Brothers Si Linwang and Si Linmao heard Hou Er's notice and quickly got off the kang.
"Boss, second brother, you have to be careful! Don't rush forward foolishly, and pay attention to protect yourselves. Our family depends on you two." The old lady ordered while wiping away tears.
"Okay, old lady, stop nagging. You two should pay attention to your safety. I'm not asking you to make any meritorious deeds. Just come back in one piece." Si Beigou explained.
"Don't worry, dad, we know what to do," Si Linwang comforted the old couple.
Their wives quickly came over to help them put on their armor.
Armor and weapons were bought with loans. This is a frontier fortress and everyone must be armed. The strong men in the family must have weapons and armor.
These armors were designed by Yang Fan in modern times. The material is aluminum alloy. The weight of aluminum alloy is only one-third of steel, but its strength is more than six or seven times that of steel.
Aluminum alloy is the best material for making armor. The reason why aluminum alloy armor did not appear in ancient times is because when the aluminum smelting technology matured, mankind had already entered the era of thermal weapons.
A set of full-body iron armor from the Ming Dynasty weighed more than forty kilograms, and some even weighed sixty kilograms.
This set of full-body aluminum alloy plate armor weighs only fifteen kilograms.
Although it is already very light. Yang Fan still asked the designer to add a metal exoskeleton structure so that the armor could bear its own weight instead of putting the weight on the person's body.
This kind of design can turn armor from a cumbersome and dead weight that takes up a person's physical strength into a tool that can transport materials and increase the carrying capacity of the human body.
While protecting the human body, it can also help people carry more equipment and supplies.
This full-body plate armor designed with a metal exoskeleton can carry a load of forty pounds while maintaining freedom of movement.
Forty pounds is basically enough for the infantry to carry weapons, food, medicine, and other items.
The outside of the armor is painted in matte, frosted, or spray gray to facilitate concealment.
Because the daughters-in-law were not tall enough to wear the helmets, the brothers had to wear beak helmets on each other.
Yang Fan's beak helmets are all Bassanet-style helmets with a pointed face guard. They are also translated as pig-faced helmets and dog-faced helmets. The distinctive feature is that there is a pointed beak protruding forward in front of the mask.
The main function of this pointed mouth is to deflect frontal attacks, and holes are usually made in it to expand the breathing space and improve comfort. Part of it will also be below, with observation holes to observe the situation below.
This structure is mainly designed for fighting on horseback. Closing the visor can resist loss or other frontal impacts. However, in infantry combat, users often choose to open the visor to obtain a larger field of view.
The beak helmet has a very good defensive effect against smashing weapons such as maces, maces, bones, iron whips, iron maces, flails, etc. Because the head does not come into contact with the iron sheet, it can prevent blunt injuries.
The two brothers dressed up, hung up their scimitars, and raised their Swiss halberds. After angrily saying goodbye to his parents, he touched Si Xiaosong and Si Xiaobai's heads and walked out of the house.
The Swiss halberd is a variant of a spear with an ax added to the right and a hook added to the left under the spear head.
This weapon has been tested countless times in the hundreds of years of war in the European Middle Ages. It is a very brutal weapon for infantry to deal with cavalry.
Spears were used for assassination and could penetrate heavily armored cavalry and war horses.
The ax is used to chop heavy armor causing blunt injuries and fractures.
The hook was used to catch the armor plates and the armor silk ribbon, drag the knight from his horse, and kill him with an axe.
Hooks have many wonderful uses, and they can also be used to hook a horse's legs.
The hook is like a bird's beak. When pecking, under the gravity of the ax behind it, it can penetrate armor like a pickaxe.
The wooden handle of the Swiss halberd is about three meters long. After all, the gun head is relatively heavy and it is difficult to use if it is too long.
These farmers usually have a lot of energy to do farm work. He has great arm and waist strength, as well as good physical endurance. Put on the armor and pick up the Swiss halberd and you can fight for a long time.
Usually their training is a group formation, forming teams according to each club, and the production team leader is the militia team leader. The militia's fighting method is to fight collectively, and individuals are strictly prohibited from leaving the team. Each squad is an integral unit.
Because there were 25 households in one commune, each family had a different number of strong men, so the number of troops sent by each commune was also different. It seems like two brothers were born in the Si family today.
However, in order to facilitate management, these militia teams are still organized according to communities. Ten communities form a district, which is a square.
A square consists of ten communities and has 250 households. There is basically a camp for each strong man in a workshop. The production team leader also serves as the military director.
Old Zhong is fifty-three years old this year. Although he has gray hair, he is very strong and has a very hot temper. Because he was fair in dealing with things and won the hearts of the people, he was elected as the production team leader of Xingfu Society.
"Everyone, please line up in four columns, hurry up." Old Zhong shouted loudly.
"Check each other's back and forth to see if the armor is on and whether the weapon belts are on. Don't be careless. When you leave the city and start a fight, the Mongols won't let you go home to get it. There will be no place to cry. "
Everyone burst into laughter, Lao Zhong was always so humorous.
Each strong man wears plate armor, a Swiss halberd, a wild goose feather knife hanging on his waist, and a ratchet-strung steel crossbow on his back. There are thirty crossbow arrows in the quiver.
The reason why they are equipped with crossbows is because these farmers do not have time to train bows and arrows. Crossbows are direct-fire weapons. They are quick to use. As long as the crosshairs are aligned, they can basically hit the target.
There was a metallic clatter, and everyone checked each other out and said there was nothing wrong.
"Count now!" Old Zhong shouted.
"One, two,...seventy-eight"
Today, Xingfu Society dispatched a total of seventy-nine people, all of whom were present.
"Okay, everyone, follow me to the square to meet up." Old Zhong said, leading the strong men of the Xingfu Society to run towards the square in the center of the city.
At this time, the central square of the city was brightly lit.
An Sanxi, Huang San and others stood on the stage, looking at the three cavalry regiments and the densely gathered militia below.
After the leaders of each community found their positions with their people, they first formed a team and stood up. Squad leaders are responsible for restraining the team and waiting for orders. The captains all went to the stage for a meeting and listened to An Sanxi and Huang San assign tasks.
On the stage, the lights were bright, illuminated by more than a dozen carbide lamps, it was as bright as day.
A map hangs on the north wall of the stage.
The attack arrows have been marked on it, very clearly.
Twenty-four brigade captains and officers of battalion and above levels from three cavalry regiments were listening to An Sanxi's assignment.
Huang San's infantry was responsible for defense to prevent Mongolian sneak attacks and did not participate in this counterattack.
"Everyone, after three months of war of attrition, the enemy has suffered very serious losses. However, the main losses are the troops of Haraqin and Duoyan. After all, they are the conveners of this alliance. They are also the most active in attacking. Tumut The offensive intensity of the Ordos Department is not strong, and they are relatively lax. Our counterattack this time is from sheep attacks in three directions, and the main attack direction is the Ordos Department. They basically did not participate in the siege and were the most lax."
Everyone looked at the wooden stick in An Sanxi's hand with burning eyes, indicating the route of attack, and An Sanxi immediately made arrangements for the attack. All the generals took their orders one by one.
"Everyone, if you hurt ten of their fingers, it is better to cut off one of them. The Ordos people are here to join in the fun. They want to take advantage of the city's destruction, but they are not willing to contribute. They are the most lax and unprepared. Tonight, we will concentrate our forces to annihilate them. It will definitely shock Zhu Taiji greatly and further reverse the unfavorable situation."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"Now, follow my orders and set off."