Throughout the ages, the so-called sharpshooters who have worn Yang in 100 steps have all been achieved through hard training, and in addition to personal strength and physical coordination, the most critical factor is to add a talent problem.

Later generations once had a saying that "success is 99 percent diligence and 1 percent inspiration", which shows the importance of a person's efforts on the road to success.

And the second half of the sentence "If you don't have this one percent of inspiration, no matter how hard you try, it's useless", although it seems a bit extreme, but it also shows the importance of everyone's talent, in other words, archery is a technical job, not just a person can become a marksman.

But the musket is not needed, in Abu's words, as long as you master the basics, as long as the posture is correct, even if you close your eyes and pull the trigger, you can hit the target.

This greatly reduces the threshold and difficulty of learning to shoot, and coupled with the perverted lethality of the musket, it is no wonder that these young lads are cheering.

After Wei Yong was in charge of training, according to Abu's requirements, he really selected some good seedlings who had a certain talent in archery, these young people were strictly screened out, and their physical fitness, psychological quality, and adaptability were quite excellent, and they were also trained as elites, so their training volume was much larger than others, and it was natural that they were first listed as musket test targets.

In addition, in order to appease the emotions of the young crowd and to show everyone how easy to handle the musket, some students were selected from the school, and even a few female students were selected.

The most noteworthy thing is that among the first batch of test firing, there is also our friend Wu Ye.

Although it is not yet eleven years old, after a lot of long-term training, the size of the little one has also risen, and the muscles of the whole body have been exercised evenly and powerfully.

Since the last time he experienced Li Bao'er's tragic incident, Wu Ye seems to have grown up all of a sudden, and he has worked quite hard in both study and training.

After Abu and Yun Niang got married, Wu Ye slept alone in another room, and he no longer stuck to Yun Niang all day long.

Yun Niang has not conceived a child for several years after marriage, and she has always raised Wu Ye as her own child in her heart, and she has taken care of Wu Ye meticulously in her daily life. But the bird's wings are stiff, and sooner or later it will fly on its own.

Seeing Wu Ye so sensible, this made Yun Niang feel both relieved and faintly lost.

On the one hand, I want my child to grow up quickly and become independent as soon as possible; On the one hand, they hope that they will not grow up and will always be around them, which may be the ambivalence of all parents.

Ever since he heard the news that the musket was going to be test-fired, Wu Ye followed Abu's ass every day, begging Abu vigorously that he would also participate in the musket test.

Abu thought that he was still a child, and it was not too late to shoot when he grew up, but Wu Ye lifted his shirt and showed his muscles to Abu, saying that his muscles were already very strong, and then he did a few somersaults, front flips, and carp straightening movements in a row to prove that his body was very good, but Abu refused, in Abu's understanding, this is a dangerous toy that adults have only begun to play, and you are a child who is blindly mixed with something.

Wu Ye saw that it was not good for Abu to beg him, so he ran directly to Yun Niang and cried to her that the master had bullied him and did not let him participate in the test firing of the musket.

Yun Niang comforted him and said that at that time, your master felt sorry for you, and the musket was so dangerous, so let's just not touch it.

But Wu Ye is like a tendon, he has to go to participate in this test launch, and if he doesn't let me go, I'll keep crying to show you.

Looking at Wu Ye, who was crying and grabbing tears and snot, Yun Niang was so distressed, while helping him wipe his tears, she made a big fuss at Abu, saying that you organized this test firing just to tell everyone that muskets are not like bows and arrows, and they are easy to control; But since you can let female students participate, why don't you let Wu Ye participate?

Wouldn't it be more convincing for a test shot if a child could master the musket smoothly?

Seeing that Wu Ye's attitude was very firm, coupled with Yun Niang's like a tigress who protects her son, she has been threatening him with her eyes, and finally Abu had to give in obediently and added Wu Ye to the first batch of test firing lists.

In the process of selecting personnel and continuing to adjust the musket, the time has come to the end of August, and the autumn wind, which is already a little cool, blows like a mischievous elf, blows happily in the valley, blows the yellow green grass, blows the ripe crops, and finally hovers around the hard-working people who have been soaked with sweat, bringing a trace of refreshment to everyone.

This year has been another bumper year, especially with the large-scale application of nitrogen fertilizer, and the grain production has reached a surprising and crazy level.

There is food in your hands, and you don't panic in your heart! The faces of the people who were busy harvesting and threshing the grass were full of joy and their energies could not be exhausted.

Abundant grains, abundant food and clothing, isn't this the prosperous Kangping that everyone has been longing for! What else can be pursued in this life? Most of the people in the valley thought so, but if there was anyone else to pursue, it would have to be Mr. Abu.

These days, he has been running between the laboratory and the training ground all day, adjusting the design of the musket, checking the production of bullets, and working in the dark. In the era when there is no precision machine tool and industrial production is not possible, every process needs to be carefully crafted and not sloppy, especially in such a dangerous operation.

The day has finally come when the day will make everyone in the valley look good and all the young people will be enthusiastic, and today, according to the plan, a test firing of muskets will be held.

As soon as the sun got angry, the young man who had had breakfast was taken to a shooting range far from the residential area.

This is a neat and smooth training ground, with single parallel bars, sandbags, climbing walls, soft ropes, balance beams, dumbbells, barbells and other training facilities, basically copying the training mode of later generations.

The most anticipated is the so-called design field, in front of the foot of the mountain, there are several targets neatly arranged, and red flags are planted around them, and there are also guards patrolling around.

