Chapter 918 918. Forging (4000 Words, Two in One)

The last time I saw the zero-character combat armor design drawings, it was relatively rough. It was not so much a combat armor as it was an armor attached to the surface of the clothes. However, in just over a month, Lou Gao once again gave Yang Ming a big surprise.

In this brand-new design drawing of the zero-character combat armor, the brand-new concept is described in detail. In addition to the basic function of enhancing the human body, the brand-new zero-character combat armor also requires good protection performance and adaptability to complex environments , as well as communication, investigation support and other functions, if it can be realized, the brand-new zero-character combat armor can greatly improve the defense, athletic ability and survivability of the soul master.

For the full-coverage zero-character combat armor, the most difficult point is the joint connection parts of the human body. The ten joints are shoulder joints, elbow joints, wrist joints, hip joints, knee joints, ankle joints, foot joints, Lumbar joints, hand joints, and hip joints are the hubs of bone rotation, that is, fulcrums or fulcrums.

The flexibility and toughness of these ten joints of the human body are very important. If they are not handled properly, it will easily cause damage to the joints, and even poor blood circulation in the muscles around the joints. Operate extensively.

Here is a test of a craftsman's meticulousness and uniqueness. The craftsman Lougao's handling is very sophisticated. In the design drawings, the joints of the zero-character battle armor are spherical, which is to avoid damage to the joints when the human body is moving. , can be said to be a genius idea, but in this way, it also makes casting very difficult.

Casting is also divided into many levels. Generally speaking, there are hundreds of forgings. The so-called hundred forgings means that every part of a part has been forged hundreds of times, and the higher level is thousand forgings.

The more forging times, the less impurities in the metal. Of course, the metal must be good enough to withstand the pressure brought by the thousand forgings.

Regarding this point, Yang Ming once briefly told the master craftsman Lou Gao about the hundred-steel-making method of the previous Tang Dynasty, that the hundred-steel-smelting method can also be used in the process of making a battle armor.

Of course, because Yang Ming is not a science student, he doesn't know exactly how to make Baisteel. Fortunately, Shenjiang Lougao is skilled and experienced, so he deduced the complete Baishen from Yang Ming's dictation. Steelmaking methods.

Hundred steelmaking is a steelmaking process of Yang Ming's last Tang Dynasty. Its main feature is that it needs repeated heating and forging during the manufacturing process. Due to the difficult production and good product performance, it has been praised by people for thousands of years. In ancient times, the steel and its technology were made by repeatedly folding and forging the fried steel. It is characterized by repeated heating and forging. Repeated forging can eliminate the inclusions in the steel and reduce the size of the residual inclusions, so that the composition tends to be uniform, the structure tends to be dense, the grains are refined, and the performance of the steel is improved. Ancient craftsmen heated and forged "refined iron" more than one hundred times, one forged, one weighed and one lightened, until the weight was not lost, that is, hundreds of steelmaking.

Yang Ming looked intently, but saw that the master craftsman Lou Gao skillfully pressed the button on the gas furnace forging table, the center of the gas furnace forging table was cracked to reveal the forge below, and the master craftsman Lou Gao fixed a piece of metal next to the forge on the card slot, and then press the button to send it into the forge.

The gas furnace was turned on, and the inside gradually heated up. The high temperature was 1350 degrees Celsius. Even with isolation measures, Yang Ming stood outside the forging table of the gas furnace, and he could still feel the gusts of hot wind blowing towards his face, and his sweat continued to seep out.

After the gas furnace was fully heated, Shenjiang Lougao violently pulled the bellows lever. The force required for this lever was obviously not small, and it was obvious that Shenjiang Lougao's arm was swelling with muscles the size of a fist. The next strips of blue veins are exposed.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

It is not the first time that Lou Gao, the master craftsman, has done this kind of physical work. He breathes and breathes rhythmically, and mobilizes his soul power to lean into his arms, so that his arms are protected from being burned by the high temperature. Quickly pull out the lever, then push it in hard, repeating this action over and over again.

The impact of the airflow is generated in the bellows, which is sprayed into the furnace from the air valve, and the flame inside is getting higher and higher, dancing blue flames.

Yang Ming tilted his head. Although this process was extremely boring, he also understood that it was a necessary process, so he did not miss any details.

