Don't look at it as just three arrows, it actually has a great impact on the outcome of the battle.
Because one side is not damaged, it is all long-range shooting, but the other side is reducing personnel.
One-on-one and two-on-one on the battlefield are two completely different treatments.
The so-called art of war has in common that it uses various methods to create a situation where more fights less, thus forming an advantage in terms of troops.
And flying squirrels are not undead, as long as they are natural life, they have morale. For example, before, the needle directly solved the flying squirrel leader, causing the remaining flying squirrels to collapse and flee directly.
The number of archery shots is actually not many.
The number of archery is too much, which greatly depletes their physical strength. They are all just temporary archers, and their physical strength should be more allocated to melee combat, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses.
The next bow adjustment work was still handed over to Bai Ya.
Yellow algae and cyanobacteria only have a small part of their leadership skills, and at most they charge on the deck of a sea ship with a squad.
As for the wire itself, he does not know how to adjust the bow. Not to mention Cangxiu and Zidhi.
Bai Ya, the son of Orion, has ordinary strength, if he hadn't fallen on this island, he would definitely disappear from everyone, it was really mediocre. But in this situation, he was able to shine with his own talent.
For him, this island is extremely dangerous, but it also has great opportunities.
"In the final analysis, there are too few talents under my command. Those who are a little talented, like Bai Ya, can stand out." Needle sighed secretly.
Bai Ya led several people to adjust their bows, and of course the rest would not be idle.
The yellow algae continued to hunt, and the main goal was not to obtain food, but to target those wild birds and harvest feathers.
cyanobacteria continue to investigate around the flying squirrel colony.
Wooden shields and hunter traps were made one after another.
There are also hemp ropes woven from bark silk, short ones are used for bowstrings, and long ones are used for bundling, such as making shields. The reserves of hemp rope continue to rise, these things are inconspicuous, but very practical.
No one can estimate how long they will stay on this island, so they should try to stock up on things like hemp rope.
According to Cangxu's introduction, hemp rope is actually used in a wide range of applications.
In addition to its own function, hemp rope and hemp rope can be combined to weave into a net. The net pocket can carry things, form a cloth cover, and can be woven into straw sandals.
Sosu was also involved, and he provided an extremely rudimentary loom.
This loom uses more than a dozen small wooden stakes inserted into the soil, and the small wooden stakes are arranged in two rows. One of the rows of small stakes is fixed with a horizontal stick at every interval.
After the small wooden stakes are wrapped around the line, dozens of vertical lines are formed parallel. Lift the stick once, and half of the small wooden stake will be lifted, and then half of the vertical line will be lifted.
At this time, insert the only horizontal line along the angle of the uplift. Then put down the vertical line, and a horizontal line and more than a dozen vertical lines are compacted, completing the basic action of weaving.
Repeat this action dozens or hundreds of times, and a piece of cloth will be born smoothly.
This loom is extremely primitive, and its efficiency is completely incomparable to that of the loom in the empire, one on the ground and one in the sky. A person who spends half a day of work can only get a small piece of the big butt.
But it does save huge manpower and material resources, and the work efficiency is much higher than that of simple labor.
The exploration team members who used these looms to work all marveled at Cangsu's profound knowledge. But Cangxu told them that this loom was obtained when he studied the information of the orc race.
Compared with the Terran Empire, although the orc race occupies the wilderness continent, they generally exist in the form of tribes, and their living standards and productivity are generally low. This loom is widespread among the orc race.
As for Ziddi, she is mainly responsible for making poison. The needle clearly told her that a poison was needed, which could dissipate naturally or disappear by boiling, baking, etc. Or simply, even if this poison exists, it is only effective against flying squirrels and does not cause much harm to the human body.
After all, needle hunting flying squirrels requires obtaining food. If the poison is too strong, even if it poisons these flying squirrels, the flying squirrel's meat cannot be eaten. For the entire exploration team, the losses will far outweigh the gains.
