The reason why it took nearly ten years for the Wanli One-Type Fire Engine to be developed and officially put into service was mainly because there were two major technological innovations compared to the previous Fire Engine. ,
One is the addition of bayonets, which has been mentioned before. The metallurgical requirements for the bayonet can be described as "extremely high" in this era, and it is not something that can be accomplished easily.
In fact, for a long time in the original history, most of the bayonets equipped on the Fire N were not BS-style bayonets, but the famous triangular N-type bayonet.
In an era before firearms were born, the mainstream move in cold weapon combat was stabbing.
According to Qi Jiguang's military training philosophy, the biggest advantage of stabbing is that it is simple and easy to learn, suitable for new soldiers, but difficult to block, making it very practical. Moreover, the "stabbing" action is extremely lethal, and it is difficult to stop the bleeding and suture the wound.
Therefore, on the battlefield, weapons based on stabbings account for the majority. Even in the era of hot weapons, n-arms are also the mainstream equipment for hand-to-hand combat. For a long time, triangular n-arms have been a frequent visitor to infantry, and many opinions have been derived from them. , and was later even promoted to the altar and became the so-called most perfect weapon.
As for whether it is true, we have to start with the use of triangular n in history. The triangular bayonet has been used in the army for a long time. It is the first and most widely used bayonet in history. The holster in the early 1st century The barrel and subsequent collar bayonet are basically three-sided.
At its peak, the bayonet of the Brown Bass Fusiliers of the British Redcoat Army was a three-edged bayonet. This gave many people the illusion that the killing effect of the three-edged bayonet was far greater than that of the BS bayonet.
actually not.
The BS bayonet only appeared in the second half of the 19th century, and it was born to eliminate the three-edged bayonet. During that period, bayonet fighting was still an important way of fighting. The military must have replaced it with a knife with better performance. Backward bayonet.
The reason why the triangular n is so popular is entirely because of its simple manufacturing process and low cost. In that era when the metallurgical industry was underdeveloped, the triangular bayonet was the most cost-effective close-quarters weapon because the triangular bayonet has a triangular cross-section. Prismatic, very strong, not easily deformed when stabbed hard.
This characteristic determines that even if the material is of poor quality, it can still meet the needs of the bayonet. The sword-shaped bayonet itself is a sword and is relatively thin. If it is made well, the cost will not be much worse than that of a sword.
In the Suifa N era, steel was made by folding, forging, carburizing and quenching. Many processes could only be completed by pure manual labor. Calculated in this way, the price would of course be very high. If every soldier was equipped with a BS bayonet, The cost may be higher than equipping the flintlock, so for the best cost performance, all countries uniformly equip their armies with triangular spikes.
In modern times, especially after the emergence of open-hearth and converter steelmaking, the metallurgical technology of major industrial countries has achieved qualitative breakthroughs. However, all countries with strong industrial strength will adopt BS bayonets. Even Japan's new post-industrial army is all uniform. Sword-shaped bayonet.
Only at the end of World War II, the equipment of the Soviet army was relatively backward. For the sake of large quantity and convenience, they still focused on three-edged bayonets. Due to historical reasons, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Red Dynasty also copied the same style, but when they did it themselves, they quickly changed it to a sword type. ,
n, generally in the shape of an edge with a blood groove, can be directly installed on an individual soldier's long-barreled weapon, and can be folded away or removed for use. The focus of n is on stabbing, so the front end is very sharp, and the contact surface of the front end will be very narrow, making it easy to stab. Hence it is called "thorn" rather than "knife".
The bayonet, also known as the bayonet, is called the gun sword by the Japanese. It is also an assassination cold weapon installed on the front end of the long-barreled weapon of an individual soldier. It is used for hand-to-hand combat and can also be used as an auxiliary tool for combat operations. The bayonet consists of two parts: the blade body and the handle.
According to the shape, it is divided into two types: blade-shaped or sword-shaped and prism-shaped, triangular or four-edged. According to the connection method with the step n, it is also divided into separate type that can be removed from the n and put into a sheath for carrying, and hinged on the n side. There are two types of folding styles. The detachable bayonets are mostly in the shape of a blade, and some have serrations engraved on the back. They can be connected to a metal scabbard to form scissors and have multiple functions.
So there is still a slight difference between n and bayonet. n must be bayonet, but bayonet is not necessarily n.
