Wang Chengen was actually very proud in his heart that he could make Emperor Chongzhen laugh, no matter what method he used, and he didn't care about his ignorance or what he said wrong.
At this time, he saw that Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, so he also laughed, but he didn't dare to laugh exaggeratedly, just the right kind.
After Emperor Chongzhen finished laughing, he was in a very good mood. With a smile on his face, he pointed at the handle of the gun and said, "Did you see that handle? As long as you shake the handle and turn it around, the gun can load bullets by itself."
And extract the shell, one round is six rounds!”
Upon hearing this, officials who knew military knowledge, including Sun Chuanting, all stared at the handle with shock and surprise on their faces. They could not imagine why the bullets could be loaded and ejected automatically by shaking the handle.
How is it done?
Emperor Chongzhen was obviously very talkative. He waved his hand and the arsenal steward who was waiting beside him immediately understood what he meant. He then took out something from the car and presented it to him with both hands.
After Emperor Chongzhen took it, he showed it to his courtiers and said with a smile: "This is related to the latest achievement of our Ming Dynasty in the study of physical studies, which is this."
Everyone heard the sound and stared at it, and they were immediately surprised. They recognized that thing, wasn't it similar to a paper-cased bullet, but the bullet in the emperor's hand was made of metal, and seemed to have a copper shell?
"Paper-cased bullets have shortcomings such as leakage of gunpowder and gas!" After Emperor Chongzhen showed the metal bullets in his hands, he motioned to the arsenal manager to give them each a bullet to see, and then he continued to explain, "Therefore, in heaven,
Under the guidance, I switched to this kind of metal bullet, and you can see that this kind of bullet can perfectly solve the shortcomings of paper-cased bullets."
Mercury fulminate had been invented before Liu Weichao's court intervened. After the intervention, according to the opinions of experts there, after a year, it was finally possible to produce this kind of metal bullet. Otherwise, if the bullets were not in sufficient supply,
Machine guns don’t have much meaning!
Sun Chuanting and others all took metal bullets in their hands and observed them carefully. Then they looked at the multi-barrel musket and the handle. In fact, they still couldn't understand that this machine gun could fire hundreds of rounds per minute just by turning the handle.
Rate of fire?
Anyway, just thinking about it, I always find it incredible!
Seeing their expressions, Emperor Chongzhen immediately smiled and explained to them: "The shooter drives the barrels evenly arranged along the circumference to rotate by shaking the crank, and the bullet chamber filled with ammunition enters each gun from the ammunition supply hopper.
In the locking groove behind the barrel. When the barrel is turned to a certain position, the firing pin fires the ammunition..."
Although he did explain it in detail, including Sun Chuanting, he was still confused. Anyway, it sounded like that was indeed what happened, but after thinking about it carefully, he still couldn't understand what was going on.
At this time, Sun Chuanting had a feeling that before the discovery of Tianting, he could understand the explanations of the things created by the study of physics. However, after the discovery of Tianting, he felt uncomfortable with the new content of the study of science and found it difficult to understand.
Got it!
Yeah, I'm getting older. If I want to keep up with this era and understand what the emperor said, it seems that I have to catch up on my knowledge of physics later on!
Of course he didn't know. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen himself was only half-understanding. To be more precise, he was actually just reciting it.
Perhaps he was afraid that he was right and would be asked questions that he could not explain, so he quickly said to these courtiers: "It is better to see what the actual situation is.
Convincing. So, let us see how powerful this cavalry nemesis is!"
After finishing speaking, he took these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty to the corresponding bunker. It was safe enough and there were high-powered telescopes to observe the test site.
The three soldiers at the arsenal, who had been trained in advance, first went to Emperor Chongzhen to salute, then returned to the car and entered the car from the rear.
Sun Chuanting and others all held telescopes and stared at the car motionlessly. They were looking forward to the performance of this car to see if it could achieve the effect the emperor said.
At the same time as the engine sounded, smoke came out, and then the car started to move.
From the bunker, we can see the side of the car. After starting up, we can see that the car started to move and move forward. The road conditions in front of it were deliberately designed, not to mention the bumps and bumps.
There is little mud. If an ordinary carriage passes through such a place, whether it is the pits or the mud, the carriage may break down.
However, Sun Chuanting and others were surprised to find that the cavalry nemesis was moving forward easily as if it were walking on a smooth road, and did not appear to be unable to move at all.
Sure enough, as the emperor said, this strange wheel style is adaptable to various road conditions!
