Chapter 1077 The New Guns That Are Popular
When everyone heard about the new firearms, they immediately became excited. In addition, they drank a lot of wine, so their faces were all red, and their mouths were almost grinning from ear to ear.
"Chief, what are the new muskets like this time?" Qu Bing asked excitedly.
"There are many things. First of all, they are the same old ones. Bolt-action rifles and shotguns need to be re-produced with new steel materials. The main purpose is to increase the service life of the barrels of the current firearms. In addition to these, I also asked them to develop new firearms."
Luo Chong paused and said again, "Because the new steel has the characteristics of high heat resistance and high hardness, we can now try to make continuous-fire firearms that we couldn't make before, so I asked them to develop several continuous-fire firearms.
"One of them is a new type of semi-automatic rifle, which adopts the gunpowder gas-guided automatic principle, abolishes the original manual bolt ejection and shell replacement method, and realizes automatic shell ejection and shell replacement.
"In other words, this new gun no longer requires manual bolt pulling. You pull the trigger and the bullet will fire. It will then eject the shell at the same time and push the next bullet into the chamber to complete the locking. These steps are all completed automatically. If you want to fire the next bullet, just pull the trigger again."
The eyes of several Shen Ce Wei officers present lit up after hearing this, and Qu Bing made a direct guess.
"Doesn't that mean this gun can fire very fast? As long as you keep pulling the trigger, the bullets will keep firing? And if you're quick, can't you fire all five bullets in the magazine in a single breath?"
Luo Chong nodded with a smile, "Yes, this semi-automatic rifle can indeed fire that fast. Compared to the original bolt-action rifle, its advantage is its fast rate of fire. As long as the rate of fire is fast enough, its firepower is strong enough.
"Let me put it this way. If a Shen Ce Guard is equipped with a semi-automatic rifle, it can definitely beat the Shen Ce Guard equipped with a bolt-action rifle so hard that it can't raise its head. Because in the time it takes a bolt-action rifle to fire one bullet, the opponent can fire several shots. Under such a density of firepower, even if your hit rate is reduced, you dare not raise your head. After all, under such firepower, a stray bullet flying over from anywhere can blow your head off! "
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but imagine such a scene, and then they all shrank their necks. However, at this time, Qubing raised a question again.
"Chief, if the firing rate of the new gun is really that fast, then wouldn't it be necessary to finish five bullets in one breath, and then immediately reload again? That doesn't seem to be much faster than the original bolt-action rifle. Although the instantaneous firepower has increased several times, the time interval between firepower has become longer. After all, no matter how fast the bullets are loaded, it can't be as fast as pulling the bolt to replace the next bullet, right? !"
"You are right, so for the new semi-automatic rifle, I asked them to use a large-capacity magazine with ten rounds, and compared with the old guns before, the bullet capacity has also doubled.
"Besides, even if the firing rate is really that fast, you can't really keep firing that fast. The skill of firearms shooting ultimately depends on whether you can shoot accurately. Otherwise, no matter how many bullets you have, it's useless if you can't hit anyone, and it will waste your ammunition reserves."
After listening to this, several people nodded and agreed with Luo Chong's point of view.
"Didn't the leader say there are several new types of firearms? In addition to this semi-automatic rifle, what else are there?" Qubing asked again.
Luo Chong smiled and revealed again, "There is also a kind of machine gun, which can also be referred to as a machine gun. That is a real automatic weapon, a real burst firearm. As long as you hold the trigger, bullets will be fired one after another, and more than a dozen bullets can be fired in a breath.
"Considering that the rate of fire of this weapon is too fast, the ammunition supply system is no longer in the form of a magazine, but a belt. In simple terms, it is to sew a long cloth bag with canvas, and then use rivets to punch partitions in the middle, and then insert bullets one by one into those canvas partitions, and finally put the belt into the machine gun. One belt can hold hundreds of bullets at a time.
"When a machine gun is used for shooting, the sound produced is a "thump, thump, thump" sound, or a "da da da da" sound of continuous shooting, and the firepower density is hundreds of times stronger than that of a semi-automatic rifle.
