Chapter 2273

For Haihan, advanced weapon design is not a problem. Victory Fort contains information on various weapons and equipment that humans can produce in the next few hundred years. Although the manufacturing technology of these weapons still exists for Haihan today.

There are many difficulties, but the weapons and equipment that can be produced at this stage are enough to allow Haihan to maintain its military advantage over other countries for a long period of time.

Of course, being able to manufacture it and being able to be installed in the army are two different things. For example, the imitation Maxim machine gun used for display today requires too many hours of work and high investment costs to allow it to be used at this stage.

It has become a standard weapon in the military, and at best it can only be regarded as a sample used to verify the manufacturing process.

The purpose of showing off force is, after all, to avoid the use of force as much as possible. Haihan executives understand this very well, so although weapons such as machine guns far exceed combat needs, and are limited to immature manufacturing processes, mass production cannot be achieved in the short term.

The department still tried every means to build such a prototype to demonstrate its combat performance.

Although there was a ready-made design, since there was no previous experience in manufacturing this type of automatic weapon, the ordnance industry department still spent more than a year solving various technical problems while building it. After the assembly was completed, it took several months of adjustment.

The actual combat performance of this machine gun was finally recognized by Yan Chujie and Bai Kesi, and it was just in time for it to be unveiled during this competition.

Taking advantage of the time to set up the gun target, Bai Kesi continued to introduce the performance parameters of this machine gun to the audience: "This machine gun weighs about a hundred kilograms and uses canvas belts for ammunition. Each belt contains three hundred rounds of ammunition.

And the ammunition belt can be connected, so in theory it can fire bullets continuously until all the bullets in the belt are used up."

"The thick barrel you see is not actually a gun barrel, but a heat sink wrapped around the barrel. Cold water is injected into it to prevent the barrel from overheating during continuous shooting. We designed it on this stand, no matter how hard it is manually

Or animal power can be moved more easily, which also facilitates flexible mobilization and deployment on the battlefield."

"Its actual effective range is actually longer than the shooting distance demonstrated next. If compared with the rifles currently equipped by the Haihan Army, at the same distance, this machine gun is much more lethal. Specific details

The killing effect will be clear to you after watching the following shooting demonstration."

The soldiers arranged five targets about three feet apart at the other end of the shooting range. They put armor on the slaughtered pigs and fixed them on wooden stakes as high as a person. From the distance, these targets were the same as those demonstrated just now.

The targets shot when measuring rifle performance are consistent, which also makes it easier to verify Beks' statement about the lethality of machine guns.

The reason why more targets are not arranged is not because Haihan is afraid of trouble, but because such an arrangement allows the machine gun to concentrate its firepower and fire within a small area. If there are too many targets scattered too far apart, it will be easy to expose the machine gun's firing.

The obvious shortcomings in accuracy are not what Bai Ke wants to show to the audience.

Two soldiers carried the ammunition box and walked to the machine gun. They squatted down and started loading the strange-looking weapon. The several-foot-long ammunition belt immediately attracted the attention of the audience. No one had thought of using such a method.

To achieve continuous shooting, even if they now see what the Haihan people did, they still don't understand how to achieve the shooting method Baikes said with such a belt.

Moreover, the bullets on the cartridge belt were obviously not ordinary spherical musket ammunition, but conical copper bullets one and a half inches long. Even an imaginative person like Li Nai still couldn't understand it for a while.

Why are ammunition with this shape used?

The operation of this weapon is also far more complicated than that of a rifle. It requires the cooperation of two people. One of them is responsible for aiming and shooting, and the other is on his right, responsible for pulling the large pile of ammunition belts dragged on the ground during shooting.

After receiving the firing order from Bai Kesi, the soldier pulled the trigger. As the gunshots rang out, a tongue of flame about a foot long suddenly appeared from the muzzle, and the bullet quickly shot towards the target dozens of feet away. The target

The armor covering it was immediately clanged and sparks flew everywhere.

All the guests present, without exception, were shocked by the scene in front of them, as if they had seen a new world.

Guests who can be invited here to participate in this event, even if they know a little about military affairs, they also know that the Haihan Army, which has defeated all the invincible enemies in the world, uses muskets and artillery as its main weapons. The advantage of this type of weapon is that its damage range is large enough.

, without the need for close combat, you can kill your opponent.

The shortcomings of muskets are also obvious. The shooting frequency is slow, the accuracy is low, and the operation of loading ammunition is extremely complicated. If you cannot maintain a neat formation and a consistent firing rate during battle, it will easily be caught in the enemy's offensive.

The Ming Dynasty's firearms battalion was equipped with a high proportion of muskets, but it was still unable to defeat the Manchu and Qing cavalry. A large part of the reason was that the combat performance of its muskets was low, and it lacked reasonable tactical arrangements and was unable to maintain a high firing frequency.

Respond to repeated enemy charges.

The repeating rifle shown by Haihan just now has been greatly upgraded to address the shortcomings of the musket, increasing the firing frequency of the musket by at least ten times. This will undoubtedly greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the infantry.

It is no longer an unsolvable problem to defeat the enemy on foot.

In the opinion of the guests at the scene, this repeating rifle is the best that musket weapons can achieve so far. It has broken through ordinary people's understanding of this kind of weapon, and it can be said to be unique in the world. I have not heard of any country that has the ability to do so.

Create similar weapons. If the Haihan Army deploys this new weapon on a large scale, it will probably be easier to achieve external expansion through war.

But this view did not last too long, because the new weapon displayed by the Haihan Army was more than ten times more powerful than the rifle just now. Just hearing the gunshot was enough to make people feel

Desperate.

With such intensive firepower, even if hundreds of musketeers lined up to fire, it would still be difficult to achieve the same level. This was just a weapon that required two people to operate, and its combat efficiency was even much higher than that of artillery.

