C539 Industry and invention (2/2)
The facts proved that cold weapons were not useless. As long as the leader was willing to use his brain, there were plenty of methods to defeat the enemy. However, dealing with the arrows fired from the trenches was really a good method, and that was the principles behind howitzers and mortars.
The angle was high and the trajectory curved. The cannon could fly over a mountain to the back of a mountain, let alone a trench dug into the ground.
Very quickly, the number of archers had increased from one thousand to three thousand. Every time they shot arrows together, the rain of rain on the archers' battle trenches would be like shrubbery.
Everyone started to gather at the permanent fortifications in the trenches to avoid the rain of arrows. At this time, the front row of cleaning soldiers and Musketeers finally found an opportunity, one by one they sneakily climbed over, took out their tiger head pincers and tried to save the barbed wire.
In just over ten minutes, the barbed wire had been cut into more than four or five meters of width. The most critical moment had finally arrived at the trench defense line of the Special Region.
The situation of the battle on the sea and at the trenches were all gathered in front of him, countless eager looks waiting for his decision. However, Liu Lang was after all, a veteran of the Heavenly Kingdom who had never experienced such a modern war before, so he was completely blind.
What should he do? What should he do? This gray beard general almost pulled his beard out. Just as he was at his wit's end, the original planner of Xiao Letian's old friend Industrial Zones, Mike Co. suddenly remembered something. Carnegie came over.
”Lord General, I already know what problems we have on the battlefield. Please be assured that nothing will go wrong in the trenches, I have a way …”
”What can you do? You think you can invite heavenly soldiers? ”
”Hehe, General, have you forgotten? Didn't Mr. Xiao Letian always praise the power of industry? Well, I'll show you the power of industry today... Please follow me! ”
Mike led the way in front, behind them were General Liu Lang and his guards, they walked all the way to the deepest factory on the western side. This was one of the few places where they could avoid the cannons.
The factory was built with red bricks and was extremely wide. It was filled with wood box s, which were industrial equipment that had not been dismantled yet, and there were at least 40 to 50 American engineers and technicians gathered together, half of them black.
Liu Lang had been here before the war, and at that time, it was completely chaotic without a single machine, but in just a few days of hard work, the power providing for the steam engine had already been installed, and it was already starting to burn. Two black workers were adding coal to the furnace rhythmically, the big spade wheel was like dancing.
The steam engine was connected to a strange machine which was at least three people tall and had a huge hammer on it. It looked extremely strange.
”General, this is called punching machine. It relies on the steam engine to process iron grade equipment. The magical equipment used to defend the Qing Dynasty from the rain of arrows is produced from here … ”Alright, gentlemen, let our Eastern General experience the power of industry …”
A thin, soft iron roll was moved to the side of the bed, and soon, the heavy hammer was lifted up. When the iron piece was installed, the huge hammer smashed into the iron sheet with a loud bang.
Liu Lang couldn't believe his eyes at all. He didn't think that this metal fellow would actually have such strength, with just one slice, he cut off a piece of the iron sheet.
Mike took the round object and asked, ”General, what is this?”
”What else could this be? Isn't this just an iron straw hat?” that you wear when you work in the fields... Wait? ”What do you mean …” Liu Lang pointed to the metal hat, and the ten fingers seemed to change in various shapes as if they had epilepsy.
”You mean... Let our brothers wear this thing to defend against the arrows in the sky? ”
”Hahaha, that's right, my lord general. Give me twenty minutes, and I'll make at least two hundred iron hats for you …” ”As much as you want …”
What made Liu Lang even more surprised was that the group of black craftsmen actually stacked ten pieces of iron beneath the hammer. With a loud crash, the hammer rushed out with a lot of strength.
”Unbelievable, doesn't this have the power of nine oxen and two tigers?” Was this the power of industry that the Prime Minister had always spoken of? Isn't that a bit too efficient? ”
On the night of the Tanggu's bloody battle, the first industrial helmet in human history was placed on Mike C. With the birth of Carnegie, young Mike had successfully saved the lives of countless soldiers with his invention, and his meritorious deeds would eventually be forever remembered by the human world.