Combining gun weight and performance, Yaoji prefers the short-barreled large-caliber version of the rifle. Its weight is moderate, and the warhead can cause greater damage to the enemy.
Another advantage of using a large-caliber barrel is that it is easier for soldiers to use a purge bar to tamp the projectiles and clean the barrel. After all, there is a lot of difference between 16 mm and 9.6 mm.
If a small-caliber version is used, the diameter of the bullet is reduced while still ensuring sufficient damage to the enemy. A feasible way is to use pointed bullets like Miné bullets.
This can take into account both hit accuracy and armor-piercing capability. The current obstacle is that a complete set of molds for manufacturing pointed bullets must be developed from scratch. Since the barrel is new, the matching caliber bullets and molds must also be new.
Another problem is that Miné bullets are larger than spherical bullets. If you want to achieve the same flight speed, you must increase the amount of powder charged. This is another major test for the barrel and is very likely to significantly reduce the use of bullets. life.
Even if the same charge is used, the Mini bullet has a devastating "advantage" for the enemy, that is, it hollows out the tip of the warhead and turns it into the famous DUM bullet!
As long as it can penetrate the cloth armor covered by the braids, it will rapidly decelerate when injected into the human body, and then begin to roll and expand, forming a huge trumpet-shaped cavity in the subcutaneous tissue!
Being hit by dummy bullets in the body, the mild ones will be disabled, and the severe ones will die in seconds. For the braided cavalry and infantry who will lose one if they die, this is really "great news"!
Moreover, the damaged area of Dum bullets is much larger than that of spherical bullets, and the chance of infection will be doubled. Even if the injured can run back, the chance of survival of the injured will be greatly reduced.
If lead bullets are used, there may be a poisoning reaction after being shot, making the wounds difficult to heal, and the number of casualties after the battle will be much higher than at that time.
But this is exactly the result that a certain prince hopes to see, which is to inflict maximum damage to the enemy at the minimum cost, and it is best to be beaten until he cries for his father and mother, and is miserable...
It is a good choice between long tube and short tube. Although the long tube has high accuracy, it is heavy, while the short tube has low accuracy, which can reduce the soldier's load and make it easier to load.
Although it is only sixteen centimeters shorter, the barrel feels a lot shorter when loading. This saves a lot of trouble for the short and fat soldiers of the Ming Army. Of course, everyone likes short barrels. New version of gun.
When engaging in hand-to-hand combat, this disadvantage is not obvious. After installing a bayonet, the total length of the gun is close to 165 centimeters, which is enough to ensure the soldier's own safety and have the opportunity to stab the enemy on the opposite side.
"What is the production speed in the factory? How many new guns of good quality can be made in a day?"
The craftsmen were completely unfamiliar with the process of the new gun, so it would take some time for large-scale manufacturing.
"Your Majesty, if the craftsmen who make the bird muskets are called in, we can make five to eight new muskets and new guns every day. If not, we can make at most two every day."
In addition to the task of making new guns, the armor factory also has the usual work of manufacturing mortars and muskets, especially muskets. This is one of its main businesses and cannot be given up easily.
Bureau officer Liu Feng realized that the prince intended to increase the production quantity of new guns, but the factory had limited manpower. If manpower was put on new guns, the production speed of bird guns would be greatly reduced.
At present, Huang Degong's Yongwei Battalion and the troops led by Baoding Governor Yang Wenyue needed to replace a large number of muskets, and the entire inventory was cleared by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.
Coupled with the daily consumption of the Liaoxi troops, the armor factory would have to be busy for a year just to order 50,000 muskets.
Maximum two per day?
Yao Ji suddenly felt like covering his face!
Isn’t this so fucking imbecile?
He restrained himself from having an attack, thought for a while, and then came up with the most appropriate solution: "I think that if we need to continue to make muskets, we must also produce new guns. First of all, Anmin Factory will specialize in manufacturing gunpowder in the future, and the Chariot Factory will Specializing in the manufacture of chariots, the personnel and machinery of subordinates who make weapons are stripped out, and all are merged into the armor factory. Secondly, all other places in the city that manufacture artillery and muskets are merged into the armor factory. I will also merge those in Nanjing and other places into the armor factory. The craftsmen moved to the capital to expand the production scale of the armor factory, striving to produce one hundred new guns and two hundred blunderbuss per day!"
Excluding the fraction of the sixty-five days, even if it operates for 300 days a year, it can produce 90,000 muskets throughout the year. This scale is relatively reliable and should be able to meet the needs of its own military preparations for war.
