The Rise of the European Emperor

"The Rise of the European Emperor ()"!

In the North Sea country, Marin is intensively preparing the supplies for the expedition, and inspecting the training of the loyal teenagers who have grown up. Of course, the guns promised to Philip are also being manufactured in full swing.

Then, Albert suddenly came back from America...

Marin was working in the office, and Albert excitedly pushed open the door of Marin's room with a big sack, startling Marin:

"What are you doing? Are you so frizzy?" Marin was puzzled. It stands to reason that Albert is very calm. If that guy Simon is like this, it's almost the same.

"That's right, Brother Marin, oh no, Your Majesty..." Albert seemed very excited.

Marin waved his hand:

"In private, call me elder brother. In public, call him job. Tell me, what makes you so excited?"

"We got a very good armor!" Albert said mysteriously.

"Armor?" Marin was very puzzled, what kind of armor can this guy get in America? Could it be that the rattan armor was woven from vines in the North American forest?

Albert didn't talk nonsense, and took out a piece of... armor from the sack...

However, there is no sound of wood colliding with the wood chips that Marin provided to the American soldiers, but it looks like leather. However, that piece of armor looks like cloth.

"Cotton armor?" Marin was taken aback. But he remembered that the Savannah colony was not under the jurisdiction of Albert's New York colony. How did he get so much cotton cloth and weave it into armor? Could it be...

"There are shipbuilders from the Ming Empire in the New York shipyard who can make armor?" Marin asked suddenly.

Albert paused for a moment, 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 cloth?"

"No, no, please look..." Albert had a feeling of "finally bluffing you". He took apart a piece of cotton armor, revealing...paper...

"Hey, paper armor!" Marin was also taken aback.

"That's right, paper armor!" Albert said excitedly.

"Brother, your paper mill over the Americas has produced a lot of cheap paper. One day, I went to inspect the shipyard, and a shipbuilder suddenly told me that he could use this paper to make armor similar to our wood chips. That kind of armor. Moreover, the protection is much better than wood chip armor, and it can not be afraid of bows and arrows. It can even block lead bullets fired from a distance!"

"Then, Feng Sanxi used the large amount of paper and fish skin glue I gave him to glue and beat layer by layer. Then he used an awl to drill holes in the four corners and thread... and put the paper armor together. The outside of the piece is sewn with pieces of cloth... Finally, the paper armor is woven!"

"At first I didn't believe that this armor could have any protective power, but after I tested it, I found that ordinary bows and arrows couldn't penetrate it at all. As for the musket...it can penetrate it at close range. If it is more than a hundred yards away, it may penetrate it, maybe If you can't get through, it depends on your luck..."

It really depends on luck, the lead bullets exceed a hundred yards and basically fly randomly. If it is flying straight forward and the energy is concentrated, it may break down. But if the direction is deviated, and there is a biased force, it will not be able to 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's light, yet highly protective. In particular, the anti-arrow ability is very strong. If you are facing a backward army that uses bows and arrows, put on paper armor and charge, you can beat the opponent to doubt their lives.

People wearing paper armor may continue to work like the fierce generals on TV, full of arrows, and nothing happens.

However, because paper armor cannot withstand close-range musket shooting, and it is troublesome to store, it is afraid of moth and mildew, and it is not resistant to wear. Therefore, Marin didn't consider it at the beginning. In addition, the armor plate of paper armor, once the armor plate is shot by a bow and arrow in battle, although the arrow cannot penetrate the armor, it also penetrates most of the paper, and the armor plate is basically useless. Then, the entire armor will be replaced with a new armor piece. Because, no matter whether it is shot by an arrow or cut by a sword, all the armor pieces involved must be replaced. Unlike iron armor, even if there is a dent, it can continue to be used for a long time.

Therefore, the use of paper armor is generally one-off, unless you have not been attacked during the entire battle. Otherwise, the paper armor must be overhauled and many pieces of armor must be replaced.

In the past, paper in Europe was very expensive. If you really use paper to make armor, you have to change the armor frequently. If you have money like Marin, 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 use and promote paper armor. After all, the paper mills in Cape Breton Island now produce extremely cheap paper, which is very 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, goji paper and other paper 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 stray bullets, relying on the toughness of paper, not its firmness.

Those papers with high toughness are not only made of bark fibers with longer fibers, but also filled with a lot of colloid when they are copied. Because the glue itself will strengthen the toughness of the paper.

