This year's spring in the capital of the Ming Dynasty was a little unusual. It seemed to be earlier than in previous years.
In March of previous years, the weather in Beijing was extremely cold, and there might even be snow. But this year, after entering March, the weather was fine and the spring scenery was bright. It made people feel quite comfortable, but it always felt a little abnormal.
Originally, spring has arrived, and heavy winter clothes should be dried and stored for next year. However, this spring has been unusually warm. The elderly at home with rich life experience told their families that after such a warm spring, there will be a cold wave, so don't be busy.
Pack your winter clothes and be prepared for the arrival of the cold snap so as not to be caught off guard.
On the Wild Dog Ridge of Xishan Manor, the peach, pear, and apricot flowers are competing to bloom as if in a competition. They bloom brilliantly and crazily. It gives people the feeling that if they don’t bloom today, there will be no chance tomorrow.
Naturally, Zhang Yanling and her family would not miss such good weather. Although Xu Wanyi, Tan Ruqing and Xu Youtang were more than seven months pregnant and their mobility was already very inconvenient. However, the three of them ignored the objections of the servants and wives at home.
I want to go out and enjoy it. After all, if I can't walk around while I can still move, I won't be able to go out in the next few months.
In Xu Wanyi's words: If you don't go to enjoy the spring now, you will miss this year's spring, and you will lack the feeling of this spring in your life.
Catherine felt that what Xu Wanyi said was very poetic and philosophical, so she secretly wrote it down in her notebook.
On the ninth day of March, everyone in the Zhang family came to Wild Dog Ridge in Xishan. When the group was enjoying the flowers and enjoying the spring, Zhang Yanling was dragged by Xu Youtang to a workshop on the north side of Wild Dog Ridge. Because Xu Youtang wanted to go to Wild Dog Ridge.
Zhang Yanling showed off the Madam Xu machine gun that was re-manufactured and assembled after seven or eight months of research and modification.
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Even during her pregnancy, Xu Youtang did not stop thinking about improving Mrs. Xu's machine gun. She selected several craftsmen and formed a team to improve the assembly. Although she did not have to do it herself, with the help of these craftsmen, after dozens of
After several attempts and improvements, the transformation of the second-generation Mrs. Xu machine gun was finally completed.
Zhang Yanling saw the modified Mrs. Xu machine gun in an iron cabinet. From the shape, it looked more like a real machine gun. Zhang Yanling was pleasantly surprised to find that several major problems that had troubled her before were not what she thought.
The problems that could possibly be solved have actually been greatly improved.
For example, the problem of slow bullet feeding. Xu Youtang showed off the latest device, which is the bullet-pressing spring located above the rotating barrel. With this thing, the bullet belt in the guide groove may jump and cannot be quickly entered into the chamber.
The problem is solved. The reed will directly press the bullet into the chamber. Although it cannot be said that it can solve the problem 100%, it is enough.
There is also the issue of the rate of fire. The newly designed machine gun bullet solves this problem. Because Xu Youtang made a bullet with an integral charge similar to the cartridge case. Simply put, the ammunition is wrapped in a fine metal cartridge case.
, when shooting, the metal cartridge case can enter the chamber faster and is more stable than the previous paper-packed bullets.
After shooting, after the ammunition in the cartridge case is fired, the fired gunpowder residue remains in the cartridge case and falls off as the whole bullet belt. This ensures that there is no residue in the gun chamber and will not affect the subsequent shooting.
Zhang Yanling was really shocked when she saw the metal bullet case device. This completely exceeded Zhang Yanling's expectations. Zhang Yanling originally thought of treating headaches and foot pain, and try to improve the performance of Mrs. Xu's machine gun.
He never expected that Xu Youtang would design bullets with metal shells.
Although the cartridge case is made of bronze, it will be very expensive. Moreover, because it is not fired by a primer, but the gunpowder in the cartridge case is ignited through the rear quick fuse to launch the steel ball bullets in the front. It still seems a bit troublesome and clumsy. But this
It's already a big step forward.
When she saw the long bullet belt with bullet casings and bullets, Zhang Yanling felt like she was dreaming of the future.
This leap-forward improvement eliminates the need for primers and cleaning, speeds up the feeding and shooting speed, and can almost be said to have perfectly solved some of the troublesome problems of continuous shooting without a primer.
Of course, the only disadvantage is that it is too expensive. To make such a bullet, copper is needed. Moreover, the shell needs to be re-forged and cannot be reused, because after shooting, the shell will be twisted and completely deformed and cannot be used.
Refill the medicine.
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However, these issues are no longer considered by Zhang Yanling.
In addition to these key improvements, Xu Youtang also made some optimizations to the internal mechanical system. He also made optimizations in some small details. For example, the flint device for firing ignition was previously equipped with three pieces of flint to ensure ignition. But
Xu Youtang changed his mind and changed it into a piece of flint. He just changed the scratching needle to three heads, which greatly saved space.
Another example is that the barrel of the gun should be funnel-shaped and conical, so that it is easier for the bullet to enter the barrel.
