In the huge official hall of the Chicheng Procuratorate, Zhang Cheng listened to Shi Tiegen, the general manager of the Yunzhou Craftsman Battalion, reporting on the assembly status of the new guns and cannons.
Shi Tiegen had just reported the Yunzhou gun type, as well as the preparation status of various artillery, chariots, and carriages. Then he reported the armor, swords, guns, spears, flags, golden drums, military uniforms and other items.
After listening to Shi Tiegen's report, Zhang Cheng thought for a moment and then said: "One type of Yunzhou gun, your craftsman camp will prepare another 118 guns to make up the number needed for a fire army, and then deliver it directly to Chen Zheng The Monolith Camp is enough.
There is another No. 5 cannon that needs to be manufactured quickly. At least 300 guns are needed. The left part of the carriage must be equipped first, and then the right part of the carriage needs to be assembled. This matter must also be closely watched. "
"Here!"
"Well, now let's talk about these new fire cannons. What did your craftsmen camp have to say after the test firing?" Zhang Cheng then asked about the status of the new fire cannons.
Shi Tiegen stood up and walked to the wooden frame in the middle of the official hall. He took down a short blunderbuss and said, "This blunderbuss is one foot and three inches long. Its barrel is one foot long. The mouth of the blunderbuss is slightly larger and shaped like a trumpet.
The advantage is that it uses a self-propelled gun and does not require a match to ignite. No matter wind or rain, it cannot be blocked from firing. Its range can reach nearly 60 steps, and it can break through heavy armor within 30 steps. "
"Can you break through heavy armor in thirty steps?"
Zhang Guangda stood up immediately after hearing the words. He stepped forward and took out a short blunderbuss in his hand, turning it over and over to look at it. Shi Tiegen next to him smiled and said:
"Exactly, we have tried it many times in Yunzhou. Not only can it break through heavy armor in thirty steps, but this gun is easy to shoot and can be used in all weathers. It does not require a match rope to ignite it. It relies on flint to fire the ignition medicine pool."
"This gun looks really good, but the barrel is missing a bit," Zhang Guangda said.
The remaining generals also stepped forward at this time. Chen Zhong also took a short musket and said: "If the soldiers are not collected at night and equipped with this musket, it will be much more convenient. When encountering the enemy, they can take it out and shoot." Shoot to make it difficult for the enemy to defend."
Zhang Cheng also walked out from behind the big case. He came to the crowd and said, "It's not just the night, think about it. If our cavalry had two holsters on each side of the saddle,
When there is a battle, you can ride your horse and run close to the enemy's formation, take the musket at hand and shoot it. After shooting, you can easily insert it back into the holster, and you can directly use another cold weapon to fight the enemy.
This blunderbuss looks like it has two less barrels than the three-eyed blunderbuss, but it is easier to shoot, has a better range than the three-eyed blunderbuss, and is more powerful than the three-eyed blunderbuss. It is a weapon suitable for cavalry. "
Everyone also felt that what Zhang Cheng said made sense, and they all agreed. At this time, Chen Zheng actually took out a long blunderbuss and asked: "Manager Shi, this blunderbuss can be fired without a match rope?"
Shi Tiegen smiled and took a long blunderbuss in his hand and introduced: "Exactly, this blunderbuss is the self-generating fire blunderbuss created by Zhao Shizhen as the commander-in-chief said. Like the short blunderbuss, it has a flint firing mechanism and does not require a match rope." , rain or shine, you can hit and release at any time, it is indeed more time-saving and labor-saving than a blunderbuss."
Zhang Cheng asked, "How powerful is this self-generated fire gun? Is it comparable to the Yunzhou gun?"
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, after testing, the power is no less than that of the Yunzhou Gun. Moreover, since there is no need for a match rope to start a fire, the sergeant does not need to worry about the match rope burning up when on alert. It is not blocked by wind and rain, and it will not be used at night. The position of the match rope is exposed by light. However, it relies on shrapnel to excite flint to ignite the medicine pool, so the strength of the sergeant's index finger is particularly important." Shi Tiegen replied.
