Chapter 46 Two hundred years ahead of this era
What he wanted to draw was nothing else, but the drawings of muskets and cannons. Muskets were flintlocks, and cannons were smoothbore cannons.
In the era when the Qing Dynasty Tartars were still using revolver muskets, the flintlock rifle was already very advanced in front-loading guns, and it was originally improved on the basis of revolver muskets.
The steel wheel of the clockwork on the rotor musket was removed, and a piece of flint was clamped on the jaw of the hammer. A strike anvil was installed beside the fire transmission hole. When firing, the trigger was pulled and the flint was hit hard by the fire door. Mars appeared and the ignited gunpowder was fired.
The flintlock rifle greatly simplifies the shooting process, improves the firing rate and shooting accuracy, is easy to use, and is low in cost, making it easy to mass production.
However, although the flintlock rifle has a greater advantage than the revolver musket, it is very limited in size. There is no way. The industrial level of this era can only be achieved at this level, and there is no need to think about installing a gun afterwards.
So what Yang Yifei wants to create is ammunition that is truly ahead of this era and is enough to crush the Tartar muskets.
The biggest problem with front-loading muskets is that they are troublesome to load and the shooting frequency is slow. To change this situation, you can only work on ammunition, so Yang Yifei plans to create "paper shell bullets".
This is an advanced thing that has been ahead of this era. With paper shells, the musket can have a rate of fire that is no less than that of the double-bar hunting rifle in later generations.
Because the bullets on it are very fast, it is many times more convenient and faster than in this era when it is poured into the barrel of the gun, then compacted it with a strip, and then put it in the bullet.
In the early 18th century, combustible shell gun bullets appeared, and the material of the shell was made of flammable materials such as nitrified paper, linen, and leather.
Directly fill the flammable shell with an appropriate amount of gunpowder and projectiles, make it into a whole, forming separate ammunition, which is the prototype of the bullets of later generations. When fired, the shell and gunpowder will burn together.
After firing a shot, immediately stuff a paper case into the barrel, break the hammer and fire again. The process takes only a few seconds.
The most important thing is that the use of paper shell bullets makes the amount of gunpowder each time the charge is the same, and the range and shooting accuracy of the musket are kept in a stable state, so that accurate shooting at three points and one line can be achieved.
Unlike the muskets in today's era, each time the amount of the medicine is different, it is impossible to master its range and accuracy. Even if the two shots are aimed at the same place, the bounce points will be very different when they are shot out. Hitting people depends on queuing fire, which is the so-called shooting of guns.
With paper shell bullets, the combat method can change, no need to line up and fight face to face with the enemy, and finally both sides will be injured.
A musket team with paper shells can play positional warfare, trench warfare, and even guerrilla warfare with the opponent, because such muskets can aim at the target and fire.
If the output of muskets and paper shells can keep up, maybe there is no need to contact the Tartars again. They will use gunfire at long distances, use muskets at medium distances, and use thunderbolts at close distances.
If this round comes, when the enemy approaches, there will probably be no one left. Even if there are people rushing over, they will definitely be full of fear and will be completely out of fighting.
Yang Yifei also added a design that can be equipped with bayonets. The length of the musket is about 1.5 meters, and a bayonet that is 60 cm long is, which is two meters per year long, and can be used as a spear.
Long-range, medium-range, short-range, close-range, all within the range of your own attack. How can the opponent fight against Tiandi in such a battle?
Speaking of long-range firepower, what Yang Yifei is preparing to manufacture is also two hundred years ahead of this era, dominating an era, and is known as the Napoleon Cannon, a smoothbore cannon that travels through a magical artifact in later history.
The structure of the Napoleon cannon is very simple, with a base, a barrel, and two motorized wheels on the left and right. The process is not complicated, but its power is very strong, and its firepower is known for its fierceness.
Its ammunition is divided into solid bullets and flowering bullets. The range of solid bullets is 900 to 1,200 meters, while the range of flowering bullets is usually around 1,000 meters, and the killing range is similar to that of mortars, with a radius of sixteen or seventeen meters.
This is already a slap in this era when the range of field artillery is usually between 250 and 600 meters.
Of course, don't tell me that the range of the red-clothed cannon in the Qing Dynasty was ten miles. What is the tonnage of the red-clothed cannon? The cannon barrel alone is three meters long and the weight is more than one ton. It is extremely troublesome to move. It is simply a living target and is often used as a cannon.
The Napoleon gun barrel is 1.5 to 1.6 meters long and weighs more than 380 kilograms. Is that the same thing?
To put it bluntly, the range of an old-fashioned artillery depends on how big it is. The larger it is, the further the range will naturally be. Is it more than that?
Besides, in this era where there is no radio station, no long-distance communication, and no artillery command, various elements and other things, what is the use of having such a long range? You can't even see the other party, how to fight? Should you use the shooting method as you like?
So from any perspective, the Napoleon cannon is the most suitable artillery for the Tiandihui, and it is also the artillery that is enough to rampant in this era.
As a special forces soldier, Yang Yifei is naturally the most authentic military fan. He is almost familiar with all kinds of weapons from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, especially those that have influenced an era. When he was in the army, his comrades called him "arms maniac".
Chen Jinnan and Cai Dezhong were always standing by, watching Yang Yifei use a quill to draw the musket and cannon he designed one by one.
Not only the whole, but also the close-ups and sizes of each component are clearly marked. What surprised the two of them the most was that the picture was very three-dimensional.
After Yang Yifei finished painting, he carefully talked to the two of them. He heard that the two middle-aged men were as happy as two children of 140 or 50 kilograms, hoping that the things on the drawings would immediately become real so that they could see them.
"The head of the helm, Brother Cai, these two weapons plus the thunderbolt will be the main war weapons produced by the thunderbolt. They have taken into account four combat distances, long-range, medium-range, and close-range, and used for large-scale corps combat."
"In addition, I will also make some firearms with special functions for small-scale operations or special operations. Regarding special operations, I will explain it to you in detail when the regular army begins to be formed in the future."
Chen Jinnan and Cai Dezhong discovered that once Yang Yifei began to think about firearms and wars, his whole body changed and became very fanatical. His eyes kept flashing with a crazy light in their eyes. That kind of fanaticism even made them feel a little scared.
What's so afraid of is of course a joke, the successor of Pili Hall! It's normal to have such a performance. The key is that what he created can allow them to defeat the Qing Tartars and restore the Ming Dynasty.
As long as this is clear, Yang Yifei is the most important person in the World Association. Even if the World Association is missing Chen Jinnan, Yang Yifei must not be missing.
Yang Yifei started working in the morning and didn't even have breakfast. He was busy until dinner before finally putting down his quill pen. Only then did he come to his senses that he forgot to practice Hunyuan Palm today.
Therefore, after dinner and taking a break, I found an open space on the mountain to practice.
Chapter completed!