Kai Fu Han

Chapter 575 Ren Er east, west, south and north winds

"There is no fast communication method in Southern Zhao. These countries have their own interests. It can be said that they all have their own agendas. It is not easy to reach an alliance." Liu Xinqi did not seem to get angry because of the intelligence reported by Xu Zhong: "Besides, we are happy Even if the Han League fights against these countries at the same time, it can still win."

Having said this, Liu Xinqi turned away from the wall hanging the map, sat down on the desk, and asked Xu Zhong to sit down and chat.

"Now Nan Zhao and other forces are no longer the top enemies of our Xinghan League. Our Xinghan League now only needs to develop steadily. In two or three years, these countries will not be worth mentioning."

"I believe in this, leader." Xu Zhong responded.

"However, we still have to do the information that needs to be done. If you listen to the information this time, it will be timely. With this information, the alliance can make arrangements early to avoid being caught off guard." Liu Xinqi praised.

No matter what, the enthusiasm of your subordinates cannot be dampened.

Xu Zhong may not realize how strong the army of the Xinghan League is, but Liu Xinqi is fully aware of it.

Just give a simple example.

Now send out a brigade of troops, whether it is Southern Zhao, Northern Jin or Xixia, they can all go straight to the courtyard, cut off the heads of the emperors of these countries, and show off their power.

The current field army brigade has at least one thin steel armor per person, at least one flintlock musket per person, and hundreds of artillery pieces in the entire brigade.Without the desperate resistance of more than [-] old-fashioned troops, it would be impossible to stop the advance of a brigade field army.

A brigade equipped with 1 servants or logistics troops and thousands of heavy-duty vehicles can have a combat radius of two thousand miles when fully supplied.The capitals of Southern Zhao and Northern Jin are no more than two thousand miles away from the border of the Xinghan League.

The two chatted for a few more words, and Liu Xinqi could tell that Xu Zhong had something to say, but he was a little embarrassed.

"If you have anything else, just ask." Liu Xinqi encouraged.

"It's like this. Now that Diting has grown very big, I can't manage it alone. You said before that you would spin off Diting, and I think it's almost done now." Xu Zhong said.

After hearing this, Liu Xinqi understood that this was another senior official who wanted to "retire bravely".

Since Zhou Xinyuan, Liu Lisheng and Liu Lizhen, it seems that most older senior officials have this idea.

This trend must be stopped.

"Is there anything you can't do? In the past, everything was done by yourself, and you were never too busy. Now most things are divided among the middle-level responsibilities. You only have to take charge of the overall situation, but you are even more tired?" Liu Xinqi retorted. .

"Even if you leave everything to your subordinates, you still have to worry about what you should worry about." Xu Zhong added.

"Okay, don't say any more. I know what you are thinking." Liu Xinqi interrupted Xu Zhong's next words: "Before the Kyushu is unified, I will not consider any split. Di listen, you work hard, I, Liu Xinqi, am not Those who are afraid of meritorious officials do not need to be influenced by my father-in-law and others."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xinqi clearly felt that Xu Zhong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay." The response was crisp and clear.

"Let's go, I'm just about to go out."

All the things that need to be discussed have been discussed, and Liu Xinqi happened to be out on business, so he saw Xu Zhong out by the way.

After leaving the alliance headquarters, Liu Xinqi went straight north to the institute.

After entering the institute, Liu Xinqi walked straight inside and came to Gao Hui's office at the Firearms Design and Research Branch.

Knowing that Gao Hui was at the gun test range, Liu Xinqi diverted to the gun test range in the backyard.

In a corner of the test range, in a protective room covered by thick wooden boards, Liu Xinqi found Gao Hui.

Gao Hui was directing the gun testers to test a revolver pistol from a distance. When he saw Liu Xinqi coming in, he quickly said hello. "The leader is here."

"Successful?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Yes, the stability is being tested now, but the major problems have been almost solved. Now we mainly focus on adjusting some details." Gao Hui replied.

Soon, all the bullets in the revolver were finished, and the gun was brought in from outside.

"According to the name you mentioned before, the rotating barrel of this gun can be opened to the left, so it is called a 'revolver'." Gao Hui introduced.

"It's really amazing. We actually made a usable revolver." Liu Xinqi held the new gun in his hand and was full of praise.

This revolver is very different from later revolvers.

Except for the grip, which is normal, the other parts are all enlarged versions. The barrel alone is one foot long, and the rotating barrel at the back is also two inches long. Including the grip, etc., the overall length is close to one and a half feet.

The weight was even more exaggerated. Liu Xinqi shook it with his hands and estimated that it weighed thirteen or four kilograms.

This gun cannot be used by ordinary people at all. Only warriors have the right grip and arm strength to use it.

"How did you deal with the bullet?" Liu Xinqi asked.

It is not difficult to make a revolver pistol. In the morning, a larger cylinder is used, five or six gun chambers are cut into the cylinder, and then they are bumped into the pistol. The barrel, trigger, and firing of the pistol are all easy to design.

The hard part is making a percussion bullet.

Since mercury fulminate was accidentally configured in the first year of Jingyan, the research progress of flash caps has been relatively slow. It was not until May of this year that a stable ignition powder formula using mercury fulminate as the main material was mastered.

Then it is not until now that mature bullets have been studied.

"According to the assumptions in your "Imagination Notes", the bullets developed are indeed very practical and are subversive in improving the rate of fire of muskets." Gao Hui replied.

"What about the output?"

"The yield is extremely low!" Gao Hui's expression has stabilized: "Since mercury fulminate is still in the laboratory research stage, the quantity of this propellant is severely limited."

"Moreover, this gun and bullets are all manually polished, and [-]% to [-]% of them are warriors."

"It can be said that without soldiers, there would be no gun." Gao Hui introduced.

"That means it can't be put into mass production?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"It cannot be mass-produced. The precision required in each process is too high. Ordinary people can't do it at all. Now Xinghan League's machinery can't do it either." Xu Hui confirmed.

Looking at the pistol in his hand, Liu Xinqi put the muzzle of the gun to the ground and pulled the trigger.

"Kata" made a crisp sound, but nothing happened.

"After firing the bullets in one chamber, how do you switch to the next magazine?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"The mechanism is on the trigger. When the trigger is pulled, the hammer will hit the runner and the bullet will be fired. When the trigger is released, the stored force on the trigger will be transmitted to the runner through the spring to turn the runner." Gao Hui explained to Liu Xinqi with the pistol in his hand.

(End of this chapter)