Dragon Sea Empire

On the practice field.The attacking cavalry changed tactics.Start with the "turning the wheel" tactic, that is, to shoot carbine in front of the enemy's line and then turn 180 degrees rapidly.Go around in a circle and shoot again.Repeatedly.A war of attrition was waged with the infantry.The infantry phalanx fired persistently at them.More and more people were judged to "out" the cavalry.

At the climax of the exercise just now.Yin Feng has not spoken.Just concentrate on holding the binoculars to observe.At this time.He said loudly: "It's almost done. The cavalry has reached the time when it is hard to fight and is exhausted. It can already be regarded as a defeat. Yan Siqi, order to stop. The military supervision department and the operation department of the combat department will evaluate the exercise situation. All recruits There must be a clear written evaluation of the performance of the trainee officer and the trainee officer."

Portuguese missionary Lu Ruohan came down from the hill at this moment.Bowed in front of Yin Feng and said: "Your Highness, the rapid-fire gun has been delivered, and everything including the ammunition has arrived safely."

Yin Feng stood up.The generals also stood up.Yin Feng looked around.He smiled and said, "Okay. Everyone, don't rush to leave. Stay here. Let's take a look at the new gadgets from the Weapons Research Department."

I saw more than a dozen well-covered carts that came to the new barracks in the morning appearing in a corner of the exercise field.The craftsmen of the weapon research department and Yin Feng's personal guards are arranging them in a straight line.

A few orderlies came down to the ranks of recruits.Yin Feng's order was conveyed.Soon these recruits acted immediately.Formed under the leadership of trainee officers.Running at a rapid marching speed, he left the exercise site.Head to the Golden State Guards Boot Camp.

Yan Siqi, Yang Dacheng, Huang Lue, Lu Xiaotian and others immediately thought: This is clearing the field.For the sake of secrecy.This made everyone have a strong interest in these dozens of large cars.

Lin Tianping, Yin Feng's bodyguard captain, ran up the hill quickly.Standing at attention and saluting: "Report to Your Majesty. The exercise troop has returned to the camp. It is within ten miles around. It has been completely blocked by the cavalry."

Yin Feng nodded.Lu Ruohan took a step forward at this moment.Spread out a piece of paper in your hand.After looking at it, he said in a standard Beijing accent: "At present, there are three six-piece flintlock guns, four lightning-strike revolver guns, and four lightning-strike beehive guns. Will the king start the test now?"

"Has the target been set?"

“已经设置完毕。距离射击阵地200步有20个靶子。距离300步、500步各有10个靶标。”陆若汉把靶子位置指示给大家看。所谓标靶。就是新兵射击训练时的标准人形木制靶标。尹峰举着望远镜看了半天。面无表情地放下望远镜。淡淡地说道：“开始吧。”

now.The dark clouds that had been hanging over the land during the exercise were blown away by a sea breeze.The setting sun cast blood-red sunlight from the western end of the earth.

at sunset.The canvas covering the eleven carts was ripped apart by the craftsmen of the weapons research department.Craftsmen handle these eccentric objects by themselves.

From east to west.The first is three thick round iron pipes on a metal frame.If you look carefully with a telescope, you can find that there are six barrels in the thick round tube.The rear is a set of rotatable bolt firing system.To Yin Feng, it looks like an enlarged version of the revolver of later generations.It's just that the barrel of this weapon doesn't rotate.What turns is the lever system that fires.This is the so-called six-piece flintlock.

Behind the three giant version revolvers.It is four barrel-shaped gadgets mounted on brackets.It is also a thick iron pipe that wraps six barrels.It's just that the rear firing system is very thick.There's a handle-like thing and an iron sheath that goes over the back of the barrel.It also looks like a giant version of the revolver system.It's just that the rear firing system is more complicated than the previous three six-piece flintlock guns.This is the "Thunderbolt Revolving Gun".

The last four are 36 iron barrels framed by four iron rings on the support frame.There is a complex bolt locking block system at the rear of the densely packed barrel.It is composed of short iron pipes with the same number as the barrel and a handle-like thing.These things are the so-called "thunderbolt cellular guns".

Craftsmen are doing final debugging and inspection.Members of the Firearms Four: Lin Qing, Zhang Xiaohai, Wang Gong, Li Hetian.Lin Qing, head of the weapon research department, was directing several personal guards to carry the ammunition.Each of the remaining three led a group of people to debug and inspect these new weapons.

