Liu Heng handed the firecrackers to Chen Daqing who was standing next to him. He turned to look at Chen Xunping and said, "Second brother, pick a team from your team and form a firecrackers team. Give them these five firecrackers for training." .”
Chen Xunping was stunned for a moment, then said: "Isn't it going to keep you there?"
In his understanding, Liu Heng was the head of the camp and commanded the first brigade. Weapons that could enhance the strength of the firecrackers should be kept close to the first brigade, and the remaining ones would be transferred to his third brigade later.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "No need, the first brigade has archers, the second brigade mainly guards the camp, and only the third brigade needs to increase its strength the most."
"Okay, I will arrange for people to conduct firecracker training in the afternoon." Chen Xunping did not give in anymore.
From Liu Heng's arrangement, he understood that in the future, fire cannons would be given priority to his third brigade, and he was very happy with this. Fire cannons may not be able to match the archers in terms of hits, but when it comes to dealing with enemies in armor, fire cannons are better than archers. Bows and arrows do more damage.
Liu Heng turned his head and said to Yang Yuan: "Urge Blacksmith Zhao over there and ask him to make fire blunderbuss as soon as possible. The quantity can be increased. Go and get the money from Brother Shu Heng."
"You can just ask me for any amount of money you need. As long as it is used to buy fire guns, I will definitely support it." Seeing the power of Liu Heng's fire gun just now, Li Shuheng no longer resisted the purchase of fire guns and became supportive. stand up.
"Okay." Yang Yuan nodded towards Li Shuheng, and then said: "Blacksmith Zhao said that the iron used to make fire blunderbuss is Jin iron. The material is not as good as Fujian iron. It is best not to fire more than fifteen times in a row. The blunderbuss tube is too It is easily deformed by heat, but if it is made of Fujian iron, it can be played seventeen or eighteen times."
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Jin Iron is enough. There are many private iron yards in Lingqiu. There is no need to spend a lot of money to buy Fujian Iron in the south."
After playing it fifteen times in a row, he was very satisfied. If he switched to Fujian Iron, he would only play it two or three times more, but the price would be at least one-third higher.
The price of Fujian Railway itself is much higher than that of Shanxi Railway, and the price of transportation from the south to the north will only be more expensive.
Liu Heng turned to look at Zhao Yutu and said: "With the gunpowder, gunpowder will be a necessary item for us in the future, so this aspect will be left to you, Master Zhao. I hope that the gunpowder we use in the future will be refined by ourselves."
Before Zhao Yutu could speak, Liu Heng continued: "I will ask Yang Yuan to get saltpeter and sulfur from Lingqiu Iron Field. There is no shortage of these two ores there. You have to find a way to solve the charcoal yourself. The quality ratio of the three can be It is fifteen to two to three. Finally, the gunpowder is made into granules and wrapped in a paper bag according to the amount of one-time dosage instructed by Blacksmith Zhao. This way, the power will not be reduced due to less gunpowder or too much gunpowder will explode. Hurt yourself.”
After speaking, he looked at Zhao Yutu.
He has said everything that needs to be said, and the matter is not difficult. Lingqiu Iron Field can refine gunpowder by itself. If Zhao Yutu cannot do this well, it can only be said that he is deliberately avoiding it.
Zhao Yutu did not hesitate and responded directly: "I have no problem, but I don't know much about the method of refining gunpowder. It may be slower to figure it out by myself."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Refining gunpowder in the iron yard is not a secret. I will ask Yang Yuan to give you a copy of the process of refining gunpowder in the iron yard. You should try it a few more times and the problem should be solved. Not big."
"Then I have no problem." Zhao Yutu said.
Gunpowder is not explosive and is not that dangerous. Unless the amount of gunpowder in one explosion is too large, there will not be much danger. This is why Liu Heng dared to hand this matter over to Zhao Yutu.
With the five firecrackers brought back by Yang Yuan, there was an additional firecracker training team on the school field.
It is not easy to train a fire gun team. These people have never been exposed to fire guns and have no idea how to use them. Moreover, Lumi gun is not a type of matchlock gun, and the steps to use it are many and complicated.
Each member of the Fire Gun Team is equipped with several cans, including gunpowder, lead bullets, and fire starters.
The training is also carried out step by step, from loading gunpowder and lead bullets, to tamping with a stick, opening the faucet to light the match, and repeating the training over and over again, instead of starting to shoot firecrackers as soon as you get up.
The seven-pound fire gun is held in hand and trained over and over again every day. The hard work of the fire gun hand is not weaker than that of the spear hand, and it is even harder.
After three days of training, the firecrackers team was allowed to fire one firecracker.
It was the first time I had the opportunity to shoot a firecracker with my own hands. The firecrackers were all excited and excited. As a firecracker, if I had never fired a firecracker, I would be embarrassed to say that I was a famous firecracker.
But the process of shooting the firecrackers was not smooth. Some firecrackers were so scared that they collapsed to the ground when they heard the sound of the firecrackers because they were too close. There were also firecrackers who were afraid and did not dare to stare while firing the firecrackers. Front……
All kinds of unqualified things made Chen Xunping angry. His subordinates were embarrassed, and he, the captain, was also embarrassed. That night, the fire gunner's dinner was canceled and he was hungry all night.
In view of the performance of the Fire Guns team, Chen Xunping handed over the training of the spearmen to his deputy, and he watched the training of the Fire Gunsmen every day.
Three days passed, and the firecrackers were fired again. The firecrackers team finally made progress. Everyone was able to fire the firecrackers normally, but the accuracy was really unsatisfactory.
Regarding this, Chen Xunping had no good solution. He could only train more and conduct more live-fire shootings.
During the training process of the gunman, Yang Yuan came back and brought back some sulfur and saltpeter ores. At the same time, he also obtained the gunpowder production process from the iron yard.
With these two things, Zhao Yutu also started to get busy. In addition to teaching bandits how to read every day, he spent most of his time on how to refine gunpowder.
Of course, he was not left to do the refining of gunpowder alone. Li Shuheng gave him a few steadfast men to help him refining gunpowder.
The entire camp was busy. The news that the camp was going to Lingqiu Hutou Village was only known to five people including Liu Heng. Before leaving Qingtianbei, Liu Heng was not prepared to let the bandits below know.
The fire gunners have made great progress after a period of training, and Yang Yuan also brought back fifteen Lumi guns from Blacksmith Zhao and gave them to the fire gun team.
Twenty fireguns greatly relieve the pressure of the firegun team without firegun training. At the same time, with physical training, the firegun players improve their level faster and become more proficient in using the Lumi gun.
From loading to firing, the gunman can fire once every five minutes, and then it can be played twice every three minutes.
From loading to firing, there are requirements step by step. Mistakes in the order are not allowed. Repeated training allows the gunman to gain inertia. There is no need to go through the brain at all. All actions become subconscious reactions. It takes three minutes to fire two rounds. level.
More than half a month has passed. Yang Yuan came back from Lingqiu for the third time. The fire gun players of the fire gun team finally had a fire gun.
The training of the fire cannon team is no longer a simple matter of loading and firing. Instead, it is arranged in three lines, with one team as a line. Each time, under the command of the team leader, the fire cannons are loaded, aimed and finally fired.
Three-stage shooting is a firepower output method that has long existed in the Ming Dynasty. It can hit the enemy with uninterrupted firepower. The fire gun team also trains according to the three-stage shooting mode.
When the training of the Fire Guns Team ended, in addition to actual combat, every Fire Gunsman became a qualified Fire Guns player, and the squadron where the Fire Guns Team was located was sent to Lingqiu.
