The next morning, dozens of people gathered on the martial arts arena on the east side of the town. Chinabook He Zhiyuan brought Ding Kui, Duan Yuanshan, Sun Minggang, and Hou Dongming, the preparatory personnel of the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Chemistry, and the Firearms Factory, and Hou Dongming from the steel mill to the scene.

The officers and soldiers of Xu Tangyi's Qianhu Office, including Xu Tangyi's father and son, Ma Wu, Jiang Yuanqing, Zhou Zhi and soldiers with a small banner, also came to the martial arts arena.

He Zhiyuan first said to everyone: "I gathered everyone here today to let everyone watch a new type of firecracker, which I call a flintlock pistol. This gun has a number of advantages over old-fashioned gunnings. First of all, it does not use an arquebus to ignite the fire, but uses flint to shoot sparks to ignite the gunpowder, so as long as the rain is not very heavy on a rainy day, there is no need to worry about dumb fire. Secondly, it has a lot fewer operating steps than an arquebus. The ammunition of this gun is fixed in paper bags, and you only need to tear open the paper bag and fill it with gunpowder and projectiles, and then use a barrel to aim and fire. Thirdly, the chamber is engraved with a spiral rifling, and the projectile fired is rotated and flies forward, which increases the range and accuracy of the shot. ”

Jiang Yuanqing, who was standing in the team, disagreed, and when He Zhiyuan finished speaking, he said, "He Gongzi." I heard my father talk about firearms, and he said that they were not as good as bows and arrows. I heard that there was also a special firearms battalion in Beijing, which could only be fired once when fighting the Tartars, and their cavalry attacked, and the soldiers of the firearms battalion could only retreat, and those who could not retreat could only be cut down. And this game will also blow up the chamber, and it is easy to blow up itself if it can't hit the enemy, so many soldiers don't like to use it, and it's better to use a burning stick if not. ”

Jiang Yuanqing's words caused everyone to laugh.

He Zhiyuan was not angry, he continued: "The situation you said does exist, and many soldiers think so. But you're talking about the old fireballs, and the flintlock pistol in my hand is much better than the firecracker, and is no worse than a bow and arrow. If you're not convinced, let's compare. ”

Then He Zhiyuan said to the team again: "Which of you has used a firecracker? You can try it with Jiang Yuanqing. ”

Lima Wu of the team said: "I have used a bird gun before, and I will compete with him." ”

Both of them are now the general flag, and the two are often unconvinced by each other. He was not convinced when he heard Jiang Yuanqing belittle Huo Gong so much. Hearing He Zhiyuan say this, he immediately stood up to compete with Jiang Yuanqing.

He Zhiyuan asked Ma Wu: "Did you often use firecrackers before?" How long has it been used? How about the quasi-head? ”

"In the past, when hunting in the mountains, the firearm was an essential weapon, so I used it very skillfully. The quasi-head depends on how far the prey is, if it is more than fifty steps apart, the quasi-head is poor, not as good as a bow and arrow. 100 shots within 50 steps. Ma Wu said truthfully.

He Zhiyuan handed the gun to Ma Wu and said, "You can get familiar with this gun with two shots first." And then compare with him. ”

He Zhiyuan gave Ma Wu a little guidance, and Ma Wu learned how to use this gun. it

After that, he loaded the ammunition, aimed at the gun target a hundred paces away, and pulled the trigger, and with a loud white smoke came out, the gun target in the distance moved slightly. Ding Zhuang, who was next to the gun target, hurriedly went over to check the gun target, and then shouted loudly: "Eight rings!" ”

Ma Wu was pleasantly surprised: "This gun is good, it is much stronger than the previous firecracker, and I didn't expect to be on target at this distance." ”

Then he moved the gun to a hundred and fifteen paces. At this time, the target in the distance is almost a small black dot. Ma Wu aimed and fired another shot, and Ding Zhuang then reported: "Five rings!" ”

Everyone was stunned, at such a distance, not only could they shoot, but also hit the five rings. It seems that Ma Wu's shooting skills are very good, and the range of this gun is far more than 150 steps, and it looks like this is more than 200 steps.

Jiang Yuanqing was also a little apprehensive in his heart, the distance of one hundred and fifty steps was already beyond the range of his bow and arrow, let alone shooting. But the words have been said, so I can only try hard.

After trying two shots, Ma Wu's confidence increased greatly. I quickly liked this gun, and it will be much easier to kill the enemy with this gun on the battlefield in the future. Two hundred paces before it can be said that there is no bullet, and the average archer has a range of one hundred and fifty paces at the most, so it can be said that with this gun, between one hundred and fifty paces and two hundred paces, only he can hit the enemy, but the enemy cannot hurt him.