The current environment is extremely simple, Zidi can only barely try, and she makes another request - a flying squirrel is needed for live experiments.
The needle set off secretly, and together with cyanobacteria, he spy on the flying squirrel community.
Cangxu stayed in the camp to command and dispatch.
After the bow was adjusted, Bai Ya led everyone to start the test shot.
In the evening, the leaders met again and exchanged their findings.
Needle and cyanobacteria caught three live flying squirrels and handed them all to Zidi.
Huang Zao didn't have any prey on his side, hunting didn't rely on combat power, and he also lost some iron arrows. These iron arrows are very cherished, one less than one.
But they were not harvested - Huang Zao and his party failed to hunt and could only go further to try their luck, only to accidentally discover a small bamboo forest.
Bamboo is a very excellent resource, and bamboo with bamboo joints is a natural water storage container. Bamboo can be used to make bamboo rafts, and bamboo sharpening can be used to make traps.
Day 3
"Shoot!" Huang Zao gave an order, and multiple flying arrows flew out with a whistle.
More than a dozen simple arrow targets were set up at a distance of one hundred and twenty steps.
Concentric circles were also drawn on the arrow target with charcoal, but not to mention a few rings, the arrows shot rarely hit the target.
The ring on the target is a little smaller, similar to that of a flying squirrel. But in real battle, everyone is going to shoot flying squirrels, and these flying squirrels will still move.
So the result of this kind of archery is really unacceptable.
"Your posture is wrong."
"Straight waist and straight arms."
"Stability, stability. What are you shaking?!"
Huang Zao served as an instructor.
He frowned, and there was great pressure in his heart.
In comparison, the first place in the entire team is of course the needle.
The second is Bai Ya, this young man's shooting skills are still above Huang Zao and others. After all, for him, this is the craft of eating all year round and making a living.
Hunters don't fight hard, it's just a way for them to make a living. In addition to hunting dogs, the most common traps used by hunters. Bows are also used a lot. Excellent hunters, when they encounter large beasts that they cannot hunt, will choose to back down or stop.
Yellow algae and cyanobacteria are good at close combat, and when shooting from a distance, they use crossbows more than bows. They survived on the boat, so they deliberately practiced archery.
Huang Zao was a mess of yesterday's hunting results, and today he was arranged by Wire to become a temporary instructor.
In order to save his face, Huang Zao worked very hard.
If you train others, Huang Zao is more reliable. Although his archery skills are a little worse than Bai Ya's.
Baiya archery relies more on feeling, pure wild path.
Huang Zao has at least been trained and knows what the key to archery is.
"First, we must conduct individual assault training, and then form an arrow curtain shooting. Now this kind of archery can't even form the most basic arrow curtain." Needle inspected the training, and when he saw this situation, he was also quite anxious, but he was not at all on the surface.
Today, white buds replace yellow algae and are responsible for hunting. The main target is still wild birds, and the exploration team needs more feathers to make arrowtails.
No one expects him to hunt enough food.
Personal hunting is very risky, but the efficiency is actually very low.
In the entire empire, the life of hunters is actually very difficult.
Therefore, as the saying goes: Those who hunt are not as good as herders, and those who graze are not as good as farmers.
Under normal circumstances, hunters do not have enough to eat. Farmers who farm have the most stable life and the most guaranteed quality of life compared to hunters and herdsmen.
Hunters seem to have a source of meat, but in fact, most of the mountains and forests are the territory of nobles, and hunters who poach without permission will be punished quite severely once caught.
In this situation, the exploration team can only rely on large-scale hunting to meet its own food consumption.
This day's training lasted from morning to night, and after eating, the exploration team members had no heart to talk or laugh, and fell asleep in their tents.
In the needle tent, Cang Xu looked solemn and reported on the current grim situation.
"Lord Needle, we don't have much food, and it can be said that we are consuming a lot. If this continues, it won't last a few days."
Needle Jin's face was flat and his mood was calm.
He himself was very strange about this. In the past two days, his originally anxious mood has gradually calmed down.
