Chapter 1481

After testing, the cannon barrel that can only be fired at 600 times with black gunpowder was increased to 800 times after changing to brown gunpowder, which greatly increased the lifespan of the Yuanyou Shenwei Cannon of the Song Dynasty.

Don’t underestimate that only two hundred firings are fired. You must know that in every battle, each cannon can be as few as several, and the most are only thirty or fifty. Moreover, the lifespan of the more than 300 door-to-door cannons equipped on the Liaodong Peninsula in the Song Dynasty has been extended, which is an astonishing number.

Well, I'm off topic again. Nowadays, the flintlock rifle is still in the research and development stage. Wang Daren did not plan to start with a single-shot flintlock rifle from the beginning.

But from the beginning, I decided to embark on an unusual path, that is, to directly develop a rotary wheel-type rear-mounted flintlock rifle.

At the beginning, the official Wang thought carefully about what kind of things to use to make the fire powder or the bottom fire. But when the flintlock structure of the Yuanyou Divine Power Cannon could be fired, the official Wang gave himself a clue.

Why are you so stupid? Why do you have to consider what kind of bottom fire? The flintlock structure can originally directly ignite black gunpowder, or the impact is enough, and it can be fired.

So, after a long and repeated experiment, Wang Daguanren finally designed a brand new firing device, which is to add two sharp blades under the hammer.

When the hammer falls, the blade will first break the paper packet wrapped in gunpowder, revealing the granular gunpowder inside and then smashing the hammer. The sparks from the flint on the hammer can also ignite the black gunpowder, and then the projectile will fly out of the rotor ammunition chamber.

In this way, Wang Yang jumped through several development steps of muskets and began to develop a rotary flintlock rifle.

However, there is a big problem that such a firing device requires more precise machine tools, more parts, and better sealing performance.

Therefore, nowadays, it can be said that while researching and improving it, it not only requires the improvement of the musket, but also requires the improvement of various machinery and lathes for making musket parts.

It is precisely because of Wang Yang's strict requirements for standardization that there will be no huge gap between the parts of the musket, and it is also possible to make the rotary flintlock rifle possible.

So far, after many tests, Wang Yang has determined the number of ammunition boxes of the rotor to be six rounds. After every six firings, the ammunition boxes must be cleaned and reloaded, and the gun chamber must be cleaned with a strip.

Even if the bullet compartment is cleaned and the reloading time is as long as sixteen breaths, which is only one minute, this flintlock revolver can shoot all six bullets in one breath.

Because the gun handle in hand is in the position of the handguard, there is a long iron similar to the handguard. After each shot, you only need to pull the long iron forward into place. When you hear a click, it means that the flint hammer is reset, and the rotor magazine will also rotate to the appropriate position, allowing the next bullet to accurately aim at the barrel and wait for firing.

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Even the most awesome archer in the Song Dynasty could not do this. He didn't even think about aiming at such a shooting speed. If the shooting without accuracy, there was no way to cause damage to the current heavy armored Da Song Hu Ben.

The six crisp sounds, and the smoke gradually dissipated. Wang Yang took a deep breath, raised the gun body, and looked into the distance.

Eighty feet away, Wu Qilang poked his head out of the back of the bunker with a thief. He first glanced at this side, then pulled out the target of the gun and ran towards this side.

Zhao Ji, Wang Yang, and a group of craftsmen all came closer and looked at the target that was carried back by Wu Qilang.

"The first shot is nine rings, two shots are on the six rings, one shot is on the three rings, and another shot is on the three rings..." An old craftsman pointed at the broken and cracked target and pointed excitedly.

You know, this gun target is a piece of iron, with a thickness that is comparable to iron armor, so this thing can cause such damage from eighty feet away, which is enough to show that the lethality of this new weapon is very terrible.

"Eighty feet...that is equivalent to 240 meters, which is about two hundred steps (Song system, both feet are moving in one step, and one step is about one meters two)."

"Only, the degree of bows and arrows is only between fifty and eighty steps. Only a few sharpshooters can shoot a hundred steps away with their strong bows..." Cao Shi stared at the rotating flintlock breech gun in Wang Yang's hand with his eyes fixed on the wheel, flintlock breech gun, and his eyes tended to be green.

"Although the range of the Yuanyou crossbow of our Song Dynasty exceeds that of the bow and arrow, if it is a flat shooting, it can only kill the enemy at about one hundred steps. If the distance is far, it can only throw the attack, but the hit rate of the shooting..."

Wang Hou took the long musket from Wang Yang's hand and looked at it with his eyes wide open. Although Di Yong did not reach out to grab it, he also squeezed his head over and carefully looked at the shiny black musket.

Wang Yang looked at the three masters of the three yamen with a wry smile. After smashing his mouth, he still felt a little unsatisfied and authentic.

"The first shot can be aimed, but the next few shots can only rely entirely on the feeling of shooting. Unless the time interval between firing the fire guns is longer, and it cannot be arranged into an overly dense formation. Otherwise, we will not be able to see the enemy clearly and we cannot aim..."

"And the biggest problem now is that the yield rate of this kind of musket is too low. With the joint efforts of nearly a hundred craftsmen, at most less than fifty muskets can be produced every month."

This is when Wang Daguanren strictly implemented the flow-through production model. In fact, the main reason is that the yield rate of the barrel and flintlock device is too low, which seriously delayed the production of muskets.

"A hundred craftsmen are busy for a month, only fifty... Although they are far inferior to the speed of making weapons like Yuanyou crossbow, they have already surpassed traditional crossbows. OK, this is a good thing to kill the enemy with two hundred steps..." Di Yong, who was beside him, caressing his long beard, his eyes were filled with unconcealed excitement.

"In fact, according to my opinion, since this thing can accurately attack the enemy from a hundred steps, it is better to choose a small number of elite soldiers and practice marksmanship specifically. If they go to the battlefield, they do not need to be the main force of the long range. They only need to set up attacks to kill generals and schoolmen in the enemy, which can greatly disturb the enemy and disrupt the enemy..."

"Old Di is right. During the war, even if the enemy generals and officers hide in the enemy, they will definitely be very eye-catching, but bows and arrows and crossbows..."

In short, after careful discussion, the three masters of the Three Yaya felt that although this thing had problems of one kind or another, it was still quite useful. At least a hundred steps away, its penetration power was definitely above the crossbow.

Wang Yang also nodded. No matter what, since he cannot equip the troops on a large scale, at least he can train a small number of elite troops. When the firearms are improved in the future.

Then, when the entire army of the Great Song Dynasty was equipped with gunpowder weapons, there were many pioneers who could teach later generations.

The old driver Wang Hou smiled sinisterly, picked up another short-barrel revolver musket and said. "Speaking of this, I really like this short-barrel. I just need to load the bullets and hide them beside me. If I encounter an enemy within 10 or 20 feet, I will directly pull out the gun and shoot it. With six guns in succession, even the gods will be unable to stop it..."
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