Chapter 067: The Decisive Battle of Sand City (19)

The reason why Wanli one-style fire n took nearly ten years to come out and officially began to be installed is mainly because compared with the past fire n, there have been two major technological innovations. ,

One of them is the addition of bayonets, which has already been mentioned before. The requirements for metallurgy of the bayonet can be described as "extremely high" in this era, and it is not an easy thing to do.

In fact, for a long time in the original history, most of the bayonets equipped on the fire N were not BS-type bayonets, but the famous three-edged N-type bayonets.

In the era before the birth of firearms, the mainstream move of cold weapon combat was stabbing.

Thorn, according to Qi Jiguang's training concept, the biggest advantage is that it is easy to learn, suitable for recruits, but difficult to block, and very practical. Moreover, the action of "stabbing" is extremely lethal, and it is difficult to stop bleeding and suture the wound.

So on the battlefield, the spine-based weapons account for the majority, even in the era of hot weapons, n is also the mainstream equipment of hand-to-hand combat, for a long time, the three-edged n is a frequent visitor on the step n, derived a lot of sayings, and later even pushed to the altar, become the so-called most perfect weapon.

As for whether it is true, then we have to start with the use of triangular n in history, the application of triangular bayonets in the army is quite long, it is the first and most widely used bayonet in history, the sleeve at the beginning of the 1st century and the subsequent collar bayonet are basically triangular bayonets.

At its peak, the bayonet of the brown bass flint N of the British Red Coats was a three-edged bayonet, which gave many people the illusion that the killing effect of the three-edged bayonet was far superior to that of the BS bayonet.

Not really.

The BS bayonet appeared only in the second half of the 19th century, and he was born to eliminate the triangular bayonet, and in that period, fighting bayonets was still an important way to fight, and the military must have replaced backward bayonets with better ones.

The reason why the three-edged N can be so popular is entirely because of its simple production process and low cost, in that era when the metallurgical industry was not developed, the three-edged bayonet is the most cost-effective close-quarters weapon, because the three-edged bayonet cross-section is triangular, very strong, and it is not easy to deform when stabbing hard.

This characteristic determines that even with very poor quality materials, it can meet the needs of bayonets. And the sword-type bayonet itself is a sword and it is on the thin side, and if it is done well, the cost will not be much worse than that of a sword.

The steel of the Suifa N era is folded and forged and carburized and quenched, and many processes can only be completed by repeated manual production, so that the price is of course very high, if each soldier is equipped with BS bayonets, the cost may be higher than that of the equipment Suifa N, so in order to achieve the best cost performance, all countries are unified to equip the army with triangular thorns.

In modern times, especially after the emergence of open-hearth and converter steelmaking, the metallurgical technology of major industrial countries has made qualitative breakthroughs, but all countries with strong industrial strength will use BS bayonets, and even Japan's new army after industrialization is all sword-type bayonets.

Only at the end of World War II, the Soviet army was relatively backward in equipment, and it was still focusing on three-edged bayonets for the sake of large quantities. Due to historical reasons, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Red Dynasty also copied the same example, but when it was done by itself, it was quickly replaced with a sword type. ,

N, generally prismatic, with blood groove, can be directly installed on the individual commander N machine, can be folded and put away or removed for use. The focus of n is on the stab, so the front end is very sharp, and the front end contact surface will be narrow, which is easy to stab. Hence the name "stab" instead of "knife".

The bayonet, also known as the N-stab, is also an assassination cold weapon installed at the front end of the individual commander's N-weapon, which is used for white-knuckle combat and can also be used as an auxiliary tool for combat operations. The bayonet consists of two parts: the blade body and the hilt.

According to the shape, it is divided into two types: sheet knife or sword shape and prismatic three-edged or four-edged, according to the connection mode with step N, and is divided into two types: the separation type that can be removed from N and loaded into the scabbard to carry and the folding type that is hinged on the N side. Detached bayonets are mostly in the shape of sheets, and some have serrated teeth engraved on the back of the knife, and can be connected with a metal scabbard to form scissors, which have a variety of functions.

So there is still a slight difference between n and a bayonet, n must be a bayonet, but a bayonet is not necessarily n.

