Everyone was amazed, but Yang Xuan seemed very calm, cleaned the stains in the gun, and then fired five shots in a row, except for one shot that deviated slightly, the other five shots were near the bull's-eye. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Everyone reads novels and thinks that a profound knight can be ten with one, but it is a novel, and I don't know how accurate it is, but it is not so judged in the army.

The standard of judgment in the army is mounted archery, that is, archery on horseback, and the ancient generals are all good riders and marksmen.

Although Yang Xuan is not good at archery, he is still good at shooting crossbows, but his ability to shoot is very comparable.

Seeing that the level of release is so good, Wang Gui called out that he picked up a treasure and promoted it to a small flag on the spot, saying that if he can really lead the troops, the general flag or something is not a problem.

The official positions in the ancient army were not as strict as in modern times, just like Qi Jiguang said in "Records of Military Training", the squad leader was selected for military training, and then the squad leader selected the captain and ordinary soldiers.

In the Ming Dynasty, the small flag was full of 12 people, including the small flag chief, 10 soldiers, and 1 man.

Above the small flag is the general flag, including three small flags, including the general flag for a total of 37 people.

Above the general flag is the bureau, including three general flags, with a total of 112 people.

Yang Xuan was promoted to the head of the small flag, and everyone lived in the same tent, which was also called a shed in later generations, such as the Xinhai Revolution Xiong Bingkun is Zhengmu.

This time, in order to exterminate the local tyrants in northern Sichuan, the general soldier Liu Jiayin recruited troops throughout Sichuan, and the general Wang Chaoyang was ordered to recruit troops in Chengdu Mansion at a great loss.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, had stipulated that the firearms of the guards could not be less than 1 percent, and after more than 200 years of development, the number of firearms in the various departments recruited by the Ming Dynasty increased substantially, and now there are about two to three small flags equipped with birds in a bureau.

Yang Xuan was good at firearms shooting, and Wang Gui handed over one of the firearms flags to Yang Xuan without hesitation.

Firearms small flag can be said to be the high-tech arms of this era, but also the lifeblood of everyone, small flag 12 people, small flag commander 1 person, 10 soldiers, 1 man.

Although firearms are very easy to fire, it is not easy to become a marksman, as seen in the test firing during the day, the operation of firearms is very cumbersome, and it is very easy to make mistakes in the process of operation.

All the musketeers in the army were carefully selected, most of them were smart and clever people, and many of them had studied in private schools for a year or two, and they were considered scholars in this era.

In addition to equipping a Bird Gun as described during the day, each Bird Gun includes:

A helmet with a red tassel tied to it to identify the number of the troops.

A set of cotton armor, the outside is woven of cotton cloth, and the inside is inlaid with pieces of iron, which is used to prevent bows and crossbows and arrows from shooting, and slashing with swords, but it cannot prevent bird shots at all.

A leather belt with buckles and hooks on it to hang weapons.

A long knife that can be used for short-range defense.

A coconut scoop, like a military kettle in the previous life, is used to hold water.

As a small flag commander, these pieces of equipment are slightly different:

There is no red tassel on the helmet, but a 20-centimeter team flag is inserted, and a small flag number is indicated on it to facilitate everyone's temporary identification.

There is a team flag behind him, the flagpole is about 120 miles high, and the flag is about 80 centimeters wide.

There is an extra piece of chain mail, and when the army is marching and fighting, the inner layer of the ship is often covered with chain mail and the outer layer is covered with cotton armor, which has an extra layer of defense. (The Manchu Testament believes that the soldiers of the Eight Banners wore two layers of armor to reach the level of the small flag commander of the Qi family army in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.) ）。

The bird gun is very powerful, the monthly salary of the bird gun hand reaches the level of archers and grooms, the man is 1 tael, the ordinary soldier is 1 tael and 5 yuan, the monthly salary of the bird gun can reach 2 taels, and Yang Xuan, as the team leader, reaches 2 taels and 5 yuan.

And the ordinary soldiers are paid 1 tael and 5 yuan of silver per month. (Refer to the level of green camp in the early Qing Dynasty)

Everyone lined up, Yang Xuan first checked the bird guns used by everyone, except for the two that were wiped brand new, the others were rusty, and two of them were even more structurally damaged, and they might explode if they were used a few more times.

Letting everyone gather around and pointing at the damaged musket, Yang Xuan shook his head again and again, and bluntly said that if he released it four or five times in a row, it would definitely explode, and everyone and the gun would be damaged at that time.

The three dogs almost cried when they heard this, this was the general flag distributed to him, and he was quite worried all day long, and he didn't dare to use this dilapidated firearm at all.

Tell everyone that this gun is their own life, tell everyone how to cherish and maintain the bird gun at the same time, and then test everyone's shooting level, according to the practice of Qi Jiajun, set a target 100 steps away (120 meters), and shoot six shots first.

After shocking everyone, each person shoots six shots to see how good everyone is.

But everyone's movements are not standardized at all, often do this and forget that, make mistakes in the middle, and the loading action is very slow.

