The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 37 Standardized Production

Zhu Hongyu felt that the problem should not be a big one. The materials needed to make the sleeve bayonet must not be made of ordinary iron materials.

But it should be possible to use more good steel and thicken the connecting parts.

Besides, he just asked Lao Liutou to try it out. If it really doesn't work after making it, then don't make it first.

Just use a plug-in bayonet!
Thinking of this, Zhu Hongyu proposed the concept of a flintlock gun to Old Liu.

There is a generation gap between flintlock guns and matchlock guns. If he can make flintlock guns, the military strength of the Liberation Army will be greatly improved.

There is a generational difference between flintlock guns and matchlock guns, but the generational difference is not in the rate of fire, but in the density of firepower that can be exerted when the array is fired at each other.

In terms of rate of fire, both are musket-loading muskets. Although a flintlock and a matchlock are ignited, the rate of fire is not much different.

But in terms of the firepower density when the array is firing, the flintlock is a matchlock gun!

The army using matchlock guns, in order to prevent soldiers from accidentally igniting matchlocks with each other.

When playing line up and shooting in list array, person to person.At least one meter away from each other.

And the army that uses flintlocks, because the muskets are not fired with matchlocks, but flintlocks.

You don't have to worry about the fire ropes igniting each other, and you can arrange a tighter array.

In the past, when using matchlock guns, you could only stand at a distance of ten people, but with flintlock guns, you could stand at a distance of twenty or thirty people.

In this way, within a unit distance, the firepower of the flintlock is of course better than that of the arquebus.

On the battlefield before the appearance of rear-loading guns, the density of firepower was the most important factor in determining the outcome of a war!
After Zhu Hongyu proposed the idea of ​​a flintlock gun, to his surprise, Old Liu Tou actually said that he would make a flintlock gun.

He once made muskets for the Ming army against the Qing Dynasty in Foshan, Guangdong, and there were several flintlock guns inside.

There are flintlock guns in the "Illustrations of Military Weapons" written by Mr. Bi Maokang from Dongjiao.

It's just a pity that "Illustration of Military Weapons" was banned by Qianlong's old dog using text prison.

So much so that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese people knew from foreigners that there were such things as flintlock guns in this world.

Old Liu said.

"General, the biggest difficulty in making self-igniting guns is the flintlock, and the rest are not much different from matchlock guns."

Old Liu Tou said that he used to have experience in making flintlock guns. He already has the structure of flintlock guns in his mind, and he can make them at any time if he wants to.

The only problem is that the spring steel used for ignition is a rarity!
Zhu Hongyu nodded, but he sighed in his heart.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese were already able to make flintlock guns, but in the Duck War in the late Qing Dynasty, the flintlock guns became the exclusive gadgets of foreigners.

The reason lies in Man Qing!
After the Qing army entered the customs, in order to consolidate their rule, they declared that they relied on riding and shooting to conquer the world, strictly banned firearms and discarded them like shoe shoes.

The fact is that the Manchu Qing did not allow the Han people to master firearms, a weapon that could threaten their rule!

With simple training on firearms, a farmer can become a qualified musketeer in three months.

And when a musketeer phalanx fights against cavalry, even if the cavalry can win, it will be a tragic victory only after paying a certain amount of casualties.

Relying on the superiority of the number of Han people, how many large-scale battles can they withstand even if everyone is good at riding and shooting?
Even if the Manchus can continue to win, after a few large-scale decisive battles, the Manchus should win and perish.

If the Manchus also learned how the Han people played with firearms, and the two sides exchanged their lives with muskets on the battlefield, hehe, the Manchus would perish even faster.

There are [-] million Han people, and the Eight Banners have only a million. They are also divided into the Manchurian and Han tribes, and the Manchurian tribes are only a few hundred thousand.

Not to mention that the casualty rate of musket shooting is almost one for one, even if it is ten for one, Man Qing can't stand it!

Therefore, the Manchus banned firearms as soon as they entered the customs. They would never allow firearms, which would threaten their rule, to exist.

The end result is that China has begun to lag behind the West in terms of weapons!

But does Man Qing care?

They don't care, what they care about is whether their rule is stable.

Cixi's words summed up the essence of the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and would rather be with friends than slaves!
The Manchu Qing just regarded the tens of millions of Han people in the world as their slaves!

And the material power of China and the favor of the country, it shows that the Manchu Qing did not regard itself as China at all.

So what about foreign invasions, as long as they don't endanger their own rule, the worst is to collude with foreigners and squeeze China together.

Everything that happened in history also proved this point. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing government was a dog of foreigners.

Collaborating with foreigners, they turned China into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country.

Zhu Hongyu said.

"I will find a way to strike the spring steel sheet!"

He had to think about how the spring steel was made. Zhu Hongyu remembered that he had heard it from someone when he was a soldier, but he forgot the specific ingredients.

It seems to be adding some chromium, tungsten, stilbium, manganese to the steel during steelmaking... what else?

But he can't handle these elements!
"By the way, old Liu, when you were in Foshan, how did you make spring steel sheets in Foshan?"

Old Liu said.

"Generally, [-]-smelting steel is used, but with [-]-smelting steel, the fire rate of the musket is only about half, and the lifespan of the spring steel sheet is also limited. At most, it has to be replaced after a hundred or so rounds."

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Then let's refine steel first!"

"The steel produced in the small blast furnace can be forged a few more times, and the spring steel sheets produced should not be as bad as steelmaking."

He really didn't have the ability to produce spring steel, so he could only deal with it first with Baisteel.

I think it should be able to make do with it!
Old Liu Tou showed a doubtful expression, and said.

"General, the flintlock old man can indeed make it, but it will be more troublesome. It takes the time to make one flintlock, and several matchlock guns can be made."

"If the Restoration Army wants to replace it with flintlock guns, other weapons may be delayed!"

Zhu Hongyu stroked his chin, then spoke.

"I have a way to improve the production efficiency of weapons."

"Old Liu, have you ever heard how the Qiang Qin made armored weapons?"

Old Liu shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.

He is just an illiterate craftsman. He is indeed experienced in craftsman-related matters, but he really doesn't know anything about thousands of years ago.

Regarding the Qin Dynasty, he only knew that King Qin swept Liuhe, and then died in the second generation, and a traitor Zhao Gao was born, but he didn't know anything else.

Not to mention what Ordnance knows!

Zhu Hongyu nodded, and then explained.

"When the bows and crossbows used by Qiang Qin were manufactured, they were all standardized production!"

"Every part produced by all craftsmen has the same size and specification, and can be replaced if necessary."

"My Liberation Army produces ordnance, and this method can also be used!"

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