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Chapter 74

[Three-eyed firearm: a short firearm in the Ming Dynasty of China, made of wrought iron forged and rolled. 】

[The shape is three bamboo-shaped single guns, and each tube has a small hole on the outside. When using, add gunpowder to the gunpowder tube, and finally fill the steel ball or cast iron block, crushed iron sand, etc., add the firewire at the small hole, ignite the firewire when using, detonate the loaded gunpowder to shoot the projectile, and the three gunpowder can be fired in turns. 】

Li Shimin looked at the "three-eyed fire gun production drawing" in his hand very preciously.

I am very glad in my heart.

Fortunately, this kind of drawing does not appear in the popular science content.

Otherwise, with the skills of the blacksmiths of the Tang Dynasty and the amount of gunpowder existing in the country, it is likely that a lot of three-eyed firearms will suddenly appear in a short period of time.

Today, there are such powerful firearms.

It's better to order someone to build it as soon as possible.

Li Shimin thought of Cheng Biting Jin, at this time he was probably still studying the ~ weapons of the Qin Dynasty.

But now there are weapons from the Ming Dynasty.

What are the weapons of the Qin Dynasty!

Think of it.

Li Shimin instructed to his side: "Come on, call Lu Guogong." "

Not for a while.

Cheng Yanjin ran over with a decadent face.

He was a little faceless to face His Majesty.

He and a large number of officials actually did not understand the construction principle of weapons during the Qin Dynasty.

Just a picture on the light curtain at the time.

You can't make a real thing!

Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is ashamed. "

Li Shimin seemed to have discovered something, his face was as usual, and he replied with a smile: "I'm not asking about the crime. "

"It just so happens that I just got a blueprint for a firearm. "

"You quickly lead people to create real things. "

"I can't do it this time, but don't blame me for not giving you a chance. "

Cheng Yanjin was overjoyed when he heard this.

swept away the decline on his face.

With detailed drawings, it can't be built.

He can really commit suicide by throwing himself into the river!

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Without much to say, he walked away with the drawings in his arms.

Li Shimin sat comfortably on a chair and made a cup of tea.

I just want to taste it.

A guard hurriedly arrived.

"Your Majesty. "

"The Tibetan messenger came and asked for money. "

"He, he claimed that it was for the Duke of Wencheng. "

Li Shimin stood up suddenly.

He had sent troops to attack Tibet, but he had defeated the enemy army.

But in order to stabilize the Tibetans, they were not allowed to make trouble on the frontier.

Or marry Princess Wencheng to them.

At that time, it was a shame for Datang.

It is clear that the battle is won, but it is the same as losing.

Now it seems that the effect of this trick is average, and it is easy to make others kick their noses in the face!

Li Shimin was completely furious!

At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty was weak, but now it is different from the past!

"Your Majesty, do you want to send them away?" the guard immediately asked when he saw that His Majesty's face was wrong.

Li Shimin suppressed his killing intent and replied with a smile:

"No, send a minister to deal with them. "

"The conditions they put forward can be negotiated, and when the time comes, I will send Lu Guogong to personally send them the gold and silver treasures. "

The guard nodded suspiciously.

Something is wrong with Your Majesty today!

The other side.

The envoy of Tibet leaned back and smiled with a smile.

"Hahaha, Datang really didn't dare to start a war with me again, so he could only agree to our request and ask for it again next month. "

“..."

Two days later.

Cheng Yanjin ran to Li Shimin's residence early in the morning.

He knelt on the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty, the minister has made the three-eyed fire gun!"

"The minister tried it himself, and it was very powerful. "

"You can shoot projectiles, and you can pick them up and smash people!"

"After a few days of training, the soldiers can become proficient in using it. "

When Li Shimin heard this, his sleepiness dissipated directly.

He excitedly pressed Cheng Jin's shoulder, "Well done, immediately let people build 10,000 sets." "

"Seven days later, you will take this 10,000 fire guns and give gifts to Tubo!"

"Remember, go waiting. "

"When you come back, don't come back empty-handed!"

"Also, it's time for Princess Wencheng to take it back, she suffered. "

Cheng Yanjin froze.

Yes?

Your Majesty, is this a gift?

Let the ministers rob it!

But the king's order cannot be violated.

He also wanted to try what it was like to rob others.

Just right, let's try it too.

How effective is the "Molotov cocktail" he invented.

The two continued to discuss the details of the operation for a while.

Until half a month later.

A piece of news that shook the whole country came out.

: Under the pretense of giving gifts, Lu Guogong burned down the palace of Tubo at night, rescued Princess Wencheng, and killed more than 50,000 enemy soldiers by the way!

The news quickly spread across the country.

The people held a celebration and celebrated with great vigour. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

[Popular science on the history of the development of human weapons. 】

[2: The combination of hot and cold weapons has completed the popularization of science in the era. 】

[Three minutes later, the era of popular science hot weapons begins.] 】

Time flies.

[Popular science continues.] 】

[Three: The era of hot weapons. 】

With the continuous development of productive forces, hot weapons began to gradually occupy the historical stage, among which the development of firearms is the most representative.

From the perspective of its use, the development process of firearms can be divided into three stages: the pre-loading period, the reloading period, and the automatic loading period. 】

【Preloading Period】

[1.Assault gun]

[The Chinese invented gunpowder, and naturally they were the first to put gunpowder into the battlefield. 】

As early as the Southern Song Dynasty (1259), Huaxia first used a body barrel made of bamboo, a brute gun that fired small projectiles with black powder, which was the world's earliest tubular shooting firearm. 】

[2.Fire system]

[Body-barreled guns in the true sense of the word.

These early fire systems can only be called fire systems, and they are all very light and have a very small caliber.

