Nanming Engineer

Chapter 130 Improved Armor
Zu Bian threw the bird in his hand into the hand of the handyman standing aside, and hurriedly followed behind Wang Huan, trotting towards the direction of the haystack.

When he got close, Zu Bian took a look, breathed a sigh of relief, and grinned. In the middle of the haystack in the white robe, a black bullet hole bloomed. It turned out that the shot just now had clearly hit.

Winning or losing a bet is a small matter, but being embarrassed is a big deal.

Hearing him laugh, Wang Huan looked up and said, "What are you laughing at? You have already lost, hurry up and hug the rabbit while the sun is still early."

While speaking, Wang Huan took off the white robe that was covered on the haystack, revealing a piece of rattan armor that was tightly bound. The rattan armor exuded the fragrance of tung oil and was intact.

Zu Bian was stunned, approached in disbelief, looked up and down carefully, and found an inconspicuous damage on the armor piece. There were some slight breakage marks on the two vines, but they were not conspicuous. If you look closely, you can't see it at all.

Wang Huan looked at his staring eyes, smiled and raised the white robe in his hand, fumbled for a small thing inside, and said, "Are you looking for lead bullets? It's here."

He spread out his hand, in the palm of which lay a round lead bullet quietly.

Zu Bian and Ma Xintian looked at Wang Huan's palm in disbelief, and were extremely surprised. The lead bullet fired by the bird system did not penetrate the white robe in Wang Huan's hand, but only left a hole on the rattan armor behind the white robe. Negligible traces, the lead bullets were still inlaid in the white robe.

"My lord, what is this burqa made of? It can block lead bullets, almost comparable to iron armor." Zu Bian was surprised.

Wang Huan threw away the lead bullets in his hand, turned up the white burqa for the two to look at, and said with a strong smile: "This burqa is different. You see, the burqa is divided into two layers, both of which are made of fire. It is made of cloth, but in the middle of the two layers of cloth, compacted cotton is added, and you know the effect of the compacted cotton."

Zu Bian nodded, somewhat understanding: "My lord, isn't this cotton armor?"

"Yes, it's almost the same as cotton armor." Wang Huan said: "The entire burqa uses a total of seven pounds of cotton, which is compacted and stuffed on the chest and back. There is also a layer of armor between the first layer of fire cloth and the cotton batting. The film, although very thin, can have a big effect.”

Zu Bian and Ma Xintian opened the interlayer of the fabric with their hands. Sure enough, as Wang Huan said, this burqa has four layers. The first and fourth layers are thick fire cloth, and the second layer is very thin iron leaf. The first layer, the third layer is the compacted cotton wool.

Touching the fabric, Zu Bian was a little puzzled. He raised his head and asked, "Sir, what you are doing is different from cotton armor. Cotton armor is just an ordinary compacted cotton jacket, and iron leaves are also embedded in the inner layer."

Wang Huan nodded: "Yes, I made improvements."

Zu Bian has already found the bullet hole shot by the lead bullet on the white robe. The bullet hole is not big, but it has penetrated the fabric, cotton wool, and iron leaf, revealing a small hole in the white robe. The holes are much smaller in comparison.

Seeing this, Zu Bian already understood a little bit, and said joyfully, "Your Excellency, such a slight change will have a very different effect. If it is changed to the cotton armor of the Ming Army, the last general's shot just now must have been shot through, but This set of white robes can barely penetrate, the lead bullets have been castrated, so there is only a mark left on the innermost rattan armor."

Ma Xintian understood earlier than Zu Bian. When he saw that the rattan armor was intact, he already knew that Wang Huan's new white robe was definitely extraordinary. What he didn't understand was why Wang Huan only changed the armor leaf cotton wadding inside the cotton armor. order, can have a completely different effect.

Naturally, Wang Huan would not tell the principle of this kind of Kevlar body armor, and neither of them could understand it.

The thick Huohuan cloth is on the first layer, which is fireproof and can also play a certain blocking effect. The second layer of thin iron sheets will block it again, and the third layer of cotton wool will greatly slow down the lead bullets. Layers of Huohuanbu slowed down again, so that the effects of the four layers were superimposed, and the lead bullets fired from fifty paces away were already at the end of their strength, and of course they couldn't penetrate the armor when they encountered the sturdy rattan armor.

