Tiger!

For the Ming court, the arrogant and unscrupulous General Pingyu is indeed a tiger, what is the most feared thing about this tiger?

I'm afraid it's still the 150,000 Pinglu army in his hands, this army can be called the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, and the only thing that can make the imperial court feel a little at ease is that at present, this army is distributed in the vast area of Liaodong, Korea and even the old Nuergan Dusi.

But there will always be a day when the tiger will come out of the cage, when the situation in the pass suddenly changes suddenly because of Sun Chuanting's defeat and the fall of Tongguan, so that the imperial court even used a drink to quench its thirst, ready to release this tiger. Zhu Guoqiang himself was on the shooting range in Dalian, fiddling with some new weapons.

In the deafening gunshot, Zhu Guoqiang picked up a paper shell bullet and said to Chen Wudi.

"Invincible, why don't you try?"

"Lord Shizi, what is this?"

"This is our creation of new ammunition! Then! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Guoqiang threw the bullet to Chen Wudi, and as soon as he took the bullet, he found the difference between this bullet.

"Lord Shizi, this is ......"

Although the bullet is also wrapped in paper shells, it seems to be somewhat different, with its pointed conical bullet half-exposed, but other than that, it is no different from the paper shells used in the army.

"What's any different?"

Picking up the Liao 13 rifled gun on the table, Zhu Guoqiang casually loaded the bullet into the chamber.

"Lord Shizi, you haven't ...... to tear the paper shell yet"

Chen Wudi and Qian Degong all looked at Shi Ziye in some surprise, he directly stuffed the fire cap, and did not bite through the paper shell, pour the gunpowder into the muzzle of the gun, and then stuff the bullet into the muzzle as usual, but directly stuffed the bullet into the chamber of the gun, and didn't even use the tong, just put the butt of the gun on the ground a few times.

Is that okay too?

In the stunned eyes of everyone, aiming at the target 100 meters away, Zhu Guoqiang pulled the trigger, and the gunfire rang out at the moment when the thunder mercury fire cap was fired, and a cloud of white smoke erupted from the muzzle.

"Lord Shizi, this, this paper shell doesn't need to be torn? Can the fire cap lure him? ”

Looking at the bullet in his hand in astonishment, Chen Wudi's eyes looked a little excited, Qian Degong and Mao Chengdou were mostly like this.

How could they, as military men, not understand the subversive changes brought about by this bullet. A few years ago, when the prince took out the paper shell bullets that had been packed with projectiles and a quantitative amount of black powder, the rate of fire of the musket was improved, but they never imagined that one day the paper shell bullets that needed to be torn open and poured into the gunpowder could be stuffed into their muskets in their entirety, and they could also be fired.

"This is a new type of paper shell fixed ammunition."

Zhu Guoqiang took out another bullet and explained.

"Unlike ordinary bullets, its paper shell does not need to be torn apart, it can be stuffed directly into the chamber, because the gunpowder has been compacted in the paper shell, so there is no need to push the bullet lever to compact, compared to the old paper shell bullet, its shooting steps have been simplified a lot, the rate of fire has also been improved, and skilled soldiers can shoot more than 10 rounds per minute."

In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Guoqiang was more inclined to rear-loading guns, even if it was a rear-loading rifle like Enfield-Schneider, which was also very good, but at the moment, even the production of paper shell fixed ammunition with a metal bottom also needed to face certain technical challenges. Glamorous e-books

Therefore, Zhu Guoqiang chose a paper shell fixed ammunition developed by the United States at the end of the Civil War, which has been greatly improved compared with the design of the past that needs to tear open the paper package and pour gunpowder, and the most important progress is that the packaging paper has been replaced by flammable paper soaked in potassium nitrate solution and then dried, which will burn quickly as long as it touches Mars.

In this way, the user can stuff the entire cartridge directly into the chamber, and then pull the reloading lever to press the projectile to the bottom of the gun, or even directly use the butt to shake the ground a few times, and then install the fire cap on the fire cap base. The flame generated by the fire cap ignites the flammable paper shell and burns out with the gunpowder during firing, greatly speeding up the reload.

