Among these weapons, the only one that can be mass-produced is the sling used by the Army's Angel King Legion.
The only material needed for the sling is ant silk. The ant larvae in "Dongyang City" can secrete it, so it is not uncommon.
Although it is currently limited to production and other uses (ant silk can also be used to make silk beds, ropes, etc.), the output of raw materials in one day is enough to make fifty slings, but after dozens of days, the total output will soon be enough. Popularized to frontline troops.
The protagonist chose clay bombs after weighing the ammunition required for the sling. Although the penetration and lethality of pottery bullets is slightly lower than that of stone bullets, pottery bullets are easy to make and can be fired in large quantities in a combustion chamber. There is no technical difficulty and they are far easier and faster than collecting stone bullets. What's more, if the stone bullets want to reach the appropriate shape, they will have to spend a lot of time and energy on polishing them one by one.
Moreover, relatively brittle pottery bombs will shatter and sputter after hitting the target, which can damage and destroy the fragile compound eyes, antennae and joints of nearby enemies. It is especially threatening to the thread-parasitic bacteria on the backs of parasitic ants, and to a certain extent This makes up for its lack of power.
After determining the weapons that should be equipped, the protagonist summoned fifty worker ants and formally established a weapons manufacturing workshop.
The manufacturing workshop is located in a group of newly excavated nests in the nest. The spear and javelin workshops share one nest, and the slings only use one nest. There are also raw material warehouses, finished product warehouses, worker ant dormitories, and soldier ant dormitories.
Thirty strong soldier ants are responsible for protecting this weapons manufacturing workshop. The workshop has only one entrance and exit connected to the main nest.
The backbone of the weapons manufacturing workshop is ten worker ants who cooperate with the protagonist in making experimental weapons. The protagonist names the smartest one among them "Baigong", and she is responsible for the management of the entire workshop.
Although the protagonist has passed on the relevant technology and process information to the worker ants, they still need time to slowly explore under the leadership of veterans and improve the technology as much as possible.
The spear and javelin groups are currently limited by raw materials, and each has ten worker ants. The sling team has compiled thirty worker ants, which is considered the largest production team.
After a short run-in, without any symbolic ceremony such as ribbon-cutting, this epoch-making weapons manufacturing workshop officially started construction silently.
In the initial period, the protagonist focused on the progress of the sling group. According to the plan he formulated, the sling group was divided into three teams.
The first team of ten worker ants is responsible for obtaining the ant glue and pulling the ant glue that has not yet dried out into thicker ant silk.
The second team has fifteen worker ants, and each three forms a small team to complete the weaving work of the sling.
Since ants do not have the dexterous five fingers of humans, when they need to complete delicate work, each ant can only use up to four jointed limbs, similar to the functions of four human fingers.
The three worker ants can use a total of twelve jointed limbs. Under the command of one of the worker ants, they can basically replace the weaving work that needs to be completed by one person.
The five worker ants in the last team are responsible for quality inspection. They will tear the finished sling hard to see if there is any damage. You will also try to spin the sling loaded with clay bullets in a circle above your head to verify the smoothness of the weapon.
The sling group introduced the concept of assembly line production, while the spear and javelin groups were still mixed together to facilitate future expansion.
It took five days for the weapons workshop to produce the first batch of one hundred slings. After the protagonist checked that they were correct, they were shipped to the southern fortress. The protagonist personally follows and escorts these weapons.
After arriving at the fortress without any danger, the protagonist summoned the commanders stationed at the fortress.
In the past few days, the fortress defenders have eliminated the legions of parasitic ants that invaded on time every day, and then burned all the corpses and parasitic bacteria left on the battlefield. For this purpose, a small fire was also transplanted underground in the fortress.
In addition to the 20 squads of 1,000 Divine Envoy King Legion soldiers, the fortress is also garrisoned by 500 worker ants, responsible for maintaining the nest, assisting in cleaning up the battlefield, and tending to fires and granaries.
These days, the fortress's casualties have remained in single digits every time it defends the enemy. The few wounded will be escorted by troops together with the prisoners and sent back to "Dongyang City" every day. "Dongyang City" will also send soldier ants from time to time according to the situation to make up for the battle losses.
The protagonist listened to Gun's report on the battle situation these days and encouraged the commanders present to be loyal to their duties.
Later, he mobilized the squads led by Lambori and Ramboser, preparing to transform these two squads into full-time legions using slings.
The seven male ants that the protagonist first met and are also the most familiar with are: Gun, Rambo Fei, Rambo Wan, Rambo Tu, Rambo Rui, Rambo Fo and Ramboser. They are considered the protagonist's confidants.
Among them, Gun is now the supreme commander of the garrison in the southern fortress, and Lambo Tu and Lambo Wan are his adjutants; Lambo Fei and Lambo Fo lead their teams to stay in "Dongyang City" all year round, and Lambo Fei is also responsible for teaching young heroes. The important task of ants.
Currently, only Lambori and Ramboser do not have specific positions, so this time the protagonist is going to assign some tasks to them. Troops like the slingers, which have never appeared in the history of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, are also a new unit with historical milestones. They must be in the hands of their most trusted commanders.
The routine harassment by the parasitic ant army had been repelled today, and it was still early in the day. The protagonist then dismissed the other commanders and asked Lambori and Ramboser to gather the troops to line up on the ground.
The protagonist informed all the soldiers in the team about the training plan through the messenger. In the absence of a conference room, the only way to do this was in the form of a messenger. The loyal ants will naturally have no objection to this.
Later, the protagonist informed all the soldiers of the Angel King's Legion about the methods and tactics of using slings, while Lambori and Ramboser were taught by the protagonist personally using tentacles to avoid misunderstandings when relayed by the messengers.
Finally, the protagonist asked the soldiers of the two teams to practice on their own in the open space of the fortress after receiving weapons and stone bullets, throwing them to the cleared side of the field without ants.
The protagonist personally corrected some of their wrong moves in Lambori and Lambrese. After seeing that Lambori and Ramboser had basically mastered the essentials of the movements, they led the team in training.
After the protagonist made a request to Gun, asking him to take care of these two teams and not send them out during the defensive battle in the next few days so that they could concentrate on training, the protagonist took the transport team back to "Dongyang City". "inside.
