The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 97
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Jiang Zhong brought Jiang Tao to a remote building complex. Jiang Tao was very excited. Now the Black Tiger Army has more than a thousand craftsmen. Thousands of muskets.

However, according to Jiang Tao's observations, self-generating firecrackers also have their flaws. To generate energy that can rub flint and ignite gunpowder, the hammer needs to strike the flint flakes with great speed and force. If too much force is concentrated on the index finger that pulls the trigger, it will interfere with the action of holding the gun and affect the accuracy.

But this is all secondary, as long as some soldiers with strong hands are selected and trained hard, the problem should not be big.Jiang Tao has no plan to turn the Black Tiger Army into an all-firearms army, at least not now, unless the craftsmen can create more powerful and faster-firing firearms.

When I entered the Divine Craftsman Camp, I saw that it was snowing heavily outside, but inside, more than a thousand craftsmen were very busy, and the sound of knocking was endless.

"By the way, uncle, are there any craftsmen present who know how to make Lumi blunderbuss?" Jiang Tao thought of the Lumi blunderbuss, which is a sharp weapon among firecrackers. With bullets and Mitsubishi thorns, as long as there are three thousand well-trained tigers, why should they be afraid of the Tartars attacking?
"Oh, Hei Hu'er actually knows about Lumi blunderbuss? Difficult, difficult. Uncle has tried it before. Its double-layer milled tube, the tube body is one piece, no number of segments, and the inner and outer tubes are connected in opposite directions. The key The inner and outer tubes are set together, and they are almost forced to drill down. The grinding and manufacturing of the two tubes before were not made by ordinary craftsmen. In the past few years, it took several months to make several tubes with the efforts of more than a hundred craftsmen. , if Heihuer likes it, go to the warehouse to find it by yourself."

Jiang Zhong shook his head and sighed, he was so obsessed with this way that he has achieved nothing now, he must find ways to prevent his nephew from focusing on Kit Kat.

"It took so long." Jiang Tao was a little helpless, such a good weapon was actually placed in the warehouse. If he was a mechanical expert in his previous life, it should be better than the current predicament.

Jiang Tao was shocked immediately. Seeing that everyone was still making armor, he knew that he couldn't delay any longer: "Uncle, call in all the firearm making masters. My nephew has something to say. By the way, call Wang Tiehammer and his son."

Jiang Zhong sighed inwardly, and after a while he led more than ten people over, all of whom were over 40 years old, and there were also a few gray-haired old men.

Jiang Tao cupped his fists and said with a light smile, "Jiang is General Black Tiger, everyone has worked hard."

"See General." Hearing this, everyone knelt on the ground hurriedly.

"No, please hurry up. You are all the treasures of my Black Tiger Army. This general will never treat you badly. Who can tell this general that if all the craftsmen make self-generating firecrackers together, how many can they make in one month? ?” Jiang Tao was polite and hurried to the topic.

Everyone looked at each other, then looked at Jiang Zhong, Jiang Zhong glared at everyone, and said lightly: "General Heihu is the commander of the whole army, even Zhong must obey his orders, and everyone can speak up when they have something to say."

Immediately, an old man in his fifties stood up. He had gray hair and wrinkled forehead, but he was extremely tall, only a little shorter than Jiang Tao, with a slightly dull expression, but his eyes were piercing. He bowed his body and said: " General Qi, at most [-] can be made, and there is not enough copper material, besides, the armor is being made now, and there is really no manpower."

"Let's put aside the matter of making armor for now. The general will find a way. There are so many people, why can we only make [-]?" Jiang Tao was suddenly a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Wang Tiechui secretly laughed in his heart. Ever since he came to this mountain, his position as the commander of the Divine Craftsman Battalion has become an empty talk. Instead, he had to listen to this man. When he saw the general return, he knew that it was time to show his loyalty, so he hurriedly said respectfully: "General, there is a way to increase the production of firearms."

