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"During the Song Dynasty, there were successive wars, which promoted the development of gunpowder weapons."

"The developers of weapons and the generals of the army have formulated the first military gunpowder according to the gunpowder formula of the alchemists in the alchemy medicine, and the weapon-firearm that uses the burning properties of gunpowder as an arson agent to achieve military purposes has appeared, creating an era in the history of war in which firearms and cold weapons are used together."

To the east of Daxing County, China Heavy Industry opened a new factory again, and the engineering department sent thousands of workers to start construction here.

Technicians from the Ministry of Railway Engineering will come here to explore and build a section of railway here. The technicians of the steam engine factory also draw the quantity here, and according to the requirements of the new factory, the steam engine that meets the requirements will be formulated.

The location of the new steam engine, how to use it, and the required environment all need to be negotiated by both parties.

The system and scale of opening a new factory have changed from before.

Under the China Heavy Industry system, there are many people involved.

For example, the procurement of raw materials, the production mode of technology, the application of new technologies, and the introduction of the food stamp system.

The military-industrial complex plant also has to assume some of the functions of the health center, and the situation is more complicated.

Professional things are left to professional people to do.

According to the needs of the situation and the division of labor model of later generations, Zhu Gaochi set up many departments, which played a role in this regard.

Although the professionalism of many cultivated talents is not as good as that of later generations, it can be said that it is the most advanced model in the current world, beating the entire era.

In his understanding of firearms, Zhu Gaochi can be said to surpass everyone.

In the early Ming Dynasty, because of the needs of the war, firearms developed rapidly, and the manufacturing technology of firearms made great progress, increasing the variety and quantity, improving the structure, and improving the quality.

At the same time, many primary guns were standardized and unified, and according to the needs of actual combat, they were developed into three types: large, medium and small, corresponding to the Hongwu series of guns, including handguns, bowl-mouth guns and large guns.

The firecracker was specially made by the Ordnance Bureau and the Military Bureau.

Inscriptions are engraved on the body of the gun, which record the location and unit of the gun, the position and name of the official who supervised the construction, the names of the military craftsmen and civilian craftsmen who made the gun, the name of the guard station that used the gun, and the teachers and students who used the gun

The names of the soldiers, the weight of the guns, and the date and time of the guns are basically indicative of the manufacture and use of the guns.

The military-industrial complex factory built by China Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. mainly produces new firearms and does not produce traditional firearms, which can be regarded as a reluctance to make a breakthrough.

Before the introduction of arquebuses in the West, it belonged to the second period.

Among them, the handcuff is particularly prominent, in addition to the manufacturing process is more refined, the product accuracy is more improved, mainly in the improvement of the structure and the increase of accessories.

In the third period, after the 16th century, Western arquebuses were captured and developed by the Ming Dynasty.

Even Chongzhen sent people to Macao to purchase Western artillery, asked Western craftsmen to improve domestic technology, and gathered the strengths of China and the West, and the new Hongyi cannon had superior performance than similar Western artillery of the same period.

Later, the Ming Dynasty fell, and the Qing Dynasty changed its name to the red-clothed cannon in order to avoid the word "Yi".

A new period in the history of China's firearms development has been formed, in which foreign firearms and traditional firearms develop at the same time and complement each other.

Zhu Gaochi's purpose was to make the Hongyi cannon, as well as the Franc machine cannon, and then the bird gun, the three-eyed fire gun.

They were used as heavy artillery, light artillery, infantry firearms, and cavalry firearms.

The advantages of the Hongyi cannon are its long range and great power, but the disadvantages are slow rate of fire and difficult to transport.

The advantages of the Franc cannon are the fast rate of fire and the wide area of the projectile, and the disadvantage is that the firing range is short and the power is small.

The advantage of the bird gun is its long range and high accuracy, and the disadvantage is its slow rate of fire.

The advantage of the three-eyed firearm is that it has a wide bullet surface, and the disadvantage is that it has poor accuracy.

Of course, these advantages and disadvantages are relative, and compared with the current similar firearms, they are already the best, and they can be said to be epoch-making products.

As for the self-generated firebolt, that is, the flintlock pistol, it is limited by flint, and even if it is invented now, its performance is not as good as that of the bird, and it is an unsolvable problem at the moment.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the flintlock pistol had already been invented, but because of the flint, the performance was not as good as the bird gun, which was denied by the army and was not promoted.

Later, he asked Spanish merchants to purchase high-quality flints from the West, but the Western merchants sold them to Daming with shoddy local inferior flints, and they were severely pitted, and this military technology invention was stranded.

The Firearms R&D Department established by the R&D Department has developed new technologies based on existing manufacturing processes.

As the person in charge, although Xiao Jiu does not participate in the actual work, he is responsible for logistics support and has given a lot of help.

Zhu Di returned to Beiping, Zhu Gaochi did not need to continue to stay in Beiping, and resumed his daily routine of coming to the headquarters every day.

Xiao Jiu came to the office with several masters and reported to Zhu Gaochi the results of the firearms research and development department.

