After finishing the shooting, the musketeer took out a paper-wrapped bullet, bit open the kraft paper with his teeth, poured the gunpowder into the gun chamber, and then poured the lead bullet and the kraft paper wrapped into the gun chamber. The kraft paper can act as a seal.
This can bring as much kinetic energy to the lead bullet as possible.
Yang Fan's first-generation flintlock gun was a hammer-type flintlock gun. Yang Fan looked down on the spring-loaded flintlock gun with a low firing rate. He skipped the stage of the spring-loaded flintlock gun.
In the original history, on the battlefields of Europe, in the 17th century, two small inventions appeared, but they eventually ended the appearance of old-style warfare.
Just like stirrups, although simple, have made immeasurable contributions to the development of cavalry, bayonets and cardboard bullets have made a significant contribution to the development of firearms with the emergence of flintlocks. Great changes have been made
The look of war.
Shortly after the spring-wheel flintlock gun became popular, the Spaniards made a major improvement to it, replacing the spring-wheel ignition device with a more reliable hammer (impact) firing device.
After the Frenchman Mahan obtained this device, he made major improvements to the firearm itself, researched and designed a reliable and complete firing mechanism and safety mechanism.
At this point, modern infantry truly had an individual firearm that was more efficient to use, had considerable lethality and range. This weapon was not completely eliminated by the army until the mid-19th century. At that time, it was a metal bullet case.
The world of bullets is over.
Qin Liangyu personally went to Xincheng and visited Yang Fan's arsenal.
Although Yang Fan went to Heilongjiang at that time and was not at home, he instructed Song Yingxing to do the reception work.
In the exhibition room, Qin Liangyu saw the firelock guns, matchlock guns, and flintlock guns that Yang Fan had made from scratch. Although the matchlock guns were not installed, Yang Fan still made some for comparative testing with the flintlock guns.
In order to save money, Qin Liangyu also inquired about the matchlock gun carefully.
Here at Yang Fan, although the matchlock gun is not in production, it can be produced by placing an order.
There is a big price difference between matchlocks and flintlock guns. Due to the need for high firing rates, flintlock guns are made of seamless steel pipes.
At a high rate of fire and high charge, if the barrel is still made of wrought iron, it cannot guarantee the service life of 10,000 rounds proposed by Yang Fan.
Flintlock guns and matchlock guns are two completely different things. The price difference is more than double. But despite this, Yang Fan's matchlock gun is far more powerful than the Japanese iron cannon. It can be said to be far ahead.
At least the barrel is made of wrought iron wrapped around a steel rod, then heated and hammered into shape with a water hammer. All the bubbles and cracks inside are squeezed out. It is a forged barrel.
Qin Liangyu understands the truth that money should be sparing when it is not used, and it should be used when it is not used.
No matter what you buy, the most important factor to consider is the best value for money. Some things are expensive to buy, but they are very comfortable for you to use. As the saying goes, there is no good product when it is cheap.
Qin Liangyu asked Song Yingxing to do a comparison test at the shooting range. She was shocked by the results. The price of the flintlock gun was 2.5 times that of the matchlock gun. But the performance exceeded it by too much.
After several rounds of shooting, she tried it herself and discovered that the gunpowder reloading speed of the hammer-type flintlock gun was actually the same as that of the matchlock gun. The real advantage lies in its short shooting preparation time and few restrictions on use.
The average rate of fire for an arquebus was once every three minutes, and for early models of a flintlock gun, the average rate of fire was once every one minute or one and a half minutes.
But Yang Fan was willing to sell her custom-loaded bullets, and even transfer the technology for producing custom-loaded paper-wrapped bullets to her. She could just pay with the placer gold produced in Chongqing.
After the advent of fixed-load ammunition packed in paper tubes, the average rate of fire of flintlock guns increased to twice per minute.
In European history, the Prussian army in the era of Frederick the Great even set a record of 5 shots per minute. The amount of firepower projected by flintlock guns in the same battle time was much higher than that of matchlocks.
