On 22 August, in Li Zicheng's camp, everyone in the camp, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, He Yilong, Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai, Sun Kewangren, and others, all looked happily at the fire guns captured in front of them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the final statistics, a total of nearly 3,000 guns were seized from the intact East Road, and at the same time there was a part of the Weijin medicine, Wang Dou gave Cao and Wang a total of 300,000 rounds of Weijin medicine, plus their own, although after these days of fierce fighting, there was still a part left, and these drugs were ordered by Li Zicheng to be properly preserved.

What made Li Zicheng and others distressed was that some of the firecrackers had been fought for too long and too many times, and the guns were on the verge of being scrapped, and some of the new soldiers were on the verge of being scrapped before they died, in order to prevent their weapons from being seized by thieves, they smashed these firecrackers to pieces, and they could not be used.

However, these firecrackers and parts, the people in the camp, have been patiently and meticulously collected, and they have not let go of a single detail on the plains, after all, even if the guns can't be used, but the guns, the arquebuses, and so on can still be used.

At the same time, the second battalion was collected, and the wounded soldiers were about 700 people, and Li Zicheng attached great importance to these people, and handed them over to Yang Shaofan, the deputy general of the new army in Yutian Town, who had recently surrendered.

Of course, Li Zicheng is not sure whether these new troops will really surrender, because these people are all numb and silent, and many of them have many scars on their bodies, and many of them may die in the end.

But even so, Li Zicheng and the others were already satisfied, and they didn't say anything about the incident, and they also seized a lot.

At this time, Li Zicheng looked at the fire gun in his hand, this fire gun. It's a little different from the Ming guns you see on weekdays.

First of all, Li Zicheng felt that it was like a swan's neck, he tried to aim, and felt that it was very advantageous to hold and aim close to the cheeks, and many guns of the Ming army could not be put on the shoulders.

This kind of swan's neck style, it seems that there are also thrifty materials and the consideration of reducing the weight of the branches, Li Zicheng heard that Wang Dou started by robbing bandits, and he may be used to careful calculations. Make a set for thrifty money and food. But it does work.

However, it is not right to think about it, because if you save materials, you don't need to use good walnut wood for the whole body and the support. This hardwood. It has always been an excellent furniture material. The wood grain is straight, the structure is fine and even, and it is easy to carve. After painting, it has a better gloss, and the wood is not cheap.

Not to mention, the bottom plate of the butt is also made of brass, which is locked with bolts, and it is terrible to be stabbed, thinking about a gun on his face, Li Zicheng has a toothache when he thinks about it.

Look at the lower part of the mouth again, you can see that there is a copper hoop tight, the middle part is the same, and the two ends of the head of the strip are wrapped with fine iron, there are iron bolts locked, the Ming army is a lot of wooden, often broken, these East Road firearms, obviously do not have this shortcoming.

At the front and back ends of the gun, there are also fire gun straps, with metal buckles, which can be freely stretched and contracted, and it is very convenient to carry them on the body to march.

What caught Li Zicheng's attention was the fire door device on the gun machine, he slowly pulled the plate machine, and saw that the yin door slowly opened, and the yin and yang machines were linked at the same time.

Looking at the excellent process above, each part is polished smooth, the whole fire gun is exquisite, and the combat is very sharp, Li Zicheng couldn't help sighing, compared to the fire gun used in the army, these firearms in front of him are the words that Wang Dou said inadvertently, but unconsciously spread in the Ming Dynasty, high-end atmosphere and grade.

Tian saw Xiu in charge of logistics, and at this time he couldn't help but pick up a fire gun to take a closer look, and also learned from Li Zicheng to pull the board machine, and sighed: "Everything else is easy to say, that is, this yin and yang machine is not easy to make, yin opens the door, and yang is angry, I remember that during the Wanli period, Zhao Zhongshu developed Xuanyuan gun, not afraid of wind and rain." But up to now, there are many firecrackers among the officers and soldiers, and there is no such yin-yang machine, as soon as the fire door is opened, when the wind is very strong, the medicine letter will be blown away, and the battle often cannot be started, and the firecrackers captured by our righteous army will have more of that kind of firearms. ”

There was excitement in his eyes, and he had finally captured advanced weapons, and with these Hades guns, the rebels were even more powerful.

It's no wonder that he said this, although the yin-yang machine was created by Zhao Shizhen in the Wanli period, it has always been controversial, and there is a saying in the "Soldier's Record": "...... There are bamboo beak guns and self-closing fire door bird guns, which are also strange for a while, but they are troublesome in the end......"

Troublesome, difficult to build on a large scale, is the reason why it is difficult to popularize the bird gun with a self-closing fire door in the north, many generals prefer to use three-eyed guns, each gun with two or three leads, serve the enemy thirty or forty steps to put it, and the enemy cavalry breaks into it to hold this gun to replace the stuffy stick, simple and convenient.

If it is used well, the three-eyed gun is not bad, but the bird gun is the historical development trend, after all, the range is here.

A pole of firearms for a long time, it seems that each firebolt, like twin brothers, everyone in the camp, constantly praised, even if there are craftsmen in the camp can make a few such firearms, some of the exquisiteness is not inferior to this, but so large-scale, batch, no one can imagine.

