Chapter 512 Light Musket

Horse City is very interested in the newly built light combroach gun. In contemporary Europe, some people have tried to improve the bulky heavy combroach gun, which is the military madman Gustav II. Dutch craftsmen obviously learned from the experience of the Swedes.

, the butt stock of the heavy convex gun was cut short, the barrel was also cut short, and gear ignition was used.

This is an extremely genius creation, the Ming version of the gear light flint gun.

The gear musket is not a mature flintlock rifle. It is just a transition from a flintlock rifle to a flintlock rifle. It is a product of rough technology. However, this gear light musket makes Ma Cheng extremely satisfied. There are many problems with the performance of this thing.

The fire rate is low, easy to malfunction, and low cost performance. It is naturally insufficient to equip the front-line field troops, but it is sufficient to equip the second-line garrison troops.

The garrison troops stationed in Japan also had another function, experiment fields for various new types of firearms.

The sample gun was quickly made out, and its weight was twice as lighter than the field heavyweight convex gun, less than ten kilograms. The range and power were naturally greatly weakened. The maximum range was about 100 steps and the effective range was about 50 steps.

, but it is enough to meet the needs of the garrison troops. Similarly, the firing rate of this type of gun has been greatly improved.

Ma Cheng immediately ordered mass production. It was this gear-type light convex gun with poor performance and many problems that really made Taiwan's military industry take off. In ten years, a total of 500,000 light convex guns were manufactured.

The amazing number of poles, a half million poles, allowed Taiwanese craftsmen to accumulate rich experience, tempered a large number of skilled workers and skilled craftsmen, and laid a solid foundation for the technological innovation of the Ming Dynasty.

If the number of muskets is insufficient, they can only be replaced by bows and arrows. The shelves of the garrison troops must be set up first.

In the valley, the generals and officers of the old and new sects suddenly argued fiercely with the advantages and disadvantages of the musket for the crossbow. Most of the generals and officials participated in the debate, and their faces were red. Generals from Kaiyuan and even the staff had natural prescriptions on the longbow.

With good feelings and even inexplicable feelings, generals from Taiwan’s military were superstitious about muskets and believed that muskets should be standing, and bows and crossbows did not have to be put into the army, so they could be eliminated as soon as possible.

The two sides are in conflict, which is naturally related to the origins and backgrounds of the generals of the two factions.

Kaiyuan Longbow Team has made many great achievements. Without the Longbow Team, there would be no Kaiyuan strong army today. Most of the Taiwan town troops are newcomers, pirates, and naturally obsessed with the power of muskets. The two sides could not argue, so they came to invite the general.

Decision. Li Cheng-chung narrowed his eyes and looked at the surroundings with a lot of talents. He was already smiling from ear to ear, knowing that Taiwan was coming this time.

With such a fierce debate, neither side could submit to each other, and Ma Cheng was happy to see the argument.

He moved his heart and said with a smile: "This is my opinion, Uncle Shi can give me some advice."

Li Chengqi knew that he was a test, so he pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "A certain dismissed marquis dared not speak nonsense. However, all dynasties have banned crossbows and bows, and banned armor and soldiers."

The generals were surprised and immediately looked at the marquis with admiration. This was also a beautiful and beautiful person.

The banned crossbow cannot stop bowing, and the banned armor cannot stop soldiers. These ten words seem extremely magical when you say it.

The so-called ban on armor and not ban on soldiers is very easy to understand. It is the Song and Ming dynasties where the status of warriors is low, and the civil archery clubs, group training, and people's strength is also very popular. The combat power of one armor and another group training is also very different. The so-called ban on crossbows is also very different.

I couldn't help but bow, and this became quite mysterious.

The bow is a shooting, and the general wooden bow cannot threaten the safety of armored soldiers. A strong bow that can threaten armored soldiers requires long-term exercise and strong physical strength, eyesight and technology. The crossbow, self-sight, has gears to reduce the strength of the winding strings,

If a farmer gets it, as long as he is not blind, he can finish the heads of officers and soldiers.

It is hard to practice the bow and the crossbow is easy to achieve. This is a well-known truth.

Ma Cheng smiled and said, "Uncle Shi, this is a long way off the topic."

Li Chengqi also laughed and said seriously: "I'll ask again why the hard crossbows have been equipped in the army since this dynasty, but there are many strong bows."

Most generals were stunned and thought about it carefully. This was the truth. There were very few hard crossbows in the Ming army, which was also an extremely mysterious thing. The sages of all dynasties would naturally not be foolish people, and they were abandoned by the Ming army.

There must be a reason for the hard crossbow, but this reason is not something that everyone says.

Ma Cheng was surprised and thought to himself that this Fengcheng Hou family had a background in his studies, and the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not as unbearable as those written in history.

This argument is extremely insightful. Why did the Ming army abandon the crossbow but still retain a large number of strong bows?

Li Chengqi was a little proud and said with a smile: "After all, it is nothing more than my popular firearms, and the status of this crossbow was replaced by a musket, that's all."

The generals suddenly screamed incisively. As expected, after careful consideration, the functions of crossbows and muskets are really similar. They are both fired with external forces, and they are also powerful. Since the Ming army is equipped with a large number of muskets, then

It is less meaningful to equip a large number of hard crossbows, and it is extremely insightful.

The discussion became more and more intense. Although the Marquis's argument was incisive, the bow and gun were still not distinguished. Ma Cheng was happy to see controversy, and it was better to have controversy than to be dead. Therefore, Taiwan's military studies were very good in the military.

A large discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of bows and guns was almost launched, and various arguments emerged one after another, and there were also laughs. The debate in the army was fierce, and various strange ideas appeared in military science.

It was not until the soldiers were almost in a state of emotion that Ma Cheng came forward to teach in Taiwan military science and gave a lecture.

Thousands of generals and soldiers and students talked about the advantages and disadvantages of bows and guns in the surrounding area.

The advantages of the bow, a well-trained archer is more accurate than a medley gunner, who can only shoot accurately at close range, and the range is very close, while a good archer can accurately hit the target within two hundred steps.

Compared to this distance, the Matchman can only fire at will outside a hundred steps, and it is possible that the target of any object is hit.

The second advantage of the bow is that it is a simple weapon, but the gun is very complicated. It will cause malfunction in many aspects. The gun is easily blocked after being fired, which may cause damage and can only be repaired by skilled gun craftsmen.

The weather will deteriorate the gunpowder, blow the fire ropes out in windy days, or blow sparks toward the ammunition tank.

Fighting can make everyone excited and excited, except for the most mature and stable soldiers, they may mishandle weapons. A person may forget to put a filler between gunpowder and the projectile in a hurry, causing the projectile to fall out.

When we hold the gun downward, the bullets are very likely to roll out of the barrel because there is no filling. Of course, this problem has been initially solved, and the solution is a small piece of linen.

In addition, the medlet gunner can only stand in two rows of depth, and the archers can even have six rows of depth. At this time, the rear row can be launched in high orbit. In fact, the most important argument is about mature launch speed. A bow and arrow
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