Neither Kou Zhong nor Huan Huan paid much attention to the Shi Fei Xuan they met in the morning. After all, neither of them knew what the other's specific purpose was, and they would arrive in Jiujiang soon.
Therefore, at this time, they could do nothing but continue rafting down the river, try to reach Jiujiang as soon as possible, and then return eastward along the river to Yuhang.
In the Ssangyong Army base far away in Yuhang, taking advantage of the gap when Koo Zhong, the commander of the Ssangyong Army, did not return, Xu Ziling went to Yuhang with their military advisor Lu Miaozi, and then specially invited their little master Anne to go with them.
Outside the city, there is a Shenji Army camp located in a hidden valley.
This was originally the weapons and crossbow manufacturing workshop of the Ssangyong Army. Although the Dongming Sect has continued to provide the Ssangyong Army with high-quality weapons at reasonable prices, those weapons are commodities after all, and the prices are still relatively too expensive. Therefore, in
After establishing the Shuanglong Army and taking control of Yuhang County, they set up such a workshop here.
After returning with the dismantled aircraft a few days ago, Xu Ziling had people expand the workshop and named it the 'Shenji Feitian Camp'. At the same time, he also sent 3,000 Shuanglong troops stationed in Yuhang
Elites were mobilized and deployed outside the valley for defense to ensure the safety of this important camp.
Of course, none of the above is important. What is important is that after a round of actual combat and several flight tests, Xu Ziling and Lu Miaozi discovered that the wooden airplane Annie took out still had many shortcomings and limitations.
.
For example:
First of all, there is the wear problem of the wooden turbine, iron-clad gears and transmission chains.
After all, the plane is made of wood, and the power is all driven by people. Even if the wood is made of tough, moderate hardness and strength, the wear of the gears and chains will still be very serious, and it will basically take one or two flights.
Replace it, otherwise, once those transmission belts break or malfunction, the wooden airplane will turn into a glider and directly lose power, and have to make an emergency landing, or simply fall down?
That is a very, very serious problem and must be solved as soon as possible!
Secondly, there is the issue of aircraft staffing.
For the Ssangyong Army with poor foundation, even if there are 100,000 people (known as 200,000), there are not many second- and third-rate masters who can do it, and the first-rate masters can be counted on one hand.
Unfortunately, this kind of aircraft is very demanding and dependent on martial arts masters, especially those who have deep internal strength and can continuously step on the pedals to keep the propellers rotating at high speed!
Although, the performance of the wooden airplane is indeed very superior. It also adopts a double-wing configuration and can be pedaled by another person while cruising. However, even if it can take turns to rest, you want to keep the propeller in a high-speed flying attitude.
It requires at least a martial arts master to use all his strength to perform the task. The consumption of internal strength and physical strength is very large, and ordinary people are simply unable to do it.
And if you want to speed up the dive or take off, let alone take off, you will definitely need two pilots on the plane who act as 'engines' to pedal desperately at the same time. In that case, the requirements for the pilots will be higher.
, regardless of physical strength, body shape, weight or internal strength.
Therefore, in this way, the current dilemma of the Ssangyong Army's pilots, that is, the shortage of martial arts masters, has emerged.
And the key point is that Xu Ziling does not dare to draw too many troops from the army, because those masters are the backbone and senior leaders of the army. Once too many men are drawn, the entire Shuangyong Army will probably collapse first.
Finally, there is the issue of load.
Since a two-person pilot is required, the aircraft cannot carry many oil tanks, which means that the take-off weight is severely restricted. Even if it is rearranged, it is estimated that it can barely carry ten clay pots into the sky, so this is the limit.
Xu Ziling wanted to have a good discussion with Lu Miaozi to see how to solve this problem.
"Well……"
"I have indeed thought about it."
Lu Miaozi, who was very knowledgeable and talented, and considered himself a master of mechanics, pondered for a while, then stroked his beard and spoke, looking at the wooden biplanes placed in the hangar of the thatched shed.
