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Chapter 782 The Future of Ming Dynasty (Third Update, please subscribe)
Membership only hotel!
Is there any other VIP treatment?

Not only VIP treatment, but also VIP middle p treatment.

Even so, I believe that no one is willing to go to Xibingku Hotel to enjoy the VIP treatment, if they know.

But for Liu Qingen, the Xibingku Hotel is just an adventure for him.

An accident sometimes has unexpected gains.

Only five days later, Liu Qingen got on the train to Yingtian. When he got on the train with a confused face, there was even an officer following him. The order the officer received was simple—to escort him and his The box went to Beijing.

The officer said nothing all the way, and although his eyes occasionally looked at the box, he never asked a question.

That afternoon, after the two of them arrived in the capital, a special car took them to the hotel. No one told Liu Qingen where he was going until the next morning, when he saw the Rose Palace through the car window—that is, Daming Palace. When the palace.

Liu Qingen said in astonishment.

"I, are we coming to the palace?"

Lieutenant Li Long who was on the side nodded.

"Your Majesty summons you!"

His Majesty summons!

Why is that?
Almost half an hour later, Liu Qingen, who was in a daze, still looked at His Majesty in astonishment, and now His Majesty was looking at his gun.

"interesting……"

Emperor Zhu looked at the machine gun in front of him with great interest... This machine gun looked a bit different.

how to say?

His square receiver looks a bit clumsy, but it fits a butt, and the barrel is a bit thin. There is a cylinder where the barrel connects to the receiver, and a crude bipod is installed under the cylinder. ,
Seeing that this machine gun looks a bit like Browning's "Lao Ganma", that is, a machine gun with a bipod and a butt, Emperor Zhu raised his head and asked.

"Engineer Liu, can you introduce it to me?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When Liu Qingen introduced the machine gun, Emperor Zhu felt a sense of emotion in his heart!

For this machine gun, he had been waiting...for several years!
In fact, there is this seven-year machine gun in the mall. It is the world's first automatic weapon that uses gunpowder gas as energy to complete an automatic cycle, and it is also the world's earliest water-cooled machine gun.The advent of this machine gun is an important milestone in the history of world weapon development.

That's right, it was also invented by Daming in the mall, and the inventor was right in front of him, a weapon engineer who was less than thirty years old.

Unlike the Yuannian-style rifle, that is, the 70-style rifle, which borrowed from a variety of rifles in the mall, the Seven-year-style machine gun was independently invented by an inventor in Ming Dynasty without any external help.

This is the first weapon of Ming Dynasty that "created something out of nothing", and its significance cannot be overstated.

Because of this, even though he bought a mature seven-year machine gun from the mall a few years ago, Emperor Zhu suppressed his inner impulse and waited quietly for its release. come out.

"...Push the bolt back into place, and at the same time push the bullet into the chamber to complete the locking action."

When Liu Qingen's words fell, Emperor Zhu pointed to the barrel of the gun and said.

"I heard this barrel was made from a rifle barrel?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is a defective product. It was originally intended to be returned to the furnace, so I used it as a waste."

There is nothing wrong with relying on mountains and eating mountains.

Nodding his head slightly, Emperor Zhu opened the receiver again and studied it carefully. He noticed that its structure was still somewhat different from the seven-year machine gun. There must be a difference. This is just a prototype gun.

"Why use such a bipod?"

The so-called bipod is a bracket made of several steel plates. It looks very simple and cannot be folded.

"It's just a temporary emergency. It's not heavy. If necessary, you can use a small wheel frame..."

Small wheel frame?

Wouldn't that be the Russian version of Maxim?
Emperor Zhu immediately shook his head and said.

"There is no need to use wheels. The area of ​​Ming Dynasty not only has plains, but also many mountains. The wheel-type gun rack is very inconvenient to use in the mountains. You can use a tripod. You can study it later."

The seven-year machine gun uses a tripod, which looks very similar to Maxim. In this era, the seemingly cumbersome seven-year machine gun is definitely an extremely powerful and flexible weapon.

In the next war, it will definitely play an extremely astonishing role.

"Is this how the belt is installed?"

As if he had found a fun toy, Emperor Zhu installed the ammunition chain himself and loaded it. Looking at His Majesty's skillful movements, not to mention Liu Qingen was dumbfounded, even Sun Hu, the Minister of the Army, I was dumbfounded.

Your Majesty... as if you have played with this kind of gun.

"Da da da……"

The moment the trigger was pulled, rapid gunshots rang out in the back garden of the palace, and water jets splashed on the surface of the Xin'an River not far away.

Hearing this familiar gunshot, Emperor Zhu looked extremely excited.

machine gun!

With this machine gun, the king of the next war will appear, and it will surely reap the Anglo-Saxon lives like the scythe of death.

At that time, the shape of that war will fundamentally change.

Just when Emperor Zhu was imagining that thousands of Anglo-Saxons died under Ming's machine guns, and a generation of British and American youths would go to hell, Sun Hu stared at the barrel of the gun, and suddenly said loudly.

"Your Majesty, quickly, stop shooting..."

He was a little nervous, so he almost didn't go up to snatch the machine gun.

"what happened?"

Emperor Zhu raised his head and said after finishing half of the bullet chain.

"Your Majesty, look at the barrel, the barrel is already a little red!"

Sun Hu said hastily.

"If you keep fighting, something will happen."

barrel……

Only then did Emperor Zhu remember that the biggest difference between the prototype gun and the finished product was the slightly red barrel. He looked at Liu Qingen and asked.

"How do you think this problem should be solved? It's the overheating of the barrel... You see, the barrel turned red after only less than 200 rounds were fired. If it was on the battlefield, the soldiers would definitely fire more bullets , what should I do when the barrel turns red?"

The barrel is overheating...

Staring at the red barrel, Liu Qingen thought for a while, then said.

"Your Majesty, how about cooling it with water?"

"Water?"

Emperor Zhu pretended to be puzzled.

"You mean fire a few hundred rounds and throw the gun in the bucket?"

"Why throw it?"

Liu Qingen thought for a while, pointed to the cylinder in front of the receiver and said.

"What if this is replaced with a water tank? The water tank is filled with water, and the water in the water tank can cool the barrel of the gun, so it can shoot continuously!"

It's a bit like the guy in the mall. In the days to come, this machine gun will definitely undergo continuous improvement, and the final mature version of the seven-year machine gun will come out next year.

By that time, Ming's army will truly become a modernized army.After all, the current Gatling gun is too bulky.

Even until now the Gatling machine gun can only be used as a vehicle-mounted machine gun.Ming's infantry companies are eager to have their own automatic weapons.

"Haha, this method is simple and crude, but I think it's okay, you can try it."

Of course, the inventor Zhu Dahuang in front of him was encouraged.

Right now, Daming always surprises him when he doesn't expect it.

Whether it is the engine made of aluminum, or this machine gun, aren't they all inventions and innovations made out of nothing?
This is the real surprise!

Faced with such a surprise, Emperor Zhu was even a little excited. The most fundamental reason for this was because he knew the importance of invention and innovation to a country, especially for a country like Daming.

Because until now, Daming's so-called development has been based on that crutch, without inventing and innovating. After losing the crutch, how can Daming maintain its leading position?
Fortunately, from this little invention now, Emperor Zhu saw the future, which belongs to Ming's future...

(End of this chapter)