System: Build My Own Territory-Chapter 635 - 232: Request Him to Dispatch Troops Immediately (10,000 Words)
Use sand and stone to carefully polish and polish the burrs and flash on the surface of the trigger, making the surface as smooth as possible.
After the polishing was complete, Lynn picked up the iron drill and drilled a hole in the trigger, connecting it to the linkage.
The size and position of the hole must precisely match the linkage.
The production of the linkage, like the trigger, also needs to be made of iron.
Ensure that it has sufficient strength and toughness to prevent breaking or deforming during the transmission of power.
This is also why Lynn chose to forge and then quench it.
The shape of the linkage is rod-like, thin in the middle, thick at both ends.
One end connects to the trigger, the other end connects to the hook device of the bowstring.
The length of the linkage is generally around twenty centimeters.
Fine processing completed.
Lynn continued with the next step of assembling and adjusting.
Assemble the manufactured trigger and linkage, connecting them together through methods such as mortise and tenon or bolts.
Ensure the connection is firm, not loosening during use!
Meanwhile, ensure the movement between the trigger and the linkage is flexible.
No sticking phenomenon occurs!
Subsequently, Lynn began the twisting process of the bowstring.
Adjust the length of the bowstring according to the size of the crossbow arm and bow, ensuring moderate tension after installation.
Both ensuring the firing power of the arrow, and not putting excessive pressure on the crossbow arm and bow.
When the installation and adjustment of the bowstring was completed.
Lynn began to install the trigger and linkage crossbow machine that were installed and adjusted onto the crossbow arm.
Time continues to pass.
An hour later, a complete [Zhuge Crossbow] was finished and appeared in Lynn’s hands.
Only the final step remains—test shooting adjustment.
Lynn directly took ten triangular armor-piercing arrows and cut them to twenty centimeters according to the dimensions of the arrow quiver.
Then tightly fitted them into the arrow quiver, closed the hinge.
Under the attention of everyone, Lynn lifted the [Zhuge Crossbow] with his right hand and walked towards the testing area behind the bow and arrow workshop.
Lynn slightly felt the crossbow in his hand.
The [Zhuge Crossbow] he made was somewhat different from the traditional ones which weighed at least forty to fifty pounds.
The weight was only about twenty pounds, extremely lightweight.
The aim was for infantry and cavalry to carry it easily, allowing a single person to use it effortlessly.
Arriving at the testing area.
Lynn spread his feet shoulder-width apart and leaned slightly forward, the stance was largely similar to using a longbow.
With his left hand holding the front end of the crossbow arm, he steadied the crossbow in front of his chest, keeping the crossbow arm level with the ground.
This stance provided stable support, which was more conducive to aiming and firing!
Utilizing the sight on the crossbow arm, he quickly aimed at the target set in the testing area.
The effective range of the [Zhuge Crossbow] wasn’t far, so Lynn merely steadied himself fifty meters away from the target.
Lynn inhaled slightly, and at the moment of exhalation, his right index finger simultaneously pulled the trigger.
Bang~
With a crisp sound, the mechanism was triggered, and the bowstring instantly released.
Accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, the twenty-centimeter triangular armor-piercing arrow shot out violently.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye.
The triangular armor-piercing arrow sliced through the air and embedded itself in the target with a ’thud’.
In the rear, Jose and the others, witnessing this scene, frowned slightly.
Is this all the [Zhuge Crossbow] made by Master Lynn can do?
Whether in speed or power, it was far from comparable to the standard longbows they had made.
The next second.
Bang bang bang~
Lynn’s right index finger quickly and rhythmically pulled the trigger continuously.
Amidst the series of crisp tension-releasing sounds, one triangular armor-piercing arrow after another shot out rapidly.
In a series of ’whoosh whoosh whoosh’, they consecutively hit the target set fifty meters away.
In the blink of an eye.
The target, originally pierced by just one arrow, was now covered with cross arrows!
Upon seeing this scene.
Jose and the others standing behind Lynn had their eyes widen instantly, faces full of disbelief.
In at most ten seconds, ten arrows were shot!
Fast?
Not particularly fast.
An experienced and strong archer could similarly shoot one arrow every one or two seconds.
And accurately hit distant targets.
However, there was a difference.
Their Master Lynn was just standing there.
With his left hand holding the crossbow arm, the right hand casually pulling the trigger.
Then, the triangular armor-piercing arrows in the arrow quiver fired out, accurately hitting the target.
The [Zhuge Crossbow] didn’t require the shooter to possess significant physical prowess, nor did it require highly skilled archery techniques.
Merely aiming at the target using the crossbow’s sight and pulling the trigger was enough!
Needless to say, even the apprentices in the bow and arrow workshop felt that, despite having no previous experience using a crossbow, they could manage it easily!
This ability was far beyond what a longbow could compare!
Up until now.
Jose finally understood why Master Lynn was so persistent in coming to the bow and arrow workshop to create what he called the ’Zhuge Crossbow’.
To release it by himself, allowing them to observe.
Even if the production of bows and arrows in the workshop temporarily halts, it didn’t matter.
Because.
As long as Master Lynn’s [Zhuge Crossbow] could be produced on a large scale.
It could enable all soldiers to possess the infantry’s ability for close-range attack and kill.
