Chapter 331: Gifts
With just three shots, the Huns retreated. He also killed the little king Aguta, who had been harassing Yunzhong in the Hun Monan, and this kind of feat was enough to be written in history.
Of course, Yan Ming didn't have much idea about whether to write it into the annals of history. What he has to do now is to add fuel to the matter.
Wei Qing used the weapon he made to kill Aguta among the ten thousand armies. This kind of record is no longer something that ordinary people can do.
With this weapon of his own, and with Wei Qing's merits in killing the enemy, I am afraid it is not too much to ask Wei Qing for a Hou Ye directly this time.
After sending the song out, Yan Ming began to devote himself to studying the problem of the coordination of Wangshan and the front sight.
If the front sight and Wangshan cooperate well, the gun will point where to shoot. It will not deviate to the point of pointing to the military flag and beating Ah Gu to death.
Adjusting the crosshairs of firearms is a long and boring task.
In addition to Yan Ming's concern about this matter, another person who pays attention to this matter is Wei Qing. After inspecting the defense every day, he would go to Yan Ming and study with Yan Ming.
Regarding the use of flintlock pistols, Yan Ming already had an idea.
This firearm, now it is not suitable for mass production. Only a few people can be equipped in the army. And the task of these people is to become snipers in the army.
On the battlefield, snipers can turn things around.
Just as Wei Qing envisioned, as long as the sniper kills the heralds and standard-bearers in the Xiongnu army at a critical moment, then the Xiongnu's command system will be paralyzed. Once this happens, it doesn't need to be explained much about how much impact it will have on the war.
Yan Ming was on the edge of the shooting range and asked Lao Xu to build a temporary wooden hut.
In the house, he studied the relationship between the lookout and the crosshairs. I even thought about how to train a sniper.
Thinking of snipers, he suddenly thought of the sniper rifles of later generations. They all carry a scope on them. That kind of scope is, to put it bluntly, a telescope.
And this kind of monocular, don't you also have one?
When you come to the border, you will inevitably encounter war. Yan Ming had long been prepared for war, so when he left Maolingyi, he took the binoculars with him.
At this time, the monocular telescope can be used as a scope for a flintlock pistol.
Thinking of this, Yan Ming added a scope between the Wangshan and the crosshair, which had been adjusted.
Of course, all iron parts and carpentry parts are the responsibility of Old Chen and Old Man Lu.
Learning from the sniper rifles of later generations, Yan Ming drew a plus sign on both telescopes after precise measurements. This makes it easier to aim.
On the shooting range, the sound of banging gunfire continued to sound.
Every time he shot, Yan Ming would run to the target to see the situation.
Scope, Yan Ming tune. Well taught. At close range, you can hit the target 100 percent. Although I don't know if this well-tuned flintlock pistol can be pointed and shot, it will not deviate as much as before.
The manufacturing process of this iron pipe has been mastered by Da Lao Chen.
During this period, other craftsmen mainly cast fire thunder, while Da Lao Chen began to build new iron pipes.
The flintlock pistol with a scope was invented by Yan Ming, and the first thing he must have done was to test its accuracy.
This time, Yan Ming did not choose to shoot at a long distance, but first distanced fifty meters from the target, and after aiming with the scope, the target was enlarged, and the plus center on the scope was exactly aimed at the target.
He pulled the trigger slowly, and the gun rang out.
The center of the plus aim was instantly punched a hole by lead bullet, and the place in the middle was impartial.
Yan Ming was not excited, at a distance of fifty meters, with a little training with his military crossbow, he could shoot accurately. He retreated a hundred meters back, then adjusted his breathing again, stabilized the barrel, took aim, and slowly pulled the trigger.
"Bang-"
The target hit again, still where the plus sign was.
Yan Ming's eyes showed a glimmer of joy. I am happy not only about the accuracy of the firearms, but also about my own shooting skills.
Now it seems that his own improvements and adjustments to the flintlock pistol have been successful.
This flintlock pistol, placed on the battlefield, is the ultimate killing weapon to hunt down the enemy's high-ranking generals. You can also hunt down enemy heralds and strike flag-carrying soldiers. The strategic implications are significant.
The first flintlock pistol was finally developed.
Looking at a small notebook beside him, which was densely written with the experience summarized during the debugging in the past few days, Yan Ming was satisfied with himself.
When he returned to the county guard's mansion, he turned out two iron pipes.
Both sections of the iron pipe are rifled. It was left over from the previous iron pipe. Yan Ming left two iron pipes at that time.
The handle of the gun has already been made by Old Man Lu according to his own requirements.
That's right, all Yan Ming has to do is two small pistols.
Although it is a simple flintlock pistol, it can also play a surprise role at critical moments.
Two pistols, one was given to Liu Che, and the other was left by Yan Ming to Wei Qing.
It was given to Liu Che for political purposes. gave it to Wei Qing because his brother was destined to become a generation of generals in the empire. Give him a flintlock pistol, and at a critical moment, he can also defend himself.
Some parts, Yan Ming has already asked Da Lao Chen to build them. It's just that these parts are scattered and built by Da Lao Chen, and he doesn't know what these parts are for.
Firearms are a revolution in the history of human warfare, just like the steam engine. Almost all subsequent firearms were produced on the basis of the principle of firearms.
Yan Ming wanted to take advantage of the fact that the iron-smelting industry was not so developed to control the development of firearms as much as possible.
He always believed that war was the product of human stupidity and was anti-human.
This kind of thinking makes him sometimes ambivalent.
On the one hand, it is the people of the Han Dynasty to protect, and on the other hand, it is the war that they hate.
Fortunately, someone once said that peace is the defeat of one side! Fortunately, Yan Ming also recognized this truth, otherwise he would definitely die of entanglement.
It took a few days for the small pistol to be made.
Yan Ming secretly debugged and secretly experimented. The accuracy of the pistol was ensured. Within twenty or thirty meters of the body, the projectile rate of the pistol is not comparable to that of a crossbow arrow.
The only drawback is that the flintlock pistol cannot fire continuously, and reloading bullets wastes a lot of time.
Looking at the two delicate flintlock pistols, Yan Ming was very satisfied with his masterpiece. Let Old Man Lu specially create two exquisite boxes. put the pistol in the box, and the red silk was given to Liu Che. The other was propped up with a bracket, which was given to Wei Qing.
After doing all this, Yan Ming finally felt that he could rest.
But the decree also came at this time.
Liu Che's meaning was very simple, let Yan Ming come back with a flintlock pistol immediately. It was impossible for him to come to the border to test this new weapon, so he could only ask Yan Ming to return to Chang'an in an expedited manner.
There is no way, the official level crushes people to death, not to mention that the other party is the emperor, Yan Ming naturally cannot go against Liu Che's intentions. I had to pack up and get ready to go.