Although the visit of the Red Lotus Sect made Li Yun's heart feel a lot easier, the current crisis encountered by the Vermilion Bird Army has not changed in the slightest.

This four-way siege by the Fierce Tiger Legion caused a lot of pressure on the Vermilion Bird Army. After all, the Qianyuan Empire has a deep heritage, and although the loss of a tiger army is distressing, it will not hurt the muscles and bones.

The rise of the Vermilion Bird Army is still short, although it has won successive battles, but the shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, the reserve army is seriously insufficient.

At present, the most combat-effective in the Suzaku Army are the 20,000 veterans who trained in Canglan Mountain. However, with the continuous expansion of the war, the Suzaku Army expanded extremely quickly, and many troops were formed with veterans as the basic backbone and filled with a large number of new soldiers.

In this way, although a large number of troops were formed in a short period of time, too many new recruits inevitably caused a decline in combat effectiveness. For this reason, Li Yun still has a headache for the four-way siege of the Fierce Tiger Legion.

But at the same time that Li Yun had a headache for the Fierce Tiger Legion, the commander of the Fierce Tiger Legion made Shangguan thunder, and he was also having a headache for dealing with the Vermilion Bird Army.

Because in the last battle, the Vermilion Bird Army not only defeated the Tiger Demon Army head-on, but also almost annihilated eighty percent of its troops, which caused an uproar in the empire. It was precisely because of the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Vermilion Bird Army that the Imperial Court ordered Shangguan to thunder and personally lead the main force of the Fierce Tiger Legion to exterminate the Vermilion Bird Army!

At this time, in the military tent, Shangguan Jinglei fell into deep thought while looking at the captured Suzaku Army rifle.

Suzaku has sharp weapons, and the imperial court is very aware of this. In order to deal with the firearms of the Vermilion Bird Army, Ouyang Yuhui deliberately prepared a large number of heavy shields and strong crossbows. But he was still killed and returned defeated, so Shangguan Jinglei was very cautious this time.

In fact, although the Fierce Tiger Legion had sent troops, the speed of its march was very slow, because Shangguan Thunder had not yet found a way to deal with the Vermilion Bird Firearms. If they attack rashly, even if they win the Tiger Legion, they will suffer huge losses.

In order to deal with the firearms of the Vermilion Bird Army, the imperial court also urgently deployed a large number of firearms to Shangguan Thunder. But compared with the firearms of the Suzaku Army, the firearms drawn by the imperial court are simply scrap copper and rotten iron.

For this reason, Shangguan Jinglei specially summoned a group of craftsmen and asked them to imitate the Suzaku firearms as a model.

At this moment, Shangguan's thunderous staff, Sima Yan walked in and said with a happy face: "My lord, the first batch of newly made firearms has been delivered. ”

"Oh! That's great, let's go, go check it out! Shangguan Jinglei had great expectations for the new firearms, so as soon as he heard that the firearms were ready, he immediately said happily.

"Your Excellency, please!"

So Shangguan Jinglei and Sima Yan came to the school field in the camp.

At this time, the school yard was already occupied by the officers who rushed to hear the news, and when the officers were thundered, those officers saluted and greeted.

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency!"

I saw Shangguan Thunder walking straight over and shouting, "What about the new firearms, bring them!" Show me! ”

"Uh...... Yes, sir. ”

The deacon of the weapons workshop who was in charge of escorting the new firearms had a somewhat strange face, but he still carefully took a newly-made firearm from the box and gave it to Shangguan Jinglei.

But Shangguan was shocked and saw it, and his face immediately collapsed, "This is the new type of firearm you made!" ”

Seeing that Shangguan was thundered and angry, You 13, the deacon of the workshop, quickly knelt down and said, "Your Excellency, stop your anger! It's not that the craftsmen such as the lower officials don't do their best, and the firearms of this Suzaku Thief Army are really difficult to make! ”

And Sima Yan next to him also immediately explained: "My lord, the firearms of this Vermilion Bird Thief Army have a mystery, and it is really difficult for the craftsman to figure it out for a while. ”

It turns out that the so-called new firecrackers are not much different from those old goods, and they are not at all the style of the Suzaku Army that uses metal fixed ammunition and breech loading.

So he endured the displeasure in his heart, and Shangguan asked in shock, "Where is this new type of firecracker?" How does it compare to that of the Suzaku Bandits? ”

You 13 immediately stood up and replied: "Your Excellency, there are three reasons why the firearm of the Vermilion Bird Thief Army is sharp, one is the full copper bullet, the second is that it can be loaded in the back, and the third is the spiral carved in the chamber of the gun. ”

Speaking of this, You Thirteen first admired it, and then smiled bitterly, "It is precisely because of this that the Vermilion Bird Thief Army's firearms are not only extremely convenient to load, but also extremely powerful when they hit from a distance!" Compared with the new firecrackers newly made by our army, they are far inferior. ”

At this time, You 13 saw Shangguan's shocked face and was ugly for a while, so he hurriedly continued to explain: "My lord, if you want to create a firearm that is not inferior to the thief army, you must break through those three points. However, the time you gave us was too short, and we only solved the problem of carving a spiral in the chamber of the gun, and the other two points were really difficult to overcome. Therefore, the new type of firearm is only engraved with a spiral in the chamber of the gun. ”

"Spiral?"

Hearing You Thirteen's words, Shangguan was thundered, and couldn't help but be puzzled.

"Your Excellency, just look at the chamber of the gun." You Thirteen immediately explained.

