The news that the improvement of the Mauser gun and the Hongyi cannon has come to an end, so that Zheng Xunrui is really excited, in the past year, millions of taels of silver have been invested, and countless improvements have been made, so that Bi Maokang and others can no longer continue to find out the faults.

You must know that when the Denglai army was formed, each eight thousand taels of silver Hongyi cannons made the imperial court grit its teeth and was unwilling to buy, and today's Huai'an Firearms Bureau, but invested millions of taels of silver to develop firearms, the comparison in this has made people see the short-sightedness of the imperial court, of course, Zheng Xunrui attaches so much importance to the development of firearms, and even Tang Ruowang, Long Huamin and Deng Yuhan and others did not agree to the proposal to introduce some firearms from the West, which is also a little confusing.

Now all this has disappeared, and the Mauser gun and the improved Hongyi cannon, Fran machine and other technologies are all controlled by the Huai'an Firearms Bureau, and it is impossible for the outside world to know, which means that the most advanced firearms technology is controlled, and when it is applied to actual combat, it can completely change the course and outcome of the war.

The fifth day of the third month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen.

Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Jinhong, Xu Wanghua, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xinyu, Hong Xingui, Ma Xianglin, Su Congjun, Su Manzi, Wang Xiaoer, Zheng Kaitao and other senior generals of the Zheng Jiajun in Huai'an, as well as Yang He, Wang Yuncheng, Ding Baokun and others who specially rushed back from Fuzhou and Penglai, all came to the location of the former Dahewei, which was about five miles away from the Firearms Bureau.

It has been renovated and expanded into a firearms testing site, and all the surrounding area is guarded by Zheng Jiajun soldiers.

Bi Maokang, Zhao Danyu, Tang Ruowang, Long Huamin, Deng Yuhan, Bo Yu and others have been waiting here for a long time, and the ten Mauser guns, two Hongyi cannons, and two Furlong machines that have been developed have been completely finalized are all placed here.

Strictly speaking. Except for Zheng Xunrui, the rest of the officers of the Zheng family army did not have much confidence in firearms, after all, they had all been in contact with firearms and knew the advantages and disadvantages of firearms, in their opinion. No matter how it is developed, the fatal shortcomings of firearms always exist, and when the two armies face each other, it is difficult for firearms to play a decisive role. On rainy days, there is no effect, and the speed of firing is not up to the requirements, often after firing one or two bullets, the cavalry has already charged in front of them, and by this time. An arquebus is not as good as a burning stick.

Besides, the Hongyi cannon is indeed very powerful, but this thing is too bulky, and the speed of firing is limited, often after four or five shells, the barrel of the cannon is red, and it can no longer be fired, and it must wait until the chamber cools down. In order to be able to continue the launch, the speed of the Furlong machine is faster, but the power is not very great.

Of course, there is one of the biggest problems. That's everyone's heart, that is, the problem of the arquebus and the Hongyi cannon exploding, which is the most fatal problem, and when the battle is going on, the exploding will directly cause the collapse of their own military morale.

For these reasons, Zheng Jiajun rarely used firearms. The opportunities for the use of artillery were also not very many, the vast majority of battles. still rely on the soldiers to fight face-to-face with the opponent.

If it weren't for Zheng Xunrui's direct request this time, many people would not want to watch the firearms test and launch.

The weather was fine. The sky was blue with a slight wind.

In the empty camp, everything was already laid out.

When they entered the camp, Liu Zeqing and the others widened their eyes, and the most intuitive thing they saw was the target position, and the distance between the target position and the Mauser gun was about 200 meters.

You must know that the Firearms Bureau has consumed too much silver, and the Mauser gun developed has a firing range of about 200 meters, and even the range of the arquebus can reach a distance of about 150 meters, of course, everyone knows that beyond the distance of 50 meters, the arquebus is basically not lethal, even if it is a cavalry shot by the arquebus at a distance of 50 meters, it can still charge with a spear or a spear.

The officers of the Zheng family army are most concerned about the Mauser gun, they have only heard of it, they have never seen it, and they do not have much confidence, at this time, the official shooting has not yet begun, Liu Zeqing and others have come over to look at the Mauser gun, and Zheng Xunrui is accompanied by Zheng Jinhong and Xu Wanghua and others.

"It's weird, why doesn't this Mauser gun have an arquebus, and the bullets are also one by one, how to fire it......"

"What is this handle on the top of the rifle for, and where are the bullets put in......

"Does it take a lot of force to pull the trigger......

"Interesting, there's a steel knife on the chamber, this thing is good, it can be used to kill the enemy......"

Liu Zeqing and others surrounded Bo Yu and kept asking questions, but Bo Yu was smiling, just nodding and not speaking.

