V1.Chapter 40

Bang bang.

The sound of axe chopping on the tree trunk came and went.

The axe was vigorously waved and deeply embedded in the trunk, stirring up a burst of broken pieces of wood. After that, the team members shook the handle of the axe and pulled it out.

The trunk was cut with a big enough gap, and the whole tree began to become shaky.

The logging team members shouted loudly and gave reminders, and then several people pushed together on the trunk.

The trunk creaked and then fell to the ground. With the sound of countless branches being broken, leaves also flew around.

Although the exploration team only brought a few axes, it greatly improved the efficiency and saved the physical consumption of the team members.

Next, the trunk is sawn into sections for transportation.

These trunks should be rolled and transported to the camp for fine processing.

The exploration team did not carry saws.

However, the needle gold was lent to them.

The "saw" of needle gold comes from the blade spider. The spider's hind legs are long and straight, and there is a row of tight spikes. This is a natural good saw.

The blade spider is a silver level Warcraft. The exploration team members soon realized the power of silver level Warcraft from another angle.

They worked together in pairs, using the blade spider legs to cut the thick trunk, as if they were using a sharp knife to easily cut white bread.

Cang Xu, an old scholar, has rich experience in leadership and command.

Because Zhen Jin was in charge, he divided the people in his hand into two groups.

One group fells and the other peels the bark, tearing the inner side of the bark into strips of filaments.

Every once in a while, the two groups change their work content in turn, so that the team members can save energy, have a rest, and maintain the progress of work.

In one morning, the logging team overfulfilled the task.

A lot of wood, rolling section by section, was successively transported to the camp and temporarily stacked in the corner.

And the fine threads torn from the bark have been smeared with medicine.

The supply of lunch was increased, and almost everyone was hungry.

White buds and yellow algae also came back at Rice point.

They didn't get much, only a few stray birds and a pheasant. This gain is obviously not comparable to the labor and time spent, but at least they cleared the mountains near the camp once again.

To everyone's surprise, Zhen Jin also ordered that there would be a short nap after lunch. This is unprecedented before.

This is actually Cang Xu's suggestion. Lunch break can ensure the team members' work efficiency in the afternoon.

Although the logging work is over, the next workload is still very large.

A large number of tree trunks were chopped to form pieces of wood, which is the prototype of making short bow arms.

Therefore, there are requirements for the length and thickness of wood.

Even if the board is in the original position of the whole trunk, it is best to use the core.

This is joinery work.

It would be great if there were a carpenter, but the exploration team members were all laymen, so it immediately revealed the nature of laymen - many tree trunks were destroyed, and many boards were chopped out, but after the white bud test, they were all unqualified.

Unqualified boards can be used to lay Hunter traps.

Even the most tattered wood can be used to burn a fire. Charcoal and wood ash formed after fire are also good resources with high practical value.

At this point, the exploration team needs any resources. We will never let go of the resources we can get.

The carpentry progress is quite slow, which makes the worry and impatience in the heart of needle gold accumulate more and more.

Although he also knows that he can't be in a hurry.

To be honest, Zidi's Potion really helped him a lot, which saved him the most critical time.

Moreover, the arrangement of Cang Xu is also very reasonable and sufficient. The old scholar has already estimated the unqualified situation.

After the members of the exploration team became familiar with this work, the loss of wood began to be greatly reduced.

Qualified boards have been born one after another, and more and more.

When the number of boards rose to a certain extent, Cang Xu commanded the people to start using boards to make short bow arms.

This process is actually quite simple.

Just cut the board into thinner strips to form a shape slightly thicker in the middle and slightly thinner at both ends, and cut notches at both ends to facilitate the hanging of bowstrings in the future.

After the white buds are checked and confirmed, the prepared short bow arm will be smeared with medicine and placed in a dark corner to dry.

After the work, many people shouted that they could be bowsmiths.

More people keep moving their fingers, or kneading their arms, arms, thighs and other muscles. The pain and tingling made them show their teeth.

Their bodies are close to the limit, but there are other jobs waiting for them.

A large number of arrows need to be made.

Generally, there is a standard for the material selection of the arrow shaft. For the wood processing that meets the standard, cut it into long cylinders, and then grind the surface.

The exploration team, of course, has no mature processing links.

The main material for making arrows is branches, which should be as straight as possible, close to the length and thickness of normal arrows.

Bai Ya instructed the crowd to make arrows. First, remove the skin of the branches to make an arrow shaft, then carefully cut the feathers with a knife edge, and then paste with medicine to make arrow feathers. Finally, bake the arrowhead slightly, let the wood harden after carbonization, and then grind it to a fine point.

