?? Bird system, also called bird beak system, this is a berth thing, in fact is the arquebus, is the Ming Dynasty Jiajing period, when the Ming army recovered Shuangyu Island, captured from the Japanese and the Portuguese, at that time it was called the Japanese iron cannon, captured together, there are some gun-making craftsmen, the Ming army suffered a big loss of arquebus in this battle, for a time it was cited as an artifact, the court ordered the Ming craftsmen to learn to imitate, because the trigger of the arquebus fire clip made into the shape of the bird's beak, so it is called the bird system, and there is a saying, that the arquebus can accurately hit the birds in the sky, That's why it's called the Bird System.

No matter why it is called the bird system, the introduction of the arquebus is much better than the original fire system developed by the Ming Dynasty. When shooting, the hands can be freed to hold the gun steadily; The loading rate is much faster than the speed of the fire system, so after the successful imitation of the bird system, it immediately became the most widely used firearm in the Ming Dynasty, only in the 37th year of Jiajing, it produced 10,000 rods at full horsepower, which shows the importance of the Ming Dynasty to the bird system.

The bird system in Wang Huan's hand, produced in Chongzhen for ten years, is already seven years ago, made by the Ming Royal War Bureau, and the end of the bird system is engraved with the name of the manufacturing craftsman and the superintendent with Yin inscription.

The overall management is polished to oily and slippery, exuding the faint dark light of fine iron, the wooden body has several places have fallen off the varnish, the mottled wood grain faintly emerges, the whole system is about one meter five long, the wall thickness is a little more than one centimeter, there is a crosshair in front of the control, there is a light door in the back, the control is about 90 centimeters long, the diameter of the mouth is about 11 millimeters, and it weighs more than six catties.

Wang Huan looked at the bird system in his hand, and praised it in his mouth, he really couldn't imagine how the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, with those backward manufacturing tools, made this bird system that seemed to be incomparably simple in later generations and now seems to be complex and cutting-edge, and sincerely admired the wisdom and wisdom of the Chinese working people.

Wang Huan picked up the bird, habitually imagined the operation of five or six styles during military training, put the tail end of the bird's system against the shoulder to aim, and held the handle of the gun in his hand, only to find that the bird's system did not have a butt, and there was only a curved handle at the end, which could be grasped with one hand, and the other hand could only hold the front end of the bird's system to aim at it steadily.

"Why doesn't this bird have a gun butt? How to aim at it? Wang Huan asked casually.

Next to him, there were Ma Xintian and Zu Bian, Ma Xintian was not good at firearms, so he naturally couldn't answer anything, but Zu Bian heard a strange voice.

"Butt? What is that? ”

"Well, it's a long wooden handle, mounted on the tail, which can be used against the shoulders and keep the eyes close to the body, so that it can be more convenient to aim, and secondly, it can be more stable when shooting." Wang Huan said as he made movements, bringing the bird in his hand close to his face.

Zu Bian was stunned, even more confused, and there was a little smile in the confusion, he grinned and said: "My lord, I don't understand the butt of the gun you said, but if you use the bird system like you, not to mention that the sparks that pop out of the fire gate will burn your face, aren't you afraid that the bird system will blow up and blind your eyes?" ”

At this time, Wang Huan was stunned, and he asked puzzledly: "Burn your face?" Explode? ”

Zu Bian became excited, it turned out that Lord Wang, who knew half of the omniscience in the sky and the underground, actually had something that he didn't know, he was energetic, took the bird system in Wang Huan's hand, and pointed and said: "My lord is a person who has never used a bird system at a glance, let me explain it." ”

"Bird shooting, divided into pouring medicine, charge, pressing, loading, loading door medicine, loading the fire rope, ignition shooting seven steps, rules in the army, all the bird commanders in the battle listen to the command of the command to move together, give an order, move a step, after seven sounds, with the suona sound as the signal, the suona sound, a row of guns, and then the front row retreats back to the back row, and the cycle repeats."

Wang Huan and Ma Xintian opened their eyes wide and listened carefully, and Zu Bian saw it in his eyes, becoming more and more proud, and operated a bird system very smoothly, and continued while pulling the trigger of the fire door.

"The range of the bird is one hundred and twenty steps, but the rules set by Grandpa Qi's army are eighty steps for the assessment distance, and seven shots for ten shots are fine, but unfortunately after the Hunhe War, the Ming Dynasty no longer has the Qi family's army, and no one can follow this assessment system."

"Speaking of the bird system, I have to talk about my Ming military battle bureau, the grandson who eats the flesh and drinks the blood of the soldiers, the things created can't be called the bird system at all, and it is not as good as the burning stick, this rod in the hands of the adult is not bad, probably Zeng Ying spent a lot of silver to buy it. The one issued by the Ministry of War, if there is no flower and joy silver, no one dares to use it at all, there is no name of the superintendent on it, almost every rod is exploded, and the wall is as thin as paper, and it is uneven and unusable. ”

"Let's talk about gunpowder, if you don't send silver to Bingbeidao and Bingbu Langzhong to receive good karma, you don't want to use qualified gunpowder, the medicine is full of sand, and the fire rope can't be ignited, let alone explode, how many general soldiers have suffered a big loss in this, when I was in Liaodong, I once caught the road, and the bird in my hand couldn't make a sound, and I didn't dare to fill more gunpowder, for fear of exploding, and as a result, I simply lost the fire with a knife."

"So my lord, you just put your face so close, it's almost next to the fire door, the bird rings in unison, the sparks in the fire pool are splashed, it's strange if you don't burn you into pockmarks, and the bird is very easy to blow up, take it farther, at least you won't become blind if you blow it up."

After Zu Bian finished speaking, he didn't even stop for a moment, and listened to Wang Huan with relish, it turned out that the bird system of this era had so much attention, and he had never heard of it in later generations.

"However, in my opinion, there are a total of 2,699 people in the infantry battalion of the Qi family's army, but they are equipped with 1,080 bird commanders, accounting for forty percent of the troops, if the bird commanders are really so unbearable, why is the Qi family army equipped with so many?" Wang Huan thought about it and asked questions.

"Hey, my lord, you still don't understand." Zu Bian patted his thigh and said: "It's not the bird system that is bad, but the person who made the bird system, Grandpa Qi, who dares to perfunctory him with defective products?" There are the names of craftsmen and supervisors on the bird system, and no one can run away if something happens, where is like now, no one cares if the chamber is blown up, and those eunuchs who supervise the construction do not collect money and do not ship, and the goods are also defective. ”

Wang Huan nodded, and said softly with flashing eyes: "I see, the bad thing of daring is in the rules and the system." ”

Ma Xintian also bowed slightly: "General Zu is right, although I have never used firearms, but I am out in battle, and I have occasionally heard of it when talking with other general generals, saying that the bird system is useless, and it is a pity not to use it for fear of exploding, but it is a pity that the soldiers and horses in the world are the only ones equipped with the best bird system equipped by the Jingying Shenji Battalion, which is reliable and stable." ”

Zu Bian said: "That's the Son of Heaven's pro-army, no matter how greedy the miscellaneous members of the War Bureau are, they don't dare to provoke those noble children, but the Shenji Battalion is full of soft eggs, and it has long ceased to be prestigious, and it is definitely them who run first in a battle, but it's a pity that those good firearms, alas!" ”

He sighed heavily, not knowing whether he was lamenting the low combat power of the Shenji Battalion, or regretting the firearms of the Shenji Battalion.