Under Shen Lie's expectation, the musket wrapped in a thin linen soaked in oil was filled surprisingly smoothly, and it slid in with a gentle push of the purl.
Simply silky smooth!
Victor's eyes widened in surprise as he watched Shen Lie raise his gun and take aim. With the sound of a gun blast, the night owl in the forest was startled and flew up.
The shot hit a thick willow tree in the distance. As the choking smoke rose, a burst of splintered wood flew away.
This time he finally hit the target. Shen Lie put down the gun with satisfaction and calculated the distance. The distance was probably only thirty or forty meters...
An improvement over yesterday.
When the gunfire subsided, a breeze blew through the forest, and the choking smoke dissipated, and the group of people walked towards the big willow tree.
Looking at the damaged areas on the barrel-thick willow tree, Victor's eyes almost popped out of his head. The power of the bullet had obviously increased.
Then Shen Lie took out the gunpowder pot, inserted a blunderbuss wrapped in linen and tung oil into the barrel of the gun, and began to test the range of the gun.
After gunshots were fired, more than a dozen rounds of bullets were fired, and the gunpowder pot was bottomed out. Then Shen Lie came to a conclusion.
The author of that book didn't lie to him, this trick really worked.
According to Shen Lie's estimation, the linen bullets dipped in tung oil made the bullets fit the gun bore more closely, which not only made loading more convenient, but also increased the air tightness.
With such a simple little idea, the range of this early model of flintlock musket was greatly improved!
Even this approach can effectively prevent the musket from accidentally falling out of the barrel when shooting at a low place.
Once again, Shen Lie's heart was beating wildly. He naturally understood the significance of this matter. The great value of this kind of bullet cannot be overstated!
Looking at Victor standing aside, everyone was dumbfounded at this moment. He just stared at Shen Lie blankly, with shock in his gleaming eyes.
As a senior officer from the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Sweden and an excellent mercenary, his shock was simply indescribable.
He naturally understands whoever masters this method...
Is that okay?
Just such a small idea can even change the course of history!
Not far behind the two of them, although Zhang Jingxiu didn't understand, she knew from Victor's shocked eyes that something big had happened.
The air seemed to be stagnant at this moment.
Until Shen Lie slowly loaded the last bullet, but did not fire it out. Instead, he walked up to Victor with the musket on his shoulder.
Five or six steps away, Shen Lie looked at Victor with a faint look, but said nothing and just put his finger on the trigger.
Victor woke up with a start, and then cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He naturally understood the profound meaning in the eyes of this terrifying Ming Dynasty man, as well as the loaded musket and the finger on the trigger, which made him sweat profusely in an instant.
If Shen Lie had any evil intentions and fired from this distance, I'm afraid he would...
Ten lives are not enough to die!
In the deathly silence, Shen Lie smiled and said softly: "Do good things for Shen, Shen... I will not treat you badly."
Victor understood the idea and hurriedly knelt down on one knee to perform a knight's salute. Then he knelt on the ground and held Shen Lie's feet. Regardless of the dirt, he kissed Shen Lie's instep.
Shen Lie was not humble and listened to him speak a string of Swedish words that he could not understand. This was probably the etiquette of European knights swearing allegiance.
Wait until Victor finishes saying his oath.
Shen Liecai bent down, helped him up, smiled and comforted him a few words, and was at least 90% sure that this boy would not have any objections.
But Tian Hong still had to send people to keep an eye on him.
Shen Lie had no choice but to do this. He was just a young actor on the 18th line and didn't know much about muskets or marching and fighting.
He urgently needs a firearms expert.
After comforting Victor, Shen Lie whispered to him again and told him another epoch-making method for improving muskets.
This method is called paper shell fixation of gunpowder. Although this thing has no technological content at all, it is nothing more than a piece of oiled paper and a steelyard...
But in the history of world wars, especially the age of the flintlock gun, this is definitely an epoch-making great invention!
This reason is quite simple. The muskets of this era were all loaded from the muzzle, according to the most rustic loading method.
The method is to first pour black powder from the muzzle, then insert the bullet into it, then tamp it down, then put some priming powder into the powder pool, and then light the match or flint to fire.
But the step of pouring the gunpowder is very particular.
If you pour too little, the bullet will be weak and cannot hit far, but if you pour too much, there is no guarantee that it will not explode.
Therefore, soldiers in this era would have a bunch of measuring bottles filled with black powder hung on their bodies. When filling, they must first use the bottles to measure.
Although this may seem silly, it can at least ensure that the amount of charge is basically the same every time.
Until a smart man came up with a clever idea, why not weigh the gunpowder and wrap it in paper before starting the battle?
When Shen Lie finished talking about the concept of fixed-loading paper-cased bullets, Victor was numb. He nodded instinctively and looked at Shen Lie with his dull eyes.
What this terrible Ming man said frightened him silly, and a thought came to his mind, what on earth did this man want to do?
But Shen Lie didn't allow him to think about it carefully, so he fired the last bullet, and there was another dull gunshot, which echoed for a long time in the deserted mass grave in the middle of the night.
After blowing the smoke from the muzzle of the gun, Shen Lie handed the gun to Victor, and then warned: "Go back first, and be careful on the way."
Victor nodded and left here with his musket. The hurried steps were a little heavy at first, and then became firm.
Shen Lie smiled slightly, and then looked at Miss Zhang who was hiding not far away, covering her little ears and looking at him blankly. This eldest lady was already petrified at this moment.
In the darkness, those bright eyes were shining, looking at Shen Lie in surprise, as if looking at a stranger.
Shen Lie walked up to her and shouted softly: "Hey!"
Zhang Jingxiu was awakened by the shock. He released his little hands covering his ears and said in a deep voice: "Okay... Shen Lie, do you want to rebel?"
That exaggerated look seemed like he had discovered some big secret.
Shen Lie was startled, and hurriedly rushed over, covering her soft and moist mouth. Can you say this casually?
Zhang Jingxiu covered his mouth and was speechless.
But those bright eyes were still shining. Shen Lie leaned close to her little ear and said softly: "Heaven knows and earth knows that you know and that I know..."
Zhang Jingxiu nodded, and as Shen Lie's hand loosened, he exclaimed: "Okay, Shen Lie, you are really brave!"
Shen Lie quickly covered her small mouth again, rolled his eyes angrily, looked into her bright eyes, and felt the moisture and softness of her small mouth with the palm of his hand.
His heart felt hot, and a hot emotion rushed to his forehead. He pulled her over fiercely, held her tightly in his arms, and then kissed her gibbering little mouth fiercely.
Zhang Jingxiu was caught off guard, and was hugged and kissed by Shen Lie. Fang felt confused for a while, and then she felt that her broken teeth were pushed open by a soft tongue, and she sucked hard on her sweet tongue.