Subsequently, He Zhiyuan said: "Today's competition between the two of you is divided into four items, the first is to compare shooting accuracy, the second is to compare shooting distance, the third is to compare shooting intervals, and the fourth is to compare shooting continuity. ”

"There is no need to compare the shooting distance, I saw just now, I can shoot up to one hundred and twenty paces, and I admit defeat." Jiang Yuanqing said.

Ma Wu then said: "The shooting interval gun is not as good as the bow and arrow, and it takes ten breaths to change the ammunition of this gun, and I will admit defeat in this one." ”

He Zhiyuan said: "Since you all admit defeat in these two items, then we will only compete in the first and fourth items today." First compare the first item, the target is set to 50 steps, 100 steps, 120 steps and 150 steps four grades, each gear each person shoots three times, 10 points for shooting 10 rings, 9 points for shooting 9 rings, no points if you don't hit the target. In the end, the winner or loser will be determined according to the overall score. Can you two agree to this contest? ”

Jiang Yuanqing thought to himself that he couldn't score points at a distance of 150 steps, but 10 out of 120 steps, he could basically guarantee 100 shots and 100 hits, judging from Ma Wu's test shooting results just now, he still had a great hope of winning.

So he first said, "I agree." ”

Not to be outdone, Ma Wu also agreed with this method.

Then He Zhiyuan continued: "The fourth competition method is to launch every 20 breaths, requiring a target to be shot at a distance of 100 steps. It is invalid if it does not hit the target, and it is invalid if the interval exceeds 20 breaths, until it is voluntarily abandoned, and the one with the most effective launches wins. ”

After both of them agreed, the game officially began.

First of all, the precision shooting competition, after Jiang Yuanqing came on the field, "swish" fired three arrows in a row, three bullseyes, all of which were ten rings.

The crowd cheered for it.

Then Ma Wu came on the field and fired three shots in a row, all of which were also ten rings, and there was a cheer around him.

At a distance of fifty paces, the two did not distinguish between the winners and losers.

The target is moved to a hundred steps and then compared. This time, Jiang Yuanqing still has three shots and three hits, and it is another ten rings. Sure enough, it is a hundred steps through the Yang, and the arrow is not missing!

After Ma Wu came on the field, he held his breath and fired the first shot, Nine Rings! There was a cry of regret from the people around. The second shot is still nine rings, and the third shot is eight rings.

This distance is Jiang Yuanqing's victory.

The target continued to move forward to one hundred and twenty steps, Jiang Yuanqing came on, at this time he had already shot six arrows in a row, and he already felt a little difficult when he opened the bow with both arms, and the first arrow was nine rings.

The crowd was still cheering. You must know that it is a miracle to be able to shoot with a bow at this distance. Not to mention the results of the Nine Rings.

By the time Jiang Yuanqing opened his bow and shot the second arrow, his arms were already a little sore, and he had to draw his bow at a distance of one hundred and twenty paces, otherwise he might not be able to shoot the target. This time it was the Eight Rings that were shot.

After a short break, he barely drew his bow and fired another arrow, this time only hitting the seven rings.

Jiang Yuanqing knew that this was already the limit distance of his archery, and it was impossible for him to score at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces. He calculated that his score was eighty-six points, and his hope of winning was not great, and then he realized that the power of this gun should not be underestimated.

Then, Ma Wu came on the court, and his score at this time was 56 points, as long as these six times can average over the five rings, he will be considered victorious.

At this time, his mood relaxed, and at a distance of one hundred and twenty paces, he fired three shots in succession, hitting the eighth, seventh, and seventh rings respectively.

One step and fifty steps away, Jiang Yuanqing gave up directly, Ma Wu came on the field again, calmly fired three more shots, this time hitting the fourth, seventh, and sixth rings respectively.

Ma Wu's total score was 95 points, far better than Jiang Yuanqing's 86 points. In this case, Ma Wu won

By the time of the fourth competition, Jiang Yuanqing's physical strength had recovered somewhat. But he had an extra heart, and this time let Ma Wu start first. In fact, in this competition, Ma Wu took a big advantage, and shooting with a gun didn't cost him much physical strength at all, as long as the barrel of the gun didn't explode, he could shoot all the time. But the bow and arrow are far from this advantage, and a good archer will be exhausted from exhaustion if he fires two stone bows at most twenty to thirty times in a row.

So this item is actually a comparison of the physical strength of the person and the quality of the barrel.

After Ma Wu came on the field, he began to constantly reload and shoot, and then reload and shoot. It lasted for two pillars of incense, a total of forty-two shots, and later on, if everyone was not worried that the barrel would explode and cause an accident, he could have continued to shoot.

Obviously, no matter how good Jiang Yuanqing's physical strength is, it is impossible for him to open the bow forty-two times in two pillars of incense!

Jiang Yuanqing can only admit defeat in this item.

At this time, there is no need to say who is superior and who is inferior in the duel between guns and bows and arrows.

(End of chapter)

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