Wanli 1592

Chapter 301 Flintlock
When Xiao Ruxun arrived at the blacksmith camp, before lunch was served, he only heard the tinkling sound of iron striking, and saw that the camp was full of blacksmiths hammering iron. Among the tasks he assigned to the blacksmith camp, there was There is a qualified barrel. The barrel of a smoothbore gun does not require high technology. The traditional iron rod rolling method can also be done. However, the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty can’t handle it. The scrap rate is so high. It is purely a system problem. .

The quality rate of the blacksmiths under Xiao Ruxun is as high as 90.00%. Only 80 or [-] people can produce hundreds of qualified gun barrels for him in a month. When they were in North Korea, the bird guns produced by these blacksmiths were Very good products, most of them were equipped to the soldiers on the front line of the Ming Dynasty, and a small part were equipped to the North Korean army to let them practice musket tactics. Xiao Ruxun was also able to use North Korean resources to train his own blacksmith.

At that time, Xiao Ruxun drew the blueprints for them, and then asked them to start making qualified springs and flintlock bolts according to his requirements. At that time, three or five old blacksmiths with 20 years of blacksmithing experience got together and agreed Frowning at the blueprint of the gun mechanism, Xiao Ruxun compared the gun mechanism of the matchlock gun with them, saying that the two have similar structures, but the strength of the springs is completely different.

The matchlock gun is ignited with an open flame. As long as the open flame touches it, it takes minutes to ignite the gunpowder. The requirements for the ignition device are not so high, but the flintlock gun is different, and it needs to rely on the strength of the spring. By using this method to ignite gunpowder without external force from an open flame, Huolian is equivalent to the early fire door cover, which can effectively prevent the impact of wind and rain on gunpowder, which was a leap forward at that time.

When Xiao Ruxun explained this "self-generated ignition method" to them, he used two pieces of flint to ignite by rubbing against each other. Seeing the appearance of sparks flying, Xiao Ruxun said, this is the principle. You make a device and let the soldiers pull the trigger , the flint can shoot sparks, ignite the gunpowder, and thus fire the musket. The firing principle is the same as that of the arquebus, but the ignition device is one in the sky and one in the ground.

The blacksmiths seem to understand, but after building a matchlock gun for a period of time, they also have their own understanding of the triggering device. An old blacksmith vividly described the scene he imagined - the soldier pulled the trigger, and the flint was fired into the gun. Driven by it, it slammed into the Huo Lian on the opposite side, bringing out a spark, and then ignited the priming powder under the Huo Lian, and then ignited the gunpowder, prompting the musket to fire.

Xiao Ruxun immediately praised him, appointed the old blacksmith to be the project manager of the flintlock research project, and gave him a generous salary and rewards, as long as he worked hard to manufacture the flintlock and kept it strictly confidential.

In North Korea, before Xiao Ruxun crossed the sea to fight the Japanese, the old blacksmith had already made some leaf springs with traditional techniques, but the strength was not ideal and could not be used in practice. On the return journey, the old blacksmith assembled a spring by himself. Showing the musket to Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun was very excited at the time, because the shape of this musket was exactly the same as his famous flintlock gun, and when he pulled the trigger, he rolled his eyes.

No spring at all, not much better than a matchlock.

I don't know if there is any improvement now, but should I say it or not, the appearance is already quite charming, but the inside is still sloppy. I don't know if the inside is also quite charming during this period of time, but even so, Xiao Ruxun also knows that a flintlock gun Although the cost of guns is still cheaper than cavalry and cold weapons, it is far more expensive than matchlock guns. Although the success rate of ignition is relatively high, it is expensive and difficult to craft.

Judging from the current technology, it is very difficult to ensure a high output, and the best thing about flintlock guns is that they are self-igniting, do not rely on open flames, and are not very afraid of wind and rain. The reason why northern soldiers hate matchlock guns is It disappeared, but the flintlock gun itself could not be solved, so after the emergence of primer technology, the flintlock gun was quickly eliminated.

The speed at which flintlock guns replaced matchlock guns is not fast at all. In the current European army, matchlock guns are still the mainstream. Waiting for flintlock guns to completely replace matchlock guns is still a few decades away. Xiao Ruxun insists on flintlock guns. The purpose of the gun is to make the technology of the flintlock mature as soon as possible, and to be the medium for the next generation of muskets. He is not very keen on the flintlock itself.

Xiao Ruxun went into the camp and found the old blacksmith.

"Old Li, how's the self-igniter doing? Show me this gun."

When Xiao Ruxun went in, he saw Lao Li holding a gun and looking left and right. This gun was the experimental gun at that time. From the outside, it was no different from the flintlock gun. The difference lies in the interior. The spring and ignition device, in addition to this gun, there is also a bolt mechanism on his desk, which is also modeled after this picture, but it has no elasticity at all.

"Admiral!" When Old Li saw Xiao Ruxun coming in, he stood up to greet him, and handed over the gun in his hand. Xiao Ruxun took the gun, flicked the trigger, and with a crisp sound, the hammer hit Huolian. , but whether it is the hammer or the fire, the elasticity is still weak.

"No, it won't work if it goes on like this. It doesn't feel like self-igniting fire at all. Old Li, can't you make this shrapnel qualified?"

Lao Li pointed to the pile of shrapnel on the table with a distressed face, and said, "I have never had the shrapnel that the admiral said, and the current one obviously does not meet the admiral's requirements. I asked seven or eight people to constantly We made all kinds of shrapnel and used wrought iron of various strengths to hit it, but it still didn’t work, and now we plan to try it with hundreds of wrought iron.”

"Hundred iron smelting... maybe it can be done? Don't worry too much. I just hope that you can make it as soon as possible, but if it is really difficult, it won't be done in a while. Don't worry, take your time." , If you need anything, tell Ben Du, this time Ben Du will go south, and I will also bring you with me to see if there is a chance to get something from the red haired barbarian for you to see, alas, yes, and you can get the gun tube How's it going?"

Old Li stretched out his finger and said, "Admiral, please come with me."

Xiao Ruxun nodded, followed Old Li to the outside of the barracks, and walked into the warehouse at the back of the barracks. As soon as he opened the warehouse, Xiao Ruxun saw five long and thick gun barrels. The front body was thin and the back body was thick. It is not easy to blow up the chamber, and compared with the same front and back barrels in Ming Dynasty, it is much more practical.

"This is made according to the admiral's request, with an iron body and a copper core. I don't know how it will work. It's best to try it out, but the old man and others can't do it."

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and said, "You don't need to bother with these things, you just need to make them! The rest is the matter of the governor. Old Li, the matter of the spring, you must hurry up!"

Old Li nodded his head: "The admiral has an order, the old man and the others must use their lives!"

(End of this chapter)