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Chapter 100 Stab Spear: From Getting Started to Burying
After inspecting the production of auxiliary weapons such as bayonets and poleaxes, Shen Shuren also went around the other workshops of the Bingzhang Workshop.

It was discovered that after several months of preparation and running-in, the musket production work in Huangzhou Bingzhangfang also began to feel the way.Compared with the coiling and boring processes at the end of last year, they have been greatly improved.

The craftsmen made two arrangements according to Shen Shuren's instructions.

On the one hand, following the idea of ​​a pedal lathe and a pedal grinder, a pedal-type boring machine was produced.

On the other hand, the technology of "hot-forging coiled pipes with iron plates, then forging and welding connections, and finally outsourcing red-hot iron hoops, and tightening them when cold" was simultaneously tinkered with, trying the gun technology without boring.

After testing, the gun made by the boring method is similar to the original one in terms of technology, but the boring efficiency is further improved.Originally, a gun barrel was drilled slowly for more than a month, and it was easy to eccentric; now it can be shortened to about 20 days to complete the hole, and the quality has improved.

The quality of the newly tested coiling method is definitely worse than that of the boring method-this is also easy to understand, one is "seamless steel pipe" and the other is "seamed steel pipe", and the strength of the seam must be worse.

Craftsmen can only be the tallest among the dwarfs, and even if the quality is poor, they must pick out the best among the poor.

When Shen Shuren left, he didn't teach them how to weld the coiled pipes. The main reason is that Shen Shuren himself couldn't understand too comprehensively. He didn't even know how many welding techniques people in Ming Dynasty had.

So Zhou Tiedan spent two months trying various things.

Start with the pouring welding method and casting welding method of melting tin-lead and bronze, and try to use bronze that is easy to burn into liquid to cast the joints of iron pipes together.But in the end, it was found that the joint of copper and iron was too weak to withstand the high pressure, so I had to give up.

Fortunately, no one was killed during the experiment. Everyone carefully fired the experimental firecracker in an iron barrel. If the chamber exploded, no one would be injured. Most of the flying debris and the power of gunpowder gas were absorbed by the iron barrel. .

After the pouring welding method and the casting welding method both failed, the most difficult and relatively expensive forging welding method was finally used. That is, when making the coiled pipe, the two ends of the iron plate are slightly thinner, and then the two ends are heated as much as possible. Lay them together and beat them with great force repeatedly to fuse them.

The materials used in the forging welding method are all uniform, so there is no problem of "insufficient joint strength between different metals".

However, the deformation of the iron pipe rolled by the forging and welding method will be more serious than that of the boring method and the casting and welding method. After it is finished, it will eventually have to be repaired with an inner turning tool on the inner wall.

Fortunately, Zhou Tiedan and others have already extended it according to "Tiangong Kaiwu", and have produced pedal-type boring machines and grinding wheels. From boring machines to lathes, that is, the cutter head has changed slightly.Artisans who have already been widely inspired can easily draw analogies.

The cost of the final barrel can also be reduced by more than half of the labor cost compared with the boring method - if the slight deformation of the inner wall of the barrel is not modified, it is estimated that it can be cut in half again, directly to the knee price.It's a pity that the garbage that is too poor in quality is too easy to explode, Shen Futai will definitely not use it.

These technologies were developed through repeated experiments over the past two months.It's a pity that the R&D cycle is already too long, so only a few samples have been produced, and so far no musket has been mass-produced.

Shen Shuren asked Zhang Huangyan to check the production plan and production capacity of Bingzhangfang, and learned that "if we want to ensure that all 1200 bayonets and poleaxes are produced before starting the production of muskets",
Then the production tasks of cold weapons can be scheduled until the beginning of April, and the production of muskets will start in April. It is possible for each blacksmith to produce one semi-new boring musket or three to four coiled muskets per month.

Huangzhou Bingzhanfang now has 120 skilled military blacksmiths, with a monthly production capacity of 300 boring muskets or [-] coiled barrel muskets.

If you want to speed up, you have to think of ways to add machinery and equipment, recruit more skilled military blacksmiths, and spend more money to solve the source of iron ore...

