The night was silent, only the light of the fire flickered.

Pontor looked at the stars in the steppe sky with a worried expression, and he said to the two: "Look at this beautiful steppe starry sky, what a pity it would be if you lost them. ”

Bach, the leader of the Tumu tribe, and Wotai, the leader of the Iron Curtain tribe, looked at Pang Duo at the same time, and the two looked at each other with a determined expression, and Bach said: "Because of this, we can't lose these pastures, even if we fight to the last man, we have to keep the land that belongs to us." “

"That's right, the Great Yu Kingdom has taken away our Kanto, and now it wants to take away our pasture, where can we retreat if we retreat, this war is a life-and-death battle between our Golden Horde and the Great Chongqing State, and every man on the grassland should be guarded with blood."

Pang Duo nodded appreciatively, he raised the wine glass in his hand, and said: "The war is about to break out, I just hope that the two of you can work together, and when the time comes, as soon as the men and horses of the Heavenly Khan arrive, we can join forces to destroy the army of the Great Yu Kingdom." “

"Okay, the head of the Banner of Pando has always been resourceful, and this time we will listen to you." Bach and Wotai said in unison.

……

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming was observing the new weapons made by Song Changping on the school grounds of the military factory.

After the official announcement of the name of the Chinese Empire, Song Changping found him and said that it was a gift to the Chinese Empire.

"According to the structural drawings provided by the emperor, after many tests, Xia Guan can guarantee that this machine gun can be officially put into use." Song Changping pointed to the firearm in front of him and said.

Different from the traditional sense of the rifle, the structure of the firearm in Song Changping's mouth is very peculiar, simply put, this firearm has a wheeled base similar to a field gun, and there is a circle of iron sheet on the barrel, which makes the barrel look very thick.

"So how many bullets can this gun shoot per minute? And what is the caliber? Xiao Ming's eyes were shining, he was worried about the war of the Northern Expedition in the past two days, but he didn't expect Song Changping to give him a big gift.

After the metal bullet was officially put into production, he asked Song Changping to start developing the cavalry's nemesis machine gun, and the gun drawings he gave Song Changping were based on the Makqin machine gun.

Because this invention since 1883 heavy machine gun with the current Qingzhou industrial capacity can be fully produced, after all, he has solved the problem of metal bullets, which means that the bullet is not a problem, at the same time in the process of these years of southern conquest and northern war, Qingzhou's steel industry has been progressing, barrel material chromium alloy has been studied, there is a specific ratio he provides, although the current barrel material is not as modern as modern, but the Makqin machine gun born in the nineteenth century is enough.

"Your Majesty, this machine gun can fire about 600 rounds per minute, and the caliber is the same as the rifle bullets we use now, which is 7.92mm. Song Changping said.

Xiao Ming nodded, the original caliber of the Makqin machine gun is 11.43, mm, but this is not the only caliber standard for machine guns, now Song Changping changed the caliber of the machine gun to 7.92mm, it can only be said that this machine gun can not be called a heavy machine gun, it can only be called a general-purpose machine gun, and the caliber of this machine gun belongs to the medium caliber.

Xiao Ming is very satisfied with Song Changping's choice, which shows that Song Changping has his own thinking and does not blindly follow the drawings.

"You're doing a good job, so the machine gun will be able to fight with normal rifle bullets." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Then he walked over to the side of the machine gun and took a closer look.

Similar to the structure of the Makqin machine gun in memory, this machine gun Song Changping also uses a water-cooled method to cool down the barrel, so the barrel of the machine gun is covered with a layer similar to the barrel, which is actually filled with water.

For this machine gun, the biggest problem that Song Changping solved was actually the automation of the machine gun, and this required the use of bullet gas as kinetic energy to complete the gun unlocking, shelling, ammunition feeding, and re-locking.

"Your Majesty, the structure of this machine gun is much more complex than that of the Han rifle, the base of this machine gun can be said to be a small machine, which needs to use cranks, rollers, acceleration cams and other accessories, the principle is somewhat similar to the steam engine, but the steam engine uses steam, and the automatic loading of this machine gun relies on the gas of the bullet."

While speaking, Song Changping pointed to the button behind the machine gun bolt and said: "Your Majesty, as long as you press this button to release the blocking iron, the hammer will hit the firing needle to fire the primer and fire the bullet, once the bullet flies away from the muzzle, it will start to unlock, with the thrust of gunpowder gas to push the bolt backward to overwhelm the hammer and at the same time the continuous arrester iron to catch the hammer, at the same time, the dial wheel rotates and pulls out the new bullet, throws the shell and exits the previous bullet case, at this time the bolt recoil is completed, Under the thrust of the recoiling spring, the bolt moves forward and feeds a new bullet into the chamber to complete the locking. If you let go of the iron blocker at this time, you will always be hanging on the hammer and cannot fire, if you keep pressing, after the locking is completed, the continuous iron blocking iron will release the hammer and fire again, which is the whole principle of the machine gun. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, which was enough to see that Song Changping had thoroughly understood the principle of the Makqin machine gun.

However, although this machine gun is made on the basis of Makqin, it is different from Makqin, so he said to Song Changping: "It seems that you have indeed understood the principle of firearms, and in order to commend you, this machine gun will be named Changping Machine Gun." “

Song Changping was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red with excitement, for a person who has been immersed in studying firearms all day long, there is nothing more glorious than this.

"Your Majesty, really? It's just that Xia Guan is worthy of the name of this machine gun. Song Changping's heart fluctuated.

"This machine gun is from you, and it makes sense to name it after you, not to mention that the appearance of this machine gun means a major breakthrough in weapons for our Chinese family, and I am counting on more firearms from you in the future." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

"The Chinese family?" Song Changping was stunned again.

Xiao Ming had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "Country, country, only with a country can there be a home, and only with a family can there be a country, the Chinese Empire, the Chinese family, one meaning." “

Song Changping smiled knowingly, he bowed down and said: "What the emperor said is very true, now the emperor is the head of the family, and we are all members of this family. “

After a few teasing words, Xiao Ming once again led the topic to the Changping machine gun, and he said, "By the way, I haven't seen the power of this machine gun yet?" ”

Song Changping came back to his senses, and he immediately called the workers of the two military factories and said, "You can show the emperor now." “

As he spoke, two strong workers quickly arrived at the machine gun, one holding the bolt with both hands, and the other stuffing the cartridge into the chamber.