"Come, let's try Han-style rifles and artillery."

After the issue of ammunition was brushed aside, everyone's attention was once again focused on the Han-style rifle and Chen Qi's artillery.

The two had already prepared and led the group to the school grounds.

"Your Majesty, let the end come." Niu Ben licked his lips and was a little excited, what he said just now didn't mean that he didn't like Han-style rifles.

In fact, these generals like new weapons the most, but sometimes they have to think about the increasing military spending.

Luo Quan picked up another Han-style rifle and said excitedly: "Niu Ben, let's try it in front of the emperor today to see whose marksmanship is better." ”

"Well, if any of you wins today, I'll give him a tricycle." Busy with government affairs all day, Xiao Ming rarely has spare time, and now he is also interested in having fun.

When the two of them heard this, their eyes suddenly glowed green, although Xiao Ming gave them a bicycle each, but the tricycle was just made by Qingzhou Machinery Factory.

They have already seen this thing, and the eunuchs in the palace rode this thing to the outside of the palace to purchase the things needed in the palace.

Although they don't need to ride a tricycle to buy things, they are also face-saving for the people in the house, and the last time he was the first to get a bicycle, he was envious of many people.

"This tricycle is mine." Niu Ben took the steel-shelled bullet from Song Changping's hand, and pulled the gun to reveal the chamber.

Stuffing the bullet in, Niu Ben reset the bolt and aimed at the target two hundred meters away.

"Bang."

With just three seconds of aiming time, Niu Ben pulled the trigger.

"Hey, this metal bullet is really powerful." Niu Ben said loudly, "Obviously, the recoil of the Falcon rifle is greater." “

Song Changping explained: "Of course, this bullet is filled with smokeless gunpowder, and the airtightness is much stronger than that of the Falcon rifle. ”

Luo Quan was surprised: "This bullet has hit the mountain." ”

When he was observing just now, the bullet fired by Niu Ben passed through the target and hit a puff of smoke and dust on the mountain behind him.

"The maximum range of metal bullets used in Han-style rifles is 1,200 meters, and the effective range is 600 meters." Song Changping added again.

"It's a big step forward from the Falcon rifle." Xiao Ming showed a satisfied look, judging from the development history of firearms, the barrel of the rifle is getting shorter and shorter, and the effective range is getting shorter and shorter.

The effective range of many modern firearms is only three or four hundred meters, and only in this era of long-range power is lacking, the barrel of a rifle can be so long and powerful.

"It's my turn." Luo Quan glanced at the Han-style rifle in his hand with a precious look, and looked like he liked it very much.

Like Niu Ben, he also aimed for three seconds, and then pulled the trigger.

Soon, the results were reported, and Luo Quan lost Niu Ben.

"Hahaha, no matter what Niu said back then, he also wore Yang in a hundred steps, but now that he is old, this arm strength is not good, but this eye is not weak." Niu Ben laughed.

Luo Quan was not annoyed, he said: "If you lose, you will lose, but this Han-style rifle is really a good thing, if you can equip the army as soon as possible, the British and French will have to cry and cry for their mothers."

After a pause, he said to Chen Qi: "This Han-style rifle is powerful, I don't know how this artillery is?" ”

Chen Qi smiled mysteriously, and then walked up to a cannon covered with a black cloth, and with a tear of the black cloth, a cannon with a silver-white metallic luster appeared in front of everyone.

This gun looks very different from the traditional front-loading smoothbore gun, because this gun is through from end to end, the muzzle can be seen from the butt of the gun, and there is a square hole on the left side thirty centimeters from the tail of the gun, and there is also a corresponding square mouth on the right side, which resembles a slot.

"How do you hit this artillery?" Niu Ben and Luo Quan were dumbfounded.

Chen Qi laughed "hehe", he took out a heavy metal object with a square cylinder from the box on one side, half of this metal object is a round hole as big as the caliber of the artillery, and half is a metal mirror as big as the caliber of the artillery, "Your Majesty, two generals, this is the biggest secret of the breech gun, the wedge bolt, as long as the round hole of the bolt is partially stuffed into the artillery, you can reload through the hole, and after the loading is completed, the bolt will continue to slide to the right, and the metal mirror will seal the bottom of the artillery." ”

With that, he shoved the bolt in his hand into the cannon, and one of the artillerymen took a conical shell and stuffed it into the cannon, and then a cylindrical propellant into the barrel.

At this time, Chen Qi completely pushed the exposed cannon latch in, and the whole artillery was integrated, and the artilleryman stuffed the fire pipe into the cannon through the fire door on the cannon that was previously stuffed with the fire rope, and the propellant was integrated with the propellant, and the other hand pulled the rope.

"Wedge bolts." Niu Ben and Luo Quan don't know how to do it, but Xiao Ming is an understanding person.

Chen Qi now uses the typical wedge bolt of breech guns, which was used in modern times by the famous Krupp cannon from the beginning.

Seeing this structure, Xiao Ming was relieved, and Chen Qi's efforts for a few years were not in vain, it can be said that it was just a no-hit, and it was a blockbuster, which directly made the artillery reach the level of the same era as the Han-style rifle.

"Here, let me try it myself." Xiao Ming took the rope from the artilleryman.

The rope was very long, and in order to ensure safety, he walked five meters away before pulling the rope.

"Boom!"

Under the pull of the rope, the fire tube exploded inside the barrel, and the flames instantly ignited the propellant, pushing the entire shell out of the barrel.

"Boom", a distant explosion sounded, and the mountain a thousand meters away lit up with flames and smoke, and smoke and stone chips flew everywhere.

At this moment, two artillerymen stepped forward at once, one pulled the bolt, the other continued to reload, and ten seconds later another shell was fired.

In one minute, the artillery fired six shells in a row.

Originally, Niu Ben and Luo Quan wanted to say that the power of the shells was about the same, but at this point they were stunned, firing six shells a minute, while the smoothbore cannon used by Dayu now can only shoot one shot a minute, and the veterans are only two.

On the battlefield, long-range firepower is the key to victory, and artillery is also the primary target of local artillery attacks, and they know very well what kind of changes this six rounds a minute will bring to the war.

"Awesome, really awesome." Niu Ben looked around the artillery and looked around it, and he said, "Your Majesty, you should give this kind of artillery a loud name." “

Chen Qi showed an expectant look, this Song Changping's rifle is very loud in the Han style, I don't know what his artillery should be called?

"Why don't you call it the Guards Artillery?" Xiao Ming said with a smile.