In addition, what is even worse is to aim and shoot, because of the fear of exploding, everyone does not aim at all, and shoots with a bird's gun, and there is no crosshair at all.

Each person made three sounds, except for two that hit one or two bullseyes, there were many empty targets, seeing everyone's results, Yang Xuan couldn't cry or laugh.

After a brief analysis, everyone's shooting performance is so poor, in addition to not being familiar with the firing process, it is because of psychological fear, in the past, everyone was mostly farmers, rarely touched firearms, and was quite afraid of firearms.

In addition, in this era, firearms are manufacturing and cutting corners, and the phenomenon of blowing up chambers occurs in the army from time to time, and some of them are simply going to the execution ground, so how can they become a good level of shooting?

The second is that the loading action is very cumbersome, and it takes more than a dozen actions before and after, which is very easy to forget. In the past two days, I will take a look at the books, if there is any trick to put the gun, if not, summarize it yourself and let everyone memorize it.

After figuring out what the problem was, Yang Xuan decided to start with his thoughts, then train his loading movements, and finally set fire to him.

Let everyone sit in a semi-circle on the grass in front of them, Yang Xuan asked everyone: "Brothers, although the firing speed of this bird gun is very slow, but it is very powerful, everyone let go of the gun, do you know that just igniting this ignition powder, why can it drive the lead to move more than 100 steps and hit a distant target?" ”

Everyone was at a loss, shaking their heads again and again, they were just learning from the master in the past, and everyone had never thought about this problem.

Yang Xuan didn't know what to say, so he poured the three coins of gunpowder on the oiled paper, and then put lead on the oiled paper, so that the most shy Shen Sanwa ignited the gunpowder and burned, like a firecracker, and the lead was only shot two steps away.

Everyone looked very surprised, Liu Lengwa nodded repeatedly: "Little flag chief, is it like setting off firecrackers, is this gunpowder explosion driving lead to shoot?" ”

Yang Xuan smiled, seeing that everyone was gossiping, he didn't speak, and asked people to find a large military cauldron, put gunpowder and lead at the bottom of the pot, and let another gunman ignite the gunpowder, and the lead collided in the pot several times, and then shot out, about five steps.

Everyone feels the novelty, many people scratch their ears and cheeks, why the lead on the flat ground is only two steps away, but in the iron pot can reach five steps away.

Then Yang Xuan tested it in a large iron pipe, putting different sizes of lead in the same barrel to verify the firing distance of the same dose of gunpowder.

In the past, generals only taught movements, so Yang Xuan took everyone to do experiments, and then discussed the principle of shooting with everyone.

Through five or six experiments, everyone slowly found their way out of the door, and although everyone spoke not so precisely, they were not far from ten.

That is, the release of the gun, mainly the coarse gunpowder burns and then the explosion occurs in a small space, driving the lead in front of the movement, assuming that the air thrust produced by the explosion of the same gunpowder is the same, because the lead constantly hits the barrel in the barrel, the weight of the lead can be determined, the air tightness of the lead and the barrel, and the length of the barrel affects the range of the lead.

The power of the explosion is certain, the lead is too heavy, the speed of the lead decreases, and the range becomes shorter.

The air tightness is not good, not only the air thrust generated by the explosion is lost, but the lead collides back and forth in the barrel many times, and the firing range becomes smaller.

The barrel length was short, and the angle of the lead shot was not corrected in the barrel, which affected not only the range, but also the aimed shot.

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Under the guidance, Yang Xuan briefly listed a few key points and talked about the principle of releasing guns, because everyone participated in the experiment, these conclusions were deduced by everyone one by one, so everyone did not seem so unfamiliar, after half a day, their faces were soothing, and they all accepted the principle of releasing guns.

It's one thing to let go of the gun, but it's too simple to overcome the psychological panic if you simply liberate the gun.

In the afternoon, Yang Xuan began to explain to everyone the structure of the bird's gun, why does it explode when it is radiated?

Since everyone had a preliminary understanding of the principle of liberation in the morning, the explanation in the afternoon was much faster.

If the joint between the barrel and the wooden handle is loose, or if the gunpowder is too much and the explosion is too powerful, it is very easy to cause the joint to explode.

Of course, the main thing is that the craftsman cut corners, which should have been wrought iron, but if you use pig iron to shoot continuously, you may explode.

The processing technology is not up to par, the barrel is too thin in some positions, and the lead is penetrated when it hits it, and the chamber is exploded.

Too much gunpowder was put in, the explosion was too powerful, and the chamber exploded.

The method of fabrication is improper, and the explosion occurs.

So there are more than ten listed before and after, although the principle is one by one, and the bird gun has been used many times in the previous life, but how to see if there is a problem with the bird gun is troublesome.

Fortunately, Yang Xuan is the commander of the small flag, so let everyone write down some problems in the notebook, let everyone brainstorm solutions first, think of ways to overcome them, and then memorize the mantra to carry out a drill of loading lead, gunpowder, and gunpowder.

And he took the time to find the general Wang Gui, hoping to go to the workshop to have a look.