On the ancient battlefield, there was a saying that "three arrows are not as good as one sword, and three swords are not as good as one sword." Of course, if you insist on saying that everyone is a great archer at Zhebie, and everyone is a Qataiji, who can kill with one arrow when bending a bow, or that everyone has a Liu Qi, who can beheaded with a sword when he goes up, then just pretend I didn't say that.
Generally speaking, on the battlefield in the cold weapon era, especially for armored soldiers, the damage caused by arrows and knives was indeed not as great as the damage caused by spear stabs.
And if it is on a modern battlefield, the damage caused by n stabs is actually incomparable with modern firearms n bullets, and it is far from terrible.
In later generations, there was a group of people in the Red Dynasty who had a myth about the Five-Sixth Style Sanlang N. They bragged about it until the United Nations banned it, and they didn't know what was going on. When asked why, they said the wound was difficult to treat, the bloodletting effect was exaggerated, it had an arsenic coating, etc.
The arsenide coating is the funniest thing. You can apply it on your three-sided n, but you can't apply it on other things?
As for the wound being difficult to treat, that's even more ridiculous. Why is it so difficult to suture such a standard and regular wound? Surgeons encounter wounds that are countless times more complex than this.
Just give random examples, such as steel bar punctures on construction sites, wounds on children torn apart by dog teeth, wounds mauled by factory machines, etc. Which one is not more complicated than this? It is completely inexplicable to say that the triangular n is so lethal because of its shape. If such regular wounds are difficult to treat, then all the surgeons can be laid off, and all the military doctors who deal with n wounds and fragmentation wounds in military hospitals can also get out.
As long as the bayonet hits the vital point, no matter what style it is, the effect is the same. If the bayonet does not hit the vital point, the three-edged bayonet is more likely to cause a penetrating wound. As we all know, for people, the injury is greater and more difficult to treat. The three-edged bayonet is obviously inferior to the flat bayonet for cutting blood vessels and bleeding them.
Gao Pragmatic is also a person who has heard the myth of May 6th. Why he would rather spend ten years to develop a BS-style bayonet instead of using a three-pointed bayonet? Naturally, he has carefully argued it, and all parties in later generations have also made their choices. ah.
The shape of the sword was finally determined after thousands of years of human use and cold weapon combat. Compared with the three-sided N-shaped n-shaped head that looks like an armor-piercing cone, the sword-shaped blade of an ordinary bayonet has a wider blade. , so the chances of breaking blood vessels in the body and damaging internal organs are much greater.
Moreover, in terms of bayonet tactics, the sword-shaped blade is also more suitable for actions such as cutting down, picking up, turning the knife after stabbing, etc. It is also more suitable to be used as a short sword when taken alone, which can be used to cut or stab. During that special period, Japan's Kokura Arsenal's San0 bayonet was much more powerful than the Sanri-N. It was the most feared bayonet in the world at that time.
So it doesn’t matter whether it is scary or not. Knives are weapons for killing people, and performance in combat is the most important indicator. For example, the British 1907-style bayonet is 555 mm long. It looks scary when it is bright, and it is really powerful when it stabs people. It's very good, but the British soldiers don't like it because it's too long, it's troublesome to load, unload and carry, and it's not easy to use.
During World War II, the Soviet army had the highest stabbing level, because as early as the Tsarist Russia period, the Russian team had been training this stabbing technique, and this culture was also inherited by the Soviet army.
During World War II, the Mosin-Nagant was the standard equipment of the Soviet Union, and 9 was the symbol of Germany. The length of the Mosin-Nagant was the longest during World War II. In addition, the Soviets were generally tall and powerful, and the Germans and Japan suffered greatly when facing the Soviet Union, especially Germany. Germany was good at lightning tactics, but when it came to positional warfare, especially bayonets, it was really no match for the Soviet Union.
Correspondingly, the Japanese army cannot compare with the tall and powerful Soviets because they are relatively short. However, the Japanese pay attention to flexibility in stabbing, and their tactical requirements are stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness, so they are equipped with three-zero bayonets.
All in all, any weapon cannot talk about performance without practicality, not to mention versatility and cost. The triangular N can only do one thing, and the BS-style bayonet can also do this. At the same time, the BS-style bayonet can also do several other things incidentally. Who should I choose?
The last issue of cost and production cycle is the biggest problem that limits the standard bayonet of Wanli Type 1. However, as mentioned before, after Zhu Zaiyu was recruited by Gao Pragmatic, the two worked together for several years to improve the steelmaking method. With the addition of carburizing and nitriding technology, the production cycle has been significantly reduced, and the production cost has also been reduced. Although it is not as cheap as the Sanlang N, it has reached the range that Gao Pragmatic believes is acceptable. Of course, Zhu Yijun still thinks it is very expensive.
