Chapter 1160: Chinese Style

"Hehe, Wang Ying is so serious this time, it must be something great, and the soldiers of the whole army are blessed again."

On the parade ground, the generals of the Defense Department were whispering, and Chang Wei replied to Yang Feng.

Compared with Yang Feng, he knew a little more.

After all, Wang Ying was more familiar with the generals of the Yanzhou system.

Yang Feng nodded, stroked his beard, and looked forward to it more and more.

At this moment, Wang Ying was serving beside Zhao Xu. After receiving Zhao Xu's instructions, he gave an order to the officials of the Military Industry Department.

Not long after, the officials lifted the black cloth on the first stone platform, revealing the true face of a musket.

For a moment, Zhao Xu and the generals were greatly amazed.

For Zhao Xu, although he had personally drawn the design drawings of this musket, it was still very shocking to see the real object in front of him.

After all, for men, muskets and artillery are like the romance of flowers to women.

Generals such as Chang Wei and Yang Feng had never seen it before, so they were naturally shocked and curious.

Wang Ying was very satisfied with the reactions of the crowd.

He picked up the rifle from the stone platform in front of him where the muskets were placed, and said to Zhao Xu,

"Your Majesty, this is the Han-style rifle."

Zhao Xu had already named this rifle when it was designed.

Although everyone was puzzled as to why Zhao Xu named the musket and artillery series as Qin, Han, and Tang, which they had never heard of, and which sounded like the names of dynasties, they were unwilling to go against his will.

"Tell me about the characteristics of this rifle."

Zhao Xu nodded and took the rifle, while Chang Wei was impatient to urge Wang Ying to explain it.

Wang Ying ignored Chang Wei, but cleared his throat and said slowly, "Your Majesty, generals, the muskets and artillery we are fighting against you this time have two most important changes, which can be regarded as another great change in muskets and artillery."

He naturally understood Emperor Zhao Xu's plan to reduce the army next.

For this reason, their military industry department has been working day and night on research and development during this period, and has also obtained full cooperation from other industrial departments, so that the second generation of Han-style series of muskets and artillery can be completed.

"What changes?" Chang Wei asked again.

After a pause, Wang Ying continued, "First, we have conquered the gas-operated structure of the musket, so this Han-style rifle is the first in Dasong, and even the first in the world, semi-automatic rifle, and has a six-round magazine design. Due to the improvement of accuracy and air tightness, its effective range has also been increased to 800 meters, and it is also lethal within 1,000 meters."

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this, showed the general the position of the musket magazine, picked up the magazine filled with six rounds of bullets on the table, and directly filled it into the musket magazine.

In modern times, semi-automatic rifles appeared during World War I.

But it was not until World War II that semi-automatic and automatic rifles became the main force on the battlefield.

However, the gas-operated principle appeared in the mid-to-late 19th century.

With ready-made technical drawings, it is not difficult for the Military Industry Department to produce these things in advance in this world by relying on the power industry.

"Can this musket fire six bullets continuously?" Chang Wei asked.

Wang Ying nodded affirmatively.

Zhao Xu chuckled twice, facts speak louder than words.

He raised the Han-style rifle and pulled the trigger at the target in the distance.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Zhao Xu pulled the trigger six times in a row and fired six bullets.

"It's actually true." Yang Feng was surprised and couldn't close his mouth.

The rifle can actually fire continuously like a machine gun, although it can only fire six rounds at a time, and then you have to change the magazine.

But it is a huge improvement compared to the Qin-style rifle that loads one bullet and fires one shot.

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This means that in the same period of time, the firepower of the Han-style rifle is much stronger than that of the Qin-style rifle.

Moreover, Wang Ying said that the effective range of the Han-style rifle is also stronger than that of the Qin-style rifle, which symbolizes that this rifle is more powerful.

"Of course it's true, but old general, there are more surprises below." Wang Ying smiled and lifted the black cloth on the second stone platform.

At this time, the generals' eyes widened instantly.

Because the musket in front of them was very unique, short and small.

"This is a revolver. When the enemy is close and it is inconvenient to use a rifle, you can use it to kill the enemy. How to equip generals and soldiers can gain greater advantages in close combat." Wang Ying smiled.

"I have been looking forward to this for a long time." Zhao Xu said at this time, picked up the revolver, loaded the bullets into it, and fired six rounds at the target.

The generals were stunned, and after a while, they immediately came back to their senses and realized the benefits of this short musket.

At present, the generals still carry swords for self-defense on the battlefield.

When in danger, they can only fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

With this thing, they have a musket for self-defense.

Moreover, this thing is so small that it is more convenient to hang it on the body than to hang a rifle on the body.

"Wang Ying, you are such a talent." Chang Wei laughed and patted Wang Ying's shoulder heavily, and Wang Ying grimaced in pain.

However, Wang Ying knew that this was not his own achievement, but the emperor's.

But the emperor had instructed that these things should not be publicized.

So he had to bear this false reputation.

After Chang Wei, Yang Feng and other generals also complimented Wang Ying, making Wang Ying's old face redder.

Zhao Xu also laughed, and then he looked at the third large object covered by black cloth and asked, "This should be a cannon, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is what I said, the second problem to be solved, but the breakthrough is not the artillery itself, but the shells. The shells used in this artillery are no longer wooden wedge fuses, but impact fuses." Wang Ying said.

Zhao Xu showed a satisfied look.

He had long been dissatisfied with the fuses of shrapnel shells.

He believed that the wooden wedge fuse was too simple and could not accurately control the time of explosion, and sometimes a lot of shells were wasted.

Now Wang Ying finally made the impact fuse.

The principle of this impact fuse is the same as the principle of firing the firing pin of a musket or artillery.

The most important thing inside the fuse is the firing pin structure and the detonator.

In this way, when the shell falls from the sky, the fuse hits the ground, the internal structure is shaken, and the structure controlling the firing pin will hit the detonator, causing the bomb to explode.

With the shells equipped with this fuse, their artillery is equivalent to the Han-style rifle, and has initially reached the level of armaments before World War I.

Even if Britain imitated the breech-loading rifle of Dasong.

The gap between their armaments was also opened up again by 40 to 50 years.

The generals were all veterans on the battlefield, and they naturally understood the value of the impact fuse and exclaimed in amazement.

For them, this not only meant that the shells were more efficient, but also that the soldiers no longer needed to adjust the wooden wedge fuse, which could save a lot of time when firing the shells.

It must be said that these two breakthroughs of Wang Ying were really a huge change for the army's armaments.

Before, they were still somewhat dissatisfied with Zhao Xu's decision to reduce the army.

But now, they finally understood.

Their emperor was confident.