Chapter 232: All-round coverage without dead ends
The new winged tiger gun and rocket are both weapons that Yang He is concerned about, so after the Military Institution completed some samples, Yang He came to the shooting range of the Firearms Square.
The officers naturally flocked to Yang He and watched. Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan were also standing aside, protruding their heads curiously.
Zhang Chuxun and Zhang Chujing had already carried out many samples of guns and arrows. Everyone looked at them and were amazed.
Yang He also looked at the winged tiger gun in his hand. It was as smooth and elegant as a grand, giving people an extraordinary feeling. The overall version of the three-eyed hand gun was also an enlarged version. However, whether it is used for step or riding, the basic weight is more than six kilograms, which is slightly lighter than the breech Xin'an gun used by infantrymen.
Connecting the gun holder, the overall length is about 100 cm, which is about five or six and a half of those in later generations.
Then use three cents of lead bullets, the caliber of the gun is about twelve millimeters, and it is universal for cavalry and infantry.
"boom!"
Zhang Chuxun held his step and used the winged tiger gun to pull the plate machine at the target in front. Fire broke out from the gun barrel directly above him, and immediately a large stream of thick white smoke filled the air. At the same time, the fuse of the dragon head fell and ignited the goose feather guide tube, and under the action of the spring, it automatically returned to the waiting position.
Zhang Chuxun twisted the gun barrel in his hand again, and pulled the plate machine again. The fuse fell from the faucet, and there was another loud bang.
He twisted the gun barrel in his hand again and pulled the plate machine again, and smoke from the shooting range was rolling.
He demonstrated to everyone, and used the Winged Tiger Gun for a while. Yang He nodded secretly. This was almost the same as the pump-action shotguns in later generations.
Minister Yang said to Han Guan'er in surprise: "With new gunpowder, the power of this gun is so great that those three-eyed guns cannot compare."
Han Guan'er said: "I have improved by more than ten steps, and I guess I can kill someone in about fifty steps."
He had used the three-eyed gun, so he naturally knew the power of the three-eyed gun. Even if it was well-made, it was still good medicine, but it was about 35 steps before he could kill and injure people who were not wearing armor.
Then, the distance between 2 or 30 steps can be separated by the opponent's cotton armor, chain mail, etc., but it cannot be compared with this new winged tiger gun.
Yang He also smiled and nodded. The Winged Tiger Gun is actually a three-eyed Gun, but it is a convenient aiming structure mixed with the bird gun.
However, because the power of Xin'anzhuang's new gunpowder has increased a lot, the mass of the gun barrel can also withstand it, so the amount of medicine will not be reduced. According to Yang He's estimate, as Han Guan'er said, the power is indeed increased to about fifty steps, and it can cause serious damage to the target without armor.
He estimated that he could break the enemy's pure cotton armor and chain mail at about 60 meters, which was about forty steps.
At a distance of thirty steps, you can break the enemy's inlaid cotton armor, and within a distance of twenty steps, you can break the enemy's multi-layer heavy armor.
Compared with the original three-eyed gun, its power is indeed incomparable, and the shooting accuracy is much higher.
Yang He estimated that the range and power of his winged tiger guns were comparable to that of many bird guns used by the Ming army. Many of those bird guns were of poor quality and insufficient chamber pressure. They often used more than one qian gunpowder and more than two qian lead and iron, and then they could not even break the enemy's cotton armor from thirty steps away.
This is also the reason why the Qing army used oil-soaked rattan cards, which can often effectively resist the shooting of many Ming army guns and bullets at a distance of 3 or 50 steps.
The quality is too poor.
Of course, if Yang He is willing to invest in a lot of money, the military supplies reported that although the cost of the new winged tiger gun is not as high as that of the breeze Xin'an gun, it will not be much worse, especially the new winged tiger gun used by cavalry.
"My husband, my subordinates believe that this winged tiger gun can be made more and used in the gun soldiers, and is ranked in the third row, so that no bandit can rush up."
Minister Yang smiled happily and suggested to Yang He.
Luo Xianjue and Yang Qianzheng on the side immediately agreed.
Yang He nodded slightly, his thoughts were similar to those of everyone else.
Although the breech Xin'an gun is fast, there is still a time interval. If two rows of gunmen are lined up with one row of winged tiger gunmen.
They could hit three consecutive firearms in their hands, and they could also hit them squat. The enemy rushed over, especially within twenty steps, and fired three consecutive guns at them. Any enemy would cry and flee, and his gun array would be even more foolproof.
Of course, the Winged Tiger Gun is a borehole gun, and it is still three tubes. It is very difficult to load it again. It is basically on the battlefield and it is just a wave of flow.
When will the winged tiger gun soldiers be ordered to shoot, the future will test the generals' decision-making and judgment ability.
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Everyone took turns to try to use the winged tiger gun, and they were all excited.
However, there are also cavalrymen who use Winged Tiger Guns, which requires cavalry experience. I once encountered a little itchy hand and was about to volunteer, but Qian Sanniang had already spoken out and hoped that she would come and test the shooting.
Seeing everyone firing guns, she was eager to try it out. Every time she saw a new firearm, she was very excited and couldn't help it.
Yang He agreed. This was a weapon used by cavalry. Qian Sanniang could shoot guns with both hands and was skilled in equestrianism. She was indeed a very good demo candidate.
Seeing that she was bringing all the horses, she was obviously prepared for a long time. The shooting range was very large and she could ride a horse.
So Qian Sanniang stepped on the stirrup and put on her snow hoofed rouge horse. She did not wear armor or grey felt in the village. She only wrapped her head in a sackcloth. The cloak was covered with black squids, making her figure more convex and eye-catching. Then she had a heavy sword on her waist, one left and one right, two gun holsters.
