Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 115 Traces of Rubber

Fusu hadn't gone very far on his horse when he heard the tinkling of armor plates being forged.

In fact, according to his original idea, he wanted to mass-produce plate armor with a hydraulic forging hammer.

But after doing two simple things, he still decided to do the armor piercing honestly.

As an armor novice, in his inherent impression, the manufacturing process of pierced armor and chain armor is much more complicated than that of plate armor.

But after getting started, I found that the manufacturing process of armor can be subdivided into material processing technology and overall assembly process.

The reason why chain armor and pierced armor look more complicated than plate armor is that what you can see intuitively is the complicated assembly process.

To put it simply, the chain mail is buckled one by one with small metal rings, and the mail armor is fixed with leather ropes after superimposing small metal pieces one by one.

But in fact, these two assembly processes are not difficult.As long as the mastering method is correct, the rest is just a lot of repetitive work.

The small rings and metal sheets of the same style are mass-produced parts with uniform specifications, and the technical requirements are not high.

That is, it is relatively easy to process and assemble, and is suitable for mass production.

The plate armor is different. Simply put, the plate armor is to wrap a large metal plate around the body.

Of course, if you use a whole piece of Iron Man, you won't be able to move.

Therefore, many metal plates of different sizes are used to make different shapes and connected together, which can not only obtain excessive protective power, but also ensure flexible combat movements.

Yes, an excess of protection.

Plate armor is a well-deserved defensive ceiling in the era of cold weapons, but it is a pity that when it appeared, muskets and artillery had already begun to be installed in large numbers.

Back to production.

The same set of plate armor cannot be used for two people with very different body shapes, so the plate armor of European nobles is mostly customized.

In order to match the body shape, the uniqueness of the parts is required during the processing process. When processing a single part, repeated comparisons and modifications are required, which leads to the incompatibility of parts between different armors.

For example, it's like a hermit crab that needs to change its shell frequently.

A certain emperor of Habsburg had to grit his teeth and spend a lot of money to re-customize a set of plate armor because he had gained weight.

In order to ensure the flexibility of wearing plate armor, the joints and other joints need to be connected in a different way from flexible armor, such as riveting and hinge connection.

There are even some flexible armors that simply omit the connection at the joints, and are directly worn separately and connected with leather ropes, and the outside is covered with another layer of armor for protection.

In this way, the plate armor looks clean and neat, but in fact, many different techniques and methods are used to achieve the overall unity. It seems to be simpler than the armor and chain armor, but in fact it is the opposite.

To put it simply, the larger the volume of the single block, the higher the technical content!
Another reason for giving up plate armor is that there are not so many plate armor builders.

A good piece of plate armor requires a tailor who can blacksmith, who can both tailor clothes and iron, but it is rare to have both.

After giving up duplicating plate armor, Fusu also gave up making half-body breastplates.

The powerful defense of the breastplate comes from the one-piece dome structure.

Forging the dome is a technical job. Generally, the chest is the thickest, and the closer to the edge, the thinner it becomes.

Moreover, once it is damaged in battle, the craftsmanship that needs to be repaired is not something that the leading soldiers in the army can master.

So this is another reason why Fusu chose to wear armor.

Compared with the low-intensity wars under the European fiefdom system, the scale of wars on Qin's side often sent tens of thousands of troops.

In addition, the law of Qin does not allow private possession of armor, and the armor weapons issued need to be re-registered and returned to the arsenal after the battle is over.

This requires that the armor must be of a unified standard, so as to reduce subsequent repair and maintenance costs.

And Zha Jia perfectly meets this requirement.

After all, it is woven from piece by piece of metal armor. Under the standardized assembly line production mode of Qin State, the specifications of nail and nail are the same and can be replaced freely.

As long as they master the skill of weaving armor pieces, soldiers can repair damaged armor by themselves, without affecting the battle that may start at any time.

Hearing the tinkling sound of iron hammers, Fusu continued walking towards the interior of the iron-making area.

The first thing that catches the eye is the coke oven that has completely changed its appearance.

At the earliest time, the coke oven designed by Fusu was the simplest open-air method. A large amount of coal was piled up on the ground, covered with firewood to light the fire, and coke was obtained after a few days.

In addition to polluting the environment and excessive energy consumption, it is simple and rude, and easy to operate.

However, after refractory bricks and cement came out, the structure of the coke oven was further improved.

Although the coking time is a bit longer, the coking rate has been greatly improved, and with the addition of a water cooling system, some coal tar produced during coking can also be recovered.

And coal tar is what Fusu attaches the most importance to.

Before crossing, he once read in a report that the source of rubber is not only the rubber tree that grows in the Americas, but rubber-like components can also be extracted from the roots of dandelions.

With rubber, ultra-thin... yuck, there are rubber shoes, tires, and irrigation hoses!

Because the title is eye-catching enough, Fusu clearly remembered that that kind of dandelion is called Russian dandelion, a perennial herb widely distributed in frigid, temperate and tropical regions.

And the origin of this dandelion is Kazakhstan, which is now the country of Dawan!

Every man is innocent of his guilt.

Alfalfa, bloody horse, and dandelion, these three things alone are enough for Fusu to declare war on him under the pretext of 'forced vassalage'...

Fusu wrote down their death method for Dawan, and then looked at the mountains of bricks in the distance.

This is the rotor fired using the waste heat generated during coking.

A considerable part of them are refractory bricks used to build iron-making blast furnaces.

Fusu plans to open a second mine in Sanchuan County after accumulating enough materials and engineers who master iron-making technology...

The location is Yiyang on the north bank of Luoshui. It used to be the old capital of Korea during the Warring States Period, and it is also a large iron-smelting city with a long history!

The most important thing is to open a second industrial center here, which is close to the river and has the convenience of hydraulic power;
Second, the fired cement bricks can be used to reinforce the pass in Sanchuan County, and pave the road from Xianyang to the east with cement.

After all, this is the east gate of Xianyang, and Ao Cang is the most important thing!
Once the world changes, Sanchuan County can also rely on its strong city defenses to delay the rebels' actions and buy time for the Xianyang army to go out to suppress the rebellion!
Well, the current governor of Sanchuan County is Li Si's son, Li You.

According to the family tree, Fusu should call him brother-in-law, or brother-in-law...

ps: Thank you for the monthly pass of 'Eat watermelon without spitting out the watermelon rind'!

(End of this chapter)