Chapter 125: No Longer Developing Cowardly

The basic discipline has been practiced well enough, and there is absolutely no need to train physical fitness, because they work every day and sprint across the Wasteland, so their stamina is already excellent; if they were to train more, it would actually harm their bodies.

Next is specialized training based on their individual strengths; Xiong has the best archery skills, so the Bow and Blade Team is entirely trained and taught by him, as Baifeng is truly not as good as him.

Arrows are supplied without limit every day, but they are required to start practicing target shooting from a distance of fifty meters; only when they can hit the target eight out of ten times can they add five meters to the distance, and once the hit rate stabilizes, they continue to add more, until they can no longer pull the bow or the power is insufficient.

Give them the best food and the best equipment, so the training must also be the hardest.

After they have finished practicing the bow, they will start practicing the knife; Baifeng does not understand knife techniques, but he can let them hack at each other with wooden blades, and finally summarize their experience to figure out a set of practical combat knife techniques themselves; they are thick-skinned and fleshy, so they should use force when hacking—what does a little pain matter?

However, Baifeng must also practice this, because he also has to go to the battlefield and must lead by example; if his combat power is at the bottom level when the time comes, it would not only be shameful, but most importantly, he is afraid of losing his life—war kills people, it is not child's play.

Besides the knife, the people currently assigned to the Logistics Team by Baifeng have started to craft shields for the Soldiers; they do not want simple bamboo shields, but wooden shields, round ones, with the inside hollowed out to reduce weight, and they must have a grip for easy handling.

It is a pity that there is not enough iron, otherwise it would be better to cover them with a layer of iron sheet; animal skins, such as boar skin, are very thick and could actually be used, but Baifeng intends to use these skins to make armor, as armor worn on the body is safer than a shield held in the hand.

The Scouts and Messengers practice speed; in addition to running non-stop every day, an obstacle course was built with various obstacles inside that they need to jump over and pass through at the fastest speed, simulating the state of the Wasteland to the greatest extent.

Baifeng did this according to the military training methods he had seen and the training methods of the fire brigade, and the effect should be quite good; although there is no way to keep time, there has been some progress when comparing them to each other.

Those clansmen who have no specialty but have decent stamina and other aspects, and are stronger than those in the Logistics Team, mainly practice the gun and Spear; the fact that they have existed throughout ancient history and were almost the main weapons shows that they must have their advantages, so these people practice the gun and will serve as the Vanguard Team, lining up in a gun formation when the time comes.

After following the practice for a period of time, Baifeng felt he could not take it anymore; in fact, his body could hold up, but his own laziness made him unwilling to train, so he let the other clansmen continue to practice, while he, upholding the theorem that technology is the primary productive force, began to get busy.

Technology is the primary productive force and also the primary destructive force; as long as it is done well, one person can be worth two Divisions; Baifeng is not that great, but in this era, his methods of killing are exceptionally numerous.

Although the Crossbow is good, convenient, and has enough lethality, it is too troublesome to make, even harder than making a bow; up to now, they have not been able to make fifty of them, and only gave one to the female Soldiers who have outstanding stamina and are even comparable to men.

Baifeng now also needs to make a weapon capable of mass destruction; without gunpowder, he cannot make a Bomb, so the first thing Baifeng thought of was the Catapult; there are too many stones on the Wasteland, and as for the materials to make the Catapult, he has them now.

They did not make it before mainly because there was no rope; their tribe could not even scrape together a few meters of hemp rope, not even enough to tie their pants, let alone make a Catapult; moreover, without iron nails or Ironware, its fixation is also a problem—what if it falls apart after one throw?

And as the saying goes, a snapping bow can kill an ox, meaning the force of a broken bow snapping back is enough to kill an ox; although this is an exaggeration, one can still know the great force involved; the Catapult is the same, and if it swings back toward the firing side, that is not just an ordinary disaster.

Fortunately, the production of the Catapult is not that difficult, unlike the Crossbow, where even a small part could make them rack their brains; with the previous experience, Baifeng directly called over his "think tank," and a few cobblers discussed making it together.

Baifeng only generally stated the principle and drew a rough sketch, and everyone perfected it together; this was relatively simple, and in more than a day, the sketch was already very precise; then Ben made a small wooden model, and after testing, their structure was indeed problem-free.

Then they prepared to make a large Catapult, which made things hard for the Logistics Team, because they were told they generally did not need to go to the battlefield and only needed to ensure the supply of materials, so after a short period of discipline training, they were allowed to continue their work.

Now to make a Catapult, they need very tall wood and a large amount of stones; who cuts them and who transports them? The Logistics Team; their physical fitness is already at the bottom, and now they are working even harder, but Baifeng will not pity them—if they cannot train, they must do the work well.

After the wood was transported, through the collaboration of Ben and other Carpenters, it did not take long to make all the parts; then the installation was even more strenuous because they were greedy and the Catapult they made was very large; if it were not for Baifeng's Pulley System, they would have had to exert great effort just to stand the wood up.

Everything was assembled, but testing in the city was impossible; if an accident happened, it would be terrible; the orientation of the Catapult was placed parallel to the city wall, so that whether the stone flew forward or backward in the end, it would not damage the inside of the city.

A stone larger than a human head was placed on it, and then the mechanism was released; the force arm swung around in an instant, and the stone smashed straight into the distance; the sound of the force arm flying up and falling back was extremely terrifying, and the clansmen standing on the side felt sweat on their heads and cold feet.

The range was extremely far; when Baifeng and the others checked, such a large stone had smashed into the dirt, with only the tip still exposed; if this thing hit a person, the person would probably be crushed on the spot.

After testing it several more times to ensure there were no problems with the Catapult, they pulled it back into the city and tested it a few times under the city wall; if it was swung under the city wall, even if someone was standing on the wall, they would not be hurt; the stone flew relatively high at the beginning and fell into the distance in a parabola; after several times, changing stones of different weights, they roughly estimated the landing distance.

Because the range is even further than the Bow and Arrow and the two Giant Crossbows on the city wall, if they are besieged in the future, they will first launch two waves of stones to consume the enemy and also intimidate them.

Blocked by the city wall, they cannot see inside; will they think there are a few giants with immense strength in the city throwing stones at them? What if they are mythologized as a City of Giants? Baifeng inexplicably felt it was a bit funny, and he could not hold it back; he accidentally laughed out loud while fantasizing, which was a bit embarrassing.

He originally planned to make a row of Catapults to put there, so that the sky falling with large stones would be something no tribe could withstand, but Ben said he was truly powerless; there were still Crossbows that were not finished, and now he had to make this; he would not be able to finish it in several winters and summers; after saying this, he was about to lie on the ground and throw a tantrum.

Baifeng, who had just wanted to make empty promises, suddenly remembered that this Catapult had no wheels; if they could only move it like this, it could not be used for offense at all, only for defense, which was a bit of a white elephant; moreover, it went against his established general direction of taking the initiative and no longer being cowardly.

So Baifeng told him to focus on making the Crossbows; this Catapult could just have another one made when there was time; and if they wanted to attack, armor was also indispensable; the work of making bamboo armor and vine armor now had to start immediately.