Especially the kind of standardization, to leave a deep impression on everyone, the combination of medicine and medicine, can be used in the gun, unlike in the army or the Ming army, each person's lead is large or small, often difficult to use, bringing a severe test to logistics.

However, it seems that it is easier said than done, just like this caliber unity, if you really want to do it, Li Zicheng feels that it is difficult and difficult to do.

The people of the 5th Battalion of the Revolution and the Left were also very excited, according to the agreement afterwards, among the firearms captured, 1,500 strokes were divided into the camp, and the rest was distributed between their battalion and Luo Rucai and others.

Li Zicheng sighed with satisfaction, and smiled at Yang Shaofan, who had been silent next to him: "The firearms of the new army, Li has always admired, I don't know Brother Yang, can you show one or two for the brothers, let me wait to open my eyes?" ”

Everyone in the camp squinted at each other, for Yang Shaofan, they didn't know what emotions they had, but they didn't despise it, in each battalion, there were more officers and soldiers who surrendered, and there were not a few generals.

Everyone doesn't have any special feelings about changing the court. It's just that Yang Shaofan is so outstanding, but he is the first one to beat them so badly.

However, the strength of the camp is respected, after the tragic battle, Yang Shaofan surrendered, and immediately won a high position in the army, and Yuan Zongdi and others were alongside, that is, the five battalions of the revolution and the left, and the various departments of the Cao battalion, each in charge. is also close to Yang Shaofan.

Everyone looked at each other. Yang Shaofan couldn't see the expression on his face, he only clenched his fists and said loudly: "The last general will take orders!" ”

With a wave of his hand, about a hundred New Army soldiers came over, and they were all silent. Under Yang Shaofan's arrangement. Divided into four rows. There were twenty-five men in each row, each with a fire hammer in his hand, and watched them line up. Some of the generals of the camp were a little vigilant, and the guards behind the heads of the houses were also on guard, but Li Zicheng looked like nothing happened.

He noticed that these firecrackers, the fire ropes used are still a little different, they smolder more slowly, produce fewer flames, and the new army's fixed paper tubes, it seems that they can be promoted in the army, after all, this thing seems to be relatively simple, but Li Zicheng can't figure it out, where did Wang Dou get so much gunpowder, and it is still so powerful?

In addition to the captured officers and soldiers, Li Zicheng and others did not think about making gunpowder by themselves, but at this time there was a shortage of good nitrate, and to make nitrate, it was necessary to use egg whites, radishes, and a series of things to adsorb and remove the impurities inside.

What are these egg whites, they don't eat enough in the army, and they are used to adsorb impurities? Therefore, except for a small amount of gunpowder, large-scale black powder should not be made in the camp.

Ask this, Yang Shaofan also didn't understand, in Yutian, he still wanted to make gunpowder on a large scale, the formula of Weijin medicine, the generals were also very greedy, and then looked at Daming, it seems that only Wang Dou has this ability, and the secret recipe is also listed as top secret in their military factory, and there is no detail to find out.

After Yang Shaofan gave an order, the first three rows of gunners squatted down, and the back row took aim with guns, Yang Shaofan shouted again, and the fourth row of gunners fired a volley, and there was a crackling explosion, and in the smoke, the wooden sign that was used as a target dozens of steps ahead was smashed to pieces.

Li Zicheng's expression was solemn, Tian Jianxiu wiped his hands, happy and afraid, He Yilong stuck out his tongue and muttered: "Good guy......"

Only by feeling it up close can you know how terrible the firearms on the East Road are.

Li Dingguo clenched his fists, and remembered his father-in-law Zhang Xianzhong who died at the hands of Wang Dou, they crisscrossed everywhere, playing Yang Sichang's rounds, but he didn't expect to return to Xiangyang, he was ambushed by Wang Dou, this king thief means endlessly, there are sharp firearms in hand, a strong army in hand, and he himself is even more weird.

Afterwards, Li Dingguo thought about it, and there was always a creepy feeling, as if Wang Dou would be an unpredictable prophet, except for this, Li Dingguo couldn't explain clearly, how Wang Dou accurately planted an ambush in Xiangyang.

There were bursts of explosions, pungent gunsmoke, under Yang Shaofan's order, the new army shot again and again, and there were many onlookers who broke into the camp, they looked at the demonstration of the new army soldiers, and then looked at the target on that side, all of them had a look of awe, and Li Zicheng and others watching behind him didn't know what their expressions were.

Finally, Li Zicheng shouted: "Stop!" ”

Yang Shaofan ordered to stop shooting, and everyone in the camp came back to his senses.

Everyone still has a feeling of uncertainty, and everyone only feels that their hearts are pounding, which is a force that cannot be stopped by human beings.

Li Zicheng exhaled, in his feeling, in addition to the power of the firecracker, the speed of the new army to reload the medicine, also made him very appreciative, usually the Ming army fights a gun, they can fight several guns, of course, there is a credit for the fixed carton ammunition.

Li Zicheng made up his mind that he must popularize this in the army, although due to the different calibers and quality of the guns and pipes, there will certainly be many difficulties at that time, and it must be resolutely implemented.

