Chapter 802 Weapon Finalization
Each of the three-man assault team is equipped with a rifle and a small amount of rifle bullets as a secondary weapon. The main weapon is an eight-round shotgun as a fire output, and they also carry more shotgun bullets. In addition, they are equipped with a 40-centimeter-long sword-shaped bayonet. The bayonet can be installed on both the rifle and the shotgun. The bayonet bayonet of the two firearms can achieve this purpose by making the
bayonet bayonet of the two firearms the same. In addition, the six-man precision shooter team is equipped with a rifle as the main weapon, with more rifle bullets, and a three-round short-barreled shotgun with a bullpup structure as a secondary weapon for fire output in close combat. Twelve rounds of ammunition are prepared. Anyway, they have few opportunities to use them, so carrying more rifle bullets is the right way.
In addition, the six people in the cover group should also be equipped with a 25-centimeter-long multi-functional bayonet. The role of assassination is not great, and it is mainly multi-functional. A knife is too useful in the wild, but a 40-centimeter-long bayonet is almost useless except for stabbing. A short knife that can cut, chop, and shave is more suitable.
After planning the equipment of the soldiers, Luo Chong had a rough idea of the production volume of the weapons required, so the next thing was to select and finalize the model.
Luo Chong quickly took his guards to continue the gun evaluation, and stayed at the shooting range for three consecutive days. While evaluating the guns, Luo Chong also had a certain concept of the quality of the hot weapons produced by his tribe, and put forward a series of improvement suggestions.
Three days later, still in the shed of the shooting range, looking at the row of guns on the table, the neatly arranged guards around him, and the technical consultant from the research institute, Luo Chong said to Hu Jin.
"Next, I will talk about the finalization and process improvement suggestions, you write them down carefully."
"Yes." Hu Jin immediately took out a pen and paper and lay on the table, looking at Luo Chong to indicate that he was ready.
"First of all, in terms of selection, a total of three firearms have been finalized this time. One is an eight-round side-mounted bayonet shotgun with a built-in hammer. This structure is not easy to get into water and sand, and has advantages in maintenance.
There is also a three-round short-barreled bullpup shotgun, which also has a built-in hammer. The last one is the rifle."
Luo Chong took a look at the six rifles, and finally his eyes fell on one of them and said.
"The rifle must have a downward-curved bolt handle, a U-shaped notch rear sight, a coaxial sheet-shaped front sight, and a half-circle front sight guard. First, it can prevent reflection, and second, it is wear-resistant, so as to avoid long-term use causing wear of the front sight and thus reduce shooting accuracy."
After Luo Chong finished speaking, he looked at Hu Jin, who finally stopped writing, and asked, "Have you written down everything I just said?"
"I have written it down, don't worry, Chief." Hu Jin immediately nodded affirmatively.
"Well, let me talk about the process improvement plan. First of all, all the wooden parts of these three firearms are made of red fir wood. There are many of these trees in Hanyang County, and the wood is hard and has good crack resistance. However, when mass production is carried out, all wooden parts must be treated with acid for corrosion protection. I will ask the Huxin Island Research Institute to provide you with support when I get the acid formula. Don't just apply a layer of tung oil like the current sample gun." Luo Chong instructed again.
"Yes, Chief, I have noted it down." Hu Jin said again that he understood.
Luo Chong nodded and continued, "The second is the processing of steel parts. Whether it is the outer barrel and bolt, or even a small spring inside, all of them must be treated with blackening on the surface."
"Chief, how do you do this surface blackening treatment?" Hu Jin asked immediately.
"Don't worry, listen to me. The blackening method is very simple, that is, quenching oil. The oil should be a mixture of animal and plant oil. All metal parts except the barrel should be burned red first, but not too red, and then soaked in oil. After soaking in oil, the surface will naturally turn black, but the blackening of the barrel is more troublesome."
Luo Chong wiped his forehead and continued, "The current barrel hardness is still not enough. The smoothbore shotgun shoots pure lead soft bullets, and the wear is not obvious. However, the inner bore of the rifle that shoots armor-pierced bullets is too worn. After firing only one thousand rounds, the rifling has serious wear and tear, and the shooting accuracy begins to drop sharply. When firing two thousand rounds, the rifling is almost worn flat. This consumption is too large. If the mass production is still at this level, then the guns we make may not be enough for training, so the hardness of the barrel must be improved."
Hu Jin quickly wrote down the key points of Luo Chong's arrangement, and then immediately asked, "Chief, does the barrel also need to be quenched?"
"Of course." Luo Chong nodded and then said, "But the quenching method is more troublesome, and the inside and outside must be quenched separately."
Seeing Hu Jin puzzled, Luo Chong explained, "First, process the mechanical shape of the barrel, and then quench the barrel first after the rifling is engraved. When quenching the barrel, you must first wrap the outside of the barrel with fireproof mud, leaving only the barrel, and then quench it with water when it is red. After the barrel is quenched, seal the two ends of the barrel with mud, and then use mixed oil to quench it after it is red for surface blackening treatment.
In general, there are two methods to quench the outer shape of the barrel and the inside of the barrel separately."
After Luo Chong finished speaking, Hu Jin also took note for a while, and then asked Luo Chong again, "Chief, do the other two shotguns need to be produced in the same way?"
"Of course, although the shotgun has a low degree of wear, the barrel should be as hard as possible after all, so as to increase the overall service life of the firearm and save expenses." Luo Chong nodded again to confirm.
Finally, when he saw Luo Chong finally finalized the weapons and briefly described the configurations that each soldier needed, Qubing was completely relieved.
After three consecutive days of live-fire shooting and firing thousands of bullets, Qubing could be said to like all these weapons very much. If he were to choose, he would like to finalize all the firearms, but he also knew that this was impossible. However, he really wanted a rifle and a shotgun. Fortunately, Luo Chong finally said that he would equip each soldier with two weapons, a shotgun and a rifle, so he was relieved.
In this way, he didn't have to worry about which weapon to choose.
After arranging all these, Luo Chong also returned home to wait for the production of weapons. As for recruiting soldiers, there was no rush now. Luo Chong would wait until next year to consider forming a firearms army. Otherwise, even if it was formed now, I am afraid that he would face the embarrassing situation of insufficient firearms in the future.
In addition, the Han tribe will launch a conquest campaign against Zhudao this winter. He wants to wait until Zhudao is completely pacified before making any decisions. By then, he can transfer some officers from there. When Luo Chong is forming a new army, he can't possibly teach them from the beginning.
(End of this chapter)
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