Fifty steps away, ten veterans bent their bows and nocked arrows, shooting at the three sets of armor opposite.
After each of them shoots an arrow, they advance ten steps. About fifteen meters.
Their arrows are precise. All hits from fifty steps away. The crowd cheered again. Jiannu's big bow was difficult to hold because it was too powerful. Although fifty steps is not a hundred steps, but all hits are still very good results.
Forty steps away, the veterans stood still and took out another withered feather arrow from their quiver. Jiannu's bow was big and his arrows were huge. The arrow shaft is as thick as a little finger. The length is about one meter two.
Because this kind of big bow cannot use light arrows. If you use light arrows with low weight, the energy of the bow cannot be consumed by the arrow failure, which will damage the bow body.
Just like when we usually play with bows and arrows, we don’t release the arrow with our hands, and pull the bow string to test the strength. We must not release the arrow empty. Instead, slowly return the bow string to its original position with your fingers. Opening the bow will destroy the bow body the most, and the owner of the bow will have to fight with you.
At forty steps, the force was obviously greater. Some military attachés with good eyesight could see from a distance that the plate armor that was shot sparked sparks at the place where the arrow hit. Apparently the arrow missed and was deflected.
Thirty steps away, the force of the missing arrow continued to increase, and the plate armor was shaken by the shock.
Twenty steps later, another burst of arrows missed and failed to penetrate.
Fifteen steps, ten steps, five steps, the last launch. In addition to the violent shaking of the armor, you can clearly see the sparks from the arrow being bounced away.
Li Banghua nodded with satisfaction and said: "Change the three-eyed musket. Shoot ten feet (thirty meters) in volley."
There is no need to try bows and arrows, there is nothing that can be done about this kind of plate armor. He directly ordered the replacement of muskets.
As for why the volley is fired, the reason is very simple. This thing does not go in a straight line at all. It must not hit anywhere. He had to use intensive shooting to make up for the lack of accuracy.
Bang bang bang! A burst of smoke filled the air, and thirty veterans opened fire together from a distance of thirty meters. The armor in the distance shook violently.
After the wind blew away the smoke, several military attachés ran over to check, and then shouted loudly: "There is no breakdown."
Li Banghua was shocked. Being able to block arrows and blocking fire blunderbuss were not the same thing. Fire blunderbuss are much more powerful than arrows. Thirty meters actually blocked it.
"Try moving forward five feet" Li Banghua directly doubled the distance.
Bang bang bang! After a burst of smoke filled the air, someone from the front shouted: "There is no breakdown."
Li Banghua was ecstatic. He had been worried about not having good protective equipment. After repeatedly studying the previous battles in the Liaodong battlefield, he believed that inadequate protective gear was an important reason for repeated defeats.
Unexpectedly, Yang Fan's full steel plate armor gave him such a big surprise today. He simply said: "Advance to a distance of one foot and hit me."
The distance of three meters should be said to be the maximum power range of the fire door gun.
The third shot of the three-eyed gun fired. Bang bang bang!
The smoke dissipated, and the military attachés who reported targets came over carrying the targets. Let your Lordships see it with your own eyes.
Chongzhen also got up from his throne and approached to check it out personally.
I saw that many of the acid-washed gray and black colors on these armors were damaged. Revealing the silver-white metallic color inside. These were shot with bows and arrows. There are a lot of white spots on the armor. It can be seen that these veterans are very good at archery. Basically all of them were hits, no misses.
Li Banghua was also inspecting it carefully. He pointed to several small craters and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, these white spots were shot by Jiannu's big bow. These small craters were made by fire blunderbuss. Although they did not penetrate, they still left traces. These are very small. The small crater is left after the projectile hits."
Chongzhen nodded and said: "I saw it. If there is no breakdown, will it cause blunt trauma?"
Obviously, Chongzhen was also actively learning battlefield knowledge during this period, and the questions he asked were relatively professional.
"If there is a layer of cotton armor inside, or if you wear cotton clothes and pants, you should not be injured. If you are wearing linen clothes in summer, you may get redness, swelling and bruises, but the bones will not be hurt. It is not a big problem." Li Banghua said.
"Haha, if muskets can't penetrate it, wouldn't this kind of armor be invincible? Hahaha." Chongzhen said with a hearty laugh.
Yang Fan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this kind of armor can only block large charges such as fire portal guns, matchlock guns and flintlock guns. Fire blunderbuss with long barrels can be penetrated."
This question needs to be made clear. Yang Fan has always cherished his credibility.
Chongzhen was stunned and asked: "What kind of guns are matchlocks and flintlock guns?"
Li Banghua explained: "I also have a matchlock gun in the Ming Dynasty. It is a bird gun that is mostly used in the southeast. This thing can be controlled by one person and can even shoot down flying birds, so it is called a bird gun. In addition, I have the best fire gun in the Ming Dynasty, Lumi." Guns are also matchlock guns. There are also large-caliber turtle dove guns over there in Guangdong, which also fall into this category."
Chongzhen continued to ask: "Can Jian Nu be equipped with these powerful firearms?"
Li Banghua said quickly: "The Jiannu were not equipped. Their firearms were all captured from our Ming Dynasty, and they do not know how to make muskets. We did not equip matchlocks in Liaodong before, so no matchlocks fell into the hands of the Jiannu."
Chongzhen let out a sigh of relief. Said: "Your Ministry of War must strengthen management and prevent these firearms from being lost. Especially the craftsmen must pay close attention to prevent them from being kidnapped by the slaves."
"Bring the Rumi Gun. I want to see the effect of the Rumi Gun." Chongzhen said.
Yang Fan was moved in his heart and said nothing.
Your Majesty, what does this mean? His Majesty is worried about his ability to make such excellent armor. He wanted to see if the Lumi Gun in his hand could restrain his armor.
Yang Fan sighed in his heart, as expected, the emperor's character was such that he didn't trust anyone. It seems that he can feel relieved only if he sees with his own eyes that his plate armor is penetrated in front of Lumi Gun.
After a while, a Rumi gunslinger from the general flag was transferred.
Because this is the back school of Jingshan, there are already six thousand Rumi gunmen trained by Zhang Shize stationed here. This time fifty Lumi gunmen were divided into three rows and opened fire at three sets of plates hanging on a wooden shelf fifty meters away.
As soon as Rumi's gun fired, everyone covered their ears, and the sound was louder than the three-eyed gun.
The two-meter-long gun body of the Rumi gun gives the projectile a high muzzle velocity. Seeing the three sets of plate armor on the opposite side trembling wildly. Pieces of metal flew up. It looked like it was being torn apart somewhere.
After a while, three sets of armors were carried over.
Chongzhen looked expressionlessly at the plate armor that was riddled with holes.
Each of these three plates has three or four small holes in the thickest chest part. It was obviously broken down. There are still a dozen small pits that have not penetrated, but the extent of the depression is much greater than that of a three-eyed gun.
The helmet was slightly deformed after being hit, and three shots hit it, two of which penetrated.
The worst part is the ribs, which are the thinnest. The bullet scratched through the side, directly tearing a hole and opening it outwards. very horrible. If it were a person, it would probably be disemboweled from here.
Yang Fan stole a glance at Chongzhen and found that the emperor was expressionless on the surface, but his slightly trembling eyebrows revealed his ecstatic heart.
It turns out that Yang Fan can also restrain himself, and his weapons are not omnipotent.