He pointedly asked:
"If improvements can be made to make their wings longer, bigger and more..."
"Will it have a greater take-off weight?"
Of course, he was not asking about Xu Ziling, but the troublesome little girl next to Xu Ziling who was dozing out of boredom on a stool.
You know, originally Lu Miaozi was planning to wait for death in that cozy nest, and he had no intention of coming out. But after coming into contact with Annie and the books that Annie gave him, and seeing all kinds of fantastic ideas, he suddenly felt,
It seems that all his knowledge should not be buried so easily?
In addition, after meeting Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling, they used the Qi of the Immortality Secret to help him heal his old wounds, and some of his enemies seemed to no longer cause trouble for him, so he finally gritted his teeth.
So he accepted the two people's invitation and came back to the world, ready to show his ambition in this machine magic.
"Master!"
"what do you think?"
After hearing what Lu Miaozi said, Xu Ziling thought it was feasible, and then quickly looked at Anne beside him and humbly asked for advice.
"??"
(???.???)????
"Change wings and number?"
(°ー°〃)
Obviously, Annie was a little shocked by Lu Miaozi's magical brain circuit.
You know, that wooden airplane was perfectly designed by Xiaobai Robot based on the limits of processing technology in this backward era and the 'specialties' that abound in 'martial arts masters', using the design and environmental simulation of the Kprulu Sector Intelligent Brain
, everything has been done to perfection.
Although the Lu Miaozi in front of him is known as the master of machine arts in this world. He is quite capable in standardizing the production of more than a dozen finished products with design drawings, but these alone make him want to go there.
It is obviously impossible to change that design drawing.
"No way!"
ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas
"That is already a perfect design of aerodynamic layout, lift and thrust. If you change it randomly, it may not be able to fly!"
(O ^~^ O)
Therefore, Anne had to tactfully deny the naïve idea of ​​enlarging and adding more wings that the other party took for granted.
"..."
(??ω??)
After saying that, Annie glanced at the straw shed hangars next to them and the aircraft being maintained in the hangars.
With her efforts, the world finally became a little strange. When she thought about the game of horseback riding and slashing that was still being played on the ground, but there were scenes of planes roaring and tank bombs being dropped in the sky, she couldn't bear it.
I couldn't help feeling proud for a while.
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"Is it really not feasible?"
"But……"
"I think I can still give it a try. Anyway, it doesn't matter."
Although Lu Miaozi did not know what a wind tunnel experiment was, nor did he know the subtle relationship between aerodynamic layout, lift and thrust, he already knew after many times of practice that at the same speed, the greater the lift of the wing.
The bigger it gets!
In that case, wouldn't adding and expanding wings perfectly solve the problem?
Besides, it doesn't matter even if it fails, it's made of wood anyway, and it's not a rare material. If it's damaged, it's just a matter of cutting down a few big trees again.
"Mr. Lu, don't rush to improve things now!"
"at the moment……"
"Zi Ling feels that the failure rate must be solved as soon as possible. Those gears are too easy to wear and need to be replaced after one or two flights. How to solve this problem?"
Yes, the problem of load can be put down first, but the failure rate and loss are something Xu Ziling cannot tolerate.
In his view, although those human-powered wooden airplanes are very good, it is an indisputable fact that they are prone to malfunctions and suffer a lot of losses. In particular, the gears and transmission chains are very easy to wear and break, and they often fail after just one or two flights.
It requires disassembly and maintenance, which is very detrimental to flying and training!
"I have thought about this problem before!"
"perhaps……"
"Can the gears be made of other materials, such as iron-clad wood, or simply made of fine iron?"
"Of course, fine iron is difficult to process, so it should be possible to replace it with bronze, right?"
"only……"
"I'm afraid it won't be possible to change it in a short period of time. You also said that as soon as that kid Kou Zhong comes back, you plan to use troops against Chu. I'm afraid it will be too late to change it at this juncture."