"Oh, Mr. Wang can also make muskets? Okay, let's talk." Jiang Tao said pleasantly when he saw the old acquaintance.

"I haven't made self-generating guns before, but I have heard of them. However, many bird guns have been made. The speed of making self-generating guns is slow. The key is that there are not many craftsmen who can make this gun, such as ignition devices, springs, and barrels. Wait, as long as the masters make these three items with all their strength, and the others make the gun bed, trigger, etc., I believe the speed will be greatly improved." Wang Tiehammer said somewhat proudly.

"Well, yes, who can talk to this general about the specific method of making muskets? That's right, you will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver." Although Jiang Tao liked these materials in his previous life, he didn't know much about them. Listen first, then prescribe the right medicine.

Wang Tiechui was appreciated by Jiang Tao, and was about to continue speaking. He had done a lot of firecrackers in the Luo family's underground base before, and he was very familiar with it.

If you want to keep your status, you can only get the appreciation of Heihu. The old man just thought of this and hurriedly said: "The first step is to control...

Prepare a cylindrical steel core about 21 centimeters long and [-] centimeters in diameter as the cold bone. First, burn the wrought iron for the gun tube until it is red hot. Hot wrought iron was knocked out of the steel core and rolled into an iron tube.And in the process of cladding iron, the steel core is continuously drawn out to cool with water to prevent the steel core and wrought iron from being welded together.The thickness of the rolled iron pipe should also be about one centimeter.In this way, the gun barrel is strong and can withstand dozens of consecutive shots.

The second step is welding.Since long blunderbusses over three feet long are welded joint by segment, poorly welded blunderbusses are easy to blow up and bore.

The above method is used to make an iron pipe and then put it in the furnace to burn until it is incandescent. Also prepare a steel core, the thickness is the same as above, and the length should be longer than the length of the blunderbuss.Then put the iron pipe that has been burned to bright red on the steel core, and the master craftsman knocks the joint of the iron pipe vigorously to form a whole. Put on white copper powder, copper has an affinity effect, which can make the welding joint stronger without leaving faults or false welding.The steel core also needs to be drawn out for cooling at any time, and the iron pipe is returned to the furnace for heating while the steel core is cooled.The final iron pipe is the prototype of the gun pipe.

The third step is trimming.The crosshairs are welded in the same way after the gun body is welded.The crosshair and rear sight are just two bumps before processing, and they have no effect.At this time, the gun is still a rough embryo, and the craftsman has to use a drilling machine to drill out the bore of the gun again to set the center of sight.The section of the steel core is not purely round, and the core body is not straight, and the inside of the bore is also rough and uneven. It is necessary to use a drill to drill the blunderbuss to a large size.

Drilling and scraping the breech takes up to a month.

Jiang Tao couldn't help but gasped when he heard this, it was too troublesome, it seems that this drilling machine is very important, he still wanted to talk to the old craftsman, not daring to disturb his train of thought.

At this time, everyone listened quietly, some frowned in thought, some had their eyes lighted up, only Jiang Zhong was distracted, he didn't know what he was thinking.

The old craftsman continued: "The fourth step is mechanism and assembly. The trigger, spring and flint action of the self-igniting gun, as well as the production of the gun bed, should pay attention to the proper selection of wood, which requires toughness, less water absorption, and dryness. Finally, it will not be deformed or cracked, and finally the gun barrel and the gun bed will be fixed with two copper hoops..."

"Okay, the reward is 50 taels of silver. I don't know what to call the old man?" Jiang Tao understood, the key is the barrel of the gun.

"The old man's surname is Bai, and he's a famous worker. I'm laughing at you." Bai Gong took a breath and said with confidence.

Jiang Tao nodded, and asked again with an attitude of giving it a try: "Is there any other way to make a gun barrel?"

Wang Tiechui licked his lips, and asked resentfully: "Is there a reward?"

The attitude of an old man made Jiang Tao smile bitterly. At this time, as long as someone can manufacture sharp guns in large quantities, he will give them all. The general will give you a big reward for creating muskets with greater power and longer range.”