The rate of fire of a front-loading gun with this bullet is not even inferior to that of a rear-loading gun with a metal cartridge case, of course, the metal cartridge case is the future, and because of this, it is like a flash in the pan, less than a decade after its invention, it was replaced by a metal cartridge case, and then disappeared into history.

But for the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century, this kind of paper shell fixed ammunition using flammable paper was definitely the best choice, which allowed the front-loading gun to increase the rate of fire exponentially without improvement. Of course, the mass production of paper shell fixed ammunition using flammable paper also requires a certain industrial base, without Dalian's industry, even if others get it, they can't produce it.

Just like the mercury fire cap - until now, it is still an unknown "artifact" to the outside world, and without modern chemical knowledge, how can it be possible to synthesize mercury? Even Dalian relies on a series of chemical test equipment provided by Zhu Guoqiang to produce thunder mercury on the scale of a laboratory...... It really doesn't take much of mine mercury.

"With this kind of bullet, we no longer need to worry about the crowd tactics of Jiannu......"

Zhu Guoqiang smiled at Mao Chengdou.

"If you have the opportunity to encounter them again in the future, use the tactics of the sea of people, first use the Liao 13 type salvo at a distance of 600 meters, or even 800 meters, the musketeers of a town can shoot 150,000 rounds of ammunition in a minute, and if the hit rate can reach the level of the training ground, you can knock down at least 30,000 enemies, with this weapon, you can destroy the sea of tens of thousands of people in a few minutes, of course...... This is just an ideal statement, if you want to fight a sea of people, you still have to rely on this ......"

After talking about the changes brought by the new bullets to the battlefield in exaggerated words, Zhu Guoqiang smiled and pointed to a "whirlwind rocket launcher" on the table.

"Compared with bullets, it should be more important, the whirlwind rocket artillery is powerful, fast rate of fire, and the accuracy is also comparable, the biggest problem in the past is that the range is too close, however, now the problem of range has been solved, we have replaced with a new type of gunpowder, the range has doubled, and even the accuracy has improved a lot."

In fact, there is no new type of gunpowder, but the black powder pillar is made by pressing the process instead of the previous granular gunpowder. In addition to suppressing the gunpowder column, he also used his drawings to make qualified black powder engines, but the whole experimental process was very long, and it took nearly a year to complete.

The black powder column after successful pressing, the shape is as smooth as a plastic rod, the density is as high as 1.90gcm³, the shape and density of the same column ensure the consistency of the rocket's trajectory, coupled with the new engine, it is actually a newly designed nozzle, so that the range and accuracy of the cyclone rocket have gone to a higher level. In Zhu Guoqiang's view, the current new whirlwind rocket is undoubtedly a magic weapon of this era, and it is even more effective than field artillery, after all, it is more powerful and has a longer range.

"rifled guns, rocket artillery, with them, we don't have to worry about crowd tactics anymore, whether it's a slave builder or a rogue ......"

When mentioning Liukou, Zhu Guoqiang's brows couldn't help frowning, and his mood became a little dull.

"Chongzhen Sixteen Years ......"

Counting the days, there is still more than a month to go until the New Year's Festival, and next year, there will be no Chongzhen matter.

At present, the situation is so powerful, but what about the imperial court?

What is the court doing?

This year, he has repeatedly written to ask for entry into Pingkou, but they have repeatedly refused, Chongzhen is really guarding himself like a thief!

It's all come to this point, he still doesn't know the priorities, and he still lasts for 17 years, that is, the world of the Ming Dynasty, can let him go to the scourge for so long, if it is replaced by other dynasties. Not to mention 17 years, even a year and a half, it is estimated that it will not be able to survive.

Ay!

In the past, Zhu Guoqiang used to be very sympathetic to this emperor, but now he ...... It's hard to put into words.

Seeing that the face of the prince was a little strange, Mao Chengdou was just about to speak, but he saw a fast horse rushing over there, and before he could stop, a messenger jumped off the horse to report.

"Lord Shizi, Changshi, please return to the General's Mansion as soon as possible......"