There was a "bang" gunshot and violent vibrations, which caused Qi Tian's shoulder to feel faint pain.

"Two hundred and sixty-five meters!" Soon, a number was announced from a row of wooden targets in front, "This is probably the maximum range!"

"The longest range is 260 meters, and the effective range is less than 120 meters. Well, this range is farther than the range of most current muskets. It should be able to meet your requirements, right?" Malciolu was beside him.

said.

"Didn't I ask you to imitate a flintlock gun? You worked on it for more than half a year and made me a matchlock gun! ... Moreover, the gun body is too heavy and the recoil is too strong." Qi Tian said with some dissatisfaction.

When Cao Xiong returned to Hanzhou in mid-June, he brought back a large number of gunsmiths and cannonsmiths, which enabled Hanzhou's military production to develop by leaps and bounds. Not only did 18-pound heavy cannons be quickly cast, but also began to

The research and production of 24-pound naval guns and coastal defense guns have played a positive role in maintaining the coastal defense security of Hanzhou.

By then, if the three forts at Jianye City Pier are all equipped with 16-pound and 24-pound heavy guns, any ship that dares to invade will face the risk of being shot through the ship.

As for the imitation of muskets, in the past few months, Malciolu has only produced a finished matchlock gun. Qi Tian mercilessly complained and scorned him. The matchlock gun will eventually be eliminated! Even if you are like this

The matchlock gun can shoot farther than other matchlock guns, but its operation is much more complicated than the flintlock gun.

The matchlock guns of this era were already lighter than the original ones, and no longer needed the support of a stand when shooting.

This kind of matchlock gun uses a ignited and slow-burning matchlock. After the shooter pulls the trigger, the burning matchlock falls and ignites the gunpowder in a small brazier on the gun. The ignited gunpowder is then used to detonate the gun barrel.

of gunpowder and projectiles. This complex shooting process makes the matchlock a weapon with a slow rate of fire and very inaccurate fire rate.

The slow-burning matchlock will cause big problems in humid climates, and the bright light of the matchlock will make the shooter a good shooting target for the opponent at night. To use the matchlock gun, it takes more than forty reloads.

Steps are required to complete a shot, and the rate of fire is about one shot per minute.

Theoretically, the shooting distance of the matchlock gun is about more than two hundred meters, but due to its serious inaccuracy, in actual combat, its effective range will not exceed fifty meters.

On the contrary, the flintlock gun is more effective than the matchlock. It is a method of igniting gunpowder by using the spark produced by hitting the iron plate with flint, instead of the slow burning matchlock. The flintlock gun is lighter, more reliable and easier to operate.

Performance, its ammunition reloading steps can be reduced to more than twenty, and its theoretical rate of fire is twice as fast as the original matchlock gun.

At the same time, the caliber of the barrel can also be reduced. Each pound of lead can produce more than twenty projectiles with a diameter of 16mm. Compared with the original matchlock gun, which can only produce more than a dozen projectiles per pound of lead, it saves a lot economically. It also can hit

The effect is much stronger than that of a matchlock gun.

"General Manager, the armies of many countries currently use matchlock guns. Why do we have to make this kind of flintlock gun with a more complex structure?" Malcioglu said a little aggrievedly.

It is true that matchlocks are still the mainstream weapons used by the armies of various countries. Their manufacturing techniques and processes are very mature, and they are also the muskets that many gunsmiths are best at manufacturing.

However, we in Hanzhou currently have fewer people, so there will be even fewer soldiers. If we all hold the same weapons as other Western colonists, and then fight for consumption on the battlefield, how can we afford it!

Therefore, in Hanzhou, if we use muskets, we only need to be slightly more advanced and have slightly higher performance than others, and that is enough.

If our Hanzhou army uses more advanced flintlock guns, the firing frequency will be twice as fast as yours and the range will be twenty or thirty meters farther than yours, then many fewer people will die than you.

"Yuanshan, go to Black Mountain City and get the "Military Illustrations" from my room!" Qi Tian turned around and ordered Qi Yuanshan.

"Military Illustrations" is one of the many books that Cao Xiong collected and brought back from the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Chongzhen (AD 1635), it was published by Bi Maokang, the right minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

This book is not divided into volumes and has pictures. In front of the book there is a preface by the disciple Zhang Jimeng, a small introduction by his nephew Dengfu, a postscript by his nephew Denghan and a preface by the author. The preface reads: "On July 20th, the eighth year of Chongzhen, the former right minister of the Ministry of War has now become an official.

I would like to respond to you, Bi Maokang." The book says: "The thing that the barbarians feared most from China was firearms."

This book also lists various firearms and poisonous crossbows, with both pictures and text, describing in detail the manufacture of weapons and the power of their use.

When Qi Tian was organizing the books with the young people, he took a casual glance and was immediately shocked. Co-author, at this time, China's firearms manufacturing concepts and manufacturing processes were not at all behind those of the West.

More importantly, the book contains pictures and texts about a type of "self-generated fire gun". "Pull the trigger, press down on the faucet, and the energy storage effect of the spring causes the flint to rub against the fire door to create a fire, completing the shooting of the fire gun...

