Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 1146

[Chapter 1146 Chinese style]

“Hey, this time Wang Ying is so solemn, it must be something great, and the whole army is blessed.” On the

school grounds, the generals of the Defense Department were all whispering, and at this time Chang Wei replied to Yang Feng .

Compared with Yang Feng, he knows a little more.

After all, Wang Ying is more familiar with these Yanzhou generals.

Yang Feng nodded, stroked his beard, looking forward to it even more.

At this moment, Wang Ying was serving by Zhao Xu’s side. After receiving Zhao Xu’s instruction, he sent an order to the officials of the Military Industry Department.

Not long after, the officials lifted the black cloth on the first stone platform, revealing the true face of a musket.

For a moment, Zhao Xu and the generals were amazed.

For Zhao Xu, even though he had personally drawn the design drawings for this musket, it was quite shocking to see the real thing in front of him.

After all, for men, guns and cannons are like flowers for women.

Generals such as Chang Wei and Yang Feng had never seen them before, so they were naturally shocking and novel.

Wang Ying was very satisfied with everyone’s reaction.

He picked up the rifle from the stone platform in front of him where the muskets were placed, and said to Zhao Xu,

“Your Majesty, this is a Chinese-style rifle.”

Zhao Xu had already named this rifle when it was designed.

Although everyone didn’t understand why Zhao Xu designated the series of muskets and artillery as Qin, Han and Tang, which they had never heard of, and seemed to be titles of dynasties, but they were unwilling to go against his intentions.

“Tell me about the features of this rifle.”

Zhao Xu nodded, and took the rifle, while Chang Wei urged Wang Ying to explain it impatiently.

Wang Ying ignored Chang Wei, but cleared his throat, and said unhurriedly, “Your Majesty, generals, there are two most important changes in the guns and artillery for this battle. Another great revolution in guns and artillery.”

He naturally understood Emperor Zhao Xu’s next plan to reduce the army.

Because of this, during this period of time, their military industry department has been engaged in research and development day and night, and at the same time, they have received the full cooperation of other industry departments to complete the second-generation Han-style series of guns and artillery.

“What change?” Chang Wei asked again.

After pondering for a while, Wang Ying continued, “First, we have conquered the gas-guided structure of the musket, so this Han-style rifle is Dasong’s first, even the world’s first semi-automatic rifle, and has six The design of the magazine loaded with bullets, due to the improvement of accuracy and air-tightness, its effective range has also been increased to 800 meters, and it is also lethal within 1,000 meters.”

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this, and showed the general the bullets of the musket He picked up the clip filled with six bullets from the table, and put it directly into the magazine of the musket.

In modern times, semi-automatic rifles appeared during World War I.

But it wasn’t until World War II that semi-automatic and automatic rifles became the mainstay of the battlefield.

However, the principle of air conduction appeared in the middle and late nineteenth century.

There are ready-made technical drawings, and the military industry department relies on the power industry. It is not difficult to make these things in advance in this world.

“Can this musket fire six rounds in a row?” Chang Wei asked.

Wang Ying nodded affirmatively.

Zhao Xu chuckled twice, the facts speak louder than words.

He raised the Han-style rifle and pulled the trigger at a distant target.

“Bang bang bang…” Zhao Xu pulled the trigger six times in a row, firing six bullets.

“It’s actually true.” Yang Feng said in surprise, he couldn’t close his mouth.

The rifle can fire continuously like a machine gun, although it can only fire six rounds at a time, and then the magazine has to be changed.

But it is a huge improvement compared to the Qin-style rifle that fills a bullet and fires a shot.

This means that at the same time, the firepower of the Han-style rifle is much stronger than that of the Qin-style rifle.

What’s more, Wang Ying said that the effective range of the Han-style rifle is stronger than that of the Qin-style rifle, which means that this rifle is more powerful.

“Of course it is true, but old general, there are more surprises below.” Wang Ying laughed and lifted the black cloth on the second stone platform.

At this moment, the eyes of the generals widened.

Because the muskets in front of them are very chic, short and small.

“This is a revolver. When the enemy is close and it is inconvenient to use a rifle, you can use it to kill the enemy. How to equip generals and soldiers can gain a greater advantage in close combat.” Wang Ying laughed.

“I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.” Zhao Xu said at this time, picked up the revolver, loaded the bullets into it, and fired another six rounds at the target.

The generals were dumbfounded, and after a while, they immediately recalled and realized the benefits of this short musket.

Currently, generals carry swords for self-defense on the battlefield.

When in danger, you can only fight with the enemy.

With this thing, they have a musket for self-defense.

Moreover, this thing is so small, it is more convenient to hang it on the body than a rifle.

“Wang Ying, you are a fucking talent.” Chang Wei laughed loudly, and patted Wang Ying’s shoulder hard, and Wang Ying grinned in pain.

But Wang Ying knew that this was not his own credit, but the emperor’s credit.

But the emperor has ordered that these things do not need to be announced to the outside world.

So he can only bear this false name.

After Chang Wei, Yang Feng and other generals also complimented Wang Ying, which made Wang Ying even more blushing.

Zhao Xu also smiled, then he looked at the third large object covered in black cloth, and asked, “This should be a cannon, right?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, this is what I said, the second problem to overcome, but the breakthrough is not the artillery itself, but the shells. The shells used by this artillery are no longer wooden wedge fuses, but impact fuzes. .” Wang Ying said.

Zhao Xu showed a satisfied expression.

He has long been dissatisfied with the fuse of the flower bomb.

It is believed that the wooden wedge fuze is too crude to accurately control the timing of the explosion, sometimes wasting a lot of shells.

Now Wang Ying finally made the percussion fuze.

The principle of this percussion fuse is the same as that of the firing pin of a musket or cannon.

The most important thing inside the fuze is the firing pin structure and detonating charge.

In this way, the shell falls from the sky, the fuze hits the ground, the internal structure is shaken, and the structure controlling the firing pin hits the detonating charge, causing the bomb to explode.

With the shells equipped with this fuze, their artillery is equal to the Han-style rifles, initially reaching the level of armaments before World War I.

Even Britain imitated Dasong’s breech-loading rifle.

The level of armament between them has also been pulled apart for forty or fifty years.

The generals are all old men on the battlefield, and they naturally realized the value of the percussion fuze immediately, and they immediately let out bursts of exclamation.

For them, this not only means that the shells are more efficient, but also means that soldiers do not need to adjust the wooden wedge leads, which can save a lot of time when firing shells.

It has to be said that these two breakthroughs made by Wang Ying are really a huge change for the army’s armament.

Before that, they were still somewhat dissatisfied with Zhao Xu’s decision to disarm.

But now, they finally understand.

Their Emperor His Majesty is confident.

(end of this chapter)