The range of these earliest body-barreled firearms was quite close, only a few meters, and the spray was only a genus of flame and iron sand.

But in any case, in principle, these rudimentary weapons were the ancestors of countless firearms for hundreds of years.

The advent of large-caliber artillery was already at the end of the Yuan Dynasty in China.

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[3.Fire Door Gun]

The Mongol expedition brought terror and carnage from East Asia to the shores of the Mediterranean, but the conquest brought not only blood, but also the advanced technology of China to the West. The Arabs must have invented the motor method before the Europeans began to use firearms. 】

The word al-madafa is the Arabic name for a hand cannon used by infantry. 】

[Different from the hand cannon used by the cavalry, the motor method is designed for infantry, so the cannon body is fixed on a thick wooden stick, when using it, hold the cannon body with the left hand and clamp the wooden stick under the armpit.Then use a piece of coal, a piece of fire rope or a piece of red-hot metal to reach into the fire door.Ignite the gunpowder.This is the prototype of the fire gate gun. 】

[4.Arquebus]

[The biggest disadvantage of the musket gun is that it cannot keep aiming all the time when firing.] So in the early 15th century, some modifications were made to the motor method: the fire door was moved from the top to the right, and a lever was added, and at the top of the lever was a clamp that held a section of the fire rope in place. A small bowl-shaped brass vessel protrudes from the fire door, which can hold a small amount of gunpowder as an initiating agent. 】

[This musket is called a hook gun because of the hook-shaped butt, but it is commonly translated as an open torch, although it only has a crosshair, no door, and no trigger, and it is fired by pressing the lever with the thumb of the right hand to ignite, but it is the original firearm that can shoot against the shoulder and keep aiming during the fire. 】

And because of the invention of granular gunpowder, the power and accuracy of the projectile have been greatly improved. 】

[In the mid-15th century, it was extended under the lever, and the trigger was made according to the structure of the crossbow, and in the early 16th century, the more complete slide-chamber arquebus was born. 】

[5.Flintlock pistol]

At the beginning of the 6th century, with the development of mechanical processes such as clocks and watches, some whimsical inventors tried to use these machines in firearms. 】

[The so-called retainer fire pistol is to replace the arquebus clip of the general arquebus pistol with a snail-shaped spring and a large metal revolver. 】

[This mechanism is complex, expensive, and difficult to repair, and the price is 2~3 times that of the arquebus. Because of its high cost and complexity, the infantry was never willing to use it, but the technique of revelbut muskets has always been used in pistols. 】

[The name of the flintlock pistol in the true sense comes from its flintlock bolt. This bolt is simplified from the flintlock ignition revelator musket. Its mechanical structure is very similar to that of the later arquebus. 】

[Compared with arquebus, the biggest advantage of flintlock pistols is that not only do you not have to worry about the light of burning arquebuses and the unique smell of arquebuses at night to expose the target, but also has a faster rate of fire, a smaller caliber, a shorter barrel, a lighter weight, less recoil, and a higher range. 】

With the update of technology, the loading speed of the front-loading type is increasingly unable to keep up with the speed of the battlefield, and the hitting accuracy of the smoothbore gun is also difficult to meet the requirements. 】

【Rear Gun Period】

[At the end of the 18th century, a new era of the gun revolution arrived. 】

[In 1779, the people of the country invented thunder mercury. 】

[Soon, the Scotsman Alexander Forsyth invented the fire cap, which was the two biggest advances for firearms before the advent of fixed ammunition: from then on, the gunner no longer had to worry about not being able to fire due to moisture and rain, he only needed to put the fire cap on the fire door, and then pull the hammer to ignite the fire. This was followed by fixed-loading cartridges that combined a warhead, a propellant, and a paper cartridge case with a metal primer. 】

[In the first half of the 19th century, the Prussian N Drezer invented the breech-loading pin gun, which was a real leather

Life. 】

[This gun was first equipped with the Prussian army in 1840, when the Prussians used it as the most advanced secret weapon, and it was not made public until 1848, it made the rate of fire of the line neck gun reach 1-2 rounds per minute, and compared with the rear cavity gun and the front gun, it can finally allow soldiers to reload ammunition when lying down and prostrate, and the front gun must be loaded while standing, not to mention that the cavity exceeds the slide gun in range and degree.

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[At this point, the firearm is basically finalized. 】

[The later development is just to make a big fuss about increasing the rate of fire, improving accuracy, and the degree of automation.] 】

【Auto-loading period】

[In order to further increase the firing power of firearms, the earliest method was to mount many barrels on a mount, and use the method of sequential firing or salvo fire to increase the combat rate of fire. 】

[In 1833, the Chinese Makqin used gunpowder gas in his neck as the power, adopted the automatic principle of short recoil of the barrel, and fed the bullet chain with cloth ammunition, so that the theoretical rate of fire was increased to 600/min and could shoot continuously for a long time, becoming the world's first successful automatic weapon. 】

[In the First World War, Germany used the Maxim machine gun to cause 6 divisions of casualties in one day, so at the beginning of the 2nd century, countries competed to develop machine guns, pistols and rifles with different automatic principles and different structures. 】

[According to statistics. 】

[Only in the accounts of the wars involved.] 】

[Maxim machine gun, at least more than a million people killed!]

[It's a veritable battlefield harvester!]

[And it is also a strange weapon that completely ended the cavalry era.] 】

[Since the advent of the Maxim machine gun, the fierce and brutal nomads of the past have gradually put away their bad tempers. 】

[They began to become hospitable, able to sing and dance...]

Hiss!!!

The people of all dynasties and generations can't understand the popular science in front of them at all, and they can't understand it at all.

But the last few paragraphs made them twelve points interested.

Let the grassland people become hospitable, good at singing and dancing!?

Just kidding, it's not.