Under the high temperature of the gas furnace, the metal quickly turned red.

"Dangdang! Dangdang! Dangdang!"

After half an hour, the master craftsman Lou Gao took the iron tongs, took out the fiery red iron embryo, and placed it on the chopping board.

When it comes to the world of Douluo Continent, what spirit is the best tool for forging, of course it must be the Clear Sky Hammer.

However, apart from the Clear Sky Hammer, most of the famous blacksmiths in the blacksmith association had awakened martial souls that were hammer type.

The martial spirit awakened by the master craftsman Lou Gao is called the Oiled Iron Gourd Hammer. The handle is seven feet long, and one end is a hammer. The hammer is oval and shaped like a gourd, hence its strange name. Powerful and heavy, in addition to being able to forge, it also derives special offensive methods, such as dragging, hanging, smashing, pounding, punching, clouding, and covering, which can let the enemy enjoy the aesthetics of violence.

Shenjiang Lougao swung the oil-piercing iron gourd hammer, exerting force on the shoulders, waist, arms, and thighs, and a series of "jingling" sounds sounded, performing continuous forging and knocking. Gao Du mustered all his strength, and saw sparks flying, the iron embryo gradually formed, and the temperature also slowly dropped.

Forging is a handicraft, not just a skilled trade. If you want to become a qualified blacksmith, you must use your brain. You must judge the texture and characteristics of the metal itself through the vibration and metal changes during the knocking process. , Only by controlling these well can we truly forge high-quality products.

High-intensity hundred-forging forging requires not only strength, but also continuous consumption of energy. Most people really can't do this job. I am afraid that they will be so tired that they will fall to the ground after just swinging a hammer for more than ten or twenty minutes. I can't stand up.

Lou Gao, the master craftsman, is obviously an extraordinary person, and he has long been used to forging, and he puts all his love into the boring forging, so forging that seems very boring to others, but every time he swings the hammer to strike , but it is a particularly hearty way of venting, and, occasionally, he will enter a special state during the tapping process. This state is very wonderful, just like him and the metal being tapped and the iron in his hand. The hammer resonated, and whenever this happened, the parts he made were particularly good.

For two full hours, when the last part was completed under the violent beating of the gourd hammer, Lou Gao, the master craftsman, also heaved a sigh of relief and grabbed the towel next to him to wipe off his sweat.

At this time, the metal iron embryo was gradually forming, and the temperature also slowly dropped. In the process of almost turning the iron embryo into a dark red state, the master craftsman Lou Gao stopped forging completely, clamped the iron embryo, and put it into the horse urine tank , The pungent stench made Yang Ming frowned, stepped back several steps, and distanced himself from Lou Gao, the master craftsman.

Yang Ming covered his nose with his hand, and waved his other hand in mid-air to disperse the stench. He was a little speechless, and said:

"Lou Gao, what's in the sink? The smell is so pungent, it almost made me spit out my dinner overnight."

The craftsman Lou Gao made two hey hey sounds, as if he had already gotten used to the stench, his expression remained normal, and he said:

"Reporting to the boss, there is horse urine in this sink."

"Horse urine?"

The corner of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly, his face was a little weird.

Could it be that the soul guide equipment of the zero-word combat armor series will be soaked from horse urine in the future?

It’s okay if you don’t know it, but after knowing the inside story, it’s like a restaurant guest who knows all kinds of messes in the restaurant kitchen, rats and cockroaches walking all over the place, but still looks normal, there will be ghosts.

Although Shen Jiang Lou Gao's EQ is not high, but his eyes are not blind, he can still see that Yang Ming's complexion is not very good at a glance. As long as he thinks about it a little bit, he knows what Yang Ming misunderstood. He grinned, revealing the row of The yellow teeth caused by long-term attraction, smiled and said:

"Don't get me wrong, Master, please forgive me for explaining the reason to you in detail."

"The reason why our blacksmiths use horse urine to quench is actually to use the salt contained in horse urine to quench in metal salt liquid at high temperature for coating, forming a composite film to improve the hardness, toughness and durability of weapons and equipment, so it contains chromium Salt, nickel salt, titanium salt, river water, animal blood, and horse urine have become the secret recipes for the casting of magic weapons. However, because we cannot measure the liquid salt content, the quality varies. We blacksmiths have relied heavily on stable salt concentration since ancient times. water source, and horse urine is one of the options.”