It is not so easy to quickly expand the supply chain, and many links will be stuck.

There are only a few blacksmiths who know how to make ordnance in each province and province, and they are strictly controlled by the imperial court. Shen Shuren can't just dig out ready-made ones.It takes time to train from ordinary blacksmiths who forge iron farm tools, or to take apprentices.

It is also impossible to expand the purchase of steel raw materials casually. He still buys all the steel from Huangshi Tieshan (Daye Iron Mine) in Zuoliangyu's jurisdiction on the opposite bank.

These are not things that can increase production capacity within a few months. It is better to count on rapid promotion and expansion of the site to occupy more resources.

Therefore, within eight months after April this year, Shen Shuren estimated that his military production capacity could only produce about 1000 boring muskets or 2500 coiled barrel muskets.If it is necessary to support melee cold weapons, this production capacity can be reduced by a quarter.

We can only count on these weapons, win a battle first, and then occupy more territory and resources, and it will slowly snowball.

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The inspection of the military industry continued until noon, and after a hasty lunch, Shen Shuren watched the soldiers drill without stopping.

With seven or eight hundred bayonets and long-handled battle axes officially deployed to the musket troops, the thousand bird gunners/Lumi gunners of the Shen family army have also practiced assassination exercises for more than a month.

Turtledove Gunner, of course, practiced the long-handled battle ax tactics accordingly.

Since the Lantern Festival in the first lunar month, Zuo Zixiong and Pizarro have practiced desperately.

At the beginning, the bayonets were not enough, so the training was divided into three batches. When some people were sleeping and resting, others trained with bayonets.Later, the number of weapons increased, and it was fully suppressed to two batches of training in rotation.

Zuo Zixiong didn't know much about bayonet tactics. For the first half month, he could only observe and watch the highly paid Spanish instructors take the lead.

Fortunately, Zuo Zixiong has good talent and strong martial arts skills.After watching this for ten days, he roughly understood the difference between the bayonet and the spear, and then he also joined in and personally led a group of soldiers to practice, so as to stagger the time with Pizarro.

It has been more than 20 days since Zuo Zixiong personally practiced the assassination, and the spirit of the troops is not the same.

In order to appear closer to the soldiers, Shen Shuren didn't bring a folding fan. Instead, he changed into a square round fan with an iron frame and iron surface, covering his eyebrows to block the sunlight, and carefully inspected the soldiers' assassinations.

The sun was quite fierce that day. Under the scorching sun, the soldiers stabbed calmly at the tightly packed scarecrows.

The scarecrow has several points dyed with vermilion, respectively on the left and right arms of the scarecrow, the top, and the cross position in the middle, as targets.

Before each stabbing, there are officers shouting orders, the content is nothing more than "left, right, up, down".Wherever the order requires to be stabbed, the corresponding red-painted spot on the scarecrow must be stabbed quickly and accurately.

In actual combat, it is of course impossible to have such an order, but everyone adapts to the situation and counteracts according to the enemy's moves.But during training, such strict requirements are also to ensure that the soldiers are fast enough, accurate and ruthless, and hit wherever they point.

"Six rows and eight columns, regardless of left and right! Write down one mistake, and save it for [-] more times!"

"Nine rows and three columns, the knife was unsteady and missed the stab! Practice ten more times!"

A few soldiers are always in the queue, check carefully, and write down the soldiers whose accuracy and response are not enough.

According to Zuo Zixiong's arrangement, these Musketeers are trained in odd and even numbers.The number of bayonet muskets owned by the army has reached two-thirds of the total number of troops, so every time there is a rotation, there will be about one-sixth of the bayonet muskets.

This part can be dedicated to serving and tossing soldiers who are not performing well and their movements are out of shape.They can practice with the replaced person after their standard goes back to rest.

After watching for a while, Shen Shuren had the illusion that future generations would visit the military training assassination exercises. Although the tricks are different, maybe the current assassination moves have not been refined and simplified enough to be efficient enough, but the discipline and prohibition of soldiers are definitely not comparable to ordinary Ming soldiers. The entire army formation has been permeated with a murderous aura.