"I can only make more standard tools and let the carpenters make more accessories. Then you can handle it by performing more and more frequent maintenance on the aircraft."
Those problems are not a big problem in Lu Miaozi's view. After all, in his view, that kind of mechanical equipment called "airplane" is already a masterpiece of heaven and earth. It can allow people to complete the feat of flying into the sky. It was originally a talent of ghosts and gods.
The power you have!
But now, even though there are some flaws, they are still acceptable and the flaws are not concealed.
After all, there are deficiencies in the way of heaven. The number of Dayan is fifty, but its use is ninety-nine forty. The way of magic number is still like this, and the number of organs cannot be perfect.
"Then we can only do that first!"
"but……"
"Since it may malfunction during flight, can Master Lu make the 'parachute' that Master mentioned as soon as possible?"
Remembering the last time he and Kou Zhong chased the "Three Big Bandits" and ended up falling down due to exhaustion and almost destroying the plane, Xu Ziling hurriedly raised another question.
"parachute?"
"That's easy!"
"As for a large piece of windproof tarpaulin and a few thick ropes, tomorrow I can ask some idle women and children from the craftsmen who know how to make needlework to give them some guidance."
"It's just a matter of slowing down the momentum of falling from the sky. Even if you are a second- or third-rate martial artist, you can easily cope with it with light skills if you have a buffer. It won't be a problem."
"In my opinion, it's enough for each person to carry an umbrella when going up to heaven. You are the only one who is too troublesome."
Shaking her head, Lu Miaozi didn't take the parachute thing too seriously.
In his opinion, that thing is completely unnecessary. Even if the plane suddenly breaks down during flight, such as a broken gear or a broken chain causing the plane to fall, you can use light power to jump away from the plane before it crashes.
Then, you can use your inner strength to hold your clothes as a buffer and you can easily glide to the ground. Why do you need a parachute?
Anyway!
In his opinion, as long as he is not an idiot, he will have enough time to deal with it if he falls from such a high place. He himself fell several times during the test flight, but as a result, he did not use it smoothly every time.
Has Qinggong landed safely?
"..."
(￢д￢.)
"I think you should think about how to improve the production of aircraft and the assembly line factory!"
(???????)
"In terms of randomly changing parts and optimizing the aircraft, is it better not to be too hasty?"
ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas
After giving the two of them a look of disdain, Annie said this boringly.
To be honest, it's not that Annie underestimated them, but that when their basic knowledge of materials science was almost zero, these two people planned to randomly change the perfect design plan given by their own novice robot. By then, something more
If there is a serious problem, then they will know that they are in trouble!
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"The assembly line workshop is already in preparation."
"Lumberyards, wood processing plants and aircraft assembly workshops have all been sited. In this valley, including the villages of craftsmen and craftsmen's families, a gate city will be built directly outside, just like Pegasus Ranch.
.”
"But they are in a hurry to use troops against the Chu State, so I have to make a batch for them personally to deal with the emergency. I can only let go of the factories and workshops for now."
"The carpenters we recruited are quite good at craftsmanship. Once I make more of the standard measuring tools and unify the weights and measures, I will give them a set each to ensure that they can process each standard part perfectly!"
"When the time comes, once the various components are integrated, it will be a complete aircraft!"
"Wait!"
"Old man, I can assure you that by then, it won't be a problem to produce dozens of airplanes a day!
"
Yes, Lu Miaozi is very confident about this.
After all, they are all made of wood. As long as there are sufficient raw materials and enough carpenters to produce different parts, and when each carpenter only makes one accessory and practice makes perfect, the output increases sharply, and then skilled assemblers can assemble it.
With everyone performing their duties, the number of dozens he mentioned on that day was probably considered a small number.
"cough!"
"Master Lu..."
"There are barely enough planes now, and we don't need to produce dozens of them a day. The main reason is that our Ssangyong Army doesn't have that many internal skill masters!"
Seeing the sworn assurance of senior Nalu Miaozi, Xu Ziling had to persuade with a wry smile.