The arrows made in this way are far from being compared with regular military supplies.

First of all, the selection of arrow shaft is a bit worse. The selection of arrow feather is not superior, it is completely shoddy, but don't abandon it.

There are too few feathers in the exploration team. Most of them come from the chicken feathers and bird feathers that Bai Ya hunts today, so each one should be cherished.

The only thing that makes people happy is the medicine temporarily prepared by ziti - it's really fast!

As for the arrow, it's very shabby.

There is not even an iron arrow.

If it is really used, it will be scrapped after several times.

The lethality is naturally low, but it is still dangerous to deal with ordinary beasts.

There are other works besides arrow making.

For example, the wooden shield is one person tall and relatively wide. It is assembled with tree trunks and vines and clubbed on the ground to form a simple and extremely short curtain wall.

This is also called a shield.

Long ago, when Terrans attacked the castle, there were such fortifications.

By now, such fortifications have long been eliminated.

Even if someone uses it, it is at least covered with a layer of iron on the surface.

In addition to the shield, there are wooden spears.

The exploration team members can assassinate flying rats with guns in both hands within a certain safe distance.

But this tactic is only better than nothing, because everyone knows that the mouse is fast, and can glide in midair. Its tail adjusts its direction in the air, and its posture is very flexible.

What we are looking forward to is mainly the short bow.

In the evening, the torn bark had been completely dried in the shade. People began to rub hemp rope while lamenting the means of Zidi.

The technique of twisting rope is also learned from Bai Ya.

There are some tricks in it.

It mainly divides a strand of filaments into two bundles, each of which rotates counterclockwise. When the two bundles merge, they rotate clockwise. In this way, the woven rope will be relatively tight and difficult to spread.

Hemp rope is used as bowstring, and each short bow is equipped with at least two bowstrings, one for common use and one for standby.

By the time of dinner in the evening, the bowstring is basically enough.

As at noon, the dinner is also very rich. Among them are game, which has become a rare flavor adjustment for everyone.

The next morning.

Needle gold and others all get up early, because there is an important thing to do——

Try the bow.

After being placed for one night, with Zidi's medicine, the bow has been dried.

Bai Ya tried to grasp the two ends of the bow arm with two hands and bend it hard. Seeing that the bow arm bent in a big arc, he grinned and said, "it's great. It's better than I expected."

Cang Xu murmured, "Huang Zao, give you a task. Break this bow arm, but be sure to work hard slowly."

Huang Zao understood the meaning of Cang Xu and immediately started. When the bow arm bent to its limit, it immediately broke into two sections with a snap.

Everyone saw it with their own eyes and immediately understood the bearing limit of this simple bow arm.

Cang Xu estimated, "it seems that only one hemp rope can be used as a bowstring."

No one has any objection.

Sometimes, many hemp ropes are combined to form bowstrings. However, after the test, it is more appropriate to use a hemp rope for the toughness and limit of this short bow arm.

Bai Ya tied the bowstring. He made a loose buckle, clever and reliable.

Immediately, the son of hunter took the arrow, aimed at the distant target, and shot the arrow with a swish.

Everyone watched with wide eyes.

Obviously, the arrow that was originally facing the front flew directly to the upper left, and then landed obliquely.

The range reaches more than 50 steps.

It's far from the target - I don't know where it's crooked.

But everyone did not show disappointment, and Zhen Jin even nodded slightly - he knew that this was just the beginning.

The bow needs debugging.

The bow arm made is very rough, so we need to use knives and other props to continue processing the bow arm. At the same time, adjust the bowstring and arrow. With this process, the collimation of the short bow will become stable and the range will be greatly improved.

Finally, after the debugging of Bai Ya, the arrow successfully hit the target a hundred steps away, and the arrow hit the depth of two fingers.

For this result, Zhijin has been very satisfied.

On the one hand, this is not a composite bow, but a single bow. The bow arms and bowstrings are made of local materials, not carefully selected. On the other hand, there is no iron arrow in the arrow, but it is sharpened after carbonization and treated very rough.

It's good to have such a performance.

Because there are not many requirements for needle gold.

They are now in the middle of the forest, not the vast and empty terrain of the grassland, and the longbow is not suitable.

The explorers are not excellent archers. Most of them are chasing ducks to the shelves. Don't expect them to have any accuracy beyond a hundred steps.

"Limited by the environment and personnel, the effective range of the short bow can be 100 steps, which is enough."

"The key depends on how many arrows we can shoot in these 100 steps. If we can shoot more than three arrows and have a certain accuracy, then the short bow plan is successful."