Chapter 2081: Paper Zha
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In the North Sea country, Marin intensively prepared the supplies for the expedition and inspected the training of the loyal young men who grew up. Of course, the guns that promised Philip were also being manufactured intensively.
Then, Albert came back from America suddenly...
Marin was working in the office. Albert carried a big sack and happily pushed open the door of Marin's room, frightening Marin:
"What are you doing? So frizzy?" Marin was puzzled, and it stands to reason that Albert is very calm. If it was Simon, it would be almost the same.
"That's it, Brother Marin, oh no, your majesty..." Albert seemed very excited.
Marin waved:
"Privately, just call you brother, publicly, and then call your position. Come on, what makes you so excited?"
"We got a very good armor!" Albert God mysteriously said.
"Armor?" Marin was very puzzled, what kind of armor can this guy get in America? Wasn't it the vine armor made from the vines in the North American forest?
Albert didn't talk nonsense, and took one from the sack... Zhajia...
However, there was no sound of wooden blocks crashing like the wood chips provided by Marin to the American soldiers, but it looked like leather. However, that piece of armor looks like cloth.
"Cotton zhajia?" Marin was taken aback. But he remembered that the Savannah colony was not within the jurisdiction of Albert's New York colony. How did he get so many cotton cloths and weave them into ties? Could it be...
"In the New York shipyard, the shipbuilders of the Ming Empire can make armor?" Marin asked suddenly.
Albert had a sudden pause, then replied:
"Yes, it was made by a shipbuilder named Feng Sanxi. Guess what it is made of?"
Marin looked at the appearance of the fabric and said:
"Cotton?"
"No, no, please look..." Albert had a feeling of "finally bluffing you". He took apart a piece of cotton armor and revealed...paper...
"Hey, paper armor!" Marin was also taken aback.
"Yes, Paper Armor!" Albert said excitedly.
"Brother, you made a lot of cheap paper in your paper mill in the Americas. One day, I went to the shipyard to inspect, and a shipbuilder suddenly told me that he could use these papers to make wood chips similar to ours. That kind of armor. Moreover, it has a much better protection than wood chip armor, so you don’t have to be afraid of bows and arrows. It can even block lead bullets shot from a distance!"
"Then, this person named Feng Sanxi used the large amount of paper and fish skin glue I gave him to glue and beat them layer by layer. Then they used an awl to punch the four corners and thread... The outside was sewn with a piece of cloth...Finally, the paper armor was woven!"
"I didn't believe in the protective power of this armor at the beginning, but I tested it and found that ordinary bows and arrows can't be shot at all. As for the gun... Don’t wear it, it depends on luck..."
It really depends on luck, the lead bullet is over a hundred yards, basically flying randomly. If it is flying straight forward and the energy is concentrated, it may break down. However, if the direction is deviated and deflection force appears, it will not penetrate.
Marin slapped his head:
"Yes, the protective power of paper armor is also very good!"
He remembered that paper armor seemed to be an important armor in ancient China. It is light and has high protection. Especially, the anti-arrow ability is very strong. If you are facing a backward army that uses bows and arrows, you can put on paper armor to charge, and you can make the opponent suspicious of life.
A person wearing paper armor may be like a fierce player on TV, with arrows all over his body, continuing to do it, and nothing happens.
It's just that because the paper armor can't withstand close-range musket shooting, it's troublesome to store, it's afraid of moth and mildew, and it's not resistant to wear. Therefore, Marin didn't consider it at the beginning. In addition, the piece of paper armor, once the piece of armor is shot by a bow and arrow in battle, although the arrow cannot penetrate the armor, it also penetrates most of the paper, and this piece of armor is basically useless. Then, the entire Zhajia will be replaced with a piece of armor. Because, whether it was shot by an arrow or pierced by a sword, all the armor pieces involved had to be replaced. Unlike iron armor, it can be used for a long time even if there are dents.
Therefore, the use of paper armor is generally a one-off, unless the entire battle is over and you have not been attacked. Otherwise, the paper armor must be overhauled and many nail pieces replaced.
In the past, paper in Europe was very expensive. If you really use paper to make armor, you have to change armor pieces frequently. If you have money like Marlin, you can't afford it. But since North America began to produce cheap paper, Marin also forgot about the paper armor.
In other words, with the cheap paper in North America, Marin actually now has the capital to promote the use of paper armor. After all, the paper produced by the paper mills on Cape Breton Island is now extremely cheap and suitable for mass production of paper armor.
"It still doesn't seem to work..." Marin suddenly remembered that the most suitable paper for making paper armor is mulberry paper, medlar paper and other papers with long fibers and good toughness. There are even leather armors made of rice paper. Because paper armor can withstand bows and arrows and low-speed bullets, relying on the toughness of the paper, not its sturdiness.
For those papers with high toughness, not only long-fiber bark fibers are used in the manufacture, but also a lot of colloidal filling is used in papermaking. Because the gum itself will strengthen the toughness of the paper.