The military officers who were newly transferred with Shen Shuren were even more surprised, after all, the discipline of the Ming Dynasty guards they had seen before was really much worse.

Yan Yingyuan and Zhang Mingzhen were both convinced: "Although the moves may not be exquisite, but the momentum is uniform. When encountering a thief, the thief will definitely be able to tell at a glance that this is an elite teacher."

Only Zheng Chenggong didn't think these drills were so great, which was also related to his "well-informed" and deep understanding of the weapons of the Hongyi people.

In the West, early bayonets also appeared between 1630 and 1640, which were the product of the French during the 30-year religious war in Europe (1618-1648).
It's just that the western bayonet is still dagger-shaped, and it is inserted directly into the barrel of the gun. Shen Shuren's side is a hoop type, which does not affect the opening of the gun, and the assassination effect is more professional.

Zheng Chenggong had seen French bayonets from the Spaniards, and seeing that Brother Shen was using them on a large scale with musketeers, he was also a little eager to try: "Brother Shen, my younger brother can also use this gunsword method, maybe let me try it?"

Zuo Zixiong on the side immediately looked at Shen Shuren, as if asking for instructions with his eyes.Shen Shuren nodded, and then Zuo Zixiong handed over a Lumi gun with a bayonet on it.

Zheng Chenggong came to a cross-shaped scarecrow, listened to the password up and down, left and right, but he was quite accurate, and he stabbed quickly at the first time.

After the stabbing, he concluded with a little aftertaste: "The usage of this blunderbuss sword is similar to that of a long spear, but it is a little shorter, but the advantage is that it allows firearms soldiers to go far from now on, and they can also fight with cavalry. Left Du Si, how is my sword skill?"

Zuo Zixiong showed embarrassment, and asked Shen Shuren with his eyes, Shen Shuren knew that he must not like Zheng Chenggong's bayonet technique, and said with a smile: "It's okay, let's just say it, Brother Zheng Xian and I have a frank relationship, there is no need to cover up."

Only then did Zuo Zixiong bluntly say: "Mr. Zheng's swordsmanship is really not flattering. It only takes advantage of the two advantages of accurate stabbing and quick reaction. However, the forceful technique and whether the waist and horse are stable are all important. Just putting on airs.

When the enemy is heavy or the cavalry is charging, your firecracker will fall when you touch it.After all, the firecracker and the gunjian are only seven feet long, which is still shorter than the long spear.

Spears must be at least eight feet long, and there are more than one foot long, so the tail can touch the ground.The usage of firecrackers and blunderbuss swords is never possible to rely on the ground.

Therefore, it is the same as learning those great marksmanship techniques in which the end of the gun is pried. The strong right hand is behind and the left hand is in front. Press the right hand down and stab forward at the same time. There is an action to hold at any time.

Ordinary battle marksmanship that can be used to lean on the ground is that the stronger hand is in front and the weaker hand is behind. When stabbing, the force is evenly exerted. It seems that the force is stronger, but the center of gravity is unstable, and it is not easy to borrow. force. "

Zuo Zixiong was also very dedicated to his boss's friends, and told Zheng Chenggong directly without reservation about the bayonet technique he had learned from his Spanish colleagues for a month and a half and combined with his own summary of martial arts.

Zheng Chenggong's understanding is not bad, and soon he roughly understood the essence of the bayonet method: the key is to use the lever hand, the left hand just holds the musket from the middle fulcrum, and the right hand behind holds the butt of the gun and presses down at the same time. The gun tip is pried up.

He pondered for a while, and stabbed a few more times, and soon felt that the stability of the assassination force was completely different, and it was not easy to be dragged by the block and stagger, causing the empty door to open wide.

"Zuo Dusi is really skilled in martial arts. He has mastered these strange weapons that he has never seen before so quickly, and he can still grasp the essence. I will ask for more advice when I have the opportunity!" Zheng Chenggong was also very sincere, and directly said to Zuo Zixiong Yi Yi.

(End of this chapter)