Xishan Wanggong Factory, firearms test firing base.
This is an extremely open space, with cold wind blowing through, and occasionally some gravel falling from the mountain wall.
"Your Majesty, Shi Pu, comes to see the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, Li Shulin, comes to see the Emperor!"
Shi Pu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, handed over all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry early in the morning and went to Wang Gong Factory to supervise the manufacture of firearms.
Li Shulin followed closely behind. Since the development of new firearms, his talents have been greatly utilized. Moreover, the emperor asked for money and people, and the progress was very smooth.
"You all love me!"
Fortunately for Zhu Qizhen, these firearms were all developed according to his own manuscripts. Behind him, Zhang Fu, Chen Ying and others seemed to have discovered a new world. They picked up the flintlock rifles beside them and started playing with them. They couldn't help but marvel. p>
"With such a long barrel, wouldn't it be easier to explode the barrel?"
"Yes, and the wooden handle is too short and unsafe..."
"Where is the lead and why can't it be found?"
Seeing everyone's curious faces, Zhu Qizhen said: "Li Aiqing, come and tell us about it!"
"Yes!"
Li Shulin stepped forward and introduced the characteristics and use of the flintlock gun.
"The flintlock gun uses the impact of flint on the hammer to generate sparks to ignite the powder magazine. Weichen has improved the granular gunpowder and bonded the gunpowder and projectiles together. When loading, you only need to load the ammunition from the front chamber. Be sure to pay attention.
The projectile should be facing outward, and it must not be loaded upside down. Then use a straight bar to push it to the launch chamber and then launch."
Everyone formed a circle and stared closely at Li Shulin's operations.
"Your Majesty, the loading is complete, please test fire!"
Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "Yes!"
Li Shulin held the loaded rifle in his arms, pointed it at a wooden target in front of him, took aim, and decisively pulled the trigger.
Bang!
A crisp explosion was heard, the target shook, and it seemed that it had been hit.
Li Shulin waved, and a servant immediately ran over and carried the target back.
Everyone couldn't wait to come forward to watch.
I saw that the shot hit the bullseye, making a hole two fingers wide in the target!
Everyone clapped their hands and applauded. This thing seemed to be more than one level higher than the fire gun in terms of range, accuracy and power, and the loading process was also much simpler.
"Another advantage of granular gunpowder is that there are very few impurities. In a short period of time, there is almost no need to clean the gun chamber before it can be reloaded."
As he spoke, Li Shulin loaded another ammunition into it and then aimed it at another wooden target.
Bang!
Another officer ran over and carried the second target back.
Everyone came forward to take a look. This time they didn't hit the bullseye, but it was pretty good.
Zhang Fu sighed: "It's so ingenious, so ingenious!"
Chen Mao stepped forward and asked: "Shilang Li, what is this... what is the name of this fire gun?"
"Flintlock!"
"Oh, yes, flintlock gun!"
Chen Mao continued to ask: "What is the maximum range of this flintlock gun?"
"The maximum range is about a hundred steps, and the effective range is about fifty steps!"
"Hundred steps?"
Chen Mao's eyes widened. The maximum range of a traditional fire cannon is fifty steps at most. However, it has no accuracy beyond twenty steps. This thing has doubled the range!
Zhu Qizhen looked at the fuss of these people and thought to himself, where are you now? When the time comes, I will make an AK and then a Laifu, so that you can see the power of technology!
The one who laughed the happiest was Chen Ying, because he knew that this thing must be given priority to the Shenji Camp.
It is conceivable that in future wars, the Shenji Battalion will gradually become the main force!
Everyone started playing with a flintlock rifle. All the generals present couldn't put it down for this deadly weapon on the battlefield.
Zhang Fu couldn't wait, so he loaded it under Li Shulin's guidance, then aimed and fired.
Bang!
Missed...
Zhang Fu refused to accept it and was about to load another round, but he saw several officers pushing two flatbed trucks with what seemed to be cannon barrels.
At this moment, his eyes were immediately attracted, he thrust the flintlock gun into Li Shulin's body, and stepped forward to observe.
"This cannon...why is it half-cut?"
Others were also confused and expressed that they did not understand.
