Chapter 171 Safety is very important
Because the shotgun has no rifle, it does not require much good steel. In addition, it is very simple to retract the bullet. As for the big bullet, it is easier to build than ordinary bullets. After the rail steel melted, Zhao Hu directly handed over the gun making matters to Zhang Laoshi and started to make single-headed bullets and shotguns himself.
The conditions on the third zone are better than those on Pingshan. They found a small lead ore. Although they could not create a large number of sulfuric acid tower lead plates, it was enough to make a bullet. This thing has a low melting point, and it can be melted by adding a bellows to an ordinary stove.
Zhao Hu found two thick steel blocks, and each made twelve semicircles on the transfer bed. The two squares were combined, and there were round cavity inside. Then, the lead holes were made in the upper part, and the lead water was poured in. After cooling, cut off the lead strips at the tail, and the round lead bullets were made one by one. In addition, he made a larger lead mold to make a single-head bullet.
There is no plastic now, so Zhao Hu had to use copper to make the shell shell. However, this shell does not need to be as precise as a bullet. It only needs to be made into a mold and punched out on the punching machine. It is mainly a straight cylinder in the upper and lower shape, and there is no need to do one or two more. It is much simpler than the bullet shell.
Looking at the large-caliber bullets that were made, Zhao Hu suddenly remembered a widely circulated weapon in our army!
Due to the lack of weapons in our army, the civil blacksmith had to use large pieces of iron to make a muffled gun and knock out a barrel. However, not everyone can make a pistol. They made a single shot that only stuffs a bullet into the barrel, pulls the hammer, fires a gunman, then spreads the barrel forward, pulls out the shell, and stuffs the next shot again!
The advantage is that this kind of gun does not pick bullets and can be fired at any caliber. The disadvantage is that the gun chamber is not sealed. After it is fired, you don’t even know where the bullets fly. It is estimated that if you are a little far away, you can only hear a sound, and the killing rate is basically zero!
Zhao Hu thought that the Eighth Route Army's weapons now are not as precise and powerful as they have no strong industrial foundation. No matter how precise the weapons are, they can only be used in a small army, and they cannot be repaired and replaced at any time.
What the Eighth Route Army now needs is a large number of cheap, easy-to-made weapons that can effectively kill the enemy. Even stone thunder and wooden artillery are things that the people can do on their own. As long as they master the production method, these simple weapons will be spread all over the country. Even if ten people have a gun, they can pile up the Japanese to death even if they use people to pile up!
He did it as he said he did it. This time he didn't want to make a single player. That thing was really not technically difficult, and he could make any iron-killer.
He found Zhang Laoshi and said, "Old Zhang, I came up with an idea that could allow the military sub-district to arm countless militias at once."
"What weapon? Don't tell me it's a single shot. That thing is too heavy and has no accuracy at all!"
"It's not a single, but a double! You can find a few blacksmiths to come over first, and I'll tell them what they think!"
Soon, Zhang Laoshi found a few blacksmiths who had worked as singles. Of course, their level was more than that. They could basically make their own creations based on the ten-sounding shell gun. They were considered to be level 8 blacksmiths.
Zhao Hu held a single and two gray-haired blacksmiths and said, "Old Wang, Lao Song, you see that this single-player is too heavy, and you can only fire one bullet, and your head is not very good. I am going to ask you to rebuild a new gun, have two barrels in the front and two hammers in the back, but the weight is lighter than singles. Are you sure?"
Lao Wang smiled and said, "What's the difficulty? The slap is ugly and heavy. It's because the folk blacksmiths hung a square iron block with no effect underneath in order to make a gun. Just remove the iron block. But in that case, it's almost the same as the earth cannon used by mountain people to hunt. How big is the caliber do you plan to do?"
Zhao Hu took out a shotgun and said, "Just make this twelve shotgun with a diameter of 18 mm!"
Old Song shouted: "I'll go, Captain Zhao, you're not making a gun, it's just a hand cannon! However, if this gun is made, the recoil will be quite large, but even the wild boar can't stand it when sprayed out at close range!"
Zhao Hu said: "Two masters, what I want is not this, but please simplify the details as much as possible, so simple that ordinary blacksmiths can do it. The gun body can be made with cooked iron, and there is no rifling anyway. As for the details, do you have anything else to add?"