Next to each Mauser, there were twenty bullets neatly placed, and after seeing these bullets, there were exclamations one after another, which were things that no one had ever seen, the front of the bullet was oval, the bullet head was very sharp, the back of the bullet was wrapped in fine iron, and there was a small oval shell on the buttocks of the bullet.

This surprised everyone, such a large bullet could not be put into the chamber of the gun, and there was no way to see the whole bar.

What makes everyone even more curious is a small circle-shaped thing on the top of the chamber of the Mauser, at the front of the chamber, there is also something similar to an iron block in the middle of the chamber, the iron block is protruding, and there is a small groove in the middle.

Wang Xiaoer, who was accustomed to reconnaissance, began to walk sideways to look at the distance of the target position, and the final test distance was indeed two hundred meters, but this was nothing, what really shocked everyone was the target position.

The target position is set up with three layers of wooden boards, which is the standard target position today, but the target position of the arquebus was tested before, and the distance was generally about 50 meters, and after the arquebus was launched, the whistling bullet may not be able to hit the target position, even if it hit, most of the time it can not penetrate, someone has done a special test, and the target displacement is moved to a distance of about 30 meters, which can ensure that the arquebus completely penetrates the target position.

The three-layer plank is actually the strength that the cotton armor and the body can withstand, and the ability to penetrate the three-layer plank indicates that the bullet can penetrate the human body.

Although the official occurrence had not yet begun, what they saw in front of them had already surprised everyone, and everyone gradually fell silent, they did not dare to imagine what it would mean if the Mauser gun could penetrate a target position two hundred meters away.

At that time, the experiment began.

Zheng Xunrui strode in front of the first Mauser.

Everyone looked at Zheng Xunrui, and Hong Xinyu stood less than one meter away from Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui lay on the ground, picked up the Mauser gun, and put the entire body of the gun on the clay platform that had been set up a long time ago.

Zheng Xunrui's skillful movements made a burst of exclamations around him, you must know that Zheng Xunrui is the crown prince and the governor of Caoyun, and he is so familiar with the firing of the Mauser gun.

Soon, Zheng Xunrui used his hand to pull the handle located on the top of the gun chamber, and with the slide of the handle, a boxy hole appeared at the bottom of the gun chamber, Zheng Xunrui picked up a bullet from the wooden table, pressed it into the hole, and pulled the handle again, and the square hole disappeared.

Then, Zheng Xunrui closed his left eye and looked at the circle-shaped thing at the front of the chamber.

As you know, this is aiming, that circle-style thing, it should be a scope.

"Bang ......"

A crisp shot rang out, bullets whistled out, and an oval-shaped cartridge case ejected from the bottom of the chamber.

Just when everyone was still stunned, Zheng Xunrui pulled the handle again and poured in the second bullet.

A crisp gunshot appeared, and the bullets went out again......

All twenty bullets on the table were fired.

Zheng Xunrui stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and asked Bo Yu on the side.

"Lord Bo, can you calculate the time?"

"My lord, all the twenty bullets went out, and there was no jamming, and it took a total of ninety-five breaths."

There was a deathly silence all around, and twenty rounds of ammunition in a minute and a half were the concept, and everyone understood that at such a rate, even a grand cavalry charge would be enough to deal with.

Wang Xiaoer, who was impatient, had already taken over the target position from the hands of the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau and ran towards Zheng Xunrui and the others.

After seeing the target position, there were exclamations around me.

On the target position, the round holes are very conspicuous, which is obviously the result of the design of the Mauser gun just now, all the round holes have penetrated the target position, and they are very clean, which shows that the strength of the bullet is huge.

Twenty bullets can occur in a minute and a half, and each bullet can penetrate a target position at a distance of 200 meters, which indicates something, if you don't understand, you can only be considered a fool.

Looking at the target position, Zheng Xunrui's face showed a comfortable smile.

He turned to the crowd and spoke.

"This is the Mauser gun developed by the Firearms Bureau, it took nearly a year, you are all the backbone of the Zheng family's army, today you will be under the guidance of Lord Bi, Lord Tang, Lord Long, Lord Deng and Lord Bo, skillfully operate the Mauser gun, hearing is false, seeing is believing, the power of the Mauser gun, I will not say more, and then we will test the Hongyi cannon and the Fran machine, especially the Hongyi cannon, the power that can be produced is unimaginable to you."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, the exclamations and discussions around him immediately appeared, and everyone was eager to try it, thinking that they could immediately test the power of the Mauser gun, which was a firearm they had never seen before, and its power had exceeded their imagination.

Xu Wanghua on the side looked at Zheng Xunrui and looked at everyone, he finally understood why Zheng Xunrui decided to attack Luoyang Mansion City, and decided to face the huge Liukou with a small number of troops, with Mauser guns and Hongyi cannons, it can be said that Liukou is about to encounter a devastating blow. (To be continued)