Firearms are out! It seems a little ahead of its time. After thinking about it again and again, I feel that it can still be made with the technology of the Song Dynasty.

After Di Lie returned from Weize Pass, the first thing he did was to transfer Guan Zhongyong and Gao Liang's Second Infantry Battalion to garrison at Weize Pass, and also to supervise the craftsmen and civilians who built the pass. Their most important task was to

Before the pass is repaired, no one is allowed to approach or pass through this pass.

According to Tian Laozhong's labor requirements, Di Lie gave him two thousand young men to use as labor for building the gate. At the same time, he also generously gave him a batch of japonica rice, plus a small amount of glutinous rice, egg whites, etc., as an adhesive.

, used to fill the gaps between the stones. Anyway, Di Lie had a lot of food on hand, and he only built a Guancheng of less than 200 square meters, so he could still afford this small amount of food.

After leaving this matter to professionals, Di Lie found three people: Zhou Dewang, Lu Dacheng, and Aji. Then, he placed two drawings in front of the three people.

When Aji saw one of the drawings, he exclaimed: "Hey, isn't this a thunder bullet? It doesn't look like it... Why are there so many ridges on it?"

Di Lie tapped the drawing with his fingers in approval and said: "Yes, this is a thunderbolt. To be precise, it is the second generation of thunderbolts. Our previous thunderbolts were limited by the unstable environment at that time and were iron-clad."

It is made of stone, and the gunpowder is not granulated, so its power is limited. Now, we are going to make pig iron thunderbolts. The ridges on these iron shells are prefabricated fragments. After the explosion, they can effectively kill the enemy with fragments. This kind of one-time

Special military consumable weapons do not require very good iron materials, just use some scrap iron materials or leftover materials to cast them. Do you have any questions?"

At present, Aji is in charge of the production of gunpowder. There is no problem in granulating gunpowder. It is just to add water and a small amount of binder to the prepared gunpowder powder. Use a sieve to sieve it into granules of uniform size, and then dry and seal it in the dark.

The iron shell was cast by Lu Dacheng. Although this guy had a bit of a temper, he was a first-class blacksmith. For this low-level casting requirement, Lu Dacheng only answered with one simple word: "Yes!"

Di Lie further pointed out: "There is no need to stop the production of those stone bullets, but the projectile body must be enlarged. It must be increased at least five times and made into a round shape. This thing is called a landmine."

Of course, this is not a problem. Di Lie has a lot of masons at his disposal anyway. Besides digging the mountains and quarrying rocks, they can carve hundreds of mine shells, which is a piece of cake.

At this time, two top master craftsmen and a future famous craftsman with great spirituality and potential stared at the second drawing with six eyes.

"This... this thing is so strange, it seems..." the three of them said while involuntarily focusing their eyes on the gun case on Di Lie's back.

Di Lie nodded with a smile: "Yes, this is the original version of my sniper rifle, which we call a musket. Although its power is far from comparable to that of my sniper rifle, it should not be more powerful than the sniper rifle of this era.

Bows and crossbows are inferior. Weapons such as crossbows are high in cost, difficult to maintain, time-consuming to manufacture, and consume too much arrows. With our current strength, it is difficult to ensure long-term supply. But the musket is different. Its manufacturing cost

It’s not much higher than a crossbow, and it doesn’t take that much time. The most important thing is its bullets. It can be easily carried and support long-term combat..."

Before Di Lie finished talking about the pros and cons of this musket, Aji had already shouted: "Whether it's called a sniper rifle or a musket, we must make it!"

The prototype of the muzzleloader gun Di Lie drew is the famous musket "Brown Bess" of the British army in the early 19th century. The whole gun is 148 centimeters long and has a simple appearance. It consists of a barrel and a butt.

, the shooting component is composed of three parts. The barrel is 107 centimeters long and has a caliber of 19 millimeters. The barrel is fixed with a buckle for easy replacement. There is no bayonet. The whole gun weighs 4.5 kilograms.

The reason why Di Lie chose this gun type was not because he had any special preference for the "Brown Bess", but because this gun was the only musket he was familiar with.

Although Di Lie is a special elite and is familiar with modern firearms from various countries, this does not mean that he is also familiar with primitive muskets - it is just like a computer expert who does not necessarily know how to use an abacus.