Qin Liangyu watched with his own eyes as a servant chief fired six rounds with silk fixed bullets in one minute. One round in almost ten seconds. He was stunned with shock.
However, despite her envy, she really couldn't afford the use of silk for bullet packaging.
She finally chose the paper-shell bullet technology. Paper-shell bullets are made of hard paper and ignite very slowly. This kind of paper needs to be bought from Yang Fan, and she cannot produce it.
Because gunpowder is afraid of moisture, water, and rain.
That kind of paper is not toilet paper, manuscript paper, or A4 paper, but similar to kraft paper or oil paper, and it is also coated with a layer of grease to prevent moisture and seal.
At that time, the British caused the Indian uprising because their paper-cased bullets were coated with lard and beef fat to prevent moisture. Hindus did not eat beef and Muslims did not eat pork. This resulted in the two largest populations of ethnic groups.
They all thought the British were insulting them.
Because when loading a bullet, you have to bite open the paper bag of bullets with your teeth and pour the gunpowder into the gun chamber.
After Qin Liangyu's hard work, her musketeer achieved a good result of three rounds per minute with paper-packed ammunition.
Therefore, before Yue Tuo had time to react, he was hit with three volleys of fire.
Three thousand rounds of lead bullets killed more than half of the remaining seven to eight hundred cavalrymen. At least more than four hundred people fell off their horses.
Daishan was dumbfounded when he heard the gunshots in front of him that sounded like exploding beans. This was not a three-eyed blunderbuss, nor an ordinary bird blunderbuss, because the sound was wrong. It was too neat and crisp.
However, the army has already followed and rushed forward. At this time, they cannot retreat.
Shuotuo followed up with 7,000 infantrymen, and by this time he was behind the cavalry. The other two infantrymen also attacked the white pole soldiers on both sides from both wings.
Just now, when he saw Yue Tuo's cavalry rushing forward, Dai Shan originally thought it was a good time to pick up peaches. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened. In the blink of an eye, the situation was reversed.
Yue Tuo led more than 3,000 men from the last two Jia La, dismounted, picked up the cavalry lances and sabers, and rushed forward. Less than 200 meters behind, Wuyang Wuyang's red flag infantry also followed.
Qin Liangyu used the monocular telescope given to her by Song Yingxing to take a look. She couldn't help but nod in her heart. Yue Tuo was a rare outstanding young general in the Eight Banners. He certainly lived up to his reputation.
Under the attack of muskets, dismounting is the best choice for them. The target of cavalry is too large, and because the horses are huge, they need more room to maneuver, and there are fewer troops per unit area. The musketeers on the opposite side are densely arrayed.
They suffered greatly.
In this situation, even if you shoot with a bow and arrow, you can't shoot a flintlock gun. The reason is very simple. A horse or a knight has to face at least seven or eight musketeers. They have been beaten into a sieve.
Just when Yue Tuo adjusted his deployment and the second and third waves rushed up together, the situation changed again.
The artillerymen hid behind a wall of sandbags and reloaded the leather cannon.
Only this time, it was not a spherical solid bullet. Because the Eight Banners' army had already arrived outside the barbed wire fence. They had ferocious eyes and held tomahawks and long knives in their hands, trying to persecute the barbed wire fence.
The wire was swinging back and forth without any force, and for a while, they had nowhere to start.
They don't have vise pliers, and it's impossible for Yang Fan to sell them to outsiders.
Each cannon was loaded with shotgun shells. Qin Liangyu was not as wealthy as Yang Fan. The shotshells were wrapped in silk, and the projectiles were made of small steel balls ranging from three to eight millimeters.
Gravel is used in these shotshells.
Even though it is a stone, under the powerful kinetic energy of gunpowder, its lethality is also amazing.
Everyone in the thirty-meter fan in front of each cannon was knocked down. No one was spared.