The two people also watched indifferently from the nearby tower, the movement brought by this group of monks.
"These are just the scourge of scabies. If it is the one who is interested, I am afraid that they will not even be able to get out of the Shaozhou boundary..."
The newly appointed Inner Court Confucian Officer Qiu Huan said to his old friend Cao Canjun Fan Chuo.
"Not to mention that I arrived here safely, so I'm afraid there are other arrangements where you stay in the company. Now you are the owner, Cao, don't worry about this too much..."
"Don't feel unbearable, do you know, this lord's heart is so great that he wants to go far..."
Having said that, Qiu Huan continued to say sternly
"He has already determined to give up most of the scholars who came from the family in the vast Canton, and wants to start anew with the rebels themselves, cultivate and support a set of governing directors and foundations by themselves..."
"The branches of the Grand Lecture Institute are prepared for this. The poor and ridiculous people still don't know, and want to profit from the negotiations... This matter, it is not possible that this generation has contributed to the flames..."
"My generation is lucky enough to follow, but we must not miss the great future and opportunity of following a great cause because of the little gains and losses in front of us..."
When these monks began to gather believers outside the city to try to build momentum, Zhou Huaian was rarely in the city, but came to a deserted valley on the southeast coast of Guangfu. There was originally a Shanhaman stockade here, which was burnt down in the earlier turmoil. Now it has been rebuilt and it has become a test site in a sense.
After passing through a number of light and dark outposts, a suddenly enlightened field and continuous buildings appeared in front of them.
"Subordinates, see leader..."
However, it was Chen Nian, the team officer of the Central Military Projection Team, a middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes and scars in the corners of his eyes.
"No need to go into too much, let me wait and start right away..."
Zhou Huaian waved his hand.
"promise.."
He replied, then blew the whistle of the Hedgehog Collection.
After a while, I saw that on a section of artificially set mounds, a few strong soldiers from the fire-throwing team, all dressed up, worked together to make a few special customized rounds, and glued pig iron slag and broken iron pieces. The clay pot flew with the lead rope tossed and hit the ground about ten steps away.
Zhou Huai'an was shocked by the instinctual retreat and the sound of violent explosions. The jars that were thrown exploded into a cloud of smoke, and even the few pigs and sheep fixed on the side for targets and killing tests were all He was knocked to the ground by the fragments and screamed in bloody screams, but he didn't die immediately.
Then someone dragged it back to check it, the mouth and nose orifices were all bled, and the fragments embedded in the flesh were still faintly visible; and the fragments jumped out one by one to measure the wound, the deepest wound was no more than an inch long.
Zhou Huaian made a slight judgment in his mind, and it seemed that it was okay to deal with unarmored targets. There is a higher probability of losing combat effectiveness or being unable to act on the spot if you don’t die in close proximity; but if you encounter a protected target, such as an armor-piercing soldier Unless it hits the face under the throat in the middle, the effect will be greatly reduced.
Moreover, the applicability in daily engineering operations and blasting is obviously insufficient. The place where the blast has been exploded is only a shallow circle of radial pits, and then a friend uses a ruler to insert the soil turned out, and the deepest part is less than two inches.
However, it is quite good to be able to use the black powder for the first time to achieve this effect; at least when dealing with dense crowds or cavalry attacks, it still has unexpected deterrent, deterrent and killing effects; at least these pigs and sheep All of his feet have been blown up and broken. If it is a foot that cannot be protected by humans, it is quite possible that they will lose the ability to walk and stand.
Then, team officer Chen Nian blew the whistle again, and someone pushed the trolley to clear the ground, and re-established the new grass-filled humanoid target and the tied live pigs and sheep. Then it was the turn of the firearm experiment. They saw the two lift a metal tube with a thick bowl and a wide mouth, and fixed it on a modified trolley.
Of course, with the current conditions and craftsmanship under the rule of the rebel army, this large sprayer with iron shell and copper skin can be made temporarily; it is also a compromise that increases the strength and saves the cost of materials. design.
After all, the lack of copper and the shortage of money run through the history of ancient China; and Zhou Huaian also searched for Lingnan monasteries and folk copperware and copper utensils, and with the source of sea trade, can he be a little more luxurious. Used to make firearms.
After filling the partition and the cartridge with medicine, inserting the ignited incense for a few breaths, only a muffled sound was heard, a large group of ash smoke was spit out, and a densely-turned arc of smoke trails came out. , The preset armored target and the tied whole pig and sheep are mostly covered. Suddenly, the struggling movement and wailing sound completely disappeared.
When the smoke is gone, you can see the humanoid target of straw being blown away and torn into countless falling grass masses; and the live pigs and goats in iron armor are also completely bloodied and completely cut off; and In some details of the wound, it can be seen that the metal nails are embedded in the hollows. As for the group cards and baffle plates used to cover, they were even torn apart.
Many soldiers on the scene couldn't help but scream in an uproar, obviously being shocked by the power of this kind of gunpowder out of thin air.
