Aztec Eternals

Chapter 40: test shot

In the early morning of the next day, under the dawn of the rising sun, Shulot started agility training.

He deftly dodged Bertard's continuous swings, like a jumping ape. With the establishment of body muscle reflexes, he has been able to effectively avoid attacks that are not quick enough. When this kind of reaction is trained to the extreme, it can even make a small reaction under the bow and arrow in the future, so as to avoid the vital points of the body and greatly improve the survival rate.

The body is the capital of a warrior, and martial arts are the foundation of the Mexica. The eighteen martial arts are not yet available, and the warriors need to train only shields, battle sticks, short spears, long daggers and throwing spears. At this time, Shilot was planning to add one more foundation for standing, bow and arrow.

After a while, Kuod hurried with the craftsmen, holding various bowstrings and clay pots with bone glue in their hands. As soon as Shirott was distracted to look, he was hit on the shoulder. Hiss, it hurts. He had to keep jumping.

The old carpenter saluted Shulot from a distance, lowered his head and smiled, and then went into the house to install the bowstring on the longbow. Bowstrings are usually made of a tough single-strand thread, in this case deer tendon. There are loops at both ends, which are stuck in the small grooves at both ends of the bow body, then fixed with thin wires, and then glued with bone glue.

In the middle of the bowstring, the old carpenter deliberately wrapped a small circle of thin deerskin, and wrapped a thin thread around the deerskin. This is the center guard, which is where the bowstring meets the finger of the puller to protect the finger. On the guard string, two thin line half-rings are used to make the arrow point, which is the contact position of the nock and the bowstring, preventing the nock from sliding and reducing the shooting accuracy. These parts are again fixed with bone glue.

So in the morning, when Shilot completed his endurance training, the English longbow, no, the Mexica longbow was finally completed. With this "magic weapon" in hand, he couldn't wait to come to the school grounds, and his 2.2-meter bow was two sizes larger than that of the teenager. The teenager could only tilt the longbow slightly to get the center of the shot.

Then, Sherlot excitedly took a bone arrow over seventy centimeters from Bertard's hand, put it on the string, and pulled it hard. Then, he was surprised to find that with his current strength, he could not draw the longbow fully. Bertard's good-natured laughter came from the side.

The boy blushed, tried his best to pull the bowstring, and then aimed at the leather armor that had been placed a hundred meters away, trying to get a flat shot. Just hearing a sharp sound of "whoosh", the bone arrow, like an invisible lightning, slammed over the height of the leather armor, projecting a vague arc, and slamming into the soil nearly 200 meters away. When everyone went to look at it, the arrow body was actually inserted into the close chi.

Apparently, at the last moment, the boy's hand was not stable enough, and the arrow rose slightly, turning the flat shot into a projectile. However, when everyone saw the power of the 200-meter shooting, the samurai and craftsmen looked at each other, shocked beyond words. The young man smiled proudly.

The next test is obviously a lot more serious. Bertard took the longbow and asked everyone to back away a little. The vicissitudes warrior took a deep breath, raised his longbow halfway with his left hand, his arm was as steady as the ground, and his right hand was pulled away, and the bow body was curved like an arc. He paused slightly to aim, and let go is a shooting star.

Everyone heard a bang, and the bone arrow drew an extremely fast and flat micro-arc, slammed through the leather armor 100 meters away, and broke two round holes at the front and rear at the chest. Then continue to slide forward for dozens of meters, and land obliquely, the arrow is still not in the soil.

The followers onlookers cheered loudly and praised "Shoot". The samurai chief's face was slightly red, and he was actually aiming at the helmet inserted into the leather armor. Even the elite Mexica senior warriors rarely practice bows and arrows, and they are more adept at close-range precision spear throwing.

Everyone checked the shooting power again, and everyone's faces became serious. At a distance of 100 meters, the leather armor is as thin as a leaf in front of the longbow. This is still a bone arrow. If it is replaced with a sharp copper arrow...