In addition, the structural design has also been optimized. The rotating shaft of the machine gun has also been moved to the rear, and the operator can operate it from three to two. The shooter can turn the machine shaft by himself and control the direction and shooting speed. This is more suitable
Rational. The other person is only responsible for some auxiliary tasks such as ammunition loading, watering and cooling.
Zhang Yanling conducted a test firing. A bullet belt containing more than a hundred bullets was quickly emptied within a dozen breaths, leaving a huge plum blossom-shaped bullet hole on the target more than a hundred steps away. The power and accuracy were satisfactory.
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Amidst the smoke of gunpowder and gunpowder, Zhang Yanling loudly praised: "With the birth of Mrs. Xu's machine gun, who in the world can rival her?"
Zhang Yanling immediately ordered to make a few guns as soon as possible, and to manufacture ammunition in large quantities. The sooner this thing is made and held in hand, the more confident he will be. If nothing else, the high wall of Xishan Manor can be erected.
If you put up a few poles, you should also mount a few poles on the wall of your own palace, and your sense of security will be greatly increased.
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As experienced people expected, the warm weather in spring changed overnight. On the day after the Zhang family's spring outing to enjoy flowers, a biting cold wave swept through the capital.
Overnight, the people who had already taken off their winter clothes and put on spring clothes were all wrapped up in thick clothes. Various early spring flowers that were blooming in full bloom were destroyed by the cold wave and turned into dead flowers and willows. They popped up in a hurry.
The sharp green leaves were also frozen to death gray.
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Winter is like an enemy that refuses to fail. At the last moment, it will still severely punish those who are eager to celebrate victory and disrespect his majesty.
In the cabinet office, early in the morning, the handymen lit up several charcoal fires so that the cabinet bachelors in the office could have a warm working environment.
However, at this moment, although the charcoal fire is like spring in the cabinet office, the hearts of the people inside are as cold as ice.
Yang Tinghe sat behind the public case with a frown on his face, holding a memorial in his hand. His face was even colder than the cold weather outside, as if covered with a thick layer of white frost.
On his handsome face, the usual elegance and elegance disappeared without a trace, replaced by twisted and trembling muscles, and curses with gritted teeth.
That memorial was delivered by a quick horse from Datong Town. It was an urgent note sent by Hu Zuguang, the commander-in-chief of Datong, about the imperial army marching into Hetao and being besieged by the main Tatar troops in Dongsheng City.
The report said that the Tatars captured Baichengzi and cut off the army's logistics supplies. At the same time, the main Tatar cavalry force of 70,000 arrived in the Ordos grassland. Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui knew they were outmatched, so they had no choice but to enter Dongsheng City and hold on.
.However, the supply of food and grass was cut off, and the army had less than twenty days of food in stock, so Qiu Yue was sent to break out and ask for help.
Qiu Yue entered Datong from Heishanbao, a border town in Datong, on the eighth day of March. He was seriously injured and could not go to the capital. Therefore, Hu Zuguang, a heavy soldier in Datong Town, was entrusted to report the matter urgently and ask for help from the imperial court. He hoped that the imperial court would help him in the middle of the month.
Send a large army to the rescue within a month. Otherwise, the 130,000 border troops in Dongsheng City will be in despair.
Along with this memorial was sent a letter jointly written by Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui to Yang Tinghe. The content of the letter was basically consistent with what Hu Zuguang said. Yang Yiqing and Zhu Hui both wrote in the letter.
He also confessed the fact that Baichengzi's victory was a lie about his military exploits, and that both Ma Ang and Li Junqing had died in the battle, and that the imperial army had lost 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses, and was now trapped in Dongsheng City waiting to die.
If he hadn't seen the signatures and seals of Zhu Hui and Yang Yiqing at the end of the letter, proving that all this was true, Yang Tinghe would never have believed that this was true.
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Why did he receive such news overnight? It turned out that the army was victorious, and the expectation that the Hetao would be recaptured soon was all in vain. Not only would the Hetao not be recaptured, but 30% of the 200,000-strong army had already been lost.
The rest were trapped in a small town waiting for rescue.
How is this possible? How is this possible?
Anger, panic, disappointment, frustration, madness, ridiculousness... all kinds of emotions came one after another, making Yang Tinghe lose control. He waved a large pile of books, memorials, documents, pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table to the ground, and started smashing them on the flower stand.
The porcelain and ornaments placed there were banging, banging, banging, and he smashed all the tables, chairs, books, calligraphy and paintings in the entire public room into a mess.
While smashing, he also cursed with the most unpleasant words in his mouth. It was hard to believe that they came from the mouth of the chief minister of the cabinet. He cursed viciously and cursed without any restraint.
"Son of a bitch! They are all a bunch of trash. They are trash who grew up eating shit. Bastards who have accomplished nothing! Incompetent and stupid pigs and dogs! They are all damned idiots who deserve to have their homes raided and who deserve to be punished. I give him ten thumbs up
Eight generations of ancestors, damn it...!"
Outside the First Assistant's Office, a group of officials and servants looked at each other in panic, not knowing what was going on. They wanted to persuade them, but they didn't dare. Seeing the opportunity, they hurried to other offices to invite two bachelors, Liang Chu and Fei Hong, to come before them.