Daming kill

Chapter 241
A few days later, two large blunderbusses with unique shapes were secretly tested in Li Ping's barracks.

These two arquebus guns, which look like but not like large blunderbusses, are from the Xie Yinglong Department of the Peasant Army in Hanchuan.

But in fact, there is no need to test, Li Ping and Song Baolai already knew that these two arquebus guns, which should be called Lumi guns, were superior to their bird guns just by their appearance.

Longer gun barrels, exquisite workmanship and high-quality gunpowder are enough to give Lumi guns higher muzzle velocity and range.

Although the blunderbuss equipped by Li Ping’s troops have undergone some improvements, they mainly focus on stable quality and ergonomics. The basic structure and size are not much different from the blunderbuss generally equipped by the Ming army.

That is, the gun barrel is three feet, the charge is three coins, and the lead bullet is three coins.

Moreover, the gunpowder used has not undergone major changes in the proportioning and manufacturing process, but only to ensure that there are fewer impurities.

This gives their birdcracks the advantage mainly in the extremely low blasting rate and the ability to stabilize the kinetic energy of the muzzle at the upper limit of 1750-2046 joules for ordinary birdcracks.

However, the barrel of the Lumi gun is 4 feet 5 inches, and the charge has reached four coins. Of course, the weight of the whole gun is also greater, but the power of the whole gun has also been substantially improved.

The test results also quickly confirmed this.

The armor-piercing distance of these two Lumi guns (the vertical penetration of 3mm armor blade) is close to 50 meters, and the effective killing (killable) distance to unarmored targets easily exceeds 120 meters. The estimated muzzle kinetic energy exceeds 2400 Joule, the power is obviously better than ordinary bird guns.

The meter is now a unit of length commonly used in the security battalion. Its promotion and mandatory use come entirely from Song Baolai's insistence, because it is more convenient for him to compare various data with the modern knowledge in his head.

Just like now.

It is also amazing that the length of meters can be roughly determined.

It is actually the height from the navel to the ground when Song Baolai stood up straight in the morning. Song Baolai had accidentally discovered this coincidence in the previous world. In this world, he felt that his height and appearance were similar to the original, so he took Come to use.

As for possible errors, they should not be too large and can be tolerated.

Seeing the unsurprising test results, Li Ping and Song Baolai's hearts were filled with mixed feelings.

They have always thought that the biggest advantage of their own side is the technology tree obtained by cheating, and they can completely abuse others by virtue of the superiority of the equipment, but they did not expect to be abused by others in turn.

When the training level and combat will of the two sides are not much different, the quality of weapons and equipment will of course have an inestimable effect.

"This thing not only hits far, but also has great power, and its quality is rare. It's hard to imagine that Ming Dynasty would have such a thing. It's probably not worse than Europe at this time." Song Baolai, who played with and studied the trigger of the Lumi gun after the test was completed Say.

Another important improvement of the Lumi gun compared to the bird gun is the trigger.

Its trigger and machine rail are made of copper and steel respectively, as thick as a copper coin, and a 3.33 cm long small steel piece is placed close to the engine to increase the elasticity, so that the trigger can be squeezed and it will fall. Bouncing, with good resilience.

"The Turks' musket skills are not weak at this time!" Li Ping sighed as he played with the trigger of another Lumi gun.

They already knew that this thing was improved by Zhao Shizhen, an outstanding firearms expert in the Ming Dynasty, based on the arquebus that Lumi (Turkey) paid tribute to decades ago (1598) and directly asked its envoy Duosima to improve it, so it got its name Lumi guns, and soon left a record in "Wu Bei Zhi" "Birds: Only Lumi guns are the farthest and most poisonous".

Compared with Europe at the same time, the Lumi gun at this time was indeed not behind at all.

It's just that the Lumi blunderbuss have been made for less than 50 years, and the craftsmanship is relatively complicated, so the number of them made is not large, and their circulation is not very common.

"I found a record that Xu Guangqi said in a performance in the first year of Tianqi (February 1621, 2000) that he had received [-] Lumi guns when he organized training for the Ming army. After using it, only a few were damaged, and the rest were intact. Judging from the craftsmanship of these two Lumi guns, it should be true." Song Baolai admired again.

He who is engaged in technology is more aware of how difficult and simple it is to be able to do so in this era.

"The captives captured by the reconnaissance company also confirmed this point. Although their Lumi guns have been used a lot, they are rarely damaged. It's just that the number of equipment is not large. There are only about two or three hundred rods in total. The rest are mostly bird guns." Li At this time, Ping began to stroke the steel knife at the end of the Lumi gun.

The steel knife at the end of the bed is another feature of the Lumi gun, which can be used for close combat and as a saber for cutting horses.

Although based on Li Ping's experience and understanding of the history of military technology, this kind of device is actually somewhat redundant, and its function should be very limited, otherwise it would not be popular later.

But in the battle a few days ago, Xie Yinglong's soldiers also used this thing to successfully resist or interfere with some of our soldiers who rushed to them.

It is definitely wrong to say that it is completely useless, deterrence and simple self-defense are still there.