"This will be an epoch-making weapon. Within 100 steps of a longbow shooting, an elite leather-armored warrior is no different from an ordinary civilian militia. Once shot, he will be seriously injured or killed." Bertard's serious comment the effect of shooting.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Everyone vaguely had a premonition of a change in the times.

The samurai captain once again tested the ultimate range of the mexican longbow. He still drew his bow like a full moon, the arrow was half pointing to the sky, facing the distant white clouds, shooting a 45-degree parabola.

Shirout ran to check the landing spot. This bone arrow has a range of 270 meters. It has crushed all the simple single bows of the Mexican tribes for an epoch-making process, which is enough to shoot and suppress the city head on the flat ground.

At this time, everyone's faces were already filled with uncontrollable ecstasy, mixed with serious thinking. Kuod smiled with satisfaction at first, proud of his craftsmanship. Afterwards, the old carpenter glanced at the hole in the leather armor target, and suddenly sighed softly.

And Bertard is like a tireless iron man, repeatedly testing the power of the longbow at different distances, until his arms are sore and it is no longer difficult to shoot.

Shilot finally got the actual data of the Mexica longbow: the pulling force is more than 90 pounds, the initial speed of the arrow is only about 55 meters per second, the maximum throwing distance is 270 meters, the maximum distance of flat shooting is 130 meters, and it can shoot through cloth armor within 220 meters, 180 meters The internal shot hurts the leather armor, and the flat shot within 120 meters can penetrate the entire front and rear of the leather armor! That is, within this distance, the use of metal arrows can completely break the chain armor or chain armor of most European cavalry.

"The overall data is about 90% of the English longbow! The limit of the English longbow is 300 meters, and the limit is 150 meters." Xiulott thought about it excitedly, "Although the bow is better, the production technology is always It's not as good, and it is thanks to the master craftsman Cuod that he can reach this level."

"When the longbow is actually manufactured on a large scale, the overall power is estimated to be nearly 80% of that of the English longbow, and it can break the chain armor within 100 meters. This power is completely enough!" Joy made Shulot's face flushed, and the corners of the boy's mouth couldn't agree with a smile. close up.

Watching the craftsmen continue to discuss the shooting use of different arrows. With the wind at his feet, the young man flew to find Avit. He couldn't help but want to see his friend's shocked expression.

Soon, the smiling Avit was dragged by the boy, and Bertard regained some arm strength, and once again demonstrated the stunt of a hundred-meter arrow penetrating the leather armor. This time, the samurai chief has been able to stabilize the firing point near the heart of the leather armor, although he still can't guarantee a shot in the head.

Through the limit test, the samurai chief determined that even for an elite samurai like him, the limit burst of the longbow is 15 arrows per minute, and if it lasts for at most 3-4 minutes, the arm strength will be exhausted, that is, a maximum of 60 arrows can be fired quickly. And if you shoot smoothly, the normal speed is 7 rounds/min, lasts up to 20 minutes, and 140 arrows.

As for the continuous shooting that Sherlot had seen when he was reading a novel for several hours, the arrows rained like rain, killing one hundred by one. This should belong to the super soldier of the fantasy plane, or the toy bow used.

This time, Avit was obviously prepared, and the shock only flashed across his face.

Immediately, he smiled and clapped his hands in praise: "Shirot, your grandfather really gave you a good name, worthy of being the **** of death, Shirotel. With this weapon, the life of a samurai is like fallen leaves. The arrows rustled down!"

Shirotel was obviously in an abnormal state of excitement. He was blushing and said loudly: "Shirottle is the **** of death and the **** of thunder. This kind of bow shoots arrows like electricity and brings death to the enemy. Why don't we call him?" Shroud's Bow! Sweep away all monsters and demons, and wipe out all white-skinned demons."

Avette rolled his eyes rarely. He stretched out his hand and touched the boy's forehead, feeling a little hot, perhaps because he was too excited to speak nonsense.

"We'll talk about this later, you're not suitable for such publicity right now." Avite smiled slightly, then closed it, and asked earnestly, "How long does it take to make a bow like this?"

