Chapter 46: Test the gun

Because Wu Kai did not mean to stay in Japan for a long time in the future, the palace that had just been built in the city of 'Nanjing' was named 'Nanjing Palace'. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This 'Nanjing Palace' covers an area of about 60,000 square meters, less than one-tenth of the Forbidden City in later generations, and the buildings that can be accommodated in it are naturally very limited, and most of the buildings have not yet been completed, only the main hall and the dormitory used by the court will be delivered in advance.

So at the moment, Wu Kai and his wife and concubine have to huddle in a dormitory, noisy and shouting during the day, and they have to take care of a few children when they are intimate at night, which makes people never have the fun-I have the intention to pull it out to fight, but I am afraid that I will accidentally bump into it and lose the dignity of the 'royal'.

Plus more than one day of government affairs......

Sure enough, it's more refreshing to be a faint gentleman!

Recently, Wu Kai has had some thoughts of 'self-abandonment' from time to time, but fortunately, he can still restrain himself, and there is a carrot of 'dominating the world' hanging in front of him, so as not to really delay the right thing.

However, the desire to be dissatisfied all day long, the anger is naturally more, these days by Wu Kai by the collusion of all walks of life, seeing that it is about to break through the three thousand mark, although no one dares to say it, but Wu Kai's harsh and tyrannical name has spread throughout Japan, and even across the ocean to the ears of the people of Goryeo.

If this had been placed in the Great Song Dynasty, it would have been estimated that there would have been scholars and scholars who had already been worried about salty and indifferent food, and perhaps there would be rebels like Song Jiang and Fang La, who would rise up -- but in Japan, which has a tradition of revering the strong, the effect is quite positive.

Not only did the resistance of the Japanese people decrease considerably, but even some of the samurai class scattered all over the country felt that His Majesty the Emperor who had crossed the sea and came to the 'Ming' Emperor was more majestic and worthy of awe than the original emperor.

Time flies, seeing that it is approaching June, the enthronement ceremony is close at hand, and most of the preparations have been completed, except for the military parade supervised by Wu Kai himself, there are only some trivial matters that need to be further improved.

At noon on this day, the palace gate was locked, and hundreds of imperial guards, under the leadership of Yuan Lang, surrounded the square in front of the main hall - a wide offering table was placed on the west side of the square, but on it was not the yellow paper incense candles of the three animal sacrifices, but a black and shiny musket.

In the early years when he was fighting in Yanggu County, Wu Kai actually thought about making muskets, but at that time, there were too few trustworthy people under his hands, but if the muskets could not form a scale, the deterrent effect was slightly insufficient.

And as a person who is used to seeing all kinds of modern firearms, I am really not interested in the old-fashioned arquebus that fires iron pellets.

In particular, Wu Kai has an additional advantage over other traversers, that is, he knows all kinds of commonly used firearms in China during World War II, as long as he overcomes the technical points such as smokeless gunpowder, primer and steel, he can completely skip the accumulation of primitive technology and go directly to modern guns, even automatic rifles!

Therefore, in the early stage of development, he temporarily abandoned the development and manufacture of ordinary muskets, and instead pursued a weapon of surface destruction that was easier to give full play to his advantages, and adopted a configuration that combined the long, medium and near range of the tiger squat gun, the large lifting rod, and the hand grenade -- and the facts have also proved that such a configuration is also effective on the battlefield.

Therefore, Wu Kai has not made major changes since then.

It was not until he occupied Japan and Goryeo, and successively overcame a series of problems such as smokeless gunpowder, primer, and spring steel, that Wu Kai had another idea to manufacture a batch of rifles in batches -- and the guns with different shapes on the table were the finished products that were trial-produced according to the drawings he provided.

In order from small to large, they are Colt M1917 revolver, Mauser pistol [barge gun], M1924 Mauser standard rifle [medium formal], Boran light machine gun, and Maxim heavy machine gun.

These five kinds of equipment, especially the last three, if they can be manufactured in batches, it can be said that it will be easy to defeat the Song and Jin countries!

It's a pity that there is no possibility of mass production of these weapons at the moment, first of all, these samples are all handmade, including the bullets as consumables, and those who are qualified to participate in the production are craftsmen of a certain level, and the output is naturally not too large; Secondly, although there is a steel-making blast furnace in Izumo County, the quality has not been up to par, and the steel that can be used to make firearms cannot burn a few hundred catties a month.

This can't be helped, after all, Wu Kai's previous life was serious, although the handmade ability is MAX, but the understanding of large-scale industrial production is not even superficial, and it can be trial-produced in two or three years Steelmaking blast furnace is already considered to be extraordinary, and then it is difficult for him to independently improve the details and loopholes.

Therefore, the five 'trial products' in front of us can only be 'trial products' for the time being, and only when the conditions are ripe in all aspects can it be possible to install them in the troops on a large scale.

However, even if the number is scarce, it does not necessarily mean that it will not be able to play a role, for example, the Maxim heavy machine gun, try to make a dozen or so, and at a critical moment, it may have the effect of turning the tide.

As for the two pistols, they can be issued to generals in small quantities, one can be used for self-defense, and the other can also be used as a symbol of honor.

Of course, at present, their greatest use is to appear on the stage at the military parade, so as to reflect the strength of the country, gather patriotic strength, and enhance national self-confidence!

In fact, it was supposed to have the effect of 'deterring foreign enemies', but considering that the foreign envoys who participated in this enthronement ceremony were only a few Goryeo kingdoms that survived, this deterrent effect should not be mentioned.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing that Wu Kai had dismantled and inspected the five 'blades' one by one, Yuan Lang couldn't wait to jump out and asked: "It's better to let the last general try the quality of these new firearms first, so as not to make any mistakes at the enthronement ceremony!" ”

Hu Sanniang on the side is also eager to try, but now she is now a concubine and a concubine, and it is not good to dance with a knife and a gun in person.

"I don't need you to come."

Wu Kai picked up the Boran light machine gun, buckled the magazine with a capacity of 30 rounds, handed it to a guard, and ordered: "At 300 paces [450 meters]...... No, put up a few targets two hundred steps [three hundred meters] away, and you can try to see how effective this firearm is. ”

Normally, the effective firing range of the Buran light machine gun should be around 900 meters.

But according to Wu Kai's inspection just now, the light machine gun in front of him can be said to be in vain, and all kinds of details have shrunk to varying degrees, and the actual effect will be greatly reduced - Wu Kai even suspected that it might explode, so he didn't dare to let Yuan Lang risk himself.