"Such a weapon is not used for precision shooting, but for fire suppression, and for strafing clustered targets and killing living targets of the enemy.
"You can imagine if I use a machine gun to fight against you, the Shen Ce Guards, and both sides attack and defend each other, you build a trench-like defensive position, and I attack, then I can deploy machine guns in my army, and then rush to the machine gun range, strafing your trenches, and firing a fan-shaped barrage of bullets that continuously sweeps over your heads.
"In this way, you will never dare to raise your heads, because raising your heads means death, and I only need to suppress you for a few minutes before my soldiers are enough to rush to your faces. "
Everyone couldn't help but associate it again, and after thinking about it, it seemed to be true. At this time, Luo Chong said again.
"And if I use machine guns for defense, as long as I set up a few machine guns on the trenches and fire at your attacking troops, no matter how many of you rush over, you will be shot into a hornet's nest by the dense barrage of bullets I fired. Tell me, in this case, how should you attack?"
Everyone associated it in their minds again, and then shuddered with their necks shrunken.
Tsk tsk tsk, this machine gun is too fucking terrifying .
Doesn't this mean that as long as there are machine guns in the future, the two sides will have no way to fight?
This is indeed the case. Whenever a new type of weapon is born, it will completely change the original war mode. The emergence of muskets is a tactical revolution, which gave birth to the famous line tactics. The emergence of machine guns is another revolution, which gave birth to the more famous skirmisher line tactics and the unique three-three group tactics of the Zhonghua family.
After talking about the topic of machine guns, Qubing asked again, "Chief, what are the other two weapons?"
"It is a small pistol similar to a short-barreled shotgun, mainly used for self-defense, but it fires copper-jacketed bullets similar to rifle bullets, but with a much smaller charge. Therefore, this gun cannot shoot far and can only have a killing effect within fifty meters. The normal shooting distance is generally only about twenty to thirty meters.
"However, because the ammunition used is different from that used by shotguns, these two pistols use a magazine feed method, which is much stronger in terms of firepower sustainability. One of the nine-millimeter calibers can hold fifteen rounds, and the other large-caliber can hold seven rounds. Both pistols use semi-automatic mode. Pulling the trigger will automatically eject the shell and load it into the chamber, and then directly fire the next round. They weigh only about two kilograms and can be used with one hand. "Luo Chong introduced it to them again.
When they heard it, their eyes lit up again. This thing is more like a toy than a self-defense weapon. However, even if it is a toy, it is a toy that can kill people, and the killing range of fifty meters is even longer than the range of bows and arrows made by some tribes.
This weapon is simply against the sky!
"Chief, when can we try these weapons? !"
Qubing couldn't help getting excited when he thought of these good things that Luo Chong said. After all, how can a boy refuse the charm of guns and swords?!
This is a man's nature!
"Why are you in a hurry? Didn't I say that you take the team back first and sort out the merits. Individual merits below the second class will be selected by your command, but the corresponding post-war summary must be kept on file for future investigation; first-class merits and special merits must be reported to me, and a corresponding battle summary report must be issued.
"After all the soldiers' merits are evaluated, the rewards will be distributed as soon as possible, and then they will be given rotational leave and allowed to go back to see their families. When sending people home, only half of them can be released at most. Let's release those in the south first. The eight counties in Hanyang are relatively close to the military camp, and their families can also visit them in the military camp, so there is no need to be too anxious.
"After the vacation is arranged, you can go home for two days to see your wife and children, and then when you come back, I will arrange the gun test." Seeing Qubing's excitement, Luo Chong started to lecture him in a bad mood.
Qubing scratched his head embarrassedly, and then said, "Okay, I'll remember, I will go back tomorrow and get the merit matters done as soon as possible."
"Well, that's about right. "Luo Chong nodded, without saying anything else. Everyone quickly started eating and drinking again. From time to time, some lower-level officers came to toast him, but Luo Chong didn't drink much. No matter who toasted him, he only took a sip. After a round of toasts, Luo Chong had not even drunk half a catty.
