After taking the musket from Song Yingxing's hand, he stuffed a golden bullet into the chamber, and then returned to the chamber with a click, and then aimed at the wooden target in the distance.

Bang - After a puff of green smoke, the wooden target twenty paces away was accurately hit.

Not only did it hit, but the inch-thick wooden target was actually pierced, which was something that the old projectile simply could not do.

The craftsman seemed to be unfazed, pulled the bolt and pulled the cartridge case out, then began to reload again, followed by another thud, and the gun hit.

It takes only three breaths to reload between shots, which is more than three times faster than the old front-loading rifled guns.

"Good marksmanship!" Zhu Cihong couldn't help but cheer.

The craftsman handed the gun back to Song Yingxing, and was very surprised who the young man who spoke was, and said in his heart that the prince had not spoken yet, why did this person understand the rules so much.

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he realized that it was a little abrupt, and smiled awkwardly.

"You go down first!" Song Yingxing sent a message to the craftsman, which can be regarded as relieving Zhu Cihong.

After the craftsman left, there was no one else in the training ground.

"Liu Qing, this gun is good! It is much more beautiful than the musket of the Tiger Battalion, and it seems to be more powerful than the Tiger's musket. Zhu Cihong snatched it from Song Yingxing's hand and said while observing.

The muskets equipped with the Huben battalion are no different from those of the Praetorian Guards and the border army, and they are the second-generation rifled guns that were successfully developed more than a year ago.

"Your Majesty, it's not just beautiful, it's more than powerful, haven't you noticed that this gun is very fast?" Liu Hong gradually knew that Zhu Cihong was a layman, so he began to explain to him the importance of reloading speed for war.

The musketeers of the Praetorian Guard of the Ming Dynasty still use the infantry phalanx, the so-called large phalanx is that the musketeers are lined up in a tight formation during the battle, and they shoot at the enemy in front of them in three rows.

When the two armies fought each other, the influence of cavalry, artillery, and musket range was left behind, and it was entirely dependent on military discipline and willpower.

Whichever side is in a chaotic formation, which side is bound to lose, because the reason why the three rows of salvos are fired is to increase the density of bullets, and the reason why it is necessary to form a large phalanx is because the loading speed is too slow, not so fun, the muskets have not had time to fire a second shot, and the local cavalry has already been pasted in the face.

To put it bluntly, this is the famous queue shooting tactic, whoever is ruthless and who is not afraid of death can win, and this kind of tactic lasted until the nineteenth century around the time of the American Civil War.

The disadvantages of the large phalanx did not stop there, the formation of the phalanx greatly limited the mobility of the soldiers, so that they could generally only shoot at the local musketeers, or wait for the charge of the opposing infantry or cavalry.

If the other party is cunning enough to attack the enemy and retreat, it is really useless, and the training of the soldiers at this time is not strict enough, or the physical fitness is limited to food.

A fast run will scatter the team, and if the local cavalry is smart enough to return the rifle, the inexperienced musketeers will be blown up in no time.

But even if you don't run, the enemy and us shoot at each other, and the tragedy is simply outrageous, just give an example, everyone understands.

In the Battle of Quebec in 1759, the British army of 3,300 men lined up in two columns, slowly approaching the French army of 3,500 people, the French army conducted two rounds of shooting, the British army suffered about 20% casualties, but did not return fire, and the general, Major General Wolff, was shot three times and killed.

Until the distance between the two armies was close to 30 meters, the British army defeated more than 1,000 French troops in the first salvo, and at the same time beat the war drums and played bagpipes to advance forward.

After advancing about 10 meters, the British fired a second volley, and the French army fell by more than 800 men, and the French army collapsed.

The whole process is only 20 minutes, which is a terrifying lethality in the era of cold weapons, you must know that many battles in history that are said to be bloody and drifting, last for several days before tens of thousands of deaths, and this battle lost thousands of people in 20 minutes.