He has already said it before, that is the third problem that their Ssangyong Army needs to solve urgently.
For the Ssangyong Army with poor foundation, even if there are 100,000 people, there are really not many second- and third-rate masters who can do it, and the first-rate masters can be counted on one hand! Unfortunately, then,
This kind of airplane is very taxing for martial arts masters, especially those who have deep internal strength and can continue to step on the pedals on the plane to keep the propellers rotating at high speed!
Xu Ziling is well aware of the internal strength requirements of that kind of work. Back then, he and Kou Zhong almost collapsed from exhaustion after flying only a few dozen miles!
And if it is an ordinary person, even after special training, without the support of internal strength, neither endurance nor strength can reach the level of making the plane fly. Even if it can barely fly, it can only fly in the air.
It doesn't make much sense if you're afraid that it won't last long before you have to land.
"Master?"
"This is the problem..."
Seeing the bitter smile on Xu Ziling's face, Lu Miaozi was startled, then looked at a troubled little girl who seemed not to care about him, thought about it again, and then asked tentatively:
"As a master..."
"Although we can't guarantee first-class masters, there should be no shortage of second- and third-rate masters in the Yinkui Sect, right?"
Lu Miaozi knew that the Ssangyong Army had begun to cooperate with the Yinkui sect, either explicitly or covertly. The Ssangyong Army did not have enough experts to act as pilots, but the Yinkui sect had been fighting against Cihang Jingzhai for many years, especially the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan.
In the past twenty or thirty years, they have been committed to cultivating and developing the sect, and their disciples have extended their tentacles to various forces and are deeply feared by Cihang Jingzhai, so there must be no shortage of manpower.
If at this time, the Shuanglong Army asked the Yinkui Sect to send some second- and third-rate masters with deep internal strength, a mere hundred or even more people should be able to do it.
Moreover, with the temperament of the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan, if she knew that she could have access to this top-secret weapon of the Ssangyong Army, that cunning woman would definitely agree happily, right?
Thinking of this, Lu Miaozi felt that he had to do a good job of keeping the core technology of the aircraft, especially certain key gears and the complete design drawings secret.
"Yinkui sect?"
"this……"
"We still have to wait for Mr. Zhong to come back before we can decide. Zi Ling doesn't dare to make the decision without permission."
That was indeed a way. After all, asking for help from the Yinkui Sect was much more reliable than asking for help from the Song Clan. However, Xu Ziling still shook his head on how to do it, saying that he would have to wait until Kou Zhong came back to discuss it before he could decide.
(Dear little master, now that the airplane has been produced, you might as well give the drawings of the machine tool, steam engine and internal combustion engine to that Lu Miaozi. With his bad old man’s skills, it shouldn’t be difficult to copy them in a few years.
Right?)
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
(Hearing this, Tibbers couldn't help it, and directly suggested it to his miserable little master in private, so as to save the two male creatures from continuing to chatter about non-issues.
Nagging, it makes it upset.)
"don't want!"
(???3?)
"How boring are those martial arts masters who practice martial arts for more than ten years or even decades, and then just use it to fight and kill?"
(???)?
"Look now, I found them a legitimate job through some small tricks. After they have developed profound skills, they can come here to work as humanoid engines, and then step on the pedals and sewing machines every day. How fun would that be?"
(?￣?￣?) Hehe!
With that said, Anne also decided:
If one day she gets bored again, maybe she can let the Xiaobai robot make a bunch of wooden trains and wooden ships for Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling that need to be powered by martial arts masters, creating countless jobs for those masters.
Positions, so that after ten or twenty years of practice, they can get a decent civil servant job and no longer have to fight and kill?
(…)
(￢?￢.)
…
And almost at the same time, in Xu Ziling, when Lu Miaozi accompanied Annie to visit the production and training base of the "Shenji Feitian Camp" and observe the training of some martial arts master pilots, Kou Zhong and Huan Huan met again.
