength, it was impossible for him to stand firmly and shoot with a crossbow. The total weight of twenty-two catties is not supported by a carriage, it is difficult to shoot stably, and no matter how strong the strength is, it is useless if you can't aim.

But if you count the weight of the additional brackets, it is basically another half-body plate armor without accessories. And even if there is a bracket, it is difficult to take it up and down, and few soldiers in the army can use this miniature version of the bed crossbow well.

"Shoude, what do you think?" Han Gang asked Han Zhongxin.

Han Zhongxin frowned. From the surprise at first sight, to the closer inspection, his expression also became disappointed, the weight is far less light than the Divine Arm Bow, and it is difficult to carry on the march, this is a purely defensive weapon:

"It's obviously a bed crossbow, two bow arms! The ordnance supervisor can change his name and use it in his hand? How to wind? Can you only use a winding machine? ”

Listening to the conversation between the two.

"It's true that you can only use a winding machine, and there is no hope for manpower." Han Gang smiled.

Han Zhongxin sighed when he heard this.

This crossbow is clear at a glance, it must be wound by machinery, and it requires three or five people to work together, but this crossbow is much smaller than the bed crossbow, there are more people, and there is no place to even hold hands. It is no more than a bed crossbow placed on the ground, with a winch and a noose, and a strong and heavy ground.

"It's definitely very strong. But he had thirty pounds on his back. You can't take it with you in the field. However, when defending the city on the city wall, you can put the crossbow on the pheasant moat, and you can also throw away the cumbersome brackets. "But you still have to try it first, and after the test shot, the last general will dare to comment."

"Of course."

Han Gang took the hand-shot bed crossbow from Han Zhongxin's hand again, handed it to the pro-soldier on the side, and asked him to wind the hand-shot bed crossbow. The animal winding machine on the side of the school yard rattled for a while, and after it came out, it was handed over to another stout and brave officer at the signal of Han Gang.

Han Zhongxin knew the officer, who was seven feet and an inch tall, and would be very conspicuous wherever he was. And he also made a lot of contributions, there were several Liao generals who were killed, and on the battlefield, because of his huge and unparalleled physique, he helped the robes attract many arrows.

The heavy crossbow in the shape of a bed crossbow is naturally an iron feather arrow more than a foot long, instead of the previous wooden feather short arrow.

Wound up, arrows.

In the hands of the tall and sturdy man, the heavy crossbow was not supported by a bracket, and he steadily aimed at the iron armor on the humanoid shelf fifty paces away.

There was a thud, and the bent bowstring straightened, and the huge recoil caused the man to jerk back, and the bow was raised, but the arrow had already flown out.

It was not a speed that the eyes could catch up with, and in the next moment, the Iron Feather Arrow appeared seventy paces away, and slammed into the ground with a slanted sound.

Shot out?

The officers and soldiers watching from the sidelines of the school field sighed.

Only seventy paces of range.

It took so much momentum in vain.

"No, yes!"

Han Zhongxin's eyes were sharp, he strode forward, walked to the armor, and there was an extremely conspicuous black hole in the shoulder socket a little down, which actually pierced the armor with a blow.

The point where the arrow hit was on the edge of the breastplate, close to the shoulder armor. The thickness was slightly less than that of the chest, and it was not hung properly on the shelf, so that there was a gap between the back armor and the shoulder armor, and the iron feather arrow pierced through the front and drilled directly through the gap.

This is not a successful test launch, but it is difficult for a strong man to pursue the accuracy of hitting the vital point in the chest at a distance of 50 steps. And it's enough to see the power of this hand shooter.

Although it is not a combination of back armor, if a person wears iron armor, it is enough to pierce a layer of iron armor. Fifty paces away, it completely penetrated the iron armor, and flew out twenty steps before landing, so powerful, it was not a problem to shoot the soldier wearing the iron armor fifty paces away into a meat skewer with one blow. The power completely surpasses that of the Divine Arm Bow, and the armor-piercing crossbow is difficult to match.

A group of officers followed Han Gang to the target, touching the hole in the breastplate and marveling.

"How? Let's come in handy. Han Gang asked Han Zhongxin.

Han Zhongxin hesitated. In his opinion, such a thing simply does not have the value of equipping troops in large quantities. The weight is too large to carry, similar to a bed crossbow, as for the power, it actually brings the enemy closer, and the divine arm bow can also shoot through plate armor.

This belongs to the kind of weapons that do not rely on both sides. It is impossible for everyone to equip it like the Divine Arm Bow and Plate Armor. But when used in the right place, it's still very powerful.

"Naturally, it's no problem. There are no weapons that are useless. As long as it is not shoddy, it can be used in the right place to defeat the enemy. Not to mention such a powerful divine weapon. ”

"Don't worry about quality, the Ordnance Supervisor has been able to do things in the past two years, and he can be regarded as doing things with his heart."

As a result of Lu Huiqing and Han Gang's judgment on the key rectification of the Ordnance Supervisor's work name system, the quality inspection of the Ordnance Supervisor's products, although not as rigorous as when they presided over the affairs of the Prison, has also stabilized at a considerable level over the years. There was no situation where the armor broke as soon as it was poked, and the war bow broke as soon as it was pulled.

"What the privy council said is that since the imperial court agreed to the entry of iron tools into the people, agricultural tools are the best of the military superintendents."

Han Zhongxin became more and more able to speak, and Han Gang was a little dissatisfied. After a pause, he took the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then said, "Shoude, if it's you, how can you shoot the bed crossbow with this hand?" ”

Han Gang likes to ask questions, and from time to time a question is thrown out. The staff and cronies who followed him were used to it. Many people's abilities are also exercised in this way.

Han Zhongxin thought for a moment: "It's best to use it when defending the city." The strength of the divine arm bow is insufficient, and the eight-bull crossbow is far from close, and this hand-shot bed crossbow is the most suitable. No matter how thick the shield is, it is useless. ”

Han Gang shook his head: "When the Ping An team wins the first place, they may not be able to see the Liao thieves attacking the city." ”

Ping An is an old team, and the background is a car and horse shop, so it is named Ping An. The founding team of the Kaifeng Keju League, but always ups and downs in the relegation zone, for many years, no one expects the Ping An team to win a first place.

"Field battles are okay too. Like the Picker, one will pick out a crossbowman to command the armored cavalry of the Liao thieves. The armored cavalry all rushed together in formation, seizing the opportunity to easily annihilate a group of armored cavalry. Han Zhongxin's eyes flashed with confidence, "Privy, as long as there are enough of such bed crossbows, the winding function can keep up." It was useless for the Liao thief's palace division army to come. ”

As long as there are enough of them......

Han Gang thought about Han Zhongxin's words, and he really knew how to speak.

The problem with the hand-shot bed crossbow is precisely the lack of production.

To shrink a weapon, it is not necessary to reduce the size of the parts in proportion according to the drawings, the bed crossbow is made larger but easier to build, such a delicate bed crossbow has more than one level higher requirements for material quality and process accuracy. In terms of manufacturing time, it is much longer than the Divine Arm Bow.

The consumption of man-hours and materials is too large, the manufacturing difficulty is also high, the manufacturing speed cannot be improved, and it is not cost-effective, but the ordnance supervisor still took it out as a treasure.

Han Gang had this feeling a long time ago, and now it is even more serious - there is a lack of a master with a pioneering mind in the ordnance prison, and now all of them are craftsmen, who only dare to improve, but do not dare to abandon them.