"That's right, that's because the methods we came up with in the past were all based on the shape or caliber of the projectile, which didn't have much practical significance—"
Lin Jing said softly: "Actually, I thought of a way to solve this problem, that is, we dig a conical hole at the bottom of the warhead, and then use a wooden plug to block the bottom of the hole. In this way, when it is launched,
The gas generated from the inside out will force the cork to squeeze into the cavity, forcing the bottom of the bullet to expand, which can close the gap between the bullet and the barrel of the gun, preventing the gas from leaking out..."
Tang Ruowang's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he murmured to himself: "It does sound like a good idea. I want to give it a try now..."
Lin Jing smiled slightly. This question seemed simple on the surface, but in fact it had troubled people for hundreds of years in its original history, and the process of finally getting the answer was also very accidental.
The mini bomb itself is not the product of a sudden whim. Its principle is inspired by the blow dart arrows used by the tribes of South India. The tails of the blow darts of this tribe are made of soft and elastic pith.
It is made of wood and has the property of expansion. Therefore, when using a blowgun, the wood pith expands to resist the inner surface of the blowpipe to prevent air from escaping, thereby launching the arrow.
In the early 19th century, a British army captain got inspiration while inspecting the blowpipe arrows used by the indigenous people in southern India, and applied them to modern musket projectiles, creating such a weapon that greatly changed the form of warfare.
The weapon is a conical bottom expanding projectile.
"In order to allow the shape of the bullet to change better, we need to choose a softer material, such as lead bullets——"
Lin Jing continued: "The lead bullet is relatively soft, and its warhead expands more easily. It will also rotate after being inserted into the human body, thus effectively expanding the wound."
In addition, what is even more terrible is that lead bullets themselves are very toxic. It can be said that once hit by lead bullets in this era, it is almost impossible to survive.
"If you follow what His Highness said, once this flintlock rifle is designed, it will probably be very powerful, with a longer range and higher accuracy. This will really change today's war model.
.....”
Tang Ruowang couldn't help but sigh. Once a musket like this appears, all the muskets today will probably be swept into the trash.
Lin Jing smiled slightly. It was precisely because he had completely solved these problems that the minigun was so powerful that it was unimaginable. Its effective range was at least about five hundred meters. The current ordinary matchlock gun itself was effective.
The range is only between 100 meters and 150 meters.
In addition to the range itself being increased several times, the accuracy of the minigun is far beyond that of the matchlock gun. For ordinary smoothbore guns, if it exceeds 100 meters, you can only try your luck. After the bullet flies out, you don’t know where it went.
, and due to the threads engraved inside the rifled gun, the bullet can rotate and fly, and can even complete long-distance sniping on the battlefield.
However, it is regrettable that in the original history, because the bottom-expanding bullet was invented too late, it happened to coincide with the era of breech-loading guns. As the last glory of the front-loading gun, the Mini gun did not play its role.
Its true brilliance, on the contrary, quickly disappeared like a shooting star in the dusk of the muzzleloader era.
Of course, it was basically the middle of the 19th century at that time, and in the current late Ming Dynasty, it was naturally a killer weapon.
As for the last key issue, it is to draw the rifling, and this is not difficult for Tang Ruowang, because all subsequent barrels will adopt the rolling method, so you only need to draw a few slashes in the barrel, and then roll
When put together, they naturally become a curved rifling.
After talking about these technical issues, Mr. Zhu Xinban looked at the little eunuch aside and asked: "Is there any turtledove gun in the Firearms Bureau at the moment?"
"Your Majesty, of course we have turtle dove guns."
"Okay, send someone to get some turtle dove guns."
After finishing speaking, Lin Jing looked at the East Palace guards aside with a smile and said, "Does any of you know how to use a gun?"
However, everyone looked at each other in confusion. After a while, only four people raised their hands. It was obvious that even among the East Palace guards, there were very few people who were good at using guns.
Lin Jing immediately shook his head and said: "Well, the four of you come up first, and you will try the guns later. If you do well, I will naturally reward you greatly."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The four East Palace guards came forward with a bit of anticipation and nervousness on their faces.
At this time, the young eunuch also fetched several turtledove guns and prepared several target disks, which were placed about seventy steps away.
Soon, the four guards each held a turtle dove gun in their hands, and they also held a stick with an iron fork, four feet high. They stood in the shooting position, and then put the stick on the ground, and the whole turtle dove gun
It stood firmly on the ground. Obviously, this is the origin of the name Ikaruga Gun.
Lin Jing and everyone stood aside, watching the guards of the East Palace start to use the turtle dove gun, but at this time, Lin Jing was also subconsciously calculating the entire time of using the gun in his mind.
If you want to shoot a gun, the first step is to load the ammunition. As the Donggong guards opened the primer pot on the right side of the Ikaruga gun, they saw an iron cover that could move horizontally. They only needed a little force with their fingers to open it.
open.
Immediately afterwards, the guards took off a small medicine pot hanging on their arms, then carefully opened the lid of the pot, pointed the spout at the primer pot, and carefully poured some powdered black gunpowder into it.
Then he covered the primer pot, raised the gun body, and took another medicine pot slung under his right arm with his right hand. However, he did not pour the gunpowder directly into the barrel, but first poured it into a small wooden tube.
In Lin Jing's eyes, what was poured out of the small wooden tube was all black powder, which seemed to be gunpowder. The guards poured all the gunpowder in the wooden tube into the barrel, but at this point
From time to time, the movements of these four guards varied between fast and slow - some knew how much powder needed to be poured and moved faster, while others poured it bit by bit, seemingly unsure of the amount of gunpowder.
When Lin Jing saw this scene, he couldn't help but shook his head. It was obvious that the speed with which the guards used the fire blunderbuss could not satisfy him, and on the battlefield, such an operation would only take two rounds at most.
Soon, the guards took out the marbles from another pocket. They looked much larger than the lead bullets of the muskets. They were polished and smooth. They gently slid into the barrel. The guards then pulled out the wooden bullets from under the gun body.
Push the strip into the barrel of the gun and use gentle pressure to compact the lead bullet slightly.
At this point, the basic preparations for firing the gun were completed. I saw someone on the side helping to use flint, fire sickle, and tinder to beat them together for a few times. When the smoke came out, they lit a length of match rope. The match rope was used.
The hemp rope soaked in vinegar and dried will burn slowly and can burn for a long time. This chapter has been completed!