After the celebration banquet was over, the soldiers began to clean the waiting hall, and then they slept on the floor in the waiting hall. Fortunately, it was summer and the weather was hot, so it was no problem for everyone to sleep together in the waiting hall.
Qubing also arranged night sentries. These were all necessary. I was afraid that whether I rested in my own tribe or even returned to the military camp, as long as I was connected with the army, I would have to be on guard and on sentry duty, otherwise I would die without knowing how.
In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was just beginning to turn pale, around three or four o'clock, Qubing had already started to get the kitchen teams of each unit up to prepare breakfast. The soldiers slept until about six o'clock, when the bugler blew the wake-up call to wake them up. After
half an hour of morning exercise and running, I came back just in time to wash and eat, and then began to enter the station platform and line up on the platform to wait for boarding.
Today, in order to transport these soldiers back to the army Luo Chong specially dispatched 60 passenger carriages, but Xingang County was worried that they might not be able to pull them, so they got another locomotive. This locomotive was to be transported to the south, and it had not been delivered yet, so it was okay to use it temporarily.
Soon, a super long train gradually drove over from a distance. There were two locomotives in front of the train, that is, there was another locomotive behind the locomotive, and then there were 60 carriages. It was so long that you couldn't see the end at a glance.
But in Luo Chong's eyes, it was not like that, because the Xinwei Line currently used It was still a narrow gauge train. Although it had sixty carriages, each carriage was only twelve meters long. The standard gauge trains that Luo Chong was used to seeing in his previous life had each carriage about twenty-five meters long. So, the sixty carriages of the Han tribe were only as long as the twenty-odd carriages of the green train in his previous life.
Each carriage carried fifty people, and the soldiers got on the train quickly. With a burst of whistle sounds, the train began to move slowly, then spewed out thick white mist, gradually accelerating to the west.
Luo Chong did not follow them to the barracks. Instead, he took his guards back to Hanyang City. At present, the construction of Liuyang County Brewery was in an orderly manner. He had already explained everything that needed to be explained, and there was no need to stay there any longer. Instead, he was more concerned about the typewriter that Bai Qi had made. After all, this also involved the future relocation to the south, and Luo Chong couldn't help but take it to heart.
After riding for a whole morning, he finally returned to his home in Hanyang City. Luo Chong immediately sent his guards to inquire about the progress of Bai Qi's improvements. On the other side, after a whole morning of railway transportation, more than 2,600 Shen Ce Guards soldiers The soldiers finally arrived at the train station in Xingang County.
It was not yet noon when they arrived at Xingang County. They had lunch at noon, and then rested for an hour before starting their march on foot. They walked south from Xingang County to Fumaguan County, and then continued south to the military camp on the northern mountain of Hanyang City to camp.
They walked until dark. Fortunately, such a march was not a big deal for the soldiers. During the Northern Expedition, they had walked longer distances than this, and it took them several days to walk. This short distance, especially on a well-repaired dirt road, would be easier to walk
. It was not until after eight o'clock in the evening, when it was completely dark, that the soldiers returned to the barracks. It would be too late to clean up at this late hour. Fortunately, Luo Chong had already asked his imperial guards, the Jinwu Guards, to clean up the place before they returned.
The barracks in the barracks had been cleaned, the windows were opened to let in air to dissipate the moisture in the house, realgar powder was sprinkled to repel insects, and the straw mats were taken out to dry to remove the musty smell. When the soldiers came back, they just had to spread their marching quilts and go to sleep directly. As for other places in the barracks, it would be better to wait until tomorrow when they woke up and let everyone clean up together. Luo Chong didn't have that much time. There were so many guards to clean up for them, so that they would have a place to sleep when they came back.
The next morning, Qubing immediately ordered the companies and platoons of each battalion to organize the soldiers to clean up the barracks in different areas. For example, the shooting range that was full of grass needed manual weeding, etc. At the same time, he also ordered the chief officers and instructors of each unit to bring the battle summary and the application for commendation to the headquarters for discussion, and to finalize the merits of the soldiers as soon as possible, and then give them a holiday, so that those soldiers can also be promoted to a higher rank when they go home, get more bonuses, and happily go home to rest for a while.
(End of this chapter)
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