After Luo Ling and the book spirits finished their discussion, they discovered that there were only a few shells left on the gun position.
She digested the information that the book spirit had just told her. The awakening of the gods was a bad thing for the world, but it might be a good thing for the school. External pressure might make the human race more united, and it would also bring more opportunities to the school. In the foreseeable future, there might be a coalition of various forces. She had accidentally mastered the inheritance of the Dream Tower, the Forging Tower, and the Star Tower. As long as she had enough strength, she would occupy a very advantageous position in this coalition. She planned to take time to talk to the committee about this situation in two days.
The test firing of the air guns on the field has been completed, and the whole audience burst into warm applause. There is no doubt that the leaders of the committee are satisfied with the results. The fan-shaped area about 100 to 300 meters in front of the gun position is full of fallen trees and craters, and the farthest shells fell more than 400 meters.
Although this type of cannon is not as powerful as traditional artillery and has a shorter range, it is not without advantages. Compared with artillery of similar technical level, it has a faster firing rate, is more concealed, is safer, and does not require repeated cleaning of gunpowder residue in the barrel.
Meng Guoqiang said with some pride: "Our industrial team is quite satisfied with this cannon, and it has great development potential. There are already several research directions for the range and power: First, engrave stability and flight arrays on the shells, which can immediately increase the range by more than double, but the cost is relatively high. Second, as our industrial team's steelmaking level recovers, we will use better steel to make gas tanks in the future, and with the improved solid array, greatly increase the gas pressure in the gas tanks. The third idea is more imaginative, but the young people in the team have found a solution, which is to learn and improve the electromagnetic railgun array in the body of the Electric Wing Silver Dragon Golem, install a simple electromagnetic array inside the barrel, and use the crystal as a capacitor to power the cannon when the gas tank is opened to fire the shells. With the help of the Lorentz force, it can achieve gas-electric linkage firing."
"You are too fanciful, you actually want to develop an electromagnetic cannon? This thing is cutting-edge technology even in our place. How can you want to develop it in this poor place? Isn't this too big a leap?" asked Commissioner Chu Ying.
Luo Ling was also quite surprised. After she returned to school, she handed the two golems over to the scientific group for research. She didn't expect these people to be so bold and quickly set their sights on the holy-level golem.
"Hey, Old Chu. This is a different time. What's not available there is available here. According to the research of the scientific team, magic crystal is an extremely efficient energy carrier; and the magic array can provide various amazing auxiliary effects. For example, the cooling array may solve the heat dissipation problem of the electromagnetic system. Besides, we are not directly using electromagnetic rail guns, but only adding an electromagnetic strengthening system on the basis of pneumatic guns to increase the propulsion force of the gun when needed. This is different from directly using rail guns."
"Okay, Lao Meng, last time you told me that this plan would take at least ten or eight years to complete. Don't try to fool Lao Chu with such irrelevant things." Guo Qian said.
"Old Chu is our God of Wealth, haha." He said seriously, "However, the second option should be possible in the near future. Okay, now that we've shown you the cannon, let's look at the gun. Old Wang, let's get started!"
Wang Jiyuan waved his hand, and several soldiers from the guard battalion erected three rows of targets 50 meters apart in the open space in the distance. At the other end, three soldiers holding three air rifles stood in a row 50 meters away from the first row of targets.
Meng Guoqiang walked over and took a gun from a soldier and introduced it: "We have made a large modification to the gun, referring to some features of modern high-pressure air rifles."
The gun was black and very slender. It looked much better than the dwarf's hand cannon. A gas cylinder was connected to the back of the barrel, which was covered with reinforcement arrays. There was a notch above the trigger for placing lead bullets.
"We used the reinforcement array provided by the dwarves in the design of the gas cylinder. After Mr. Morey's modification, the actual inflation pressure actually exceeded that of modern air rifles. In other words, the muzzle kinetic energy of this air gun is greater than that of modern air rifles. Unlike pneumatic cannons, we successfully pulled out rifling in the barrel of this gun, greatly improving the range and accuracy.
According to our calculations, under standard inflation conditions, the muzzle energy of the bullet is about half that of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and exceeds that of the Type 54 pistol. Mr. Morey also set up a more time-consuming and energy-consuming ultra-high pressure inflation mode, in which case the kinetic energy of the first shot can be further doubled. "
"That is to say, with a strengthened strike, the lethality of this gun is equivalent to that of five or six and a half?" Chang Lin asked.
"This is more complicated..." Meng Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to explain the problem clearly.
Wang Jiyuan added: "That's not the case. The bullets used in the two are different. The air rifle uses Minié lead bullets, which are different from the copper-clad steel jacket bullets of the 56.5 rifle. The lead bullets have poor penetration, but better stopping power. If they hit the human body at a close distance, the damage will be good. However, if the enemy has fighting spirit to penetrate the armor, the effect will definitely not be as good as the 56.5 rifle. However, the advantage of the Minié bullet is that it is simple to make and low in cost. Of course, we are also working with the industrial group to develop more suitable bullets."
The people around who didn't know much about military affairs were confused. Chang Lin smiled and said, "Although I didn't understand everything, I also understood what you meant. That is, the current bullets are not good enough, but we are developing better bullets, right?"
Wang Jiyuan and Meng Guoqiang looked at each other and nodded, "Let's understand it this way. Old Meng, you continue."
Meng Guoqiang went on to introduce: "This gun can be effectively fired about ten times after one inflation, after which the accuracy and power will decrease. However, since we have not yet made a magazine suitable for lead bullets, bullets need to be loaded manually, up to three rounds at a time. But in order to reduce the failure rate, it is safest to load one bullet..."
After Meng Guoqiang finished his introduction, Wang Jiyuan announced the start of the test launch.
The soldiers inflated the rifle and loaded it, then started shooting. This type of air rifle made only a slight popping sound when firing, and the recoil was also very small. The hit rate at 50 meters was very good, and 100% of the bullets hit the target. Then when shooting at the target at 100 meters, the hit rate dropped slightly, about three-quarters, and finally at the target at 150 meters, half of the bullets hit the target.
Applause broke out again in the venue.
Guo Qian said: "Meng, Wang, it seems that this air gun can indeed be used as a substitute for individual weapons. Now that we can make guns and cannons, I can finally put my mind at ease."