Iron Dynasty

? Along with the messy gunshots, the target in the middle of the shooting range has more bullet holes after another.

　　 "Six shots!"

　　 "Four shots!"

　　 After checking the number of bullet holes, the craftsman told Song Changping the result.

　　 "Not bad, two more shots than flintlock." Chen Qi pinched his waist and looked at the results of the shooting. Today, he and Song Changping are testing new weapons.

　　 Song Changping nodded in satisfaction. In order to be able to compare the difference between the flash cap firing rifle and the flintlock firing rifle, he deliberately transferred two elite soldiers from the Qingzhou Army.

　　 After inspection, the flash cap firing guns manufactured in this batch have a faster firing rate, and after the water spray experiment, they can guarantee the firing rate better than the flintlock guns.

　　 "These two launches are enough to change a war."

　　 Song Changping sighed slightly. He had been busy for more than two months for the flash hat firing gun. Now the first batch of 6,000 flash hat firing rifled guns has been produced, which can be officially equipped with the army.

　　 The reason why the flash hider can be produced so quickly is because of the steam engine.

　　 With the proficient use of steam locomotive lathes and two new production lines, it is now very simple to manufacture barrels and rifling.

The production of 　　 muskets is separated from the previous cumbersome process and goes directly to the assembly and production of accessories, which greatly improves the production speed of muskets.

　　 This is also the reason why the flash hider can produce so many batches soon after the development, and if it is not for the lack of materials, they can produce more.

　　 However, in view of this, now the Ministry of Military Aircraft has ordered that the firearms equipped by the army of the Great Yu State will be returned to the military workshop in batches for modification in order to reduce the production cost of firearms.

　　 These firearms, in addition to the flintlocks without rifling, also include matchlock guns seized from each battle. Of course, unqualified barrels need to be returned to the steel mill for smelting.

　　 Chen Qi rubbed his eyebrows, "It's just that I don't think these two times will be of much use. On the contrary, constantly innovating weapons will add a lot of burden to the court's treasury."

"Two shots are enough to change a war. We can't stop innovating weapons because of waste. We are lazy, but the enemy's firearms are constantly improving." Song Changping said: "Now Dayu is only fighting with Gaoli and Jinzhang. It’s just fighting the Khanate. If you fight with the Dutch, you won’t have much advantage with the same number of people, but it’s different with new weapons.” Song Changping retorted.

　　 Chen Qi said: "The main reliance on the battlefield is artillery. This short-term battle mainly relies on the long range of the artillery to disrupt the enemy's formation. The musket array is just a shot in the air. Is this true?"

　　 Song Changping's face flushed. Chen Qi's words made him unable to refute. He was right. During this period of time, the army of Great Chongqing relied mainly on artillery, and the Musketeers did not play their full role.

But remembering the recent Battle of the Ancient Sea City, he said: "But in this battle of the Ancient Sea City, Ye Qingyun used a rifled gun to suppress the barbarian artillery. This shows that the range of the rifled gun can threaten the artillery. If your artillery is not increased The firing range will be eliminated by muskets in the future."

　　 After a pause, Song Changping continued: "Moreover, the gunpowder now has more powerful gunpowder. Now the range of the rifled gun can reach 900 meters."

　　 Chen Qi’s mouth is "O"-shaped, "Song Changping, you are bragging, how can the range of this musket reach 900 meters."

With a soft smile, Song Changping said: "We used smokeless gunpowder yesterday to test the rifled firing gun with a flash hider. The effect is amazing. The range is 900 meters and the accuracy can be guaranteed within 500 meters. At that time, I asked you to find you. , But you didn't come."

　　 Chen Qi suddenly remembered that Song Changping did visit him yesterday. At that time, he was discussing the rifled gun with the craftsman, and he did not have time to pay attention.

　　 "Are you planning to let the artillery out of the battlefield?" Chen Qi smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, rifled guns have made progress now."

　　 Song Changping was playing with a paper shell bullet. The bullet was filled with smokeless powder and cone-shaped projectiles. Relying on the rifled gun, the power of the musket was greatly increased.

　　 Chen Qi mentioned the rifled gun, he suddenly became interested and said, "hasn't your rifled gun been without progress?"

　　 "It didn't exist before, but the emperor personally sent me a set of drawings, and this matter is no longer difficult."

　　 "Why?"

Chen Qi shook his head. "In the past, the rifled gun was always loaded from the front by the craftsman. The rifled gun would soon be smoothed by the shells. I didn’t understand until I read the drawings given by the emperor that the rifled gun should be loaded from behind the buttocks, so I Now I'm studying the rear-mounted artillery."

　　 Song Changping couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "This man uses his mouth when he eats, but he uses his butt..."

　　 Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped laughing with a strange expression. He knew very well that artillery and muskets were actually the same. Now the emperor gave Chen Qi this drawing for the same purpose. Is this also telling him that artillery and muskets work?

　　 Thinking of this, Song Changping no longer chatted with Chen Qi, but went straight to the line with a new type of firearm.

After 　　 reported, he saw Xiao Ming.

　　 "Is this the flash hat rifled firing gun?" Xiao Ming took the musket in Song Changping's hand with interest.

　　 In fact, after Song Changping's experiment, he got the data of this kind of gun~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The range is 900 meters, and the accuracy is guaranteed within 500 meters.

　　 And this data finally reached the contemporary Migne rifle standard, it is not easy to get to this point, for him, the gun has also opened a new chapter.

　　 "Yes, the emperor." Song Changping showed off. This new musket has completely surpassed the previous rifled flintlock in terms of range and rate of fire, and it will not worry about misfire due to rain.

　　 Nodded excitedly, Xiao Ming laughed, and he was not surprised that Song Changping took out this gun, because now Qingzhou's industrial standards can produce this type of gun.

This small change on the rifled flintlock is very simple.

　　 "Now Dayu's foreign enemies look around, this gun came out in time." Xiao Ming played with this gun, he pondered for a moment and said, "How about this type of gun called the Zhenglu gun?"

　　 "Conquering the musket?" Song Changping said: "Does the emperor mean to use this musket against the barbarians?"

"Yes, the Golden Horde has always been a major disaster in the north. Until now, Great Yu can only adopt a defensive position. Now with this long-range musket, it will be easier to deal with the barbarian cavalry. The workshop focused on refitting and manufacturing this kind of musket. When the great Yu country regained its national power, I will swipe the Northern Expedition!" Xiao Ming clenched his fists.

　　Only in addition to the border troubles in the north, he can participate in the Great Sailing Era with peace of mind, otherwise the barbarians will always contain most of his forces, which makes him uncomfortable.

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