The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 259 Ignition and Springs

On September 24, a conference room in Lushun.

A row of sergeants in blue training uniforms stood neatly outside the door, motionless.

Their clothes are summer training clothes designed by Ding Yi for Lushun soldiers. They are designed with ultra-modern short sleeves. They are usually worn for training, and they are covered with cotton armor or iron armor in wartime.

A few minutes later, the door opened, and a sergeant came out with a flushed face and was extremely excited, holding a delicate Japanese sword in his hand.

"Next." The officer at the door said blankly.

The young soldier who was first in line took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

In the empty conference room, Ding Yi was the only one sitting in it, and there were many Japanese knives on the table in front of him.

"He Xiaoche, head of the 24th phase of the Lushun Training Division, meet Mr. Ding." He Xiaoche kowtowed, and then got up quickly.

In August, He Xiaoche took part in the Battle of Gaizhou. He shot and killed Gubul Qi and was promoted to general manager. Not long after his return, he participated in a one-month promotion training as usual. He graduated today and will have an interview with Ding Yi again.

He was very excited, because Lord Ding was the God of War in Lushun, leading the people, invincible and invincible, it was a nightmare for Tartars.

People in Liao regard Lord Ding as the patron saint of Liaodong.

"He Xiaoche, it's you again. You've been promoted again. Come and sit down. Haha, right now, there are no officers or subordinates here, only brothers." Ding Yi laughed loudly, got up, and kindly pulled him to sit down.

He Xiaoche became even more excited, his face was flushed, he was at a loss, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

"He Xiaoche?" Ding Yi looked around and picked up a Japanese knife on the table.

Before graduating from the training department, they used the knives produced by Lushun itself. Since a large number of Japanese knives came in from Japan, Ding Yi switched to Japanese knives.

The Japanese knives were more beautiful than the knives made by them, and the generals obviously liked them more, so they were jealous of the knives they had taken before, so Ding Yi simply sent them out again.

After the Japanese sword is brought back, the craftsman engraves the letter on the body of the sword.

Ding Yi is engraved on one side, and the names of the generals are engraved on the other.

Ding Yi quickly found the knife with He Xiaoche's name on it, and handed it over with his own hands.

Swipe, He Xiaoche stood up straight, took the Japanese sword excitedly, and said in a trembling voice: "I am willing to die for Lord Ding."

"You can't die, keep a useful body, defend your family and the country, I, Ding Yi, lead everyone to fight, but you can't die too many brothers." Ding Yi smiled and motioned him to sit down.

He Xiaoche quickly sat down again, his body straightened, his eyes wide open.

"I remember that your hometown is Gaizhou?" Ding Yi said as usual, everyone should chat for at least five to 10 minutes.

"Master Ding has a really good memory, yes."

"I burned Gaizhou, do you have any objections?" Ding Yi laughed.

"How could it be? Now it's the place of the Tartars. It was burned well, and I burned it myself." He Xiaoche said loudly.

As he said that, his eyes turned red: "Back then when the tartars came and killed my family, my sister—— died too—Ming woo, I want revenge, and I want to follow Mr. Ding to kill the tartars—"

He cried a few times, then felt something was wrong, and tried his best to hold back.

"Believe me, we don't want Gaizhou for the time being, but one day, when the Tatars take everything we Han people have, we will make them spit it out. This is my promise to my brothers, Ding Yi."

"Master Ding." He Xiaoche burst into tears and was very excited.

"I heard that you are very good at shooting guns. Do you have any experience?" Ding Yi quickly asked again.

"Practice more at ordinary times."

"Know your gun."

"Although our guns can hit very far, it is difficult to hit more than a hundred steps."

"I've played it a few times, and I know where the deviation is. If the gun is too high, lower it, and if it's left, hit it to the right."

"As long as you are familiar with the performance of your gun, your accuracy will improve."

When it comes to shooting guns, He Xiaoche is very experienced and articulate.

"Well said." Ding Yi was overjoyed, and said: "Your experience needs to be promoted by the whole army to improve accuracy. He Xiaoche, what you said is good, what you said is good."

He Xiaoche was overjoyed, his face flushed red.

On September 25, Ding Yi sent Ruan Siqing to take a boat to Dengzhou to pick up Qin Nan and his family. At the same time, he ordered the Dengzhou hypermarket to temporarily close. Ruan Siqing left immediately without asking why.

As soon as Ruan Siqing left that day, Li Zhongyi came over excitedly.

It turned out that the Bureau of Craftsmanship successively produced binoculars and flintlock guns.

Ding Yi was overjoyed at first, but after seeing the telescope on the spot, he was not very satisfied.

The telescope is not as exquisite as the same period in Europe, and the magnification is not high, but it is better than nothing.

He encouraged the craftsmen and signaled them to continue to work hard to find ways to increase the multiple and clarity.

At the same time, it is ordered to do a part of the distribution to the total.

Then he went to see Zhou Dahu and his wife.

After more than a year of research and improvement, the husband and wife finally produced the first flintlock gun.

The barrel of the flintlock is also drilled with a drill press, and this barrel is an all-steel barrel, which is relatively expensive.

But according to Zhou Dahu's words, the barrel can only be deformed after firing about [-] shots in a row.

If it is not bursting, the use time will be longer.

"Because the barrel has been improved and the charge is different, the range and power of this flintlock is stronger than that of the Ruby."

"The only question is the success rate of ignition."

"We fired fifty shots in a few days, and the success rate was only 23 shots."

"..." Only 23?Ding Yi was a little disappointed that it was less than half.

Zhou Dahu and his wife explained to Ding Yi.

Now there is no problem with flint. After using Japanese flint, the ignition rate has been greatly improved.

But the flintlock needs to be struck to ignite. The current problem is the firing pin and spring. Zhao said that the main reason is that the force is not enough, so the ignition rate is not high.

The next improvement direction is the spring.

The production of springs in this era is very difficult. The material is pure steel, and it is best to use Sugang for three times of smelting.

In order to test the spring, they tried many times with the craftsmen, and Su Gang made it again, twice, three times, four times, five times, and even six times.

Tried and tried, and finally determined that the steel after three times is the most suitable for making springs. If there is too much, it will be brittle, and if it is too small, it will not be tough enough.

The way they make it is also the most advanced in this era.

They are first ground into fine needles, then wound on iron rods, then picked up, put together in large numbers, and pressed to shape with heavy pressure, which will take more than a month.

The last problem that arises is that steel is no better than iron. It has strong toughness. It is not that you can wrap it well if you want to wrap it up.

When winding the iron rod, relying on manpower alone, it cannot be pulled evenly at all, so the resulting spring is uneven up and down, and each turn is not aligned, which leads to a significant decrease in elastic force and affects ignition.

According to Zhou Dahu, as long as the spring problem is solved, the ignition problem can also be solved. At that time, the success rate of ignition will be at least [-]%, which can surpass that of the Lumi gun.

The couple and the craftsmen thought of many ways, but they still couldn't pull the spring neatly, so they finally thought of Mr. Ding Yiding, who seemed to know everything, so they had to invite him to take a look.

Ding Yi thought for a while: "Manpower can't pull it, so I use water trucks and machine tools to pull it."

The two were stunned for a moment, they also thought about this method, but they must not be professional in making machine tools and waterwheels, and they don't know how to do it.

"Bring a pen and paper." Ding Yi said: "To be honest, I'm not an expert, and I haven't learned this, but we can try."

"Many creations and inventions are the result of everyone's continuous experimentation."

Everyone felt that Mr. Ding was very humble.

(End of this chapter)