Xishan Island, in the middle of the island.

Chenjiawu, which is surrounded by mountains on all sides, has built a high cement wall, the trench outside the wall is deep, the wall is also covered with thorns, and every other mile distance, there is a watchtower. Security guards are on guard in the building day and night.

This extremely hidden secret base is the Ordnance Research Institute attached to the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing.

It's just that the heads of the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Bureau don't even know that this research institute is on Xishan Island.

Zhao Hao only hung a directorship title in Jiangnan Company, but he personally served as the director of the Ordnance Research Institute, which shows the importance he attaches to it.

And this research institute does not belong to Jiangnan Company, but is 100% controlled by Singularity Investment, which is wholly owned by Zhao Hao.

Because Hua Bozhen, Jin Ke and others regarded it as the top secret of the son, no one was allowed to approach Chen Jiawu.

The only entrance and exit of the institute is equipped with three guards, and people entering and leaving must go through layers of checks. It was not because Zhao Gongzi came to inspect today that he pretended.

Once inside, you can see that the site is rectangular. At the east end is a neat row of fair-faced concrete buildings, and the chimney of a small blast furnace is smoking.

That's the institute's materials lab, forging shop, and assembly shop.

Because this is only a place to try out firearms, the scale is not large, and there are not many people.

However, although the so-called sparrows are small and have all kinds of organs, don't look at these rooms and dozens of people, they can complete the whole process of producing muskets, which can be described as a small arsenal that can be described as fake.

Today, everyone in the institute put down their work and excitedly came to the shooting range in Xitou to watch the acceptance test gun.

It was created by their own hands, the first flintlock pistol of the Ming Dynasty.

On a long table covered with a blue tablecloth were three types of firearms, five of each.

One is the beak gun sold from Guangdong, which is also the best quality arquebus in the Ming Dynasty.

One is the Spanish-made flintlock pistol that Zhao Gongzi purchased from the Francophone man in Macao at a very high price.

Finally, there is a five-shot Longqing-style flintlock pistol imitated by the research institute without white or black.

In terms of appearance alone, the Longqing style is superior to the Cantonese and slightly inferior to the Spanish rifle.

It's a gap in the level of craftsmanship, but it's not a big problem. In this era, don't laugh at the second brother, no one is much better than the other.

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Zhao Shizhen, the chief researcher of the Firearms Research Institute, rubbed a flintlock pistol with affectionate eyes, and explained to Zhao Gongzi:

"Don't look at my girl's appearance is not as good as that Tessie chick, but the advantage is that the bolt is simple, reducing the parts by 20%, and the success rate of firing is higher."

Zhao Gongzi couldn't help but shudder, and hid behind the bunker with Zhao Liben, who came to visit with him, and said, "Fire a few shots and see if it's bragging." ”

Several gunsmiths stepped forward, picked up the arquebuses made in Guangzhou and began to load.

I saw that they first poured the primer into the primer pot and closed the lid of the primer pot. Then the gunpowder is loaded in turn, the strip is compacted, the projectile is filled, and it is compacted again.

Finally, the fire rope is lit and fixed to the fire rope clamp, and the firing preparation is finally completed.

Several other gunsmiths also picked up Longqing-style flintlock pistols at the same time and began to load.

In fact, the steps are pretty much the same, but there is less of the steps of lighting and fixing the fire rope, and the time saved is not obvious.

Zhao Shizhen told Zhao Hao that after repeated calculations, each shot would save about one-fifth of the time.

And because when the arquebus is fired, the explosive gas will rush the fire rope away, and it must be re-lit and clipped.

So it saves one-fifth of the time per shot, which adds up to a lot of money.

The real advantage of the flintlock pistol is actually in the firing efficiency. The arquebus can only be fired once every two triggers are pulled, but the flintlock pistol can fire nine times out of ten.

And after the arquebus is dumbfounded, the arquebus must be clamped again. The flintlock pistol can be re-fired with a single blow of the hammer.

Outside here, there is a lot of time saved.

When all five Longqing-style five bullets were fired, the most of the Cantonese fired four shots, and the few fired only two......

The gap is still very obvious.

The gunsmith then tested both the Spanish rifle and the Longqing, both of which were designed to be as fast as the Longqing, but the range of the Longqing was slightly less, but it was not a big deal.

This marked that the musket technology of the Ming Dynasty had caught up with the European powers.

Zhao Gongzi expressed his satisfaction, rewarded the personnel involved in the research and development on the spot, and enthusiastically encouraged them.

"Childe, the little old man dares to pack a ticket, as soon as this Longqing style is taken out, I am sure to eliminate the bird gun immediately." When everyone below retreated, the senior senior man of the research institute sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect the fire gun to be able to fight like this." ”

"Ben Gongzi will not use this kind of semi-finished product to embarrass people." Zhao Hao's face changed, and he shook his head categorically: "With this slow rate of fire and no longer range, how can you beat the cavalry?" How to hit General Qi with a tartar? ”

With Zhao Gongzi's critical eye, how could he be satisfied with a musket that had been made by the Taixi people for more than ten years?

Zhao Shizhen's face turned red when he heard this, as if his daughter had been insulted. It was his uncle who said this, otherwise he would have to be mad.

"Uncle give me some more time, I'll definitely be able to increase the rate of fire!"

"What do you think?" Zhao Hao asked.

"My nephew is thinking about a musket with a rear-loading gun according to the principle of the Franc machine." Zhao Shizhen regained his excitement and said, "We pre-packed the gunpowder and lead pellets in the Zi Gong. In this way, as long as the medicine twist is inserted into the buttocks of the child, the medicine pool can be removed. ”

"This method should be fine for arquebuses, but if you change to the Longqing style, you have to think about how to shoot again." Zhao Shizhen said with regret.

Zhao Hao blinked when he heard this, looked at his eldest nephew for a long time, patted him on the shoulder and said, "You are really a genius!" ”

This is the original fixed ammunition.

"Ah, uncle, is it right to say that my nephew is thinking in this way?" Zhao Shizhen was pleasantly surprised, his thinking was wild, but without his uncle's far-sighted scientific guidance, it was inevitable that he would have to take many detours.

"Yes, yes, it's just that the steps are too big, and it will pull the egg." Zhao Hao smiled and said: "You are a rear-loading rifle, the airtightness is far worse than the current front-loading gun, with the current level of black powder, the range is not visible at all." ”

"Ah......" Zhao Shizhen couldn't help but be deflated.

"Therefore, no matter how advanced the concept of firearms is, it needs to be practical." Zhao Hao gained great happiness by earnestly teaching the palace-level firearms masters.

Seeing that Zhao Shizhen was a little wilted, he smiled again: "But you can get a paper shell fixed bullet first, this is also very simple, you don't need to teach you, and it can increase the rate of fire by a large margin." ”

"Get another bayonet out, and the Longqing style will be shaped like this first." Zhao Hao raised his noble hand and passed the design acceptance.

"Didn't Childe say that he couldn't take this gun yet?" The high-speed railman couldn't help but wonder.

"I mean, you can focus on developing standardized manufacturing practices to improve the quality of the barrel and the power of gunpowder." Zhao Hao said, and said to Zhang Zai on the side: "You help Shizhen and strive to build the manual boring machine as soon as possible......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xiwa's panicked face running in.

ps. The third update, ask for a monthly pass!

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