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After cheering for a while, Wang Ben calmed down. He looked at "Thunderbolt Fireball" and asked:

"General, if this thing can only throw two or thirty moves, how can it threaten the Xiongnu cavalry?"

Wang Ben asked the point.

The Xiongnu cavalry was shooting arrows more than a hundred steps away, and it was rare that they would be dozens of steps away from the Qin army, let alone twenty or thirty steps.

If this is the case, isn't the "fireball of thunderbolt" only blowing up yourself?

Or is it just to make a sound to scare people?

However, Shen Bing will produce it, of course, it will not only be so.

Shen Bing replied:

"First of all, when I wait for the evacuation, the Xiongnu cavalry will not chase too closely."

The reason does not need to be explained too much. When the Qin army evacuated, only a few "fireballs of thunderbolt" would be thrown back... the Xiongnu cavalry that was chasing after him would be blown up.

As a result, there is basically no "fighting and not being able to escape and not being able to escape", at least one can escape if one wants to escape.

Then Shen Bing added:

"What's more, I have three crossbows in my wait!"

Wang Ben and the others couldn't help but understand with a "Oh", and they nodded in praise.

The answer is obvious. It is true that only two or thirty moves can be thrown by hand, but the three-bow bed crossbow is not like that... Combining the three-bow bed crossbow and the "fireball" together, it is appropriate to have a grenade. Launcher, this is not a trivial matter for the Xiongnu cavalry that is about to explode a hundred steps away?

But it's easier said than done, but it's not as simple as you think.

The first is the problem of ignition.

In ancient times, there was no such thing as a modern portable lighter.

Or the "Thunderbolt Fireball" is made into a stringed style like modern...

Shen Bing did want to do the same. The fire-pulling device of the grenade was not complicated, but it was very difficult for Qin Shi, whose productivity was still very low, to mass-produce, so he could only temporarily put it aside.

The solution is Huozhezi.

At this time, there is no fire book, so use fire knife and flint to make a fire...it will definitely not work to bring these things onto the battlefield.

So Shen Bing also invented Huozhezi by the way.

The raw materials for making fire fold paper are all ready-made, that is, paper... No wonder there is no fire fold paper at this time, it is very difficult to make fire fold paper without paper.

Add some flammable materials such as stone powder and sulfur powder to the paper. Of course, the paper will become very flammable.

If you wipe this thing too much, it becomes a small powder cartridge.

Then roll the paper into a ball tightly and stuff it into a small bamboo tube or wooden tube, light it first, and cover it to isolate it from oxygen and extinguish it.

At this time, the paper roll in the bamboo tube still contains a lot of sparks, and it is very flammable because the paper roll is added with stone powder and other substances, but it cannot burn without oxygen.

When you need fire, just take it out and blow lightly, and the fire will quickly reignite the fire head.

It is said that this thing was very expensive in ancient times, and it must be affordable by rich people.

Shen Bing guessed it might be because paper was more expensive in ancient times.

But this is not a big deal for Yunzhong County. Soldiers have one on hand, and cavalry can even be tied to their chests. They can be used at any time, just by removing the lid immediately... it can be used as a guide to light the fireball. Fuse.

When this thing is put out, it can ruin Wang Ben and other people's happiness, it is even more strange than seeing gunpowder:

"General, how can such a good thing be produced at this time?"

"This thing is interesting, but it can be blown by hiding the fire in a bamboo tube!"

"It's in vain. I used to only use fire knives and flint to start the fire. Later, I will have this..."

"Huozhezi!" Shen Bing explained.

"Huozhezi! Good name! With this thing, you can catch fire anytime, anytime!"

The problem of ignition is easily solved.

Then there is the problem of the three-bow bed crossbow.

The three-bow bed crossbow itself is fine, and it is also fine to combine it with the "Fireball of Thunderbolt". If it does not work, just tie the "Fireball of Thunderbolt" to the iron crossbow.

The problem is that the three-bow bed crossbow is a heavy equipment used by infantry and is not suitable for cavalry.

The cavalry can't drag a three-bow bed crossbow with a few horses and then set it up urgently when it is needed.

In fact, this is not necessary. The reason is that the three-bow bed crossbow is excessive for the "Thunderbolt Fireball"... The three-bow bed crossbow can shoot dozens of catties of iron crossbow arrows for more than 100 steps, while the "Thunderbolt Fireball" only Ten Qin Jin (about five Jin).

So using a three-bow bed crossbow is obviously a waste.

Shen Bing's method was to make the three-bow bed crossbow smaller... to be precise, it was not a smaller one, but a fixed crossbow designed for the chariot.

For crossbows, the chariot is a very good and mature platform, and the speed is comparable to that of the cavalry.

If we talk about the shortcomings, it is that the terrain requires a higher level of off-road capability.

But this problem is almost negligible in areas where the Hetao Plain is either a grassland or a desert.

Taking these into consideration, Shen Bing directly refitted the tank with the chariot in the spirit of ethics.

It's like modern equipment often uses tank chassis to modify assault guns and the like. As long as it is suitable for battlefields, there is no need to redesign, especially equipment that soldiers are familiar with, because this saves even training.

For example, Shen Bing uses chariots... the organization of each chariot can be retained, and the responsibilities of the driver are even the same.

Then all right halberds and left archers are all abandoned.

A bracket was erected in the middle of the tank, and a crossbow was erected on the bracket. This crossbow can be rotated, just like a machine gun is attached to a jeep.

And this crossbow is still a crossbow, that is, the crossbow can be opened by stepping on the pedal below.

The crossbow is used because this method of opening the crossbow is faster and can use its own weight...If you use the arm to open the crossbow, you cannot open the crossbow while observing the enemy situation and turn the crossbow body towards the target. Use both hands and feet to save time.

One of the two people on the tank was a crossbowman and the other was a loader.

The loader is responsible for putting the "Thunderbolt Fireball" on the crossbow body and igniting the fuse, the crossbowman is responsible for opening the crossbow and aiming, and then with a "flying" sound, a "Thunderbolt Fireball" will fly into the air and take off to a hundred and twenty steps away... …Twenty steps farther than the distance the Xiongnu can ride and shoot.

Wang Ben felt relieved after seeing the equipment, he said to Shen Bing confidently:

"General, with this crossbow and the'Thunderbolt Fireball', I can wait enough to drive the Huns out of the loop!"

The only problem is that there is no tank under Shen Bing...

This can be said to be Shen Bing's misstep. He always thought that the chariot was a unit to be eliminated, so he had no equipment.

What Shen Bing didn't expect was that he was afraid to equip the saddle and stirrups because of the Xiongnu's concerns, but it would be impossible to completely eliminate the chariot without the saddles and stirrups.

It is too late to regret now.

Fortunately, training the chariots is not very difficult.