Chapter 1655 Public verification of cotton armor

After Zhu Pingan confirmed that the quality of the cotton armor was excellent, he ordered a hundred pairs of cotton armor to be pulled to the school field during the drill interval of the soldiers, and then another hundred pairs of iron armor were pulled to put them on the scarecrow.

One hundred pairs of cotton armor and one hundred pairs of iron armor stood in front of the soldiers, shining brightly in the sun.

"That's the cotton armor developed by our Zhejiang army. Helmet, neck guard, heart guard, arm guard, hey, even the crotch is covered, and the whole body is covered with copper nails. There are no gaps. It is more comprehensive than iron armor. Ah, it looks more majestic than Iron Armor."

"Cotton armor may not be useful. I heard that our frontier army has a lot of cotton armor, but cotton armor is made of cotton after all. There is nothing to say about keeping warm, but the protection is not as good as iron armor."

"What are we adults doing with so many cotton armors and iron armors? Do you want to reward us? Hehe, I have been practicing hard these days, and the whistle chief even praised me. Maybe I can mix it up too. Well, it's better to reward me with a pair of iron armor, the protection of cotton armor is always a bit worrying."

Looking at the two hundred sets of armor in front of them, all the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army couldn't help but lower their heads and mutter in a low voice.

"Soldiers, of the 200 sets of armor before us, 100 of them are made of cotton armor from our army's equipment battalion, and the other 100 are made of iron armor, newly received by our army from the Ministry of War."

Zhu Pingan pointed to the armor placed in front of everyone, and introduced it to the soldiers of the Zhejiang Army.

"My lord, what are these armors for? Are they going to be rewarded to us?" someone asked.

"The reason why these armors are displayed is to verify the protective ability of the cotton armor in front of everyone. As the saying goes, it is a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk. Today, let's take a look."

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, instead of playing charades with everyone, he directly clarified the purpose and revealed the answer.

"How to verify?"

All the soldiers were extremely curious.

"First, push one person out from each team, and stand before the two hundred armors." Zhu Pingan ordered.

Soon, each team pushed out one person, and stood in front of the armor scatteredly. Since the number was not enough to two hundred, there were still ten people short, so Zhu Pingan randomly selected ten people from the soldiers, and each stood in front of a pair of armor.

"Okay, now draw out your sabers, and use your greatest strength to chop at the armor in front of you."

Zhu Pingan ordered.

"Obey!" The two hundred people drew their swords in response, and swung them vigorously at the armor in front of them, with all their energy.

Bang bang bang. There was a muffled clashing sound, followed by bursts of surprised sounds. All the soldiers looked at the cotton armor in front of them in disbelief. It was no surprise that the iron armor was preventing it, but the cotton armor was also preventing it.

"Okay, all the soldiers can come forward and take a look." Zhu Pingan said.

A group of soldiers could no longer hold back their curiosity, and stepped forward to watch carefully, and then they were surprised one after another.

"Hey, the cotton armor didn't break. Swinging the knife with such force only left a trace on the cotton armor."

"It's not surprising that the iron armor can prevent the knife attack, but I didn't expect the cotton armor to prevent the knife attack."

A group of soldiers of the Zhejiang Army opened their mouths in surprise when they saw that all the 100 pairs of cotton armor had resisted the knife attack.

"Okay, all officers and soldiers, please go back. Next, five hundred archers with good archery skills will come out and shoot arrows at these two hundred sets of armor from twenty steps away. Each of them will shoot three arrows, direct shooting, throwing shooting, whatever you want to shoot." How to shoot, see if these armors can block the bow and arrow."

Zhu Pingan ordered again.

Soon, 500 soldiers came out, retreated 20 steps, and started shooting arrows at the armor in front.

Whoosh whoosh.

A thousand feathered arrows roared and shot, regardless of cotton armor or iron armor, they were all covered by the feathered arrows.

With a fixed target and no interference, the soldiers performed well in archery. Most of the 1,500 arrows hit the target, and almost every armor hit five or six arrows.

"Okay, all the soldiers, let's take a look and see how the iron armor and cotton armor are anti-arrows?"

Zhu Pingan said with a smile.

A group of soldiers stepped forward one after another, shuttled in front of each piece of armor, and carefully watched the condition of the armor under the feather arrow.

The iron armor is strong, and the feathered arrows did not penetrate or damage the iron armor. At most, a dozen or so armors were left with a deep hole. However, many scarecrows under the iron armor were hit by arrows, not to mention the arrows in the face Yes, there are more than a dozen scarecrows in iron armor with arrows in their necks, seven or eight in their crotches, and a few scarecrows with arrows in the gaps in their mail armor. The gaps between them are unavoidable, and these gaps give Yujian an opportunity to take advantage of.

In contrast, the sturdiness of cotton armor is slightly weaker than that of iron armor, and almost none of the hundred pairs of cotton armor is intact.

Many cotton armors were shot with an eye by the feather arrow, but that's all. Although the feather arrow left an eye on the cotton armor, it didn't shoot through the cotton armor. The cotton layer was torn, exposing the iron lining inside. The iron lining was a little concave, and some even the first cotton layer was not broken.

However, none of the feathered arrows pierced the cotton armor.

In addition, the scarecrow under the cotton armor is much safer than the scarecrow under the iron armor. Of the one hundred scarecrows in padded armor, except for the arrows in the face, not a single one was shot in the neck or in the crotch.

As for the gaps in the cotton armor, the cotton armor is more tightly combined, and there are almost no exposed gaps, so there are no scarecrows shooting arrows in the gaps in the cotton armor.

"Hey, speaking of it, this cotton armor is much better at defending against arrows than iron armor. The cotton armor has a larger protective surface, and it protects the neck, crotch, etc., and there are no gaps. There are still scarecrows in iron armor. Throats, crotches, and thighs, but scarecrows in cotton armor don't have arrows in the throat, crotch, or thighs.

"It seems that this cotton armor is not good-looking. It can't be cut by a knife, it can't be pierced by an arrow, and it's well protected. Wearing such a set of cotton armor to go to the battlefield, you don't have to be afraid of being shot by a knife. Isn't that a lot more? Fate."

"I weighed it and found that the cotton armor is at least half lighter than the iron armor. Wearing the cotton armor is lighter and less labor-intensive than wearing the iron armor. The cotton armor is much softer than the iron armor, and it is also more flexible than the iron armor. It can fight on the battlefield. "

"From this point of view, this cotton armor is both fancy and useful. No wonder your lord bought so much cotton a while ago."

A group of soldiers of the Zhejiang Army witnessed, verified and compared the anti-arrow performance of cotton armor and iron armor with their own eyes. Their views on cotton armor can be described as admiration. .

(end of this chapter)