The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 327 The Invincible Cavalry and Infantry
Chen Heng, the commander of the capital of Beiping, the director of the Military Industry Joint Office; Shi Fuyou Changshi, the governor of Yanwangfu, and Jin Zhong, the executive director of the Military Industry Joint Office; Ma Wangxuan, deputy director of the office.

Zhu Gaochi took a group of people to inspect the military factory.

Long Knife Factory No. [-], Long Sword Factory No. [-], Standard Saber Factory, Shield Factory, Gunpowder Factory, Paper Bullet Packaging Factory, Bird Gun Factory, Van Factory, Light Cannon Foundry, Cannon Foundry, Military Food Factory, Ordnance Factories... There are more than [-] factories of different sizes.

A self-igniting gun, also known as a flintlock, produced by a bird gun factory.

"Self-generated firecrackers have a fast rate of fire and fast reloading, and their efficiency is much higher than that of bird blunderbusses, but they have a big disadvantage. Because of the quality of the flint, the ignition rate is very low."

A technician introduced by the side, and with the directors of various factories in the surrounding area, dozens of people seemed lively.

Ten samples are neatly placed on the table.

Chen Heng took one out of curiosity, and pulled the trigger to try it.

The ignition device made a "click", and the flint contained inside collided with the snake rod, and the splash of fire can be seen.

Although he didn't shoot live ammunition, Chen Heng immediately saw the power of it all his life.

Ignoring what the technician said about the ignition rate, he said very cautiously: "The self-generating firecracker should be put into production immediately."

"The self-generating firecracker is still in the research and development process. Whether it can be put into production or not, professional things should be left to professional personnel."

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

Bird guns can be made, and flintlock guns are of course not a problem.

However, if the flint problem is not resolved, the flintlock gun will not be able to play its due role in practical applications, and it will not be as efficient as the matchlock gun.

It's like the barrel theory.

All the boards are very long, much higher than the bird gun, but there is one board that is abnormally short, and the overall advantage is lost.

Although Zhu Gaochi doesn't understand the actual detailed technology, he has an understanding of the development of firearms and understands that in the end it depends on technology.

The factory manager and the stewards heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what the little prince said.

Otherwise they don't know how to answer Chen Heng.

Zhu Gaochi smiled again and said: "However, Old General Chen's proposal is very important. If you encounter problems, solve them."

"Either find a new source of flint and solve the problem directly from the root, or research new technologies to improve the quality of flint through refining and other methods."

"I think it depends on luck to find a new source of flint. Only by researching new technologies to break through the limitations is our confidence."

The documents next to it, as well as the documents from the factory, all took notes of the little prince's words.

This is an instruction from the superior, and it will become an important project of the military factory.

Chen Heng nodded in satisfaction.

The little prince was very polite to his own people. Although he denied his words, he still gave him enough face.

Most importantly, what the young prince said was orderly and convincing.

The ten self-igniting guns twirled in their hands, and finally returned to the table.

Then there is the new bird gun.

"The technology of the bird gun is very mature, but according to the reaction of the sergeants, some uncomfortable parts during use have been changed. This is the latest style of bird gun."

Zhu Gaochi picked up a bird gun.

The current bird gun is [-]% similar to the rifle style of later generations, but because of the difference in the ignition device, the difference can still be seen.

The bird gun is very long, and Zhu Gaochi put forward new requirements.

"The current level of technology has improved, and assembly line operations have been applied in many industries, which is inseparable from your efforts."

"Now that there is an assembly line operation method, can we produce standard gun knives?"

Zhu Gaochi gestured.

"Installing gunknives on the muzzles of the guns gave the soldiers the ability to fight in close quarters, which greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the army."

Rifle and bayonet.

The biggest problem is precision.

Traditional craftsmen rely on handwork and experience to produce, which is inefficient and has high defective products. Often, the bayonet does not match the rifle.

Only after standardization can this problem be solved.

And standardization is not so easy to solve.

Only machine production can solve this problem.

Now, as the utilization rate of machines in various factories of China Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. has increased year by year, the assembly line production method can be applied to practice.

Seeing that the military factory didn't think of this aspect, Zhu Gaochi took the initiative to bring it up.

"What the little prince said is wonderful."

Someone suddenly realized.

"The technology in this area is not difficult with the current ability. Go back and study it immediately, and find out the standard gun knife as soon as possible."

That's the difference between a factory and a workshop.

Even in later generations.

There are still many home-based workshops, and from outsiders' perspective, these family workshops still use manpower.

Obviously there are more efficient machines, but these family workshops have not changed.

Because of the mode of their production, they don't need to be so efficient.

But the factory is different.

The improvement of production efficiency in every step of the factory is of great benefit to the factory.

for example.

A traditional craftsman, relying on manual polishing, polishes a bird gun by himself from start to finish, and produces one shot a month.

Now relying on the upstream and downstream industrial chains, each type of machine in the military factory can produce ten rods a month on average for one worker.

more importantly.

The assembly line production method breaks the bottleneck of craftsmen.

