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Chapter 21 Modern Catapult

Being a human being is like a candle, it has some heat and some light, giving people light and warmth. ——Xiao Chunu

After inspecting the city wall, Li Baoqiang came to Liu Junsheng's repair workshop. When he returned to the village, Liu Junsheng told himself excitedly that he had developed heavy weapons. Li Baoqiang was very curious, and the scene in front of him surprised him.

For a moment, Li Baoqiang felt that he had traveled back to ancient times. A catapult stood in front of him. Li Baoqiang wiped his eyes, thinking that he had traveled through time. Although the current human society and civilization have almost regressed to a semi-primitive society, subconsciously people are still modern people.

I can't accept ancient things for the time being, and catapults are too exaggerated.

In fact, he really wronged Liu Junsheng. Before taking his team into the mountains for training, Li Baoqiang asked Liu Junsheng to develop long-range weapons, that is, artillery. But he did not expect that Liu Junsheng considered that he had no gunpowder on hand and did not have the production capacity. The artillery was really unable to

Research and development, plus he is also a lover of ancient weapons, so he used his brains to develop this catapult.

Hearing Liu Junsheng's explanation, Li Baoqiang smiled bitterly and nodded understandingly. He comforted Liu Junsheng: "There will be gunpowder. The Chinese are the ancestors of gunpowder. Although we do not have the conditions now, at least black gunpowder can still be made."

Under Liu Junsheng's introduction, Li Baoqiang observed the trebuchet while recalling the relevant knowledge about the trebuchet.

?Trebuchets, also known as trebuchets and cannons, are siege weapons that appeared in ancient and medieval times. They can throw stone projectiles, boulders or explosives into the enemy's walls, cities or military formations to cause damage.

?Before the first artillery in the world was born in China, one of the heavy weapons used by our ancestors was this kind of stone cannon-trebuchet. So the radical of the ancient word "gun" is "石"

It is not "fire". It is also called a cart, a stone cart, etc. In short, it is a long-range projectile weapon used to attack and defend castles, using stones as cannonballs.

?According to a military book of the Tang Dynasty, "The Divine Machine Enemy Taibai Yin Jing", the trebuchet was made of wood, with a rotatable shaft placed horizontally above the gun mount, and the long rod fixed on the shaft was called a "tip."

", which acts as a lever. The one with only one wooden pole is called "single tip", and the one with multiple wooden poles is called "multiple tip". The more tips, the heavier and farther the stone projectile can be thrown.

?In ancient times, the number of cannon tips could reach up to 13. The wood selected for the cannon tip needed to be specially processed to make it both strong and elastic. In addition, because the trebuchet was made using the lever principle, the length, force arm and resistance of the cannon tip

The proportions of the arms must be carefully measured. Generally, the length of the cannon tip is about 2.5 to 2.8 feet.

One end of the tip is tied with a "skin nest", which contains stone bullets, and the other end is tied with a gun rope, which is about several feet long. The number of gun ropes for small guns ranges from 1 to 10, and there are more than a hundred for large guns.

It is pulled by 1 to 2 people. When throwing a stone projectile, one person should aim and place it first, and the person pulling the rope will pull the gun rope violently at the same time. When one end of the gun tip rope suddenly drops, the leather socket at the other end will be thrown up quickly.

The bullet is thrown violently by inertia, and its range can reach hundreds of steps.

After the advent of "cannon", it became a heavy weapon in war. During the Three Kingdoms period, the monarchs and ministers of all countries attached great importance to the manufacture and use of throwing carts. In the famous Battle of Guandu, Cao Jun used a freely moving throwing cart to destroy Yuan Jun's oars.

Buildings and chariots, this powerful throwing chariot is called "Thunderbolt Chariot".

?Most of the dump trucks at that time had the gun mount fixed on the ground or the base buried underground. The maneuverability was poor and the installation was time-consuming and laborious. Later, in order to facilitate movement, wheels were installed under the gun mount. And because the gun mount was heavy, it had to be changed at any time. The direction of the throw is still a very troublesome thing. For this reason, people invented the "cyclone throw".

?This kind of cart-throwing gun bolt can move and rotate horizontally, and can throw stones in all directions. It is also called a "whirlwind cannon". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there appeared the "shooting cart" with the gun mounted on the cart, or the gun mounted on the cart. The "shooting boat" on the ship could maneuver with the army and became a heavy weapon at that time.

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The trebuchet in front of us uses the same principle, but it adds many modern elements.

The base turned out to be the chassis of a small transport truck, with four tires supporting the trebuchet. On top of the chassis were firmly tied door-shaped wooden pillars as high as a person, and thick hemp ropes were tied neatly in circles on the beams. This The cross beam plays a blocking role when shooting, Liu Junsheng explained.

The ejection rod is a thick fir tree, about 15 meters long. The root is inserted into a larger log. The log is placed horizontally on the chassis. Two steel rings found from nowhere are firmly tied. On the chassis, the logs can rotate within the steel ring.

The bottom of the ejection rod and the chassis are connected by a puller commonly used for fitness. An iron pot is fixed on the head of the ejection rod. Slightly below the head is a decoupler. The decoupler itself has a pull rope for decoupling. The decoupler is curved A wire rope in the hook is connected to a winch on the chassis.

Liu Junsheng directly found four people to demonstrate. The four people worked hard to stir the winch, and the ejection rod was slowly pulled from the vertical state to the rear of the catapult. The tensioner used for fitness was stretched, and Liu Junsheng ejected the iron on the head of the rod. Put a stone into the pot, and quickly pull the pull rope ring of the decoupling device. The pulling device drives the ejection rod to rebound violently. After hitting the beam, it pauses. The stone in the pot flies out and directly crosses the city wall. It flew a hundred meters before falling.

