Father Mavie

Chapter 237 Edward I (please subscribe!!!)

In the dead of night, Edward was sitting in front of the desk, with black hair tied behind his head, wearing a monocle with a magnifying function in his right eye, and was concentrating on drawing drawings.

In order to ensure sufficient light, it lit three kerosene lamps on the table, pressed a corner of the drawing, held a ruler and a charcoal pencil, and drew on the yellowed drawing, stopping to think from time to time. No sign of lying down.

dong dong!

Someone knocked on the door, interrupting Edward's thoughts. He frowned, took off his monocle, got up and opened the door.

"what's up?"

Before the door was opened, Edward saw two figures emitting red light behind the door, and it recognized each other at a glance—Mavi and Levin.

"Is it convenient now?"

Looking at the drawings scattered in the room and the completely disassembled parts of Dreiser's bolt-action rifle, Ma Wei asked, "Let's practice your idea."

".come in."

Edward stepped aside, let the two of them enter the room, then closed the door, and rummaged through the pile of drawings.

"When did you draw the blueprint?"

Levin looked at the pile of drawings covering the room with almost no place to stay and asked in surprise: "Didn't we work together during the day? Can you still spare time?"

"I don't need to sleep." Edward said lightly: "I am a vampire, which vampire do you see need to sleep? Our day is much longer than that of humans."

"Before you, I have never seen a blood race before."

That's what he said, but Levine's voice was full of envy, how cool it is not to sleep, you can do whatever you want, how many things can you do while others are sleeping?
Light life will be longer than others!

"Do you think this is a good thing?" Edward found the blueprint he needed and turned to look at Levin: "This is a punishment for the blood race. Although we have great power, our spirit can never rest. Day after day, Year after year, we have nothing but companions, and that is the curse."

"But I heard that you blood race can sleep deeply!"

"Strictly speaking." Edward spread the blueprints on the table and corrected him: "That's not called deep sleep, it can only be called resting with eyes closed. We can't fall asleep, and our souls are always active."

"Look at the blueprint."

Ma Wei interrupted their conversation, picked up the kerosene lamp and pressed it on the paper, and with the help of the dim light, observed Edward's hand-painted drawings.

The blueprint is full of small parts. At first glance, it looks like a rifle, but if you look closely, you will find that it is completely different from the Dreiser bolt-action rifle.

Edward even marked the size and scale of the parts, and the bolt, sleeper, recoil spring, rifling, etc. are all available.

"This is a firearm I imagined based on the construction of a Dreiser bolt-action rifle, and I call it the Edward I."

Pointing to the muzzle on the blueprint, Edward said: "I added a gas blocking device to the muzzle, and connected the barrel with the gun as a whole. When the trigger is pulled, the firing pin triggers the primer, and the buckshot shoots out. When passing through the gun head, the air pressure generated will push the spring piston backward to complete the action of ejecting and loading the gun, achieving the purpose of continuous shooting.”

Ma Wei's eyes lit up all of a sudden. Although he didn't know the name of this firearm structure, he knew that Edward's research direction was right. This is definitely the only way for the future development of firearms!

A firearm that can shoot continuously is definitely an invention that crosses the ages!
"However, there is still a more serious problem." Edward picked up an iron barrel and said, "Look at the spiral rifling inside. This is a structure that increases the accuracy and range of projectiles. The specific principle is probably to break through air resistance. , I can also feel the wind pressure when flying, this is not the problem, the key is the material of the warhead"

"The Dreiser bolt-action rifle is filled with fixed lead bullets. The lead is relatively soft, and when it rubs against the rifling, there will be residues, which also include impurities after the gunpowder burns."

"These small particles will not have a great impact on the firearm within a few shots, but if there are too many residual impurities after multiple shots, it may explode or jam, well, in theory."

"That is to say, can't shoot continuously?" Levin, who was still full of interest, was a little disappointed: "If you can't shoot continuously, this invention will lose a lot of meaning. Disposable firearms can't be used on the battlefield!"

Ma Wei shook his head: "Continuous shooting is definitely the future of firearms. You must know that many soldiers on the battlefield can't even fire a second shot because of filling bullets, so Edward's invention is absolutely revolutionary."

"I think so too." Edward said, "The key is the residue of impurities. I thought about changing the material of the warhead, but the impurities produced by the burning of gunpowder are really not a good solution, unless a kind of gunpowder that does not produce smoke and impurities is used. .”

"Yes! Cotton cotton!"

Levin slapped his thigh and shouted: "Our circus uses this kind of thing to ignite the fire! Some performances need to burst out of fire in an instant to stimulate the audience's senses, but the space in the tent is small, and the huge amount of smoke will affect the viewing, so Tiffany It reminded her of a smokeless fuel she had seen when she was a child, which was gun cotton!"

Gun cotton, also known as nitrocellulose, a new type of gunpowder that was accidentally discovered 15 years ago, but the problem is that
This kind of gunpowder is unstable, flammable and explosive. Many scientists tried to use it in firearms, but they all failed in the end.

Ma Wei also knows in his heart that nitrocellulose is not a real smokeless gunpowder, and it still lacks vital stabilizers, but the specific formula can be determined.
He really doesn't know.

He is not a pure military fan, and will not deliberately understand the structure of gunpowder.

Thinking about philosophy is time consuming enough.

In order to fill his deficiencies in these aspects, Ma Wei will cultivate talents crazily and send them to the top universities to study.

"Cool cotton."

Edward silently memorized this name, it could bring Katerina back some, or he could go to the military factory to find it.

"Anyway, the black powder can support several consecutive launches, which is enough to affect the situation on the battlefield." Ma Wei took out the Siren's Tears and handed them to Edward: "You know these parts better than us, so it's up to you to make them This is a new type of rifle."

Looking at the Siren's Tears in his hand, Edward's eyes flashed, he raised his head with a half-smile, looked into Ma Wei's eyes and said, "You just handed over such an important gem to me? Are you not afraid?"

"Why are you afraid?" Ma Wei smiled and shook his head: "If you want to kill me or betray us, there are as many opportunities as you have in the past month or so. You didn't do it before, why do you do it now? I don't know. Scared of you now, Edward, but not necessarily when you get your memory back."

(End of this chapter)