Three hundred and sixty lines, every line will be the number one scholar.

Hearing Lou Gao's detailed explanation, Yang Ming suddenly realized that he had misunderstood.

For example, in the era of modern industrialization in Yang Ming's last life, this ancient method has long been discarded, and ten common quenching methods have been used instead, namely, single-medium quenching, double-medium quenching, martensitic graded quenching, lower than Ms point martensite quenching method, bainite isothermal quenching method, composite quenching method, pre-cooling isothermal quenching method, delayed cooling quenching method, quenching self-tempering method, spray quenching method.

These methods are not only more efficient, but also simpler.

Estimating the temperature, the master craftsman Lou Gao took out the iron embryo from the water tank, glanced at it quickly, nodded and put it back into the grease tank.

Fearing that Yang Ming, a layman, would continue to ask questions, before Yang Ming could speak, Lou Gao, the master craftsman, explained:

"Grease and ashes, natural ash, and husk ash, green salt, sand and other things contain nitrogen. Nitrogen can reduce the critical temperature of steel, increase hardenability, and increase carburizing speed and working surface hardness. Simply put In other words, it can make the manufactured weapons and equipment tougher, harder, prevent cracking and deformation, and be less likely to be damaged.”

Even though it was Yang Ming's first contact with the new thing of forging, he quickly understood it with his excellent memory and comprehension ability.

Although it is so simple for the master craftsman Lou Gao to temper, whether it is horse urine or oil, blacksmiths need hundreds of thousands of years of exploration, constantly summing up experience and bringing forth new ones, so that there is such a perfect method now. In addition, it also needs to consider the skills and experience of a blacksmith. Without the equipment for temperature measurement and temperature control, the whole process is completely operated by feeling. The body has not yet mastered it, and if you don't know how to control the heat, it is easy to miss the best time for tempering, which will easily lead to flaws in the final forged product.

"It seems that it is very difficult to quantify and mass-produce zero-character combat armor!"

Without mechanized production, experienced blacksmiths simply rely on forging one by one, the monthly production quantity is extremely limited, it is difficult to arm all the members of the Zhatian Gang, and only the elite among the elites can be selected for arming.

After quenching the iron embryos, Lougao, the master craftsman, put them into cold water for filtration and cleaning to remove the impurities on them, and then fixed the finished parts on the vise, placed them flat on it, and held them in one hand With a pencil, draw on it, and then use a wire saw to cut out the installation section.

This is the case for each component. After all the parts are completed, Lou Gao, the master craftsman, puts these parts together one by one. Among the hundreds of parts, trying to put them together completely is like Stacking building blocks is general, the process is complicated and requires ingenuity.

It took about an hour to finally splice the brand new zero-character combat armor.

This set of battle armor is black in color, but if you look closely, you will find that there are many fine golden light spots on it, full of aura, and the master craftsman Lou Gao has fully absorbed the advice provided by Yang Ming last time, and the battle armor itself has a little The energy fluctuations in the body can resonate with the soul power of the soul master, giving people a dazzling feeling.

The style of this brand-new zero-character battle armor has changed. The shape of the battle armor has a pointed front and a hem, a straight back and a hem, and a wide edge around it. Geometric and colorful patterns are painted on it, which is actually a soul. The power flow circuit board can improve the soul power operation efficiency of the soul master and a small part of the soul power of the soul master.

Below the chest, on the center of the back and the back waist of the Doukai, there are small armor plates. There are a total of 160 nails in the whole body. The shape of the armor is square, and each side is wide. The fixation method of the nail plate is to use iron bars to wear the group, which is in the shape of "V" and nailed with rivets. In addition, there are capes made of similar leather on the shoulders.

This type of armor has the following characteristics. The upper plate on the chest presses the lower plate, and the lower plate on the abdomen presses the upper plate to facilitate movement. Seen from the midline of the chest and abdomen, all the nails overlap from the middle to both sides, and the combination of the shoulder nails is the same as that of the abdomen. The nails around the shoulders, abdomen and neck are connected with a nail belt, and there are nails on all the nails, the number of which varies from two, three or four, and the most is no more than six. The length of the armor is equal to the front and back. They are all 64 cm, and their hems are generally rounded, with no fringing around them.