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“Hydraulic Forging Press (water powered forging hammer)?” Chen Qi exclaimed in delight. These were terms he had never heard before.

But he was already accustomed to Xiao Ming continuously creating these miraculous machines in the Mechanical Department. For him, it was a source of satisfaction.

Xiao Ming nodded, found a chair to sit on, and offered Chen Qi a seat as well. He then began to explain the knowledge of plate armor and water-powered forging hammers to Chen Qi.

Plate armor, which was phased out by firearms in the 16th century, has always been a subject of controversy in history. The debate over the strongest armor has never ceased.

However, Xiao Ming believed that war only eliminates outdated armor.

During the long medieval period in the West, after countless wars, Western knights ultimately chose plate armor. This could only mean that the cost-effectiveness of plate armor far surpassed that of other types of armor.

Moreover, after the medieval period, the advent of Hydraulic Forging Press made the mass production of plate armor possible.

The concept of forging has existed since the emergence of steel. The saying “a hundred temperings make fine steel” refers to the process of forging. The more times steel is forged, the better its quality becomes.

Hence, terms like “hundred-tempered steel” emerged, all of which require forging. Simply put, it involves repeatedly hammering iron to improve its quality.

However, this manual hammering method made the production of armor and weapons very slow. Thus, the West first introduced hydraulic forging press, which some scholars believe marked the beginning of Western military technology surpassing that of the East.

Now, Xiao Ming was preparing to replicate the hydraulic forging press.