Seeing that she got on the horse coldly and coolly, Yang He handed her a horse with a winged tiger gun, which had already filled the medicine and explained some matters to her.
Qian Sanniang listened carefully and said, "I understand."
The sound was cold and pleasant, so I took the gun, "Kakaka" and pulled the hammer to the maximum waiting position.
She held the gun in both hands, controlled the horse with only waist and legs, and trotted slowly, then raised the gun and aimed at a target about fifty steps ahead.
Everyone was holding their breath, listening to the sound of "stepping" hooves, and seeing that Qian Sanniang didn't hold the reins, they just kept the horses rising and falling, their bodies were rhythmically rising and falling on the horse's back.
Suddenly, Qian Sanniang pulled the board machine and a loud bang, and the smoke filled the gunpowder, and the target in front of him was beaten so hard that debris flew.
Everyone cheered loudly, and Yang He also nodded secretly. Riding and shooting is not a simple matter, whether it is a bow or arrow or a firearm.
Qian Sanniang can hit the target with fifty steps, which is very difficult even on a flat shooting range.
It can be seen that she is very talented in using firearms.
At this time, the hammer in her riding winged tiger gun had been pressed down by the retractor. She didn't need to pull it off manually, so she twisted the barrel and changed the hole "Kakaka" to "replace".
Then she pulled the plate machine again, hit, twisted the gun barrel, and pulled the plate machine again.
She shot a lot, and changed three cavalry to use winged tiger guns.
Her score was a target of fifty steps, two shots of three shots, three shots of thirty steps, and all shots of three shots within twenty steps.
Everyone praised and felt that if they went up, they would not be able to achieve such a good result.
Everyone was talking about tactics. After all, there were few good players like Qian Sanniang. It seems that in the future, it is better to shoot at a stationary moment, and at most trot.
The cavalry sentry team equipped this gun and then fought under the horse. Within fifty steps, they also had sharp firearms.
Then Qian Sanniang tested the rocket again, put on gloves on her left hand, and Zhang Chuxun handed her a pair of bow and arrow bags for rockets, which were hung on the right front of the saddle.
Qian Sanniang looked at it curiously for a while and then pulled out the bow frame. Although it looked like a bow, it did not take several years to take as much as a bow tire. It was only made of birch wood and there was no bow string.
Then she took it on her left hand, which felt very appropriate, and then pulled out a rocket from the arrow bag, a heavy arrow from the cold, and it was estimated that the twelve powerful bows would shoot such an arrow.
Although she can shoot ten-force bows, such heavy arrows were rarely used before.
According to Zhang Chuxun's instructions, she pulled out the copper cover of the fire fold at the fork of the bow. The copper cover was connected with a thin rope and would not be lost. Then she ignited the fire and the rocket was pulled up.
Qian Sanniang shot twenty rockets in front and back, and the shooting range was filled with the light smoke trajectory of rockets flying away, with a "swoosh" sound constantly.
She rode and shoots, and immediately shoots archery at rest. She has played all kinds of tricks. After shooting easily, she can hit the target even at a distance of hundreds of steps.
However, everyone also saw that she immediately shot an arrow while still, almost a hundred shots, but most of the arrows were shot empty.
This is not a problem with Qian Sanniang's archery technique, but a problem with the characteristics of the rocket.
Generally, bows and arrows can follow the owner's heart, and the arrows come out and hit the target.
But the problem is that you want to shoot the Rockets, but the leads are still burning and it is not time to shoot.
When the rocket is shot out, the time has passed, and it is very obvious when riding and shooting.
Although the rockets in Xin'anzhuang are of very good quality, the rockets they shoot are straight and will not fly east and west, or even fly back in corners.
However, the combustion time difference of this lead is basically difficult to control with human resources.
So everyone discussed the results. It is better to shoot rockets immediately and still shoot at the same time. Don’t run around on the horse.
However, even if there are such disadvantages, a weapon like Rocket is very sharp.
There is no need to build a strong bow, no need to train archers for many years, just train like a musket.
Especially on the horse, you can shoot heavy arrows equivalent to ten-force bows and twelve strong bows.
This is very amazing.
There are not just people who can draw hard bows immediately, such as Huang Zhong, Li Guang, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and other fierce people, who can draw bows from left to right and shoot fiercely.
However, there are few such people after all. They usually use five or six power bows as horse bows, and use eight power bows to dismount and fight.
The Rockets are not in the line and can shoot immediately because they do not require arm strength or waist strength.
Yang He praised in his heart, no wonder Qi Jiguang called the rocket a magic weapon, and his achievements were not inferior to the bird gun. He also made eighty steps in the army. Those who can get smooth and get straight are the essence, and those who are crooked and fallen are punished. If the rocket is not well-made, he will be responsible for the craftsman.
It really makes sense that a generation of war gods admires Rockets so much.
He thought in his mind that the cavalry and sentry teams would be equipped with handguns, cavalry and winged tiger guns, and rockets in the future.
They fought, with a range of 10 or 20 steps for the hand gun barrel, and a range of 30 or 50 steps for the cavalry.
Rockets can control the range of fifty steps to one hundred steps, covering all aspects without blind spots.
Qian Sanniang was still stalking the horse and shooting with great enthusiasm. Li Ruwan was jealous and joined.
"Swoosh!" Another rocket roared away, and with a straight trajectory, it shot another target more than ninety steps away.
Qian Sanniang happily put away the bow frame. It feels so good that she can shoot arrows without using any effort.
She also likes the winged tiger gun very much.
She decided in her heart that in addition to this rocket, she would also ask Xianggong Yang for two shots.
From then on, she would run on the battlefield with a bag of rockets, two hand guns, and two cavalrymen.
Chapter completed!