I saw that the weapons spread out in this box all seemed to be magnified several times, such as the flintlock gun closest to Leo, which used a gear machine to build the gun body.

The length of an ordinary flintlock pistol is at most about the same as an adult's forearm, but this one has doubled to almost the same length as an adult's arm, and the barrel has also been thickened and enlarged. The overall length looks like a small gun.

Like a cannon.

What makes people even more speechless is that although the barrel is obviously enlarged and thickened, the gun body and handle are no different from ordinary flintlock pistols, regardless of whether anyone can afford this flintlock pistol.

Cannon, the weird shape of this gun alone will make no one have the slightest desire to pick it up.

Other firearms are similar in appearance to this one, and a more important issue is that all firearms are based on the firing principle of flintlock guns, rather than the breech-loading guns and breech-loading repeating guns that have become popular now.

It's no wonder that Martin got angry when he saw this batch of weapons, and without hesitation decided that these weapons were substandard. After all, Martin once worked at the famous Murphy Arsenal, even if he did not have access to important weapons blueprints and other important

information, but also very clear about the importance of the structure, weight and other details of any firearm. The firearms in the box are counterintuitive at first glance and cannot be used normally.

However, compared to Leo and Martin who were silent looking at the weapons in the box, Jason seemed very excited and screamed repeatedly. He squatted down and picked up a repeating gun that was somewhat similar to a steam repeater.

I wanted to hold it with one hand, but found that I couldn't, so I could only hold it with both hands and imitate shooting, making a popping sound from my mouth.

However, before he could be excited for too long, he felt the weight of the weapon in his hand, his hand became a little sore, and he had to put it back on the ground.

"Leo, this thing is really exciting!" Even so, he was still very excited and shouted to Leo.

Leo smiled, squatted down, picked up the flintlock hand cannon in front of him, and carefully looked at the structure of this thing.

Compared to the flintlock repeater that Jason picked up with five barrels cast together, the flintlock hand cannon in his hand was much lighter. With his strength three times higher than that of an ordinary person,

He can easily pick up this hand cannon, and his physique, which is more than five times higher than that of ordinary people, gives him extraordinary endurance, and he can hold this hand cannon for a long time like an ordinary pistol.

Seeing that Leo could pick up this heavy flintlock handgun so easily, both Martin and Jean Valjean showed surprised expressions. However, their surprised expressions were also different. Martin's surprised expression

It was more mixed with worry, surprise and gloom, while Jean Valjean was completely happy and excited. Obviously he was very happy that someone could pick up his work and use it in a normal way.

Although Leo focused on the weapon in his hand, he did not let go of his vigilance about his surroundings. Although Martin quickly concealed his true emotions, they did not escape his eyes.

Suspicions of behavior were confirmed.

After understanding the surrounding situation, Leo began to pay attention to the handgun in his hand.

Although the barrel of the hand cannon is large, the hole of the gun is much smaller than the barrel, about the size of a rabbit's eyeball, and the rest is the wall of the barrel. This is obviously to prevent the barrel from being affected by the impact of the gunpowder.

And burst, specially thickened barrel.

Then Leo's eyes fell on the gun body. This gun body was somewhat deformed. The part connecting the front half to the barrel was particularly large, while the back part connecting to the handle quickly shrunk.

There is a ball-like socket in the upper part of the gun body. Normally, the socket is covered, but as long as you push the cover forward slightly, you can see the small track inside the socket.

"Is this a place for ammunition?" Leo quickly understood the function of this jack through the analysis of his secondary brain system, but he still turned to Jean Valjean to confirm.

"Yes, this is where the ammunition is stuffed." Seeing that Leo found the place where the ammunition was stuffed so easily, Jean Valjean once again believed that Leo had an extraordinary understanding of machinery. As he spoke, he walked to the side.

Inside the cabinet, he took out a box and opened it, revealing the spherical ammunition inside. He took out a few from it and handed it to Leo, saying: "This kind of ammunition is very simple to make. It's just a mixture of ordinary gunpowder.