The reason Dilie knew so much about "Brown Bess" was thanks to a British peacekeeper named Tony. Tony and he also performed missions on the "Star Sea", and the two had a good relationship. When they completed the eight-week isolation

After intensive training, Tony invited Di Lie to a party at his home in Manchester. It was at Tony's house that Di Lie saw this "Brown Bess" replica of the 1809 model.

According to Tony, this gun belongs to his grandfather's collection. It is a replica from the 1970s. It is definitely the real thing. He even shot it with his own hands when he was a child. Unfortunately, he did not have black powder and projectiles, otherwise he could let Di Lie try it.

hand.

This was the first time for Di Lie to see this kind of ancient flintlock musket in real form. Out of professional habit, he couldn't help but dismantle the "Brown Bess" inside and out due to itchy hands. Compared to

As far as modern firearms are concerned, the structure of the old-fashioned flintlock smoothbore gun is really simple. The barrel is just a hollow iron pipe, with little technical content. The slightly more complicated, or really technical part, is its gun mechanism.

As the most technically mature combat weapon produced and equipped by the British army from the 18th to the 19th century, the "Brown Bess" adopted a brand new brake design. The large guard safety catch was canceled on the bolt and replaced with a brake

Wheel wedge movement design, this new device was also the standard design of all later flintlock muskets in various countries.

The "Brown Bess" gun mechanism wheel wedge has two tenon grooves, a fixed movement and a brake damping to form two insurances. The first is to load black powder to the primed basin in a motor-ready state, and the second is to

In the shooting ready state, the brake sear-linked trigger structure can slide up and down to lock and fire. Moreover, this gun also eliminates the flint stone and instead uses the hammer to strike the steel plate to scrape out sparks and ignite the primer. Completely

The flintlock gun was freed from the inconvenience of frequent replacement of flints. These improvements greatly improved the performance of the muzzle-loading musket, making it the highest peak in the development of the muzzle-loading musket.

With Di Lie's familiarity with firearms, after dismantling them once, he naturally memorized them clearly. But what he didn't expect at all was that it was his unintentional touch that would lead to the development of firearms hundreds of years later.

The quite mature "Brown Bess" front-loaded smoothbore flintlock gun was born in China's Song Dynasty in advance.

Zhou Dewang and Lu Dacheng looked at the drawings for a long time with their heads bumping. With their professionalism, they quickly put forward two opinions: First, the gun barrel is cold forged from an iron roll, which is not too difficult.

If there is sufficient material, a skilled blacksmith can forge a gun barrel that meets the requirements in one day; secondly, the casting of gun components is difficult and requires breaking down into multiple parts and making multiple molds for repeated comparison and testing.

It will take some more time.

After receiving the affirmation of professional opinions, Di Lie finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the technology of the Song Dynasty is really not incredible, and guns seven hundred years later can also be made. But it is not surprising to think about it, the Ming Dynasty's

The technology is not necessarily much better than that of the Song Dynasty, and it is not still able to produce flintlock guns. Although the performance of the early flintlock gun called the Lumi gun is far from comparable to that of the "Brown Bess", its components are cast

It is so complicated to create, perhaps even more so than "Brown Bess". The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty did not come up with the same thing.

Di Lie was very satisfied and said: "You have been focusing on this matter recently and getting the samples out as soon as possible. But there are a few things to pay attention to. First, the inner wall of the barrel must be straight and smooth, and there must be no flaws such as blisters or cracks.

.2. Among the gun components, except for the hammer and steel plate, which need to be cast with high-quality iron, other components and triggers should not be made of iron, but should be cast of brass. This will not rust easily and can improve and extend its performance.

Third, keep it strictly confidential. All craftsmen and related personnel involved in the development will be subject to strict numbering control. The development location will be in the cave halfway up the Xishan Mountain. You will transport all the required utensils and raw materials to the cave and place them there.

Okay, I will send heavy troops to guard the mountain road, which will become our number one military center...Aji, your gunpowder factory will be treated in the same way, do you understand?"

The three people stood up in a hurry and said solemnly: "I will obey the command of the village master."

Di Lie watched the three people leave and exhaled a long breath. He could only do this one step. Whether he could finally create this kind of front-loading musket that transcended the times all depends on these people in the capital's arms manufacturing industry.

The craftsmanship of master craftsmen.

Well, the next step, which is tomorrow, will be the official training. Alas! It was really hard at the beginning. I originally wanted to find a chance to get close to Ye Die'er and the Roufu Emperor...

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