"His Royal Highness King Qin, Commander Qin has prepared the shooting range and can fire live ammunition on the breech-loading gun."
When Su He heard the news, he took Du Kangjie and others and rushed to the shooting range immediately.
On the way, Su He ordered: "Don't experiment with the new cannon yet.
Wait until Niuben produces stable yellow explosives, and then you can conduct experiments."
Du Kangjie nodded to express his understanding. He also heard Niu Ben say that the new explosives were somewhat unstable.
They made a good prototype of the cannon, so they didn't conduct experiments.
They soon arrived at the shooting range, and Su He saw three new types of guns placed at the shooting range.
The first type of gun is a very common rifle, which is not much different from the previous rifled guns.
The most important difference is that there is a magazine and a bolt behind the firearm.
The second type of gun is a very compact pistol, which is a revolver.
The shape of the magazine holding bullets under the pistol is very distinct.
The third type of gun is a machine gun with six barrels.
This was Su He's idea to provide the Gatling gun, and Lin Ga designed the machine gun.
Qin Shanshui came over, saluted with a military salute and said: "Your Highness, King Qin, the guard regiment is ready to fire live ammunition."
Su He looked at the three firearms designers who were following him and ordered them:
"You know the firearms you design best.
The soldiers of the Guard Regiment have not yet come into contact with breech-loading guns. You teach the soldiers of the Guard Regiment how to use these firearms.
At the same time, introduce to me the performance of these firearms."
Ji Bao, the designer of the rifle, was the first to come forward.
He picked up a rifle. To ensure safety, except for the guardsmen, the guns in the hands of everyone else were without bullets.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, dear officers and men.
This is the rifle I designed, it is a single-shot breech-loading gun.
Only one bullet can be placed at a time, with a maximum range of 1,200 meters and an effective range of 600 meters.
After a short period of training, recruits can fire twenty or thirty rounds per minute without any problem.
With this new rifle, you don’t need to worry about rain at all.
Even if it rains heavily, it will not affect the firing effect of this rifle.
The success rate of flash cap activation is over 98%.
Even if the activation fails, if you pull the trigger again, there is a high probability that the bullet will be fired.
The rifle is breech-loaded and does not require erecting the barrel.
The reloading speed is very convenient, and there are no requirements on the soldier's gun-holding posture.
The soldier can lie down on the ground and complete the loading and shooting actions of the rifle.
Soldiers can also stand on high mountains and shoot at the foot of the mountains.
Don't worry about bullets falling from the front of the muzzle.
With a rifle, soldiers don't have to follow so many actions stipulated in infantry drills.
As long as he learns to load bullets and shoot, he can go to the battlefield.
This can effectively reduce the length of recruit training."
Du Kangjie heard Ji Bao talking incessantly, and the soldiers from the guard regiment next to him were holding guns and looking confused.
He couldn't help but said: "Discipline worker, tell me the key point is to teach the soldiers how to use rifles."
Ji Bao slapped his head and apologized quickly: "I'm really sorry, I'm a bit verbose.
I've wasted your time, so I won't go into details now.
You listen to me carefully and follow my steps to learn.
As long as you listen carefully, you can learn how to operate a rifle.
The operation of the rifle is very simple.”
Du Kangjie couldn't help it and coughed twice.
Ji Bao was so excited that he went straight to the topic.
"Hold the bolt and push it forward to open the rifle's magazine.
After the magazine is opened, place the bullet with the round end facing forward and put it into the magazine.
Pull the bolt back, and when the magazine is closed, the firing pin is loaded.
Aim and prepare to pull the trigger."
Qin Shanshui and two guardsmen with good marksmanship.
They followed Professor Ji Bao's method and quickly loaded the rifles with bullets.
Qin Shanshui aimed at the target in front of him and pulled the trigger of his rifle.
There was a bang, the bullet came out of the chamber quickly, and the sound of the glass bottle exploding was heard.
Qin Shanshui's first shot hit the glass bottle 500 meters away.
He is very satisfied with this gun. It is very easy to operate and has high accuracy.
This gun has little recoil and is easy to control.
After Ji Bao saw Qin Shanshui and others shooting, he continued to explain:
"After shooting, push the bolt forward hard and the brass bullet casing will pop out on its own."
Qin Shanshui followed Professor Ji Bao's method and pushed the gun bolt hard.
A golden bullet shell popped out of the magazine and fell directly at Qin Shanshui's feet.
At the same time, a thick stream of white smoke emitted from the muzzle and magazine of the rifle.
Ji Bao saw this situation and said: "These white smoke are the smoke produced when black gunpowder burns.
There is no way to remove it, but it will not affect the firing of the bullet.
Skilled soldiers don't have to wait for the smoke to completely dissipate.
