Chapter 319 New Bow (Please vote and subscribe)

"It's enough to have your brother lead the team on the grassland. Isn't it a waste to let the two of you go together?" Luo Chong looked at You Ye and said.

"Then the leader means that there is another task for me? You won't stay in one place and can't move, right?" You Ye said in confusion.

"Hehe, this time you can't stay in one place even if you want to. The conditions are a bit harsh and a bit dangerous. I'm afraid you don't dare to go." Luo Chong provoked You Ye.

"Really? Leader, I'm not afraid of hardship or danger. Let me go. Are you going to sell things somewhere else?" You Ye asked excitedly.

"No, I want you to scout the situation of the cannibal tribe in the north and draw a map by the way. Are you willing to go?" Luo Chong asked tentatively.

"Scout the cannibal tribe? That's fine for me. I dare to go, but what does it mean to draw a map?" You Ye asked in confusion, scratching the back of his head.

"Maps, that's what you should have seen. I remember that before you and your brother joined the Han tribe, there was one. It was a topographic map of mountains and rivers drawn on animal skins, with the locations of various tribes marked on it. It was that kind of map." Luo Chong explained.

"Oh, so it's that, but I don't know how to draw it. The map was passed down by the old leader. My brother can read it, but he can't draw it well." You Ye suddenly realized.

"It doesn't matter if you can't draw. I can. These days I will prepare a small team with not too many people. You will lead it. You will study in the tribe for a while first. When you have learned enough, I will let you go." Luo Chong said to You Ye.

"Is that so? That's no problem. I promise to complete the task assigned by the leader." You Ye immediately stood at attention and promised.

"Well, I hope you won't let me down." Luo Chong patted him on the shoulder and said.

In the following time, Luo Chong quickly selected 11 people from the tribe, including You Ye, exactly 12 people, which was considered a small flag, and began to train them in drawing skills.

The members of this team are all elites carefully selected for this mission. There are people like Youye who are good at communicating with strange tribes, elite hunters who are good at surviving in the wild, and have rich survival experience. There are also sharpshooters with good archery skills, strong warriors, cultural people who can write many Chinese characters, tribesmen from the Wen tribe who are good at painting, and finally two warriors from the Eagle tribe, with their Azuka giant eagles.

These people have to practice running and physical fitness every morning, practice horse riding in the evening, and spend the rest of the time to make up for the drawing knowledge taught by Luo Chong.

The first thing is to learn how to use the compass to identify the direction, and then learn simple mathematics, how to convert the scale, what is coordinates, and how to draw a plane map.

In order to give them a more intuitive understanding, Luo Chong directly took them to do practical classes. First, with Hanyang City as the center, he surveyed a map on the spot. In a few days, he surveyed the surrounding 9 square kilometers of area, and explained to them the various problems and solutions encountered during the field survey.

Later, in order to simulate more terrains for teaching them, Luo Chong directly made a simple sand table with mud, simulated various terrains and explained to them the methods of drawing. These people learned very quickly and became more and more proficient in drawing. When they encountered simple terrain such as flat land, they could draw an area of ​​more than ten square kilometers in a day.

During this period of teaching, each tribe had harvested the first season's grain this year and moved their tribesmen to Hanyang City or the New City District. The second season of rice in Hanyang City had also been planted, and they were just waiting for the rice seedlings to grow before they could be planted.

The summer farming had just been completed, and the task of arable land this year was also completed. Luo Chong immediately sent these farm tools that were no longer needed this year to the New City District, along with many cattle. In addition, a lot of grain was also transported, all of which were harvested by each tribe.

The new tribesmen were gradually settled down and gradually became familiar with the lifestyle of the Han tribe. They adapted quickly. After all, it was a change for the better. Who would not try to adapt when they were living a good life? It is always faster to adapt to the good life than to suffer from hunger and cold.

Luo Chong also took advantage of this time to prepare equipment for Youye's surveying and mapping team. Benchmarks are very easy to make, and Luo Chong mainly made weapons and survival supplies for them.

The outdoor survival knife is actually a single-edged military dagger. There are also long knives or military shovels for killing enemies or clearing the way. In addition, there is another most important weapon, which is the crossbow.

The Han tribe currently has one or two hundred archers, but they still use huge longbows. Although they are powerful, they are indeed inconvenient to carry and cannot be used for horseback archery. The disadvantages are still not small.

In order to make up for these shortcomings, Luo Chong has long asked the woodworking group to develop new bows, and now they have finally come up with something.

There are two new bows. One is a recurve bow made of tendon and horn wood composite material. The bow is 1.2 meters long, much smaller than the longbow, and softer. The performance is not inferior to the longbow.

The recurve composite bow uses fir wood to make the bow tire. A layer of horn pieces is glued to the outer side, and a thick layer of beef tendons is glued to the inner layer. The beef tendon is a material that is raw. After drying and processing, it becomes a silk thread shape. These tendons are very elastic and are glued to the inside of the bow body. The main purpose is to increase the elasticity.

This kind of bow has a good point, that is, the tension of the bow can be adjusted by the amount of tendons. If you want to make the tension of the bow stronger, then stick more tendons. If you want to make it weaker, then put less tendons.

In addition to this new recurve compound bow, there is another type of crossbow made of composite straight-pull bow, which is also made of fir wood, but there is no horn glued on the outside, but a thick layer of tendons is glued on the inside side, which doubles its tension.

This composite straight-pull bow without horn glue is an important part for making crossbows. The other bow arm is made of oak, and the composite straight-pull bow is installed on the top of the bow arm. There is also an iron D-shaped ring in front, which is used to kick the foot, which can save some effort when stringing.

There is nothing worth noting in the front of the bow arm, but the back is important, because the ends of these newly made crossbow arms are all modern rifle-shaped buttstocks. The purpose of doing this is mainly to facilitate the standardization of the bow holding posture and ensure shooting accuracy. At the same time, Luo Chong is also familiar with such crossbows, after all, he has used them before.

In addition to these, the trigger part of the crossbow is made of bronze parts cast by the lost wax method. This is easier to make than iron parts at present, and it is also easier to mass-produce parts with the same specifications.

There is also a sight that can be erected on the upper part of the trigger protruding from the bow arm, also called a sight, which is used for mechanical aiming. The sight can be laid down for close-range shooting and erected for long-range sniping, which is very similar to the movable sight on the Type 38 rifle.

(End of this chapter)