And also......

Li Zicheng took over the firecracker in the hand of a gunner, and when they demonstrated just now, they fought four or five rounds in one go, but when they touched the gun in their hand, they could still open a lot of guns.

Tian Jianxiu also noticed this, he said: "In the past, among the captured birds, there were often three guns that could not be put again, and they needed to be wrapped in a damp cloth, and these firearms did not have this problem. ”

He knew why: "It's because of the disgrace." ”

Liu Zongmin snorted coldly: "The officers and soldiers have made some inferior firearms, how can I use them for the righteous army?" ”

Li Zicheng looked at Yang Shaofan, he wanted to know, Wang Dou can make bird guns on a large scale, what is the reason, he now has more craftsmen in the army, but left and right, he can't make many guns in a month, not to mention anything else, it is difficult to drill one in a month.

Yang Shaofan actually knows a little about these things, he said: "I heard that the East Road uses a waterwheel, ten days and half a month, you can drill a gun, especially their drill bit cutter, steel hard, do not need to be replaced often, so the drilling speed is fast." ”

In the Ming army craftsmen, there are also manpower drilling machines, such as Beijing is very common, in fact, not no one has thought about hydraulic drilling machines, the key is that the drill cutter is a low-carbon fallen steel, the hardness is insufficient, and there is no drill pipe heat dissipation method, when using hydraulics, the loss rate of the cutter that cannot be mass-produced is very high, and it feels that the gains outweigh the losses, so slowly, all aspects are changed back to manual.

And at this time, firearms warfare does not mean that it is mainly based on guns, and it does not need to be built on such a large scale, Cao Bianjiao also tried it in Yutian, and finally decided that it is better to use the master to build it slowly.

Yang Shaofan said: "The last general also thinks that the fire gun on the East Road is used for the roll method, not for the splicing method, but the gun on the East Road is not easy to blow up, and the mystery is not known to ordinary people." ”

The general splicing method is more high-quality, because when the gun pipe is made, several short pipes need to be welded into a long pipe, which cannot be created if it is not an old craftsman who has been in this line for more than ten years.

The law of rolling, that is, advocated by Qi Jiguang, is directly rolled with a double-layer wrought iron plate, the advantage is that there is no need to weld, and the level of craftsmen is not high, the disadvantage is that it is not good, there will be a difference in the texture of the front and back of the gun, and it is easy to blow up the bore, and many birds in the Ming army are like this.

But why did Wang Dou also use this method, but the gun tube was relatively uniform, and the thickness was guaranteed?

Everyone felt a headache, and Li Dingguo suddenly said: "Dare to ask General Yang, I heard that the current Wang Doujun uses the Thunderbolt Gun, and he can fire without a fire rope?" ”

Yang Shaofan looked at him, and the young general in the camp paid his attention, because he felt that Li Dingguo always had a different temperament.

He said: "Yes, among the officers and soldiers, it is called a self-made firearm, Chongzhen for eight years, Bi Yushi made firearms, no need for a fire rope, can be used in rain and snow." However, the inner spring steel sheet is not easy to make, and it is too early for the rebels to use self-generated fire guns before the self-closing fire door is used in large quantities. ”

He had no intention of telling the crowd more, how could he easily say what he knew would be the basis of his life in the future?

However, he felt that the self-generated firearm invented by Bi Maokang was always much more complicated than that used by the Jingbian Army, but he did not know that because of the problem of spring steel plates, the self-generated firearm designed by Bi Maokang was actually more similar to a revolver musket.

The flintlock pistol is ignited by the flint, and the flintlock is also the cover of the fire door, and when the flint is struck down, in order to ensure the success of the ignition, the steel sheet of the spring needs to be very strong, which is not trivial.

Also because the hammer spring is not strong, Bi Maokang had to add many parts inside, and finally it was similar to a revolver musket, which was still different from the flintlock pistol of the Jingbian Army.

Li Zicheng and the others listened to Li Dingguo's conversation with Yang Shaofan with great interest, but this topic was too far away from them, what kind of thunderbolt must have a self-closing fire door, and at present, there are few self-closing fire doors in the army, and the thunder gun with flint is even more out of reach, so we can only talk about it later.

Li Zicheng is even more calculating, at present, the army has captured a lot of firearms on the East Road, and there are elite new troops to join, so it should be possible to build a special firearms battalion.

He must collect more gunpowder to prevent the captured Weijin sub-medicine from running out, and then make gunpowder, even if the power is not as good as the gunpowder on the east road, but with a fine bird gun in hand, it is more than enough to use inferior sub-medicine to deal with ordinary officers and soldiers.

Sun Kewang fiddled with the firearm in his hand with great interest, thinking about what he should do after he got it.

But he suddenly woke up to the fact that these firearms that his own people had brought treasures to him were only a very small part of Wang Dou's army, and he still had artillery, sharper thunderbolts, and all kinds of weapons that he didn't know, even if he had some firearms?

He was dripping in a cold sweat, and thought, I heard that Wang Dou was fighting against the Mongols outside the Saiwai, I don't know what happened now? (To be continued.) )