Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 208
Anyone who has watched war blockbusters about the end of the seventeenth century in Europe should be familiar with such a scene:
The two opposing sides lined up on both sides of the battlefield with muskets on their shoulders. After receiving the order to attack, the two sides used drum music as a sign and followed the rhythm to walk in unison until they were within range.

The first row of soldiers, raising guns, shooting, snapping, shooting, retreating, reloading...

On the second row, raise your gun, shoot, slap...

Since both sides were within the firing range, with the sound of gunfire on both sides, each fell down. This is the third line of shooting.

This queue also has an elegant name-queuing and shooting queue.

Although the Qianhu Institute has now equipped with a new type of quick-fire gun, this thing is still too ugly after all. It has a short range, poor power, and poor accuracy. Every time it reloads the bullet, it can kill people.

If you want to get enough firepower, you can only work hard in the queue. If one row is not enough, there are two rows, and if two rows are not enough, three rows are not enough.

Of course, it was impossible for Liu Hongjian to allow the army he had built so hard to queue up and shoot. Fortunately, Jiannu's side were all playing with swords and bows and arrows, so it didn't hurt to use them.

"My lord, what you are talking about is the shooting formation. Of course I know it. In fact, I used this kind of formation when I was in the mercenary regiment. It is very powerful!" Karl was a little surprised at the insight of the commander.

He has been in Daming for several years, not to mention the shooting queue, even the sudden fire gun has just been developed, so where have you seen any queue?
"That's right, that's the queue to be shot!" Liu Hongjian blurted out.

Carl: ...? ?

There is no news about the fixed-loading ammunition from Uncle Song, and it must be still under development, but the drill in the barracks on the formation of quick-firing guns has already begun.

There are 120 people in the Qianhusuo, and even the AKM holders are on the field. After several battles, there are only [-] AKMs left.

But there were only 99 equipped in Qianhusuo, and the extra ten brand-new AKs had been lying in Liu Hongjian's ring space, and he didn't plan to take them out for use.

The 99 currently equipped in Qianhusuo are also aging due to the wear and tear of the barrels in many battles. Even if the AK is durable, it may not be able to withstand a few more battles.

Besides, he is a college student, apart from knowing how to sprinkle some rapeseed oil after the war, how can he know how to maintain it?
Liu Hongjian thought it over carefully, AK is a good thing, it should be used wisely, and it can't be fooled anymore!

Two thousand and 120 people were divided into seven square teams, each with three rows and 100 people in each row.

Carl became acting coach, holding a gong in his left hand and a drumstick in his right.

"Raise the gun! Dang—" Carl issued an order, and knocked on the gong casually.

Liu Hongjian felt that it was like a martial arts competition with the Caotai team, so he almost laughed out loud.

But there is no way to do it. A battlefield full of gunfire is no different than a military camp. No matter how loud your voice is, you can only let the people around you hear it.

In order to concentrate the firepower and exert the maximum power of the sudden fire, everyone must be in step, and even move in unison.

As for the third-line shooting queue, only loading is divided into many steps. Take the relatively convenient loading of custom-loaded paper shell bullets as an example.

In the first step, the commander issues a loading order, and the soldiers pick up their guns and pose for loading.

The second step is to pull back the lock of the quick-fire gun, open the cover of the gunpowder pool, and take out the fixed-load ammunition from the ammunition bag.

The third step is to bite the tail of the paper shell bullet (yes, you read that right, you have to eat gunpowder if you bite it badly!), pour the gunpowder of the paper shell bullet into the medicine pool, and close the lid.

The fourth step is to pour the remaining gunpowder in the paper shell bullet into the barrel, and insert the bullet into the barrel with the paper shell.

The fifth step is to take out the cleaning rod from the bottom of the barrel, insert the cleaning rod into the barrel, and pump cha back and forth.

The sixth step is to return the cleaning strip to its original place.

The seventh step is to raise the gun, pull the lock head, aim, and slap——.

Seems simple right?

But to be consistent, there are many factors to consider, the most important of which is psychological quality. You must know that it is a queue to be shot!

When you see someone dead around you, you lose your mind and play with wool?

Daming didn't have a suitable musical instrument, and Niu Zhuang had an idea and didn't know where to find a gong, so the current scene happened.

The soldiers in the first row of the seven queues raised their guns at the sound, and rows of targets were erected about thirty steps away from the queue.

"Ready! Clang—" All the soldiers heard the order to lock the door!

"Aim! Clang—"

"Shoot! Clang—clap clap—"

……

Liu Hongjian didn't know whether to laugh or laugh when the serious military camp was organized like this.

But it seems that the effect is not bad. The volley of guns fired three rounds, directly hitting all the targets thirty steps away.

The only problem is that the reload can't keep up, this is really terrible!
And the copper gong, it's too ridiculous, at least let the craftsmen fiddle with it to make an iron whistle or something.

While he was thinking, an open ox cart drove over from the barracks with a large bamboo basket on it.

Uncle Song entered the barracks slowly, seeing Liu Hongjian was there, he hurried forward to salute.

"My lord is here too, the old man is planning to find you! What do you think this is?" Song Yingxing took a paper tube about the thickness of a finger and about an inch long from the bamboo basket behind him.

"Fixed ammunition?" Liu Hongjian's eyes lit up immediately.

"Yes, my lord, the old man succeeded in trial production yesterday, and today I want the soldiers in the barracks to try again to see if there is any room for improvement!"

Song Yingxing basically didn't go out of the workshop in the past two days except to sleep. In fact, the development of paper shell bullets is not difficult. The only troublesome thing is the production of cylindrical paper shells.

The paper tube must fit the gun barrel exactly, neither too thick nor too thin. In order to achieve this precision, Uncle Song had to make a set of equipment for pressing cylindrical cardboard himself.

The two distributed the paper shell bullets one by one to the soldiers of a square team, and then Uncle Song demonstrated how to use it himself. It was not too complicated, but it was a bit awkward to bite the bullets with his mouth.

After a set of drills, Karl, who had been observing the new bullets, yelled in surprise.

"Oh my God! This is really a genius invention!" Carl took a paper shell from the bamboo basket and exclaimed while looking at it.

Carl has never seen this kind of bullet. Although the bullet is not complicated, the reloading time saved by it, as an instructor, he naturally knows that time is life on the battlefield!

This guy, let him learn a trick again!Liu Hongjian thought maliciously.

He still hasn't figured out what this foreigner really wants, and has always been a little wary.

"My lord, there is a father-in-law outside saying that he is in a hurry to see you!" A soldier came to report.

"Oh? Did you all find this place?" Liu Hongjian's cheerful face just now turned gloomy.

PS: There will be more later.

PS: Recently, smoking has become more and more serious. I can’t hold two packs a day, and my body has begun to protest and cough. Last night, I made up my mind and decided to quit smoking.

Let me tell you how I feel now. I don’t feel too uncomfortable when I go to work during the day. Now I’m sitting next to the computer and typing, and I feel like I’m scratching my heart, but I still have to quit.

Smoking is harmful to health, is there any challenge together?

　Thanks to book friends Lewis Ba and Ling Wuxue for the reward of 100 coins, thanks to book friends Doubanjiang for the reward of 500 coins, and thanks to all the brothers who voted.

　　
　
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