They drilled three-man crews,
士兵們?nèi)艘唤M
so that you would have one man bracing it with his feet.
一個(gè)用腳固定著弓
He would then pass it to a man standing who would load it,
然后旁邊的士兵上箭
who would pass it to a forward man who would shoot it,
接著交給在他前方的士兵射擊
by which time the man on the ground
這時(shí)第一個(gè)士兵又得到時(shí)間
had got round to the front,
做下一輪的準(zhǔn)備
and so the army could advance with this constant fusillade,
這樣 整個(gè)軍隊(duì)可以萬(wàn)箭齊發(fā)
this constant barrage of crossbow arrows.
穩(wěn)步挺進(jìn)
It really was the most aggressive mechanism
對(duì)于發(fā)展軍隊(duì)而言
for advancing an army.
這是很具有攻擊性的武器
A new innovation: standardized, interchangeable parts.
它的創(chuàng)新點(diǎn)在于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)統(tǒng)一 可交換零件
The crossbow is the first modular weapon system
十字弓是歷史上首個(gè)
basically in history.
組合式的武器系統(tǒng)
So now you have a weapon system
如果一個(gè)武器系統(tǒng)
where I can have extra spare parts,
有很多零部件
extra strings, extra steel, extra wood.
諸如額外的繩子 鋼鐵或木頭
You can build it quickly,
你就能夠很快地造好該武器
you can replace its parts very easily,
輕松替換其零部件
you can fix it quickly.
也能快速將其組裝好
It will be 2000 years...
大約兩千年以后
before standardized mass-produced parts
標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化大規(guī)模生產(chǎn)
become common in other weapons.
在其它武器裝備生產(chǎn)中得以普及