The curiosity in the hearts of the generals of the Chinese Army present has reached its peak.They gathered around Yin Feng one after another.They asked this and that in a hurry: "This is a rapid-fire gun. It must be. It is said that the weapon research department started trial production two years ago. Is it ready to go into battle and kill the enemy now?"

Yan Siqi observed most carefully.Immediately asked the question: "Boss, these six flintlocks seem to be used together with six flintlocks. But the latter two. It seems that they cannot be fired with flintlocks. How do they shoot."

Yang Dacheng also asked: "Why is it called a lightning gun? Isn't it a flintfire?"

Yin Feng smiled lightly.He nodded to the captain of the guard, Lin Tianping.Lin Tianping then distributed several small iron pipes to several Chinese army generals.

"This. Isn't this iron tube the paper-wrapped bullets of the flintlock gun?"

"Take out the bullets in the paper package..." Yin Feng said.

Everyone obeyed his words.The ammunition in the small iron tube was taken out. "What. What's in it. A white spacer."

Yin Feng raised his voice: "Everyone be careful. This thing is very easy to get angry. Brother Zhenquan. Carefully put this piece of thing on the ground. Then you hit it with a stone or something hard."

Yan Siqi looked at Yin Feng.Suspicious face.However, he did as Yin Feng said.

"Boom." There was a flash of light.That small piece was easily detonated by the stone.Yan Siqi was taken aback.Then he jumped up excitedly: "This. This is a new explosive. Compared with flint fire. It is simply..." He couldn't find a word to describe it.Can't help but dance and say: "Captain, what's the name of this gunpowder?"

Yin Feng said: "This thing is called thunder mercury. Its character is extremely violent. Due to the complicated manufacturing process, it has not yet been mass-produced."

"Lei Gong. The name is true. It is as fast and violent as a lightning strike." All the generals surrounded him.Excited to experiment like a child.It made crackling on the hill for a while.

……

The new explosive is the plagiarized work of Yin Feng, an expert in military history of the cottage.In fact, it is the earth-made mercury fulminate invented and manufactured by Ding Shoucun in the later Qing Dynasty during the Opium War.At that time, the preparation method of mercury fulminate had not been introduced to China.Ding Shoucun was based on the existing technology of the Qing Dynasty.Use net nitrate, alcohol, green alum, and silver as raw materials.Trial production of fast detonating explosives.His method was to first make nitric acid from alum and saltpeter.And after distillation into concentrated nitric acid.At the same time, the alcohol is repeatedly distilled into concentrated alcohol.Then concentrated nitric acid and concentrated alcohol were made into a concentrated solution.Finally, the foot silver is hammered into thin flakes and thrown into the solution. "Its silver turned over immediately" (produced a violent chemical reaction) and there was "white foam sitting on the bottom" in the glass test bottle.After pouring out the water above it.It is insoluble white mercury fulminate crystals.It has become an important raw material for the manufacture of cartridge-type bullets.Daoguang 22 years (1843).Ding Shoucun described the trial production process and results.Wrote the article "Western self-propelled firearms making method".Later, it was included in the ninth volume of "Pictures of Haiguo" by Wei Yuan.

Ding Shoucun's trial production of mercury fulminate.Although more than 40 years later than the British chemist Howard.But after all, it is the first time that a new type of explosive has been independently trial-produced.It can also be regarded as a major achievement of China's military technology entering the age of firearms.

This is also the reason why Yin Feng wants to use Ding Shoucun's method to make Lei Mercury: the original Opium War period in that time and space.Compared with Yin Feng, the level of technology and craftsmanship has changed time and space.The actual level is not much different.What Ding Shoucun can do.Yin Feng believed that his weapons research department would be able to do the same.And with the financial and material resources of Yin Feng's ruling area.Funding issues can be almost ignored in research.After two years of careful experimentation.During this period, there were five or six accidents, large or small.One craftsman and one technician were killed or injured.Finally, mercury fulminate was successfully produced.

Lei Mercury's anger refreshed the generals.But the next rapid-fire gun experiment was a bit twists and turns.

These rapid-fire guns.In the basic appearance and basic design ideas.More than half of it is Yin Feng's concept.The firearms group of four made Yin Feng's concept concrete and detailed according to the existing technical conditions of the Chinese Army.Yin Feng's principle is to advance technology step by step; he really wants to make a Gatling machine gun in one go.But according to the existing military technical level of the Chinese army.Under the condition that metal processing is mostly done by hand and only simple hydraulic machine tools are available.Goldfinger opened too hard.The firearms quartet can't figure it out.at last.Yin Feng had to provide some design concepts.Let the firearms quartet decide the direction of research and development by themselves.

