Chapter 46 New Weapons
Compared to the bows and arrows that suffered from frustration, the development of new weapons here was much smoother. Luo Ji made the first sample in less than an hour.
That's right, after Luo Ji took a step back, the new weapon he chose to make was the sling! Simply put, it is a slinger. This is probably the oldest long-range weapon in human civilization, right?
In ancient times, he did not know how humans made slings, nor did he study them, but the structure and production of slings were obviously much simpler than bows and arrows. Considering the strength of the animal tendons of the rope, he weaved the two animal tendons into one in a spiral weaving method, and then used a stone spear to forcibly pierce four small holes on the edge of the animal skin, one on each side. A simple sling is complete after the tendon is passed through the small hole and tied in a knot.
System prompt: Congratulations to the player 'Luo Ji' for successfully making a 'Sling' and earning 30 Civilization Points and 3 Military Points.
The system's reminders made Luo Ji more confident. With the newly completed sling, he walked out of the tribe with great interest. Whether the new weapon works or not will only be known by trying it out.
The five people in the Ordnance Department followed, and they were obviously very curious about the simple-looking new weapon in their patriarch's hands, but they had never seen it before.
On the way to the experimental site, Luo Ji did not let the five of them idle. He collected a lot of stones of suitable size as ammunition for the slings along the way, and also called Luo Yong, Zhao Pan and others who were training.
After all, the sling he made was for these warriors in the tribe. However, their tribe was currently short of manpower, and it was impossible for Luo Ji to increase the number of warriors in the tribe in a short period of time.
In this way, the candidates for this slinger can only be selected from the existing tribe warriors, but four of the wolf warriors are on the Black Rock tribe's side, so there are currently only fourteen warriors on the Mingjing tribe's side.
After the rigorous training some time ago, the fourteen tribal warriors finally felt a bit disciplined and well-trained. Standing there in a row, they felt a lot more reliable.
No nonsense, Luo Ji personally went to the battle to demonstrate, who said that among this group of people, he was the only one who did so much research on this newly made sling?
Holding one end of the sling in his hand, he placed a round stone about the size of a tennis ball on the hide. To be honest, Luo Ji was quite nervous. He had never really used this sling. , If he misses and hurts himself by accident, wouldn't he be very embarrassed as a patriarch?
"Calm down." He comforted himself in his heart, and after casually adjusting his breathing, Luo Ji's mood quickly calmed down, "It should be the same principle as turning the pen, anyway, it's just using the centrifugal force of the spinning..."
Thinking of this, Luo Ji shook the hand holding the sling lightly twice, looking for a feeling, and then with one force, the sling in his hand spun quickly, making a whistling sound.
Luo Ji's movements caused a burst of exclamations from the people behind, and a pair of curious eyes suddenly focused on the spinning sling.
Without much dawdling, with a feeling that he would die sooner than later, and that he would be humiliated, Luo Ji saw an opportunity and slammed the sling that was spinning fast in his hand into the distance! The stone placed on the hide suddenly flew out with a 'swipe'.
He was still strong, and with the blessing of centrifugal force, the stone flew far away. Seeing this, Luo Ji was finally relieved. Otherwise, according to his accurate head, it is enough to make him burst into tears.
"Uh-huh!" With a heavy dry cough, Luo Ji turned around in a serious manner, feeling the eyes full of surprise, excitement, and admiration, and his self-esteem was immediately greatly satisfied, "In short, that's it, who wants to try it out? one time?"
"I, I!" Upon hearing this, Luo Yong, who was eager to try, quickly expressed his desire to try.
Luo Ji didn't care. He directly handed the sling in his hand to Luo Yong. After explaining the key points of the operation to him, he let him try it out himself.
The difficulty of the sling itself is how to control the accurate head so that it can hit the target with relative precision. It is not too difficult to just throw the sling.
After Luo Yong placed the stone, he smoothly made the sling spin. He was very powerful. Just waving and spinning around gave him an astonishing feeling. However, before Luo Ji could sigh for a second, At that time, only a muffled sound of 'bang' was heard, and the stone bullet carried an astonishing power and hit the ground heavily, directly smashing a small hole the size of the mouth of a bowl. The visual range is about... Hmm, five meters...
"Pfft!" At that moment, Luo Ji couldn't hold it back at all, and accidentally laughed out loud.
On the other hand, Luo Yong's face turned red on the spot. Although Luo Ji did not specify the standard, when he saw Luo Ji's previous demonstration, the distance the stone bullets flew, and looking at him again, anyone could see what he did just now. How bad is it to play.
As a long-range weapon, with a range of about five meters, what kind of trouble are you trying to make? It's better to rush up to Lisuo with a stone spear and fight in close combat.
The smile on his face subsided a little, Luo Ji stepped forward in two steps, and patted Luo Yong on the shoulder, "Okay, let's change to the next one, everyone come and get acquainted, and I will choose four or five of you to use later. The best people specialize in this sling."
Luo Yong's problem at the time was obviously that he was using too much force, and he didn't see the timing, so he shot that ridiculous range, but it didn't matter, as a fierce general who could charge in the front row, Luo Ji Ke didn't plan to let Luo Yong change his career as a slinger at all, but it was obviously unreasonable not to let him try.
After reassuring Luo Yong a little, and publicly stating that both slingers and melee fighters have their own advantages, and there is no difference between strong and weak, Luo Ji turned around and asked the people from the Ordnance Department to do more according to this style. A few slings came out, and then let them practice first. Although various developments in the tribe have been on the right track recently, his daily work is still not easy.
After such a long time, the fortifications on the outskirts of the Mingjing Tribe are almost half-built. He, the patriarch, should go back and continue to fight against his 'Pulley Group'. At the same time, the design of the entire city gate has to be drawn quickly. OK.
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