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Chapter 81: The Benefits of Buying Documentaries and Free Games
Shen Shuren explained the requirements for the bayonet in detail, and Zhou Tiedan and a group of craftsmen also analyzed it carefully.

Out of safety considerations, they did not directly accept all of them, but first tried to get the masters of Futai to adjust their demands.

A 30-year-old young blacksmith next to him, who seemed to be Zhou Tiedan's apprentice, brought a locally made Lumi blunderbuss and showed it to Shen Shuren:
"My lord, the 'bayonet' you want, according to the use you described, should be similar to the gun sword. If you have to make it into a hoop, it will cost a lot of extra labor and labor. Just use the Lumi gun sword. Design, is it not good to cast it in one piece at the tail of the gun?"

As he said that, he fiddled with this special type of Lumi gun with a gun sword.

It turns out that the Ming Dynasty already had muskets and bayonets, but most of the muskets were useless.For reliability and stability, the complicated disassembly and locking mechanism is omitted, and the bayonet of the Lumi gun is cast on the tail.

At that time, the firecrackers did not have a butt, and they did not need to shoot against the shoulder, so they could fire when facing forward, and turn around and stab people with bayonets when close combat was needed.

The bayonet on the handle of the gun, of course, no matter how it is installed, it will not affect the shooting.Even in consideration of preventing the recoil from recoil and stabbing the shooter to death with the blunderbuss sword, it is generally considered to add a scabbard to the blunderbuss sword for protection, and pull out the sheath in case of battle.

There are also a very small number of high-end Lumi guns that fold the tail gun sword, which can be bent forward at ordinary times, which can also prevent the shooter from being stabbed to death by recoil.

However, this kind of processing is more difficult, and the advantage is that the firecracker is usually held relatively short, not exceeding five feet.After turning out the folding knife, it can also lengthen the total length by one or two feet, and the effective attack distance when dealing with cavalry can be further.

Shen Shuren's troops were not equipped with this kind of musket with blunderbuss swords before, so it was the first time he saw it today, and he was really surprised by the gaudy operations of the Ming Dynasty people.

He knew the best way to cross the river in history, how could he allow his subordinates to fumble with the stones in the river and waste time, and immediately pointed out these gaudy shortcomings:
"The folding gun sword you mentioned has the same effect as my hoop type, and it can reach far when dealing with cavalry, but the processing cost is no longer cheaper than the hoop type, and it is more troublesome.

The hoop-type bayonet can be made into an additional semicircular iron ring cast under the outer wall of the barrel.Then add two iron rings to the end of the bayonet’s hoop, insert them in one left and one right to clamp the iron rings on the barrel, and then add a bolt to insert the three iron rings together, isn’t it all right? ?Isn't this more convenient than your folding knife?

As for the kind of thing with a scabbard and mounted on the tail of the gun, don't even think about it in the future. This method is not safe, and it may not be safe to add a scabbard.

Second, the overall length of this kind of firecracker remains the same at any time. If it occupies the original length of the gun stock, the total length is still only five feet in hand-to-hand combat, which is too disadvantageous for cavalry.If it is seven feet long at ordinary times, it will be too long for soldiers to hold the blunderbuss and can't hold it stably. "

Shen Shuren simply pointed out the two most deadly common-sense mistakes, and he didn't bother to dig into the rest of the small problems, he didn't understand either.

After listening to it, Zhou Tiedan and his apprentices understood what happened and why, and they didn't raise any objection to Master Futai's innovation.

We finally checked the parameter requirements.The new-style bayonet requires that the sleeve part be more than eight inches long, and the bayonet part be at least one foot two inches long, and the fixed part that overlaps with the barrel is not counted.

In this way, after the bayonet is installed, the total length can be increased by two feet, while the original length of the bird gun Lumi gun itself is less than five feet, which is about 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters.

After adding two feet, the total length can reach two meters to two meters one, which is enough distance to fight against cavalry with bayonets.

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After deciding on the idea of ​​the bayonet, Shen Shuren asked the blacksmiths to help him see the ax drawn by Dong Xiaowan.

The shape of this ax is somewhat different from the axes of China since ancient times.The back of the ax blade is not flat and completely fits the ax handle, but is bent forward and concave, reducing the width of the blade, which is somewhat similar to a machete. (see comment image)

Therefore, under the premise of the same steel material and weight, the effective killing length of the ax blade can be increased to the maximum, and any sweep can be brought to the cutting edge.Instead of sweeping directly on the handle of the ax without controlling the distance to the enemy slightly like the traditional short-bladed axe.