The six-piece flintlock was actually developed from the concept of later defense guns (Defence).1718 in another time and space.Englishman James Barker invented a rotary defensive gun.Its magazine has six holes like a revolver.Can hold six small metal tubes.The tube contained the paper-wrapped ammunition used by the army at that time.There is a rocker behind the magazine.The small tube can be turned to the barrel for positioning.Launch one by one.After the bullets are fired.The magazine can be removed.Load another magazine.You can continue shooting.The firearms quartet used the design of the Franc machine gun.Instead of a magazine, use a small iron pipe with a hole in the upper part to manually reload.Use the rocker to strike the flintlock mechanisms on the barrel in turn to fire bullets.In this field test.The fire rate of the six-child flintlock gun is not fast.But relatively stable.Three flintlock muskets each with three operators.Basically keep the speed of 1 rounds per minute.There was no accident until the 200 rounds were fired.

The "Thunderbolt Revolver Gun" is actually a homemade copycat version of the later Ripley Machine Gun.

The Lapri machine gun looks very similar to the Gotling machine gun.But it was invented in another time and place in 1861.Slightly older than the Gatling gun.So it is possible that the Gotling gun borrowed some of its design.Although its appearance is somewhat similar to the Gatling machine gun.Even the position of the barrel group is very similar.But it operates on a completely different principle.Its barrel group is fixed.Does not rotate.And its launch mechanism is a bit like a magazine for bombs.There is an iron pipe on the bolt locking block.Load standard paper-wrapped ammunition and thunderbolt flash caps.Then put the bolt into the rear of the barrel and lock it.Turn the joystick one turn to fire all the bullets.Then take out the locking block of the bolt.Replace it with another loaded locking block.Immediately can launch again.in the test.Two of the four Thunderbolt revolvers had malfunctioned feed lock blocks.In one case, the joystick was stuck and could not move at all.Only one fired all 200 rounds.It takes less than 3 minutes.

The densely packed barrel of the "Thunderbolt Cellular Gun" looks very much like the existing multi-barreled "storm gun" of the Chinese Army.However, it is magazine-fed with a locking mechanism.It is also necessary to put the paper-packed bullets in the small iron tube to use.It is essentially a copycat version of the Mitrailleuse gun of later generations.

另一时空的1851年。比利时的Fafschamps上尉发明了一种改良的排放枪。37根枪管铸在一个圆管中。子弹则装在圆形枪机闭锁块上的37个小孔中。枪手把装好子弹的闭锁块放在枪身后端的缺口处。再推动一个杠杆。将闭锁块向前推。完成闭锁。此时子弹正好跟每个枪管对正。然后枪手转动位于后方的一个摇杆。击发装置就将这37颗子弹逐一击发；一圈转完正好所有子弹都击发。这时枪手拉动杠杆。闭锁块后滑。枪手将闭锁块取出,将另一个装好子弹的闭锁块放入。开始另一轮射击。这个设计听起來好像非常复杂。其实十分简单。在这次试验中。四架雷击蜂窝枪电光石火般喷吐火焰。转瞬间就将200发子弹打完。其中。有一架闭锁弹仓卡住了。另一架是摇杆击发系统卡住了。其余两架都完成了射击。受过训练的三名枪手互相配合。将这两架雷击蜂窝枪的功能全部发挥出來。每分钟200发的射速让中华军众将领目瞪口呆。事实上。这米特留雷斯枪也是后世第一个实用化的排放枪。

After the thunderous and lightning-like shooting ended.Yin Feng muttered to himself: "From this point of view, the failure rate is still too high. It needs to be improved." He found that everyone behind him was silent.look back.Seeing that the generals were still in a state of shock.He smiled and said, "Everyone, go down and find out."

This is a moment that changed the history of weapons.

Lu Ruohan, a Portuguese missionary, recovered from his shock.He looked at Yin Feng beside him in awe.He didn't know in advance that the rapid-fire gun experiment was going to happen.Although he has the name of a consultant in the weapons research department.Only participated in the development of some mercury fulminate propellants.At this moment, he thought keenly: only in terms of military technology.What Yin Feng has mastered has far exceeded the current technical level in Europe.With Yin Feng's current power.In the ancient country of the Chinese Empire, it will occupy the pinnacle position.There is almost no doubt now.

