"Let's go, let's go to the iron mine and have a look."

Chen Yan decided to go to the iron mine to see it himself.

With many of the high-ranking members of the Swinging Army, the group arrived at the iron mine, where a table was set up in a clearing, and on the table was a long strip of weapons.

It is the flintlock pistol that Chen Yan said, although it is slightly different from the flintlock pistol in Chen Yan's memory, but it is very different.

"Let's experiment and see how far we can hit and how accurate it is."

Chen Yan handed the flintlock pistol in his hand to a craftsman and asked the craftsman to test it, but he was not ready to test it himself.

After all, this thing has just been made, and no one can say what the quality is, and if the thing is blown up, he will be finished.

It's best to leave this kind of dangerous thing to the people below!

When the craftsman heard this, he did not hesitate, took the flintlock pistol, and began to reload, first pouring black/gunpowder into the barrel and then compacting it with a throughbar.

Then pour in the buckshot, compact it again with a whole strip, and hold it flat in front of you!

This reloading process took more than a minute!

This sergeant aimed at the target thirty paces away and pulled the trigger!

The flint flint emitted a spark that ignited the black/gunpowder in the barrel, and after a loud bang, a large cloud of smoke rose from the muzzle.

With a snap, a large hole appeared on the target thirty paces away!

"Hiss......"

"It's scary!"

"Target, target pierced!"

“……”

Chen Yan took the flintlock pistol from the hand of the sergeant, held it in his hand and looked at it for a moment before saying.

"The gun is good, but it needs to be improved."

"For example, the air leakage problem in the bolt area, the problem of reload speed, the aiming accuracy, and the melee combat all need to be improved."

As he spoke, Chen Yan put forward his own suggestions for improvement, such as the door, the front sight, the bayonet, and the paper-clad bullet......

Listening to the frequent nods of those craftsmen, what Chen Yan said was indeed very practical for them to imagine.

"Hmm...... Let's test the armor-piercing ability of this gun again, and replace the target with the heavy armor captured from the Western Xia Iron Harrier, our plate armor, and the infantry armor of the Song army. ”

"Look at the armor-piercing ability!"

Many craftsmen and soldiers were busy when they heard the news.

In the thirty steps, fifty steps, one hundred steps, and two hundred steps, three targets were set up, which were the heavy armor of the Iron Harrier, the plate armor of the Dang Captive Army, and the infantry armor of the Song Army.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ……

A barrage of gunfire rang out across the clearing.

Thirty steps away, whether it was the heavy armor of the Western Xia Iron Harrier, or the infantry armor of the Song Army, and the plate armor of the Dangyu Army, a big hole appeared.

It was easily pierced by lead!

"Very well, fifty steps away!"

Chen Yan ordered.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ……

Three shots rang out in a row, but one shot missed the target and missed the armor fifty paces away.

"Good, one more shot!"

Chen said with encouragement in his tone, this is the first time that this soldier has used a flintlock pistol, even if there is a craftsman to guide him, it is very good to be able to achieve such results.

The Swinger soldier nodded excitedly, quickly reloaded, and then fired.

With a snap, the lead struck the armor.

The Song army's infantry armor and the Western Xia Iron Harrier's heavy armor were pierced through a large hole, while the plate armor of the Dang Capture Army was stuck in the armor with lead.

Chen Yan nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with the power of the flintlock pistol.

The armor used to defend against cold weapons, such as the Song Army Infantry Armor and the Western Xia Iron Harrier Heavy Armor, is indeed inferior to the plate armor for firearms.

"One hundred steps on!"

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ……

A series of gunshots rang out, but the three sets of armor that had been used as targets were intact and had not been penetrated, only a few more white marks.

Chen Yan nodded with satisfaction, the craftsmanship of the flintlock pistol was still immature, and the result of not being able to break the armor from a hundred steps away Chen Yan could imagine it, and he was not much disappointed.

After all, not every army in this year can be extravagant enough to be equipped with armor, and most of them are just wearing uniforms.

Although the Song Army Forbidden Army is equipped with armor for each person in terms of establishment, whether the armor can reach the hands of the soldiers is another story.

What's more, not everyone gave him an armor to wear, and the armor thing was really dead.

In the era of cold weapons, the strength of a country's military strength can be measured by how many "men with armor", and when excavating the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, we can find that they are wearing neat armor and strict military formations, which are really shocking.

The ancient armor of our country was not light, and the level of craftsmanship and protection were also stronger than that of European armor of the same period.

According to sources, the infantry armor (infantry armor) of the Song Dynasty in China was perhaps the heaviest type of armor in ancient China.

According to the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", the Northern Song Dynasty Buren armor is made of iron armor leaves with skin/strips or nails, which is a typical armor, and its protection range includes the whole body, and in terms of protection range, it is the closest Chinese armor to European heavy armor.

Due to the loss of horse-producing lands such as the north and the Hetao, the Song army often did not have any advantage in the face of the nomadic cavalry when fighting the nomads.

In particular, some heavy cavalry could often break the Song defense line with a single impact, so the Song army had to work infantry armor, and later, the Song infantry wearing foot armor could even confront the heavy cavalry head-on.

Around 1140 AD, which was the most powerful period of the Song Dynasty army, the famous generals Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others led heavy infantry equipped with infantry armor to defeat the Jurchen cavalry repeatedly.

According to the military regulations of the Song Dynasty, the Buren armor is composed of more than 1,800 armor pieces, and its total weight can reach about 29 kilograms, and the protection can be increased or reduced by increasing or decreasing the number of armor pieces.

However, if weapons were included, the Song army had a load of up to 40-50 kg per heavy infantry, and mobility was seriously affected due to over-equipment.

For example, in the Battle of Qigao in 1141 AD, the Song army, with heavy infantry as the main force, failed to surround the Jurchen cavalry in time due to heavy load, and missed a chance for a big victory.

A suit of armor and weapons, the lightest is thirty kilograms, that is, sixty kilograms, as far as the old soldiers of the Song Army Forbidden Army who don't practice once in half a year, even if they are given a set of step armor, they can't wear it.

You can't fight even if you put it on!

However, compared to the infantry armor, the plate armor of the Swinging Army is heavier, after all, the plate armor is specially used to defend against firearms, and it is not the same concept as the infantry armor used to defend against cold weapons.

The army was fed three times a day, and there was meat to eat at two ends for three days, and they were all training every day, except for literacy classes to learn to read and write, and to rest.

Only then can I barely put on the plate armor and fight the enemy!

Therefore, the power of the flintlock pistol to break through armor fifty meters away, Chen Yan can be regarded as satisfied for the time being!