While the tank was moving, on the machine gun platform on one side, the machine gun operator fired a burst of strafing, emptied a magazine, and swept the target plates along the way.

Zhu Jianji was surprised and asked Helan Mountain next to him, "The performance of the machine gun has been improved?" ”

Helan Shan looked at Shi Xin, the commander of the East Palace Military Research Institute, and said, "I have to ask Shi Xin's order, and he is personally arresting the machine gun." ”

Zhu Jianji looked at Shi Xin.

Shi Xin said with a smile: "Thanks to the improvement of the process technology of the steel mill, a huge breakthrough has been made in the smelting process of bullet shells, coupled with the improvement of gunpowder performance, so that the power of machine gun bullets can be improved, but the most important thing is the improvement of the smelting process of steel for bullet yellow, so that the bullet yellow that His Majesty said has the best performance, so that the magazine and device for continuous shooting of machine guns can be produced." ”

Zhu Jianji was overjoyed, "Light and heavy machine guns are the same?" ”

Shi Xin said: "It's all the same, the light and heavy machine guns have basically achieved the strategic goal of continuous strafing, but there is one problem that has never been solved, that is, accuracy." ”

Lethality and range are there.

But the accuracy is too poor.

Zhu Jianji laughed, "Accuracy is secondary, as long as you can shoot continuously, and your performance surpasses that of our original Northern Expedition to the Jurchen period, it will be considered a real success." ”

The purpose of the machine gun is fire suppression and area of effect.

No precision is required.

In other words, if the steelmaking process continues to be improved like this, can it be possible to get a submachine gun or something?

In that case......

The combat power of the Daming Lion is not only invincible, but perverted invincible!

But it's hard to estimate.

At present, the level of Daming's steelmaking process is limited by the research and development of special steel, and it is estimated that it has reached a bottleneck, and it is difficult to improve it, unless Yu Kang's chemical group can achieve greater results.

But the chemical group led by Yu Kang is now focusing on the research and development of the refining process of black oil, after all, Zhu Jianji knows the importance of oil, as long as Daming produces diesel and gasoline, the internal combustion engine has great hope.

Of course, this can only be tried.

Gasoline and diesel, which are so easy to refine, require too high chemical technology.

However, once the internal combustion engine is developed, it will be a direct industrial revolution!

Therefore, the chemical group currently has no manpower, and there is no technology to engage in more rare metals, so it is necessary to wait for the people in the chemical group to drive and train more chemical talents.

In short, the chemical industry can only sow the seeds and follow the trend.

And without rare metals, special steel is at the current level - it can meet machine guns and tanks, as well as trains or something, Zhu Jianji is already very lucky.

A man must know how to be sufficient.

There must always be some achievements for future generations to do.

I am not from an engineering background, and I can achieve the current achievements, but I have put forward some ideas, fortunately, I have never lacked talents, and it is an unexpected joy to achieve the current results.

Eighteen years ago, when I came to Daming, if someone told me, Zhu Jianji, you can make a scale of modern heavy industries such as steam tanks, rifles, machine guns, bicycles, trains, steam engines, generators, and steel warships, and kill Zhu Jianji.

It's really possible to figure it out.

It can concentrate on the eight-level fitter process.

But to form industrialization, it is far from being as simple as a sentence, the current achievements of the Ming Dynasty are the results of the painstaking efforts of countless Ming talents, and Zhu Jianji is at most a leader.

It's just a matter of providing some creative ideas.

Shi Xin said: "Weichen also thinks so, whether it is a light machine gun or a heavy machine gun, because of the weight problem, it is not used in the charge, it can only be used in the positional battle, it can make up for the defect of accuracy by shooting continuously." ”

Zhu Jianji said: "Has the mortar improved its performance? ”

Shi Xin shook his head.

Zhu Jianji is not lost, the principle of the mortar is too simple, and the level of craftsmanship is not high, the current Dongfeng mortar of the Ming Dynasty is actually not much different from modern times.

The main thing is the difference in the power, range, and accuracy of the shells.

Of course, this is also the main gap.

But it's basically enough.

Mortars, tanks, light and heavy machines, rifles, and steam-armored vehicles have almost always been modern firearms units, far ahead of their time.

Basically, the Ming Dynasty was invincible in the world for two or three hundred years.

If the Ming Dynasty you are in is the real historical Ming Dynasty, then the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not want to enter the customs - no, the Jurchens have been included in the real territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no Qing soldiers entering the customs at all.

Then he asked, "How was the mine and grenade I talked about before?" ”

Shi Xin said: "It's a bit difficult, mainly because it is difficult to trigger the device, and it is estimated that it will take a short time to carry out technical research, but Weichen thinks that with the current level of firearms in my Ming Dynasty, mines and grenades can only be the icing on the cake." ”

Zhu Jianji shook his head, "Mines must be obtained, after this thing is made, when my Daming Xiongshi Division goes overseas in the future, when it is stationed on the spot, it can use mines to block the road to ensure its own safety, and it can also make a forbidden area for the enemy, further squeezing the tactical space of the enemy, and grenades can improve the combat effectiveness of our army's foot soldiers." ”

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Shi Xin said: "I can only do my best, anyway, in a year or two, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get it out, the previous experiment has failed many times, and several skilled workers have died because of this." ”

Zhu Jianji sighed: "Be kind to his family." ”

Shi Xin said: "In accordance with the regulations, a large number of pensions have been given to his family, several of which have allowed their sons to enter the Donggong Military Research Institute, which can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business." ”

Zhu Jianji bowed slightly, "This is good, after all, what we have to do requires too many talents." ”

Get up, "Go to the National Military Research Institute." ”

The Donggong Military Research Institute was mainly the first actual combat experiment of the tank, and the results were good.

The next step is the National Academy of Military Research.

The National Military Research Institute also has tanks, which are exactly the same as those of the Donggong Military Research Institute - they were originally developed by Helan Mountain under the condition that the tank projects of the two academies were mainly carried out, and technology and information were shared with each other.

The difference is that if the tanks made by the Donggong Military Research Institute are installed in the Jinge Group Army, they need to be purchased by the household department with money from the state treasury.

In other words, Zhu Jianji's Donggong Military Research Institute became an arms dealer.

Why do you still want to go to the National Academy of Military Research?

Because the National Military Research Institute has another epoch-making product.

Steam armored car.

This is the idea put forward by Zhu Jianji after the tank project was carried out for some time, the base of the tank was adopted, tires were used instead of tracks, the turret was canceled, and a heavy machine gun was installed in the position of the turret.

As a result, the dead weight is greatly reduced.

Then the space can continue to expand.

This change is not only a steam armored vehicle, but also a transport vehicle, which can transport materials and soldiers to achieve a rapid replenishment of battlefield troops.

Now to go to the State Military Research Institute is to see the first official use of this steam armored vehicle.