The crushed charcoal and the gunpowder of two special bullets are wetted with water, stuffed with a steel ball, kneaded into ammunition of suitable size, and after drying, the production is completed."

Leo took the ammunition, pointed it at the jack, and pushed it up. After the cover was pushed open, the ammunition of the appropriate size was stuffed into the gun body. Then, under Jean Valjean's guidance, he pulled the jack.

The gear next to it, the empty device inside pushes the ammunition to the end of the magazine. This is where the firing device of the flintlock gun is located. The position where the hammer falls can trigger the device and activate the gunpowder.

"How much ammunition can be loaded?" Leo looked at the magazine that still had a lot of space and asked.

Jean Valjean responded: "You can fill five."

Leo asked again: "After the first one triggers the gunpowder, the other ammunition will not..."

Jean Valjean said: "No, after each ammunition is in place, there will be a special retaining wall to separate it from the ammunition behind it." Then he pointed to a gear device under the hammer and said

: "Although this gun looks like a single-shot gun, it is actually not much different from a repeating gun. Every time a shot is completed, the thrust of the gunpowder will push the gear below to rotate, and the hammer will be brought back by the gear.

When it reaches the ready-to-fire state, the loading device of the ammunition magazine will also operate to advance the next ammunition to the firing state."

"Can I try it out?" Leo asked.

"sure."

Jean Valjean nodded, then took out a wooden figure from a cabinet in the corner, placed it in front of the wall opposite the door, and then found four very effective sound-isolating leather helmets, indicating that everyone should put them on.

Jason had long been excited by these weird-looking firearms and couldn't wait to see the power of these firearms. Martin was also curious about the power of these firearms. After all, these weapons were made with 130,000 gold flanges.

. At that time, he relied on experience to determine that these firearms were unqualified, but now Jean Valjean's performance made him suspect that his original judgment might be wrong, which also made him more and more curious.

Leo, who was wearing a leather helmet, filled the magazine with five rounds of ammunition and walked directly in front of the wooden man. When the three people around him thought that he still needed to stand firm and raise his hand to aim for a while before shooting, he unexpectedly

Raise your hand, pull the trigger instantly, and when the hammer bounces back to its original position, immediately continue shooting until all five ammunition in the magazine are used.

The few people standing behind Leo only heard muffled sounds penetrating through the leather helmets and reaching their ears. Every time the sound rang out, it was accompanied by a burst of gunpowder flames erupting from the barrel.

When it comes out, it is like the dragon flames in myths and legends, which is extremely shocking.

What shocked them even more was the power of the bullets. The first steel ball bullet directly smashed the wooden man used as a target to pieces. The subsequent four shots all hit the buffer on the wall, not only hitting the buffer.

It scattered and dented the steel plate wall behind it, causing cracks.

On the other hand, Leo, who had his back turned to them, didn't seem to be satisfied with the handgun. He frowned and moved his numb arms and shoulders without any trace.

Naturally, he had nothing to say about the power of the hand cannon, but the weight of the hand cannon itself and the repulsive force of the gunpowder made it unbearable for him despite his physical fitness, which was already beyond the ordinary.

Of the five shots fired just now, except for the first shot which was within the control range, the other four shots were just about pulling the trigger. As for where the bullets went, they had no idea at all.

"It's very powerful." Leo turned around and praised Jean Valjean, but before Jean Valjean could show his happy expression, he poured another bucket of cold water on his face and said, "But I agree with Mr. Martin's judgment.

This, or this type of weapon, is unqualified."

If someone else had said this, maybe Jean Valjean would not have paid attention to it at all, but Leo, who was already regarded as a mechanical expert by him, said these words, but he had to think deeply about whether he really designed it wrong.

Already.

"Can you tell me the reason for my disqualification?" Jean Valjean asked humbly.

Leo asked back: "Tell me first, what were you thinking when you designed this firearm? What kind of firearm do you want to design?"

Jean Valjean said doubtfully: "What other kind of firearm could it be? It's just what Martin requested. It's powerful, cheap and can be mass-produced."

Leo said in a deep voice: "Aren't you aware of your problem now? The request for firearms was made by Mr. Martin, not by you."

