The breech gun has become, that is to say, with naval guns, breech giant guns, in addition to being fortress guns and shore defense guns, with the current means, it is still difficult to turn him into a field artillery!

The boundaries of the four provinces are mountainous, and the use of giant cannons is not great, and there is no need for such giant cannons to sweep the Qing Dynasty, and the research and development of artillery is considered to have reached a bottleneck, and steel has become a restrictive thing.

During this time, in addition to exploring the skills of casting cannons, the rest is to turn breech guns into naval guns, and the range and power of cannonballs are the next problems to be solved.

With Howard entering the gun factory, the busy scene is gratifying, but I don't know what the results are?

"General Yang, this is Colt 1847, and the current production is fifteen hundred a month!"

When he said this, Howard was also very scared, this General Yang gave himself the task of expanding production by a hundred times, and the current output is only five times that of half a year ago, seeing what happened to those two cannon casting technicians, Howard also sweated in his heart for his fate.

"Five times as much? How long will it take you to complete the goal of 30,000 I said? A year? Or two years? ”

It is easy to expand production capacity, but it is not easy to do it, technicians are a trench for capacity expansion, the Qing Dynasty is not Millikan, there are not so many technicians, these people need to be trained one by one, and a hundred times the expansion of production capacity is by no means three or five months can be completed.

"General Yang, it's like this! Mr. Colt brought 15,000 Hall rifles from Millican, along with the technical and manufacturing equipment for Hall rifles, and now the arsenal can produce 500 Hall rifles a month.

It will take at least three years to expand production a hundredfold. If the machinery and equipment are sufficient. It also takes about two years. ”

Yang Meng's mechanic problem. It is also a major problem restricting Howard's expansion, five times in half a year, which is also considered a god speed, and the speed of expansion will also slow down.

This is still a problem of manpower, and the ingenious strong man is the basis for this expansion, and the production capacity has been expanded by five times. Among these people, they can learn their ingenuity as soon as they are used, and the remaining large number of people need to be trained slowly, and in three years, it is already the result of Howard gritting his teeth and stomping his feet.

Another factor restricting the expansion of production capacity is machinery and equipment, almost all of Yunnan's machinery are imported, and self-made machinery is still in the test, and machinery Yunnan can not be self-sufficient. And military machinery, although it is quite profitable. However, it is impossible for foreign machinery factories to hoard a large number of military machinery.

The machinery in the arsenal is also the product of several countries and more than a dozen countries, and the machines that produce the same parts and components are of different sizes and principles, and there is no sufficient machinery, relying on manpower alone, and expanding production is also a difficult road.

"Howard, you have done a good job, Taichen, give Mr. Howard a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, and you should try your best to meet Mr. Howard's needs."

From scratch, from less to more, the progress of Yunnan's military industry has Howard's hard work, this is a loyal person, and Yang Meng will certainly not be stingy.

"Xie Lu, General Xie Yang's generosity! Can I bury those two cannon casting technicians? ”

The death of the rabbit and the fox are sad, this is also Howard's feelings, although the death of the two people was self-inflicted, but the cruelty and ruthlessness of General Yang was also deeply engraved in Howard's heart.

"Yes, just bury it at the door of the arsenal! It's also good that people who have crooked thoughts have a reference!

is still the same sentence, you are loyal, I will not hesitate to reward, if you are cheating and cheating, Lao Tzu will turn his face and be ruthless! ”

Howard doesn't care what he thinks of himself, as long as these people are still in Yunnan, Yang Meng can make them loyal, the desire for life, the fear of death, and the pursuit of wealth are the means by which Yang Meng makes these people.

If they were in their homeland, Yang Meng would not have the ability, but when they arrived in Yunnan, they couldn't help it.

"I'll definitely remember it!"

As Yang Meng said, in terms of technology and design, Howard has no idea of deceiving Yang Meng at all, even if he has, whether he can deceive Yang Meng is also a question, for his own life, Howard is extremely cherished, and similarly, the elite of the Milican military industry, the pursuit of wealth is also quite eager.

"That's good! How is the imitation work of Dressal done? ”

Hall 1836 was a transitional weapon with little future to speak of, and the technique of Colt 1847 could only be slowly improved after the appearance of copper-shelled bullets.

Only Dressey is a firearm that can be used for five to ten years, and mass-producing this gun, Yang Meng still has a purpose, but it is not yet time.

"More than a dozen have been made, but it's just ......"

In this era, as long as it involves machinery, there are basically no technical barriers, and the raw materials are just like that, just the structural problems of the design, and they can be imitated when they see it, Howard's voice directly made Yang Meng's mood a little worse.

"But what?"

Yang Meng wanted the manufacturing skills of Dreiser and Hall, because these two guns were ahead of the times, and under the condition that the firing range was about the same, the firing speed was undoubtedly the key factor in determining the victory or defeat of the war, and the firing speed that was six to seven times faster than the front-loading gun was what Yang Meng needed.

"Fatal flaw!"

"What is the fatal flaw?"

"Shoot the pin!"

"I know the way, but the needle is annealed and deformed?"

As soon as Howard mentioned this, Yang Meng immediately thought of the slightly exaggerated firing needle of Dresser 1841, piercing into the depths of the medicine room and exploding with fire. The heat generated by the medicine is definitely a great test for the needle, and the annealing and deformation have become a problem in front of Yang Meng and Howard.

"Yes! If it is fired continuously, half of the firing pins will be deformed after dozens of shots, and the deformed firing pins will not touch the bottom fire, and the gun will become a waste product.

