Chapter 950 Flintlock
For generals like Ma Shilong and Man Gui, they like Yuan Chonghuan's ambitions the most. As long as Yuan Chonghuan can restore Liaodong, they can rise with the flow and even directly escape from the poor class of military generals and become members of the Ming Dynasty. They will even become military powers of the Ming Dynasty for generations.
Therefore, Man Gui said everything he said: "Fuyuan, you said this very well, but I have to add that whether our Guanning army can restore Liaodong depends on how much strength the court has given us! If the court is worried about us, Guanning may not be able to cross the Sancha River!"
Hearing Man Gui say this, Yuan Chonghuan immediately assured him: "Please rest assured, two generals, that as long as I am in Liaodong for one day, I will stick to Liaodong for one day. Don't forget that when Gao Zhengluo abandoned everything outside the pass, who advocated defending Ningyuan! So as long as Yuan is in Liaodong for one day, the court will not dare and will not abandon Liaodong!"
This is the most proud thing in Yuan Chonghuan's life. Man Gui and Ma Shilong were also full of confidence in Yuan Chonghuan because of this incident. However, there were many minor problems between Ma Shilong and Yuan Chonghuan in the past, and now he has to be careful in everything: "But the key to the problem is whether the court still wants Liaodong!"
"How could the imperial court not want Liaodong!"
Yuan Chonghuan said confidently: "As long as I, Yuan, is in Liaodong for one day, the court will continue to provide money, grain and soldiers. All generals just let go of the army. I think the two generals are worried about the matter of the eunuch Wei, the Sili Supervisor! "
Now the issue of ancestral temples has become a key issue in the political struggles of the Ming Dynasty. What Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch party need is not just a word of verbal support, but rather to put the construction of ancestral temples into implementation and build it as soon as possible.
As a war zone, Liaodong did not have to be affected by this. Even eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian were worried that such a debate would affect Liaodong's combat readiness, so the eunuch party did not press forward against Yuan Chonghuan step by step on this issue.
But now Yuan Chonghuan has made up his mind on this matter. He told the two generals around him: "This sanctuary will naturally be erected. If the sanctuary is not erected, how could the court be assured of Yuan and continue to help the soldiers of Qiangu? But this sanctuary will be demolished sooner or later!"
He had already made a comprehensive conclusion on this issue, and both Man Gui and Ma Shilong felt very puzzled. They immediately asked, "Fuyuan, how do you say this?"
"If you don't establish new words, it is not worthy of trust from the court and Wei Sili. As long as you establish a sacred temple, the situation in Liaodong can be completely opened. But even if Wei Zhongxian loses power in the future, will the court blame Yuan for a mere Afu eunuch party and building a sacred temple? Who else can succeed in Liaodong except Yuan!"
Yuan Chonghuan can be said to be confident about this matter. He, the governor of Liaodong, is different from other governors. He is in charge of the entire Liaodong war zone and controls this Guanning army. It can even be said that every move determines the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, when deciding Yuan Chonghuan's fate, military victory and defeat are the most critical factors. What is the establishment of a Shengshu Temple Afu Eunuch Party is just a minor matter and has nothing to do with it. It is precisely because of this that Yuan Chonghuan is fearless: "Anyway, as long as we can restore Liaodong and eliminate Jiannu, what are these things?"
He is now full of confidence.
Liu Peng was also full of confidence. The reason why he was full of confidence was not because the two noble women of Korqin had arrived in Longkou, and the military alliance between Haibei Town and Korqin had actually been established. The Korqin dispatch team of the Haibei Army had even arrived in Korqin and began to build the Tongliao New City, but because of the group of new rifles in front of him that were completely different from the past.
Demons said confidently: "As you told, we have produced the best rifles in the world."
This is not a laboratory-oriented product, but a real quantitative product. The Haibei Army has placed an unprecedented large order and is preparing to undergo a comprehensive replacement throughout the Haibei Army. Therefore, even the most pessimistic view will believe that the total output of this rifle will reach tens of thousands of branches. If you are more optimistic, the total output of this rifle will reach an amazing number.
But both pessimists and optimists agree that this new type of rifle will become the main rifle of the Haibei Army for a long time, and Liu Peng has now repeated this view: "The flintlock is considered a real rifle, very good. Lord Demons, thank you for your hard work this time!"
When Demons heard Liu Peng's words, a look of pride appeared on his face. Although there were already a few precedents of flintlock rifles in Europe, this flintlock rifle, as he said, is "the best rifle in the world", and is even better than any flintlock rifle produced in Europe, whether it is quality, range, rate of fire, ease of productivity, ease of victory or other aspects.
