Chapter 782 The Future of Ming Dynasty (3rd update, please subscribe)
Membership hotel!
Is there any VIP treatment?
Not only VIP treatment, but also VIP p treatment.
Despite this, I believe no one would be willing to go to the Xibingku Hotel to enjoy the VIP treatment if they knew.
But for Liu Qingen, Xibingku Hotel was just an adventure for him.
Sometimes an accident can bring unexpected rewards.
Only five days later, Liu Qingen boarded a train to Yingtian. When he was on the train with a confused look on his face, there was even an officer following him. The officer received a simple order - to escort him and his box to Beijing.
The officer said nothing along the way. Although his eyes occasionally looked at the box, he never asked any questions.
That afternoon, after the two of them arrived in the capital, a special car took them to the hotel. No one told Liu Qingen where he was going until the next morning, when he saw the Rose Palace, also known as the Ming Imperial Palace, through the car window.
Liu Qingen said in astonishment.
"I-We are coming to the palace?"
Lieutenant Li Long, who was following nearby, nodded.
"His Majesty summons you!"
His Majesty summons you!
why is that?
Almost half an hour later, Liu Qingen, who was somewhat dazed, was still looking at His Majesty in astonishment. Now His Majesty was looking at his gun.
“Interesting…”
Emperor Zhu looked at the machine gun in front of him with great interest... This machine gun looked a bit like a strange beast.
How to say it?
Its square receiver looks a bit clumsy, but it has a buttstock installed. The barrel is a bit thin. There is a cylinder where the barrel connects to the receiver, and a simple bipod is installed under the cylinder.
Looking at this machine gun which looked a bit like Browning's "Laoganma" except that it had a bipod and a buttstock, Emperor Zhu looked up and asked.
"Engineer Liu, can you introduce it to me?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
When Liu Qingen was introducing the machine gun, Emperor Zhu was filled with emotion!
He had been waiting for this machine gun... for several years!
In fact, there is this machine gun in the mall, the Type 7 machine gun, which is the world's first automatic weapon that uses gunpowder gas as energy to complete automatic circulation, and is also the world's earliest water-cooled machine gun. The advent of this machine gun is an important milestone in the history of world weapon development.
That’s right, in the mall it was also invented by Ming Dynasty, and the inventor was right in front of him, a weapons engineer who was less than thirty years old.
Unlike the Type 1 rifle, also known as the Type 70 rifle, which borrowed from many rifles in the mall, the Type 7 machine gun was independently invented by a Ming inventor without any outside help.
This is the first weapon created out of nothing in the Ming Dynasty, and its significance cannot be overstated.
It was for this reason that, even though he had already bought a mature Type 7 machine gun from a mall a few years ago, Emperor Zhu still suppressed his inner impulse and had been quietly waiting for its release.
"… push the bolt back into place and push the bullet into the chamber to complete the locking action."
When Liu Qingen finished speaking, Emperor Zhu pointed at the gun barrel and said.
"I heard this barrel was made from a rifle barrel?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. It was a defective piece that was originally going to be recycled, so I just made use of it."
There's nothing wrong with living off the land.
Nodding slightly, Emperor Zhu opened the receiver again and studied it carefully. He noticed that its structure was somewhat different from that of the Type 7 machine gun. There must be differences. This was just a prototype gun.
"Why use a bipod like this?"
The so-called bipod is a bracket made of several steel plates. It looks very simple and cannot be folded.
"It's just a temporary emergency. It's not heavy. If necessary, you can use a small wheel stand..."
Small wheel stand?
Wouldn’t that make it the Russian version of Maxim?
Emperor Zhu immediately shook his head and said.
"There is no need to use wheels. The territory of the Ming Dynasty is not only plains, but also has many mountains. Wheel-type gun mounts are not convenient to use in the mountains. A tripod can be used. You can study it later."
The Type 7 machine gun uses a tripod and looks very similar to the Maxim machine gun. In this era, the Type 7 machine gun, which looks a bit bulky, is definitely an extremely powerful and maneuverable weapon.
In the next war, it will definitely play an extremely amazing role.
"Is this how the ammunition belt is loaded?"
As if he had discovered a fun toy, Emperor Zhu personally installed the ammunition belt and loaded the gun. Looking at his majesty's skillful movements, not only Liu Qingen was dumbfounded, but even Sun Hu, the Minister of the Army, was stunned.
Your Majesty...it's like you've played with this kind of gun before.
“Da, da, da…”
The moment the trigger was pulled, rapid gunfire rang out in the back garden of the imperial palace, and streams of water splashed on the surface of the Xin'an River not far away.
Hearing this familiar gunshot, Emperor Zhu looked extremely excited.
machine gun!
With this machine gun, the king of the next war has appeared, and it will surely reap the lives of the Anglo-Saxons like the scythe of the god of death.
By then, the shape of that war will have changed fundamentally.
Just as Emperor Zhu was imagining thousands of Anglo-Saxons dying under the machine guns of the Ming Dynasty and a generation of British and American youths going to hell, Sun Hu stared at the gun barrel and suddenly spoke loudly.
"Your Majesty, stop shooting..."
He was a little nervous and almost went up to take the machine gun.
"What's wrong?"
Emperor Zhu, who had used up half a chain of ammunition, looked up and said.
"Your Majesty, look at the barrel of the gun. It's already a little red!"
Sun Hu said hurriedly.
"If we continue to fight, something bad will happen."
barrel……
It was then that Emperor Zhu remembered the biggest difference between the prototype gun and the finished product. Looking at the slightly reddish gun barrel, he looked at Liu Qingen and asked.
"How do you think this problem should be solved? It's about the problem of barrel overheating... You see, the barrel turned red after firing less than 200 rounds. If it were on the battlefield, the soldiers would definitely fire more rounds. What would they do if the barrel turned red?"
The barrel is overheating...
Staring at the red gun barrel, Liu Qingen thought for a while and then said.
"Your Majesty, what if we use water to cool it?"
"With water?"
Emperor Zhu pretended to be puzzled.
"You mean shoot a few hundred rounds and then throw the gun in a bucket?"
"Why throw it away?"
Liu Qingen thought for a moment and said, pointing at the cylinder in front of the receiver.
"What if we replace this with a water barrel? Fill the barrel with water, and the water in the barrel can cool the barrel, so it can shoot continuously!"
It is a bit like the one in the mall. In the coming days, this machine gun will definitely be continuously improved, and the final mature version of the Seven-Year Machine Gun will be released next year.
By that time, the Ming army will have truly become a modern army. After all, the current Gatling machine gun is too bulky.
Even until now, Gatling guns can only be used as vehicle-mounted machine guns. The infantry companies of the Ming Dynasty are eager to have their own automatic weapons.
"Haha, this method is simple and crude, but I think it's okay. We can give it a try."
Emperor Zhu of course encouraged the inventor in front of him.
The current Ming Dynasty always gives him surprises when he least expects it.
Whether it is the use of aluminum to make an engine or this machine gun, aren’t they all inventions and innovations created out of nothing?
This is the real surprise!
Faced with such a surprise, Emperor Zhu was even a little excited. The most fundamental reason for this was that he knew the importance of invention and innovation to a country, especially for a country like the Ming Dynasty.
Because until now, the so-called development of the Ming Dynasty has been built on that crutch. There has been no invention or innovation. Once the crutch is lost, what will the Ming Dynasty rely on to maintain its leading position?
Fortunately, from this small invention, Emperor Zhu saw the future, which belonged to the Ming Dynasty...
(End of this chapter)
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