Finally, the Zhenyang Fleet set off!
Two Nanhua-class battleships, four Linhai-class armored cruisers, plus four light cruisers, this huge fleet set off.
When the fleet set off, the port was full of people seeing off the ship, including not only family members of navy personnel, but also many friends of military personnel, many of whom were military personnel.
When Lin Yuehu was about to board the ship, Shen Yaozu looked at him on the trestle. After a moment of silence, he said.
"Captain, I'll see you again after the victory!"
"See you after the victory!"
At this moment, there is no need to say goodbye. Soldiers have a military way of saying goodbye. A handshake and a "take care" are enough.
The Ming Dynasty, a country that was founded only five years ago and entered the New World only sixteen years ago, is about to usher in the baptism of blood and fire in the new era...
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What is war?
In Serbia, there is a proverb that goes like this: In a war, politicians provide ammunition, rich people provide food, and poor people provide children... When the war is over, politicians take back the remaining ammunition, the rich grow more food, and the poor
Search for the child's grave.
This may not be true, but what is one thing that is certain?
War is definitely a carnival for arms dealers.
Who is the largest arms dealer in Ming Dynasty?
Of course it is the Nanhua Company, which was the former American Company and the royal estate of Emperor Zhu Da!
The famous Nanhua Arsenal, Krug Artillery Factory, Nanyuan Ammunition Company, Nanhua Shipyard, Linhai Shipyard, and Lianshan Comprehensive Factory. Almost all the arsenals that can be named in the Ming Dynasty are subsidiaries of Nanhua Company.
Which is the largest arsenal in the Ming Dynasty?
Of course it is the Nanhua Arsenal. This arsenal has more than 30,000 machines and 70,000 workers. It is the largest arms-industrial complex in the world. Different from other professional factories, this factory has a gun factory and a ammunition factory.
There are dozens of branch factories such as artillery factory, artillery shell factory, firearms factory (producing fuses and pyrotechnics), gunpowder factory, foundry, steel factory, etc.
It can be said that this factory is the mother of industry in the Ming Dynasty, because the first domestic machine tools, domestic steam engines and other equipment in the Ming Dynasty were all produced in this factory. Similarly, this factory is also the military industry of the Ming Dynasty.
mother of.
After April, Nanhua Arsenal became extremely busy. The original two shifts of 10 hours each day became two shifts of 11.5 hours a day. Why should one hour be left because the machines need to be inspected, otherwise, it would be 24 hours a day.
Production is not impossible.
In the brightly lit workshop, machines roared. Workers cut metal into parts in front of the machine tools. Those parts were inspected and heat-treated, and finally sent to the assembly workshop. The workers assembled the parts into a whole and placed them in the center of the workbench.
On the conveyor belt, the parts are sent to the next workbench through the conveyor belt, and then they are assembled together to finally form a complete rifle.
This working mode seems very simple, but it is "assembly line production" that is half a century ahead of its time. In the past few years, Daming's production experts have been studying the innovation of this production technology, trying to use this
Innovations in production technology promote the industrial revolution in production.
The arsenal was the first place to apply this production technology.
After each rifle is assembled and produced, it will be packed into boxes for test firing. When the rifles are delivered to the test firing range on a cart via a small track, the sound of gunfire is still loud in the test firing range as before.
In addition to the test shooters on the rifle shooting stand who kept shooting, on a nearby shooting stand, a shooter sat behind the tripod and was operating a strange thing on the tripod.
The reason why it is a little weird is that there is a metal bullet chain inserted in the square receiver, and there is a round iron cylinder in front of the receiver, and the iron cylinder seems to be dripping with water.
The moment he pulled the trigger.
"clatter……"
The crisp and rapid sound of gunfire rang out on the shooting range. There are no barrels like a Gatling gun, and there is no need for an electric motor. You only need to pull the bolt, and then you can shoot continuously.
When the gunfire rang out, Liu Qingen stared at the machine gun and ignored the smashed target board. What was the most important thing now?
That's how long it can shoot continuously.
But in just a few dozen breaths, the 300-round bullet chain was empty. At the moment it was empty, Liu Qingen said.
"Load and keep shooting!"
The test shooter immediately picked up the bullet chain, inserted the bullet chain guide strip into the receiver, and then pulled the bolt again.
"Crack!" There was a sound, and while loading the gun, he pulled the trigger again.
Gunfire rang out again!
The rapid, continuous sound of gunfire echoed on the shooting range. Along with the joy of the machine gun, the water in the cooling water cylinder boiled, and some steam came out. With the continuous shooting, the steam became more and more
The water in the cooling water tank is decreasing, and cartridge cases are piling up on the right side of the machine gun.
At this time, everyone in the shooting range was attracted.
People stood nearby and looked at it in surprise. This seemingly inconspicuous guy actually fired so many bullets!
"How many bullets were fired?"
"More than 50 bullet belts!"
"Wouldn't that mean there are 15,000 rounds?"
"I estimate there are at least 17,000..."
People were discussing with each other. Maybe to the outside world, this machine gun is still a secret, but to the people in Nanhua Arsenal, it is not a secret. After all, in the past days, this new type of machine gun
It has been improving and testing, and its performance is constantly improving on this shooting range.
From the beginning, it could only shoot one or two thousand rounds of bullets continuously, but now it can shoot tens of thousands of bullets continuously. Even the cooling water cylinder used to cool the barrel along with the barrel jacket has been increased from 2.5 liters to 3.3 liters to extend the shooting time.
time.
After continuous improvement, it has become increasingly perfect.
"Twenty thousand hairs..."
After shooting the 67th bullet chain, Liu Qingen had a smile on his face.
20,000 rounds, this is the Army's requirement for machine guns - the machine gun must be able to fire 20,000 rounds continuously!
"Connect the bullet chains together and test fire with gun No. 133!"
At Liu Qingen's request, another trial machine gun used an extended bullet chain, and a total of 67 bullet chains were connected together. For the next 48 minutes and 12 seconds, the machine gun kept firing continuously, and the continuous shooting shocked people.
Everyone was shocked, even the engineers who produced the Gatling gun at the gun factory were alarmed. When they looked at the machine gun spitting out tongues of fire, they had only one thought in their minds - the Gatling gun was eliminated!
At least he was eliminated in the infantry regiment!
This kind of machine gun, which does not require batteries, electric motors and is lighter, will definitely change warfare...
This chapter has been completed!