Even he himself didn’t know what the name of the columnar object painted by Gao Pangshi was, but the function of this thing was to adjust the height of the muzzle. The origin of the object was when he watched two military fanatics exchanging words on a forum. Inspired by tearing it apart.
The object he drew, which he tentatively named a gun butt, was not actually a complete column, but a cylindrical iron column split from the middle, similar to the telescopic antenna of later radios. There was a wheel mechanism in the middle part that could Adjust the degree of telescopicity and divide it into several scales to adjust different muzzle heights.
"Captain Qi, I am not a member of the military, and I am not very clear about the range of various types of artillery in our army. But in any case, the height of the muzzle must have an impact on the range and shooting angle of the artillery." Gao pragmatically sighed. He sighed: "I may be busy in the next period of time and will not be able to conduct this type of experiment. I can only provide you with such a drawing. As for manufacturing and testing, I can only ask Governor Qi to conduct it himself."
How extraordinary Qi Jiguang's military acumen is. He can't say anything about the specific value of this "gun butt" now, but as Gao Shidu said, it must have a great impact on the range and other aspects!
As for Gao Pragmatic's statement that he has no time to manufacture and experiment, he is completely understandable. After all, he is now the prince's companion, and he is still in school. No matter how amazing his talent is, he cannot spend too much energy. He is wasting his money on these weapons - this thing cannot get him a spot on the gold medal list.
"This is something Qi is responsible for. How dare you ask Gao Shidu to ask for it? Gao Shidu must not say this. Qi is really ashamed." Qi Jiguang said sincerely.
Seeing that the weather had turned a bit cloudy and worried that it would rain later, Gao Pragmatic stopped talking and changed the topic to the next category.
"Fireguns - oh, I mean hand-held shooting firearms including various handguns - I wonder what the equipment level of our army is now?" He originally planned to use a "musket" instead, but suddenly remembered that the Ming Dynasty was more accustomed to it. Yu's name is "gun", so I added it temporarily.
Of course, Qi Jiguang couldn't be troubled in this regard. He said with all his treasures: "I have many types of Minghuo guns..."
However, Gao pragmatically interrupted him directly this time: "Stop talking about those various things, Governor Qi, I am not slandering the talents of firearms craftsmen of all ages. Although many of these things are quite creative, they are all There are two problems."
Qi Jiguang was slightly stunned and asked: "What two questions?"
Gao pragmatically said with a worried look on his face: "The variety itself is a very important issue." He paused for a moment and said: "I remember that when you were training the sergeants in the army to practice martial arts, Commander Qi emphasized many times that it is necessary to fight on the battlefield. There is no need for tricks, it must be practical, and it is best to defeat the enemy with one move, right?"
This was indeed a basic idea of Qi Jiguang's training of the Qi family army, so he nodded without hesitation: "Of course."
"The same goes for muskets. Two or three models at most are enough. But right now, the ones I know about include Saigon guns, Lianzi guns, swarm guns, double guns, double-barrel guns, three-barrel guns, four-barrel guns... all the time. When it comes to ten guns, there are three-eyed guns, thirty-six-gun guns, etc., which may look impressive, but how many of them are actually effective in actual combat?"
Qi Jiguang smiled bitterly and said: "Our Southern Army prefers bird guns or Saigon guns improved based on bird guns, while the Northern Army prefers three-eyed guns. Apart from that, there are only a handful of them that are still in use. The rest... are in the warehouse. There are quite a few, but few people are willing to use them at ordinary times. Sometimes they are not well-equipped for temporary battles, but they will be used to decorate the appearance."
Gao Pragmatic shook his head: "These various firearms have different charges, and the number reaches dozens. How can a soldier remember it so clearly? Once there is a lack of weapons in battle, he will go into battle with just one, and the results will be continuous. How can we fight this battle if we can’t even remember the amount of ammunition? That’s it. Their projectiles are not the same size. Do we need to divide dozens of types of ammunition and guns into matching for temporary combat? How can we fight if the bullets don’t match? This is simply ridiculous. A disaster-like logistics system. Why can’t all these groceries be evacuated and only use those two or three types - such as the Saigon gun, the three-eyed gun and the swarm of bees that Governor Qi just mentioned?"
The Saigon blunderbuss is a localized bird blunderbuss that was imitated and improved by the Ming Dynasty after introducing Western guns. From a technical point of view, it can be regarded as world-class. As for the manufacturing quality of batch equipment in the army, it is hard to say.
The three-eyed gun is relatively famous. Many Mingchuan novels have talked about it in detail, so I won’t mention it. Anyway, it is a medium-range musket (according to the average level of the era). After shooting, it can also be used as a cold weapon. It is quite popular among rough and heroic people. The northern military lord loved it.
As for the Swarm of Bees, it is a close-combat firearm. It is even a bit embarrassing to call it a gun. It can fire hundreds of bullets at a time, has a large dispersion area, and has many chances of hitting. It is also light and flexible. Soldiers can hang it on their waists with a belt. From the perspective of future generations, it looks like a short and thick disposable shotgun.
In fact, judging from the preference of the Northern and Southern armies for hand-held firearms, the Northern Army appears to be more unrestrained, and its fighting method prefers to fire a wave of firearms at medium and long range, and then directly hit people with firearms when approaching close combat; the Southern Army is more sophisticated. Firearms specializes in firearms, and cold weapons specializes in cold weapons. As for that swarm, it might as well be regarded as a pistol of later generations, which can only be used for short-range combat. Of course, since the accuracy and power of firearms in this era are very limited, they are made into shotguns - I can't penetrate your body, so I will If you fire a large piece and hit your eyes, throat or other vital parts, wouldn't you make a profit?
From a long-term perspective, the Southern Army's combat method is more reasonable. Is there any specialization in the art?
However, since the development of hot weapons requires a process, and if there is no human intervention such as time travellers, it may take one or two hundred years to completely eliminate cold weapons. Therefore, the Northern Army's combat method cannot be said to be unreasonable.
However, products like the three-eyed blunderbuss are definitely out of date in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, and sooner or later he will come up with a rifle with a bayonet to replace it. But before that, the thermal weapon combat capability of the gun itself needs to be improved, otherwise it may reduce the firepower density or the instantaneous amount of projectiles released.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic felt that with Qi Jiguang's military talent, he should not be able to see this shortcoming, so he asked this question.
It was not that Qi Jiguang couldn't see the problem, but he had a wry smile on his face: "To be honest with Gao Shidu, I am not the only one who knows this problem. I, Qi, can't see it, but who among the top commanders in the world can't see it? It's just... I can't tell. "