In modern papermaking, a lot of brighteners such as kaolin and talc are deliberately added in order to make white paper. After adding these brightener powders, the paper will be whiter. Moreover, the ink is less likely to penetrate the paper, which enhances writing performance.
However, these brightened kaolins and talcum powders, while increasing the writing performance, reduce the toughness of the paper! The original fiber pulp, added with glue, has the best toughness and is the most suitable for papermaking.
Moreover, paper made of wood fiber is obviously not as tough as other paper made of bark fiber. Therefore, if you really want to use paper armor, you have to change the paper.
The problem is that the trees in the Cape Breton Island area do not have tree species with good bark fibers such as mulberry and mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera). If you want to do it, the conditions are not enough. Of course, flax fiber seems to be stronger than wood fiber. You can use flax fiber to make paper and then make paper armor. However, this cost seems to be much higher than wood fiber. After all, there is no money for cutting trees in the virgin forests of North America, and the amount is unlimited. To use flax fiber, let people grow a lot of flax...
However, European prices are high, and the price of flax is not low. If you buy linen paper for armor for tens of thousands of troops, the cost will be too high. After all, after a battle, many paper armors need to be replaced and repaired. If the cost is too high, it is very uneconomical.
After thinking about it, Marlin could only use a workaround-he ordered the Governor of Cape Breton Island to give Garland the order to add a new kind of tough paper to the paper mill in the future.
This new type of paper still uses wood fiber. However, during the papermaking process, brighteners and fillers such as kaolin and talc are no longer added, but only some fish skin glue is added. In this way, the paper produced is not white in color, but somewhat dull yellow like the hemp paper in Europe. However, the toughness has improved a lot.
As for fish skin glue? The cost of this stuff is too low. On the edge of Newfoundland Island is the Newfoundland fishing grounds, where the fish production is very high. It is easy to get some fish skin glue, and it is even not difficult to get some fish swim bladder to produce more advanced fish swim bladder glue. Marin plans to build a factory specializing in the production of fish skin glue and fish swim bladder glue in the fishing port on Newfoundland, and mass production of fish skin glue and fish swim bladder glue. Not only can it supply paper mills, but it can also supply local needs.
In this way, with sufficient fish skin glue, it is easy to produce tough paper. Although it may not be better than mulberry paper and medlar paper, it is more expensive and cheap, and it is very suitable for the army to equip it with large quantities.
In particular, when dealing with those indigenous troops in the future, the soldiers will no longer need to wear heavy plate armor. Wearing a dozen-pound paper armor, you will not be afraid of the bows, arrows and swords of the indigenous people, and absolutely bully the indigenous artifacts!
In addition, the cavalry wears paper armor, which can greatly improve mobility. At the same time, the protection is not low. The cavalry are all treasures, and it hurts to lose one. It can wear heavy plate armor, which is really not suitable for marching and fighting. Therefore, when a plate-armored knight fights, he can only wear the plate-armor before the battle, and then the attendant will support the horse. Moreover, if you rush back and forth twice, you will exit the battlefield. Otherwise, the horses will not be able to bear it. Of course, if you are a local tyrant, you can come back and change to another BMW to continue driving...
In addition, after wearing the plate armor, the knight is inconvenient to move, and it is difficult for the waist to turn easily. In his previous life, Ma Lin had seen knights competing in Europe and the United States, and there were often scenes where the hollow lances of the two sides ruptured and shattered together after colliding. Then, the knights of both sides had to go back and change a lance to fight again.
And if you wear a piece of paper and tie armor, there is no situation where your actions will be affected. Riders can move around on horseback, bending over to avoid sword damage. Of course, being hit by a lance is also unpleasant. But facing bows and arrows, they are as fearless as wearing plate armor.
Moreover, the lightweight paper armor can be worn on the body for a long time. Unlike the plate armor, it needs to be worn with the help of the attendants before the battle, and even the horses must be supported by the attendants.
After Marin carried out the reforms, the cavalry of the North Sea country only retained breast plate armor and helmets at most, and no longer wear plate armor trousers. Therefore, the heavy cavalry of the North Sea country no longer needs to bring attendants to help them mount their horses. But the plate armor is still a bit heavier, and most of the heavy cavalry were only worn before the battle. The ten-pound paper armor can be worn on the body anytime, anywhere, even for long-distance marches.
While marching with plate armor, UU reading www.uukanshu.com has a disadvantage-fear of being attacked halfway!
Because the plate armor knight marches, the plate armor is generally not worn on the body. If someone set up an ambush on both sides of the mountain road, suddenly attacked. Often knights don’t have time to wear plate armor, and they may be shot into hedgehogs...
Wearing more than ten pounds of paper armor, you can go into battle anytime, anywhere, and you don't need to spend time wearing plate armor.
In addition, Marin considered that the paper armor has another advantage-making a light horse armor!
The heavy cavalry of the North Sea State had to give up the horse armor because it was too heavy. However, if paper armor is used, the weight of the horse armor is greatly reduced, but the protective power is still high. In this way, the loss of horses in battle can also be reduced.
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