Li Shulin ordered the officer to put away the flintlock gun and ammunition, and then stepped forward and introduced: "This kind of artillery came from the West from the Franco people, so it is called Franco machine gun. The split structure is easy to carry. In addition, a mother cannon is equipped with
Three sub-cannons can effectively increase the rate of fire."
As he spoke, he asked people to unload the gun body from the car and personally directed the assembly.
Zhang Fu watched Li Shulin's every move carefully, almost following him.
"How powerful is the cannon with such a small body?"
"Prince Jing'an, please wait a moment. I will test fire right now... Excuse me, please give way!"
"Oh, oh!"
Zhang Fu reluctantly stepped back half a step, squatted down, and watched Li Shulin fill the ammunition into the sub-cannon, and then load the sub-cannon into the barrel.
"Your Majesty, please test fire!"
Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "Yes!"
Li Shulin did not rush to light the fire. Instead, he faced the people standing next to the cannon and said helplessly: "My lords, can you step back?"
Zhang Fu and others had to take a few steps back, and then took half a step forward.
Li Shulin had no choice but to look at Zhu Qizhen.
Zhu Qizhen understood the idea and said, "Everyone from your family, come with me!"
Seeing that the emperor had spoken, everyone had no choice but to follow him and step back seven or eight feet.
Zhu Qizhen asked loudly: "Li Aiqing, is it okay?"
"Go back to the emperor, that's all!"
After finishing speaking, Li Shulin lit the fire line, then squatted on the ground with his back and covered his ears.
Boom!
Bang!
The first sound was the ignition of the gunpowder in the barrel, and the second sound was the loud noise when the shell exploded.
The shot hit the mountain wall in the distance, and rubble fell to the ground.
From a distance, it seems like half the mountain has collapsed.
Everyone looked at it from a distance, with their mouths wide open and unable to speak.
I thought that this kind of Fran cannon was more compact and lighter, but I didn't expect that its power was comparable to that of the General's cannon.
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Zhang Fu reacted and trotted forward, and everyone followed suit, watching Li Shulin direct the gunner to remove the sub-cannon and replace it with a new sub-cannon loaded with ammunition.
"Prince Jing'an, gentlemen..."
"Okay, okay, got it!"
Zhang Fu led everyone back to a safe distance, and then Li Shulin lit the fire again.
Boom!
Bang!
There were two more loud noises, and gravel flew across the mountain. In the distance, a rough voice was heard shouting: "Li Shulin, there will be no sound during the test today. I have arranged for someone to pick up the stones in advance... Oh, Your Majesty
?"
Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai quickly stepped forward, kowtowed and saluted.
"The Qing family is safe. I came to see the new firearms today, but I didn't notify the Qing family."
Chen Huai grinned and said: "When I heard about the cannon fire here, I hurriedly arranged for people to get the stones. Now the demand for cement around the capital is increasing day by day. As the workshop expands, the output cannot keep up. I wait every day.
The Wang Gong Factory set off a firecracker."
Zhang Fu and others could no longer hold back any longer and stepped forward again to watch around the Franco cannon.
Seeing this, Chen Huai stepped forward and said, "Prince Jing'an, have you never seen him?"
Zhang Fu kept nodding his head and said excitedly: "It's an eye-opener. I really have an eye-opener today!"
Chen Huai whispered in his ear: "Let me tell you a secret, this artillery was made according to the emperor's sketch!"
"Really?"
"Of course, have you ever seen a flintlock gun? That one was also a sketch given by the emperor."
Zhang Fu was very surprised and looked at the emperor in surprise. With you like this, the Ming Dynasty will be worry-free for a hundred years!
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PS: In the previous article, some readers have struggled with the issue of fifty steps and one hundred steps. Let me add a sentence here. In ancient times, one step was about 1.3 meters. In other words, the distance of fifty steps was about 80 meters, and the distance of one hundred steps was about 160 meters. Some people say, who can step 1.3 meters in one step, do you think they are all Yao Ming?
Then he said that an average person's step is about 60-70 centimeters, which is wrong again. That's not called a step, it's called a step.
If you don’t accumulate steps, you won’t reach a thousand miles. That’s the word “step”.
The ancients said that one step is called a step, and two steps is called a step.
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