"Congratulations to the leader, after having this sharp thing... so we are even more fearless of the officers and soldiers"
Chen Nian beside her was even more pleasantly surprised.
"Train him as many miles as he dares to come..."
"Not so exaggerated..."
Zhou Huaian was an understatement of pouring cold water.
"The interval between the first shots of this thing is still too long, and it needs to be skillfully manipulated to match the army's battle formation..."
Then, Zhou Huaian turned to the middle-aged craftsman who was full of wrinkles and some rickets in the commoner.
"I don't know what the cost of this material is, the construction period and the output..."
His name is Wu Dong, Mingyuan, and he is one of the copper craftsmen in the hardware group of the first major team; because generations have used the casting of bronze bells and some bronze wares for his vitality, but in private, he can only make some small machines. , So it can be called skillful in fine craftsmanship; it can be called one of the famous master craftsmen in Guangfu.
It’s just that he couldn’t escape from the chaos of the world. He was taken into account of his ancestral business and went bankrupt and imprisoned. He was eventually transferred to the rebels and became a repairer in the hardware team of the squadron. In the end, he relied on his unique skills. In the casting of firearms, he was entrusted with an important task, and became the craftsman group leader of this secret firearm construction.
"If you return to the army, this creature weighs 87 catties and 46 cents. It uses Hongshan copper 20%, black tin and gray lead each half, and Nanhai precision cast iron 70%..."
When he talked about the field he was familiar with, it seemed as if he had changed his personality, and he was fascinated without bending his waist and his eyes.
"A total of 22 people in four groups of large and small workers were used, and it took 15 days to complete one. Therefore, the materials and labor costs are consumed, and the cost is about 75,600 yuan..."
"That's nearly 80% of the cost..."
Zhou Huai'an secretly sighed that the cost is still a bit high, but this is a price that must be paid for the future development direction and prospects.
"Then I will try my best to supply materials and manpower, and see how much you can produce at most... I'm afraid it will be useful in the near future..."
"Please don't worry about the leader..."
Hearing these words, Wu Dong sighed with sternness and decay.
"The young ones have already grasped the essentials of the preparation roughly, as long as there are enough labor and materials available..."
"After Yiyi has become more and more familiar with it, the construction period and cost can be shortened..."
"Then don't rush to get it done for a while and leave flaws and omissions,",
Zhou Huaian was also awake.
"Let's talk about training a sufficient number of skilled labor first... I will automatically award corresponding rewards and punishments..."
"But respect the leadership's teaching..."
Wu Dong nodded without temper.
Then, under Zhou Huaian's instructions, they carried out several rounds of increasing charge and range limit tests until the big sprayer's barrel appeared obvious cracks and deformation.
It was finally determined. With the current quality of gunpowder, the optimal kill distance is probably between ten and twenty steps; further away, it lacks the power of penetration. If you want to add medicine, you have to If the thickness and strength are further increased, the weight and power cost-effectiveness will not be worth the loss.
With the unified standard and specifications of the front-mounted large spray gun as the basis, it is mainly used to train and train the sighting technology and proficiency of the firearms; the next step Zhou Huai'an can consider the rear-mounted stacked sub-gun. Design
As for the problem of airtightness and ignition, it can be solved with oil-soaked linen gasket and carbonized cotton rope. Then, in the follow-up science and technology tree step by step, the rapid filling method of paper-packed monolithic ammunition, and a series of production and preparation of a large number of lead shots and iron bullet particles.
As a traverser who does not explode firearms, the technology tree still has the face to say that he is a traverser. Even under the crudest technical conditions, he must take advantage of the current buffer period when all parties have not responded in time, and find a way to get the simplest ingredients The disulfide charcoal, even if it's just like a firecracker, can only be thrown to listen to the sound, so that the scary black powder will come out first.
This will also help the newly expanded rebels to quickly tide over the period of weakness and disintegration during this period. The next steps and regulations are to slowly adjust the distribution ratios of various components through weighing instruments to maximize the power of black powder;
At least compared to this kind of big spray that takes a long time to strike, Zhou Huaian is more interested in the previous patch gunpowder cans. At the very least, they can replace the original kerosene cans and poisoned fireballs in the hands of the fire-throwing team. Continue to operate seamlessly.
Although the current volume is still a bit cumbersome, it is not conducive to carrying a little farther away, but after reaching a certain batch size, it will also have a considerable degree of bonus to defensive strongholds and field defense.
Then, the existing first version of the formula is further refined and filtered to purify impurities and refine, and then become powder particles for various purposes through a wet process. For everyone else, it takes a certain amount of time, cycle, and luck, and there are not many shortcuts.
But Zhou Huaian had at least an auxiliary calculation ability and appendages to assist, but the process was a little frightening and he wanted to avoid others' eyes and ears. After finalizing the military advantage and technological development direction he could master, Zhou Huaian finally had the mood to return his attention to the farce outside the city. (End of this chapter)