"That's okay! Otherwise, if they are all of these things, your battle will be difficult." Song Baolai was slightly relieved.

He is in charge of manufacturing weapons, but their current conditions in Hanyang do not allow complex manufacturing activities, which means that it is temporarily impossible to provide troops with better weapons than Lumi guns.

It's a lot of pressure, and it's frustrating.

But Li Ping said depressingly: "It's not much better. Xie Yinglong has always attached great importance to the collected firearms, otherwise, why do you think he has so many Lumi blunderbuss. Besides Lumi blunderbuss, he is also equipped with many large birds. The power and range of the gun are not much worse than the Lumi gun."

"Then what should we do?" Song Baolai was startled.

The reason for the defeat in the battle a few days ago has been adjusted clearly. The enemy can easily kill them from 100 meters or 20 meters away, but their weapons can't do it.Moreover, a large number of enemies wear cotton armor that is better against firearms, and many of them have iron helmets. Their lack of armor is also an important reason why they suffer a lot when shooting firearms.

The ability of the supporting company to catch up with the enemy is also related to the fact that the enemy wears more clothes.

But the disadvantage also comes from this.

If they want to kill the enemy, they can only be effective if they fire within 40 meters, but the enemy can shoot at them at will at more than twice this distance.

The enemy with rich combat experience just and wisely took advantage of this advantage and adopted a strategy of fighting while retreating.In addition to being relatively familiar with the terrain, although it is more inconvenient to move, the enemy still managed to maintain this advantage until it completely got rid of our army's pursuit, so that our numerical advantage failed to play its due role.

The enemy's weapon advantage and high armor rate have greatly tilted the balance of victory in the battle.

In this way, it is conceivable that Li Ping's troops will undoubtedly suffer a lot in future battles!In particular, Xie Yinglong was a general of the peasant army who was good at firearms and attached great importance to them.The enemy's artillery attack by the naval battalion on the Han River also foreshadowed that if they stormed Hanchuan County, the casualties would be uncontrollable.

And through these days of contact, Xie Yinglong's troops, including the entire Li Zicheng's troops, are obviously very good at learning. They not only started to use leggings, but also found fried noodles in the seized food, and it is said that Li Zicheng personally ordered the promotion.

Those soldiers and civilians who did not follow Li Ping in Xiangyang played an important role in this.

Li Ping realized that their arrival and disrupting the situation not only failed to help Daming, but also gave the peasant army a greater advantage, and the outcome of the battle in the north would be unchangeable.

"It doesn't matter! Anyway, we don't have to capture Hanchuan County, and we don't plan to fight Li Zicheng. Zuo Liangyu is close and defeated. We have no pressure. Besides, it doesn't mean that we can't fight, Lu Mi The advantage of guns is not so obvious, tactics and organization are still decisive, I believe we must be better in this regard. As for the defeat a few days ago, the main problem is that we underestimated the enemy and were careless." Li Ping said pretending to be relaxed.

They are used to fighting against Zhang Xianzhong, who has a low armor rate and poor fighting will, and they are indeed a little paralyzed, not only for the enemy, but also for their own protection.Although the armor in the army is limited, it is indeed a low-level mistake for the troops performing the pre-exploration mission to not wear any armor.

"That's true." Song Baolai savored and replied, and then concentrated on fiddling with the Lumi gun. He didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Li Ping, who was a little distressed, fiddled with the steel knife at the end of the Lumi gun bed again. He felt that he had to step up the technology tree. He was a little rich and overly optimistic.

"Bora, we need to start developing real firearms immediately. The shooting range must be completely crushed by bows and arrows and surpass the Lumi gun, and the bayonet must also be able to be installed. Yes, it is very important to install the bayonet. Everything can be done when conditions permit. In the beginning, it will be too late, and I can't afford to wait." Li Ping became serious.

Equipping muskets with bayonets and realizing the integration of musketeers and pikemen into one was not something that Li Ping did not want, nor was it unexpected by the ancients.

It's a matter of reality.

The Chinese have also tried in this regard very early.

However, the barrels of the early matchlock guns were expensive and the parts were loose and could not withstand blocking and knocking, especially the slender matchlocks were easily damaged by knocking in close combat, which eventually led to all attempts.

This is also the reason why Lumi put the steel knife at the end of the bed.

It was also around this time in Europe that a bayonet that directly inserted the handle into the muzzle appeared in France, but problems such as instability and affecting musket shooting still prevented this bayonet technology from being popularized.

The real socket bayonet did not appear until 1688, when the musket technology itself had developed more maturely.

"Hmm! What you said makes sense. We can do research and development first, improve and mature a little bit, and then go to mass production when conditions permit. This will save a lot of time." Song Baolai agreed with the trigger of the Lumi gun. nodded.

Machinery is not as good as human beings, it is too exciting!

When the two were about to continue their private conversation, someone suddenly reported that the navy camp had intercepted a large peasant army ship blatantly sailing down the river on the Han River.

According to the peasant army on board, they were going to Wuchang to visit Zuo Liangyu on behalf of Li Zicheng and had Li Zicheng's personal letter.

(End of this chapter)