Chapter 121: Flintlock muskets

When Jiao Miao heard this, he just looked at Gao Jie silently, his eyes were very complicated, and he seemed to be quite skeptical of what he said about his peerless good ideas.

Zhao Jing opened her big bright eyes and waited earnestly for Gao Jie to continue.

Gao Jie pretended to get up and paced profoundly, and after a dozen turns, he stopped, and said mysteriously: "My idea is to change your firearm into a firearm that does not use the arquebus!"

After speaking, Gao Jie stared at Jiao Miao, proudly waiting for his exclamation and excitement.

However, Jiao Miao's reaction was very flat, he just pouted and asked, "Then how do you light the fire?"

Gao Jie smiled and said, "This is a major invention, you have to sit tight and listen carefully!

Jiao Miao listened, and finally was a little moved, but it hadn't yet reached the inexplicable effect of excitement that Gao Jie wanted, he just squinted, no longer the indifferent look just now, but asked with interest: "How did you come up with this idea, could it be that you have used a musket before?"

Gao Jie glared at him and said, "I haven't eaten pork, can I still see a pig running?!"

Zhao Jing couldn't help but giggle when she heard Gao Jie say something funny, and then turned her face away shyly, although the laughter stopped, looking at the slight shrugging of her shoulders, she also knew that she was still snickering.

Jiao Miao and Gao Jie have been together for a long time, and he has long been immune to his strange and interesting words, he just smiled slightly, and then pushed the handcuff on the coffee table in front of Gao Jie and said, "Take a good look at this handcuff!"

Gao Jie picked up the handcuff suspiciously, he had never touched a gun in his previous life, and his limited knowledge was all in books and on the Internet, so he looked at it carefully and repeatedly for a long time, and he didn't see a reason, but he just felt that this handcuff was exquisitely made, although it was a little bigger and heavier, but it was definitely a good antique, and at that time, even the prince general might not be able to get such a good firearm.

He coughed dryly a few times, and had no choice but to say, "It is well made, it is a good gun!"

Jiao Miao rolled his eyes, only then did he really determine that Gao Jie had really not touched the firearm, he reached out and took back the handcuff, rubbed it lovingly for a long time, and then said leisurely: "This handcuff is only one in the entire Ming Dynasty, because it was fired with flint!"

Gao Jie was shocked when he heard this, and in his understanding, the first ramming flintlock pistol was invented in Europe in the middle of the sixteenth century, and it was not until the middle of the seventeenth century that European armies were generally equipped with this flintlock pistol. That is, now the flintlock pistol has not really been recognized.

However, Jiao Miao said that his handcuff was actually fired with flint, can Gao Jie not be surprised?!

After staying for a long time, Gao Jie came back to his senses and asked suspiciously, "Where did you get this gun?"

Jiao Miao said lightly: "I did it myself! If it was an arquebus, at the foot of Jiufeng Mountain, before I could light the fire, Daniel Zhang would have killed me!"

Surprised! Shocked! Then surprised! Gao Jie pulled Jiao Miao up, gave him a big hug, and praised: "You are really a peerless genius!!haha!"

Zhao Jing had never seen two men hugging like this, and her small mouth opened slightly in shock. Under Zhao Jing's complicated gaze, Jiao Miao could no longer remain indifferent, and his face was flushed

, pushed Gao Jie away, and didn't know how to put his hand.

Gao Jie saw Jiao Miao's embarrassment, laughed, he didn't have so many scruples, and in his excitement, he stretched out his arms to Zhao Jing again, who knew that before he could speak, Zhao Jing was like a frightened little white rabbit, swishing far away.

Gao Jie touched his earlobe awkwardly and said, "Miss Zhao, our hometown will hug when it is happy, is it necessary for you to hide so far?!"

Jiao Miao glanced at him, waved his hand and said, "Save it, we can't adapt to this kind of expression in your hometown!"

Gao Jie spread his hands and sighed: "Okay!

Zhao Jing saw that the danger was lifted, so he slowly sat down again, but his body was still tense, ready to escape at any time.

Knowing that Jiao Miao had developed his own flintlock-style handcuffs, Gao Jie was surprised and naturally happy, which saved him a lot of tongue, so he pulled Jiao Miao to sit down again, and while looking at this advanced handcuff, he asked: "How far can this handcuff hit? How many shots can it fire in a minute?"

Seeing that Gao Jie was serious, Jiao Miao also replied solemnly: "Because the barrel is short and the accuracy is average, it is difficult to hit twenty steps away." If you are a skilled hand, you can fire four to five shots in a minute. ”

When Gao Jie heard this, he nodded and said, "What a good gun!"

Because at that time, the ammunition of the musket was a round lead bullet, and the loading method was to stuff it from the muzzle of the gun, and the firing steps of the arquebus were very complicated. As soon as the enemy and the enemy exchange fire, the shooter is busy firing - reloading - and firing again, and his hands and feet must be very agile, and the best marksman can only fire two or three rounds per minute. Today, Jiao Miao's self-developed flintlock handcuff can fire four to five projectiles in one minute, which is already a great improvement. Moreover, in rainy and humid weather, arquebuses often fail to fire because the arquebuses are not ignited, and flintlock muskets can effectively avoid this situation.