There are a lot of drawings, Zhu Gaochi flipped through a few and lost interest, such a complex thing, if he devotes himself to it, he can still understand it.

But there is no need for this, he is not a carpenter emperor, and he is not very interested in this Tao, but more concerned about the result.

"The most time-consuming part of a firearm is the gun tube, which was forged in the past, which is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also thick."

In people's minds, the barrel is drilled out.

In ancient times, however, it was forged, and several pieces of tile-shaped iron were used to form a pipe formed by countless beatings.

With the development of technology, the drilling machine began to be used to drill holes, the iron was manually peeled, the appearance was polished into eight edges, the front and rear crosses, the ink line was hung in the middle, and the drill frame was inserted.

The top of the frame is hung down with a line, and the ink line on the cylinder is the same, and it is stopped with wood. The two of them drilled against each other, and the other used pliers to lift the drill root, and the drill rotated smartly.

The length of the drill should be five or six sticks, starting from one foot, and each one should be three inches long to three feet long. Drill the upper mouth first, flip to the middle, and drill again from the bottom. The degree of communication, the place of handover, it is more appropriate to look at the line in detail.

To put it simply.

It is a three-person high wooden row frame standing on the ground, people stand on a high tripod, each hand holds a belt, and turns the wooden handle of the drill bit back and forth, under the drill bit is a polished shape of the pipe, and then the drill bit drills the inner wall of the pipe.

The pipes and drill bits are erected and secured by a wooden row frame, which guarantees that they will not be drilled crookedly.

At present, the main research direction of the Technology Division is how to replace manpower with a steam engine, so that the power required for drilling bits can be changed to the horsepower of a steam engine.

This technical problem is not difficult, but it requires a few changes to the parts.

For example, the timber frame is not stable enough, so it needs to be made of all-iron, so that the frame will not shake under the drive of high horsepower.

"With the new technology, how many tubes can be built per month?" Zhu Gaochi cares about the key points, not the process.

"With the current planned plant size, 1,000 pipes can be built every month." Xiao Jiu said confidently.

After listening, Zhu Gaochi showed a satisfied look.

In the past year, the number of firearms produced by the entire Ordnance Bureau was 1,000 guns with large mouths and 1,000 bronze guns with handles.

And now the newly established military-industrial complex plant produces up to 1,000 barrels per month, that is to say, 1,000 birds.

What is the reason for such a big change?

Steam engine.

Machines replace manpower.

However, the power that machines can exert cannot be achieved by human beings.

The steam engine solved all the problems of natural forces such as water, wind, and manpower at once.

This is why the invention of the steam engine was a turning point, and why it kicked off the Industrial Revolution.

As long as there is a need, Zhu Gaochi, who is in charge of Zhonghua Heavy Industry, can expand the scale of the military-industrial complex factory, and he can have as many firearms as he wants.

With the addition of the steam engine, the most difficult parts of firearms were solved, and the requirements for craftsmen were reduced.

The impact is as simple as increasing productivity by a factor of ten.

To put it simply.

As for the current military complex plant that has not yet been officially put into production, its first phase of production plan is already on par with the production capacity of the entire Ming Dynasty to produce firearms.

And the training time to train a qualified soldier to use firearms only takes three months.

Zhu Gaochi suddenly felt that no one in the world could stop him.

The only one who can still pinch him is his son Zhu Di.

After all, the military power of Beiping is in the hands of Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaochi belongs to the right to borrow Zhu Di, not his own right.

As for China Heavy Industry, its name is not justified, although it has strength, but he Zhu Gaochi shouted and rebelled, and the consequences would be completely different, different from Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaochi endured his excitement and told himself to be steady, try to keep his tone calm, and find a drawing of the inner wall of the bird gun from the drawing.

I took out a charcoal pen produced in the factory and made a few strokes on it.

"Now it's a smoothbore gun, and I think it can be rifled on the inner wall, and theoretically speaking, the range will be longer, doubled."

"What theory?"

Xiao Jiu asked curiously.

Zhu Gaochi shrugged his shoulders, "I have read a book before, I have forgotten it specifically, and I only remember the general impression." ”

Well, Xiao Jiu didn't ask anymore.

If the firing range is really doubled as the little prince said, it will mean a lot more, in other words, on the existing rate of fire, it is equivalent to doubling the speed.

After all, firing at 200 meters and firing at 100 meters, even if it is the same firing speed, is equivalent to doubling the firing speed.

Soon, the new bird was tested by the R&D Division.

The bird gun is made of nine iron smelting, about three feet long, that is, the length of more than one meter, and the weight is about six catties.

"According to many tests, the ratio of ammunition weight is optimal, with a range of more than 160 paces when laid flat and more than 800 paces when fired from upside."

The masters looked proud in front of Zhu Gaochi, because the results of the new firearms were really terrifying.

Zhu Gaochi reversed the weight of the bird gun in his hand, because the material used, the weight was not heavy.

"Let's settle on this one, use this as a prototype, work out the production line as soon as possible, and be sure to mass produce it as soon as possible."

Zhu Gaochi did not make any more requests, and the first new shotgun was finally put into production.

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