Hearing Leo's words, Jean Valjean frowned, looking thoughtful.

Leo continued: "You actually designed this firearm completely according to other people's ideas and specified directions."

As he spoke, he took out the ammunition the size of a rabbit eyeball and said: "In order to be powerful, you made the ammunition so large, which directly increased the power several times, but the power of the gunpowder explosion made it impossible for ordinary gun barrels to bear

, some particularly hard and rare materials must be used to withstand this explosive force, but it will not be cheap."

He pointed to the barrel-like gun barrel again and said: "So you changed the method, thickened and lengthened the barrel. But you found that not only the barrel has to withstand the explosive force of gunpowder, but also the magazine

The explosive force it can withstand will be greater."

His finger pointed at the front half of the gun body again and said: "So you made another improvement, using your mechanical knowledge to create a device to buffer the explosive force, and it was also very cleverly connected with the loading.

This design is very genius. It’s just that you never realize that all you do is eliminate loopholes, make up for one loophole, create another loophole, and then fix another loophole, and finally create such a weird firearm.”

"Yes, you are right, you are right." Jean Valjean nodded and admitted his problem frankly.

And Jean Valjean's attitude made Martin who was watching the situation very dissatisfied, because with the same conclusion, Leo was able to get Jean Valjean's approval, but he completely fell out with Jean Valjean, who was not on good terms with him.

, which gave him, who had always been invincible, a sense of frustration that he had never experienced before, and he didn't like this feeling at all.

"I can give you two suggestions for improvement." Leo said like a real antique weapons master: "One suggestion is to simply change these weapons into portable personal melee artillery, and replace all the steel balls in the ammunition.

into cheaper metal scraps, increasing the coverage area and hit rate of shrapnel. Another suggestion is to use your mechanical knowledge to add a few shock absorbers to it to minimize the recoil force of the gunpowder, so that those who can carry these

People with weapons can also shoot directly."

Jean Valjean pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes! It's very valuable for reference."

After Martin heard Leo's suggestion, he also showed a thoughtful expression and a little joy on his face.

After Leo finished speaking, he squatted down, searched among the weapons on the ground, and took out an improved mechanical crossbow.

The shape of this crossbow looks very much like an ancient siege crossbow, and the manufacturing material should also be a very formal metal material. Because of Jean Valjean's exquisite mechanical design, it is easy to string this crossbow.

easy.

In addition, in the magazine belt of this strong crossbow, there are five different types of ammunition, which are marked as explosive, strong acid, poison gas, hypnosis and armor-breaking. They should be able to be used in different environments. This strong crossbow is definitely one of the many

The most valuable among the mist, it is also the one that can be most used by ordinary people.

"Jason, you can use this crossbow." Leo handed the crossbow to Jason.

The power of the flintlock hand cannon demonstrated by Leo just now has attracted Jason. He felt that men would use such weapons, so naturally they would not look down on gadgets like hand crossbows, even if the hand crossbows were not weaker than firearms.

There is still some resistance.

However, even though Jason was somewhat reluctant, he did not refuse. Instead, he followed Leo's instructions and took the crossbow, put the ammunition belt on his body, and still looked at the hand cannons with some reluctance.

Seeing this, Leo took out the flintlock handgun he had used before, motioned to Jean Valjean to get a few more boxes of ammunition, and handed these things to Jean Valjean along with Jean Valjean's special back-type holster.

He asked Jason and said: "You are holding this thing. When you have the strength to hold the gun with one hand for thirty minutes without putting it down, when will you be able to use it? Otherwise, you can always carry it on your back!"

, he said to Martin: "Don't I have two rights to choose items? This is one of them."

Jason, who didn't hear what Leo said at all, happily took the equipment, took off the crossbow suit he just put on, put the equipment on his body, and put the flintlock handgun into the special gun on his back.

I put it on, felt the weight, and felt it could bear it, so I equipped the crossbow again.

"Don't you choose a weapon?" Jean Valjean asked in a deep voice.

Leo shook his head and said, "There's nothing I need."
Chapter completed!