He adapted to this pressure, but comforted Cangxu: "We must train in archery, this matter is not urgent, we can only grit our teeth and persevere! Without basic archery, there is no benefit in going to war. Such hard training will indeed consume physical strength, thereby increasing food consumption. But now consuming food and improving archery skills is exchanged for a reduction in the number of losses in future battles. It's very cost-effective."
"I understand, my lord." Cangxu nodded, "It's just that in this way, our food is consumed violently, everyone knows this, and the team members are very worried."
Needle smiled: "Then tell them clearly how much ration we have left. Even if necessary, let each of them see our food reserves with their own eyes."
Cangxu's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "I understand, my lord."
Day 4
Shooting range.
Despite the soreness in their arms and even obvious swelling, the exploration team members all looked serious, gritted their teeth, and practiced hard.
They were all aware of the food reserves in the team and had a very clear understanding of their own situation - they were going to make a desperate gamble now, and if the hunt failed, what awaited them was destruction!
Under this pressure, everyone worked hard and practiced archery with all their might.
Although the results of the early training were not impressive, after everyone got used to it, the situation of arrows on target improved greatly.
Arrows that hit the bullseye are rare, but most of them hit the target.
After seeing that his archery performance had stabilized, Huang Zao immediately moved the fixed arrow target and replaced it with a mobile target.
These moving targets are short wooden stakes tied to the stakes, and the other end of the rope is hung from a high branch. After pulling the stake high, let go, and the stake swayed under the tree.
Huang Zao asked the team members to shoot arrows at the wooden stakes.
My grades immediately declined and became even worse than before!
No one complains, everyone knows that in actual combat, the flying squirrel moves faster than the wooden stake, and the direction is more changeable.
Practice, keep practicing.
Every breath is cherished.
During lunch, the team members were silent and the atmosphere was very solemn.
Many people subconsciously frown, constantly thinking and reflecting on what they should do to improve their archery skills.
When resting in the tent, they also try to do bow movements, even if they don't have a bow in their hands.
After training, the team members knead each other's arms.
Many people can't lift their arms. Swelling in the arm is common to everyone.
Fortunately, there is an elixir provided by Zidhi.
These potions were temporarily configured, originally suitable for the extraordinary, but now they are diluted and used on the bodies of these ordinary team members, and they still have a strong restorative effect.
These drugs are used externally and internally, and after a night's rest, the arm can basically recover.
At dinner, everyone was greeted by clear soup and little water.
The scattered wild vegetables seem to be a garnish.
The team members' expressions changed, but they didn't say anything.
Everyone can understand the seriousness of the situation.
"Cangxiu, come out." The sound of the needle came from afar.
"Why is this all there is for dinner?" The wire seemed to be questioning Cangsu.
"My lord, there is not enough food. We can only do this!" Cangxu replied.
Jin retorted: "But I remember, there are still some reserves. It won't be to this extent!"
"My lord, those are the only dry food left, left for you and Zidi-sama."
"Take them all out."
"My lord?"
"Take it all out! If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to train and fight?"
This conversation made everyone's hearts float, and many people showed emotion.
"My lord, please let us attack." That night, some team members took the initiative to find the needle and asked to attack.
But Needle declined the request: "Training. You need more training!"
Day 5
Training, training, or training!
In the evening, the results of the needle inspection were relieved, and I was relieved to find that five arrows out of ten arrows could hit the target.
The moving target is relatively large, much larger than a real flying squirrel. But this kind of achievement has reached the standard of wire.
He has never trained every team member to become a marksman, which is simply impossible in a short period of time. Everyone's aptitude actually determines the upper limit of archery.
But the arrow screen can make up for the lack of accuracy.
This kind of archery can form a qualified arrow curtain.
In the afternoon, Cangxu also came to persuade Jin: "You can attack, my lord."
"Wait a little longer." The needle is firm and beyond the law.
This kind of determination made him feel a little surprised.
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