Xu Tangyi looked at Jiang Yuanqing, who was defeated, and said, "You kid is convinced, right?" Let me tell you, in the future, our army will mainly use firearms, and bows and arrows can only be used as auxiliary weapons."

He Zhiyuan heard Xu Tangyi say this, and then said: "Xu Qianhu is right, all the officers and soldiers of this Qianhu will use firearms in the future. Not only will each person be given a gun, but there will also be a variety of firearms. Xu Qianhu, let's summarize the advantages and disadvantages of guns compared with bows and arrows. ”

In public, He Zhiyuan can't act very close to Xu Tangyi, which is not conducive to him leading troops in the future, so he calls him Xu Qianhu instead of Uncle Xu.

"Since He Gongzi asked me to say it, then I'll talk about it." Saying that, Xu Tangyi walked forward and said to his subordinates: "Everyone saw the competition just now. Compared to the bow and arrow, I think this flintlock pistol has several advantages. ”

"The first is the long range, which is a huge advantage on the battlefield. We have a long range, the enemy's weapons can't hit you, but you can shoot the enemy at will, as long as you can keep the right distance, then you can always maintain this advantage, so this is its biggest benefit. ”

"The second is that it is easy to train and has low requirements for soldiers. The training of an archer takes at least half a year to form combat effectiveness, and it also requires soldiers to have high arm strength and physical strength, and this training is not overnight, it requires long-term training. Practicing shooting with a gun obviously doesn't require extraordinary arm strength and physical strength, and I estimate that I can develop combat effectiveness after three months of training at most. ”

"The third benefit is being able to shoot consistently. As long as the barrel of the gun does not explode, the soldier can shoot all the time, and with the 'three-stage strike' tactic, it can form a continuous and uninterrupted fire strike on the enemy, so that the enemy cannot advance and can only be passively beaten. ”

Xu Tangyi said this in one breath, then paused for a while and looked at He Zhiyuan and the craftsmen next to him. Then he said: "If you want to talk about the shortcomings of this gun, there are also shortcomings. While it's a bit easier than the previous Musket to reload ammo, it's still a bit cumbersome. It's still a lot slower compared to bows and arrows. It would be much faster if it could be fired multiple times in a row with ammunition loaded at a time, just like the Son-Mother Gun. ”

In fact, Xu Tangyi just said it casually, but the speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. Duan Yuanshan, who had been observing standing in the team, was thinking about it. A few days ago, when He Zhiyuan asked the three of them to build this gun, he sighed that the design of this gun was exquisite. In fact, the subtlety of the flintlock pistol lies in the exquisite design of the gun head ignition device, after pulling the plate machine, the stone on the gun head and the steel plate in front of it quickly rub to produce a spark, the spark ignites the gunpowder in the gunpowder pool below, and then quickly ignites the gunpowder in the barrel, so that the gas produced by the combustion of gunpowder in the barrel expands rapidly, coupled with the effect of rifling, the bullet in the barrel quickly rotates and shoots forward.

When Ma Wu and Jiang Yuanqing were competing, he discovered this shortcoming. So he's been thinking about how to improve it to make it easier and faster to reload ammunition. Just now Xu Tangyi reminded him that if the lead bullet and gunpowder were made together, wouldn't it be much more convenient to fill the ammunition?

After Xu Tangyi finished speaking, He Zhiyuan said to everyone again

said: "Xu Qianhu summed it up very right. This flintlock pistol does have many benefits compared to a bow and arrow. Do you know how much hard work and how much technology you have worked and improved these days to make this gun? ”

"First of all, in order to ensure the quality of the barrel, medium bomb chambers are no longer used. Master Hou of the steel mill led everyone to refine high-quality steel, and after a day of forging by Master Ding, it was made into this barrel that would not explode. ”

"Secondly, Master Hou has refined highly flexible steel, so that the parts of this gun can be durable."

"Again, in order to increase efficiency, so that this gun can be mass-produced, and the fastest equipment will be in the hands of soldiers. Master Hou also refined special steel with high hardness, and the Institute of Physics improved the processing machine to improve the production efficiency of this kind of barrel. All of this is due to the power of science, as well as the continuous innovation and technical improvement of craftsmen, in order to produce this good gun in such a short time. ”

"Of course, there are still many things that need to be changed about this gun, and I believe that there will be better guns invented and created by our craftsmen in the future, and it will continue to improve! Since he has many advantages compared with bows and arrows, swords, guns, swords and halberds, then in the future, firearms will inevitably become a sharp weapon to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and will also become the protagonist on the battlefield. ”

Therefore, in the next training, all officers and men should learn how to use this gun, be proficient in using each step of the fire, and the formation of three-stage strikes. As long as we are proficient in the use of flintlock pistols, if the Waguan comes, we don't need to fight them hand-to-hand, we can take the gun and kill them all like targets at a hundred paces! ”

After He Zhiyuan finished speaking, the last sentence caused a burst of laughter from everyone.

