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Chapter 142 Too expensive to use

"Removing the medicine pot, the propellant is wrapped in silk and made into a cylinder. It is slightly thinner than the blunderbuss tube, and the shooting speed should be faster." Looking at this front-loaded fusillade minion imitated from the mid-19th century Rifle, Hong Tao didn't feel too happy.

It also has many shortcomings that cannot be completely overcome. For example, the firing frequency is relatively low, and skilled soldiers can only fire three or four rounds per minute. The fusillade mechanism is easily affected by the climate, and it will basically become useless in humid and rainy days.

I am not a firearms master, so all I can do is try my best to make improvements and make up for the shortcomings.If you want to completely improve it, you have to wait for the chemical workshop to come up with a silver nitrate primer and replace it with a rear-loaded firing pin.

"... Wrap it with silk... This will cost a lot of money, and the frontier army may not be able to afford it!" Zhao Shizhen was stunned when he heard this, and quickly went through the emperor's opinions in his mind, and then he was deeply impressed.

No matter what, you can still rely on tactics to fight against physical crushing, but once your intelligence is crushed, there is really no chance of turning over.I had thought of countless ways to increase the rate of fire before, but none of them worked. The emperor basically solved the problem with a casual sentence.

A common problem among technical people is that they cannot accept 100% of other people's advice. Even if it is completely correct, they can't help but find some flaws to make themselves look less stupid.Zhao Shizhen fell into a deep sense of inferiority and deep jealousy at this time, and blurted out an objection.

"When did I say that I would use this gun for the frontier army? Even if I wanted to, the production of this gun is not enough. A few hundred guns every year cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. If it is taken away by the enemy, it will be given to the frontier army. Bringing more trouble. What’s so special about this gun with a shorter barrel?”

This question is raised very sharply, cost, combat cost.Whether ancient or modern, the first element of large-scale war is logistics, including money, food, population and weapons manufacturing capabilities.With the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is indeed unable to pay such a high fee.

But Hong Tao had no intention of giving these advanced muskets to the border troops. What they lacked was not weapons but treatment, confidence, training and hope.

Soldiers can't see a way out, they don't get enough food and salary supplements, and they don't have qualified training. They are just a mob no matter what weapons they have. They can bully small tribes by relying on their numbers, but they will disperse immediately when they encounter evenly matched enemies.

Before there are conditions to completely change the army, we must not distribute too advanced weapons.Otherwise, the enemy will be captured as much as they are fired, and the enemy will become stronger and the border troops will become weaker and weaker.

"This is used by the cavalry. The barrel is [-]% shorter and the weight is reduced by [-]%, making it easier to shoot from a horse. The same is true for these two short blunderbuss, but the barrel is too short. It can break armor in thirty steps, but it can break armor in ten steps. It works best within [-] minute.”

Zhao Shizhen has some ideas on how to train soldiers to use firecrackers.But when I heard that it might be captured by the enemy, I immediately took it seriously and stopped worrying about the issue of large-scale distribution. Instead, I introduced the details of the other three fire guns.

"Load this one and let me give it a try!" Hong Tao had never studied whether a short-barreled rifle was suitable for cavalry use. He also did not vigorously develop cavalry when he was in the Jinhe Empire.

The two short blunderbuss are more attractive. The double-barreled one is a bit heavy and inconvenient to carry. If the recoil of the single-barreled one is not too great, a batch can be secretly equipped for the little eunuchs of the Cuju team to familiarize themselves with the performance of the new weapons.

"Long live my lord, this thing is in danger of exploding, so I'd better let a slave do it for me!" Zou Yi had just loaded the ammunition and before his hand even touched the handle of the gun, he grabbed it and said in a very humble tone that he couldn't tolerate it. The rebuttal request was full of determination that one would rather die than obey.In the end, Hong Tao didn't get a chance to shoot. No matter how hard he glared at Zou Yi, he refused to hand over the gun. When his words got a little more intense, he knelt on the ground and cried with snot and tears. He also wanted to call Chen Juhe who was waiting outside. Wang An came in to comment.

Hong Tao knew why this happened, but he couldn't express it clearly.Yesterday, in the selected mausoleum area, I personally changed the construction drawings of the Ministry of Works and added two rows of small tombs on both sides of the underground palace corridor.Then Wang An, Zou Yi and other accompanying eunuchs knelt down and sobbed.

Those small tombs were the tombs that were originally promised to bury meritorious eunuchs. The late Chief of Ceremony, Tian Yi, was lucky enough to be the first to enter.Hong Tao just wanted to fulfill his promise, but he didn't expect that the effect of winning people's hearts would be so immediate.

It seems that no matter how we travel through time, or how many years we live, as a modern person of later generations, we still cannot fully understand the thoughts of the ancients.They pay more attention to where they will be buried after death than how high an official they can be while alive, and they are more obsessed with it.

After several live rounds, Hong Tao made some miniaturization changes on the drawings to further reduce the weight, size, caliber and charge, as long as it could penetrate a layer of cloth-covered iron armor ten steps away.

Ordering a hundred of them in the name of the Royal Horse Supervisor will not only allow the young eunuchs to master the use of one more weapon, but also have an additional armed force that is completely obedient to their orders.

Don't underestimate a group of children. As long as they can use guns correctly, there is no difference in lethality between a ten-year-old minor and a 40-year-old man. This is also the fundamental reason why cold weapons are eventually replaced by hot weapons.

From now on, there will no longer be a lone hero who can go in and out seven times, pass five levels and kill six generals. No matter how strong an individual is or how talented he is, he will be heated up by a farmer who has only been trained for no more than ten days anytime and anywhere on the battlefield. Killed with weapons, you can't even see what the enemy looks like.

"Long live my Lord, Zhang Ran is here. He said he has something to ask for..." As soon as Yi Zhan crossed the Shahe River, Wang Chengen's little head got into the big carriage, reporting work in his mouth, but his eyes were rolling around.

"...It's weird, why is it so hot in spring just now? I'm a little short of breath, please rest in Gonghua City tonight!" It's rude to express too much in front of the emperor, but Hong Tao didn't seem to notice, stamping his feet slightly irritably I stamped my feet and changed my itinerary again.

The temperature during Qingming Festival should be the most pleasant. As long as there is no strong wind, you will not feel too uncomfortable if you wear more or less clothes.But the emperor said that if he felt uncomfortable, it meant he felt uncomfortable. No one dared to ask another word, and he immediately turned left and headed towards the palace a few miles away.

There are definitely not as many palace buildings in Gonghua City as there are in the Forbidden City, but the regulations are not ambiguous at all, and there are dedicated people responsible for cleaning and maintenance on weekdays. No matter when the emperor comes, they must be clean and tidy.

"Captain Yuan, there are no people waiting here. If you have anything to say, just say it. Zhang Ran, go and guard the courtyard. No one is allowed to come within twenty steps!"

Hong Tao didn't feel uncomfortable at all. He only stopped midway because of the alloy waistband Wang Chengen held in his hand.Look at the Arabic numeral 5 above, and you will know who Zhang Ran brought here, Yuan Keli, the Governor of Water Transport!
(End of this chapter)