Alien King

Chapter 6 Solving the border crisis

From the second day, when the sky was just getting brighter, the No. [-] Manufacturing Factory of the Royal Trade Union was already a busy scene.

Although all other ordnance production was stopped, the craftsmen were more nervous than usual. Every nail, every hammer, every axe, and every chisel were carefully and meticulously to the extreme, for fear of a little mistake, there would be a delay of three days.

This is an imperial decree, if you don't want to lose your head, you can't help but not be afraid.

Ruan Ji shuttles between the workshops from time to time, answering and guiding the technical questions raised by the craftsmen one by one, and at the same time taking on the important task of supervising and urging the workshops to cooperate with each other.

After spending a whole day and night, Ruan Ji finally had a basic and comprehensive understanding of the design and manufacturing process of the pulley-type steel crossbow. At this time, his heart was struggling to master the design principles of such a delicate and powerful weapon. Excited.

Ye Tian was sitting in the chairman's mansion, and every hour, Ruan Ji would send someone to send a simple report on the progress of the steel crossbow, along with the finished models of some parts. Improvement measures and comments.

Ye Tian's opinion returned to Ruan Ji as quickly as possible, and Ruan Ji gave detailed guidance and supervision to the workshops and craftsmen who needed to correct and improve.

The three-day limit is here in the blink of an eye.

The Imperial Campus is located in Luoyin Mountain, ten miles west of the imperial capital.At this time, on a green grass slope at the foot of Luoyin Mountain, flags were fluttering, war drums were beating, and the soldiers of the first battalion of the forbidden army were waiting in formation on horseback.

The emperor is wearing armor and standing on horseback.

Qin Ruhua, Minister of Political Affairs, and Lin Chengzhou, Minister of Military Affairs, stood on both sides. Both of them looked neither surprised nor happy, but anyone could see that there was a clear look in the eyes of these two most cunning old foxes in the empire. A mocking and mocking look.

A square queue, lined up in neat steps, gradually walked to the center of the school field, which was the third battalion of the imperial army.

The third battalion of the Forbidden Army was originally a bow and arrow battalion. At this time, each person was holding a gleaming silver weapon. At first glance, the shape of the weapon was quite complicated. It was only after careful observation that one could see the shape of a crossbow.

At this time, the commander gave an order, and everyone looked into the distance.

Dozens of carriages came slowly, and when they were hundreds of meters away from the crowd, they stopped.Behind each carriage, there is a huge wooden board dragged, and on the wooden board, there are groups of lifelike wooden sculpture soldiers.The horse itself is also covered with thick armor.

There was a slight uproar from the crowd, this is the target.

Signal soldiers in the distance play semaphores, 500 meters.

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and 500 meters was the standard range of the Eka longbow.

At the commander's order, the soldiers of the Third Battalion of the Forbidden Army raised the steel crossbow in unison. Following Ruan Ji's guidance, they put an arrow in one hand, quickly turned the pulley on the outside of the crossbow body three times, and then slightly pointed the arrow upward. , reaching the height indicated on the scale.

The command flag in the commander's hand suddenly came down, and only a loud "buzz" was heard, and thousands of crossbow arrows flew forward.

A moment of silence.

A few hundred meters away, there was a subtle "aggressive" sound.

There was another silence.

The signalmen played the semaphore and hit all of them.

After another moment of silence, the crowd roared.

The emperor rode on the horse and couldn't help laughing.

Before everyone could react, the carriages in the distance had already been replaced. The carriages covered in crossbow bolts all left the arena, and another batch of carriages slowly moved to the center of the arena.Only this time, it was clearly farther away.

The signalman played the semaphore, 600 meters.

The emperor smiled, and 600 meters was beyond the range of the Eka longbow.

The commander issued an order, and the soldiers of the Third Battalion of the Forbidden Army skillfully raised the arrow, pulled the pulley, and raised the arrow slightly.

With a sound of "buzz", all arrows were fired.

After the silence, the signaler played the semaphore and hit all of them again.

Everyone shouted again.

This time, the emperor didn't laugh, but the slightly trembling eyebrows clearly revealed the unspeakable excitement in his heart.

The emperor murmured: "This crossbow is really able to restrain the Eka longbow. The soldiers at Beigaoguan will be saved. I don't need to let the good men of the empire continue to fill Beigaoguan as living targets."

The carriage was replaced for the third time, and the signalman played the semaphore, 700 meters.

Everyone stretched their necks again.

But the result of this volley was somewhat disappointing.

Signal soldiers sent semaphores, and only half of them were hit.

Even so, the pulley-type steel crossbow can completely defeat the Eka longbow, and the border is critical and can be solved immediately.

While everyone was immersed in great joy, there were two people who remained neither surprised nor happy, but there was something strange in their eyes.

Qin Ruhua, Minister of State Affairs, was full of doubts and incomprehensions.However, Lin Chengzhou, Minister of Military Affairs, was full of shock and horror in his eyes.

Ye Tian's status, just in this trial shooting, stood firmly on the court of the undercurrent surging.

Outside the North Prison Pass.

In the early morning, Snowlin, the head of the Seventh Russian Army Corps, directly ordered another attack on Beilao Pass after the army conducted a routine combat readiness inspection.

Snowlin was very aware of the wish of Peter the Great whom he was loyal to. Although the territory of the Oka Empire was the largest in the entire Eastern Continent, almost all of its territory was located north of the northern latitude.Cold, snow, and freezing have always plagued the royal family and common people of the Eka Empire.Moreover, the empire has a more fatal weakness. The Eka people are nomads, and there is almost no fertile land that can be cultivated in the country. Every time there is a snowstorm, thousands of cattle and sheep must be harvested, which is what the Eka people rely on for survival. fundamental.

south.