This is to prevent accidental injuries caused by ricochets caused by other people approaching during the shooting, which happened from time to time in later training and on the battlefield.

Because there are only three guns that have been adjusted so far, and under the premise that no one else has any shooting experience, Abu himself taught all the test shots.

The first young man to come on the field was Lu Gang, and in front of Lu Gang was a small wooden pier with a long barrel on it.

Lu Gang was selected by Wei Yong, a lame general, and participated in the archery special training. Speaking of which, among the people in the valley, Wei Yong knew Lu Gang and Li Zhengqi earlier, but he did not relax them more because of this, but took care of them a little more in terms of training.

Fortunately, these two people are more hard-working and hard-working, and they know that Wei Yong is doing this for their good, otherwise if they change people, they will scold their mothers behind their backs.

In the process of training archery, there are several young people's performance that is particularly conspicuous, whether it is strength or accuracy, they are much higher than others, and even Wei Yong is amazed, and Lu Gang is one of them, so the honor of the first musket test fire will fall on him.

In the rest area, the other young people were dressed in uniform and sat on small pony stools, waiting patiently.

A few young girls among them are heroic and very moving, if in normal times, no matter where they go, they should be the center of everyone's attention and exchange and discussion, they will have gathered a group of people around them, around them to please and offer courtesy, and today all eyes are focused on Abu and Lu Gang not far away, their hearts are full of envy, excitement and expectation, and even the mood of whispering is gone.

Human beings have a fear of the unknown, especially after they have seen Abu and Mr. Liu Yuanlu use * to wipe out a small hill directly.

At this time, Lu Gang's heart was also full of nervousness, and even a trace of fear. Mr. Abu once told them that the principle of this weapon, called musket, is to use the huge force generated by the instant explosion to bombard the warhead in front directly.

If there is a slight negligence, it will have irreversible consequences, so everyone must be careful when operating and do not act rashly.

But at the same time, Mr. Abu also said that everyone is the seed that our valley has worked hard to cultivate, and it is the future and hope for the future; If I don't have a certain certainty, I won't let everyone play with such a dangerous toy, and I won't joke with everyone's lives.

In addition, the cost is too high now, and it costs a lot of money to shoot a bullet. As long as everyone follows the operating procedures, there will generally be no problems.

Admittedly, the previous tests and adjustments were all performed by Mr. Abu himself, and it looked really relaxed.

The biggest advantage of muskets is that as long as they master the essentials, everyone can easily hit the target with a little training, and bows and arrows are completely different.

Even if a veteran like Wei Yong, who is accustomed to life and death and has superb archery skills, bends his bow and arrows a hundred steps away, if he can achieve more than half of ten, his strength is already quite remarkable.

Although the musket that can be adjusted by Abu cannot hit the bull's-eye every time, the chance of hitting the target is still seven or eight times out of ten; In addition, the powerful attack power that can be directly penetrated by even iron pieces is even more terrifying.

If such a musket appears on the battlefield, with such a high hit rate and such a strong attack power, it is conceivable that even if it encounters heavy cavalry in armor, it can also be devastating, not to mention those light cavalry that pursues speed and does not wear armor.

This will be the end of the cavalry! It will be the end of an old era and the dawn of a new era! Wei Yong commented after seeing Abu's live shot.

Lu Gang relaxed his mind, cleared all kinds of distracting thoughts out of his mind, and repeatedly replayed the essentials of the movements taught by Abu: hold the gun with both hands, gently pull the trigger with the thumb of the right hand, hold the shoulder socket tightly, grind the flesh of the elbow outward, ground solidly, land on the inside of the legs, and grasp the ground.

Abu reminded him beside him, don't be nervous, the muscles in your body are too tight now, slow down your breathing, don't exhale deeply, don't pull the trigger fingers too stiffly, and aim intentionally and unintentionally to excite.

It is necessary to pay attention to the essentials of shooting, three points and one line, the line of sight must be released, and at the same time, it is necessary to take it back, and these must be slowly experienced and grasped......

Lu Gang muttered silently, to breathe shallowly, not to let the body fluctuate too much, slowly, he felt that the white dot in the bullseye enlarged and shrunk in the aiming ring, clear and gradually blurred.

Why can't you see the bull's-eye? He was about to redefine his aiming steps when suddenly a deafening roar rang out, and the bullet came out of his chamber.

Then, the person in charge of reporting the target under the target held up a big figure of eight and hit the target.

The young people sitting in the back cheered, this was cheering for Lu Gang's real shot, but also cheering for themselves.

Abu's heart was also filled with a sense of pride in success, this was the first time that people of this era were allowed to conduct a test launch, and the result was not bad, it was successful!

Since coming here, the development of powerful firearms has been the direction he has been pursuing and working hard. The reason why there was no delay in the development was because there was no suitable steel, even if he and Liu Yuanlu had advanced the research and development of * to a level that he thought was very good, he still did not rush forward.

Because he knew that if there was no suitable steel, and the barrel would be cast directly from ordinary steel or pig iron, the gun body would be extremely heavy, greatly reducing the ability to maneuver, and not meeting the tactical needs.

In addition, such a barrel cannot withstand several high-intensity shots, and it will explode, causing unimaginable consequences.

In the history of the development of muskets, the various painful lessons and records left behind are enough to make Abu retreat.

If these young seeds that have been cultivated with great difficulty are hung up so easily and aggrievedly, it will really make people feel heart-wrenching.

Therefore, after he saw Liu Yuanlu purify the manganese element, he was very excited, and immediately asked Liu Yuanlu and Li Baotian to join forces to add manganese to the steel production to improve the performance of steel.