The results of the test shooting of the machine gun, Jiang Chuan was quite satisfied.

Although the accuracy, range, and continuous firing time are still far from the machine guns of the First World War and Second World War, they are already a very good performance for new things.

Of course, the environment of the shooting range is relatively simple, while the battlefield is a complex and changeable environment. Performance on the shooting range is not representative of performance on the battlefield.

And Jiang Chuan only fired a thousand rounds, and did not test the performance of the barrel in extreme conditions.

"The recoil is still a bit too high. In addition, it is necessary to continuously improve the ammunition supply box and cartridge belt to reduce the weight of the whole gun as much as possible. ”

After the experiment, Jiang Chuan explained the follow-up improvements to the major general next to him, and the major general held a small notebook in his hand to record.

"Also, try to test how long the barrel can withstand continuous firing. There are two options to consider, one is that a machine gun should have at least two spare barrels, which can be used alternately on the battlefield in order to maintain the density of fire. The second is that the barrel can be cooled by adding a water-cooled sleeve to the barrel. Of course, both of these methods will require many trials, so I will give you a direction to go down and ponder. ”

"Your Majesty said this, the end will be like an initiation, and the mouth will be opened, and the second generation of products will be manufactured as soon as possible." The major general's face was happy, of course he understood the feasibility of the two methods that the emperor said.

Hu Zongxian and the generals behind him were all amazed after seeing the firing performance of the machine gun just now, but they didn't expect the emperor to be still dissatisfied and asked for continuous improvement.

Hu Zongxian's mouth moved, but when he wanted to speak, he was preempted by the Marshal of the Gyeonggi Theater on the side.

"Your Majesty, such a good weapon, when will it be equipped with troops?" Shanjia asked happily rubbing his hands.

Jiang Chuan glanced at him and asked with a smile, "What?" Is this hot eye? I feel that I need to improve it a little more, and the current power is still too poor. ”

Is this still bad? This is a life harvester on the battlefield!

Shanjia hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, improvement is improvement, but is it possible to produce a part of the advanced troops first, train a group of machine gun shooters, and then wait until the new product comes out, there will be instructors, and you can train more machine gun shooters." ”

"Then I ask you, which of you can operate this machine gun?" Jiang Chuan's gaze swept over everyone and asked.

Everyone looked at each other, as if no one present except His Majesty would use a machine gun.

Machine guns are very different from ordinary rifle shooting, with large recoil, high firing position, large range of bullet impact points, and different ways of supplying ammunition, which are destined to have a great difference in the way the two weapons are fired.

However, Shanjia straightened his neck and said unconvinced: "Your Majesty, what's so difficult about this?" The mountain armor is willing to give it a try. ”

Jiang Chuan smiled and said: "Okay, then just like me, I will give you a thousand rounds of ammunition, and set up a total of 100 targets from 100 meters to 500 meters, if you can knock down more than 50 targets, I will agree to your request, and let you first install some machine guns in the Gyeonggi Theater." How is it? ”

When Shanjia heard this, he puffed up his chest excitedly and said loudly: "You have no jokes, if the last general does it, Your Majesty can't break his word." ”

Jiang Chuan said with a smile: "You don't have any jokes, I will do what I say." But what if you can't? ”

Shanjia really hadn't thought about what to do if he couldn't do it, and in his opinion, it wasn't that difficult. Your Majesty can do it, and I, a leading general, will definitely be able to do it.

He scratched the back of his head and thought for a while before saying, "The last general can't do it, and I am willing to dispose of it by Your Majesty!" ”

Jiang Chuan laughed, pointed to the mountain armor and said, "Okay, that's what you said." Zhao Gang, what position in your arsenal is there now that there is a shortage of people? ”

Zhao Gang was the major general in charge of the arsenal who served as Jiang Chuan's deputy just now, and after thinking about it when he heard this, he said: "Back to Your Majesty, the arsenal is fully staffed, and if you want to say that there is a shortage of people, it seems that there is a shortage of people to clean the latrine." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the mountain armor and laughed.

Jiang Chuan couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect this Zhao Gang to look honest and serious, but he was a wilted guy.

"How? Shanjia, if you can't do it, how about going to the arsenal to clean the latrine for seven days? ”

Shanjia was a little confused, how could this be, in the past, His Majesty would have punished him at most for his own money or something, but he didn't expect to come to clean the toilet.

It's just that his words have already been released, so he can only bite the bullet and say loudly: "Sweep the thatched toilet, sweep the thatched toilet, I won't necessarily lose!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

The shooting range was quickly rearranged, and Major General Zhao Gang personally served as Shanjia's deputy.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of gunfire resounded at the shooting range, and everyone watched with wide eyes.

After a while, the gunfire stopped, and their own soldiers went to examine the target.

In fact, with the eyesight of everyone present, everyone already knew the result, and after seeing it clearly, they all turned their heads to look at Shanjia, and they all seemed to be smiling.

The old man's face turned red, and he was very uncomfortable to be looked at by everyone.

Soon, the soldiers came to report the target: "In this shooting, a total of 23 targets were knocked down, of which 15 targets were at a distance of 100 meters and 5 targets were at a distance of 200 meters. 3 targets at a distance of 300 meters. ”

Jiang Chuan finally couldn't hold back his laughter for a long time and laughed out loud.

The others laughed along, and the entire shooting range burst into laughter, and the soldiers and researchers in the distance didn't know what was going on, making the group of bigwigs who held the highest power in the empire so happy.

Only the shanjia was browning and his face was red. The machine gun was not won, not to mention, his dignified generalissimo of the Gyeonggi Theater still had to come to clean the toilet, how to think about it and how depressed.

This machine gun looks very simple, His Majesty can shoot so easily, why don't you listen to the call when it comes to your own hands?

After finally laughing, Jiang Chuan said to Major General Zhao Gang seriously: "Zhao Gang, Marshal Shanjia will come to the arsenal to report tomorrow, you must do a good job in the handover of the latrine, and don't slack off." ”

Zhao Gang stepped forward and said solemnly: "The last general understands that he will definitely take over seriously and will not disappoint His Majesty." ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Gang's serious appearance, and they couldn't help but want to laugh.

Jiang Chuan looked at Shanjia with a smile and said, "Shanjia, you are willing to lose the bet, you don't have any ideas." ”

Shanjia said embarrassedly: "The minister is willing to gamble and lose." It's just Your Majesty, can you change the punishment, this toilet is really ......"

Jiang Chuan glanced at him and said with a smile: "I originally planned to wait for you to finish cleaning the toilet, and then I will install a batch of machine guns in the Gyeonggi Theater first." It seems that you don't want it anymore. Anyway, I'll install it for the other theaters first. ”

When Shanjia heard this, he stepped forward and said loudly: "There is no matter!" Your Majesty, let alone seven days, even a monthly minister is willing! Isn't it just cleaning the latrine, the minister must clean it cleanly, and he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty. ”

At this time, there was still a little embarrassment and embarrassment on Shanjia's face, and some were just excited and excited.

Everyone was speechless for a while, in order to dress up early, the face of the dignified marshal became too fast.