If it still fails to meet expectations, then all the craftsmen responsible for manufacturing guns and artillery in the Jiangnan area will be recruited to turn the armor factory into a giant arms factory.
No matter what, at least 20,000 new guns needed by the East Palace Guards must be rolled off the production line within a year. They cannot wait until all the soldiers have completed all basic training, and they have to make do with blunderbuss when shooting.
"The production process adopts a streamlined operation model, that is, a dedicated person is dedicated to making one part. The craftsman responsible for smelting only needs to make iron, and the craftsman responsible for forging only needs to make iron. Every part of the new gun and blunderbuss, small Everything from the trigger to the iron ring must be implemented by everyone. Since each person only needs to be responsible for one link, concentration can be greatly improved. If a product whose quality does not meet the specifications is found, the person who made it can be traced in time. In this way This will maximize production efficiency.”
Yaoji dismantled the gun body, barrel, and fusillade mechanism into three major items, and then detailed them. For example, the fusillade mechanism was divided into springs, movements, sears and other components, so that a few craftsmen could only be responsible for one relatively small item. Simple links, so that modular production can be achieved.
After all the parts are assembled, the final assembly is carried out. Due to the large quantity, any inappropriate parts can be replaced immediately and sent back for repair without delaying the assembly of the gun.
"Your Highness is wise and this is a very good policy. I will carry out separate planning according to the order and increase the production of new...guns as soon as possible!"
Liu Feng has never practiced this before, but as an industry insider, he knows the difficulties and obstacles in making weapons. After thinking about it for a moment, he feels that Prince's method is extremely feasible.
As long as the work at hand of craftsmen is simplified, and there is no need to multi-task and waste limited energy and time on multiple parts, then the output will inevitably increase significantly.
After the armor factory absorbs craftsmen from many other factories, it may be possible to build ten new guns every day, but Liu Feng is still a little uncomfortable with the word "new guns."
Whether it was official or official, everyone said "bird gun" or "fire gun", and "gun" specifically refers to tassels and spears, but since the prince has already acquiesced to this, they had no choice but to follow suit.
But suddenly changing a noun that has been used for many years will make everyone feel that it is quite difficult to pronounce. Fortunately, the prince never cares about the mistakes in spoken language. As long as he is talking about an object and there is no misunderstanding, it will be fine.
"How much does each gun cost?"
What Yao Ji is most concerned about is actually this. If the flintlock gun costs twice as much as the matchlock gun after mass production, then he will be heartbroken.
The rate of fire of the flintlock gun exceeds that of the matchlock gun, but only in relative terms. It is a daydream to expect that the flintlock gun can have the rate of fire of a submachine gun.
In the past, soldiers with matchlocks could shoot two bullets per minute. After switching to flintlock guns, they could only shoot three times per minute.
Of course, after all major armies in the world were equipped with flintlock muskets in 1660, the world's first army known for its "shooting" appeared, and that was the army with a country - Prussia!
Six rounds per minute is by no means a boast. If the enemy encounters the Prussian ace troops composed of veterans, they will see the spectacle of seven rounds per minute...
The Prussian army's pursuit of speed of fire was actually a helpless move because it could not guarantee sufficient accuracy. This was mainly due to the fact that the butt of the Potsdam flintlock rifle equipped by the Prussian army at that time was too close to the gun body, making it very difficult for soldiers to aim.
Even during training, the hit rate was a disgraceful less than 50%. People who have used Potsdam rifles feel in one word - extremely awkward!
You will find that it is almost impossible to aim at the target with this rifle, because the arm will be raised to an incredible height to maintain the necessary shooting accuracy, which cannot be guaranteed in actual combat.
Due to the reasonable design of the butt, the French "Charleville" 1777 flintlock smoothbore rifle is relatively comfortable to use and can guarantee a relatively high hit rate. It does not have this "advantage" of the Potsdam rifle for the time being.
The secret for the Prussian army to maintain its rate of fire advantage did not lie in rifles and training. Instead, the Prussian army used iron ramrods.
The Austrian army used wooden ones, and the Prussian army's iron ramrods were cylindrical, allowing soldiers to tamp and pull them out with less effort.
Although this is very inconspicuous, it did indeed increase the firing speed of the Prussian army, which greatly made up for the shortcomings of the Potsdam-style flintlock gun, which was the worst artificially designed in Europe at the time.