Lao Wang held the big ballistic ballistic: "The bullet's butt must be expanded a little, and a thin edge will be made out. We will make a groove at the back of the barrel so that the bullet will not slide out of the barrel if it is stuffed in!"
Lao Song said, "Yes, although this is a bit difficult, an ordinary blacksmith can do it with just a little practice. As for the bottom edge of the bullet, it doesn't matter if it is made a little thicker. Carving grooves can increase airtightness and easily picking out the shell! This hand cannon is not a single shot, and one shot can be shot after one shot, and even if it is a close-range thorn, it can be pulled out and bomb!"
The two of them did it as soon as they said it, and soon they knocked out the sample gun with a familiar iron. Zhao Hu stuffed two newly made bottom edge shotguns into the two barrels lined up, closed the barrel with a "block", pry open the two hammers, and aimed at the human-shaped target fifteen meters away, "boom, bomb" two shots.
The first bullet was filled with yellow medicine, the second one was black gunpowder. After two shots, the front was full of smoke, which made Zhao Hu cough repeatedly, but Zhang honestly roared in front: "Battery Commander, you can make it, you can make it!"
Zhao Hu shook his sore wrist and walked through the smoke to the front of the wooden target. He saw the first twelve lead bullets, some embedded in the wooden target, and some actually penetrated them.
Let’s look at the second black gunpowder, all of the twelve leads were embedded deep inside the wooden target. If he shot the Japanese, even if he was wearing a cotton coat, he could still shoot him all over his body!
Zhao Hu suddenly thought about this gun and did it casually, but the two blacksmiths treated it as treasures and gave it to his superiors together with the manufacturing method. Soon, these two-fire hand cannons were popular in various blacksmith shops in the military sub-district.
No one expected that this hand cannon, which was extremely simple and even described as ugly, quickly caused a bloody storm in various parts of the border areas, and was respectfully called: double-sounding cannons!
In Lijiagou, Fuping County, four puppet troops surrounded a young wife. The two guys in front of him said in a daze, "Li Yuying, you have informed the Eighth Route Army. We have found out that you know the truth. If you know the truth, please follow us obediently. Otherwise, my bayonet will not recognize anyone!"
Instead of angrily scolding the two traits, Li Yuying turned around instead. The two puppet soldiers thought that the Li family's wife had already committed a crime, so they carried the gun behind them and reached out to grab the person. However, they didn't expect that when Li Yuying turned around again, there was a black iron lump in his hand. The two huge barrels undoubtedly shocked the four puppet soldiers.
Before they could speak the intimidation language, the gun in Li Yuying's hand rang out with a "boom". A puppet soldier standing on the left was suddenly blown up and his eyes were hung out. He fell down without saying a word!
Another puppet army was stunned. The gun in Li Yuying's hand was blasted out again. This time it turned out to be a one-headed bullet, knocking off half of the head of the puppet army on the right. The two puppet soldiers behind reached out to wipe the red and white tofu on their faces, screamed like a ghost, threw down the big gun and turned around and ran away. They fell on the road and didn't dare to look back.
In Sanjia Lane, Yangqu County, two Japanese men finally blocked the way of underground traffic officer Lao Cheng. When they raised the bayonet with a grin, they were shot by Lao Cheng and shot. The second Japanese men just raised their guns and aimed at them, but they were shot and shot. When the Japanese chasing behind caught up, they were killed and injured, but their two rifles disappeared!
Zhao Hu was unaware of these battles outside. He was standing in the medical room of the Arsenal Institute at this time. Looking at Zhang Kui who was injured in his right hand, he yelled angrily: "Old Zhang, why are you so desperate? You should tell me if you want to dismantle the bomb! This is still a hand injury. If it is blown up, how can the Arsenal Institute produce it?"
"I, am I anxious? Besides, I just suffered a little injury and became lively again in a few days."
"No, before the safety regulations are introduced, everyone must not start construction. If you want to produce, you must first learn the safety law. This is an arsenal. Once an accident occurs, it will not be a loss of ammunition, and even people will sacrifice!"
Chapter completed!