Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

  Chapter 273 New Equipment

   "New equipment?"

  As soon as Mr. Mo said this, the rest of the people in the tent looked at him with curiosity in their eyes.

   "The equipment made of a new type of material is still in the testing stage because the forging technology is not mature enough. If you generals are interested, why not take a look together?"

   Mo Jun opened his mouth to invite.

  Many generals in the camp heard Mo Jun's words, looked at each other, and saw a bit of interest in each other's eyes.

   "Since Mr. Shengping invites you, I will be disrespectful."

  Mr. Mo made a move, it must be a fine product.

   This has almost become a consensus in Qin today.

  So when Mo Jun said 'new equipment', even Wang Jian and Meng Ao couldn't help feeling curious.

  The crowd followed Mr. Mo to the armory camp.

  Finally, in a corner of the armory camp, everyone saw the so-called 'new equipment' that Mo Jun said.

   Those are 5,000 sets of weapons and armor. The overall shape of the armor is not much different from that of the Qin State Black Armor. The only difference is that these 5,000 sets of armor are silver-black, and the whole body exudes a cold reflection.

   "This...is the 'new equipment' that Shengping-kun said?"

   Someone couldn't help but speak.

  Although these 5,000 sets of weapons and armor do look mighty and extraordinary, compared with the armor currently owned by the Qin State, there seems to be nothing special about it.

"good."

  Mr. Mo seemed not to see the 'doubt' in that person's eyes, he went straight to the front of the five thousand sets of 'new equipment', took out a long sword with a sheath from it and threw it to Meng Tian, ​​said.

   "General Meng, why don't you give it a try and see if the equipment goes well?"

   "Yes, the subordinate obeys the order."

  Although Meng Tian also didn't see anything special about these 5,000 sets of 'new equipment', but out of his duty as a soldier, he still took the long sword thrown by Mo Jun, and responded with a serious expression.

  Zheng!

  Meng Tian pulled out his long sword, and a crisp sword sound resounded instantly.

Hearing the sound of the sword, the expressions of many generals who didn't care much just now changed, and the next second, Meng Ao pulled out a bronze sword from the waist of the guard beside him, and said to Meng Tian .

   "Touch it."

  Meng Ao's words were concise and to the point, but Meng Tian, ​​who is Meng Ao's grandson, understood the meaning of Meng Ao's words in an instant. Without any hesitation, he directly came to Meng Ao with a sword.

  Seeing this, the rest of the generals present moved away from the middle position one after another, and stared intently at the grandpa and grandson in the middle of the field with a distance of seven or eight feet.

  clang!

next moment.

I saw Meng Ao and Meng Tian swinging their long swords at the same time, neither of them used too much strength, but when the flames splashed, everyone around could still clearly see a fragment of the blade about the size of a fingernail, collapsing and flying into the air among.

   "Which sword is this?"

  Seeing this piece of debris, this question popped up in the minds of everyone present almost immediately.

soon.

   Everyone got the answer.

  When Meng Ao and Meng Tian withdrew their long swords at the same time, all the generals around followed the long swords held in their hands and saw that there was a huge gap visible to the naked eye on the edge of the bronze sword in Meng Ao's hand.

   On the other hand, the silver-black long sword in Meng Tian's hand, although there is also a defect on the blade, but it is only the size of a grain of rice.

  Who is strong and who is weak.

  It can be distinguished at a glance.

  Seeing this result, Wang Jian, who was watching the battle, narrowed his eyes immediately, and said to Meng Tian, ​​"Give me the sword."

  As soon as Wang Jian, the commander-in-chief, opened his mouth, the generals who were also curious about the sword in Meng Tian's hand suddenly died down, and withdrew their idea of ​​letting him see it first.

  Meng Tian held the sword in both hands and handed it to Wang Jian.

  When Wang Jian stretched out his hand to pick up the sword, he couldn't help but twitch slightly between his eyebrows.

   After flicking his fingers, everyone only heard a 'ding', and immediately there was a layer of sword waves that looked like water waves on the entire long sword.

  See this scene.

  Wang Jian, who could barely keep calm before, his eyes brightened instantly, and he said loudly: "Cai! It is really a good weapon. Although it is sharp and hard, it is only slightly stronger than bronze weapons."