In addition to the seemingly low-tech but actually extremely high-tech bayonet, the biggest technological innovation of the Wanli Yi style is the ignition method.
That's right, this time, Ming Dynasty entered the Suifa era.
Suifa n first appeared in Europe. Calculating the time, it was the 26th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, which was the year that Zhang Juzheng became a Jinshi.
The principle of flintlock is very simple and there is no controversy. I will not go into details. For example, the strength of the three-edged bayonet and the BS-style bayonet above is controversial, so I will say more.
But knowing the principle does not mean that it can be made immediately. After Gao Pragmatic provided the idea, Jinghua Fire Factory spent several years conducting experiments. There were also problems at the beginning, such as the sparks from flint sometimes failing to ignite. Black, whether to equip a flash cap, how to prevent water from entering the fire and causing the ignition device to fail during combat in rainy weather, etc.
Every kind of scientific and technological development is not something that can only be accomplished. In many cases, several technologies must meet the standards at the same time to lead to qualitative changes. Therefore, many of Gao Pragmatic's inventions are slowly piled up over time.
Let’s talk about the Wanli One-Type Fire N. Many performance factors must be taken into account: For example, the length of the N-tube is related to shooting accuracy and distance. At the same time, the amount of charge for hand-to-hand combat after equipping the bayonet must be considered. The strength of the N-tube and the ignition efficiency must be considered. Waterproof and airtight, and even ease of carrying and storage, as well as safety during carrying and storage, etc. need to be considered.
Therefore, it is not surprising that this kind of thing can be developed for several years or even more than ten years at a time. After all, practicality, versatility, ergonomics, production costs, maintenance and repair costs, and the possibility of reuse must all be taken into consideration. .
One or two genius ideas may be able to push human society forward, but no one can be sure when this idea will realize its value. However, a good system can steadily push society forward and take effect immediately.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic is never eager to deceive himself by producing a very expensive trial product at once. What he wants is a product that can be installed in batches.
Especially when it comes to weapons and equipment, it's okay to go slower. Anyway, the speed of weapons evolution before the second industrial revolution was not very fast. He now has a first-mover advantage. As long as this research and development system is maintained, he is not afraid of not being able to do so in the future. Produce results.
The Wanli One Style should be unprecedentedly powerful both in terms of firearm performance and hand-to-hand combat performance. The only weakness is probably the high price, but Gao Pragmatic has tried his best.
Now, the first battle to win the title of Wanli One Style is about to break out. Whether they can "debut at the peak" depends on the performance of Zhang Bingzhong and Zhang Wanbang father and son today.
The father and son of the Zhang family have different personalities. Zhang Bingzhong, the father, is a very honest person. When he saw the smoke and dust billowing in front of him, he had already started to form the formation according to the rules and started mobilizing before the war.
"My sons! You must have all received the silver reward from Jinghua in Datong, five taels each, right?!"
"right!"
"That's right!"
"Exactly right!"
Zhang Bingzhong nodded with satisfaction and continued loudly: "But I will tell you that that is only half of the silver reward! In this battle, as long as you obey the orders and act like the previous drills, then after the war, regardless of victory or defeat, life or death, everyone will win." Everyone still has a reward of five taels of silver to get, and it’s still Jinghua who gives it!”
The whole army was in shock and rejoiced that Jinghua's reward was different from that of the imperial court. The imperial reward was not high at first, but later due to the troublesome process, it was always delayed for several months and even withheld in many cases. Moreover, you must have a head to get the silver reward from the imperial court. Without a head, it will be very difficult.
But Jinghua's reward is different. Jinghua is not only generous, but also does not default on payment. What's more, what they ask for is not the head, but just "whether you obey orders." In other words, as long as you obey orders, Jinghua will definitely get the reward!
In addition, another feature of Jinghua's silver reward is that it will never engulf the reward for those who died in battle, and as long as it is confirmed that the person died in battle, a double reward will be issued to express compensation.
Everyone was very excited when they heard that they still had at least five taels of silver. Some people even thought to themselves: If you are really unlucky and die here in the battle, it will not be a loss. At least you will still have ten taels of silver for settling down.
Zhang Bingzhong, an honest man, is so direct in directly taking money to mobilize the soldiers' enthusiasm for combat.
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