Chapter 1077 Paper Wrapped Bullets
On April 17th in the sixth year of Tianxuan, despite Xinping's appointment in advance to listen to the combat situation on the battlefield of the Principality of Hongye at 9:30 in the morning, Qu Mao rushed to the civilian wharf outside Yidao Fisherman's Village at 9:00 am and urgently transferred A shuttle boat headed straight for Liandao without even the Guards escorting it.
Xinping sent a remote communication to Qu Mao at around 10:00 last night, and made an appointment to come to the lord's hut at 9:30 am on the 17th to report to Qu Mao the specific combat report of the Red Leaf Principality in the Eastern Continent.
Only half an hour before meeting Xinping, Qu Mao hurriedly left the lord's hut to release Xinping's pigeons.
At 11:00 am on April 17th, the sixth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao hurried to the firearm and cannon actual shooting experiment site next to the Liandao lathe factory.
In a temporary zero-level residence in the artillery and gun experiment site, Qu Mao saw Kong Ming and a dozen or so cylinders about three centimeters long and one centimeter in diameter placed on the table in front of Kong Ming. Wrapped tightly in paper.
Qu Mao looked at Kong Ming in astonishment, and said unhappily: "Damn it! Kong Ming, you called me to Liandao desperately just to show me this?"
Kong Ming nodded and said, "Yes, my lord."
Qu Mao was a little annoyed, and said dissatisfiedly: "Kong Ming, do you know that Xinping made an appointment with me last night at 9:30 this morning, and asked me to listen to the latest battle report on the battlefield of the Principality of Red Leaf."
Kong Ming picked up the goose feather fan, slapped it a few times, and said slowly: "My lord, it has only been a day and a half since the battle of the Red Leaf Principality, and the battle report is nothing interesting. It is nothing more than a few of the ten offensive routes breaking through the border. That's all.
The subordinates estimate that with the strength of Yihou's territory troops, they should have all broken through the border by now. "
Qu Mao roared angrily: "Damn it! Kong Ming, I can also guess the specific result of the battle.
But no matter what, that is the result of our speculation. After all, it is not the news sent back by the Ministry of Intelligence through formal channels. Although I don’t care about the battlefield of the Red Leaf Principality, listening to the battle reports regularly at least represents the attitude of the lord’s hut.
You still told me to drop everything and come to Liandao immediately, just to see this **** you made? Are they firecrackers?"
Kong Ming continued to shake his feather fan and said with a smile: "My lord, of course it is not firecrackers. Firecrackers are gunpowder. When you first invented gunpowder, the invention you gave to the Ministry of Science and Technology has not been popularized yet.
Here are the bullets, my lord, the bullets of our primitive matchlock guns. "
Qu Mao was stunned again. He had indeed discussed the further research direction of muskets with Kong Ming on the afternoon of April 12, the sixth year of Tianxuan, and he had drawn a schematic diagram of bullets for Kong Ming, but now only 5 days have passed since April 12. The time, in fact, may only have passed four and a half days, because it is still in the morning.
Looking again at the dozens of so-called bullets wrapped in paper on the table in front of Kong Ming, Qu Mao touched his forehead. In such a short time, could it be that Kong Ming has already used such a short time to push the original matchlock gun Reached the stage of paper bombs?
Reaching out to pick up a bullet, Qu Mao pinched it. The whole cylinder was relatively solid, but one end seemed a little fluffy, so Qu Mao cast doubtful eyes on Kong Ming and asked suspiciously: "Kong Ming, our God The improvement of gunpowder guns was discussed only on the afternoon of April 12, 2016, and now it is noon on April 17. Don’t you tell me that you have made a breakthrough in just four and a half days?
Is gunpowder wrapped in this paper cylinder? Why is one end solid and the other fluffy? "
If you have any doubts, why don't we go to the experimental field to have a look. The short time is not a problem. It seems to adults that it is only four and a half days, but if you don't sleep, it is equivalent to nine days. "
Qu Mao followed Kong Ming suspiciously to the test firing site, where 200 Musketeers were training with one shot and one shot.
Kong Ming waved to a Musketeer soldier, and that soldier immediately ran to Kong Ming.
After taking the musket from the musketeer soldier, Kong Ming tested the temperature of the gun barrel, then inserted a paper-wrapped bullet into the top of the gun barrel, and then took out a kindling rope and inserted it into the small hole at the back end of the wooden support of the gun barrel. inside.
Then, Kong Ming turned the gun barrel upside down again, stuffed a handful of iron beads into it, and compacted it with a cleaning rod. Then, Kong Ming put the wooden bracket of the original matchlock gun on his shoulder, and motioned for the Musketeers standing beside him to light it. .
Qu Mao was shocked and shouted: "Damn! Kong Ming, let the soldiers shoot!"
Kong Ming shook his head, and the fuse became shorter and shorter. After a loud noise, the barrel of the original matchlock gun in Kong Ming’s hand was lifted upwards, and the bullet was fired, with green smoke rising from the top of the barrel.
He took out a cloth towel and wiped his hands, and then wiped off the blackened areas on his face. Then Kong Ming said to Qu Mao: "My lord, it's not that my subordinates must risk their lives, but use this kind of paper bag. The biggest advantage of bullets is that the safety of shooting is improved.
The amount of gunpowder in each shot has been limited by the paper-wrapped bullets, so the shooting safety is greatly improved.
In addition, there are other benefits of using paper-wrapped bullets, such as faster loading of ammunition, a significant increase in shooting frequency, and at least two minutes can be saved for one operation.
Safety As I mentioned to you just now, basically as long as the barrel of the gun is not blocked by iron beads, every bullet can be shot successfully. Since my subordinates tinkered with paper-wrapped bullets, they have been experimenting until now, basically without failure Pass.
Furthermore, the shooting range has also been improved to a certain extent, which is at least 10 meters higher than before.
My lord thought that the research and development time for my subordinates was short, but in fact, since I got the guidance of my lord, my subordinates returned to the United Islands and have been researching day and night until now. "
Qu Mao took the original arquebus that the musketeer soldier held in his hand again, looked at it carefully, and then handed it back to the musketeer soldier, patted the soldier on the shoulder, and said, "Go back to the team and continue training."
Watching the Musketeers leave, Qu Maocai patted Kong Ming on the shoulder and said, "Paper-wrapped ammunition is indeed a great improvement, but is the process of producing paper-wrapped bullets complicated?
Based on our current industrial level, how many paper-packed bullets can be produced in a day?
Practical shooting experiment, I don’t think there is any need to waste too much time. Any small progress in musket research and development is commendable, let alone so much progress.
If possible, promote the entire army as soon as possible, and expand the size of the Musketeers if necessary. "
"Yes, my lord, do you have a new direction to teach me?" Kong Ming said with a smile.
(end of this chapter)