There is no such thing as an old-fashioned fitter who can make a lot of things by hand alone.
No way, the era before time travel has already developed to the point where computers control machine tools.
The level of industrial technicians depends on whether you can program, etc.
"Okay, if you ask me, let's get the weapons out first. If the five-shot series really goes on the battlefield, do you dare to use it to fight the enemy?"
Fang Xiaoyue shook her head and expressed her thoughts.
Indeed, the range of those five consecutive shots is a bit short. Nowadays, many archers can easily shoot fifty or sixty meters.
Moreover, two types of weapons are to be produced, one for the time-travelers and one for the naturalized military.
Although there are about two hundred people in the military team now, using them as soldiers is only a temporary solution.
In the end, it is necessary to naturalize some local indigenous people and form an army. Otherwise, the casualties suffered by the traversers will be heartbreaking for everyone.
As for industrialization, whether it’s chemicals, steel, etc., you can’t do it without the manpower base!
We have to conquer the territory first!
Fang Xiaoyue was not optimistic about the Provisional Management Committee's intention to soften the local Ming army and government through the Deputy Qianhu, so as to use their nest to develop itself.
The key is that this development speed is too slow.
If you are using a chicken to lay eggs, you will be restricted by the other party in many aspects.
For example, if you want to mine, you must first get money to feed the local government and build relationships, and then you can recruit workers to develop the mine. At the same time, during the development process, you also need to establish good relationships with the local Li and Miao people, and also build good relationships with the local Li and Miao people.
I have to deal with extortion and extortion from local petty officials at any time.
In this case, it is better to seize the surrounding territory, put yourself first, and plan and develop how you want.
However, Fang Xiaoyue's current status cannot control the decision of the interim management committee.
But in the industrial group, he is the boss, and other time-travelers have to think carefully about what he says.
"What Xiao Ma said is true. Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. We really have to design and manufacture a firearm for the indigenous people. Otherwise, if we recruit naturalized troops in the future, we will never be able to let them use five-shot or
A cold weapon, right?"
Since Zhang Feifei nodded in agreement with Fang Xiaoyue's idea, the next main task of the industrial team is to design one or even several firearms.
After all, there will definitely be a meeting then. If we don't prepare a few more firearms, it's hard to say that we won't be picked on by the leaders of the Interim Management Committee.
Immediately, there were several time-travelers in the industrial group who were originally from the advertising industry and were also military enthusiasts, and they came in handy.
Due to their interest, they are almost familiar with all kinds of modern firearms.
They can tell you everything about the caliber, model, and structure.
Moreover, their art skills are very strong. It is not a problem to draw an exploded diagram of a firearm or any structural diagram.
A few days later, when the industrial group held a meeting to discuss, Fang Xiaoyue looked at the design drawings of the military houses, then looked at the drawings of firearms he had drawn, and then crushed them into pieces without anyone paying attention.
scum.
He even considered whether he should learn art first and then register this skill when he had time in the future.
No way, in industrial design and other aspects, it is still very important to have some art skills.
Although a top master like Fang Xiaoyue can conceive some sketches in his mind and then implement them with his hands.
But drawing a good picture can still intuitively let others understand your design intentions and so on.
After two hours of discussion and debate at an internal meeting of the industrial group, designs such as front-loaded matchlock guns were directly eliminated.
Are you kidding me? At this time, front-loading matchlock guns were already very popular.
Whether it is the Western army or the Ming army, there are various types of front-loaded matchlock guns.
More than thirty years ago, the French army began to equip flintlock muskets. However, due to the assassination of Henry IV and the opposition of many French generals to the equipment of this weapon, the flintlock muskets were lagging behind in the equipment of European armies.
After a long time.
But now some European armies have begun to equip flintlock guns in small quantities.
Making a weapon that is almost obsolete to equip the naturalized army? Is this seeking death?
The three weapons finally sent to the Interim Management Committee for discussion and decision by the leaders were the Mini rifle, the Brown Bess rifle, and the Hall rifle.
The Mini rifle is a breech-loaded flintlock rifled gun that uses lead bullets. The whole gun weighs 4.\n8 kg.\nThe caliber is 17.\n8 mm.\nEach bullet weighs 32.\n4 grams and has a lethality of
The distance can reach 918 meters, and accurate hits can be guaranteed within 550 meters.
In 1846, French chasseurs used the Minie rifle in combat for the first time in Africa.\nIt was also used to a small extent in the Crimean War. When the American Civil War broke out, due to its huge lethality, it quickly became the weapon of choice for both the North and South armies.
Standard equipment.
The advantages of this rifle are its huge lethality, long range, high accuracy, etc.
The disadvantage is that the barrel of the gun is prone to lead staining. After a certain number of shots, the barrel must be completely cleaned, otherwise it will easily explode.
The Brown Bess rifle is a front-loaded flintlock rifle that uses lead bullets, has a maximum range of 228 meters, and weighs 4 kilograms.
Its advantage is that it has excellent performance and is suitable for use in all parts of the world. Bullets are easy to make. Soldiers can make bullets by themselves with lead blocks and tools in their free time.
The disadvantage is that the miss rate is relatively high, reaching 20-40% after 100 shots!
The Hall rifle is a flintlock breech-loading gun loaded with a chamber. It is ingeniously designed. The trigger part can be disassembled separately and used as a pistol. The disadvantage is that the flintlock device easily affects the shooter's aiming.
These three rifles all use black powder, which avoids the embarrassment of not having better gunpowder yet.
This was discussed at the meeting, and the leaders were very excited and started to find fault.
Among them, Sun Xuebin is the most prominent.
"Why is it a flintlock gun? Can't it be reloaded? It's also good to use paper shells. Five consecutive shots are just paper shells."
"We don't have a lot of materials right now, and we can't make fixed-loaded ammunition for the time being. We don't have that many manpower for paper-shell ammunition."
Zhang Feifei immediately retorted to Sun Xuebin.
Are you kidding me? At the current level of the industrial group, you can't force too much, right?
Besides, shouldn’t we build some technical reserves?
The weapons were very good for the naturalized troops right from the start. How can they be updated in the future?
Fortunately, the leaders continued to find faults, but they did not make a decision to directly reject all three firearms.
In the end, the Mini rifle that was highly recommended by Zhang Feifei was retained in production.
The reason is very simple. Only the Mini rifle can be produced relatively quickly at this stage.