Chapter 1211: Live Ammunition Training
"Your Majesty, this is the barrel of a gun, which is made of fine iron like the artillery, and is five feet long...... This is the butt of the gun, and the gun must be held against the shoulder socket when shooting...... This is the crosshair, close one eye and align it with the gap in the yardstick and aim at the target...... This is the trigger...... This is the hammer...... Now I will show Your Majesty and you how to shoot the Taiyi God Musket and its effects......"
Surrounded by a group of people in the middle, Chen Xu gave a general introduction to the structure of the firecracker, and then asked a teenager to bring a bamboo tube filled with gunpowder, and under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, he was quite proficient in loading the ammunition, and then walked to the open ground and stood up, and at this time, there was already a teenager erecting a wooden target thirty zhang away, and the same as the arrow target, there was a circle of eye-catching signs painted with red paint.
"Click~" Chen Xu broke the hammer, then calmly raised the firecracker, and aimed at the wooden target thirty feet away with a fairly standard standing shooting position.
Everyone looked at Chen Xu with bated breath.
The Taiyi Divine Musket and the Taiyi Divine Thunder have long been famous all over the world, but very few have actually seen them.
In addition to the teenagers of the musket team who followed Chen Xu, outsiders only Yu Wuya and Xia Zijin had used it, although Ying Shiyan Mengwan and others knew that Chen Xu would carry a firearm on his body every day when he went out, they only knew that it was Chen Xu's talisman weapon, so they never dared to ask too much, and they didn't even dare to touch it usually, for fear that Chen Xu would be injured when he used it. Shui Qingrou knew more, but she wasn't interested, he was different from Yu Wuya, she still preferred swordsmanship.
Since the invention and production of the firecracker, Chen Xu has not used it a few times, first, he is afraid that the unstable explosive chamber will blow him to death, and the other is that the sound is too loud to use the barren mountains and wilderness, he has no time and no interest, after all, in his opinion, the firearm is a firearm that cannot be held on the table at all.
If you use less, you will not be proficient.
Under the strong sunlight, Chen Xu raised the firearm with both hands, aiming at the wooden target with one eye, the barrel was too heavy and caused it to keep shaking slightly, and after a few seconds of aiming, Chen Xu gently pulled the trigger.
"Boom~~"
A stream of fire smoke erupted from the muzzle of the gun, Chen Xu's body shook slightly, put down the firearm, and the young man hiding in a dirt pit not far from the wooden target quickly jumped out and ran over to watch it and shouted, "Hit the wooden target, hit seven bullets, the highest five rings!" ”
"Whew~" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and hit the wooden target with the first shot, which didn't seem to be particularly rusty.
The sound and movement of the gunfire are negligible compared to the artillery, so almost everyone did not have much emotional change at this gunshot, and even many people were stunned, and they were still asking why the people next to them did not hear the sound.
These inaudible guys are all ** who didn't block their ears when they fired the cannon just now, and they are already temporarily deaf, and if they are on the battlefield where the artillery is under fire, it is not surprising that they burst their eardrums and become deaf.
In the following time, Chen Xu arranged for a group of teenagers from the musket team to take a group of civil and military officials to begin to explain the structure of the musket, demonstrate how to clean the barrel and load ammunition, as well as the shooting methods and rules that must be followed when shooting, etc., while Chen Xu personally acted as the shooting instructor of the first emperor and Feng Quji, Meng Yi, Zhao Hai and a group of top nobles of Great Qin.
After the introduction, it was time for live-fire training.
Ten red wooden targets were erected thirty zhang away, ten zhang apart from each other, and the ten firecrackers were also loaded with ammunition with the help of the young man and Chen Xu.
Qin Shi Huang followed Chen Xu's example and held up the fire gun with both hands, and Chen Xu stood beside him and pointed carefully.
"Break the hammer first...... The butt must be firmly attached to the shoulder socket...... Close your left eye and aim your right eye at the center of the target through the notch and crosshair...... The body must be stable, and the barrel must not shake...... Take aim and pull the trigger......"
"Boom~"
After some guidance, the First Emperor forcibly endured the excitement in his heart and pulled the trigger, and under the impact of recoil, his body staggered back two steps, but he quickly stabilized his body, put down the firearm, and said with a surprised face: "No wonder Aiqing has to repeatedly emphasize resisting the butt of the gun, the force of this shock is really great, if you are not careful, I am afraid that you will be knocked to the ground." ”
"Your Majesty said yes, but after getting used to it, it hardly affects the slightest......"
"No target~~"
Just as Chen Xu was talking to the emperor, the young man in charge of checking the wooden target in the distance reported the shooting results loudly.
"Shame shame!" The First Emperor shook his head with a slightly shy face.
"Your Majesty doesn't need to care, this Taiyi God musket and bow and arrow need repeated training to hit the target, its power is not greater than the bow and arrow, but it is better than the effort, even if the arm strength is not enough, it can be easily used, this is the excellent characteristics of firearms, if Your Majesty likes it, you will inevitably become a sharpshooter with a lot of practice, and the autumn and winter hunting will inevitably be rich in the future, and your Majesty will be taught to load ammunition......"
