Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 323 Armored Armor
The steam train that changed from slow to fast made a huge sound on the rails, which left countless people stunned. Seeing a steel monster running wildly in the wilderness and roaring harshly, many people knelt down and kowtowed. Know whether you are praying or regretting.

Li Tai rode up to follow the car as early as when it started, and Li Ke also followed to take care of his younger brother, and then a group of guards followed on horseback.

Feng Daiwen just rode forward slowly, and Ma Zhou and others also filed away.

Fortunately, the track is not far away, but more than 20 miles away. When Feng Daiwen and Ma Zhou arrived, Li Tai and Li Ke were watching around in the car. things, but it's hard to hide my curiosity.

"It's unbelievable, it's unbelievable!" Rao Yima Zhou's intellect and determination, even now he was shocked, walked closer and touched to make sure it wasn't a hallucination, and murmured to himself.

"Hehe! How about King Bin? I said I would surprise many people." Feng Daiwen walked to Ma Zhou and said with a smile.

"The governor is really a god-man, and such a treasure can be made." Ma Zhou glanced at Feng Daiwen with complicated eyes and sighed. Ma Zhou has always admired himself as his immediate boss. There will be unexpected moves and different methods, but this time the impact is too great.

Although I have seen steam engines forging iron and forging weapons and equipment, I still didn't expect to be able to gallop with goods on the road, as fast as a galloping horse, and without stopping.

"Prince Bin, don't add credit indiscriminately. This is all done by Li Shaojian and his colleagues from the scientific research institute." Feng Daiwen said with a smile and waved his hands.

"Captain! With this thing, if roads are built across the country, the benefits will be huge!" Ma Zhou calmed down, staring at the car with bright eyes and said.

"Wang Bin is right, but it's impossible to do it now! It's because the track consumes too much steel. If it is laid in a remote place, it may be stolen after a short time. It will only be slowly planned in the future." Feng Daiwen explained with a smile.

"It's a pity! It's a pity! This thing is as fast as a galloping horse, and it doesn't stop day and night. It's much better than a thousand-mile horse." Ma Zhou shook his head and sighed non-stop.

"Did King Bin ever think that if it's just for carrying people, the front of the car is enough, and there is no need for tracks, just ordinary hard roads." Feng Daiwen pointed to the rather ugly front of the car and let Ma Zhou imagine.

"Haha! Lord Hou! This is really a hero who sees the same thing. The officials are also thinking about this matter. If the front of the car is made smaller and connected to the carriages to make it one, can it be able to drive on the ground at will?" Li Chunfeng heard the conversation between the two, He laughed loudly and said excitedly.

"It's totally feasible. Li Shaojian should have seen snowboards before. If the lower wheels are made like that, can they walk on softer roads?" Feng Daiwen suddenly thought of an armored vehicle. The steam engine is not small. It is obviously unrealistic to make a car, but it can be used as a track. Type armored vehicles.

It doesn't need to be loaded with gun barrels, shells, or too thick armor. It can completely reduce the weight, make it into an open top, and stand on it. It can be used as an assault vehicle.

"Is it okay?" Hearing what Feng Daiwen said, Li Chunfeng immediately stared at the front of the car and thought hard, then closed his eyes and meditated.

"Li Shaojian doesn't need to think too much. Let's make the other front first, and then we can discuss it later." Feng Daiwen patted Li Chunfeng on the shoulder, interrupting his meditation. Things always have to be done step by step.

"Master Hou, you are right. I am looking forward to Shu, and this car still needs a lot of improvement, and it also needs to train people to control the car." Li Chunfeng said with an embarrassed smile.

"The arrangement of the young prisoner in this regard is that, as for manpower control, the government soldiers are selected. They are all clean and good sons." Feng Daiwen nodded in agreement.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! I'll control the front of the car, I'll do it!" Li Tai, who was jumping up and down, leaned over and said loudly.

"No! There's no need to discuss it." Feng Daiwen refused him without hesitation, and then ignored Li Tai who was slouching, and rode back with someone.

Because steam cars are powered by coal, they are called trains by the common people. I don’t feel afraid when I see the trains going back and forth every day. I just like to peek at the running cars when I have time.

As a commoner of the Tang Dynasty, he was originally high above the Japanese slaves, but now that he has a train that looks like a beast, he feels even more proud.

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It is very convenient to use a steam engine to forge weapons and armor. Originally, although the molded steel knife was fast, the quality was not good. Now it is hammered by a machine, and the toughness and hardness of the knife have been improved by more than one level.

As for the armor, it is also molded, hammered, drilled, slotted, and then forged into armor. Although it is still cumbersome, it is already a hundred times faster than before, and there are many more joints, making it lighter and stronger. It is also easy to put on, and the two help each other, and they can be put on very quickly.

The workshop is all assembly line operation, one person is in charge of one or two processes, and more than 300 pairs of full body armor leave the factory in a day, and are rubbed with kerosene by women and loaded into the warehouse.

The most troublesome thing should be the cavalry armor. The heavy armored cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is also called armored armor. In the past, beef tendon and cowhide were used to wear iron plates. The production is quite troublesome. It takes a long time for those iron plates to be hammered into shape.

The most troublesome thing is that the horse armor needs to be tailored for each horse, so that the horse can move freely without being affected.

Now that there is a machine, not only can it be hammered into shape very quickly, but it is all slotted by the machine, and it can be combined with a single buckle, and there is no need to use beef tendon to thread the joints. The process is less, the armor is lighter, and the defense is equally outstanding.

The previous limitation of armored armor was not only the difficulty of making the armor, but also the limitation of war horses. One of the reasons was the fur for making the lining of the armor.

But all this is not a problem now. With the return of Turkic, Khitan, and Huihe, there are war horses, cattle and sheep fur.

And this time the Liaoxi armored armor has been redesigned to completely reload the armor, including the knights, all of which are armored with steel on the front and leather on the back. That is to say, the front half of the horse and knight is steel armor, and the back is leather armor. This not only saves weight, but also does not affect the defense.

Even so, this kind of heavy cavalry can only be used as a charge, not a rush.

Heavy armored cavalry not only have high requirements for war horses, but also knights also need strong people to play, and they need to cooperate even more. They can't form a coordinated charge, they can only be regarded as food delivery. Given the current situation in western Liaoning, the soldiers have no big problem, just war horses Only [-] qualified. This is also because the heavy armored cavalry must have two horses, one of which rides on the road, and the other only rides when fighting.

(End of this chapter)