If only a dozen shots are fired in a row, the life of the dresser is still very long. ”

The life of the firearm is definitely an extremely critical issue, and a dozen shots in a row should be enough. But this rate of fire. Yes for breech guns.

A dozen rounds were fired from the breech gun. The firing speed of the post-loading Dryser is nearly 100 rounds, and most of the firing pins cannot cross this barrier.

"Swapping the firing pin for a detachable one, can you solve this problem?"

It's good if there is a problem, imitation and modification are carried out simultaneously, since there is a technique. Now it's time for a retrofit.

"It's feasible in the arsenal, but on the battlefield, it's still extremely troublesome to change the firing pin!

Equipping a soldier with a set of tools not only increases the load, but it may not come in time at that time! ”

Howard tried this method, but it was a little unrealistic, changing the needle was definitely a simple process in the arsenal, but on the battlefield, this simple process. It's also getting extremely complicated.

"Make the firing pin shorter and put the built-in primer. How about switching to an external one? ”

Solving such a problem is not difficult for Yang Meng, and three or five solutions have already taken shape in his mind.

"Yes! But there is also a problem, changing the built-in primer to an external primer, fire. If the medicine is not burned sufficiently, it will inevitably affect the range of the musket! ”

Yang Meng gave an opinion, Howard gave a negative opinion, and it is undoubtedly a great thing to have a firearms expert by his side.

"Hmmm! This is also a problem, what about lengthening the copper cap of the primer, increasing the amount of the primer, and thickening the firing pin? ”

For the improvement of Dresser, it is getting closer and closer to modern firearms, and the admiration on Howard's face is getting heavier and heavier, compared to Mr. Colt, this General Yang of the Qing State is not bad at all, and he is definitely a genius in the military industry.

"You can try this right away!"

"Then give it a try!"

With an idea, a box of brand-new Dresser was carried to the factory, and this box of Dressey also aroused Yang Meng's interest.

"Howard, is this the new Dresser?"

"Oh...... No, it was the three hundred Dressers that Mr. Colt had purchased, and Mr. Colt also came with the goods this time! ”

"Is Colt here too? Where is he? ”

Colt is a god man, since he came, of course Yang Meng wanted to see it, although the revolver was not Colt's first creation, but the appearance of Colt's revolver is still epoch-making.

"I only stopped at sea for a while before going to Europe, and this time Mr. Colt went to Europe for the 100,000 Dressers customized by General Yang."

As soon as he heard this, Yang Meng laughed, shit! If it weren't for the opening of Colt's 1847 sales, he would have wandered the seas?

"Go ahead! Presumably, when Colt returns to rice, we will have a meeting! ”

Howard was busy transforming Dresser, and Yang Meng also picked up a Dresser's fixed ammunition, an acorn-shaped projectile, which looked a little funny, I really don't know how long the brains of the designers of the road are, the teardrop-shaped bullet is definitely longer than the round lead bullet.

Just as he was about to speak, Yang Meng found something in Howard's hand, a pencil! This thing was already there, and I knew that I wouldn't need that Rausch charcoal.

"Howard, you have a pencil in your hand?"

"yes?"

was interrupted by Yang Meng, Howard was also a little helpless and angry, what is there to be surprised by a pencil?

"Do you know how this thing is made?"

"Zhilu Dao! Quite simply, a standardized strip of wood is mechanically cut and glued together with a refill to form a pencil. ”

As a professional gunsmith, the production process of pencils is as simple as gasping for air for Howard, except for the formula of the refill, everything else is not a problem.

"Mechanically cut standardized strips of wood? Howard, are the butts still being produced by hand now? ”

The speaker had no intention of listening, and Howard's mechanical cutting opened Yang Meng's mind again.

"General Yang, you mean to make gun butts with machinery? In that case, the cost of manufacturing the butt is not low! Even higher than manual production. ”

After a brief thought about the production process of the buttstock, it is obviously impossible to form it at one time, and if it is molded several times, there will be more machinery and equipment invested.

Now the process of producing the butt is not purely manual, the cutting of wood, there are still machines, and the production of butts with machinery, from the research and development of machinery to the production, is also a huge investment.

"With mechanical, ingenious carpentry, you can become a gunsmith, and those apprentices can really come in handy, which will help you expand your production capacity a lot!"

In the land of the four provinces, although there are a lot of strong men, but there are still not many craftsmen with craftsmanship, to train a technician, it is not a matter of one or two days, the original craftsman is not difficult to convert into a technician, and Yunnan now needs a large number of professional technicians, with these people, in the next few years, the gap of mechanics in Yunnan will be really blocked.

"Designing and manufacturing machinery and equipment is also a problem, which is a burden for the arsenal!"

Although General Yang's idea is good, the burden on Howard's shoulders is not light, and changing careers is also very risky for Howard, and once General Yang's task is not completed, it will be lost.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll arrange for someone else to do it, you can concentrate on transforming Dresser!"

After asking his own question, Yang Meng threw Howard aside, turned around and began to order Ding Taichen.

"Taichen, do we have a match factory in Xishan?"

"There's one!"

"That's good, let Master Ge develop and manufacture the machinery for the butt, these machines are not very difficult, and you can modify some of the original machinery.

Build a pencil factory in Xishan, and the new army should popularize it. The leftover materials for making pencils are used to make matchsticks, and when the butt factory is built, the scraps from the butts are used to make pencils.

What kind of model is this? Recycling, every thing in our hands, we have to squeeze every drop of oil and water! (To be continued......)