(First chapter of Volume 2.

In this chapter, the second volume is about to end, the next volume - the deputy president of the Wuyi Army, Qianhu. The next volume is even more colorful, a magnificent era has just begun! Please continue to support me, brothers.)

There were countless firearms in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no doubt that the Five Thunder God Machines were the most powerful among all individual firearms.

This was just the first half of the 16th century of the Western calendar, and it was the period when the development of firearms had just entered its first peak - the collaps.

As the first generation of muskets that are popularized on a large scale, there are many disadvantages: slow speed, short range, poor degree, cannot be used on rainy days, and firelight can easily cause targets, etc. However, no matter what defects it has, it is a new weapon leading the era and a future development trend.

The most criticized musket is undoubtedly the speed. Qi Jiguang recorded 10 processes of using a combroach in "Ji Xiao New Book". In Europe, a volume of "Weapon Practice" published by Jacob; De Geier of Amsterdam in 1607 describes the firing steps of a combroach, which is divided into twenty-five steps. When the musketeers go to battle, they must bring a gun and a fuse, fire (used in the gun and fire), projectiles, and fork-shaped brackets. Once the enemy and us are fired, the hands and feet will be busy opening fire-loading-and-fire again. The hands and feet must be very agile, and the best hand can only shoot two or three rounds per minute.

Generally, a shè can hit a lead bullet in one minute, which is OK.

And what can one minute do?

On the battlefield, the speed of the cavalry charge is about forty kilometers per hour. In other words, it is about six hundred and sixty meters per minute, more than one mile! What is the range of the cotspear? The effective range is more than one hundred meters, and the distance of more than one hundred meters, the cavalry arrives in an instant!

In the original time and space of Lian Zining, the last glorious empire of the Han people was defeated by the semi-slavery barbaric nation that originated between the white mountains and black waters. There was no effective method of fighting formation. The Ming army holding muskets often fired a shot and was killed by the Eight Banners cavalry. At that time, they could only be killed by the neck.

Moreover, in the late Ming Dynasty, the court was in a state of chaos. First, the eunuch party, and then Donglin, who was worse than the eunuch party, came to the stage. After you finished singing, who would have the intention to catch the military industry? The quality of the muskets made was extremely poor, and they were almost about to explode with a single shot.

Such a Ming Dynasty lost a lot in the military, which is really not unfair.

To be honest, the grenade gun at this time may not necessarily be as useful as a strong bow and a hard arrow.

This is why, both in the East and West, after the appearance of the mezzanine, it was still suppressed by cold weapons for a long time. In addition to being accustomed to being conservative, there are indeed some substantial things in it.

The only exception is probably the first generation of rotary wheel and flint gun series represented by the Five Thunder Machines in the Ming Dynasty!

In contemporary Europe, the most advanced firearm was the Spanish Mushket Matchrod. This kind of musket was almost born in this era and represents the best and highest level of European mezzanine. It has a diameter of 23 mm, a weight of about 20 kilograms, a mass of 50 grams, a maximum range of 250 meters, an effective range of 100 meters, and a mechanical sight. It uses two rounds per minute. This gun is very bulky and can only use a fork frame to support the hair. However, it has one advantage, it is very powerful and can penetrate the heavy armor worn by the knight within 100 meters. At that time, many firearms were useless outside 80 meters.

But it was with this musket that Spain conquered the American boss at that time, and built thousands of miles of land, tens of millions of people, and had 500,000 infantry Inca Empire.

Even Europe's most advanced muskets are just two rounds per minute.

The Five Thunder Machine can achieve five consecutive shots! Since they share a fire and the barrel can rotate, after one barrel is shot, it will automatically rotate to the next barrel without reinstalling, refilling the bullets, and repeating the cumbersome twenty-five programs, you can instantly fire! Five consecutive shots, what is this?

In the short few seconds when five consecutive lead bullets were shot out, the Five Thunder Machines already had some characteristics of the automatic firearm in later generations - continuous firing!

The individual automatic firearm was not developed until around the First World War. The weapons that dominated the West from the late 19th century to the mid-twentieth century were single-shot rifles such as Springfield, Mosinnagan, and Máoth. This kind of rifle, even if used by a skilled soldier, was only seven or eight rounds per minute.

The interval between each five consecutive shots of the Five Thunder God Machine is only two or three seconds.

It can be imagined that these five consecutive bullets created such a brilliant and heroic steel storm!

As long as it is matched with effective tactics, the commander is rational enough, and an army equipped with such weapons will be a terrible force!

In this era, in this era when hot weapons have just reached the world, cold weapons are in full swing, and even dominant, the Ming Dynasty has firmly grasped the pulse of future weapons development, stood at the highest peak of this era, and has surpassed any country, nation and group.

Even if there were people in the court who were blind and had been silent for decades, the Ming Dynasty was still the best in the world!

And I must completely preserve this advantage, and not see the regression of the wild darkness and the extremely stupid behavior of abolishing the firearms, which will make my vast China, tens of millions of nvs, no longer sink for a hundred years.

Lian Zining shouted silently in his heart!

At this time, he had calmed down, put the five Thunder God Machines in his hand back, walked out of the warehouse, and said to Liu Liangchen who was guarding outside: "Let someone look at this place, then go to the carpenter shop in the town, order some shelves, and ask for three-layer shelves. Then lay the oil cloth on it and put the guns on the shelves, so that I can see if I have any damage to cháo, I will ask you!"

Liu Liangchen said in a slight manner: "According to the order, I will not let you down!"

Lian Zining nodded, then walked to the lobby, and asked someone to attract Rongyue and discuss it carefully.

Now the imperial edict from the court has been issued, and the Ministry of War has also issued the text to the Chen Office and the other seventy or eighty hundred households stationed in the towns of the flag bearer guard. Those hundred households must have received the news and started preparing!

But, what are you preparing for?
Chapter completed!