On the 10th day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the weather has turned hot, from the beginning of spring to the present, God has not rained a drop, and the crops are in a state of drought and death.

However, because of the abundant water resources of Daze Mountain, the crops have not been greatly affected.

At this moment, at the training ground of the Bird Gun Soldiers stationed in the Zhenshan Battalion, the dense sound of "tom", "tom" and "tom" sounded one after another.

I saw that the wooden target that had been placed 50 paces away had been moved 80 paces away, and the three-inch-thick wooden planks and sawdust that had been hit by the fixed ammunition fired by the bird guns flew one after another, revealing many holes.

The 80 bird soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion still took a platoon of 80 people, and at the same time raised their fire in the face of the target, and immediately retreated after the fire, and the 80 bird soldiers in the second platoon immediately strode forward, opened the fire door and waited for the order of the starter. Then the third row comes forward and the second row retreats, and so on until the sixth row is finished.

After the last battle with the Daqingfeng cavalry, the high-ranking officers of the Zhenshan Battalion all realized that there was a large-scale battle against the enemy on the battlefield, and the bird soldiers had to be concentrated on a large scale to fight externally in order to produce huge lethality.

Jiang Liang, the captain of the artillery team, suggested to Feng Jian that the bird soldiers who usually train each thousand headquarters mainly train the proficiency from filling gunpowder to opening the back door, and the four hundred and eighty bird soldiers of the 1,000 headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion have 80 people in a row, and the starter gives the order to raise the fire six times in a row, and then the bird guns who raise the fire for the first time have to fill the gunpowder and wait for the fire.

At present, the shooting training at the training ground is to carry out the shooting training in the front and rear six platoons of the 1,000-unit headquarters in accordance with Jiang Liang's suggestion.

Yang 80 is now the 100th General Officer of the First Division of the 3000th Headquarters of the newly formed Zhenshan Battalion and the 100th Bureau of the 100th Bureau and the Bird Gun Commander. Because he saw the commander with a kind of earthquake mountain battalion high-level standing aside to watch the training.

After Yang Eighty waved his hand to stop the bird gun and raised the muzzle of the gun upward. Feng Jian took most of the high-level leaders of the Zhenshan Camp to Yang Eighty's side first.

Yang Eighty strode up his chest, clenched his right hand into a fist and flattened his chest to give a military salute to Feng Jian. Feng Jian nodded slightly, and then said: "The eighty brothers were promoted to become the hundred presidents this time, what this commander said is right!" ”

Yang Eighty hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you Commander, the villain is now promoted to the position of the first bureau of the first division of the 3,000 headquarters, and continues to serve as the commander of the bird gun." ”

Feng Jian nodded and asked, "Is the bird gun you used for the training of the bird gun today different from the bird gun used in the past?" ”

Speaking of the bird gun, Yang Eighty immediately got rid of his restraint and judged loudly, he pointed to a broken wooden target beside him and said: "The lead of the bird gun used some time ago was scattered when it was raised, although it hit a large target range. But less lethal. Although the weight of the gun used by the Bird Gun Soldier today has increased, the lethality of the gun to the target has been greatly enhanced. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the bullet hole in the wooden target and continued: "This is the hole left by the lead hit by the bird's gun, and some of the lead is still embedded in the thick wooden plank. ”

Cheng Yousheng looked at the hole on the wooden board on the side, and sighed: "This guy, if this hits the thief's body." There will definitely be a big hole in the front and back chest, and it will be difficult for the gods to save them! Hey, hey, look at what the hell can stop. ”

It is really unbelievable that this bird can produce such a huge power under the guidance of the commander! All the high-level officials of the Earthquake Mountain Camp showed excited looks.

Feng Jian then asked, "Eighty brothers." Have you tried how far this new bird gun can be lethal? ”

Yang Eighty said: "The villain has just tried, and this bird gun can have the same effect as the previous bird gun within fifty steps within eighty steps. Within a hundred and twenty steps, it can be lethal. Moreover, the use of fixed gunpowder lead of the same size greatly shortens the speed of the soldier's fire. ”

Feng Jian had a smile on his face at this time. Turning his head to Zhang Dalai and Liang Yuanhao of the Zhenshan Battalion Military Research Institute who were standing behind the crowd, he said, "Da Lai, Lao Liang, don't stand behind. ”

Seeing that the two of them also walked to his side with happy faces, Feng Jian smiled and praised: "The power of this improved bird gun should be invincible among the same kind of bird guns. Your military research institute has made a lot of contributions!

Zhang Dalai hurriedly said modestly: "This is all in the commander's management, without the bird rifling design given by the commander, just relying on the subordinates themselves, even if they scratch their brains, they can't think of it." Now we have a standard for everything we do in the Military Research Institute, whether it is to make bird guns or weapons and armor, there is a set of strict standards, and now it is not only highly efficient but also has few defective products! ”

Feng Jian was slapped by Zhang Dalai's sycophants with a smile on his face, and said: "Our Zhenshan Battalion has been expanded by three times the number of men and horses at once, and the demand for weapons and blades has increased greatly, and there is no shortage of iron, charcoal, charcoal, gunpowder, lead and other necessary materials. ”

Liang Yuanhao's ancestors were all firearms craftsmen, so he admired the engraving rifling in the chamber of the bird gun proposed by Feng Jian.