Now the combat units of the Ming Dynasty are basically equipped with a certain number of firearms, but all of them are arquebus, because of the slow firing speed, greatly affected by the weather, low shooting accuracy, short distance and other reasons, the vast majority of soldiers still use cold weapons.

Gao Jie thought for a while and continued to ask: "Have you ever thought about how to improve the accuracy and distance of the launch, as well as the frequency of the launch?"

Seeing that Gao Jie asked about the point of the musket every word, Jiao Miao paid more attention to it, and said in a deep voice: "Of course I thought about it, I was studying with Miss Zhao just now!"

Gao Jie turned his head to look at Zhao Jing, nodded and said, "Yes! Now with Miss Zhao's tricks and a pair of skillful hands, I can indeed help you greatly improve this musket!"

Jiao Miao hurriedly asked, "How to improve?"

Gao Jie naturally couldn't turn this flintlock-style firearm into a 38 cover and AK47 all at once, but the mechanical manufacturing technology could not be reached, so it could only be gradual. He pondered for a long time before he said: "First of all, I am a complete layman in the manufacture of this firearm, and what I want to say below is just an idea, whether it is feasible or not, whether it can be done, that is the matter of the two of you!!"

Jiao Miao has been obsessed with the study of firearms since he was a child, and when it comes to topics related to firearms, his eyes are shining, seeing Gao Jie's appearance of spitting and spitting, and wanting to say goodbye, he is anxious and urges: "If you have something to say, let it go, don't be awkward and pinch, okay?!"

When Gao Jie heard this, he pointed at Jiao Miao and shouted to Zhao Jing: "Miss Zhao, this guy is swearing!"

Jiao Miao replied impatiently: "It's not that it's black who is close to ink, it's all learned from you!"

Looking at Gao Jie's stunned and stammering appearance, Zhao Jing couldn't help laughing again.

After being stunned for a long time, Gao Jie finally hung his head and said, "Count you ruthless!" He stopped joking and said seriously: "First, as for the loading, can the projectile be wrapped in linen or deerskin soaked in grease, and loaded into the muzzle, which reduces friction. Fourth, whether it is possible to design a magazine or a runner to form a burst effect......"

As Gao Jie came one by one, drawing the appearance of bullets and guns in later generations on blank drawings, Jiao Miao's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his cheeks began to twitch because of excitement.

Before Gao Jie could make a concluding speech, Jiao Miao couldn't help but pull him up, hugged him, and said in a choked voice: "Gao Jie! You are a genius, these ideas are really good! Great!"

Gao Jie was stunned, then turned his head to look at Zhao Jing, and said innocently: "This time, he took the initiative to hug me, you have to testify!"

Although Zhao Jing didn't know much about firearms, she was a mechanical wizard after all, and she was also deeply shocked when she heard Gao Jie's ideas and suggestions, how could she care about the two of them hugging each other.

Jiao Miao stabilized his excited mood, pulled out a blank drawing, and urged Gao Jie to write down all these suggestions in detail, and then rolled them up as if they were treasures and put them in his arms.

He stood up and said to Gao Jie, "Gao Jie, I want to go to the iron casting workshop, okay?"

Gao Jie smiled: "We are brothers, what is mine is yours, naturally you can! No matter what materials you want, what molds you want, just tell the craftsmen, don't be afraid of spending money, brother is so poor now that there is only money left!"

Jiao Miao ignored Gao Jie's joke, turned his head and said to Zhao Jing again: "Miss Zhao, these transformation experiments of firearms require forging a lot of precision brackets, can you help me?"

Zhao Jing's face turned red, nodded and said, "Well, I'm going to improve my secret weapon machine too, let's go now!"

Jiao Miao smiled rarely, took the lead, and walked outside the hospital, Zhao Jing did a good fortune to Gao Jie, and followed his footsteps.

Gao Jie didn't expect this nerd to be so anxious, he didn't say hello, so he ran away, shook his head with a wry smile, and then waved his hand at the back of the two of them leaving: "Jiao Miao, don't patronize the study of firearms, take care of Miss Zhao, you two are a natural pair, a pair made from the ground, you must seize the opportunity!"

Jiao Miao and Zhao Jing didn't know if they heard it or not, and soon disappeared from Gao Jie's sight.

Looking at the empty, quiet, fruitful orange orchard, thinking of the backs of Jiao Miao and Zhao Jing leaving, Gao Jie suddenly felt lonely and lonely, he subconsciously took out a green purse from his arms, and stroked it gently, he seemed to see the desperate but relieved eyes again, the eyes that gradually dimmed but with reluctance, the beautiful eyes that gradually faded away, as if to say to him: "Live well, my love!"

couldn't help but burst into tears again.