From Chief to Ball

"That's strange. Since your father is an officer, could it be that you didn't let your father use such a good method first, but instead you ran to the capital to draw a picture?"

Chen Jian smiled and said: "You know...my father is a navy. The navy doesn't need this thing, and the boats it pulls move wildly. Besides, the navy is enough to have masts, and it doesn't need the navy to fight forts and battles. On the contrary, the army There are many uses. If I go through the normal channels, who knows if I will be suppressed by the navy, and when will I be seen by the army? If I go through the normal channels, I am also a soft-spoken person. Those people in the military supply department are too full to forget I lost the appearance of the battle formation and the smell of gunpowder smoke, but I couldn’t get in the barracks, so I had to make a bad move.”

After finishing speaking, Chen Jian said again: "I heard that the envoy of Qi State arrived today. Could it be because of firing a gun that you will surprise me with a friend?"

With a bang, General Lang slammed the table and said angrily: "You bastard! Where did you come from? It's a feudal country in China. You and your father are equal friends? Besides, I'm free to shoot in China and shut them down." Shit?"

Chapter 92 Military Affairs

After scolding, the atmosphere was not as solemn as before, and it was much more relaxed.

"In this way, not only are you innocent, but you also serve the country wholeheartedly, so you should be rewarded?"

"Don't dare to ask for extravagant rewards. How can I say that I am also a genuine Chinese. When voting in county elections, my vote on family property is also against the twenty votes from the lowest class of votes. As a Chinese, I can discuss state affairs. Why? I don't think I'm wrong."

"That's different. Yours is family property and workshops. It's not real estate. Those who own real estate must stand with the country, because the land will not move. But money can run away. You can run workshops elsewhere and make money the same way. Could it be possible that the prohibited goods that are smuggled every year are the ones who swam there by themselves?"

"Then aren't the army now full of landless hired workers and refugees?"

"That's why Habayashi Wei only needs good sons who own the land, so we are the wings of the country. Those scumbags are just afraid of the army sticks, so they go to the battlefield. Expect them to fight for the country? Do they know what a country is? They know that the army stick is more terrible than lead bullets. Of course, the navy is different, and only scum is the best navy."

After casually saying a few words about the officer's discrimination, General Lang turned around and picked up the flintlock gun, looked at the bayonet on it, touched it with his hand, nodded and said: "The steel mouth is good. It's just that this gun is a bit weird. Tell me." , since you say that the flying ball is your worst strategy for the country, what's the matter with this gun?"

"It's a flint gun. It needs no match."

"I know."

"This gun, if the most skilled person is not on the battlefield, reloads six times faster than the matchlock gun. The fire rate is also much higher than most yellow wheel guns on the market."

"Six times?"

Lang Jiang smiled, took out the gunpowder bag he brought with him, handed the gun to Chen Jian and said, "You try to reload it for me once."

After taking over the musket that was patiently built by craftsmen, Chen Jian pulled out the cleaning rod, bit through the gunpowder pack, set the ignition, skillfully loaded it, broke the spring, checked the flint, and put his hand on the trigger .

Lang Jiang carefully observed Chen Jian's movements, and found that Chen Jian seemed to be deliberately slow, breaking down each step, a total of sixteen steps.

Compared with the 37-step disassembly action of loading an arquebus, it is exactly half, and many steps are much simpler than that of an arquebus.

As for the structure of the hammer, although he didn't quite understand it, he also knew that the simpler the parts, the easier it was to use.The biggest problem with a yellow wheel gun or a chain rubbed flint gun is that there are too many parts in it, which means that if any part fails, the gun will be difficult to fire.

What's even more rare is that even though Chen Jian obviously slowed down the loading speed, the loading process was several times faster than that of the matchlock gun.

General Lang thought to himself, if the training method of beating soldiers with military sticks is used, as long as the officer's military sticks hit harder, the loading speed can be faster.

Chen Jian reloaded the gun, handed it over, and said, "Just pull the trigger, and the hammer will break open the tinder box with the flint, and ignite the primer inside."

After receiving the gun, I knew that the gunpowder at the tail was a little loose because it was not compacted by lead bullets, so I just pulled the trigger to see how the ignition box burned to know how effective the gun was.

With a hard buckle, the flint splashed sparks under the action of the hammer, knocked open the tinder box, ignited the fine gunpowder inside, and emitted a burst of purple light and bursts of white smoke.

General Lang nodded secretly, this musket is really good, if the firing rate can be ensured, it is the best compared to ordinary muskets.Even if it is not used in the military formation, even if it is used for hunting on weekdays, it is better than those guns.

Turning the muzzle upside down to look at the barrel, he asked, "Is the barrel modified from a matchlock gun?"

