Chapter 204 - Trial Production of Firearms (1)

After Li Junxian asked Mulan to send someone to invite the craftsmen from the Ordnance Supervisor, Li Junxian personally went to greet them to show his attention to them. And those craftsmen were also a little surprised, he didn't expect Li Junxian to come to greet them in person.

"A few masters, you can come here, it's a long way to come!" Li Junxian bowed again and again, showing his respect.

These craftsmen can be said to be the top craftsmen of this era, and Li Junxian believes that no matter what industry in the world is top, it is worthy of respect. Therefore, Li Junxian maintains a certain respect for these craftsmen, after all, they have all achieved the top in weapon production, and in later generations, they are all at the level of senior technicians or senior engineers of the Ordnance Industry Group.

"Don't dare, General Li is a great general of the imperial court, how dare we let you salute us?" The leader of the craftsman returned the salute again and again, indicating his inferiority.

"The weapons of the Tang Dynasty are all built by you, without you, our soldiers would not be able to win the battle, so you are the strong backing of our Datang soldiers. I should bow to you! Li Junxian also said modestly.

"Okay, don't be modest, let's get to work quickly!" Mulan said.

Only then did Li Junxian and those craftsmen react, they were actually entangled in etiquette issues here, and they put the cart before the horse. So, they were soon ready to start working.

"General Li, what kind of weapon do you want us to make?" The artisan leader asked.

Li Junxian replied: "Actually, this is a weapon designed by me personally, you try to make it first, and then find a way to develop a method of mass production." We are only here for trial production today, and if it is successful, it will be produced on a large scale. ”

"General Lee, what good things have been made? Could it be that General Li designed a Qimen weapon? The artisan leader asked.

"We're designing firearms, weapons that use gunpowder, so you just have to follow my design drawings!" Li Junxian said.

Li Junxian took out three drawings from his locker, pointed to the drawings and said; "These three drawings are the Tiger Squat Cannon, the Flying Thunder Cannon, and a swarm of rockets. Which one do you think will be made first? ”

The craftsmen walked up to the drawings. Under Li Junxian's explanation, he began to analyze the design of these drawings.

And the leader of the craftsmen finally pointed to the flying thunder cannon and said, "General Li, this flying thunder cannon looks relatively simple. Let's start simple! ”

For unfamiliar objects, craftsmen start with simplicity, in order to gain experience before moving on to making other things. And Li Junxian saw that these craftsmen said that they would make flying thunder cannons first, and they didn't say anything, and they were about to start.

The so-called flying thunder cannon is a kind of conscienceless cannon in later generations. The Flying Thunder Cannon is a weapon developed by an engineer company commander during the Liberation War, which can throw a very large explosive package 200 meters away. Later, the improved flying thunder cannon was able to reach a range of about four or five hundred meters. And the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon is very great, and the sound alone can shock and kill countless enemy soldiers. And Li Junxian, a person who has no conscience, can completely strengthen this cannon without conscience. That is, put some broken iron nails and other things in the explosives bag, so that the killing of enemy personnel is countless times greater.

"A few masters, can you build the body of this flying thunder cannon?" Li Junxian asked.

"No problem at all, this simple structure can be created by most craftsmen!" The craftsmen reassured.

The assurances of those craftsmen were heard. Li Junxian was also initially relieved, after all, they are experts in the weapons industry, and he is just a layman. The so-called Flying Thunder Cannon is made from gasoline barrels, so it is also very simple.

"Ding Ding Ding ......" craftsmen began to build the cannon body of the Flying Thunder Cannon.

After a few hours, a decent-looking Flying Thunder Cannon was created. And Li Junxian looked at the cannon body, as if there was no problem. It's also relatively light and thin. However, whether this cannon body is qualified or not depends on the test of gunpowder, and if it cannot withstand the test, it still cannot be used.

Li Junxian has successfully set up a gunpowder workshop in the past two months and has accumulated a part of gunpowder. And Li Junxian now asked the craftsmen of those gunpowder workshops to wrap the gunpowder and make it into a disc shape. Li Junxian then began to let the gunpowder workers be the gunners first. Because they are more familiar with gunpowder, if someone else does it, I am afraid it will have to explode.

Li Junxian saw that the gunpowder workers had placed the shells and gunpowder, and then Li Junxian found a specially made lead wire with a length of hundreds of meters and came to the front of the artillery. The lead was placed in the gun's propellant chamber.

"General Li, don't you need it? Do you need such a long lead? The gunpowder foreman said.

"I'm telling you, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, if we are not careful this time, we will probably die. Firearms are, after all, a foreign thing, and we must be careful and careful. Li Junxian said.

Li Junxian and those craftsmen and gunpowder workers left hundreds of meters behind the muzzle, this is an open space, so it is very empty, there is enough space to transfer.

Li Junxian confirmed that the flying thunder cannon was ready, and immediately ignited the lead that was hundreds of meters long. Everyone began to wait for a long time, and Li Junxian was also looking at the flying thunder cannon from hundreds of meters away, after all, this was the first thing he designed, of course he had to care.

"Get down!" Seeing that the lead was about to burn to the flying thunder cannon, he hurriedly asked everyone to lie down.

"General Li, don't you need it?"

"Get down! This is my command! ”

After everyone heard Li Junxian's order, they all immediately lay down. And the lead continued to burn, step by step to the powder room of the flying thunder cannon, which could explode at any time.

"Bump!" There was a loud bang, and the cannon exploded in place.

Li Junxian and the craftsmen all felt a wave of air blowing over, as if they wanted to blow them away. The flying thunder cannon can spread hundreds of meters away just by air waves, fortunately Li Junxian let people lie down, otherwise I am afraid that even people will be blown away. And Li Junxian was even more glad that he did not place broken iron nails in the shell this time, otherwise he was afraid that even if he lay down, it would be dangerous.

After Li Junxian's anger subsided, he stood up and looked at it, shook his head helplessly and said, "It's blown up!" ”