"However, bronze is too rigid and easy to break, but this sword has toughness that bronze does not have. With such a material, forging a weapon of the same length may only need half the weight of bronze to complete the forging... "

  Bronze is too hard and brittle, so in general, weapons made of bronze will not be too long. For a sword of the same length, the width and thickness of a bronze sword can often be more than double that of an iron sword.

  After hearing the first half of Wang Jian's words, the generals didn't react too much.

  But when they heard the second half, everyone's expressions changed instantly. If the sword Mo Jun took out was only superior in performance, then everyone might be surprised, but they shouldn't make such a fuss.

  But when they heard that Meng Tian's sword was only half the weight of the bronze sword, the situation changed instantly.

  Because the weight of a forged longsword is only half, does that also mean that at the same level, the weight of armor is only half?

   This is the end of the thought.

  Many generals turned their heads to look at Mo Jun... To be precise, they were looking at the five thousand sets of armor in front of him. At this moment, Mo Jun had the illusion that he was being watched by a group of hungry wolves.

   On the battlefield.

  For weapons of the same quality, the lighter the better, because weight is also a kind of attack power in many cases.

  But for armor with the same defensive power, the lighter the better.

  A sharp but sharp weapon is important, but in the era of cold weapons, the real core equipment is always armor. This is why only armor has been banned in the past dynasties, but not swords.

   "Sir Shengping, can you let me take a look at these armors?" Someone clasped their fists excitedly and saluted.

   "Generals, please go ahead."

  Jun Mo stretched out his hand, indicating that everyone can move as they please.

After getting Mo Jun's permission, a group of generals couldn't hold back any longer, they got into the pile of weapons excitedly, some picked up a set of armor to weigh the weight, some reached out to test the quality of these armor like knocking watermelon, what's more, He directly put a set of armor on himself, and at the same time handed the bronze sword at his waist to the person next to him, and asked him to draw the sword and slash at himself.

   And the general who received the bronze sword simply pulled out the bronze sword and slashed at the opponent.

   Clang.

  The bronze sword was directly broken by the armor, splashing a spark.

   Afterwards, I saw that there was only a white mark and a very small pit on the armor. Although the armor piece on it was deformed, it did not shatter like the previous bronze armor.

   "Hahaha, good armor, good armor."

  Seeing this kind of result, the general who had been a bit apprehensive before burst into laughter.

"The weight of the new armor is only half of the previous one, but its defensive power is not inferior to the previous armor. I have heard for a long time that Shengping Jun is a genius, and he is an immortal. In the past, I, Lao Yang, only thought it was bragging, but today When I saw it, it turned out that my knowledge was too small.”

   "If it weren't for the immortals to come to the world, how could ordinary people create this kind of divine armor. If we all wear this armor in battle in the future, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army can be increased by at least 50%."

  The name of this test general is 'Yang Duanhe', and he is also one of the famous generals of Qin.

  At this time, he seemed extremely excited, and it was no wonder that in this day and age, for a general like him, a good armor was almost more eye-catching than a naked beauty.

   After all, losing a beautiful woman is at most a bit of a disadvantage, but if you lose your armor on the battlefield, it will kill you.

  Just when everyone was delighted and excited about the quality of these 'new equipment'.

suddenly.

  A voice sounded, instantly silenced everyone.

   "The quality of this armor is indeed astonishing, but may I ask Mr. Shengping, what is the output of these new equipment?"

  As soon as these words came out, many generals who were originally excited in the tent suddenly became quiet.

yes!

   No matter how good the armor quality is, if the quantity is too small, it will not be of much use.

   Moreover, looking at the current number of armors in the camp, it seems that this kind of armor is not particularly easy to produce. Otherwise, with Qin's current productivity, how could it only produce 5,000 sets of armor.

   Facing everyone's gaze, Mo Jun was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "The current output of this armor is indeed not high, but..."

  Hearing the first half of Mo Jun's words, everyone felt a little lost, but they never thought that Mo Jun would suddenly gasp again, and then grinned at everyone.

   "However, if the subsequent research goes well, then the output of this kind of armor in the future will even be more than the bronze armor produced by my Daqin today."

   "After all, this kind of armor is forged from 'iron'. The amount of iron ore discovered in Qin State is not inferior to copper mine at all."

  Jun Mo's words surprised and surprised the generals.

iron?

  Armor of this quality is actually cast from that kind of 'iron stone' that is more fragile than bronze?

