At the sound of the order, the target was erected, and the flintlock and arquebusiers conducted separate live-fire drills. And Emperor Chongzhen and the others watched from beginning to end in the safety of the rear, and had an intuitive impression of all aspects of the two firearms.

The comparison result was actually a bit unexpected by Emperor Chongzhen, in terms of shooting accuracy, the arquebus was more accurate than the flintlock pistol. Zu Dashou's arquebusiers are basically three out of nine, or four out of nine, and some have six out of nine. However, although none of Mao Yuanyi's flintlock muskezeers missed the target, their results were one grade lower than those of the arquebusiers.

In Qi Jiguang's new book of Ji Xiao, there are requirements for the shooting of the bird gun: the bird gun has nine shots at a time, the sixth of the ninth middle school has a reward, and the second of the ninth middle school and the following are to tie up the general as an official.

For such a result, Mao Yuanyi's face was a little unsightly. However, the firearms expert Bi Maokang is here, he analyzed the reason, saying that the flintlock pistol's fire sickle is also the cover of the fire door, and it needs to use a stronger hammer spring to ensure that it provides sufficient impact force, so its trigger force and pulling the hammer are more laborious than the arquebus, and therefore, the force when pulling the trigger ultimately affects the accuracy of the flintlock pistol. It's a firearms decision, it's hard to say that flintlock pissiers are not well trained.

This explanation made Emperor Chongzhen nod when he heard it, and it also made Mao Yuanyi's face look a little better, and even made Li Dingguo, who was standing on the side, suddenly realize.

In every competition between flintlock pistols and arquebuses, the heads of both sides, Zu Dashou and Mao Yuanyi, will express their respective views, and then there is a professional interpretation of the ordnance expert Bi Maokang, although for Emperor Chongzhen, basically does not exceed his cognition, but for Li Dingguo, it is a rare and precious lesson. This has given him an overall improvement in his understanding of firearms.

After all the tests, the conclusion is clear at a glance. Because the flintlock does not have to worry about the ignited arquebus poking the gunpowder of the nearby teammates, the flintlock can stand closer together without having to be about a meter apart like the arquebusier.

And this is the biggest advantage of the flintlock pistol. Even if the flintlock pistol may have some shortcomings compared to the arquebus, it is enough to ignore those shortcomings.

Several of the generals present had experience in actual combat, and they were keenly aware that the shape of the war was likely to change in the future. Just imagine, the lead bullets fired by the tight rows of flintlock musketeers will inevitably cover the opponent like a pouring rain, and the enemy will be sent to death when he comes up, and the arquebus is impossible to do. Of course, this is just a theory of firearms, and on the real battlefield, it is naturally impossible to rely on flintlock pistols to cover the world.

Emperor Chongzhen finally concluded: "Obviously, although the flintlock pistol is only an improvement in the firing device compared with the arquebus, the advantages are very obvious. It's just that the current mute rate of flintlock pistols needs to be further reduced, and Bi Qing needs to further solve this problem while increasing the production of flintlock pistols. ”

Flintlock pistols have disadvantages such as a high rate of mute fire and a delay in firing after pulling the trigger, but a dense flintlock formation can make up for this disadvantage. However, since there are shortcomings, they must be improved in the end.

Bi Maokang was naturally very happy with the final conclusion of the flintlock pistol. The fist product of the Ordnance Bureau has finally been recognized. Regarding Emperor Chongzhen's request, he naturally agreed.

This flintlock pistol also has an advantage, although Emperor Chongzhen doesn't know if these people know it, but he understands it in his heart. That is, the flintlock musketeers no longer need to be like the archers in the new army, and they must draw the elite of the border army in order to quickly form combat effectiveness. In the future, the Ming army can almost be converted into flintlock muskezeers in a short period of time, of course, this must be kept up with the production of flintlock pistols. Because of this, he deliberately raised the output of Bi Maokang.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen turned to Zu Dashou and Mao Yuanyi and instructed the two of them: "The flintlock pistol is a weapon that will indeed change the form of war, but how to change it, how to use the flintlock pistol array, Qing and others must seriously consider it; And not only that, but also the other way around, what is the weakness of these flintlock pistol arrays? If we use it against Jianyu in the future, what countermeasures might Jianyu take? ”

Speaking of this, he increased his tone and emphasized: "There has never been the strongest spear, nor the strongest shield. Moreover, at any time, in any era, the most important thing is people. Remember, you have to use a flintlock pistol formation, but you can't rely on a flintlock pistol formation, you know? ”

Zu Dashou and Mao Yuanyi were slightly surprised when they heard this, they hurriedly bowed down and listened quietly, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, both of them sincerely replied: "The ministers obey the holy will!" ”

Even Bi Maokang, a technical official on the side, looked at Emperor Chongzhen in surprise. He had basically only discussed firearms with the emperor before, but at that time, he felt that the emperor was very knowledgeable, and some of his words were refreshing even to those who had been immersed in ordnance for many years.

At this time, when he heard the emperor's words, he couldn't believe the emperor's age. How old is this, with such a steady attitude and such a profound understanding of things. For a moment, he flashed the thought that he would live to the belly of a dog at the age of his life.

When Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at Bi Maokang, Mao Yuanyi finally found an opportunity and knew what was next, so he hurriedly asked, "Can you take out the one that Master Bi brought?" ”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh. He looked at Mao Yuanyi, a handsome guy, like a curious baby at this time. I knew that although he was impressed by the flintlock pistol, now that he heard that there was an improved version of the flintlock pistol, he looked forward to it even more.

After the experiment, Zu Dashou on the side knew that this new type of firearm must be prioritized for the new army, and while he was envious and jealous, he also paid curious attention to Bi Maokang, not knowing what better weapon this adult would come up with.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen nodded, Bi Maokang turned around and summoned the famous family, went over and opened the box in person, and took out the contents of the box.

When Mao Yuanyi and Zu Dashou saw each other, they couldn't help but look at each other. The two of them were a little unconvinced, but after a closer look, they found that it was still the same, and they wondered even more, what is the difference between this and the flintlock pistol just now? Where is the improvement?

However, the sharp-eyed Mao Yuanyi soon discovered that there was a small hammer made of wood in the box. But this made him even more confused, what do you want a hammer for?

Bi Maokang held the flintlock pistol like a baby, and responded to Mao Yuanyi with a smile: "This gun is only available under the guidance of His Majesty!" ”