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Chapter 626 The Power of Catapults
Lu Fengmei was the busiest person in the entire camp.

He who has not slept all night is more excited than those who have slept all night.

The sun had just jumped out of the sea, and he had already led people back from cutting down a pile of bamboo outside.

Immediately afterwards, the production of the trebuchet began non-stop.

According to the design drawings drawn last night, the wood is first processed into the required parts.

When doing this, it naturally aroused the curiosity of the natives.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to rest, the natives gathered around, wanting to see what Lu Fengmei was doing.

Lu Fengmei didn't have time to explain to them at the moment, but kept giving orders to the two native helpers around her, asking them to process the wood into the desired shape with knives and axes.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and it didn't take long for the sun to rise to the right sky, and it was the hottest time of the day on the island.

The natives who were still filling up the gates of the city wall had already gone to rest under Wei Lin's order.

Only Lu Fengmei is still busy with the two natives.

Wei Lin, who was already able to rest, saw how busy the place was, so she gave up her rest and rushed over to help.

The parts of the trebuchet were made one by one with the efforts of everyone.

All that's left is to put the parts together.

It has become very easy to assemble these parts on the island now, because of the existence of copper nails, many structures that need to be bonded can be completed only with copper nails.

Along with the most important piece, the main rod of the trebuchet is installed.

In this way, with the concerted efforts of everyone, a temporary trebuchet was assembled.

After the trebuchet was installed, all the natives in the camp surrounded it. It was the first time for these people to see such a wooden thing, and they were very curious. What is it?
Not to mention these natives, in fact, even modern people like Lu Fengmei and Wei Lin only know about trebuchets in history books, and it is the first time they have actually seen them with their own eyes and made them.

Song Zhixi also came to the crowd, seeing this trebuchet that was hurriedly made, he couldn't help showing a happy smile on his face.

"Ms. Lu, Wei Lin, you two are really amazing!"

Seeing such a brand new trebuchet, Song Zhixi was not at all stingy with his praise.

Shizi Asai also covered her lips with her hands, with an expression of being too surprised to speak. At this moment, Lu Fengmei was simply the omnipotent hero in her heart, and she actually made a trebuchet.

On the side, Xiaoliang's wife was full of doubts and puzzlement. She really wanted to know what such a wooden thing was for, but she couldn't understand the communication, so she could only feel bored in her heart.

The natives around couldn't wait any longer, and wanted to see Lu Fengmei demonstrate how useful this thing could be.

Song Zhixi saw everyone's curiosity, and said to Lu Fengmei: "Mr. Lu, everyone wants to see the power of the trebuchet, so let them see it."

Lu Fengmei nodded and said, "No problem!"

Speaking of which, Lu Fengmei herself was too excited.

It took so much effort to make this trebuchet, but it still doesn't look like a baby in his eyes. Now it's finally time for verification, and he can see if this guy is really useful after a while.

"But this thing can't be aimed, it can't strike precisely, it can only cover a rough range."

"It doesn't matter, as long as it can deter the enemy and make them frightened."

"Ok!"

With that said, Lu Fengmei began to prepare to test shoot the catapult.

This temporary simple trebuchet was really only designed for throwing stones. It cannot be moved without wheels, but there is a base at the bottom, which basically means that it is difficult to move after deployment.

Lu Fengmei directed several natives to forcefully move the trebuchet to a designated area.

This position was roughly calculated by Lu Fengmei. According to the parabola thrown by the stone, it could just fly over the city wall and hit the ground outside the city wall.

"let's start."

Everything was ready, Song Zhixi asked Lu Fengmei to just test shoot.

Lu Fengmei ordered the two natives to pull down the hemp rope from the main pole of the trebuchet. Two adults who weighed more than one hundred kilograms together had to use a lot of effort to pull the rope down.

The next thing is to put stones in the stone throwing basket. There are too many stones in the city wall, and you can find big stones weighing twenty or thirty catties everywhere.

Just as the stone was being put into the basket, the rope that tied it was suddenly loosened, and the stone in the basket was instantly thrown out.

The big stone weighing tens of kilograms was bounced away like a bullet. Before everyone could blink, the stone hit the city wall heavily and broke into pieces.

"what happened!"

Lu Fengmei gave the two natives who were in charge of pulling the rope a meal. They didn't tie the rope properly just now, which led to their mistake just now.

But even if it was a mistake, the one just now was enough to shock the people present into silence.

Those natives never thought that such a heavy stone could be thrown away like a small pebble. Just now, it just hit the city wall. If it fell into the enemy's formation, they would not be able to smash the enemy on the spot. into a ragu.

"It was a mistake just now, let's try again."

Lu Fengmei apologized to Song Zhixi, and this time he sent an extra native to pull the rope.

And in order to test the actual killing effect, some wooden boards were inserted outside the city wall to simulate the enemy.

When everything was ready, Lu Fengmei yelled "Let go", and the aborigines immediately let go of the rope, and the bent main pole suddenly popped out, flying out with dozens of kilograms of boulders.

Everyone only saw a black shadow fly over the city wall and fly outside the city wall. Where it landed, a wooden plank was broken, stirring up a circle of sand and dust, leaving a big hole.

Seeing the amazing power of the trebuchet, the natives were all dumbfounded.

This thing is like a cannon in front of those primitive people who were still in the Stone Age.

As the main designer of the trebuchet, Wei Lin couldn't hide the joy on her face. This time she can be regarded as doing her part for everyone.

"Mr. Lu, can you do more with this trebuchet?"

"no problem!"

Song Zhixi nodded with extreme satisfaction, and said, "That's great, we need more trebuchets before the enemy invades."

Lu Fengmei promised: "As long as I have enough manpower, I guarantee that I can only produce three more units a day."

Song Zhixi said: "Manpower is not a problem."

With the trebuchet, Song Zhixi's most worrying problem was no longer such a headache. To deal with these barbarians, he no longer needed to shoot arrows one by one, but could kill them all with one throw of stones. It will be up to them how to deal with them.

(End of this chapter)