The standard of qualified firearms craftsmen is too high, and the assembly line production method greatly reduces the requirements for craftsmen's skills.

In the separate production links, ordinary people only need two or three months to become qualified production workers.

It not only guarantees the qualified rate, but also improves the production efficiency, and finally solves the labor limitation.

in other words.

In the past, we concentrated our efforts on making firecrackers, but due to the limited number of craftsmen, it was impossible to increase the output.

There is no such problem now, as long as the more input is made, the greater the output will be.

This process itself is a difference of more than ten times.

Coupled with the upstream and downstream industrial chain of China Heavy Industry, the abundance of various resources, and only the production of firearms, the military factories in Beiping already have a production capacity that exceeds the output of all large firearms.

There are many kinds of firearms in Ming Dynasty.

The ancestors before the Qing Dynasty were full of whimsical ideas.

There are firearms such as rockets, thunderbolts, mines, sea mines, etc., but they are limited by materials and firearms. The power can only be said to be varied, but the direction is right.

Finally, Zhu Gaochi and the others looked at the new types of miscellaneous firearms after the military factory passed the existing technological reform.

"It's a poison smoke ball."

"This is the fireball of desiccant."

"This is Thunderbolt Fireball"...

The technician said, "These were invented by the ancestors of the Song Dynasty, and we reproduced them based on the books of the ancestors."

All kinds of weird firearms are eye-opening for people.

However, these firearms only have a shape, and there is no gunpowder or various materials installed inside. Even if the factory did not expect this security awareness, the guards would also think of it.

Flash bombs, gas bombs, smoke bombs.

It's a pity that the materials are not good, but the same sentence, the direction is right.

Zhu Gaochi didn't take these things to heart. These things are not needed on the battlefield, or in other words, with the current level of technology, they can't play their due role and need to continue to develop.

But there was one thing that attracted Zhu Gaochi.

Shocking thunder.

"The principle of Zhentianlei is to wrap gunpowder and iron flakes, or poisonous drugs, in layers of paper and seal them. During combat, soldiers ignite the fuzes and throw them to the enemy's position."

The technician explained.

Gunpowder pack.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Since iron has great lethality, can you make iron pots out of iron?"

"There are also soldiers who use it for throwing. If a handle is added, will the throwing be farther?"

In the third year of Xianping in the Song Dynasty, Tang Fu presented the firearm to Song Zhenzong, which is the earliest hand-throwing ammunition recorded in historical records.

At the end of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the fifteenth century, gunpowder was introduced to Europe along with the wooden chariots of Genghis Khan's army.

In the fifteenth century, grenades made of black powder appeared in Europe for the defense of castles and fortresses.

In the seventeenth century, some European countries equipped their elite troops with grenades, and professional "grenadiers" appeared, which soon became popular in Europe.

Zhu Gaochi pointed out the direction.

Grenades can be crafted.

This is a big killer.

Although there is no machine gun, but three-eyed firecrackers plus grenades, equipped with cavalry armor, at that time, the Ming cavalry will be invincible in this era.

The three-eyed firecracker is actually a three-shot shotgun.

Unstoppable within a short range, plus a few rounds of grenades, it's sour to think about.

Infantry vans plus bayonet bayonets, infantry armor and grenades are invincible on the ground.

Zhu Gaochi's direction and requirements were recorded in every word in the documents of both parties.

Zhu Gaochi's documents, even if Zhu Gaochi forgets one day because of his busy schedule, he will tell Zhu Gaochi in the form of a memorandum.

The factory documents will be clearly recorded and handed over to the factory for meticulous execution.

In terms of military industry, many things have been done beyond Zhu Gaochi's satisfaction, and some aspects have not met his expectations.

Such as rocket launchers.

For example landmines.

There are many things that later generations take for granted, but ancient times did not know.

It's like a car.

The appearance of cars at the beginning can be described as varied. There is nothing impossible, only unexpected, and it is still an eye-opener.

Finally, after years of exploration and development, the car in people's minds came into existence.

The ancients were also very capable of thinking.

People in the Song Dynasty even used porcelain jars to hold gunpowder as bombs.

According to the Institute of Ancient Firearms, iron-clad explosives in the Southern Song Dynasty laid the foundation for the creation of landmines, sea mines and various explosive bombs in the late Ming Dynasty.

Gourd style, ball style, bowl style...

All kinds of wonderful types of explosive bombs, the ancestors can be said to have opened their minds.

It took about 3 centuries from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty. It was the stage of the creation of early firearms, which belonged to the stage of learning to walk.

Although it has been used on the battlefield and has a certain scale, but in the overall situation, it was cold weapons that were equipped with a large number of troops at that time and played a decisive role.

The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were tantamount to advanced.

But in the end, the food was not enough to eat, so how could the supply of firearms be guaranteed? The quality was so poor that soldiers would rather use cold weapons.

Eat well.

Always the most important.

If you don't have enough to eat, everything is useless.

That's why Zhu Gaochi has to develop China Heavy Industry first, and then the military industry.

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