Everyone at the Engineering Command Post was stunned by the Air Hammer's efficiency. A single person working with one Air Hammer was genuinely faster than ten people working by hand. If they equipped themselves with more of these things, their progress digging the bridge-pier prefabricated wells could catch up with the speed of dam construction, greatly improving the overall schedule.
"Master Jiao, hurry, hurry, hurry! Let me try too. Teach me how to use it." Elder of Construction Zhu Ping immediately grew interested as he watched the iron contraption that went thud-thud-thud.
"All right, sir, but make sure you hold it steady. This thing packs quite a punch. Here, grab this handle and aim it at the work area. Then squeeze this trigger—but only lightly. Squeeze it once, then release. Don't keep holding it down." Jiao Ce immediately stepped aside and let Zhu Ping take over.
Following Jiao Ce's instructions, the old man gripped the Air Hammer's handle. He squeezed the trigger once and released it at once, and the Air Hammer in front of him immediately hopped several times with a thud-thud-thud, striking several small pits into the rock beneath his feet.
Seeing this, Jiao Ce corrected him again.
"Ah, yes, just like that. Do it one strike at a time. But you still have to press down on it, keeping it against the ground so it doesn't jump up. That's the only way to break through the rock."
Elder of Construction Zhu followed his instructions again. This time, he held the Air Hammer down before squeezing the trigger, and a tremendous recoil instantly surged through both his arms, leaving them numb. But after several thud-thud-thuds, a large section of the reef beneath his feet was indeed smashed apart, and Elder of Construction Zhu immediately gained confidence.
"This thing