Zhou Tiedan took a general look, and also estimated that this kind of ax was used to sweep cavalry and cut horses' legs. The blade of the ax was lengthened and narrowed, so it could reach farther, and it didn't need to be aimed too accurately.

But he still didn't see why Master Futai didn't just use weapons like Mo Dao, Yanyue Dao or Japanese Naginata directly, wouldn't it be better to hold the center of gravity when holding it with both hands?

He looked carefully again, and finally saw something strange on the head of the ax handle: the top end of the ax handle actually had a split effect, just like a clothes-drying fork, but the fork was very short , all of which did not exceed the upper edge of the axe blade, so it should not be possible to use it to kill the enemy.

Shen Shuren didn't keep it secret, seeing that they noticed this, he immediately explained:

"This ax is for heavy firearms soldiers who use turtledove guns. Ordinary bird guns weigh up to six or seven catties, and there are lighter ones of more than five catties. With a bayonet, it can also perform stabbing movements.

But the turtledove gun is two or three times heavier than the bird gun, at least a dozen catties, and the heaviest can reach twenty catties. Such a weapon, coupled with a bayonet, is absolutely impossible to swing.

Therefore, our army must equip heavy firearms soldiers equipped with turtledove guns with self-defense weapons for melee anti-cavalry.The biggest advantage of this long-handled concave back axe over other long-handled war swords and naginata is that the top of the handle can be left empty.

When the turtledove gunner shoots, he can insert the long-handled ax into the ground, and then put the heavy gunner in the groove at the top of the handle.In this way, holding the gun for a long time will not make your hands sore, and it will be more stable and easy to aim slowly.

When the enemy cavalry approached, they pulled out their battle axes and swept across the horse's legs. Even if it was too late to pull them out, or some turtledove musketeers were shot to death by the enemy in a duel, the long hooked ax blade inserted on the ground alone could still be used. To a certain effect of rejecting horses. "

Shen Shuren's knowledge came from the documentary attached to the campaign mode when he played another game "Age of Empires 4" in his previous life. It is said that archaeologists have been asked to restore the strategy games made by Microsoft.

In "Age of Empires 4", the shooting army of Rakshasa used this kind of concave-backed long-bladed battle axe, and put the heavy musket on it when firing.

The melee weapon of the Rakshasa shooting army was not completely eliminated until around the Seven Years War (1760).So it was still used in history and in Nerchinsk in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, Luocha itself was also a nomadic Tartar, and he was also very good at dealing with the cavalry of another nomadic Tartar. The early stage of the Battle of Yaksa caused a lot of damage to the Qing cavalry. trouble.

What Shen Shuren believes in is the doctrine of taking it. Since it is possible to "learn skills from barbarians to control barbarians", then of course "learn skills from barbarians to control barbarians".

After listening to the blacksmith and the officers accompanying the inspection, they still had doubts about how powerful the ax described in this description was.

However, the use of this ax as a "bipod" for heavy muskets can be quickly verified.

Zuo Zixiong and Spanish instructor Pizarro were quite interested in this.Zuo Zixiong immediately asked someone to bring a long wooden stick. The handle was about the same height as the person's shoulders, and a groove was cut on the top.

Originally, among the Ming army, it was not that they had not considered solving the problem of "the musket was too heavy to hold steadily", but in actual combat, it was often the same as "carrying the gun" in the late Qing Dynasty. The barrel of the gun is carried on the shoulder.

Since the problem can be solved with a piece of wood, why use people as supports!

Everyone praised immediately, but Pizarro was thoughtful:
"Mr. Futai, I have seen this kind of ax on the Europa battlefield. More than 20 years ago, the Poles occupied Moscow. Later, when Romanov and other Rakshasa nobles fought back against the Poles, they generally used this weapon with heavy muskets. , to deal with the hussars, you didn't borrow it from the Raksha people, did you?"

Shen Shuren couldn't say that he learned it from "Age of Empires", so he went along with the current situation, saying that he had indeed read a lot of books, read all over the world, ancient and modern, and collected the best of all families.

The rest of the staff and military officers were naturally amazed: "Master Futai is worthy of being a star of Wenqu. He has read all kinds of books and seen everything. Not only is he familiar with "Tiangong Kaiwu", he even knows the war history of the Raksha people like this." learn."

(End of this chapter)