Chapter 284 Standard Leather Armor (Please vote and subscribe)
Although he didn't know much about the planting method of wheat, Luo Chong still knew that wheat was directly sown in furrows. After all, although he had never planted it, Luo Chong had seen wheat fields. The rows of wheat were neatly arranged, which was still obvious.
These wild wheat seeds were not all planted, but only a few experimental fields were made. Because they were afraid that there were not enough seeds and it would be troublesome if they couldn't grow at that time, Luo Chong left one-third this time, and only planted five acres of land.
Seeing that the tribesmen were working hard to cultivate the fields, Luo Chong, the leader, was naturally not idle. He took the lead in cultivating five acres of land and then went to do other things, that is, to prepare for the development of the new city.
The development of the new city must first send a group of people, preferably all warriors. Their task is to eliminate the wild beasts around the new city, and then establish a garrison to lay the foundation for the later market to enter. The Han tribe currently has no professional soldiers, so there are no decent weapons and equipment, so Luo Chong plans to make some weapons and equipment for these soldiers to use.
As a full-time professional soldier, the first thing to consider is of course unity, and unity should first be reflected in the military uniform.
Thanks to the development of the shuttle loom, the Han tribe currently has some linen. Although it cannot meet the needs of the entire tribe, it is no problem to equip more than 100 people. Luo Chong immediately ordered the tribe to start dyeing cloth. The color of the military uniform was directly set to iron red, and the dye was directly made of the juice of the red grass. The Wen tribe is an expert in this regard, and Luo Chong also specially assigned a person to be responsible for it, and will be responsible for managing the dyeing workshop in the future.
The military uniform is divided into two layers, the inner and outer layers are pure white cross-collared long-sleeved shirts, the lower layers are white boxer shorts, and the outer layer is a red cross-collared short robe. The length of the hem can cover the buttocks and reach the thigh root, and the lower layers are red trousers.
The military boots are all cowhide. The material comes from the transaction on the grassland last year, but this time it is not glued, but sewn. In the past, the Han tribe did not have iron, so there was no tool such as awl. Now the Han tribe has steel awls and steel needles, so sewing leather is no problem.
The style of the boots is a short black boot, the height of the boot shaft just reaches the bottom of the calf gastrocnemius muscle, but unlike the ancient boots, this boot has laces.
As we all know, if you want to wear boots, either the boot shaft is elastic or large enough to put your feet directly in, or you have to leave an opening. Modern boots usually install zippers, but Luo Chong can't make that thing, so the only way to open the opening is to tie shoelaces. The shoelaces are all made of sisal fiber into three-strand braids, which are flat and not very difficult to braid.
The material of the sole is not pure cowhide, but based on two layers of cowhide. Three wooden boards made of black iron wood are sewn on the forefoot and the heel. There are two in front and one on the heel. There are anti-slip patterns on them, and holes are punched in the gaps of the patterns to facilitate sewing with cowhide. In addition, a layer of glue is applied in the middle to make it more solid.
Several models of wooden samples of boots were made according to different sizes, and then distributed to different departments for processing, and finally assembled together.
After having military boots, armor is naturally indispensable. However, considering the production cycle of iron armor, it cannot meet the needs of rapid equipment, so Luo Chong decided to equip and make simpler leather armor. Thanks to the large amount of animal skins traded in the grassland last year, there is still no shortage of cowhide materials.
Cut the raw cowhide that has not been nitrated into small cubes with a guillotine, then punch holes in the four corners and paint it with six layers of black paint. These small armor blocks will be extremely hard, even harder than wood, but more resilient than wood.
This is only the first step in making armor, which is the material preparation stage. After that, different armors are compiled according to different types of soldiers.
The armor of ordinary infantry is similar to modern bulletproof vests, with round collar, wide shoulders, and sleeveless, but the hem is longer, reaching the knees, and is divided into four pieces below the hips to facilitate leg and foot movement.
The wearing method is to pull over the head and open the front. This may be difficult to understand, but it is actually similar to the wearing method of bulletproof vests. The front is divided into two layers. The outer layer is a whole breastplate with the same width as the width of a person. It is connected to the back at the shoulder position. The hem is slightly shorter than the full-body armor to protect the crotch.
The back is a full-body armor, and then the front center line is opened and tied with a rope. When wearing it, first put your head in, then lift up the breastplate, and then pull the armor on both sides from the armpits to the center of the front of the body like wrapping a bath towel, fasten it with four rope buckles, then cover the whole breastplate, and finally tighten it with a wide belt.
In this way, there is no gap at all from the outside, and the opening is completely blocked by the breastplate in front. In this way, the protection on the front will be doubled, with two layers of leather armor, one layer of ziplock, and one layer of leather plate armor, and a layer of ziplock on the back and sides.
This not only increases the protection ability on the front, but also suggests to the soldiers that if they face the enemy from the front, they will have a greater chance of survival. If they turn around and run away, the defense on the back will be directly halved, and the possibility of death will be greater.
At the same time, in order to increase majesty and beauty, and to increase stronger protection, a palm-sized bronze piece is inlaid on the chest of the entire plate armor in front, which is used as a heart guard.
In addition to these, there are two leather arm guards, which are cylindrical and can cover the entire forearm, and there is also an outward-extending semicircle in front to cover the back of the hand.
The armor of archers is relatively simple. They don't need to rush to the front to kill the enemy, they just need to shoot arrows from the back. And too heavy armor will affect their bow shooting, so the armor of archers is a single layer of leather plate armor, one piece in front and one piece in the back, with openings on both sides, directly tied with a belt, and the hem is not divided into four pieces. The front and back pieces just cover the hips, not as long as the infantry.
The style of cavalry armor is basically the same as that of infantry. The only difference is that the hem is slightly longer and there are only two pieces. However, this is not two pieces in front and back, but divided into two pieces on the left and right, which is convenient for sitting on the horse.
When the cavalry sits on the horse with armor, because their legs are bent, the hem of the left and right pieces can cover the legs completely, and basically no body is exposed.
In addition to these different armors, there are also all the same leather helmets. The helmets are pointed and round, relatively high, and can accommodate the bun on the top of the head. They are sewn with six petals of leather. There is a bronze cast forehead guard in front, just like the forehead guard of the Hokage, which is directly sewn on the leather helmet.
There is also an arrow-shaped short stick on the top of the helmet, and a bunch of red helmet tassels hanging down, made of dyed horsetail.
(End of this chapter)
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