Wang Tiechui suddenly smiled silly and said: "Thank you, General, the old man has a way to make a double-layer composite gun body, which is directly wrapped with red iron on a one-meter-long steel core. After the first layer of iron is wrapped , wrap another layer on this layer of gun body, so that the joint of the inner gun is wrapped by the outer layer of gun body to form a composite. In this way, the joint of the gun body is stronger, but the barrel cannot be made too long, but the caliber It can be made larger than the first type of bird gun, and the other steps are similar to Bai Lao's method."

"Okay, reward." Jiang Tao exclaimed in surprise. He remembered that this technique is more scientific than the three-stage combined gun. The first kind of bird gun is big, so it is also powerful within a limited distance.It’s just that the Ming and Qing dynasties lacked knowledge of ballistics, and believed that the longer the bird’s gun, the more powerful it was. As a result, in order to increase the length of the later bird’s gun, the body of the bird’s gun was rolled into a single cylinder.

This kind of gun barrel is stronger and more durable, obviously more suitable for war, and has good airtightness, so the musket is more powerful. Jiang Tao made a decision on the spot: "In the future, we will use a double-layer composite gun body. How about it? Today, the God Craftsman Camp will be formally established." , Bailao and Wanglao are both commanders, regardless of top and bottom, each leads 500 people, and the rest are all lieutenant ranks, which are equal to the treatment of the Black Tiger Army. If there are inventions and creations, they will be submitted immediately. This general will also have a big reward, and so on Make sure that all of your subordinates can make firearms, in the future our Black Tiger Army will mainly make firearms, and those who dare to neglect will be dealt with by military law."

"Follow the general's order!" Everyone was overjoyed, knelt on the ground again and said loudly.

Jiang Tao found that Bai Gong seemed to have something to say, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "Everyone, get up, if Bai Lao has something to say, just say it."

Bai Gong sighed and shook his head again and again, but in his heart he was blaming Hei Hu for saying that everyone had been busy for half a month.

"Very well, let's make some according to this method. If it is still possible, mass-produce it. This gun is called the Extermination Gun. The two commanders will make an inventory as soon as possible. A firecracker, and a Mitsubishi thorn should be installed on the front end of the musket." Although Jiang Tao was anxious, he had no choice but to take it step by step.

"What is the Mitsubishi thorn?" Bai Gong's eyes lit up, and he asked in a daze.

"The requirement is that the Mitsubishi thorn has a total length of 1.5 feet, has a blood groove, and is easy to penetrate, so that the wound is not easy to suture, and it must be made of good steel, and the connection is firm. When it is put on the gun, it cannot affect the shooting of the gun. , See if you can use a special sleeve to fix the Mitsubishi thorn on the outside of the barrel."

Jiang Tao hurriedly drew a sketch and explained carefully.

In fact, decades ago, European troops had installed bayonets on muskets, but they did not promote them, so that there was no need to use spearmen to protect musketeers.However, this time it is a plug-type bayonet, which has disadvantages such as weak connection and hindering shooting.

Everyone was shocked after hearing this, and they applauded loudly in their hearts. It's so simple, why didn't I think of it?

Even Jiang Zhong, who had been silent all this time, came to him, and said happily, "Okay, in this way, the Mielu gun will be both offensive and defensive. Oh, did Hei Huer think of it long ago?"

He suddenly thought of the training method of the Iron Spear Battalion, and only then did he feel his nephew's profound strategy.

"Well, that's exactly the case. When this gun is finished, the Iron Spear Battalion will be equipped first." Jiang Tao nodded.

"Okay, the old man is also here to participate, let's go, let's have a good discussion, Hei Huer will be on the road for two days, go to rest." Jiang Zhong applauded loudly.

"Alright, everyone, please go ahead." Jiang Tao left in a hurry, but he was thinking about how to improve the drilling machine.

(End of this chapter)