This is the "best rifle in the world". Demons can proudly announce this as an outstanding officer of the European army. Compared with the traditional European mesh rope gun, this flintlock rifle has achieved perfection in terms of firing rate, range, rate of fire, and fire density. Moreover, he can also install a detachable bayonet on the flintlock rifle as Liu Peng told him, which is a concept that no European has expected.
With such a flintlock rifle, the Haibei Army can definitely be invincible in the world!
Of course, Demons would not say that this was the result of the stimulation of Deng Yuhan and the Catholic research team. Deng Yuhan gave the Institute great research efforts during this period, forcing the Institute to use its brains to try every possible way, and even reached the point of never sleeping. Now it finally has a reward.
He proudly replied to Liu Peng: "Mr. Governor, you are right. As long as you give me a few thousand such flintlock rifles, we can sweep the entire China and even the entire Far East!"
This statement may be an exaggeration, but Liu Peng laughed immediately, but he asked while laughing: "His Excellency Demons, how many flintlocks have we tried before? How many flintlocks can we produce each month next?"
Demons immediately said proudly: "We have tried to produce more than 200 flintlock rifles and fired more than 100,000 bullets. After more than a year of hard work and hard work, this flintlock rifle is now the most perfect choice, at least in a few years!"
When Demons said this, he was moved by himself. Under Deng Yuhan's pressure, he and Nie Chuan could be said to have tried every means to produce such a large product.
Although the development of flintlock rifles had already achieved breakthrough results more than a year ago, in order to cope with the pressure that Deng Yuhan brought to the study institute, they conducted repeated improvement tests again and again. There were more than 200 hand-made test guns alone, and I don’t know how many seemingly perfect solutions were eliminated.
The rate of fire, range, power, rate of fire, and even ease of use and ease of control are all issues that must be considered. They also arranged a movable bayonet on the flintlock according to Liu Peng's arrangement. As a result, after the bayonet was installed in the flintlock, Demons said in an authoritative tone: "I'm afraid there will be no sling soldiers or other types of pure cold weapons troops on the battlefield in the future!"
The combs cannot be equipped with bayonets. They have almost no protective capabilities when facing the enemy's cold weapon forces. Therefore, any army needs to organize a large number of spearmen or other cold weapon forces to be responsible for covering them.
However, after the flintlock rifle is bayonet, it can be launched into battle and the white soldiers will be connected as soon as possible. The role of the cold weapon troops can be said to be unnecessary. The flintlock rifle can not only provide more dense firepower, but also reduce the occupation of a large number of cold weapon soldiers.
Therefore, Demons has become aware that with the mass production and equipment of flintlock rifles, the combat forms of the Haibei Army and even the entire world will undergo revolutionary changes.
Zhuang Tiaozhi, who was standing aside, added: "Now we have all our efforts to produce flintlock rifles, and we can produce about 300 flintlock rifles in a month!"
Liu Peng immediately added: "Or it is not enough for the number of infantry battalions to be replaced in one month, and this weapon is too small!"
"It's a little less!" The one who stood up now was Duncan: "There must be more flintlocks to complete the entire Haibei Army's uniform replacement, but we have tried our best. If the output is high, it will be difficult for us to ensure quality!"
The production difficulty of flintlock rifle is much higher than that of a coercine, and the cost is also higher than that of a flintlock rifle. In the past year, Demons and the Institute of Study have not only been preparing to choose a perfect flintlock rifle, but also need to consider its ease of productivity, consistency and even ease of use.
Therefore, from the materials used to make guns to the chamber, gun wood and even various machine tools for making guns, the study institute has tried its best. If these technical achievements are used for the manufacturing of colloid guns, it will be enough to immediately increase the number of colloid guns produced in Haibei Town three to five times each month, but for the manufacturing of flintlock guns, the production of 300 can only be maintained for a month.
Liu Peng also knew that we should not be too anxious. At least the arsenal in Haibei Town has just transformed into producing flintlock rifles, and there are still many problems that cannot be solved in reality. It is already the limit to be able to produce 300 one month, so they have to give them time to transform.
Therefore, he told the Haibei Town officials present: "Give you three months to solve the problem. In three months, I hope the output of flintlock rifle will have a qualitative leap. Many of our brigades are waiting for flintlock rifles to be replaced!"
Everyone present was relieved. As long as they could give them three months, they could summarize their experience and improve their technology as soon as possible. As long as they invest enough resources, the output of the flintlock can increase by at least 50%.
Chapter completed!