In the dead of night, Edward was sitting at his desk, his black hair tied behind his head, wearing a pair of magnifying monocles on his right eye, and he was concentrating on drawing drawings.
In order to ensure sufficient light, he lit three kerosene lamps on the table, held down a corner of the drawing, held a ruler and a charcoal pencil, and traced pictures on the yellowed drawing. He stopped to think from time to time. The bed next to him was flat and clean. No sign of lying down.
Dongdong!
There was a knock on the door, interrupting Edward's thoughts. He frowned, took off his monocle, stood up and opened the door.
"What's up?"
Before opening the door, Edward saw two figures emitting red light behind the door. It recognized each other at a glance - Ma Wei and Lai Wen.
"Is it convenient now?"
Ma Wei looked at the drawings scattered in the room and the completely disassembled parts of the Delese bolt-action rifle and asked: "Let's practice your idea."
"....come in."
Edward stepped aside and let Ma Wei and Ma Wei enter the room. Then he closed the door and started rummaging through the pile of drawings.
"When did you draw the drawing?"
Lai Wen looked at the piles of drawings that filled the room with almost no place to stay and was surprised: "Don't we work together during the day? Can you still find time?"
"I don't need to sleep." Edward said calmly: "I am a vampire. Which vampire do you think needs sleep? Our day is much longer than that of humans."
"I have never seen a vampire before you..."
Although he said this, his voice was full of envy. How nice it is to not have to sleep. You can do whatever you want. How much can you do while others are sleeping?
The light life is much longer than others!
"Do you think this is a good thing?" Edward found the drawings he needed and turned to look at the message: "This is a punishment for the vampires. Although we have strong power, our spirits can never rest. Day after day, Year after year we have nothing but companions, and that’s a curse.”
"But I heard that you vampires can sleep!"
"Strictly speaking..." Edward laid the drawings on the table and corrected him: "That's not called deep sleep, it can only be considered as resting with your eyes closed. We can't sleep. Our souls are always active."
"Let's look at the drawings."
Mawei interrupted their conversation, lifted the kerosene lamp and pressed it on the paper, using the dim light to observe Edward's hand-drawn drawings.
The drawing is full of small parts. At first glance, it looks like a rifle, but if you look closely, you will find that it is completely different from a Delise bolt-action rifle.
Edward even marked the size and scale of the parts, including the bolt, sleeper, recoil yellow, rifling, etc.
"This is a firearm I envisioned based on the structure of a Delise bolt-action rifle. I call it the Edward 1."
Edward pointed to the muzzle of the gun on the drawing and said: "I added a gas blocking device to the muzzle and connected the barrel to the bolt. When the trigger is pulled, the firing pin triggers the primer and the lead bullet is ejected. When passing the gun head, the air pressure generated will push the piston backward to complete the action of ejecting the shell and loading the gun, achieving the purpose of continuous shooting."
Ma Wei's eyes suddenly lit up. Although he didn't know the name of this firearm structure, he knew that Edward's research was in the right direction. This was definitely the only way for the development of firearms in the future!
A firearm that can shoot continuously is definitely an invention that spans the ages!
"But there is a more serious problem." Edward picked up an iron barrel and said, "Look at the spiral rifling inside. This is a structure that increases the accuracy and range of projectiles. The specific principle is probably to break through air resistance. , I can also feel the wind pressure when flying, this is not the problem, the key is the material of the warhead..."
"The Delese bolt-action rifle is filled with fixed lead bullets. The texture of lead is relatively soft. When it rubs against the rifling, it will produce residues. This also includes impurities after burning gunpowder..."
"These small particles will not have a big impact on the firearm within a few shots, but if it is shot multiple times and there are too many residual impurities... it may explode the chamber or jam, well, that's the theory. "
"In other words, you can no longer shoot continuously?" Lai Wen, who was originally full of interest, suddenly became a little disappointed: "
If it cannot shoot continuously, this invention will lose a lot of meaning. Disposable firearms cannot be used on the battlefield! "
Ma Wei shook his head: "Continuous shooting is definitely the future of firearms. You must know that many soldiers on the battlefield cannot even fire the second shot because of filling bullets, so Edward's invention is absolutely revolutionary."
"I think so too." Edward said: "The key is the remaining impurities. I have thought about changing the warhead material, but there is really no good way to deal with the impurities produced by the burning of gunpowder, unless we use a kind of gunpowder that does not produce smoke and impurities when burned. .”
"Yes! Guncotton!"
Lai Wen slapped his thigh and shouted: "Our circus uses this kind of thing to start fire! Some performances require an instant burst of fire to stimulate the audience's senses, but the space in the tent is small and the huge amount of smoke will affect the viewing, so Tiffany It reminds me of a smokeless fuel she saw when she was a child, which is collodion!”
Guncotton, also known as nitrocellulose, is a new type of gunpowder that was accidentally discovered 15 years ago, but the problem is...
This kind of gunpowder is unstable, flammable and explosive. Many scientists wanted to use it in firearms, but they all failed in the end.
Ma Wei also knew in his heart that nitrocellulose was not a real smokeless gunpowder, and it lacked a crucial stabilizer, but the specific formula...
He really doesn't know.
He is not a pure military fan and will not deliberately understand the structure of gunpowder.
Thinking about philosophy is time-consuming enough.
In order to make up for his shortcomings in these aspects, Ma Wei will cultivate talents crazily and let them study in the top universities.
"Guncotton..."
Edward silently wrote down this name, which would allow Katerina to get some back, or he could go to the military factory to look for it.
"Anyway, black powder can support several consecutive firings, which is enough to affect the situation on the battlefield." Ma Wei took out the Siren's Tears and handed it to Edward: "You know these parts better than us, so you can make them. This is a new rifle."
Looking at the Siren's Tears in his hand, Edward's eyes flashed, he raised his head with a half-smile, looked into Ma Wei's eyes and said, "You just handed over such an important gem to me? Aren't you afraid?"
"Why are you afraid?" Ma Wei smiled and shook his head: "If you want to kill me or betray us, there are as many opportunities as you can in the past month or so. You didn't do it before, why do you do it now? I don't I'm afraid of you now, Edward, but that won't be the case when you get your memory back."
Chapter 62 Edward One