He bowed down to Feng Jian and said: "Commander, after many thoughts and attempts, the villain learned that with a fine iron bar with the same thickness as the inner diameter of the bird's gun, grind out a wire groove with a certain angle on it, and then stuff it into the beaten gun tube, rotate and slowly press it, and the wire groove of the fine iron bar will leave rifling on the inner wall of the gun tube, and after repeated punching and engraving of the fine iron bar, the rifling will come out. This will greatly speed up the rifling by hand and will also reduce many human errors. ”

Feng Jian still attaches great importance to this firearms leader, and after their group of craftsmen came to Huluyan, Liang Yuanhao immediately took the lead in planning and classifying the firearms department of the Military Research Institute, and divided the firearms part into firearms manufacturing and gunpowder manufacturing.

They expressed their satisfaction with this happy life in this way, and some time ago, Feng Jian brought Pingdu Zhizhou to send them to Huluyan to engage in artisan labor, which also shows that they have been recognized by the government when they come to Huluyan, so people like Liang Yuanhao and other people in the old city are thinking about how to repay the commander's great kindness!

Feng Jian said with a smile: "The commander is just making suggestions, how to implement and how to improve need to be handled by you professional people, as long as it is beneficial to the industry, just do it boldly!" ”

Cheng Yousheng liked the power of this new bird gun, took a bird gun from Yang Eighty's hand, looked left and right, and asked Yang Eighty for a while: "This bird gun is very powerful, but unfortunately Lao Tzu won't let it go, and the eighty brothers went to our guard camp that day to coach and coach!" ”

Cheng Yousheng said that everyone was amused, Shen Xiaoshan took the bird gun and looked at it, and found that the bird gun was not loaded with ammunition.

Shen Xiaoshan turned his head to Cheng Yousheng and said, "Look at me!" ”

Then he aimed at the wooden target opposite the shooting range, pulled the trigger hard, and the hook spring on the inner panel made a soft sound, and then the fire door opened, and the bird's gun dragon head fell.

Cheng Yousheng deliberately pretended to be naïve: "Xiaoshan, you are not authentic, you secretly learn to raise the bird gun, you people who hunt enemies are all virtuous, and they can make small moves behind their backs." ”

Cheng Yousheng is famous for his sharp teeth, and Shen Xiaoshan will not fight with him on the lips, but just glaring at him.

Zhao Shougang said: "The power of this bird gun is great, and it is convenient to use, but it is too cumbersome to lift." ”

Zhao Shougang turned to ask Liang Yuanhao: "Is there a kind of bird gun that can be directly loaded with bullets and directly pull the trigger to raise the fire." ”

Liang Yuanhao shook his head blankly and said: "This is unheard of, how can a bird gun not be lit by a fire rope!" ”

Feng Jian naturally knew that now there was a firearm strange man in the Ming Dynasty who was close to creating the kind of firearm in Zhao Shougang's mouth, which was often called a flintlock pistol in later generations.

This person is the current Nanjing Ministry of Officials Lang Bi Maokang, strictly this kind of gun can not be regarded as a real flintlock pistol, he has not solved the disadvantages of the flint can not be fired on a rainy day, but he has removed the cumbersome process of bird fire, directly fired.

However, this great invention was shelved because the Ming Dynasty could not make ends meet, and no one cared about it.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Zhenshan Camp, Feng Jian set his sights on this firearms master, but at that time he was still a small thief, and he was powerless.

Feng Jian said with a smile: "What Shougang said is not false, this commander heard that the current Nanjing Minister's Servant Lord Bi Maokang has worked with his subordinates to develop a bird gun, and its effect is just like Shou Gang Sou's description. ”

"That's the case!" Liang Yuanhao and other old people felt incredible, while Zhao Shougang, Shen Xiaoshan and other high-ranking officers of the Zhenshan Battalion were extremely happy.

Cheng Yousheng smiled and said: "This Bi Maokang is not a thing, and the sharp weapon is still hidden, and our Liang craftsmen almost flashed their tongues." ”

This was a joke, everyone laughed along, only Liang Yuanhao blushed and still muttered: "How is it possible!" ”

Subsequently, Xu Yannian, Zhou Wei, Liu Zongxi, Ma Shan and others tried guns and expressed their opinions.

These people are different from Cheng Yousheng and Fan Li, they are all the main officers of the Zhenshan Battalion, and they naturally have a long grasp of how to raise the bird gun.

Feng Jian turned to Zhang Dalai again and said, "Is the customized ammunition made by the Military Research Institute now customized with the Qi family's military birds?" ”

Zhang Da came to see Liang Yuanhao, and said to Feng Jiangong: "Liang Jianghu strictly follows the Qi family's method of military gunpowder allocation, mixed with sulfur five taels and six coins and two cents, saltpeter forty taels and three cents, and grinds them into powder, and after drying, they are granular gunpowder at the end of the film. The fixed ammunition used by our Earthquake Mountain Camp Bird Gun Soldiers is made of this kind of gunpowder. ”

Feng Jian turned to Yang Eighty and said: "Eighty brothers load a fixed ammunition, and this commander will try the gun ......!! (To be continued......)