At this time, you can repeat the reloading action.
In a large-scale battle, the smoke produced after firing can easily reveal the location of the troops.
If you want to ambush the enemy, you can only cripple the enemy in the first wave."
After Ji Bao finished speaking, he bowed to Su He and then left. He had already finished what he needed to say.
Su He looked at the rifle and was very satisfied.
There is a huge gap between this rifle and later rifles, and there is no comparison at all.
But compared with muzzle-loading guns, this rifle is simply an advancement across the ages.
As rifle technology develops, its structure will basically be finalized and will not change much.
"Shanshui, you lead the team to test the rifle under various conditions."
When Qin Shanshui heard Su He's order, he immediately tested the performance of the rifle.
Qin Shanshui lay on the ground to test, climbed up to the roof, and rushed down with a gun to test.
He filled the rifle with some sand and tried to shoot.
Finally, he held the rifle and asked his companions to bring a bucket and use the bucket to pour water on the rifle to test whether the rifle could be waterproof under extreme circumstances.
Qin Shanshui conducted a point accuracy test to test the fastest speed and how many times it could shoot per minute.
Su He stood aside and watched Qin Shanshui constantly test the performance of the rifle.
This rifle is very reliable. A small amount of sand, soil and water will not affect the normal use of the rifle.
When Su He saw Qin Shanshui and others finishing the test, he applauded and praised: "This rifle is really well designed.
The operation difficulty is very low, and new recruits can get started quickly.
Liu Gong, please introduce the pistol."
Liu Xiaohe walked out, picked up a pistol with an empty bullet chamber, and introduced it crisply:
"This is a pistol I designed, mainly used to kill enemies at close range.
Her maximum range is one hundred meters and her effective range is fifty meters.
My personal suggestion is that it is best to shoot within 20 meters.
At this distance, the pistol has the highest accuracy and greatest power.
The pistol is very small and there is no way to use metal bullets. I used the paper-cased bullets previously designed by Lu Gong.
This kind of pistol is a revolver named after His Highness the King of Qin.
The runner can hold six bullets. Each time the trigger is pulled, the pistol's runner automatically rotates and sends the next cartridge to the firing position.
There is a small bolt in the front of the revolver, and when you pull the bolt, you can push down the wheel to load the ammunition."
After Liu Xiaohe finished speaking, Qin Shanshui opened the revolver of the revolver according to what he said.
Next to him lay small paper bullets.
The round head of the bullet pointed forward, and the bullet was quickly loaded.
Qin Shan was facing the target in front and pressed the trigger six times in a row.
Six gunshots rang out, and all the bullets in the pistol were fired.
He saw that the target in front of him had already been punched with six holes.
With his superb shooting skills, he can target at close range and have bullets distributed all over his torso.
The revolver's ballistics are somewhat unstable.
When Liu Xiaohe saw Qin Shanshui finish firing, she said quickly: "The recoil of the revolver is a bit strong. It only relies on holding the gun with one hand. There is no way to press the gun with your shoulder. There is a slight fluctuation in the muzzle when shooting.
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Coupled with the short barrel, the trajectory of the revolver is unstable.
But attacking enemies at close range is no problem at all.
The revolver uses paper-cased bullets, and there is a lot of residue inside the pistol.
Before each reloading, it is best to clean it with a small brush."
After Liu Xiaohe finished speaking, she bowed to Su He and then retreated.
When Su He saw Liu Xiaohe finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "Revolvers are excellent self-defense weapons.
Every officer and guard should be equipped with a revolver.
Whether it is used for self-defense on the battlefield or as a starting gun, it is more suitable.
Cavalry should also be deployed on a large scale. Cavalry is often engaged in close combat.
The revolver can kill enemies at medium and close range, and it is more useful than the steel knife barrel in your hand.
Each gun can hold six bullets and is very compact and easy to carry.
The cavalry is equipped with two revolvers, which is very suitable.
Patrol officers should also be equipped with revolvers. In most cases, gangsters in the city do not need rifles.
The revolver is also easy to carry and suitable for the patrol profession."
Su He praised the revolver's design.
The emergence of revolvers filled the gap in firearms.
He looked at Lin Jia and ordered: "Lin Jia, please introduce the machine gun."
Su He put the machine gun at the end, this is the final firearm.
Rifles represent the lower limit of an army, while machine guns represent the upper limit of an army.
The machine gun is also the most complex of the three new firearms.
Lin Jia stood up and introduced the specific situation of the machine gun to everyone.
"Your Highness King Qin, the machine gun is very heavy. It weighs three hundred kilograms and requires two people to carry it.
Machine guns weigh more than infantry guns.
The operator of the machine gun also requires two people.
