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They drilled three-man crews,
士兵们三人一组
so that you would have one man bracing it with his feet.
一个用脚固定着弓
He would then pass it to a man standing who would load it,
然后旁边的士兵上箭
who would pass it to a forward man who would shoot it,
接着交给在他前方的士兵射击
by which time the man on the ground
这时第一个士兵又得到时间
had got round to the front,
做下一轮的准备
and so the army could advance with this constant fusillade,
这样 整个军队可以万箭齐发
this constant barrage of crossbow arrows.
稳步挺进
It really was the most aggressive mechanism
对于发展军队而言
for advancing an army.
这是很具有攻击性的武器
A new innovation: standardized, interchangeable parts.
它的创新点在于标准统一 可交换零件
The crossbow is the first modular weapon system
十字弓是历史上首个
basically in history.
组合式的武器系统
So now you have a weapon system
如果一个武器系统
where I can have extra spare parts,
有很多零部件
extra strings, extra steel, extra wood.
诸如额外的绳子 钢铁或木头
You can build it quickly,
你就能够很快地造好该武器
you can replace its parts very easily,
轻松替换其零部件
you can fix it quickly.
也能快速将其组装好
It will be 2000 years...
大约两千年以后
before standardized mass-produced parts
标准化大规模生产
become common in other weapons.
在其它武器装备生产中得以普及