Then Shangguan Jinglei checked the rifles of the new fire gun and the Suzaku Army, and found that there were circles of spirals carved in the chambers of both guns.

So Shangguan Jinglei asked curiously, "What do these spirals do?" ”

When it came to these spirals, You Thirteen looked with admiration, because it was these simple lines that made the power of the fire gun change dramatically. turned a chicken rib weapon on the battlefield into an invisible weapon that kills people hundreds of meters away.

"My lord, the biggest reason why the Vermilion Bird Thief Army's firearms hit far and accurately is because of these spirals!"

"Oh? Are these spirals really so wonderful? ”

Seeing that Shangguan Jinglei was a little suspicious, You 13 immediately explained: "My lord, the firearms bullets of the Vermilion Bird Army are all cylindrical, and after being fired, this kind of bullet will rotate at high speed under the guidance of a spiral, just like a spinning top. The top can't stand up if it doesn't spin, but once it spins at high speed, it's very stable. Therefore, in the same way, after the bullet of the Vermilion Bird Army is fired, under the high-speed rotation, its flight will be very stable, and it will hit far and accurately. ”

"I see, a small spiral has such a mystery." You Thirteen explained, and Shangguan Jinglei immediately understood.

In fact, Shangguan Jinglei, who had test-fired the rifle of the Suzaku Army, was very appreciative of the rifle of the Suzaku Army. From its complex structure and ingenious design, it is clear that this firearm must not be simple to manufacture.

It's just that he had too much to expect from the new firecracker, and the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. That's why he was angry at You Thirteen, in fact, it was very rare for You Thirteen and other craftsmen to improve the old-fashioned firecracker and engrave rifling the firecrackle in such a short period of time.

So Shangguan Jinglei couldn't help but slow down his tone, "Let's not mention this for now, let's test the power of this new type of firecracker." ”

"No!"

You 13 hurriedly arranged for personnel to test, and in order to compare the rifles of the Vermilion Bird Army, Shangguan Jinglei deliberately asked people to use the captured rifles of the Vermilion Bird Army to compare and shoot.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Then there was a burst of gunfire on the school ground, but as soon as a few shots were fired, the faces of Shangguan Jinglei and the others became ugly.

Because even if the range, power, and accuracy are just the rate of fire in between, the Fierce Tiger Legion's new firearms are completely inferior. It was often after the Suzaku Army's rifle fired five or six shots that the Tiger Legion's new-style musket could only fire one shot.

At the same time, You Thirteen next to him was also worried, but he was not worried about Shangguan Jinglei's dissatisfaction, but for the fire gun he made!

There were some things that You Thirteen didn't say all about just now, that is, these new firecrackers were not their original, but were imitated on another firearm of the Vermilion Bird Army.

At the beginning, due to the lack of rifle production, Li Yun deliberately designed and manufactured a simple rifle on the basis of the Mini rifle to equip the second-line and local troops.

After the Suzaku Army raised its troops, the Dragon Fu Secret Guard strengthened the intelligence collection of the Suzaku Army. Those classified military units and heavy equipment are heavily guarded and guarded, and the Dragon Fu Secret Guard cannot penetrate. However, ordinary firearms were stolen by the Dragon Fu Secret Guard in various ways.

The new type of firearm of the Fierce Tiger Legion is actually based on the Minnie rifle of the Suzaku Army.

Compared to the complexity of the dog rifle, the structure of the Mini rifle is much simpler. The craftsmen of the workshop such as You 13 had no clue about the dog-style rifle, so they made their new type of firearm on the basis of the simple Mini-style rifle.

But the Minnie rifle of the Suzaku Army was fired with a fire cap. However, You 13 and others really couldn't figure out the composition of the fire cap, and only studied the method of depicting rifling, so the firing structure was changed to flint.

Therefore, the so-called new type of firecracker is nothing more than a front-loading rifled gun fired from flint.

After a few test shots, You 13 reminded with some concern: "My lord, these new firecrackers are still a little insufficient, so don't shoot so often......

"Bang......!"

"Ah......h …… My face...... Ah......h

But before You 13 could finish speaking, a new-style firearm suddenly exploded, blowing up a test-fired soldier with a bloody face and screaming non-stop.

You Shisan couldn't help but collapse to the ground when he saw it, and his heart suddenly fell to ashes.

Regarding the issue of the new firecracker, You Thirteen is not unclear. However, Shangguan Thunder gave a death order, if he couldn't let the Fierce Tiger Legion before the battle, it would be equipped with a firearm that was not weaker than the Vermilion Bird Army. Then the craftsmen and deacons of the workshop were all guilty, so You Thirteen took the risk and sent these immature weapons.

In fact, not to mention the dog-type rifle, even if it was a Mini-type rifle, You Thirteen and the others did not thoroughly understand its mystery.

Although the Mini rifle looks simple, it also has many technical difficulties, the most difficult of which is the rifled flint firing structure and lead bullets.

The most easily overlooked in the middle is lead bullet, although lead bullet is inconspicuous, but there are many doorways in it, and its lead-tin ratio must be appropriate.

Because the lead bullet is too hard, one will greatly wear the rifling, and the other is that the bottom hollow cannot be tightly attached to the gun chamber to lock the gas. However, if it is too soft and easy to hang lead, it will easily cause an explosion accident.

The explosion accident of the new type of musket of the Fierce Tiger Legion was caused by the inappropriate hardness of the lead bullet.