733. Full metal shell 2

Style: Historical Author: A book full of poems and thousands of flowersWords: 2195Update Time: 24/01/11 18:58:56
"Your Majesty, it's not that you don't have it. It's that you haven't worn it. The leg decks are in the box. You can use the belt buckles on the deck to put them on during combat. Because plate armor is not conducive to marching, it is not worn at ordinary times."

Yang Fan ordered: "You put on the plate armor on your legs."

Several soldiers immediately took out the greaves from the box and dressed them neatly. Looking again this time, you can see that these soldiers are all wrapped in large steel plates, leaving basically no opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of.

Several governors from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were walking around and observing carefully. They all kept nodding. The thickness of these concha stomachs varies from place to place. The key parts are thicker and even stiffer to increase the structural strength. Some parts that are not easy to attack are made of one millimeter thin armor. This focused protection design can greatly reduce the weight.

Li Banghua stepped forward and knocked on the plate armor with his fist. It felt very solid.

He looked at it carefully for a while and took a breath. Said: "Why does this stomach look like it is made of steel?"

"What, it's made of steel, made by Suzhou Steel? The cost is too high and the price can't be lowered." Linhuai Marquis Li Bangzhen said in surprise.

"What Su Gang, this is made of the open-hearth steel from Dingyuan Bo's own steel factory. You are so out of date. You don't even know this. Now Dingyuan Bo's open-hearth steel is already the best steel in the Ming Dynasty. The price is still cheap, only The ex-factory price is five cents of silver per catty, only one-sixth of Su Gang's." said Deng Wenming, Marquis of Dingyuan.

Hearing this, Chongzhen felt relieved. Yang Fan's things were not bad. When he heard that it was armor made of steel, he was immediately worried about the price. Steel armor and iron armor are not the same performance thing, and cold-forged armor is not as good as steel armor.

The armor of this era, whether it was pierced armor, mountain armor, scale armor, cloth-faced armor, etc., was all iron armor. Even the Xixia cold-forged armor with the best defensive performance in history is iron armor.

Steel was a very expensive material in this era and would only be used to make key parts such as sword blades and spear heads. In other words, the so-called good steel should be used on the blade.

This is the first time I have seen the armor and stomach made of steel. Everyone feels a little wasteful. Using steel to make the armor and stomach seems too luxurious no matter how you look at it. Is there any country in the world that can use steel to make armor? This is definitely the first one for Daming.

Even European plate armor was made of wrought iron in the early days because wrought iron was soft and easy to process. Later, when the steel industry matured in the 19th century and muskets advanced, plate armor was immediately eliminated. Therefore, plate armor has not developed a deck made of high-performance steel.

For a moment, these military attachés felt itchy in their hearts, wishing they could make one themselves.

Yang Fan had long expected that the appearance of steel armor would definitely interest these officers. The aristocratic officers of this era all wore their own ancestral armor, or they spent their own money to customize their own armor. These distinguished people are rich, and Yang Fan plans to set up a private customization workshop for plate armor in Beicheng. Custom-made armor specifically for them.

As long as they can afford it, aluminum alloy plate armor is also acceptable.

Yang Fan saw their interest and immediately handed over a colorful picture album.

This album is a modern print. The coated paper is very beautiful. Inside are pictures and performance introductions of plate armor worn by royal families and nobles from major European countries. I specially asked Yao Guang to make a traditional Chinese version.

Opening the beautifully printed book, you will see that the armors inside are the work of the famous armor-making family workshop in Milan, Italy.

Yang Fan first gave one copy to His Majesty, and then gave a dozen copies to the civil and military ministers for them to circulate. And tell them that all of these can be customized. Made to fit your body shape.

"If you adults are interested in this kind of plate armor, you can ask me to order it. I will send someone to your house to customize it for you. You can also choose the decoration and style by yourself. Anything you can do can be customized. "

The clothes worn by the soldiers were mostly industrial goods. The punch banged and it came out. The ones that don't fit too well are all in a few fixed sizes that can be worn by anyone of different heights, short, fat or thin.

What is given to these officials cannot be like this. Like the luxury cars of later generations. From materials to craftsmanship and design, everything is custom-made. The leather lining and metal surface patterns are all optional. This is how the price is added. Every item has a price.

This is a business, and a business that makes a lot of money. As long as a military attache has the ability, he will usually purchase some sophisticated weapons and armor. Yang Fan's weapons shop can provide them. After all, these are life-saving things on the battlefield.

Even the civil servants were very tempted. Nowadays, the civil servants often supervise the divisions, and there are also many civil servants in the army. The chief officials such as Bingbei Dao in local military towns are all civil servants. They also need to buy armor.

In addition to the material, production process, and design of armor, the decoration on the outside is also a major item. Mixed with gold and silver, inlaid with precious stones. Use your own family logo, emblem, favorite pattern, etc.

As soon as Yang Fan finished speaking, the governors and generals suddenly started talking buzzingly. These people are all soldiers, and everyone knows that a good set of equipment can save lives on the battlefield. A stomach made of steel, who wouldn’t want such a good thing?

Li Banghua glared at Yang Fan dissatisfied. Today, we are discussing the equipment issues of the Beijing camp, not a market where Yang sells his weapons and armor. His Majesty was looking through Yang Fan's armor album carefully, with an expression of great fondness.

Seeing that His Majesty was tempted to order a pair of luxurious plate armor, Li Banghua coughed and told everyone not to digress. Solve a problem in one meeting. Do not discuss topics that are not relevant to the meeting.

"Uncle Dingyuan, I don't care what material your armor and stomach are made of. I only care about one thing, and that is its defensive power. If the defensive power is not good, no matter how good the craftsmanship is, I will not agree to the purchase by the Ministry of War. "Li Banghua said.

"Master Li, how do you think it is necessary to prove the defensive power of these armors of mine?"

"This is quite simple. First, let's see how well these armors defend against arrows. Let's take Jiannu's big bow as an example to test the defensive capabilities against bows and arrows." Li Banghua said.

Yang Fan nodded indifferently. The two millimeter carburized steel plate had a stiff structure to enhance rigidity, and it also had a curved surface designed for ricocheting. He was not worried at all about the big bow used to defend the Jiannu. If he couldn't even defend against this, why was he wasting his time doing this?

"In addition, since the old slave chief Nurhachi started his army, the Jiannu seized too many firearms from our Ming Dynasty. We have to test the firearms they have in their hands to see if they can penetrate them."

As soon as Li Banghua finished speaking, people around him started talking. It was obvious that Li Banghua was deliberately making things difficult. None of the Ming Dynasty's armor could defend Jiannu's bow at close range.

After all, Qing Bow is the highest peak in the history of Chinese bow and arrow development. A large bow with heavy arrows, super pulling power, shovel-shaped arrows and triangular pyramidal armor-piercing arrows at close range have unprecedented lethality. I was a little suspicious for a while. Can these steel armors stop it?

Li Shangshu even wanted to shoot with firearms, which was even more difficult.