Big trouble!
turn out to be!
It was only half a day after the concubine left, and when Kou Zhong thought that the journey would be smooth and there would be no more troubles, he never thought that before they arrived at their own territory in Jiujiang City, they were attacked by several giant ships.
It blocked the way and blocked the middle of the river, making it impossible to advance or retreat?
The key is: although the incoming ship looks like it is flying Zhu Jie's flag, actually standing on the bow are Chai Shao, Li Xiuning and others of the Li clan?
"Everyone!"
Kou Zhong was the first to rush out of the cabin and shouted loudly and knowingly to the acquaintances on the huge ship ahead.
"I don't know what you want to do by blocking Kou Zhong's way?"
"not…..."
"Do you want Kou to go and reminisce about old times?"
Obviously, he knew that these people might have something to do with the nun from Cihang Jingzhai who had discovered him before and ran to his boat to pretend to ask him how to be a king!
Of course, although the other party did not have the intention to fight with Kou Zhong, he let his whereabouts leak out. And now, just before he arrived in Jiujiang, the people from the Li clan actually collaborated with Zhu Jie's people.
Get up and cause trouble for him.
certainly!
Or maybe it's not Zhu Jie's people, but other forces deliberately flying Zhu Jie's flag?
But no matter what, Kou Zhong knew that the matter was closely related to Cihang Jingzhai and Li Clan, and the other party must have bad intentions this time!
"..."
"..."
However, the people and generals on the big boats did not say anything. After confirming that it was Kou Zhong's small boat, they all set up their positions and aimed at Kou with the powerful crossbows and giant arrows used in water warfare.
Zhong and several accompanying boatmen on Kou Zhong's boat.
"!
"
Seeing this and knowing the general intention of the other party, Kou Zhong became angry and directly cursed:
"Chai Shao!"
"Li Xiuning!"
"A few days ago, I rescued you at Pegasus Ranch. Is this how you avenge kindness?!"
Especially when he looked at that Li Xiuning, his eyes and face were full of frustration and resentment, because when he, Kou Zhong, rescued him at Pegasus Ranch, that woman looked so grateful that she was crying, and secretly told him something to hate about him.
Don’t you have your love words when you were not married?
But now, it was good, after the other party said the sweet words, he turned around and brought people to kill him, Mr. Kou Zhong. His thoughts were so vicious, it really made him sit up and take notice!
"..."
Chai Shao had no expression on his face and said nothing.
He had almost no friendship with Kou Zhong, they had only met two or three times, and they had spoken less than ten sentences in total, so that kind of angry rebuke would definitely not be able to sway him.
"I……"
"Kou Zhong!"
"Don't blame me. Who made you choose to be your enemy?"
But Li Xiuning was different. She spoke with some sadness and hesitation. After all, Kou Zhong was right. Her life, Li Xiuning's, was indeed saved by Kou Zhong's master and apprentice.
"First you robbed He's Bi, and then you reached an agreement with the shopping mall owner to share a large number of my Li Clan's war horse quota, and now you have obtained that novel airplane..."
"I……"
"I don't know what to do. You'd better surrender quickly and let us go!"
"I promise not to harm the lives of others!"
Pursing her lips, Li Xiuning finally said the same thing, and wanted to persuade Kou Zhong to surrender so as not to involve other innocent people.
Because they are only here for Kou Zhong this time. As long as they take Kou Zhong down, the rest will be easy to deal with.
"Yeah?"
"I see!"
Seeing the other party's face, Kou Zhong nodded, and the anger on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by disdain and contempt.
"but!"
"You want me, Kou Zhong, to surrender, but you are just wishful thinking!"
While refuting angrily and pulling out the sword Jing Zhongyue was carrying behind him, Kou Zhong hurriedly sent a message to the cabin behind him:
'Hello!'
'Wu'er, what should we do now?'
'Why……'
'What else can be done?'
'They are outnumbered and well-prepared, so of course we must run for our lives first!'
'But!'