In modern papermaking, in order to produce white paper, a lot of whitening agents such as kaolin and talcum powder are deliberately added. After adding these brightener powders, it will make the paper whiter. Also, the ink is less likely to seep through the paper, enhancing writing performance.

However, although these whitening kaolin and talc powders increase the writing performance, they reduce the toughness of the paper! The original fiber pulp, with some glue added, is the toughest and most suitable for papermaking.

Moreover, paper made of wood fiber is obviously not as tough as 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 fiber such as mulberry and wolfberry. If you want to do it, the conditions are not enough. Of course, flax fiber seems to be stronger than wood fiber, and flax fiber can be used to make paper, and then make paper armor. However, the cost seems to be much higher than that of wood fiber. After all, cutting down trees in the virgin forests of North America is free and unlimited. To use flax fiber, one must first plant a large amount of flax...

However, the price of European goods is high, and the price of linen is not low. If purchasing linen paper to make armor for tens of thousands of troops, the cost would be too high. After all, after a battle is over, many paper armors have to be replaced and repaired. If the cost is too high, it is very uneconomical.

After thinking about it, Malin could only use a workaround—he ordered Garland, the governor of Cape Breton Island, to order the paper mill to make a new kind of tough paper.

This new type of paper still uses wood fiber. However, during the copying process, whitening agents and fillers such as kaolin and talcum powder are no longer added, but only some fish skin glue is added. In this way, the color of the paper produced is not white, like the hemp paper in Europe today, it is somewhat dark yellow. However, the toughness has improved a lot.

As for fish skin glue? The cost of this thing is too low. On the edge of Newfoundland Island is the Newfoundland fishing ground, and 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 maw to produce more advanced fish glue. Marin intends to build a factory specializing in the production of fish skin glue and isinglass glue in the fishing port of Newfoundland, and produce fish skin glue and fish swim bladder glue in large quantities. 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 as good as mulberry paper and medlar paper, it is large in quantity and cheap, which is very suitable for a large number of military equipment.

In particular, to deal with those native troops in the future, there is no need for soldiers to wear bulky plate armor. Wearing more than ten pounds of paper armor, you can not be afraid of the bows, arrows and swords of the natives, and it is an absolute weapon to bully the natives!

In addition, cavalry wearing paper armor can also 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 be worn with bulky plate armor, which is really not suitable for marching and fighting. Therefore, when plate armor knights fight, they can only put on the plate armor before the battle, and then the attendants help them mount the horse. Moreover, if you rush back and forth twice, you will exit the battlefield. Otherwise, the horse can't stand it. Of course, if you are rich enough, you can come back and change to another BMW and continue to rush...

In addition, after wearing plate armor, the knight's movement is inconvenient, and it is difficult to turn easily at the waist. In his previous life, Marin had watched knights' contests in Europe and America, and there were often scenes where the hollow lances of the two sides collided and broke together. Then, the knights on both sides had to go back and change a lance to fight again.

And wearing a piece of paper piercing armor, there is no situation where the action is affected. Riders can move left and right on horseback, bend over to avoid damage from swords. Of course, being hit by a lance is no good. But in the face of bows and arrows, he is as fearless as wearing plate armor.

Moreover, the light paper armor can be worn on the body for a long time. Unlike plate armor, it needs to be put on with the help of attendants before the battle, and even when mounted, the attendants must be helped up.

After Marin carried out reforms, the cavalry of the North Sea Kingdom only kept breastplate armor and helmets at most, and no longer wore plate armor trousers. Therefore, the heavy cavalry of the Beihai Kingdom no longer need to bring attendants to help them mount their horses. But the plate armor is still a bit heavy, and most of the heavy cavalry only wore it before the battle. Paper armor weighing more than ten pounds can be worn on the body anytime, anywhere, and it is fine for long-distance marches.

And marching in plate armor has a disadvantage-fear of being attacked halfway!

Because plate armor knights march, generally plate armor is not worn on the body. If someone sets up an ambush on both sides of the mountain road, they will attack suddenly. Often knights may be shot as hedgehogs before they can wear plate armor...

And wearing more than ten pounds of paper armor, you can go into battle anytime, anywhere, and don't need to spend time wearing plate armor.

In addition, Marin considered that paper armor has another benefit-making light horse armor!

It was a last resort for the heavy cavalry of the Beihai Kingdom to give up their horse armor, because it was too heavy. But if paper armor is used, the weight of the horse armor is greatly reduced, but the protection is still very high. In this way, the loss of horses in battle can also be reduced.

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