Chen Xu smiled and comforted while taking out a bamboo pipe with gunpowder and iron sand.
"Someone, get the tripod!" After loading the ammunition, Chen Xu asked people to bring a simple tripod made of three pieces of wood tied together, and instructed the First Emperor to put the fire on the tripod to shoot.
"Boom~~" After a while, the First Emperor pulled the trigger again, this time because of the better stability, there were two iron bullets on the target, which seduced the interest of the First Emperor.
After the first emperor tried to rob twice, Meng Yi, Feng Quji, Zhao Hai, Zhao Wei and a group of princes and princesses couldn't help but itch their hands, and they picked up firearms one after another and started their first live-fire training under the guidance of a group of teenagers.
Chen Ping, Fu An and other newspaper officials had never seen the firecracker, but as a prominent member of the Sanpin Administration, they were also sandwiched between a group of executives and lined up to test the gun.
They had seen muskets and artillery four years ago, and they had also trained on the sea, so they didn't join in the excitement of the scene of a few people using a gun in front of them, not to mention that the Marquis of Qinghe had already said a few days ago that he was going to open a shooting training ground to provide a professional place for princes and wealthy businessmen to see and practice Taiyi Shen muskets, and they could go to the shooting range to train at any time in the future.
From the end of the morning to noon, for two hours, the gunfire of the shooting range continued and never stopped, crackling like fried beans resounding for dozens of miles, and from time to time a certain big man shot the high ring and there would be a burst of enthusiastic cheers, and the scene was a lively mess.
The First Emperor and a group of princes and princes were reluctant to leave and go home, until they had exhausted all the ammunition brought by Chen Xu, and they were still unwilling to rest, Chen Xu simply took out the grenade and asked the young man of the musket team to demonstrate the throwing of the grenade.
A grenade was densely thrown into the shooting range full of wooden stakes and scarecrows, accompanied by the deafening explosion sound, the mud and sand shot into the dust in an instant, under the violent explosion impact and the destruction of the gravel shrapnel, the wooden stakes and the scarecrow around the bomb site crackled and fell down, the corn grass flew all over the sky, the whole scene was extremely shocking, all the onlookers looked stunned, and their bodies continued to tremble with the sound of explosions one after another.
After the grenade demonstration, even if today's firearms show came to an end, looking at the first emperor's still reluctant expression, Chen Xu had no choice but to take out the last thing.
"Your Majesty, the minister has specially prepared two improved versions of the Taiyi God Musket for you, although the power is not great, but it is small and exquisite, you can take it back to the palace and use it to practice spearmanship in your spare time!"
Chen Xu took out two beautifully made leather cases with two upgraded pistols inserted in them, and taught Qin Shi Huang to straddle his body diagonally and secure them with leather belts.
A First Emperor wearing a dark dragon robe, wearing a crown of cupola, but carrying two pistols cross-carrying, his face showed a trace of inviolable majesty in surprise, and it seemed that there was a sense of confusion of time and space.
"Tsk, Your Majesty's outfit is extremely heroic, and there is a majestic murderous aura!" Chen Xu looked at the First Emperor who was dressed up by himself, a strange creator, and after looking up and down, he began to teach the First Emperor how to open the holster and insert the gun.
And in the process of Chen Xu's arming of Qin Shi Huang, a large group of princes and princes stood by and watched intently.
Not to mention the harmonious and unguarded relationship between the first emperor and the marquis of Qinghe, he is even more envious of these two improved Taiyi divine muskets that are extremely sophisticated just by looking at the holster.
Needless to say, this gun should be the latest immortal magic weapon specially made by the Marquis of Qinghe for the First Emperor, and no one else has a share.
"This improved version of the Divine Musket is really small and exquisite, young master quickly teach me how to use it!" Qin Shi Huang tossed and turned over and over with these two heavy, small and delicate pistols, and his excitement was overflowing.
"Your Majesty, this small musket is called a pistol, the structure is more complex and exquisite, it is very difficult to build, and the minister has also made these two now, which are specially dedicated to His Majesty today for contact and self-defense, and the usage is not the same as Fang Cai's Taiyi God musket, the operation is simpler, Your Majesty, please see here is the magazine...... Here's the insurance ...... Here is the bolt ......"
Chen Xu held another pistol in his hand, explained and demonstrated at the same time, skillfully opened the magazine to fill the bullet, closed the magazine and clicked back to pull the bolt, and then raised his hand to aim at a wooden target ten zhang away, squinted and aimed slightly before shooting.
"Smack~"
In the crisp sound of gunshots, a faint green smoke erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and the young man who was in charge of observing the wooden target quickly reported his results, the second ring.
Chen Xu habitually blew lightly on the muzzle of the gun, then put down the pistol, turned to look at the First Emperor and said with a smile: "Let Your Majesty see the joke, it is also the first time for the minister to use this improved version of the musket to shoot wooden targets, and the results are very unsatisfactory!" ”