Chapter 663: Insight

"It's a flintlock powder gun, and to put it more specifically, it's a weapon that uses gunpowder as a power to hit the flint and ignite it. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhao Yu stood in front of the queue and said with a musket, twenty days have passed since the training in a blink of an eye, and the queue training and basic training have finally come to an end, and now they have entered the teaching of weapon use.

"The total length of the gun is four feet six inches, plus the length of the bayonet is five feet seven inches, the empty gun weighs eight pounds and six taels, the butt is made of basswood, except for the barrel and firing device made of wrought iron, the rest of the accessories are made of wrought copper!" After Zhao Yu introduced the external structure of the gun, he said, "Next, I will decompose the gun so that you can better see the structure of each part!" ”

"This is the main spring that provides the power for the movement of the striking iron; This is a buckle spring, and the flint strikes on it to produce sparks; The four parts of the powder pool, in which a small amount of gunpowder is placed and waiting to receive a spark, are all the basic parts that a flintlock gun needs to accomplish its goal. However, the flintlock gun machine also has to solve the problems of loading the powder pool, preventing the powder pool from wind and rain, and triggering the striking iron, so it also includes the following three accessories: Movement: Maintains and releases the power of the main spring and transmits the power to the striking iron. Stopper and stopper spring: When someone pulls the trigger, engages the movement and then releases it. Reeds: The lid attached to the reed on the powder pool allows the flintlock machine to withstand wind and rain! ”

"Do you see?" After Zhao Yu disassembled the musket, he asked after explaining them one by one.

"Understood!" The armies roared in unison.

"Okay, the next subject is the combination of guns, this is the basic skill that each of us must master, and whether it is in the day, or night, the gun can be accurately and quickly restored, remember that this allows you to discharge the fault of the gun, replace the damaged accessories, and maintain the gun, success or failure may determine life and death......" Zhao Yu said while recombining the gun at a speed that everyone can see and understand, and hook up the bolt, pull the trigger, and observe whether its performance is restored at the same time.

"Governor, is this the need to equip the New Army with firearms?" There was a group of people standing on the periphery of the queue, and after a closer look, they were all important ministers of the court, and the civil officials above the Shangshu level at home had basically arrived, and Lu Xiufu looked at it and asked softly about the Ying Jie Yan Dao beside him.

"Prime Minister Zuo, in the eyes of the minister, it should be the musket that His Majesty mentioned!" Ying Jie said sternly.

"I don't think there's anything out of the ordinary, huh? Is it more powerful than the crossbow! Chen Zhongwei, the secretary of the ministry, said with some doubts, he saw that the new gun His Majesty was holding was very different from the common gun, and he still had doubts.

"Chen Shangshu, I have heard that this thing can pierce heavy armor a hundred steps away, and the middle one is either dead or injured!" Liu Huang stroked his beard and said.

"Your Majesty is smart and good at making clever things, so you must have it, otherwise you wouldn't think of forming an army!" Xu Zongren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, nodded and said, he was full of confidence in His Majesty.

"Didn't Your Majesty summon us today to discuss matters? Why did you go to training again! "The Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wei Tianzhong said.

"Hehe, Your Majesty asked us to come after the time, but who knew that everyone came early, so we could only watch Your Majesty train the troops. I didn't expect Your Majesty to have the ability to command the army, you see that in less than a month, these soldiers are already very different! Jiang Xuan smiled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the training team is training, please do not make a noise, retreat outside the cordon!" Just as everyone was discussing hotly, a soldier suddenly came out of the ranks, ran in front of everyone, raised his hand and saluted, and then pointed to a white line more than a dozen paces away.

"You...... Aren't you Chen Dun? How did you get here! Seeing that the little soldier was rude, Liu Huang just wanted to reprimand him, but after a closer look, he was surprised.

"It's Chen Dun below, I'll talk about it later, and I ask you to retreat outside the cordon!" Chen Dun saluted again with an expressionless face.

"Who is Governor Liu, and how can he speak like this?" Xu Zongren saw that he had a straight face, and spoke in an unquestionable tone, a little angry.

"It's none other than the son of the late Governor Chen Wenlong, and it must have been our words that influenced His Majesty's teaching, so he was driven away." Liu Huang replied while letting everyone retreat.

"Oh, I see!" Xu Zongren looked at Chen Dun again and nodded. And in this way, no one cares about the quality of Chen Dun's attitude, but praises this kid for his ambition, and he joined the army without avenging his country's hatred and family hatred.