After he finished speaking, he took another long blunderbuss and reported to Zhang Cheng: "Commander, this is what you call a lightning blunderbuss. This is a repeating blunderbuss that Zhao Shizhen developed based on the shape of the Folang machine gun.
Its total length is six feet and it weighs five kilograms. It does not require a match rope to trigger and uses a self-propelled gun. However, this gun is equipped with five sub-guns. Each sub-gun is six inches long and weighs about ten taels. It contains two cents and five cents of gunpowder. Two coins for marbles,
The sub-gun has a small round mouth in front, and a flat square tenon in the back. There are eyes in the tenon, which are used to receive nails to prevent forward collision and recoil. It is precisely because of the use of the sub-gun that the rate of fire of this gun is greatly increased. Hence the name "Electric Gun". "
"Does this thing look like a Folang machine?" Cui Shijie held up an electric gun and looked at it in his hand.
Shi Tiegen added: "The advantage of this electric gun is that it shoots fast enough, but the shortcomings are also obvious. After the sub-gun is installed, it is not tightly sealed and the air leaks, resulting in the shooting distance not being as far as the bird gun, and the power is slightly less."
Zhang Cheng didn't care about this. He said in a deep voice: "Let's go outside and shoot some muskets."
After receiving the order, Shi Tiegen immediately went outside the hall and called in a group of gun-testing sergeants he had brought from Yunzhou. Everyone took the guns in their hands and lined up out of the official hall.
When Zhang Cheng led the officers and generals out of the official hall, all the sergeants lined up to wait for him.
Fortunately, the front of the main hall of the Procuratorate was very spacious, with a distance of a hundred steps to the left and right, barely enough for a test firing of fire muskets. Li Changsheng ordered people to bring up rows of human-shaped targets.
Everyone walked towards the east, but Zhang Guangda walked straight to the sergeant in charge of testing the fire musket. He directly grabbed a short mobile gun and said, "This guy is new. Let me, Lao Zhang, shoot it myself."
The sergeant had no choice but to briefly tell him the shooting method, then turned and walked aside.
Zhang Guangda and four other sergeants were fighting in a row, but his eyes were looking at the human-shaped target forty steps away. Suddenly, he heard the test firing sergeant's team officer shouting: "Short gun, shoot!"
"boom……"
"boom!"
Zhang Guangda felt suddenly, and the musket fired slowly. After the other four sergeants all raised their muskets to fire, he raised the mobile short musket, but failed to fire the first time. It turned out that he was not used to flintlock muskets. The force of the gun was too small and it failed to move. In desperation, I had to increase my strength and move it again before it was successfully fired.
The five-rod volt mobile short gun made four explosions, and one shot failed to fire successfully. But even so, everyone has no doubt that no matter how sophisticated the bird gun is, misfires often occur.
Everyone approached the wooden target and looked carefully. Three of the human-shaped targets fifty steps away were cracked by blunderbuss. Five short blunderbuss fired four blunderbuss. Three hits were made from fifty steps away, and they were shot with a raised hand. , without any preparation work.
"Commander Commander, this short gun is indeed convenient. Just as the Commander said, if the cavalry uses this gun, it is indeed stronger than the three-eyed gun." Zhang Guangda said excitedly, and the short gun in his hand was no longer used. Then, he pulled over a sergeant and began to ask for advice on loading methods and other matters.
Zhang Cheng shook his head and said: "Try firing the self-propelled gun!"
Another five sergeants took a step forward. They loaded quickly, and their movements were all very skillful and uniform. After loading, they all fired their muskets and aimed at a row of human-shaped targets about 80 steps away on the opposite side.
"Self-fire gun, shoot!"
Following a loud shout, there was a burst of explosions, and smoke was rising just like before, but this smoke seemed slightly lighter than the smoke from the matchlock gun.
Four targets eighty steps away were hit, and all of them shattered into pieces, which showed that its power was by no means weaker than the Yunzhou gun style.