This is the reason why Liu Hongjian despises and dislikes this phalanx so much, in fact, he has always felt that he is not a qualified commander, and he is not in charge of the army, but he can't bear to see the hard-trained soldiers lining up to die.

Now, the most direct benefit of the increase in reload speed is that the Ming army can finally abandon the phalanx platoon gun tactics, and can finally find cover and shoot freely.

"This is the highest secret of our Ming Dynasty, with this weapon, the Ming army will be invincible in the world.

The minister has already put down his words, if anyone dares to reveal half of the information about the rear-loading primer to outsiders, the emperor, you will punish him for the nine clans. Liu Hongjian said to Zhu Cihong very seriously.

Although there are only seven or eight craftsmen who develop the rear-loading primer rifled gun, this is too important, so important that even if mass production is achieved in the future, the selection of workers must still be completely enclosed, and the character of this person, as well as the three generations of ancestors, must be clearly investigated.

War is the most stimulating to scientific and technological progress, the Ming Dynasty took the lead in improving the infantry phalanx because of the war, and half a year later, the Europa people also improved.

The Ming developed a grenade because of the war, and it didn't take long for the Rakshasa country to come out, and then the entire country of Europa learned it.

Even Liu Hongchuan was thinking that Daming's rifled gun might have been stolen, after all, this is not a high-tech thing, as long as you know the principle by looking at the barrel, then everything is not difficult.

But the bottom fire is different, as long as it is kept secret, the Europa people can't get it out even if they want to break their heads.

The reason is very simple, the bullet is specially made, and if you want to dissect it, it will explode, and even if you want to pour out all the medicine inside, you can't analyze the components without precision instruments.

"I understand! I want to reward the two craftsmen who developed the primer! Zhu Cihong said very solemnly.

"That's as it should be, Your Majesty, but you don't have to reward you with silver." Liu Hongjian was also pleased.

Although the two of them also made a mistake to get out the mercury thunderate, I have to say that the two did not go down the mountain for two months, and they were really working hard to develop it, and I have to admit that Zhou Hengyi and Meng Zhongliang are the fathers of the bottom fire.

Liu Hongjian has already rewarded the two of them with 10,000 taels of silver each according to the promise he made at the beginning, and the rest is the name.

"I want to make the two of them uncles, what does Liu Qing think?" Zhu Cihong thought for a moment and said.

The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty is cloudy, and those who are not military meritorious are not allowed to be knighted, but this ancestral system has long been trampled on by Liu Hongjian and Chongzhen beyond recognition.

But the two still made outstanding contributions to the title system, first of all, they released the rewards of viscounts and barons, and secondly, they took back iron coupons on a large scale, that is, hereditary power.

The scope is so large that there are now no more than ten people with hereditary power, including the prince.

Chongzhen was extremely disappointed in his clan relatives, and Liu Hongjian was because he saw the illness of the Ming Dynasty - the imperial court raised hundreds of thousands of pigs who could only eat and could not work.

The title and the reward of martial arts comprehensively cover military merits and scientific research, that is to say, as long as the things you develop can benefit the country and the people, you can be knighted, which is called rejuvenating the country through science and technology.

Of course, this title is all a liujue, and if the descendants are unwilling to work hard to enjoy it, it is impossible.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Liu Hong said seriously.

If the primer rifle had been fitted into the army, the losses of the musketeers would have been greatly reduced, the court would not have to pay high pensions, and the people would not have to lose their sons, husbands, or fathers.

For this credit, it is not an exaggeration to be crowned a marquis.

"Well, I'll make a decree when I go back.

Oh, by the way, Liu Qing, when will this gun ordnance institute be mass-produced? ”

Zhu Cihong is a little excited now, or the pressure brought to him by the Dutch country is too great.

"Not yet, not for at least three months, this gun...... It's not perfect enough! ”

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PS: It's a bit of a top write, and I want to write some more, but the cigarettes are all smoked, which big guy rewards the cigarette money (funny)