"Our muskets are made of fixed ammunition, packed in paper shells, coated with grease to protect against moisture, and inside there is a lead bullet and seven pennies of gunpowder!" Over there, Zhao Yu had already finished talking about the structure of the musket, took out a bullet and opened it to explain.

"It is already clear that there are three positions for the bolt, the non-firing position, the half-firing position and the full firing position. Before loading the bullet, the bolt must be in a non-firing position, so as not to accidentally trigger and injure yourself or the people around you, remember? Zhao Hao said, pulling the bolt to the non-firing position, and emphasized again.

"Keep it in mind!" The crowd replied in unison again.

"Next subject, bullet loading!" Zhao Hao raised the musket up and tilted it at an angle of about 60 degrees, "To load gunpowder, first check whether the gun has been loaded with bullets to avoid repeated reloading; If the musket has just been fired, be extra cautious and be careful that the previous bullet in the barrel leaves unburned sparks behind, which may ignite when the next shot is loaded. If the consequences are severe, one of our craftsmen died of injuries in the eye due to a violation of the procedure, and if the gunpowder in his hand was ignited, the consequences would be even more serious. What else should I pay attention to? ”

"Avoid the muzzle of the gun with your head and body, and be careful of hurting others and yourself!" The armies replied in unison.

"Well, that's good. The norms for using guns are all exchanged for bloody lessons, and everyone must keep them in mind! Zhao Yu nodded, turned around and stood on a bench and said, "I'm not as tall as a gun, so don't learn from me when loading, the key is to comprehend the spirit!" ”

"Yes, poof," replied the army, and although they had spoken first, they couldn't help but laugh at the appearance ......of His Majesty.

"Your Majesty is really good at educating people, and this tireless state alone is far beyond what ordinary people can do!" Lu Xiufu had listened to the little emperor give lectures to the soldiers of the guard battalion, and now he saw His Majesty training again, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Yes, it is not easy for Your Majesty to train soldiers for the restoration of the country at a young age, and to convince this class of proud soldiers, Your Majesty has also been born and died many times in exchange, and now he is personally teaching the new army...... "Ying Jieyan watched how the little emperor built the army, and the army of the Shuaifu grew step by step, which cost not only money, but also soaked in his hard work. And now that the little emperor is standing on the bench, he is only half a head higher than the gun, and he can't help but feel desolate, and he can't talk anymore with tears in his old eyes.

"Alas, don't be sad if you are the governor, I am also virtuous in heaven if you have a monarch in my dynasty, and there is hope for the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty!" Chen Zhongwei saw Ying Jieyan's excited appearance, and he was also deeply touched, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"The next step is to tilt the muzzle of the gun, hold the gun in the left hand, take out the bullet with the right hand, bite the back with your teeth, and sprinkle a little gunpowder in the firing groove as a fire. Then pour the rest of the gunpowder into the barrel, then stuff the lead bullet into the chamber along with the paper shell, and compact it with a strip! Zhao Yu said as he took out the strip and smashed it in the barrel a few times, and then reinserted the strip back into its original position, "Everyone should remember that the strip is made of brass to avoid misfire caused by sparks rubbing out of the barrel, so you must pay attention to the technique and do not use brute force to poke it." You can't load bullets without a strip, so you must get into the habit of inserting the strip back into place in time after reloading! ”

In addition, after adding gunpowder to the fire plate, close the lid in time to avoid being blown away by the wind or wet by the rain, and do not shake your hands to avoid spilling. Then the gun won't go off! After Zhao Yu finished filling, he took the trouble to admonish.

"The musket has an effective range of one hundred and fifty paces, but the accuracy is very low, but it can still penetrate iron armor, and it needs to be fired to form a barrage of kills. A skilled gunner can hit the enemy within 100 paces, and the hit rate increases within 50 steps, and can penetrate all kinds of armor equipped by the enemy at the moment, causing great damage to the enemy. Zhao Yu said that a scarecrow wearing armor stood up at the end of the playground, about sixty or seventy paces away.

"I'm now demonstrating how to shoot muskets!" After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he thought that the recoil of the musket was not small, and if he didn't get his small body right, he would be knocked on his head, so he gave up the way of shooting in a standing position, and the lying position was a little down, so he compromised and used a squatting position to shoot. He crouched down with his left leg in front and his right leg in the back, pulled the bolt into a ready state, pressed the butt of the gun against the shoulder socket, and hooked the trigger with a three-point line aimed at the target.