Everyone went down to the practice field.Surround these monsters with love.There was a lot of discussion.

"It's still possible to use the lightning-strike honeycomb gun. Such a rain of bullets is fired. Only this one can withstand the impact of a thousand officers and soldiers. It can block a hundred Jurchen Tartar cavalry."

"Brother Huang. These words are too exaggerated. I think the probability of failure of this gun is still too high. And it is too heavy. It is almost as heavy as a light field gun."

"Six guns are stable enough. But the rate of fire is far inferior to these two guns. The best is this kind of thunderbolt percussion bullet. You can try to make a gun for individual soldiers with this bullet."

"It's better to use the honeycomb gun. Thousands of rounds of ammunition cover the sky and cover the sky. It doesn't matter what Jurchen cavalry or white soldiers. Your Majesty, hurry up and distribute these artifacts to all troops."

Yin Feng stood behind everyone with his hands behind his back.Smiled and watched for a while.Suddenly he ordered loudly: "Colleagues from the weapon research department stay here. The rest of the brothers packed up all these treasures and transported them back to the Lushun Arsenal. Everyone should keep it secret. Do you understand?"

Then he greeted the generals of the Chinese Army: "Let's go. Don't look at it. When these weapons are distributed to the troops, you can put them on your bed and look at them." Everyone burst into laughter.

He suddenly said seriously: "Brothers, these firearms have to be improved before they can be used in battle. Although we will soon have these sharp weapons, I don't want the Chinese army to become like the Ming Dynasty army. They only know how to rely on firearms. The weapons are long but the breathing is short. The moment you touch the battle, you will collapse. The bayonet assassination training in the army needs to be strengthened. Discipline, will and weapons are the three magic weapons for the Chinese army to win. Don't forget it."

……

After this test.The six-piece flintlock was improved by the Weapons Research Department.Change it to the cartridge that thunder mercury fires to feed the bomb.The rate of fire increase is limited.But the stability is still good.Known as the six-shot lightning gun.It began to be distributed to the Chinese Army Infantry, Navy and Marine Corps.After the performance of the Lightning Strike Cell Gun has been improved.Because it is too heavy.It replaced the Franc gun on naval battleships.It became a melee shooting weapon on the deck of a battleship.It has also begun to be used in the infantry of the Chinese Army.The failure rate is high due to process problems.It can't completely replace the huge and heavy rainstorm gun.

Yin Feng believes that the Thunderbolt revolver is the most promising manual machine gun.It could later become a template for the development of the Grint machine gun.But the failure rate is higher than the honeycomb gun.Must be improved.at the same time.The trial production of thunder mercury firing needle guns for individual soldiers was also put on the agenda by the weapon research department.

same moment.The Chinese Army continued to build up forces in Liaodong and northern Korea.

The Ming Dynasty and Houjin were not idle either.The officers and troops in western Liaoning are gathering.but.The court of the Ming Dynasty was still arguing endlessly about party disputes.Xiong Tingbi is on trial as the scapegoat for Liaodong's failure.The inner court eunuch Wei Zhongxian is beginning to develop his own power.The new army trained hard by Xu Guangqi and Yu Zigao.No one cares about it.

And in Liaoyang, Shenyang line.Nurhachi is driving hundreds of thousands of Liaodong people to build the city wall.Hurry up and build armor and weapons.Amin, the owner of the Xianglan Banner, fled back to Liaoyang.He was imprisoned by Nurhachi in Hetuala's dungeon.

Nurhachi almost chopped off Amin's head.Later, it was Huang Taiji who tried his best to persuade him to stop.Amin was knocked out by the Chinese army's firearms battle.The power of firearms was exaggerated in words.Nurhachi didn't believe his words.But the post-Jin ruler also saw the power of firearms.He ordered to find firearms craftsmen among the captured Liaodong soldiers and civilians.Started to formally build the firearms of the Houjin Kingdom.

After the Golden Eight Banners are missing one flag, it is always not good.Nurhachi ordered dozens of Niulu to be drawn from Zhenglan Banner, Zhengbai Banner and other banners.Dozens more were assembled from the newly conquered Mongolian tribes.A new blue-bordered flag was formed.The banner owner is temporarily held by himself.