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Chapter 59 The First Rifle (Please recommend for collection)
Hearing what Wang Shao said, Lu Chengqi laughed loudly, and said: "Commander Wang, this rifle is not a firecracker, it is used to scare the barbarians. It is a real weapon for killing people. If it can be fired continuously, it will truly conquer the world." Invincible!"

Shen Kuo frowned, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that although this rifle is extremely powerful, its range is not far. Even if it can fire continuously, it may not be better than Yiman's bow and arrow!"

Lu Chengqi waved his hand and said, "A bow and arrow is almost at the peak of its development, no matter how powerful it is, it's nothing more than that. But you only understand the power of black and gunpowder, and you dare to make such a conclusion. Isn't it against the principles of science? Dao? The way of science is to dare to question, dare to innovate, dare to be the first, have you all forgotten? What's more, this is just a test gun, which has not yet been finalized, and its performance has not been developed better. Conclusion?"

Shen Kuo was taught a lesson by Lu Chengqi, and he argued dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, the cost of making a rifle is much higher than that of making bows and arrows, such a waste of money, my Dashun army is enough to expand the army by tens of thousands. "

Lu Chengqi still lamented the stubbornness of the ancients on the existing knowledge, and patiently explained: "Shen Qing, Commander Wang is the leader of the army. He is proficient in the way of training soldiers. I will tell you the way of training soldiers. Why do you spend a lot of money?" Manufacture rifles. Training an archer requires a certain amount of arm strength and talent. An archer needs at least one year of training to be able to go to the battlefield. However, with a rifle, children can knock down strong men without much arm strength. And training The time is not more than three months. The strength of the Yiman lies in the fact that the cavalry is sharp and the whole people are soldiers. If I have 150 rifles, with a little training, I will have [-] elite soldiers. We have made a lot of money. What is the population of barbarians? Besides, if the range of rifles is increased to [-] paces, or even [-] paces, or [-] paces of bows and arrows, at that time, will you still be afraid of barbarian cavalry?"

Shen Kuo was shocked by Lu Chengqi's words, he never thought about this issue.Wang Shao pondered for a while, and said: "If the rifle is as your majesty said, it is indeed a divine weapon. The last general also explored why the Khitan people are so powerful, because they are civilians in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. If I am big By the way, if you have a rifle, you can form an army in three months, so why be afraid of Khitan?"

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "That's the reason. But whether the rifle is good or not, you still have to rely on your vigorous research, otherwise everything will be nothing more than magic."

While speaking, the three of them had arrived at the testing ground.Su Song is letting people test the gun, and he is recording the data on the side.After Lu Chengqi arrived, the gun test stopped immediately, for fear of accidentally injuring Lu Chengqi.

Lu Chengqi didn't take it seriously, and asked someone to take the first real rifle in this different time and space. Looking at the gun body made of high-quality mahogany, the black and shiny barrel, and the carefully polished buttstock, every time Lu Chengqi couldn't let go of any place.

This rifle uses a percussion-type flintlock gun designed by Lu Chengqi himself. The ammunition is loaded by a rotary magazine. Through a lever, the pre-wrapped bullets are loaded, and then the trigger is pulled to fire the bullets. .This is not so much a rifle as it is an oversized left-hander.If it is according to the historical process, there should be matchlock guns first, then flintlock guns, and then smokeless gunpowder.But Lu Chengqi, as a reborn person, naturally knows that even a flintlock gun can be made in one step now, so why bother to look far away?
The only regret of this rifle is that Su Song thought that engraving the rifling would not increase the range, so he did not engrave the rifling.In this era, there are no machine tools, and it is very difficult to score rifling.It takes a craftsman to use a drill knife to carve and polish a little bit to make a gun barrel, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The bullets are black and gunpowder wrapped in paper in advance, and the main lethality lies in the lead bullets inside the paper package.The output of lead in this era was extremely low, and lead was also a precious metal, even if it was mined nationwide, it was not high.In fact, China's lead reserves are not low, it's just that the mining is not effective.If Lu Chengqi ordered the mass production of bullets, then the lead production would definitely increase.The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world is for profit.It's just that I don't know how many miners' blood and sweat are in it.

Lu Chengqi didn't have time to sigh, he had already pulled the lever impatiently, after loading the bullet, he aimed through the front sight, a target sixty steps away, and after holding his breath, he pulled the trigger.

"Bang!!!"

A loud noise came from the barrel of the rifle, followed by a puff of black smoke and a burst of flames. The bullet flew out whistling at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

"Snapped!!!"

After a soft sound, a deformed lead was embedded in the huge wooden target sixty steps away.Then, Lu Chengqi pulled the lever with his left hand again, the machine wheel turned, and after sending the bullet into the gun chamber, within ten seconds, another bullet was fired.

In less than ten seconds, he fired two shots in a row, which was comparable to the magical skill of Lianzhu arrows. Wang Shao's mouth was so shocked that he couldn't speak.After ejecting the bullets from the magazine, Lu Chengqi handed the rifle to Su Song and ordered someone to carry the target. Everyone saw that the lead was embedded in the plank for as much as three inches. Although the aim was not high, it was extremely powerful.If it is shot at the Khitan cavalry without armor protection, it will definitely cause a lot of damage.

There is a saying from experience on the battlefield: "It is better to suffer three arrows than one blow; it is better to suffer three blows than one shot." This shows that the lethality of bows and arrows on the battlefield is actually not so strong.As long as you don't hit a vital point, you generally can't die.If it is stabbed with a long spear, according to ancient medical technology, even if it is not a penetrating wound in a vital part, it is tantamount to hopeless in the case of a large amount of blood loss.And the blow from the rifle is equivalent to a long-range strike from a spear. It is also a penetrating wound, but the wound is a little smaller.With the medical technology at this time, this kind of injury on the upper body is also a dead end.

Lu Chengqi fired two shots, regaining the feeling of shooting a gun during high school military training, but he still felt the shortcomings of this rifle.First of all, as a breech-loading gun, the airtightness of this rifle is not good, and there is a feeling of air leakage, resulting in insufficient power and range not far enough, and there is no kinetic energy at about eighty paces.In the long run, I'm afraid it will explode.Furthermore, there is no rifling, so the accuracy is worrying.

After Lu Chengqi mentioned these two shortcomings, Su Song and Shen Kuo fell into deep thought.And Tang Xun, who was recording the data at the side, said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are also making the rifled guns that your majesty said, and they are expected to come out in the future. The airtightness that your majesty mentioned, the ministers and others also have an idea, and they are also in the rifled gun. What does His Majesty think about using it on a gun?"

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "Your task now is to find a rifle with superior performance that can be used for actual combat. It doesn't matter if it is finalized and mass-produced later, the main thing is that the rifle has a better range and accuracy, otherwise I will waste so much money. , I can’t justify it to the household department.”

After asking some more questions about steelmaking, Lu Chengqi and Wang Shao said goodbye and came out.On the way, Lu Chengqi asked Wang Shao, "Commander Wang, what do you think about rifles?"

Wang Shao sighed: "Your Majesty's ingenuity is really a man of heaven. If this rifle is [-] or [-] paces farther, I dare say that the Khitan cavalry is not to be feared!"

(End of this chapter)