The 'click' of the iron fell, and the flint sparked under the impact, igniting the gunpowder in the powder pool, and a burst of flames erupted. Then there was a muffled 'boom', and the flames in the pool ignited the gunpowder in the chamber, and a ball of flame erupted from the muzzle. Zhao Yu felt a shock on his shoulder, and his body shook twice, but fortunately he didn't fall, otherwise he would have lost a lot.

"Hit!"

"Let's see the power of the musket!" Soon someone took the target back, Zhao Yu glanced at it, and saw that the heart goggles on the armor were pierced by the projectile, and a large hole was punched, although the back was not shot through, but there was also a bowl-sized bulge on the left.

"Your Majesty, this is the heavy armor worn by the Tartar centurion, and both layers have been shot through!" Chen Dun pulled the armor off the scarecrow and said in surprise.

"The power of the musket is really not small, this kind of armor can't be shot through without a crossbow, and ordinary bows and crossbows can't help it." One of the leaders stepped forward to take a closer look at the back road.

"If it's a real person, you can kill with one shot!" Someone else sighed. The centurions of the Mongol soldiers were all brave and warlike men, and they led the charge in heavy armor, and in the past it often cost several lives to kill one.

"Hehe, tell you that if you are shot, no matter whether you hit the vital point or not, even if you don't die at the time, you won't survive for a few days, and you often lose your combat effectiveness instantly after being shot!" Zhao Yu said as he drew a circle on the torso of the armor with his hand.

"Your Majesty, how powerful is the musket? When a person is shot by an arrow, as long as he is not injured, he can still run and jump, and fight in battle. Tian Zhong didn't believe in authenticity.

"After the projectile penetrates the armor, it often goes straight into the human body, making a hole in the body, and the person who is shot often dies of blood loss!" Zhao Yu came to this world to know that after a person was shot by a bow and arrow, due to the lack of power, coupled with the protection of armor, it was difficult for the arrow to penetrate into the human body and hurt the vital point, so there were not a few people who could still fight with a few arrows inserted on the battlefield. But lead bullets are different, after being shot into the human body, they will continue to roll, tear muscle tissue, blood vessels, damage organs, and cause internal bleeding, which causes the person who is shot to fall to the ground instantly and lose combat effectiveness.

"If you get hit in the limbs, will you survive?" Someone else asked.

"It's hard to say, it's all luck!" Zhao Yu lifted his armor and pointed to the lead ballistics that had been shattered, "If the lead bullet hits the limbs, it is okay if it pierces through it, but if it hits hard objects such as bones, it will be shattered, and the fragments will remain in the human body. ”

He is well aware that in this age of antibiotics and surgical norms, soldiers who are shot will die from wound infections, if not killed. In addition, the impact force of the projectile will cause a large area of deformation and depression of the part of the armor that was hit, causing secondary damage to the human body, and the impact force of the projectile will be released to the human body to cause internal injuries.

"The middle one will die, and Your Majesty will have another sharp weapon!"

"Oh, all of you Aiqing have also arrived, so let's wait for a long time!" Zhao Yu looked back and saw that it was Lu Xiufu and the ministers, and said with a smile.

"Don't dare!" The ministers hurriedly replied.

"Tian Zhong, you organize all the troops to carry out gun decomposition and combination training, a group of five, carefully experience, it is strictly forbidden to use live ammunition!" Zhao Yu waved his hand, turned around and commanded.

"Yes!" Tian Zhong stood up and saluted......

After training for most of the day, Zhao Hao's body was already covered in stinky sweat, and the military uniform was even more wet and dry, and a circle of white salt stains formed behind his back. The ministers naturally sighed again, and inevitably His Majesty worked hard, His Majesty took care of the dragon's body, and so on, and he could only follow the greetings. And Zhao Hao's temporary residence is just a room with no hall and no hall, and it is okay to live by himself, but it seems crowded with so many people at once.

Zhao Yu looked at it, but fortunately, there was still a big tree in the courtyard to shade, so he ordered the guards to put up a circle of chairs and bring a few cases to make do. And he hurried to wash up and change his clothes. Thinking about himself, the emperor is also unqualified, although he still reviews official documents every day, but he has not been to the court for nearly a month, Lu Xiufu asked for an audience several times, and there are some things to face, he pondered it and agreed, but he didn't expect to arrive early, and watched a training first.

Several bigwigs who formed the new army had an ambiguous attitude before, and Zhao Yu couldn't wait to do it himself, and it is okay to let them see it today, at least have a perceptual understanding, and see the combat effectiveness of the new army, so as not to make random assumptions because they don't know......