Yaoji didn't want the firing rate of the East Palace Guards equipped with flintlock guns to reach the level of "Pudalang". As long as he could maintain the firing rate of three rounds per minute in actual combat, he would be very pleased.
Compared with the matchlock gun, the biggest feature of the flintlock gun is that it does not need to be afraid of rainy days, and can fire bullets normally in bad weather. Soldiers do not need to worry about the matchlock being accidentally fired. When defending against the enemy, there is no need to worry about loading and aiming. Superfluous action.
A certain prince believed that the firing accuracy of a flintlock gun could be increased by 50%, and the bullet damage would be increased by another 50%. When the hit rate is the same as that of a blunderbuss, the damage caused to the braid should be doubled.
Our own soldiers are wearing armor, and braided bows and arrows cannot penetrate them head-on. As long as they are not hit by artillery, they can always stick on the battlefield. Their overall combat effectiveness can also be doubled. Ten thousand people can be used as the previous twenty thousand people. use.
"Your Majesty, each gun costs no less than eight taels of silver!"
With one sentence, Liu Feng brought the wandering prince back to reality. Even if the Ming army was equipped with 100,000 blunderbuss, it would still cost 800,000 taels of silver.
If we clean up the borers in the relevant links, integrate the arsenal and personnel, and improve production efficiency, we might be able to spend less money, but the cost of each bird gun should not be less than five taels of silver.
“What is the expected cost of a new gun?”
Yaoji basically understood in his heart that changing the clothes of a loser was really a costly job, and it would cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver at a time.
"...I thought...it was more than fifteen taels...!"
Liu Feng stammered and became a little scared. Such a high cost would make the prince feel that he was riding a tiger.
The cost of a new gun is almost equivalent to two blunderbuss. Whether to make one or not, one needs to repeatedly weigh the pros and cons.
The main reason why the cost of new guns remains high is that the craftsmen are not familiar with the process, and all related molds must be made new.
It would be better not to mention the cost of the four guns tested in front of the prince today, so as not to make everyone around him stunned.
"On the premise of ensuring quality, we will find ways to reduce the cost. Mass production should be able to reduce production costs. After I select the model, I will first order 20,000 new guns. Every time the factory produces a qualified new gun, I will reward you two with one denarius each. If ten of the one hundred guns are randomly inspected and one is found to be unqualified, all one hundred guns will have to be reworked!"
In line with the principle of more reward for more work, as long as 20,000 new guns are made, both of these goods can pocket a thousand taels of silver.
Yao Ji is also very reasonable. He will not let his subordinates work without food. He should always dangle carrots in front of them.
"I will obey His Majesty's orders and never dare to violate them!"
Liu Feng knew the prince's rules. As long as he handled things carefully, he would not cause trouble, and he would also get a lot of benefits.
"How's mortar production going these days?"
Although there are no court meetings, Yaoji's work schedule is still full and he has no time to inspect the situation at the armor factory.
"Your Highness, for five consecutive days, the armor factory has been able to produce more than a hundred new artillery pieces every day!"
Zhang Luan, the eunuch of the factory, would not let Liu Feng talk to the prince alone. As long as he seized the opportunity, he would show his merit.
"From now on, we can guarantee that we will make fifty guns every day, and all the remaining craftsmen will be transferred to make new guns! Fifty guns will be made for each new gun first, and then the Yongwei Battalion will be allocated to the Yongwei Battalion for a trial period of thirty days. Afterwards, the relevant experience will be summarized and the final model will be selected. Then we started mass manufacturing!”
Yaoji does not need a bunch of heartless cannons. This thing is not an RPG, so there is no need to have one at all.
If he builds tens of thousands of heartless cannons, he will have no choice but to give them to the Han generals to set off fireworks...
The top priority now is new guns, even if they are only small batch trial production, we must ensure the necessary speed.
For these two hundred new guns, Yaoji planned to have the armor factory make them within half a month.
The average number must be at least thirteen per day, otherwise large-scale production will have to wait for more than two months.
Low technological level is tolerable, but low production speed due to human factors is unforgivable.
A certain prince has already given all the methods he thought of to these two idiots. If the production still cannot increase, they will have to take the lead.
No matter what method is used, Huang Degong's troops will get all new guns in fifteen days.
If you don't get it, make the other one who is not a eunuch a eunuch.
Let that guy who has become an eunuch never spend money again in this life!
If you can't handle such a small thing, how can you give them bigger errands in the future?
Tens of thousands of Mine bullets will be produced in the future, and they will be the dummy version...