One is the machine gunner, who is responsible for pulling the trigger and moving the machine gun to aim at the enemy.
The other person is the ammunition feeder, who is responsible for feeding the machine gun.
At the same time, the handle next to the machine gun magazine is shaken, and the spring provides the machine gun with the force to rotate the barrel and load the bullet."
Su He looked at the machine gun standing next to him, except for the six most distinctive barrels.
The machine gun is composed of multiple parts. The machine gun is mounted on a base and the barrel can move up, down, left and right.
There are two pulleys on the base, which can be pulled by horses, and can also be carried by soldiers on complex terrain.
There is an ammunition box under the machine gun, and there is a shaking handle next to the ammunition box.
The propellant of current bullets is black powder, which is also difficult to machine.
No firearm can rely on the energy leaked when the bullet is fired to provide power for the firearm itself.
Only corresponding additional power can be provided.
The rifle is a single shot, powered by a bolt compression spring.
The pistol is very small and can provide power through the force of the trigger.
The machine gun requires a lot of power, and it needs to be fired continuously, so power can only be provided by hand cranking.
Lin Jia continued: "The machine gun consumes bullets very quickly, so it is convenient to quickly supply bullets to the machine gun.
I sewed linen into small bags, and used bullets to form bullet chains to feed the machine guns.
I also adjust the spring in the machine gun through the gear.
Soldiers outside can shake the handle hard, and when the spring is fully loaded, it will be decoupled from the gear.
Even if the situation is urgent and the handle is shaken quickly, the spring will not get stuck.
Only when the spring force relaxes to a certain extent will the handle re-strengthen the spring.
A skilled soldier can know the time to apply force to the spring through the clicking sound."
Lin Jia personally instructed the soldiers and taught them how to operate machine guns.
Su He looked at Lin Jia, he was also a capable person.
Su He proposed many types of machine guns, the most difficult ones being the Maxim machine gun and other automatic machine guns.
The simplest machine gun is a machine gun similar to a pipe organ.
This kind of machine gun is composed of multiple barrels. Because it is a breech-loaded gun, it is easy to load.
You can get an ammunition box with its own firing mechanism.
Firing dozens of bullets at once, this kind of machine gun is quite powerful, but it is very inconvenient to use.
Linga chose the more difficult Gatling gun.
He did not design an automatic Gatling gun, but a manual Gatling gun would not be less powerful.
Lin Jia guided the soldiers of the guard regiment for a long time and finally mastered how to operate the machine gun.
The soldier pulled the trigger, and the six barrels of the machine gun rotated at high speed. A fiery snake formed in front of it, and bullets spewed out rapidly.
The soldier slowly moved the machine gun, forming a whip of bullets in front of him, shooting at all the enemy troops in front.
The machine gun shoots through the bullet chain quickly. Looking at the bullet chain moving at high speed, you can see that the machine gun has an extremely high rate of fire.
The machine gun soon stopped rattling.
The prepared ammunition belts were all used up in such a short period of time.
After Qin Shanshui opened fire with his machine gun, he was stunned on the spot.
I have never seen a weapon like a machine gun. If it were on the battlefield, I would not be able to imagine the speed at which a machine gun can harvest enemies.
Especially for enemies with dense formations of cold weapons, such as large-scale cavalry charges, when they encounter machine guns, they become moving targets.
When Su He saw the performance of the machine gun, he excitedly applauded: "Cannon is the god of war, and machine gun is the king of war.
With machine guns, our army will be invincible."
When Lin Jia heard Su He's comment, he immediately bowed and thanked Su He.
With this comment, he can use it throughout his life.
Su He was very satisfied after watching the display of new weapons.
"Du Gong, the design drawings of these three firearms can be handed over to the arsenal, so that the arsenal can officially mass-produce these three firearms.
You must also continue to optimize these three firearms, they still have great potential."
Du Kangjie said excitedly: "Please rest assured, His Highness King Qin, I will complete the handover with the arsenal immediately.
I also have a position in the arsenal. The arsenal has purchased relevant machinery and trained workers in advance.
As long as the arsenal obtains the technology researched by our institute, these three types of firearms and bullets will soon be in mass production."
Su He encouraged these craftsmen to create greater glories.
He returned to the Prince of Qin's Mansion and asked Lin Wenjing, the young master's order, to personally supervise the arsenal to complete the mass production of new firearms as soon as possible.
Su He was thinking about the order in which each troop should change their uniforms.
Rifles and bullets will be distributed equally to each army according to the production rate.
Machine guns are given priority to the Northern Governor's Mansion. The troops here need to face cavalry, and machine guns are a great weapon against cavalry.
Machine guns are now too expensive and the production speed is extremely slow. Each regiment can only be equipped with two machine guns.