Li Baoqiang was directly petrified. Is this okay? Li Baoqiang has been in the army for more than five years and is very familiar with hot weapons such as artillery and guns. However, facing the strength of this ancient weapon, he is really speechless. However, in order to boost the morale of Liu Junsheng, He still showed great enthusiasm and encouragement.

"It's better than nothing. After all, this is a long-range attack weapon." Li Baoqiang encouraged everyone. Because of the tires, the trebuchet can move and turn quickly, and the winch design makes the projection simple and fast. It should be the strongest in the village at this stage. As for long-range weapons, Li Baoqiang decided to let Liu Junsheng make another one.

After getting Li Baoqiang's affirmation, Liu Junsheng and everyone were a hundred times more confident. It was already evening, and Zhang Juncai came over to inform everyone that it was dinner time. Yes, dinner, not dinner, not porridge and vegetable soup, but a big meal. .

On his way back to the conference room, Li Baoqiang saw the villagers with beaming faces and high spirits, each carrying a bowl of fragrant braised wild boar meat. They returned to their respective settlements and started their dinner, greeting each other. Children were rushing back and forth among the crowd, as if it was a lively New Year celebration.

As soon as Li Baoqiang entered the conference room, he smelled the smell of chili peppers. He hadn't eaten chili peppers for a long time. There was also a bottle of wine on the table. Zhang Juncai's logistics support was in place. Li Baoqiang secretly nodded. Although Li Baoqiang put the wine on Zhang Juncai's table, It seems that the people in power in the village are a bit special, but Li Baoqiang has no special ideas about this. In the apocalyptic crisis, the strong will have their own sacrifices and enjoyments.

Professor Zhao asked Li Baoqiang to sit at the main seat and poured Li Baoqiang a glass of wine.

"Let us all raise a glass and thank Li Baoqiang for everything he has brought to you." Professor Zhao toasted sincerely. At this time, Li Baoqiang changed from his usual bad words and said boldly: "Everyone adds fuel to the fire, and the flames will rise. I believe that in

With everyone’s united efforts, I hope the village will get better and better!” After saying this, he drank the glass of wine in one breath.

"The wild boar meat tastes really good." The fat man muttered with his mouth full of meat. Li Baoqiang also agreed very much. Because wild boar meat has a natural fishy smell, it is difficult for ordinary people to benefit from it, but this cannot be difficult for Sichuan people.

People have unique skills in cooking meat because they make good use of chili peppers and other seasonings.

Zhang Juncai proudly introduced the recipe: "This is called red-robed wild boar. Ingredients: 750g wild boar, 100g red pepper. Seasonings: ginger, garlic, onion, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, salt, MSG, pepper, dark soy sauce.

A little of each. Preparation method: Cut the wild boar meat into 2cm square pieces, add them to the water and scoop them out.

Put the pot on the fire, add the wild boar meat and stir-fry the oil, add ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and various spices to stir-fry, add the stock to cook, add salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, dark soy sauce and cook until fully cooked

.Put the pot on the fire, add the prepared red pickled peppers, and stir-fry together with the cooked wild boar meat until the hot and sour taste of the pickled peppers becomes prominent, then add the stock and cook. Features: The wild boar meat is tender but not greasy, spicy.

Prominent and slightly sour.”

After Zhang Juncai finished the introduction, he found that the bowl of wild boar meat in front of the fat man had been eaten. One portion per person, and it would be gone after eating. This is the rule, and it must be followed. The fat man stared at the bowl of the thin Li Dayong longingly, and said: "You are so skinny,

Can you finish all this meat?" Li Dayong slowly finished chewing a piece of meat, smacked his lips and said, "Yes, if you don't believe me, just keep watching me eat."

Everyone burst into laughter, and Li Dayong finally avenged the fat man's teasing last time when he was eating potato chips. During the fun between the two of them, which was like a cross talk, everyone ate a bowl of white rice, a bowl of wild boar meat, and a bowl of wild vegetable soup.

Satisfied, since the end of the world, everyone has been eating porridge and vegetable soup, and now we finally have a full meal with vegetables and meat.

Zhang Juncai and other locals had enough to eat and drink and started to open up the dragon gate array: "Wild boar meat is fresh, tender and mellow, with rich game flavor, high lean meat rate and low fat content, only 50% of domestic pigs. It is rich in nutrients and contains 17 kinds of amino acids."

and a variety of trace elements, the linoleic acid content is 2.5 times higher than that of domestic pigs. Linoleic acid is recognized by the scientific community as the single most important and essential fatty acid for the human body. It is of extremely important significance for the growth and development of the human body, especially for coronary heart disease.

The prevention and treatment of heart disease and cerebrovascular disease have unique curative effects.

Eating wild boar skin can eliminate symptoms such as high fatigue and stunted growth in children, and is particularly effective in treating metabolic disorders, reproductive dysfunction and other diseases. The latest research shows that wild boar skin contains anti-cancer substances such as zinc and selenium, which is an ideal

Nutritious and healthy meat.”

"I think some people will be unable to sleep tonight and miss their mother-in-law." Zhang Juncai joked. The men in the conference room laughed tacitly, while girls such as Zhao Xiaoxiao, Wu Chun, and others blushed and hurried away to clear away the dishes.

Before leaving the house, Zhao Xiaoxiao glanced at Li Baoqiang, and Li Baoqiang saw a little bit of the girl's expectations in his eyes.

After happily arranging the Dragon Gate Formation for a while, Zhang Juncai told Li Baoqiang and Professor Zhao: "The salt is almost gone."