Chapter Forty-Nine: No Idle Days

The next day, Zhao Ta still stayed in the workshop for a day, there was a team responsible for 'developing' new products, gathering the skilled craftsmen in the workshop, they developed a long-barreled sniper rifle that can fire high-power bullets according to the instructions of the prince, which needs the acceptance of the prince, and the manufacturing of another sharp weapon has encountered a bottleneck, and it also needs the personal guidance of the prince.

Zhao Ta circled around the big guy in the middle of the room a few times, waved his hand and instructed a few craftsmen to break it down into parts, looking at the laborious appearance of the craftsmen, he was bitter in his mouth, and said that "science and technology are the primary productive forces", which is really true, this is a machine gun, the size and weight have caught up with the mountain artillery of later generations.

Zhao Ta also knew the difficulty of developing machine guns, but in the melee of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield of cold weapons, although the power of the musket was great, the shooting density was limited after all, and his range did not have much advantage compared with the current powerful bow and crossbow. If it is a cavalry charge, a distance of a few hundred meters will not take much time, and if the opponent is not afraid of casualties, it is not impossible to rush to the front of him for hand-to-hand combat. After all, the cavalry was still in use in World War II, and it was only after the standardized use of armored weapons that it was retired from active service.

At the speed of the cavalry's charge, his artillery fired at most two volleys, and the enemy was in front of him, so the artillery had the highest casualty rate among all arms in the early stage of artillery use. This required a weapon with high density of fire and great power to suppress the massive charge of cavalry, and the machine gun was the first choice. But what kind of world is now, even if he can make 'Makqin', he can't make a matching bullet, he can only be realistic, and choose a hand-cranked machine gun, although this thing is bigger, the style is older, and there are more people used when shooting, but it is still possible to succeed.

The 'Gatling' hand-cranked machine gun was invented by the American Gatling, and the shooter rotated the barrels evenly arranged along the circumference by shaking the crank, and the chamber filled with ammunition entered the locking slot behind each barrel from the feeding hopper. When the barrel is turned to a certain position, the firing pin fires the ammunition. And when the barrel is turned to another position, the chamber after the shot exits the machine gun. The chamber can be reused, and the barrel rotation can complete the loading, firing and unloading of six rounds of ammunition, reaching a rate of fire of 200 to 400 rounds per minute, similar to the principle of firing a revolver.

Because Zhao's bullet was a firing ammunition at the edge of the cartridge case, he chose Gatling's improved conical chamber with a combined chamber and barrel, with a larger diameter at the rear of the barrel to make it easier for the projectile to enter the barrel. The working principle determines that it has the advantages of being able to shoot in bursts and have strong firepower, but it also has the disadvantages of large weight and poor mobility, so it has to be dragged by horses like a cannon, and four or five people cooperate with the operation.

Wang Ye is worthy of learning mechanical background, quickly found the problem, speaking of people do not want people, he is on the map of the homework, people are according to the cat and the tiger, with the inevitable slightest mistake, but the chief designer is not there, no one dares to change, everyone according to the prince's instructions to modify the post, loaded the drum, the machine gun on the 'quack' cheer, of course, it is an air bomb. When the gun was fired, Zhao Ta instructed them to cooperate with the pro-guard team to test the test, and granted them the right to 'cut first and then play', without asking for instructions on everything. In the evening, Zhao Tan held a banquet in the canteen of the workshop and had dinner with everyone, encouraging everyone to make persistent efforts and create more brilliance

On the third day, Zhao Ta inspected Beifu in the morning, inspected the remaining personnel of the pro-guard team, and arranged for them to change shifts, after all, the pro-guards who followed him into Beijing did not go home for half a year, although they still insisted on training in Beijing, but limited to the nature of the site and the task, many projects were put on hold, in order to ensure that the combat effectiveness did not decline, rotation was necessary. At the same time, the 'team committee' of the pro-guard team unanimously decided that in order to ensure the safety of Wang Ye Jiangnan and his entourage, it was necessary to send an additional number of people to accompany him.

Zhao Ta then arranged the next stage of training, now there is no war, and there are not so many bandits for them to suppress, only through continuous training and exercises to ensure combat effectiveness, so that the string in their minds is always tight. Zhao then handed them several pamphlets and maps, which contained information about the military, political and geographical situation of Western Xia, which he had extracted from the intelligence collected by the caravan, and it might not be long before they would leave for the northwest, and some of the situations they were going to settle. …,

In the afternoon, Zhao Ta reviewed the club, now there is no shortage of horses in the house, and the Thousand Riding Club is finally worthy of its name, under the training of high pets, these people have been able to gallop on horses, shoot bows and arrows, and when thousands of horses stand in front of Zhao Ta, he finally has the feeling of being a general. But the most surprising thing for Zhao Ta was that Gao Zhong this kid actually selected five hundred tall and strong men from Sheding and Zhuangke, and let them wear more than 30 pounds of fish scale armor, with a 30-pound big axe, this big axe can be chopped, smashed, stabbed, hooked, dismounted is a sharp weapon against cavalry, and the horse is a human tank, which can charge into battle, and its strength is comparable to the elite Mo knife team of the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Ta looked at their performance and shook his head, these people are dressed bulkyly, they have to be equipped with what kind of horses to keep up with their light horses, and more importantly, it is not painful to pet this kid cub to sell Ye Tian, these big men have such a large amount of exercise, how much do they have to eat a day

On the fourth day, Zhao Tan went to Yixue to offer condolences, visited the teachers and students, presented pen, ink, paper, inkstones and a batch of books brought from Beijing, and watched the performance of their military training achievements. Of course, Zhao Ta gave an impromptu speech, encouraging everyone to study hard, learn the skills to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and contribute to the country. He doesn't have to write this draft, he just opens his mouth, in his previous life, from kindergarten to graduation from military school, the leader came to talk about it, he has long been familiar with it, just change it slightly.