There are large tracts of fertile land in the south, with advanced farming techniques, and the grain output in four months can meet the rations of the entire Russian Empire for a year.

Therefore, only by conquering the south can the shackles on the throats of the Eka people be released, and the Eka people truly live happily.

The war drum sounded, and the soldiers and horses moved like a tide.

Inside Beilao Pass, the sentinel in charge of early warning lit the beacon as quickly as possible when he saw the black line on the horizon.

The Russians are coming.

The army commander in charge of guarding Beilaoguan was named Fu Yutang. After receiving the warning, he immediately dispatched a battalion of archers to defend the city wall first.

Fu Yutang has more than five years of experience in fighting against the Russian army. In terms of positional warfare and mobile warfare, the Russian and Kazakhs are not in his hands.But it was the big and curved Eka longbow that made him suffer.

The Eka people are very smart now, and they don't have direct contact with Fu Yutang's army at all. Every time they shoot arrows from a distance, Fu Yutang has no chance to face-to-face decisive battle with the opponent. Non-combat attrition occurs.

This time, the Equipment Department of the Military Affairs Academy sent a batch of crossbows that looked very complicated in structure. The accompanying coach of the Royal Trade Union claimed that the range of this crossbow was farther than that of the Eka longbow.But Fu Yutang held this heavy crossbow shining with steel brilliance, but he couldn't raise his confidence no matter what.

The Armament Department of the Military Affairs Academy and the Royal Trade Union are just coaxing the emperor to allocate more money to these officials who are used to soft chairs.

Fu Yutang snorted softly, and threw the pulley steel crossbow aside.

The First Bow and Arrow Battalion has arrived at the intended location.

The black line in the distance has turned into an overwhelming black curtain, rolling in.

When they were about 400 meters away from the city wall of Beilaoguan, the vanguard of the Seventh Russian Army Corps stopped.

Snowlin gave the order, and the Bow and Arrow Battalion stepped forward to conduct the first round of test firing.

Looking from the wall of Beilaoguan, a cloud of black mist suddenly rose on the horizon.

Fu Yutang shouted loudly: "Go up the shield."

Whether it was the archers on the city wall, the infantry and cavalry under the wall, or even the logistics soldiers and ordinary people in the city, they all took up a huge shield and held it on top of their hands.

This was a stupid method Fu Yutang had to adopt in order to deal with the Eka longbow and reduce casualties.

Arrows rained down all over the sky.

Even though there was a large shield blocking it, the shields could not be completely seamed together. Some long arrows passed through the gap and still shot at some soldiers.

Fu Yutang did his best, but every time there was an attack, a small number of casualties could not be avoided.

Standing under the shield raised by the guards, Fu Yutang had nowhere to vent the grievance in his heart. After all these years of fighting, he was never as useless as he is today.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the bow and arrow battalion of the Eka Army began to rotate.

This is a valuable opportunity for a counterattack.

Fu Yutang came out from under the shield, picked up a big bow, and shouted at the No. 400 Bow and Arrow Battalion on the city wall: "Two people, [-] meters, shoot for me."

After finishing speaking, Fu Yutang poured all his strength into his right arm, bent his bow and set an arrow, the bow string was almost deformed by the stretch.

The archers beside him, in groups of two, pulled a bow together.

With a sound of "duh", the long arrow left the string.

But the bow and arrow battalion, which had a small number of people, now the two of them pull a bow together, and the number of arrows is even rarer.

After a few sparse arrows flew more than 300 meters quickly, they finally landed slowly in front of the feet of the Eka vanguard.

Snowlin smiled slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and said gracefully: "Dear General Fu, are you trying to scare me?" Jianyao, who was stuck in the soil, then raised his head, pointed at the city wall of Beilongguan, pointed Jianyao at his chest, and made a gesture of falling down from the arrow.

The general's humor made the Eka soldiers beside him burst into laughter.

Fu Yutang could see it clearly, but he couldn't do anything except fly into a rage.

This is a serious insult to him.

The rotation of Eka archers has basically been completed, and the second batch of archers strung their bows and began to attack.Snowlin rode on the horse, feeling extremely proud, he couldn't help singing the Russian Katie military song.

Inside Beilao Pass, there was still a man with a shield, and soldiers were still falling.

Fu Yutang gritted his teeth, full of resentment, but he could only accept the fact that he watched the other party shoot himself, but he could not threaten the other party at all.

As the leader of a legion, this moment is humiliating.

At this moment, there was a "whoosh" sound from behind Fu Yutang.

An arrow quickly shot out.

Which disobedient soldier is this, who actually fights back when the opponent shoots?

However, before Fu Yutang had time to look back, he saw that the arrow was still shooting straight at high speed after flying 300 meters quickly.

A war horse's mournful cry before dying came from far away in the air.

Snowlin fell to the ground, and when his subordinates helped him up, he saw a new-style arrow stuck in the head of his beloved car, which he had never seen before.

The main general fell to the ground, and the front army was in chaos.

Fu Yutang stared wide-eyed, looking straight at the [-]th Russian Army Corps retreating like a tide.After a long while, he turned his head slowly, looking for the person who shot this shocking arrow in the crowd.

Soon, Fu Yutang's eyes locked on that person. He vaguely remembered that it was a coach sent by the Royal Trade Union, whose name was Qushu.

(End of this chapter)