When the car passed a red signal pole inserted in the ground, suddenly, Sun Chuanting and others saw what seemed to be tongues of fire coming out of the head of the car. Then, they heard "ta da da..."
sound.
At this time, Ni Yuanlu suddenly said in surprise: "Look at the target in front of you!"
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he quickly moved his telescope and looked at the row of human-shaped targets that had been erected in front of the car. He saw that many small holes appeared on them at a very fast speed. Needless to say, these were hit by bullets.
The speed at which this small hole appears can definitely prove that what Emperor Chongzhen said before about the speed of shooting is true!
Seeing this scene, Sun Chuanting and others were stunned.
They have already imagined such a scene in their minds: the enemy's cavalry is charging on the opposite side, but when they encounter this cavalry nemesis, even if the enemy's cavalry is a heavy cavalry, if they dare to collide with this kind of car, it is like an egg against a rock;
If you shoot with a bow and arrow, and furthermore, shoot with a lance, it will not be able to break the defense of this kind of car. On the contrary, under the fire of such a fast-firing musket, both humans and horses will probably die on the spot!
Also, if you are facing the enemy's infantry, not to mention, no matter how many people there are, under the fire of such fast-firing muskets, they will just be harvested in pieces like wheat!
Not to mention a cavalry nemesis, this can be said to be a battlefield terminator!
Thinking of this conclusion, Sun Chuanting and others immediately became excited. If the Ming Dynasty had invented this good thing earlier, the so-called Jianlu Invincibility would not have existed at all!
It's really a pity that Jianlu couldn't invent such a good thing when he was at his most arrogant. Otherwise, Jianlu would have had a taste of despair. What would it be like!
Naturally, he didn't know that if it weren't for the intervention of Liu Weichao's court, this kind of car would not have been invented at this time. After all, many parts of this car are epoch-making inventions, at least for this plane.
Say so.
Thanks to the experts on that plane, they were really able to adapt their appropriate technological methods based on the current scientific level of the Ming Dynasty. According to Liu Weichao, this is a tradition. Those real experts in those days used the simplest methods.
Under the conditions, all kinds of most advanced good things were invented.
Of course Emperor Chongzhen knew these things, so he was very grateful.
But if he has regrets, he actually has some.
This strange vehicle, the nemesis of the cavalry and the terminator of the battlefield, was very powerful in the eyes of Sun Chuanting and others, but in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it was not as good as the tanks of Liu Weichao's era.
Due to the limitations of the times, given the current technological level of the Ming Dynasty, experts over there suggested that there is no need to install artillery on the vehicle. A Gatling gun can already sweep the world. If something like an armored vehicle needs to be installed,
For artillery, the performance of the engine will be greatly reduced. After all, it will add more weight, it is too heavy!
The cavalry nemesis in the distance stopped after performing various operations. Then, there was a simulated artillery bombardment on this strange car.
Sure enough, as Emperor Chongzhen said, after the iron bullet hits the car, it will slide away, and basically no traces left by the iron bullet can be seen. This is true for the front and sides.
After the shelling ended, the car continued to drive and parked back to its original place. Then the three soldiers who had entered before came out of the back door and lined up beside the car.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen took them to the car again and asked Sun Chuanting and others to take a closer look at what the car looked like after actual combat.
They looked around the car, and Sun Chuanting even got into the car to experience it for himself. Then he came out and said with great emotion: "Your Majesty, this kind of powerful weapon is really not available in the world. It is so powerful.
!”
Emperor Chongzhen listened and responded with a smile, but did not speak.
Other courtiers also praised the power of this car, it was invincible!
You can imagine what the situation will be like once this car appears on the battlefield!
Now the news coming back from overseas is that all European countries are joining forces to try to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Haha, when the time comes, let them taste the power of the Ming Dynasty's Iron Fist!
However, Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Household Affairs, also pointed out a shortcoming. He smiled bitterly and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, once this car is used, it will cost a lot of money, right?"
When the bullet is fired, it is like running water, and it is all money!
Hearing his words, other Ming officials burst into laughter!
But what Ni Yuanlu said was actually a joke. Today's Ming Dynasty takes the world's minerals as its minerals. There is no shortage of copper or iron. The advanced smelting level and developed transportation have reduced all costs.
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Besides, being able to destroy your opponent in one battle saves money!
Emperor Chongzhen waited for them to finish laughing, then smiled again and said: "I will show you another new invention!"