On the fifth day, Zhao Ta convened a joint meeting of high-level party, government, and military leaders in Fuzhong, briefed them on the situation in Beijing and the goals of the next stage of work, and asked everyone to prepare for the ideological preparation for war. Production should be more emphasis on the military industry, and tanneries, clothing factories, and food factories should step up the production of military products. It was ordered to increase financial support for the shops stationed in the northwest, expand them into logistics bases, hoard grain, horse materials and medicines, and adjust the routes of the three caravans to secretly transport the required funds and materials to the northwest in advance. 500 loyal and reliable people were selected from among the members of the company, and they began to secretly conduct training in the use of muskets, and at the same time, the baggage and artillery units were expanded on the original basis, and the training was strengthened, so as to rapidly develop combat effectiveness.

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Zhao Ta and his entourage lived in Xiangyi for seven days, and it was about to reach the Dragon Boat Festival in May, and a group of officials and guards who accompanied the travel were in a hurry, and they received orders to reach Jiangnan as soon as possible, away from the capital, and when they got there, they were grinding, and it was best to grind him for a year and a half, and then return to Beijing next year. But as soon as the prince arrived, he couldn't see anyone, although they ate and drank well every day, and they were accompanied by someone when they traveled, but they couldn't complete the tasks assigned by the leader, they were really anxious, wondering if the prince sneaked back to the capital and left them all behind.

At midnight, two carriages suddenly came to the wharf of the palace, and a few got off the car and came to the side of a big boat, "Zhou waits for the system, let's say goodbye to the teacher, there will be a period later" Zhao Tachong arched his hand to the two, these two people are the two guests who went out of Beijing with them, one is the middle-aged bachelor Zhou Bangyan, and the other is a graceful woman wearing a gauze hat, but it is the famous Li Shishi.

"The prince is gracious, and the lower officials are unforgettable," Zhou Bangyan said.

"Lord Wang, the concubine is polite," Master Li bowed down.

"Let the girl be frightened, I'm sorry for the king" Zhao Ta returned the salute, in order to break his father's thoughts, he didn't do anything, and simply tied up Master Li and secretly sent him to his own boat on the eve of leaving Beijing.

"No, no, thank you to the prince for his success, since then, although the concubine has followed Zhou Lang to avoid Jiangnan, it is better than that laughing day" Where did Master Li dare to accept it, he turned sideways and said. That Zhou Bangyan because he offended the emperor, he was found to be demoted out of Beijing, and went to Luzhou to serve as a Xuezheng, he is the old friend of Li Shishi, the two of them are in harmony, and Lang has long had the intention of having a concubine, and if it is not good, he would have hooked up and become a traitor, and Zhao Ji still thought that people were 'guarding himself like jade' for him, and he was the one who rewarded things and built a house. Zhao Ta was a good person and gave Master Li to Zhou Bangyan, this old boy was happy, he lost his official position but hugged the beauty, and he was not a loss.

"The girl is used to the days of brocade clothes and jade food, Luzhou is poor, the king took the girl away in a hurry, and all the soft should be thrown away, even if the king pays the girl" Zhao Ta waved his hand, and the two guards unloaded the two boxes from the car and ordered the sailors to carry them to the ship.

"Thank you to the prince, the concubine has nothing to repay, so let the concubine sing the new words of the first Zhou Lang" Say it, expand her singing voice, "Liu Yin is straight." The smoke is blue. Sui embankment soil, once seen a few points, the water drifting to see off the color. Climb to see your homeland. Who knows Jinghua tired guest, Changting Road, year to year... Xuyang is in spring, Nian Yuexie joins hands, and the bridge is heard. Contemplating the past, like a dream, tears are dropping..."Master Li sang while wiping his tears with a red scarf, singing 'Wine while mourning, the lamp reflects the light and leaves the table', 'Contemplating the past, like a dream, tears are dropping' couldn't help but be so sad that he could hardly sing

"Damn, this poem was originally written by Zhou Bangyan when he was demoted out of Beijing, but now it has become a farewell to himself" Zhao Ta smiled bitterly in his heart, but he could see Master Li's teardrops on his cheeks, Chu Chu's pitiful appearance, and he thought about what was recorded in the history of the wilderness: After the Jingkang Change, Zhao Ji was escorted out of Beijing, and Master Li disregarded his safety, broke into the gold camp alone to visit Zhao Ji, and swallowed the hairpin martyrdom, which can be regarded as a woman with affection and righteousness. Today, she let her follow Zhou Bangyan, who is already more than fifty years old, and she feels unbearable

Master Li sang, saluted the prince again, and boarded the boat without looking back, Zhao Ta watched the shadow of the boat disappear into the darkness before returning abruptly, but thinking that there was one less famous person in history, but there were more pairs ......of fairy couples in the rivers and lakes, and he felt relieved,