Chapter 1148 Reviewing the Firearms Army
On the morning of September 20, the sixth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao, Kong Ming, and Xuande watched the sunrise at the highest peak of the big island of Midway Twin Islands, and overlooked the big and small islands of Midway Twin Islands. Agreement on university admissions, training of new military industry workers.
After the three of them came down from the highest peak on the big island, they still didn't go to find Li Xiang. Although the playground of the Firearms Army hadn't been built yet, the three of them went directly to the military camp to find the current commander of the Firearms Army.
At present, the number of firearms troops on Twin Islands is not large, including the newly added recruits who landed on the island in September, the total number does not exceed 6,000, so when Qu Mao, Kong Ming and Xuande found the commander of the firearms army, they asked to inspect the firearms When he was in the army, the commander of the firearms army immediately took out a copper whistle and blew it desperately.
The whole army of the Firearms Army who heard the whistle was mobilized. Many soldiers of the Firearms Army either pushed cannons or carried muskets and gathered towards a large open space outside the barracks.
Qu Mao, Kong Ming, and Xuande looked at the flat open space, and secretly judged that this was the area where the Firearms Army headquarters would build a playground or shooting field in the future, otherwise it would not be so large and flat.
At 9:30 in the morning, the whole army of the Firearms Army was assembled. The Firearms Army commanded nearly 6,000 soldiers, and they lined up one by one in front of the high platform where Qu Mao, Kong Ming, and Xuande stood. The artillery was divided into three rows and pushed to the front of the high platform, with the muzzle facing the sea, but the coastline was at least two kilometers away.
Kong Ming glanced at Qu Mao, and then said to the commander of the Firearms Army: "It's time to start."
The commander of the Firearms Army ran back to the 30 cannons, held up the red flag with his right hand, and swung it down vigorously.
The sound of "boom boom boom" was endless, and Qu Mao was very satisfied when he saw that no shells landed on the big island.
Three types of artillery with different specifications, the range and accuracy of shooting, in Qu Mao’s view, there is no problem, because no shell has a range of less than 2 kilometers.
However, Qu Mao frowned involuntarily when he saw that the soldiers of the artillery team began to carry 30 artillery pieces and evacuate from the high platform after each fired 3 shells.
These 30 artillery pieces are still fired with sandbags under the gun barrels.
The scene in front of him makes it difficult for Qu Mao to overlap the image of artillery from another world in his mind.
While Qu Mao was frowning in a daze, the soldiers of the Musketeers had already begun to arrange wooden targets 300 meters away from the high platform, and the soldiers of the Musketeers in charge of the shooting demonstration were standing under the high platform, which meant that the Musketeers were about to perform a 300-meter away target.
Qu Mao had to pull his thoughts back from the artillery unit in another world, and signaled Kong Ming to start.
Following the command of the commander of the firearms army, the sound of "ba ba ba" fried beans rang again and again.
The sound of the bolt being pulled when reloading was very pleasant to Qu Mao's ears.
And during the whole shooting process, none of the guns malfunctioned. It must be known that the research on muskets and artillery has not been completed in Yigong territory for a year.
With the performance of the current musket, it can not miss the target at a distance of 300 meters, and it is safe to be a sharpshooter.
The inspection of the Firearms Army's shooting lasted for more than two hours. At noon, Qu Mao, Kong Ming and Xuande ate together in the Firearms Army's temporary cafeteria with the Firearms Army soldiers, except that Qu Mao, Kong Ming, and Xuande Eating alone at a table, even the commander of the Firearms Army did not sit at the same table with Qu Mao and others.
During the meal, Qu Mao, Kong Ming, and Xuande were also discussing the results of the inspection of the Firearms Army in the morning. The overall results of the three were very satisfied. Whether it was the performance of the firearms and artillery, or the military quality of the Firearms Army soldiers, they all performed very well. Perfect.
Kong Ming saw that the soldiers in the cafeteria had already left in a hurry, so he asked in a low voice: "My lord, since you are very satisfied, but my subordinates noticed that during the review process, your lord seems to be worried."
Qu Mao shook his head and said, "I'm not dissatisfied with the soldiers of the Firearms Army, but rather with our muskets and artillery."
Kong Ming looked at Qu Mao suspiciously, and Qu Mao took out a pen and paper from his backpack.
Seeing this, Kong Ming also took out a pen and paper from his backpack in an instant, and looked at Qu Mao with eyes eager for knowledge like a primary school student.
Qu Mao gave Kong Ming a white look, and while drawing a picture, he said: "Let's talk about a simple musket first. I think a front sight is set in front of the barrel, and a ruler is set at the rear. Where the shot is aimed at should enhance the accuracy of the shot."
Kong Ming originally looked at Qu Mao's drawings and learned to draw by himself, but after comparing them twice, Kong Ming grabbed the blueprints drawn by Qu Mao and said: "Go back and study, and the subordinates will return to the lord's hut. There are still a few days left."
Qu Mao glared at Kong Ming viciously, apparently dissatisfied that Kong Ming took away a piece of paper after he had only drawn a quarter of it, so he rearranged a piece of paper, and while drawing, Qu Mao said: "Kong Ming, our Yi Gong The territory was still in the era of the Yi Village territory, and wooden carriages were manufactured in the woodworking workshop behind the lord's hut.
So I was thinking just now, since we already know how to make a wooden carriage, why can't we add two wheels under the gun barrel, which will not only facilitate the transportation of our artillery, but also serve as a support for our cannonballs when firing.
Of course, this has certain requirements for our wheel manufacturing technology. Wooden wheels should not be able to bear the weight of our artillery.
Even if it can withstand the weight of our artillery, I'm afraid it can't withstand the recoil when our artillery fires. Therefore, the wheels and frame may all have to be redesigned to have metal wheels and the springs I told you before. I think should do the trick. "
Following Qu Mao's schematic sketch drawing, Kong Ming took the drawing drawn by Qu Mao, looked at it carefully, and gave a thumbs up and said: "My lord, my subordinates have said that if you are fine, you should go to Gemini halfway more often." Island run.
Subordinates feel that although this improvement looks simple, but without your advice from adults, we don’t know when we will be able to think of it. "
Xuande looked at the actions of Qu Mao and Kong Ming, and suddenly felt that the food was not very delicious, and said with some resentment: "No wonder the whole territory says that you are the chief scientist of our Yigong territory, it's just so simple..."
Kong Ming said angrily: "Xuande, get out and busy with your own affairs, don't interfere with my discussion of technological innovation with adults."
(end of this chapter)