  Da Qin's iron smelting technology is not superb. At present, the bronze technology of Qin State has developed to a peak, but the iron smelting technology has only just started.

  In the cognition of most old Qin people, iron is an extremely fragile gold tool.

   Some people with foresight have seen some relatively hard iron ware in other countries, but in general, the highest iron smelting technology in the Central Plains is only as good as the bronze ware cast in Qin State.

   One can imagine.

  Mr. Mo suddenly used the material 'iron' to create a weapon and equipment that far surpassed bronze. What a surprise to these Qin generals.

   But the surprise is the surprise, and soon many generals didn't care about it.

  After all, these people are the big bosses in the military camp. They are good at marching and fighting, but if you really want them to study iron smelting, forging and other crafts, it is not much different from playing the piano against a cow.

  Compared to the forging process of this material.

   Right now they are more concerned about what to do with these weapons and equipment.

   As the saying goes, 'a good horse matches a good saddle'.

   This group of people are all generals who have spent half their lives on the battlefield in the barracks. It is impossible to say that they are not greedy when they suddenly see a batch of such good weapons and equipment.

  However, it is a pity that these weapons and equipment have been allocated to Meng Tian by Mo Jun just now.

"Okay, don't embarrass yourself here, but it's just five thousand sets of armor. Now the number of soldiers invested by Qin, Zhao, and Wei on the frontal battlefield is close to one million. Da Qin, who is a vanguard soldier, has already invested There are hundreds of thousands."

"Now there are only 5,000 sets of new equipment, even if you get them, they won't make a splash on today's battlefield. Instead of exposing these 'new equipment' now, it's better to use it as a trump card and not expose it for the time being. In the eyes of other countries."

   "The five thousand sets of new equipment will be temporarily handed over to Meng Tian to take them to northern Xinjiang according to what Sheng Pingjun said. Let the wolves first test the performance and quality of these new equipment."

   Seeing a group of generals in the tent all staring eagerly at the 5,000 sets of armor in the corner, Meng Ao couldn't see the inner thoughts of these guys.

  But since Mr. Mo had spoken to allocate these equipments to Meng Tian just now, as Meng Tian’s grandfather, Meng Ao naturally wanted to say a few words for Meng Tian at this time.

  Otherwise, Mengtian people speak lightly now, if he is accidentally dragged into the pit by these old shameless people, wouldn't he suffer a big loss for the Meng family.

  In a place like the battlefield, you have to eat everything, except you can’t suffer.

   Seeing Meng Ao speaking.

   A group of generals around slammed their mouths, and each withdrew their small thoughts with regret on their faces.

  Actually, Meng Ao was right in what he said just now. Although this new type of equipment is very good, it is really difficult to play a decisive role in today's Three Kingdoms battlefield with only 5,000 sets.

  The main reason is that the Three Kingdoms are investing too many troops on the frontal battlefield.

Under normal circumstances.

  The ratio of military strength of each country is generally one-tenth of the vanguard elite, about two-tenths to four-tenths of the backbone army, and the rest of the troops are logistics.

   This is the regular ratio of an army.

  However, on the current battlefield, although Qin has only invested 400,000 troops, due to the continuous growth of Qin's national power in recent years, the quality of the army has naturally increased rapidly.

  Among the 400,000 troops invested by Qin State this time, the number of vanguard and elite soldiers alone accounted for almost 100,000.

  The remaining 300,000, 100,000 are the backbone army, and the last 200,000 are logistical support.

  Although the 'new armor' made of steel is powerful, compared with the armored soldiers of the Qin State today, it has not actually achieved that kind of transcendent crushing.

   Simple comparison.

  If two armies with soldiers of similar quality are now equipped with Qin's armor and new armor, Mo Jun's new armor can at most hit two.

   That is to say.

  5,000 sets of armor on the battlefield can destroy up to 10,000 enemy elites.

   This will not play much role in the frontline battlefield.

   Moreover, this is still a situation where the two sides are fighting head-on. In fact, with the current disadvantage of the Zhao Wei coalition forces, the Qin army mostly fights siege battles.

  In this case, the advantages of new equipment are even lower.

   It was precisely because he realized that he had misjudged the situation on the frontline battlefield that Mo Jun let Meng Tian take away the five thousand sets of armor.

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  (end of this chapter)