Su Ziheng asked Shi Meng to distribute the paper-shell ammunition to the members of the escort team, with five rounds of ammunition per person, and first do a test firing.

Shi Meng bowed down and asked, "Master, what line do we shoot in?" ”

Su Ziheng looked at the environment of the venue, although the longitudinal is quite deep, reaching a distance of 100 meters, the horizontal is only forty or fifty meters, and the 100 people are lined up in a row, which is a little too narrow, "Let's do this first, divide into two teams to shoot, and see how the effect is?" Try it again with a three-stage shot. ”

Shi Meng gave a military salute and replied loudly: "No! ”

With Shi Meng's order, a hundred escorts armed with flintlock pistols immediately changed their formation and lined up in two columns. A group of fifty people in front of them knelt down on one knee, holding a flintlock pistol in their hands and aiming at an arrow target fifty meters in front of them; A group of fifty people in the back stood and aimed.

Shi Meng shouted loudly: "All of them, get on the ammunition!" ”

Soon everyone in the escort took out a pack of paper shells of ammunition from their pockets, bit open the paper shells with their teeth, poured the package of ammunition in the direction of the muzzle, and then used a wooden hammer to feed the ammunition and stuff it tightly.

"Ready, ready!"

With a command, everyone picked up their loaded flintlock pistols and aimed them at the target.

"Put!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

A series of roars rang out in everyone's ears, followed by gunpowder smoke filling the air, and the pungent smell of gunpowder wafting through the air.

When the smoke cleared, I looked at the targets again, and they were still hit like rotten sieves by flintlock pistols.

Everyone present showed a horrified expression in their eyes, they didn't expect that the flintlock pistol would have such a terrifying power when it was fired in a group, it was not inferior to the bow and arrow, if an ordinary person was shot, he would definitely be killed on the spot.

Unless he has practiced horizontal kung fu like Shi Meng, he may be spared, but the injury is absolute.

Only Su Ziheng didn't show too much surprise, although the power of the flintlock pistol was still acceptable, compared to the pistols and automatic rifles and sniper rifles in his base space, the power was far from enough.

"Come on, put on a new target, shoot in three stages and see how it works? This time, move the target to a distance of 80 meters. ”

With Su Ziheng's order, the craftsmen of the gunpowder workshop quickly changed to a new arrow target.

"Bang Bang Bang"

The dense sound of gunfire echoed through the test site, shaking people's ears to the point of deafness.

Su Ziheng waved his hand to dispel the strong smell of gunpowder in front of him, even if he was still far away from those escorts, he still couldn't escape the cover of gunsmoke.

"The flintlock pistol is okay, but the smoke is too big, especially when it is fired in three parts. It is estimated that each person will have to fire a maximum of five shots in a row, and then they will have to move their positions, otherwise they will also have their vision blocked in such a murky smoke of gunpowder, resulting in the inability to continue shooting. ”

Su Ziheng frowned and thought about it, should he consider giving the guards an anti-smoke mask, inhaling too much smoke is not good for the lungs.

"Report to Lord Changshi, more than 70 shots hit the target 80 meters away, and more than 20 shots missed."

"It's okay, they're not familiar with it yet, just wait for a few more shots." Su Ziheng waved his hand, signaling that it didn't matter, and then explained to Shi Meng: "Mengzi, inform me, in the future, the main training will be mainly to train marksmanship and bayonets, and you will become a musket team in the future, and everyone must keep these flintlock pistols, they are the main weapons." ”

All the members of the escort team hugged the flintlock pistols in their hands tightly, bowed to Su Ziheng and said, "Obey, master!" ”

Su Ziheng said: "Next, the few of you will finish the ammunition distributed to you first, and practice how to quickly load the ammunition." These ammunition can only be distributed to you in the future for training or on missions, and no one is allowed to keep ammunition in peacetime. Who dares to disobey an order, once discovered, will not be spared, do you understand? ”

The crowd shouted, "Understood! ”

"Okay, you guys disbanded first, and each of you discussed how you can improve your shooting ability. Master Crow Nine, Daoist Wang, you two come out with me. Su Ziheng greeted the two of them.

"Yes, Lord Changshi." The three of them left the test site and came to Wang Boyang's office, where there was no one and it was quiet.

"Lord Changshi, dare to ask if you call us to come and give orders?"

Su Ziheng took out a design drawing from his arms, handed it to the two of them, and said with a smile: "This is a breech gun and metal bullet, and then I hope that the main work of the two of you is how to transform the flintlock pistol into a breech gun." But you don't have to rush too much, just take your time. ”

Although according to the normal history of the development of muskets, it takes a certain amount of time to enter the breech gun from the flintlock pistol at once, Su Ziheng can't wait to slowly extend the edge by himself.

Anyway, he has the blueprints, and he also has an alien base, so if there is really any particularly difficult problem to solve, he can also ask Pandora to help deal with it.

"This is ......" Ou Yajiu and Wang Boyang each held different design drawings, and their spirits were shocked when they saw it.

"It's a great design solution, but with our current technology, it's hard to do in many places. For example, the rifling mentioned on the drawings cannot be completed with our current tools. Ou Yajiu said hesitantly.

"Don't worry about this, I'll build you a machine to machine these parts. Even a full set of manufacturing machines is not impossible to provide, but for now you still have to research how to make it yourself, and I still hope to see your own ability to produce it. ”

After all, even if it has an alien base, it can only be manufactured in small batches, and large-scale production is powerless. It was impossible for Su Ziheng to waste his precious energy on these rudimentary weapons so easily.

Ou Yajiu and Wang Boyang nodded solemnly, "Lord Changshi, please rest assured, we will definitely work hard to specialize in research and produce new weapons and bullets as soon as possible." It's just that when we are working on a new gun, will the flintlock pistol continue to be built? ”

Su Ziheng nodded and said: "Of course, not only must we continue to build, but we must also increase our efforts." My goal is not just a musket team of 100 men, but a musket battalion of at least several thousand. But you don't have to do this kind of thing yourself, you can leave it to the people below to deal with it. ”

"If you lack anything, whether it's raw materials or people, just ask, and I'll do everything I can to get it done for you."

In the previous life, the development of science and technology on the earth was basically developed from the military industry. Therefore, for the investment in weapon manufacturing, Su Ziheng is very willing to spend the cost.

Soon, Zhong Qinghan will lead the Crow Army to the battle, and the guardian force in Donghai County will be greatly weakened at that time. Don't look at the Haizhou Navy that has just been recruited with 10,000 people, Su Ziheng doesn't believe in their ability at all.

To protect Donghai County, after all, you still have to rely on your own strength.