Chapter 949

"Come on, let's try Chinese-style rifles and artillery."

After the question of ammunition was ignored, everyone's attention was once again focused on the Han-style rifle and Chen Qi's artillery.

The two were already ready and led the group to the school grounds.

"Your Majesty, let the future come to you." Niu Ben licked his lips a little excited. His remarks just now did not mean that he did not like the Han-style rifle.

In fact, these military generals like new weapons the most, but sometimes they have to consider the ever-increasing military spending.

Luo Quan picked up another Chinese-style rifle and said aggressively: "Niuben, today we will test in front of the emperor to see who has the best marksmanship."

"Okay, if any of you wins today, I will give him a tricycle." Busy with government affairs all day, Xiao Ming rarely has time to spare, and now he is also interested in playing.

When the two heard the words, their eyes flashed green. Although Xiao Ming gave them a bicycle, the tricycle was just made by Qingzhou Machinery Factory.

They have already seen this thing, and the eunuchs in the palace are riding this thing outside the palace to purchase what the palace needs.

Although they don't need to ride a tricycle to buy things, it is also a good thing to use it for the servants in the house. The last time he got a bicycle for the first time, he was envious of many people.

"This tricycle is mine." Niu Ben took the steel-cased bullet from Song Changping's hand and pulled the gun to reveal the chamber.

Putting the bullet in, Niu Ben reset the bolt, and then aimed at the target 200 meters away.

"boom."

After just three seconds of aiming time, Niu Ben pulled the trigger.

"Hey, this metal bullet is really powerful." Niu Ben said loudly, "Obviously the recoil of the Falcon rifle is stronger."

Song Changping explained: "Of course, this bullet contains smokeless powder, and its air tightness is much stronger than that of a falcon rifle."

Luo Quan said in surprise: "This bullet has hit the mountain."

When he was observing just now, the bullet shot by Niu Ben passed through the target and hit a puff of smoke on the mountain behind him.

"The maximum range of a Chinese-style rifle using metal bullets is 1,200 meters, and the effective range is 600 meters." Song Changping added again.

"Compared to the Falcon rifle, it is indeed a great improvement." Xiao Ming showed a satisfied look. From the development history of firearms, the barrel of the rifle is getting shorter and shorter, and the effective range is also getting shorter and shorter.

The effective range of many modern firearms is only three or four hundred meters, and only in this era of lack of long-range power, the barrel of the rifle will be so long and powerful.

"It's my turn." Luo Quan glanced at the Chinese-style rifle in his hand, looking like he liked it.

Like Niu Ben, he also aimed for three seconds, then pulled the trigger.

Soon, the result was reported, and Luo Quan lost Niuben.

"Hahaha, in the past, Niu was a hundred steps through Yang. Now that he is old, his arm strength is not enough, but his eyes are not weak." Niu Ben laughed.

Luo Quan was not annoyed, he said: "If you lose, you will lose, but this Chinese-style rifle is really a good thing. If the army can be equipped as soon as possible, the British and French will have to cry."

After a pause, he said to Chen Qi: "This Han-style rifle is powerful, I wonder how this cannon is?"

Chen Qi smiled mysteriously, then walked to a cannon covered with a black cloth, pulled the black cloth, and an artillery with a silvery-white metallic luster appeared in front of everyone.

The appearance of this gun is very different from the traditional front-mounted smoothbore gun, because this gun is pierced from the beginning to the end, and the muzzle can be seen from the butt of the gun, and there is a gun on the left 30 cm away from the rear of the gun. A square hole also has a corresponding square mouth on the right side, like a slot.

"How can this artillery be fired?" Niu Ben and Luo Quan were immediately dumbfounded.

Chen Qi laughed "hehe". He took out a thick heavy metal object with a square cylinder from a box on one side like a baby. Half of this metal object was a round hole the same size as the caliber of the artillery gun, and the other half was the same size as the caliber of the artillery gun. The metal mirror surface of the gun: "Your Majesty, the two generals, this is the biggest secret of the breech gun, the wedge-type breech block, as long as the round hole of the breech block is inserted into the gun, it can be loaded through the through hole, and the loading is completed. Then slide the breech block to the right, and the metal mirror will seal the bottom of the gun."

After all, he stuffed the breech block in his hand into the artillery, an artilleryman picked up the conical shell and stuffed it into the artillery, and then stuffed a cylindrical propellant into the barrel.

At this time, Chen Qi completely pushed in the exposed breech block, and the whole artillery piece was integrated. The artillerymen then pulled the fire tube through the fire door that had been plugged with the match rope on the artillery piece and inserted it into the artillery piece to integrate the propellant. One hand pulls the rope.

"Horizontal wedge bolt." Niu Ben and Luo Quan didn't know how to do it, but Xiao Ming was a man of understanding.

Chen Qi now uses the typical horizontal wedge-type breech block in the breech gun. In contemporary times, the famous Krupp cannon used this kind of breech block at the beginning.

Seeing this structure, Xiao Ming felt at ease. After a few years of tinkering, Chen Qi's efforts were not in vain.

"Come on, let me try it myself." Xiao Ming took the arquebus from the artillery.

The rope was very long. To ensure safety, he walked five meters away before pulling the rope.

"boom!"

Pulled by the rope, the fire tube exploded in the barrel, and the flame instantly ignited the propellant, pushing the entire shell out of the barrel.

"Boom", a burst of explosion sounded from a distance, and the mountain body a thousand meters away lit up with flames and smoke, and smoke and stone chips flew.

At this moment, two artillerymen stepped forward immediately, one artilleryman pulled the breech block, the other soldier continued to reload, and ten seconds later another shell was fired.

Within a minute, the artillery fired six rounds in a row.

Originally, Niu Ben and Luo Quan wanted to say that the power of the cannonballs was similar, but they were stunned when they got here. They fired six rounds a minute, while the smoothbore guns used by Dayu Kingdom can only fire one round per minute, and the veterans are just Two rounds.

On the battlefield, long-range firepower is the key to victory, and artillery is also the primary target of local artillery attacks. They know very well what changes this minute six rounds will bring to the war.

"It's amazing, it's really amazing." Niu Ben looked around the artillery and said, "Your Majesty, you should give this type of artillery a loud name."

Chen Qi looked expectant, this Song Changping's rifle is very loud in the Chinese style, I don't know what his artillery should be called?

"It's better to call the guard artillery." Xiao Ming said with a smile.