Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 948

[Chapter 948]

“Returning to Your Highness, the current hand-cranked machine gun is still being tested and improved, and I will be able to deliver a hand-cranked machine gun that can be put into use in another month, but it will take more time to produce it in small batches.” Postpone it for a while.” Wang Ying thought for a while and said slowly.

Zhao Xu nodded.

The important thing he and Wang Ying talked about was naturally the machine gun.

In fact, metal bullets were born with machine guns.

Instead of rifles spawned metal bullets.

In contemporary 1861, the first hand-cranked machine gun was born, but during the four years from 1861 to 1865, the machine gun was never delivered to the army.

The reason is that paper shell bullets cannot meet the high-speed loading and ejection operations of machine guns.

At the same time, due to the air leakage problem in the breech of the machine gun, the range and power of the machine gun are also insufficient.

As a result, metal bullets were developed independently, and the era of metal bullets has since opened.

Therefore, the application of metal bullets is from machine guns to rifles, not from rifles to machine guns.

It was for this reason that he asked Wang Ying to make metal bullets first, and then hand-cranked machine guns to avoid detours.

“So, you already have a sample of the hand-cranked machine gun? Send it to the meeting hall immediately so that I can meet you.” Zhao Xu couldn’t wait.

This thing is a real battlefield butcher, the terminator of cavalry.

Historically, the major concern of the Central Plains dynasty has always been the nomadic tribes in the northern grasslands.

The high mobility of the cavalry made the Central Plains dynasty, which was dominated by infantry, helpless.

But with this thing, the peak era of rifles will come.

“Your Highness, you are treating the last general as an outsider. What kind of metal bullets are these? Now they are hand-cranked machine guns. You haven’t let us know anything about them.” Chang Wei has not yet recovered from the shock of seeing the metal bullets for the first time. Come on, I was stimulated by the hand-cranked machine gun again, and I couldn’t help feeling wronged.

Yang Feng also shook his head, he didn’t understand this matter at all.

Zhao Xu laughed, “What’s wrong with this, I didn’t tell you, it’s to let you concentrate on fighting the enemy instead of staring at the military commander all day long, don’t you think so?”

Chang Wei said, Immediately laughed, he was hit by King Yan.

Scratching his head, he couldn’t help but asked again, “Your Highness, what is this hand-cranked machine gun?”

“Don’t worry, I will introduce it after the military commander brings the things over.” Zhao Xu continued to play tricks.

After half an hour, under the escort of a group of soldiers, the hand-cranked machine gun covered with black cloth was sent to the meeting hall.

Wang Ying lifted the black cloth and showed Dasong’s first hand-cranked machine gun in front of everyone.

When the hand-cranked machine gun revealed the true face of Mount Lu, everyone’s breathing became heavy.

“How do you use it? There are six barrels.”

“It looks really strange, and there is a crank wheel.”

“…” When the

ministers saw the hand-cranked machine gun, they immediately discussed it.

Zhao Xu didn’t make fun of the lack of knowledge of the ministers.

Because he is tantamount to forcibly dragging Da Song from the feudal era into modern times in an instant.

They always need time to accept the arrival of new things.

And with the advent of the second industrial revolution, they will be more stimulated, whether it is the endless stream of industrial products or ideological trends.

The West Natives are certainly a challenge.

But for him, the bigger challenge in the future lies on the inside.

After all, the collapse of an empire often comes from its own disorder.

Therefore, after he defeated the Western natives and established a world order belonging to Dasong, what he faced was the issue of governance of this huge empire.

It is easy to fight the country, but difficult to defend the country. This is an eternal truth.

This thought just flashed in Zhao Xu’s mind and passed away.

His attention was once again on the hand-cranked machine gun.

Walking to the front of the hand-cranked machine gun, Zhao Xu squatted down to observe it, and then shook the wheel on the machine gun.

At this time, the six barrels started to rotate at a constant speed.

There is a bar bullet slot on the breech position of the barrel, which is used to place the magazine clip.

When shooting, after the bullet falls into the barrel and is fired, it rotates to the next barrel, and then falls into the next bullet, and so on.

Its principle is similar to that of a revolver.

“Your Highness, what’s so special about this machine gun?” Chang Wei couldn’t help his curiosity when he saw Zhao Xu playing with full concentration.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu patted the hand-cranked machine gun, and he didn’t want to show off anymore, so he explained to them what a hand-cranked machine gun is.

“Can you fire two hundred bullets in a minute?” When Zhao Xu mentioned the rate of fire of the hand-cranked machine gun, Chang Wei and other generals opened their mouths in surprise.

Zhao Xu nodded, “You heard me right. This is just the most primitive machine gun. When the next machine gun comes out, the rate of fire can even reach 600 rounds per minute.”

The machine gun that Wang Ying tested was actually a Gatling machine gun . machine gun, and the next machine gun he said was the Maxim machine gun.

The birth of these two machine guns differed by twenty years.

Among them, the Maxim machine gun was the first machine gun powered by gunpowder gas.

Its appearance marked the arrival of the era of automatic weapons, after which automatic and semi-automatic weapons sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

But in contrast, the structure of the Maxim machine gun is naturally much more complicated, and a special aerodynamic structure needs to be designed.

Because Maxim relies on the recoil force generated by the gunpowder gas when the bullet is fired to complete the ejection and feeding, without the need for hand cranking.

At the same time, the increase in the rate of fire has naturally increased the requirements for the material of the firearm.

An aerodynamic structure and a material problem need to be solved by the Brigade Division.

It was in consideration of these problems that he decided to create a simple and easy-to-operate hand-cranked machine gun.

Although not perfect, it is enough to deal with cavalry and teach the natives a lesson.

“What Your Highness said is true, but for the time being, you can use this machine gun. The next machine gun will be actively developed by the Military Division.” Wang Ying said.

Chang Weixi said, “Having this is enough to make Beidi and Xitu people cry their mothers and fathers, let’s talk about when we can deliver some!”

Wang Ying immediately rolled his eyes, “This is because His Highness doesn’t reveal the news to you. The reason.”

“Hahaha…” Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the meeting hall was full of relaxation.

Zhao Xu also smiled lightly, and then he got back to business and said, “The battle should be fought as it should be, or how it should be fought. The army can’t keep the vegetables in the pot and not work.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei knew that King Yan This is to remind myself, so I replied.

Zhao Xu looked at Wang Ying again, “This king will give you all the support to expand the production of metal bullets. At the same time, the testing of hand-cranked machine guns should be stepped up, and some of them can be installed as soon as possible.”

After a pause, he continued, “As for now Some of the metal bullets that have been produced are provided to Chen Hu’s Lancers, and some are provided to the sharpshooters of various armies. This time the wolves are coming, I will kill them one by one.”

(End of this chapter)