At this time, Jiang Yuanqing asked: "He Gongzi, can the big second kick of the last time I beat Ma Qishan still improve?" If you can make an iron guy, fly into the enemy team and blow it up. Hey! Just thinking about it makes me feel happy! ”

"Well, that's good. Now that you have learned to think, this is progress. He Zhiyuan praised.

Jiang Yuanqing heard He Zhiyuan's praise, and swept away the discouragement and embarrassment of losing the competition just now. He touched the back of his head with some embarrassment and said, "Hehe, I was still thinking just now, if the kind of cannonball fired by the general's cannon explodes in the enemy formation, it can also kill a large number of enemies." ”

He Zhiyuan heard him say this, and praised again: "These two ideas are good. This is also the way we think about studying firearms in the future. When we met like this today, good ideas came out right away. ”

Then he said to the craftsmen and the people from the research institute on the other side: "After you go back, you will also consider these two ideas according to Jiang Yuanqing, and see if you can develop a new type of firearms." ”

After this martial arts test gun competition, everyone began to get busy again.

The busiest are the personnel of the Institute of Physics and the Firearms Factory. Wang Zhixue and Liu's father and son led hundreds of workers to build machine tools day and night. Ten machine tools is not a small project, it took them more than 20 days to build this machine tool in the first place, although it started with the second one

It's a lot more proficient, but it also takes time. Eighty workers were divided into eight groups, each in a group of ten people, and after more than ten days, the manufacture of ten machine tools was finally completed.

As soon as the firearms factory completed the construction of the site, Ding Kui, Duan Yuanshan, and Sun Minggang settled in the firearms factory and began to install machine tools and other special equipment with more than 100 people. It took seven or eight days to get the equipment in place. Subsequently, the firearms factory officially began the production of flintlock pistols.

At the same time, He Zhiyuan also moved the production of gunpowder to the firearms factory. After all, these people in the Institute of Chemistry are treasures, they are all scientific researchers of this era, and they cannot be used as ordinary workers, so after they teach the workers of the firearms factory, they will no longer produce gunpowder, but continue their research.

The production of lead bullets is even simpler, and the key to it is the manufacture of molds, but these are not difficult for these craftsmen who are specialized in casting. Soon the qualified mold was made. The melting point of lead is very low, just put the lead block in an iron pot to heat and melt and then pour it into a mold, and after cooling, it will be a lead bullet with a little trimming.

At this point, the production of the firearms plant began to enter a normal state.

At the same time that the firearms factory was in production, the construction of the barracks of the Thousand Households was basically completed, and the recruitment of the first batch of 600 soldiers was completed. The reason why only 600 soldiers were recruited was because the barracks had not yet been built, and most of Ding Zhuang's troops were young people from the town, so the issue of accommodation was not so important. But most of the soldiers recruited now are young people from other villages. Moreover, Qianhu is a regular military camp, and it is impossible for soldiers to return to their own homes to live, so there must be a regular military camp.

With the soldiers of Qianhu here to protect them, the Ding Zhuang, Zhou family and He family in the town are not so important. Therefore, these 300 Ding Zhuang and 100 family members were originally transferred to the Qianhu Institute and became the official recruitment of the Qianhu Institute. Only 100 Ding Zhuang and 50 family members were left, and all of them were led and trained by Ji Chao, deputy inspector of the Inspection Department. In fact, these Ding Zhuang families led by Ji Chao are not much different from the regular army of Qianhusuo. In terms of training, it is completely trained in the way of the family team, and the treatment of soldiers is similar to that of regular soldiers. The only difference is that these people are not equipped with rifles, but only armed with traditional bows, broadswords, and spears. When the guns are sufficient, it will be a matter of time before the guns are equipped.

In this way, the number of soldiers in the Thousand Soldiers has reached as many as 85. These Ding Zhuang and his family have become the backbone of the soldiers of the Thousand Households. Like Ma Wu, Jiang Yuanqing, Zhou Zhi and others, they were all promoted to become one hundred households of the Thousand Households, and Xu Detian was also promoted to become the deputy Thousand Households of the Thousand Households.

All these official positions only need to be reported to the Anton Health Department, and Anton Wei did not send a single soldier or transfer an acre of land. Therefore, the appointment and dismissal of the soldiers recruited by this thousand households will naturally not be irresponsible again. Besides, these sesame petty officials, those officials of Anton Wei can't look at it at all. Therefore, Commander Hu approved all the appointments with a stroke of the pen, and then Anton Wei reported to the Shandong Metropolitan Command Department to be officially appointed.

Just when the people of Juzhou lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the government affairs of the state government were smooth sailing, a crisis quietly hit the He family, the Zhou family, Liang Zhizhou and even the entire Juzhou people again......

(End of chapter)

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