Xiulott regained his calm and thought for a while: "The wood and bow making are separate. If the wood is sufficient and the skills are mastered, a craftsman can make at least one a day. When training the bow, he can continue to deal with the next bow. The biggest limitation is the tool, only metal tools can cut solid sandalwood and ironwood.”

Avette paced back and forth in place, he was obviously thinking, hesitating.

After a long time, he clapped his palms suddenly, made up his mind, and then said with a very serious expression: "First block the news of this kind of bow and arrow, and let your followers keep their word. Keep the craftsmen under control, I will I will let people cut wood and bring you metal tools. At least a hundred of them will be built this month, and I will secretly send you a hundred samurai to let them take turns to practice bows and arrows.”

Sherlot realized that Arvet had a big plan. The boy hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Avit just shook his head seriously. His handsome face showed rigidity: "I can't say it now, and I don't have to do it. But the preparation must be done now! Let's seize the opportunity that may exist, which is fleeting. Don't worry, I won't be impulsive. , and it won't hurt you. We're connected now!"

Shulot didn't hesitate any more, the boy stepped forward and held Avit's shoulder, nodding firmly: "I believe in you."

After hearing this, Avit smiled and said meaningfully, "We will change everything!"

The two looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly had an inexplicable impulse, and then burst into laughter. The laughter spread to the sky: There is an eagle with wings spread out there, flying freely above the nine heavens!

Next, Shulot ordered all his followers and strictly guarded the news of the longbow. Bertard arranged for twenty warriors to protect the safety of Kuod and the craftsmen, and also help them fight.

In the days that followed, Cuod designed different types of arrows and handed them over to Bertard for experimentation.

The standard longbow is only about 75 cm long, similar to the English one. The shaft is made of tough oak, which belongs to the heavy arrow, to bear the huge kinetic energy of the longbow.

For a high-quality longbow, it is better to use heavy arrows than light arrows. Arrows that are too light cannot fully bear the kinetic energy transmission of the bow body, which will cause irreversible damage to the bow body. The shaft must also be made of good wood, because a poor wood arrow will be broken by the huge kinetic energy, and even burst at the moment of firing, blinding the archer's eyes.

"Longbow is a big consumer of wood. Fortunately, we can still consume it." Shilot said with emotion, it is no wonder that the English people not only plant trees themselves, but also import a large amount of wood.

At the current production capacity, the standard arrows are bone and obsidian arrows, and the sharp copper arrows are temporarily used as armor-piercing arrows. When you have iron in the future, you can build iron arrows with stronger armor-piercing ability, and even steel arrows.

From the point of view of the shape of the arrow, the slender arrow has a stronger ability to penetrate the chain armor, and the thick arrow has a better killing effect on the light armor. In terms of the size of the shaft, the slender shaft is more suitable for flying far, and the stubby shaft increases close-range damage.

Therefore, in history, Jurchen liked to use heavy arrows with thick short shafts and big arrows, in conjunction with their large bows, to seriously injure the light armored cavalry of the Ming army. The Ottomans prefer tapered arrows with slender shaft-pointed arrows to maintain armor-piercing performance within a certain distance to kill European chain cavalry.

Of course, when the distance is close enough, everyone will use heavy arrows to increase the lethality.

As for the blunt arrows, horn arrows, crescent arrows, and three-edged arrows, which are special arrows for various purposes, Xiulote can't use them for the time being, but he just lets the craftsmen have an idea.

A month has passed quickly, and more than a hundred longbows have been completed. Shulot had his followers practice archery with Avit's henchmen. He himself has added bows and arrows to his daily training.

"Good shooting is the master's standard." Sherlot laughed at himself.

In the blink of an eye, two weeks have passed since May, and the most important spring ploughing of the year has finally been completed. In the rainy season, the wind and thunder come with the deep sky, bringing down continuous wind, rain and lightning.

And in the gap between the wind and rain, a scout with scars came hurriedly from the mountains and forests in the south, and brought Totec an important message: "The Tarasco people on the other side of the Leman River have been mobilized, and tens of thousands of troops have assembled on the south bank of the Great River. The Acambaro is only a week away from the army!"

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