Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 640 Machine Gun
The Weapons Manufacturing Bureau is the general name of the research and development and manufacturing weapons departments of the Ming Dynasty, and the Arsenal is only one of the departments.

When Zhu Youjian first met Bi Maokang, he was almost terminally ill, but was rescued by Zhu Youjian.

After the old man recovered physically, because of his mood and environmental problems, he is now in better health than before, and he seems to have a second spring.

Zixuan is a good boy. Not only can he endure hardships, but he also likes to specialize in research. Under the guidance of the three major firearms experts in Ming Dynasty, he has grown into a key engineer in the arsenal.

Whether it is the development of rifled guns or grenades, including the development of this new type of repeating gun, Zixuan has played an important role.

It can be said that in the current Daming Arms Manufacturing Bureau, Zixuan has grown into the most important member after the three famous scientists.

Compared with the weapon development institutions of other countries, the Daming Arms Manufacturing Bureau has a huge advantage, that is, their emperor Zhu Youjian.

Every time Zhu Youjian went to the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau, he would bring surprises to Ming scientists such as Zhao Shizhen, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, and that was the blueprints for weapon manufacturing.

The engineers of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau only need to carry out the transformation according to the drawings.

Whenever Bi Maokang and the others racked their brains for the development of new firearms, but always felt that something was not satisfactory, they would ask their emperor for advice.

The emperor will immediately take out the relevant firearm development drawings, and they will suddenly realize that the layer of window paper will be broken as soon as they are poked.

With the cooperation of the emperor, the progress of the research and development of Daming firearms has advanced by leaps and bounds.

Today, the first machine gun of the Ming Dynasty came out. Originally, it could only fire seven bursts. After reading the drawings given by Zhu Youjian, they changed the performance of the firearm to 28 bursts.

In other words, this new gun can shoot 28 bursts without interruption. Although it cannot be compared with the machine guns and Gatling of later generations, it was definitely a magic weapon in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Shizhen, Song Yingxing, Bi Maokang, three famous scientists and young firearms expert Zixuan, are standing at the firearms testing ground of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau.

There is a machine gun in front of them, and the firearms experimenter is adjusting the shooting angle.

At this time, a soldier walked over quickly:

"Report to the three adults, three people came to the gate, one of them is the prince Zhu Cihong, they asked to visit the arsenal."

"Oh……"

The three of them looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

After they came to the capital, they heard that the prince had been missing for a long time, why did he suddenly appear in the weapon manufacturing bureau today.

Song Yingxing was the first to react:
"You're not mistaken, are you? The prince has been missing for almost two years, so why did he appear in the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau?"

The soldier hastily clasped his fists and replied:

"My lord, I heard that the prince went to Shaanxi with the refugees, and later led the Pingkou army to accompany the emperor on the expedition.

Now the Nanyang War is over, almost all the big islands have been recovered by the Ming army, and the prince has returned triumphantly the day before yesterday. "

Bi Maokang and the others were developing and experimenting with firearms every day, and they hadn't walked out of the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau for a long time. Of course, they didn't know about Zhu Cihong's return.

"Pause the test, let's meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The three of them waved their hands to stop the soldiers from shooting, and they turned to meet the prince at the gate.

They were more than 100 meters away from the gate, and there were three people standing there, including a teenager.

The three hurriedly stepped forward and bowed their hands to Zhu Cihong:
"Is it His Royal Highness?"

Zhu Cihong nodded with a smile:
"Three masters, I am Zhu Cihong."

"Oh, please come in, Your Highness."

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly, and said very modestly:

"Three masters, please."

Zhu Cihong herself is very sensible, and never thinks that she is a prince and looks down on others.

The three in front of him are all the most famous firearms experts and scientists in Ming Dynasty, so he is more humble.

Zhu Cihong's attitude made Bi Maokang and the other three very gratified. Daming's future successor left a very good impression on them.

Zhao Shizhen arched his hands:
"Your Highness, we are experimenting with new types of firearms in the experimental field. Would you like to visit, Your Highness?"

"Go, of course, the three masters have worked tirelessly for Daming, and I thank you on behalf of my father."

"Your Highness, you are welcome. We are all citizens of Ming Dynasty, and we should make our own contributions to the country."

While the few people were talking, they had already arrived at the testing ground. As soon as they stepped into the testing ground, Zhu Cihong saw the so-called machine gun.

The shape is similar to the rifled gun, but shorter than the rifled gun, and there is a round magazine under the gun.

Bi Maokang waved to the soldiers who were testing the firearms, and the soldiers immediately opened the safety of the machine gun, aimed at a big tree more than 300 meters away and began to pull the trigger:
"Bang bang bang..."

There was a burst of gunfire, and the muzzle of the gun sprayed out flames, and 28 copper bullets were shot out.

The bullet spun quickly and hit the big tree with a bowl-thick mouth. After a dozen breaths, the big tree fell down with a click.

Zhu Cilang's eyes widened suddenly, feeling a little unbelievable:

"I'm going, it's so powerful? It takes about ten breaths to break such a thick tree. If you equip an army, the fighting power of this army will definitely sweep away everything."

In the Ming Dynasty, the industry was not very strong. Like the manual version of Ben Gatling, the Ming Dynasty could not come out.

After all, the Gatling manual machine gun was only developed in 1861.

Now this kind of gun, although it is said to be fired in 28 bursts, actually needs to manually turn the disc.

That is, every time a bullet is fired, the disc must be rotated, and one person can operate it.

Even so, it is considered super powerful, at least much more lethal than a rifled gun, and it is still very easy to fire twenty bullets in one minute.

It took Zhu Cihong a long time to react, and immediately asked:
"Three masters, this kind of firearm is definitely a killer weapon in actual combat. I wonder when it will be equipped with the army?"

Bi Maokang smiled slightly and said:

"Your Highness, this firearm has almost been developed, and this is already the fifth experimental product.

However, we still have to wait for His Majesty to come back to confirm. If His Majesty nods in the affirmative, we can mass-produce immediately, and we should be able to equip [-] guns within half a year. "

Zhu Cihong said happily:
"Great, father will be back soon, I can't wait to see this kind of firearm equip the army."

Bi Maokang asked Zixuan to introduce to Zhu Cihong:
"Your Highness, let me introduce you to a young firearms expert named Zixuan.

Princess Ziwei's younger brother is an orphan taken in by the old man a few years ago. "

When Zixuan heard his grandfather introducing him to the prince, he hastily stepped forward and bowed to salute:

"Zixuan sees Your Highness."

"Excuse me soon."

Hearing that Zixuan was actually the younger brother of his third sister, Zhu Cihong reached out to support Zixuan.

Seeing that Zixuan is only thirteen or fourteen years old, he has become an expert in firearms, which makes Zhu Cihong appreciate it very much.

In front of him was Xia Wanchun, a prodigy of the Ming Dynasty and a young talent, and now a young firearms expert came out.

It seems that the young people of Daming have begun to grow up, and when they gradually replace this group of old people, Daming will be even more brilliant.

(End of this chapter)