"Yes. As big as a projectile."

"This gun is also something you want to show me? Do you think that a gun can change everything? Or do you think that such a gun can make our force stronger than the opponent?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said, "No, I don't think a gun can change everything, but the stab behind you can change everything."

General Lang tried the spear that looked like a short sword with his hand, and praised: "The steel mouth is good. It can pierce through plate armor if it is used well, but the spear is the same when used well. This thing can change everything. ?”

Chen Jian asked, "Can I go over and talk?"

General Lang smiled and nodded in agreement. He was not afraid that Chen Jian might be an assassin, and a real assassin would not put his mind on him.

Chen Jian pointed to the flintlock gun and said, "Matchlock guns, there must be a distance of two to three feet between people, otherwise the matchlock will ignite the gunpowder on other people's bodies. They can stand shoulder to shoulder and hand in hand. Within a hundred steps, 150 people can stand down, and a salvo is 150 lead bullets. What kind of enemy can resist it?"

"Any gunner can be used as a pikeman if he has a stinger on it. You know, a pikeman is useless until he makes contact, and they have to suffer lead while doing so. shells and shells. Therefore, what a spearman spends on the army formation is only the moment of approaching and then impacting, before they were just for display."

"Nowadays, the arquebus and the spearman are one-to-one, so let's assume that there are two people. If they are all replaced with flintlock guns and thorns, then these two people are both gunners and spearmen. When they shoot each other, they are two In close combat, it is still two to one."

"And it's not just two to one. The advantages of this rate of fire and reloading speed are far beyond the reach of matchlock guns. If Habayashi is equipped with such flintlock guns and military stabs, with your strictness and military discipline, wait until the enemy One volley after approaching thirty steps, and then straighten out the spear and charge, you can instantly defeat several times the enemy."

"From now on, there is no difference between a projectile and a hand-to-hand soldier. Everyone is a projectile soldier, and everyone is a hand-to-hand soldier. No one is only half useful on the battlefield. Isn't this a big thing that changes everything? ?”

General Lang's heart skipped a beat. Although he was not battle-tested, he still had a certain understanding of the battlefield as a professional.The grandparents in the family were all from the army, and this truth can be understood once you talk about it.

The reason why they didn't think of it before was because whether it was a flintlock gun or a yellow wheel gun, in their eyes they were just a kind of gun, not a spear.

Since ancient times, the army has been half gunner and half spearman. Under this distinction, people's thinking has been fixed.

But when he saw this weird gun just now, Lang Jiang vaguely felt something in his heart, and when Chen Jian said this, he immediately understood.

I have to admit that this statement is not bad at all.Even if the distance between people is not taken into account, just making any soldier more than half-use is a big thing that can't be bigger.

Before that, no matter what kind of tactics: whether it is a phalanx, a long line or others, the spearmen always cover the musketeers, because once they start hand-to-hand combat, the musketeers lose most of their effects; In the stage of shooting before the enemy, the effect of the spearman is no different from that of a stone.

Carefully touched the gun in his hand, thought about what Chen Jian said, pondered for a moment, and finally spoke.

"What is the price?"

Chapter 93 Borrowing

It's no wonder he asked this question, just like a yellow wheel gun or a chain gun, its speed of fire and ease of use are far better than that of an arquebus.

Even if it only plays the effect of facing each other, and the army is not all idiots, how can there be no one to suggest?However, after careful calculation, the proposals were all rejected—the entire army would be expensive to change their outfits.

After hearing so much from Chen Jian, General Lang felt that he was very knowledgeable, so he probably didn't understand this question.

So there was a hint of excitement in his heart. He thought that if he didn't even think of this question, then he would never think of something like stabbing that could change the military era.

Chen Jian made some calculations. Now that the crucible steel can be produced, the difficulty of the whole gun or the most important point of the reed and hammer structure is not a problem.

But now it is impossible to have such things as standardized and universal parts, which are all knocked out by hand craftsmen, which is the most expensive place.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Jian stretched out two fingers and said, "Thirteen silver coins each."

"Full set?"

"Yes. It includes wood, iron, and the craftsman's salary. There are also spears, but they can't be as good as this one. The fire rate can be guaranteed to be [-]%. If the spears are made of iron, they can be cheaper."

Lang Jiang hesitated for a moment. Compared with the price of a matchlock gun of about four or five silver coins, it is still much more expensive. If the rebate is squeezed out, the difference will be even greater.

Of course, he is not qualified to make a decision. He just asks and finds an opportunity to talk to those who can make a decision through a special channel.

However, this price is much cheaper than other exquisite spontaneous fires, especially if you dare to guarantee a [-]% fire rate, that is enough to change everyone's doubts about getting angry in battle.