This is the original bulletproof vest that Wang Huan has been thinking about for several nights, tearing apart a set of cotton armor and studying it countless times before referring to the principle of modern Kevlar materials and using the existing materials. .

The improved cotton armor is in the front, and the rattan armor is in the back. With such a design, and after the editor-in-chief's shooting experiment, Wang Huan is sure that at a distance of forty steps, arrows and firearms will not be pierced. The throwing of exterminator bombs can completely cover it. Think about it, if the overwhelming extermination bombs are thrown out, can there be any enemy troops standing on the opposite side with bows and arrows?

This is a completely different way of fighting in this era. Except for Wang Huan, even the most outstanding generals in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties would not understand it, let alone decipher it.

The craft of making this Huhuanbu cotton armor is readily available. Except for rattan armor, which takes time to make, other materials are ready-made. Mass production of asbestos mines has begun, and a large amount of asbestos fibers are slowly and continuously supplied to the textile fabrics in Longevity City. In the workshop, cotton is a widely planted economic crop in Shizhu. As a textile material, which farmer does not plant a little in front of the house?The slightly more troublesome thing is the iron armor blades. There are very few blacksmiths on stone pillars. Up to now, there are less than ten people in the blacksmith workshop in Longevity Valley, and most of them are apprentices. Fill the scene.

In a word, it is easy to do things with money, and the most important thing for Wang Huan at the moment is silver. This kind of hard currency is very popular in the society at the end of Ming Dynasty. People who like it.

Therefore, Zu Bian was pleasantly surprised when he revealed the secret of wearing a white robe body armor. Wang Huan nodded without hesitation and said: "That's exactly the case. The Qing soldiers tabooed me with big open firearms, but they were able to win many battles. Regardless of tactics and troops, Ability aside, the thick cotton armor worn by the Tartars is definitely an important reason."

Zu Bian slapped his head as if suddenly enlightened, and shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, I really didn't understand if I didn't tell you. In the past, I fought against the Tartars in the ice and snow of Liaodong. The Tartars wore cotton armor, sometimes inside and out. They were still wearing chain mail. Our bird system firearms hit them with no effect at a long distance. The Tartars were so fierce with their bows and arrows at a short distance that we were at a loss. It turns out that the cotton armor also has the effect of avoiding bullets! "

Ma Xintian also fondled the thick cloth robe, his face was quiet but his voice was a bit high and he said: "My lord's cotton armor is much thicker than the cotton armor issued by the Ming army, but the weight has not increased much. The rattan armor, the whole set of armor is probably not half the weight of a set of mountain armor, but the protective effect is not inferior. Although it is slightly bloated, it does not affect the action at all. As long as soldiers with a little training get used to it, they will definitely be able to It's like a tiger with wings."

His voice was full of uncontrollable ecstasy. Wang Huan's homemade armor perfectly solved the dilemma of white soldiers without armor. Poor effect, in this way, I don't know how many lives of the soldiers of Longevity Valley can be saved.

But Wang Huan was a little dissatisfied. He looked critically at the cloth-covered cotton armor that Zu Bian was holding, and said with some regret: "It's a pity, if there is a good blacksmith, I can add a little more to the cotton armor." Iron blades, otherwise Zubian, your shot may not even be able to penetrate the cloth armor."

When Zu Bian and Ma Xintian heard this, their eyes lit up. Can they defend against birds at a distance of fifty steps with only cloth armor?Things like bows and arrows are even more scumbags. Isn't the soldier wearing this set of armor a rampant crook?

The two swallowed their saliva, and said in unison: "Okay, my lord, I'll wait for your good news!"

After saying this, Zu Bian thought of something again, moved his steps outside with a smirk, blushed and murmured: "Then what, my lord, do you like to eat rabbits or wild boars? I'll go up the mountain to fight."

　The fifth chapter of the explosive update is on the shelf, and it will end today
　　
　
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