On the ancient battlefield, there was a saying that "three arrows are not as good as one knife, and three knives are not as good as one n". Of course, if you have to say that per capita Jebei is a divine shot, all of them are Chataiji, and bending the bow is killing with one arrow or Liu Wei per capita, and going up is a sword and a sword, then I didn't say it.

In general, on the battlefield in the era of cold weapons, especially for armored soldiers, the damage of arrows and swords is indeed not as great as that of n spear stabs.

And if it is on the modern battlefield, the damage caused by the N stab is actually incomparable with the N bullet of modern firearms, and it is far from terrifying.

In later generations, there was a group of people in the Red Dynasty who had a myth about the five-six-style three-sided n, and they bragged until the United Nations banned Balabala, and they didn't know what was going on. When asked the reason, they said that the wound was difficult to treat, the bloodletting effect was exaggerated, there was an arsenide coating, and so on.

Arsenide coating is the funniest, you can apply triangular n, but nothing else can be painted?

As for the difficulty of treating wounds, it is even more ridiculous, what is so difficult to suture such a standard and regular wound? Surgeons are faced with situations that are numerous times more complex than this wound.

For example, a puncture of a steel bar on a construction site, a child's wound torn by a dog's teeth, a wound torn by a factory machine, etc., which is not more complicated than this? It is completely inexplicable to say that the three-edged n is extremely lethal because of its shape, and if this kind of regular wound is difficult to treat, then all the surgeons can be laid off, and the military doctors who deal with n injuries and broken wounds in the military hospital can also get out.

As long as the bayonet hits the vital point, no matter what style, the effect is the same, if there is no stabbing at the vital point, the triangular stab is more likely to form a penetrating wound, and as we all know, for people, the greater damage, more difficult to treat is to cut the blood vessel and let blood, which is obviously inferior to the flat bayonet.

Gao Pragmatic is also a person who has heard five or six myths, why he would rather spend ten years on a BS-style bayonet than use a three-edged stab, naturally it has been carefully demonstrated, and all parties in later generations have also made choices.

The shape of the sword was finally determined after thousands of years of human use and cold weapon combat, compared to the three-edged N, which is like an armor-piercing cone, the sword-shaped blade of an ordinary bayonet has a wider blade, so the chance of breaking the blood vessels in the body and killing the internal organs is much greater.

Moreover, in terms of bayonet tactics, the sword-shaped blade is also more suitable for actions such as chopping down, picking up, and turning the knife after stabbing, and it is also more suitable for being a short sword when taken down alone, which can be cut and stabbed. During the special period of that year, the three-zero bayonet of the Japanese Ogura Arsenal was not much more powerful than the three-sided n, which was the most feared bayonet in the world at that time.

Therefore, it doesn't matter if it is terrifying or not, the knife is a weapon to kill, and the performance in combat is the most important indicator, such as the British 1907 bayonet, 555 mm long, which is scary to look at, and it is indeed very powerful to stab people, but the British soldiers do not like it, because it is too long, it is very troublesome to load and unload and carry, and it is not very easy to use.

During World War II, the level of stabbing in the Soviet army was the highest, because as early as the time of Tsarist Russia, the Russian team had been training this stabbing technique, and this culture was also inherited by the later Soviet army.

During World War II, Mosin Nagant step N was the standard configuration of the Soviet Union, and 9 was the symbol of Germany, and the length of Mosin Nagant step N was the longest in World War II, plus the Soviets were generally tall and mighty, Germany and Japan suffered very much in the face of the Soviet Union, especially Germany, Germany is good at lightning tactics, but when fighting positional warfare, especially when fighting bayonets, it is really not the opponent of the Soviet Union.

Correspondingly, the Japanese army could not be compared with the tall and mighty Soviets because they were relatively short, but the Japanese were flexible in their fighting, and their tactical requirements were steady, accurate, and ruthless, so they were equipped with three-zero bayonets.

All in all, no weapon can talk about performance in terms of practicality, not to mention versatility and cost. The three-edged N can only do one thing, and this thing can be done with a BS bayonet, and at the same time, the BS bayonet can also do a few other things by the way, who needs to say?

The last problem of cost and production cycle is the biggest problem that restricts Wanli's standard bayonet, but this has been said before, after Zhu Zaiyu was dug by Gao Pragmatic, the two of them cooperated for several years, improved the steelmaking method and added carburizing and nitriding technology, the production cycle has decreased significantly, and the production cost has also been reduced, although it is not as cheap as Sanleng N, but it has reached the range that Gao Pragmatic thinks is acceptable, of course, Zhu Yijun still thinks it is very expensive.