…”

Damn, this detailed description is simply the detailed manufacturing process of a flintlock gun.

However, in 1781, Emperor Qianlong, known as Shiquan Laoren, issued an order to ban such an advanced book with detailed descriptions of musket making instructions, and prohibited it from being published.

Isn't it quite sad? With the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the ideological limitations of the Manchus caused China's firearms development to stagnate and fall behind the world step by step.

What was originally a test firing of muskets at the military camp outside Heishan City ended up being a gathering of many gunsmiths to discuss the process and production methods of "self-generated muskets". According to the content of the "Illustrated Weaponry" described by Qi Tian, ​​several gunsmiths immediately asked

The Marines who stayed behind asked for a flintlock rifle and began to dismantle and verify it on site.

"Old Ma, the author of this book is a pure literati and an official of the Ming Dynasty. Look, he has written down the manufacturing process of a flintlock gun. He must have made a real object... You

How long do you think it will take you to get me a qualified flintlock gun?" Qi Tian patted Malciolu on the shoulder and said sincerely.

Malcioglu felt very disappointed and ashamed at this time. He thought that the improved matchlock gun he had spent several months developing would be recognized by Qi Tian. Unexpectedly, not only was he disliked, but he also took a copy of

When the book comes out, I will tell you clearly that in the Ming Dynasty, there was already a mature manufacturing technology for flintlock guns, and your thing is lagging behind.

"One month!" Malcioglu said through gritted teeth: "In one month, we will make a qualified flintlock gun!"

Qi Tian looked at the Italian intently, then nodded.

"Master Manager, in addition to muskets, we also made a hand-thrown bomb!" Malciolu Qitian was about to leave and said hurriedly: "The lethality is still quite high! Do you want to take a look?"

Hand-thrown bomb? What is it? You must have made a hand grenade!

When two craftsmen recruited from the Oyster Mirror each held a dark round iron jar and presented it to Qi Tian. The tin jar had a small opening, which was tightly plugged with rags of cotton, leaving a small hole on the outside.

A long wire.

At Qi Tian's signal, one of the craftsmen took a few steps forward, lit the wire on the round tin can with a match rope, paused for a few seconds, and then threw it out.

After waiting for almost a minute, the tin can that was thrown out did not move.

The people watching looked at the tin can in the distance, then at Malciolu and several craftsmen. What is going on?

"The fuse may not have detonated the explosive inside..." a craftsman said awkwardly.

"Try another one." Malcioglu looked at the expressionless Qi Tian, ​​feeling a little nervous.

Another craftsman lit the fuse of the tin can, held it in his hand a little longer this time, and then threw it out.

"Boom!" There was an explosion, and the tin can exploded on the grass in the distance, and the flying fragments of iron spread out over a range of three to four meters.

Isn’t this just a soil bomb from the Anti-Japanese War period?

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, Ming army soldiers defending the Great Wall were recorded as having used weapons such as throwing bombs. The earliest recorded grenade throwers in the West appeared in Austria and Spain, and King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century

Later military reforms listed grenadiers as an official type of soldier.

A hand-thrown bomb is a hollow metal sphere filled with gunpowder and equipped with a match cord for detonation. It is carried and thrown by grenadiers. In all European countries, this weapon is used in infantry close combat.

and in siege warfare.

After 1660, grenadiers, as a new infantry unit, began to appear in all armies. After 1670, most infantry regiments formed a grenadier company, while in France, each battalion

A grenadier company was formed, or regrouped into an independent grenadier battalion depending on the situation.

When the grenadiers are arranged in a dense formation against the enemy, it is very easy to cause a large number of casualties to the opponent's personnel and destroy the linear array of the musketeers, creating favorable conditions for one's own infantry to attack.

"This hand-thrown bomb is very well done!" Qi Tian showed a satisfied smile, "However, it needs further improvement. First of all, it must be ensured that it can explode after being thrown, and that there must be enough fragments. Secondly, it must be

How to make sure it has been transported and stored

To ensure safety during the process. Finally, this thing can be made smaller. With such a big tin can, a strong person can only throw it more than 20 meters at most... On the battlefield, just throw it

One, before you heard the sound, people rushed to you!"

Malciolu felt a little relieved. He was not satisfied with the musket manufacturing. At least, this hand-thrown bomb was still acceptable to the general manager.

In the past six months, Hanzhou has been continuously recruiting various craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty and Batavia. With their arrival one after another, Malciolu and a group of craftsmen brought from Luzon have felt even more pressure. Whether it is their craftsmanship or their knowledge,

, they are not as good as those Ming and Portuguese craftsmen from Foshan, Guangzhou, Haoying and other places. The only advantage is that they came the earliest.

The strong sense of crisis makes them, the earliest craftsmen who "conglong", must constantly improve and create new objects. At the same time, they must constantly learn mature experiences and methods from new craftsmen to ensure that they will not be eliminated.

They were eliminated.
Chapter completed!