'Where are the others on board?'
'this……'
'I can only build a few monuments for them afterwards, what else can I do?'
‘!
’
'No, no!'
'I can't leave them and run away!'
'Besides, in this situation, I'm afraid I can't escape!'
'What do you want?'
‘…’
'They probably don't know you are here, or else...'
'Are we going to fight them?'
'Come to capture the thief and capture the king?'
'You mean...'
'snort!'
'If we don't do anything, let's rush forward and kill Li Xiuning and Chai Shao!'
'If Zhu Jie is here, take the opportunity to kill them all!'
'oh?'
'A few days ago you tried every means to save people, and now you want to kill people, are you willing to do it?'
‘!
’
'Then take them alive and use them as hostages?'
'Ai……'
'My husband has risked his life, so how can I not risk my life to accompany my husband?'
'only……'
"Then leave Li Xiuning to Huan'er, while my husband can deal with Chai Shao."
‘!
’
'You won't kill her, will you?'
'laugh!'
'Husband, just tell me whether you agree or not!'
Just like that, before the eager and well-prepared Li Xiuning and the people suspected of Zhu Jie started to attack, while those people were still trying to persuade them, Kou Zhong and Huan Huan, who were hiding in the cabin, first used sound transmission to
The method of entering the secret has completed a rough and superficial plan and is ready to be implemented.
"Kou Zhong!"
"Surrender!"
"You didn't..."
"!
"
boom!
Right here, before Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and the others on the giant ship in front could say anything, Kou Zhong violently used a palm of his tenth level power to hit the river surface and stirred up a dozen feet of fire.
The high waves completely blocked the sight of Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and others on the giant ship ahead.
"!
"
"Do it!
"
Then, Kou Zhong yelled angrily, and took the lead in using Qinggong to rush towards the deck of the giant ship carrying the Li Clan's people in front of him.
"!
"
"Fire the arrow!"
"Stop him!
"
Seeing that Kou Zhong still wanted to resist, Chai Shao sneered and ordered the crossbowmen who had been prepared to start shooting.
Whoosh~!
Whoosh~! Whoosh~! Whoosh~!
Countless large and small crossbow arrows and giant bed crossbow arrows were fired at Kou Zhong Tan who was still in mid-air and wanted to leap towards them, forcing Kou Zhong to block and evade with his sword.
, and had to fall towards the river because there was nowhere to bear the force.
"婠儿!"
"rely on you!"
And at the moment when he fell into the river, he saw a figure wearing white bare feet, taking advantage of the chance that the crossbow needed to be re-stringed, almost instantly leaped dozens of feet across the river, jumped onto the boat and rushed towards the disgraced Li Xiuning.
Kou Zhong cheered the moment he fell into the water.
But...
After he swam forward for a while, avoiding the continuous crossbow arrows entering the river, he approached the bottom of the opponent's big ship and came out of the water to take a breath. He was shocked to see, at this time, on the deck of the huge ship.
, is it true that Fu Gongyou and Zuo Youxian of the Jianghuai Army surrounded Huan Huan and joined forces with the Li clan's people to fight Huan Huan?
"!
"
"People from the Jianghuai Army are also involved?!"
Seeing this, Kou Zhong was horrified and did not dare to neglect. He quickly climbed onto the deck with his hands and feet, and then stabbed Zuo Youxian with his back to him.
"婠婠!"
"I'm here to help you!
"
Seeing that Li Xiuning was hiding far away from a sneak attack, and Huan Huan, the unmarried wife assigned to him by his master, was besieged by several masters, Kou Zhong had no choice but to bite the bullet and join the battle group.
that's all!
Under the siege of the group of Li Clan, Jianghuai Army Auxiliary Gongyou Division, and those generals and soldiers suspected of being Zhu Jie's subordinates, Kou Zhong and Huan Huan had to cooperate with each other, and fought with each other on the deck of the huge ship.
The enemy, who was countless times superior to our own, fought fiercely.
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Chapter completed!