Chapter 779 Spray Gun and Bolt Gun

Developing firearms was not a casual move by Luo Chong. He needed to maintain the absolute strength of the Central Army to ensure that the local garrison troops would not rebel. Since ancient times, the title of the Central Army has been a higher duty for internal affairs than external affairs. It is necessary to guard against coups, suppress rebellions, or the Central Army will not move unless the enemy reaches the doorstep of the capital.

In addition, in the future battle against the cannibal giant ape, the Han tribe needs such a powerful weapon. The giant ape is a species with explosive force but super flexible movement. It is unlikely to fight against the Han tribe in a military formation. Then, large units such as cold weapons and artillery will not be of much use. It is the right way to work hard to increase the damage of individual soldiers.

Based on this strategic purpose, Luo Chong also proposed two famous firearms, a pump-action spray gun that combines the Browning 'trench broom' and the Remington 870, and the Mauser G98 bolt-action rifle that laid the foundation for the basic structure of modern rifles, which is the grandfather of 98k.

Both of these guns are very distinctive. First of all, the shotgun has a large caliber and a short range, so the chamber pressure is relatively low, and the requirements for the barrel are not high. Even if the Han tribe does not have a steam lathe now, directly knocking a barrel by hand can meet the needs of the shotgun.

The gun that is least likely to explode in the world may be the shotgun.

At the same time, Luo Chong also chose the mature overall design of the 870 and the advantage of large ammunition capacity, and added the external hammer-type shooting characteristics of the trench broom, the world's first pump-action shotgun, which not only meets the firepower needs of combat, but also conforms to the characteristics of the emerging industry of the Han tribe. After all, a too sophisticated internal structure may not be as reliable as the early trench broom.

For military weapons, too much high technology is not necessarily a good thing. Practicality and reliability are the first priority.

In addition, the shotgun is easy to aim and has high damage, which is definitely a powerful weapon against the terrifying man-eating apes.

There are two schools of thought among modern shotgun fans, one is the multi-hole party, and the other is the big-hole party. Shotguns can make dozens of holes with one shot, and single-headed bullets can make a hole as big as a watermelon

with one shot. Adults like Luo Chong don't make choices, they want them all. So this time, among the three types of ammunition given to Qubing to develop, there are shotguns and single-headed bullets, and the other is a universal rifle bullet, that is, a full-power ammunition with a diameter of 8 mm.

In fact, the early rifle bullets and heavy machine guns are the same bullets, so this time the rifle bullets are directly finalized, which is also convenient for the future development of heavy machine guns and eliminates the cost of repeated research and development.

As for the reason for choosing G98 as the imitation blueprint, it is also out of consideration for the history of rifle development.

Since the invention of the musket in the Song Dynasty, it was quickly used by the Mongols in the Yuan Dynasty, and then the technology of gunpowder and muskets was also passed to Europe during the attack on Europe. From then on, the development of Chinese muskets has taken a completely different path from the West.

China in the Ming Dynasty was the peak of the development of firearms. It embarked on the wrong path of "more barrels means more power", while foreigners have been advancing rapidly in loading and firing methods. History has proved who is right and who is wrong. Although the earliest multi-barreled firearms "Thunder Gun" and the earliest breech-loading rifle "Electric Power Gun" both came from the late Ming Dynasty, it was a pity that the political situation at that time was too chaotic and the authorities did not pay attention to it, so they ruined the invention.

At the same time, the West had completed the transformation of firing methods from the era of muzzle-loading guns such as matchlock guns, flintlock guns, spring-loaded guns, and percussion guns. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, ammunition was quickly reformed, from paper-wrapped fixed charges to metal-shell fixed charges, from black powder to smokeless powder, from side-firing to bottom-firing, and a series of reforms were carried out.

There were also famous firearms in the breech-loading era, such as Martini and Schneider, but they were only a flash in the pan in history. It was the Mauser brothers who finally determined the bolt-action loading mechanism.

Luo Chong was different. He knew history, so he didn't need to take hundreds of years of detours and wrong paths. He could achieve his goal in one step, saving resources and money.

As for the automatic weapons that emit blue fire, Luo Chong wanted them very much. Unfortunately, the Han tribe was not even an industrial society at present, and could not afford such luxurious weapons. It was not cost-effective in terms of technology or economy. A machine gun could fire for an hour, which was enough for a squad of riflemen to fight a whole World War II. The consumption of ammunition was really terrifying.

And this was also a trick left by Luo Chong. If the situation really got out of control, he could take out the automatic weapons and quickly solve all the problems. Now, let's pull the bolt first.

Pulling the bolt is a man's romance.

Looking at the thick information in front of him, Qubing blinked, flipped through it carefully for a while, and then asked Luo Chong in surprise, "The leader has already figured out the shape of the bullet and the formula of gunpowder?!"

Luo Chong spread his hands and explained, "This is just an idea of ​​mine. Whether it works or not depends on the experimental results. In fact, the most important design problem of the bullet is the gunpowder. If the gunpowder is solved, the other problems will not be a problem. So you have to pay more attention to the two types of gunpowder in the project.

During the experimental preparation of the gelatinous double-base propellant, you must pay attention to it. When preparing the guncotton, you must put it in a water bath with ice water. That thing is very sensitive to temperature. If you are not careful, it will kill people. So you'd better not do it yourself, because you are not familiar with the laboratory's work flow.

And the final gelation process must be done at the start. The experiment should be conducted under ventilation and supervision, because the catalyst ether for collodionization is a powerful aerosol anesthetic, and one will faint immediately after smelling it.

Although it is a little troublesome to make, I think this thing should be more powerful than black powder. The most important thing is that its smoke is very small and will not block the shooter's vision.

In terms of firing powder, I have proposed three ideas, namely mercuric nitrate, silver nitrate, and lead azide. I have written down the preparation methods of these three things. Theoretically, these three things will automatically ignite after being hit, but the sensitivity is high and low. Which one is safer and which one is more suitable, all of these need to be verified by experiments. "Qubing

on the opposite side listened to Luo Chong's instructions with a confused look on his face. Why did he feel that the leader was so familiar with the preparation of these new gunpowders? Could it be that he had done these experiments a long time ago?

But facing Luo Chong, he didn't dare to ask. After nodding to indicate that he remembered it, he was ready to go to the chemical laboratory on the lake island to work.

But before that, Luo Chong also gave him the identity of a Jinwu Guard soldier, which was considered to be a military status. The research and development of military equipment must be led by the military. This is an iron rule, even in the future. Luo Chong just wants to standardize it from now on.

(End of this chapter)