In addition to the seemingly low technical content of the bayonet, but in fact extremely high, the biggest technological innovation of Wanli is the ignition method.

That's right, this time, Daming entered the era of Suifa N.

Suifa N first appeared in Europe, and when you convert the time, it was the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the year when Zhang Juzheng was a jinshi.

The principle of flint is very simple, and there is no controversy, so I will not go into details, such as the strength of the three-edged bayonet and the BS bayonet mentioned above is controversial, so I will say more.

But knowing the principle does not mean that it can be done immediately, after providing ideas with high pragmatism, Jinghua Fire N Factory spent several years to carry out experiments, and there were such and such problems at the beginning, such as the sparks from flint sometimes can not ignite black, whether to equip a fire cap, how to prevent fire n water from entering the fire during rainy battles to make the ignition device ineffective, etc.

Every kind of scientific and technological development does not mean that achievements can be achieved, and in many cases, several technologies can only lead to qualitative changes when they meet the standards at the same time, so many inventions at hand are slowly piled up with time.

It is said that Wanli one-style fire N, many properties must take care of several factors: such as the length of the N tube is related to the shooting accuracy and distance, and at the same time, it is necessary to consider the amount of white-bladed combat charge after equipping the bayonet, to consider the strength of the N tube and the ignition efficiency and waterproof airtightness, and even to consider the ease of carrying and preservation, as well as the safety in the process of carrying and preservation, etc.

So it's not surprising that this kind of thing can be done for several years or even more than ten years at a time, after all, practicality, versatility, ergonomics, production costs, maintenance and repair costs, and reuse possibilities all have to be taken into account.

One or two genius ideas may be able to push human society forward, but no one can be sure when this idea will reflect its value, but a good system can steadily move society forward and work immediately.

Therefore, Gao pragmatic is never in a hurry to make a very high-cost prototype at once to deceive others, he wants products that can be installed in batches.

Especially in the area of weapons and equipment, it's okay to slow down, anyway, the evolution of weapons before the second industrial revolution was not very fast, and he now has a first-mover advantage, as long as this research and development system is maintained, he is not afraid that it will not produce results in the future.

Wanli is now unprecedentedly powerful in terms of firearm performance and white-knuckle combat performance, and the only weakness is probably the high price, but Gao Pragmatism has done his best.

Now, the first battle to start the name of Wanli is about to break out, and whether it can "debut is the peak" depends on the performance of Zhang Bingzhong and Zhang Wanbang's father and son today.

The Zhang family's father and son have different personalities, Zhang Bingzhong's father is a very sincere person, when he saw the smoke and dust billowing ahead, he had already begun to line up in accordance with the rules, and at the same time started to mobilize before the war.

"Sons! Presumably, you have all received Jinghua's silver reward in Datong, five taels per person, right?! ”

"Yes!"

"That's right!"

"It's not bad!"

Zhang Bingzhong nodded with satisfaction and continued to say loudly: "But Ben will tell you that that's only half of the reward!" In this battle, as long as you obey the orders and act like the previous drill, then after the war, no matter whether you win or lose, life or death, each person will still have a reward of five taels of silver, which is still given by Jinghua! ”

The whole army was in a daze, and they were all overjoyed that the reward of Jinghua was different from that of the imperial court, and the reward of the imperial court was not high, and because of the troublesome process, it always had to be delayed for several months, and even deducted many times. And the reward of the imperial court, you have to have a head to get it, and it is difficult to do without a head.

But Jinghua is different from the reward, Jinghua is not only generous, but also not in arrears, and their requirements are not the first, just "whether to obey orders" In other words, as long as you obey orders, Jinghua's reward will definitely be obtained!

In addition, Jinghua's reward also has a characteristic, that is, it will never swallow up the reward of the dead in battle, and as long as it is confirmed that it is killed in battle, a double reward will be issued to express the bereavement.

When everyone heard that there were at least five taels, they were all excited, and some people even thought in their hearts: If you are really unlucky and die here, it will not be a loss, and there will be at least ten taels of silver for settling in.

Directly take money to mobilize the soldiers' enthusiasm for combat, Zhang Bingzhong, an honest man, is so direct.

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