After the machine gunner finished shooting one ammunition belt in one go, he loaded another ammunition belt, pulled the bolt and loaded the gun, and then continued to shoot at the target. By the time the second ammunition belt was finished, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and in the distance

The targets covered in armor, as well as the wooden stakes used to fix them, had been shot into two pieces by the bullets fired by the machine gun.

Bai Kesi made an invitation gesture and said to everyone: "Everyone, please move to the front with me and observe the killing effect of this machine gun shooting together."

The guests followed him towards the target. Before they even reached the target, they could already smell a burnt smell in the air.

When I got closer, I saw that several of the targets had been shattered by the strafing, and the armor covering them was also broken into pieces, and bullet holes the size of little fingers could be seen on some of them.

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"You can check the quality of these armors. I can responsibly say that their thickness and hardness are not inferior to the armors equipped by the armies of various countries. But in the face of this new weapon developed by our country, it actually makes no difference whether they have it or not.

Not big."

Bai Kesi's tone was full of pride, and he was very sure of the lethality of his weapons. People who had doubts about this had to admit Bai Kesi's statement after leaning down to check the condition of the armor.

After the bullets fired from the machine gun penetrated the armor, they still had enough power to shred the pork at the back, making a hole as big as a fist on the other side, and also broke the calf-thick wooden stakes at the back that were used to fix the target.

.If it were a person wearing this armor, he would be dead as well. In terms of the result, it is no different from not wearing armor. If he takes a few more bullets, even if he has armor, it will be difficult to leave a whole body.

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Hearing the constant gasps of admiration from the crowd, Bai Kesi was also very satisfied with the effect of this demonstration. The bullets used in machine guns are very expensive and more valuable than the same weight of silver. The cost of throwing out these 600 bullets just now is really high.

It’s not small, but it’s worth the money to achieve such an effect.

Su Keyi turned pale and threw a piece of armor stained with flesh foam back to the ground. He was not afraid of the bloody scene, but was in awe of the weapon performance displayed by Haihan. According to his understanding, the quality of this armor can be

The equipment was much better than that of the Batavia garrison. It was hard for him to imagine how bloody the battle would be if an army had to face such terrifying weapons on the battlefield.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, even if there was a record of such a weapon in the Sanya Library, Su Keyi probably wouldn't have believed that such a powerful weapon really existed in the world. The Haihan people actually had a way to increase the rate of fire of the musket to that of a firecracker, killing and killing people.

Its power is still increasing, coupled with the repeating rifles, sniper rifles, grenades displayed before... After the Haihan Army has installed these new weapons, let alone the East India Company, looking around the world, who else can match them?

The power of a battle?

If the East India Company wanted to stand up and get rid of Haihan's suppression, it seemed that it was absolutely not feasible to use force. It could only think of ways from other angles.

Fei Cexian is also feeling desperate about this. He is not a military expert, but he can understand the huge power of this new weapon from the target shooting demonstration just now. This thing shoots so fast that it feels like one breath can

It can destroy a cavalry team of hundreds of people, even heavy armored cavalry makes no difference.

Although Haihan people have made some small moves in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, they have not extended their tentacles inland after all. The Ming court has a view on this, believing that the Haihan people's caution is due to their serious lack of military strength. If they extend their tentacles too far,

, it would be easy to be cut off, surrounded and annihilated by the Ming Dynasty in the inland areas.

The Ming Dynasty had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, so there was no need to fear a large-scale invasion by Haihan. Even if the Haihan army was stronger, it would not be able to make up for the huge gap in military strength.

But the new weapons brought out by Haihan this time, especially the last heavy-duty rifle that can fire hundreds of rounds at a time, will undoubtedly change the strength comparison between the two sides. Even if they have a military advantage, if Haihan has a large number of

Equipped with this kind of weapon, even if the troops are ten times or a hundred times more powerful, they will only become dead souls in an instant.

Xu Yuxing, on the other hand, was so dazzled by the sight that he wished he could pack up this killer weapon and take it away immediately. He was responsible for military intelligence work in the Xu family army, so naturally he could better understand the great military significance of this weapon.

With this kind of weapon, only a few people can block key passes and chokepoints in a defensive battle. The narrower the terrain, the greater the advantage of this kind of weapon. As long as there is enough ammunition, it can be used

Block the offensive of thousands of troops.

Moreover, this kind of weapon only weighs only a hundred or so kilograms, and is equipped with wheels underneath. It can be maneuvered and deployed at any time according to combat needs. It is much more convenient than transporting heavy artillery.

Of course, these usage scenarios can only be imagined. Xu Yuxing also knows that the Haihan people will definitely not sell such powerful weapons to outsiders. The reason why they are displayed is to let everyone continue to maintain awe of Haihan, the boss.

That's all. If anyone tries to challenge Haihan's authority, it's best to first consider whether they can handle these powerful weapons of Haihan's army.

"What a pity!" Xu Yuxing, while inspecting the beaten target, secretly lamented in his heart that this thing cannot be purchased directly with money. Otherwise, even if it was 10,000 taels of silver, he would have paid for it on the spot.

Buy it.

The young prince of Annan, Zheng Zha, also had the same idea. His first thought after seeing this weapon fired was to buy it, but he soon realized that this was by no means an option on Haihan's export weapons list. So.

Haihan will definitely not sell these powerful weapons to outsiders. They will probably just show them out for everyone to covet and know that Haihan has this murderous weapon.

However, Zheng Zha still refused to give up, and planned to find an opportunity to ask Bai Kesi later to see if it was possible to buy this kind of weapon with money. As long as Bai Kesi's tone relaxed a little, then he would definitely not mind doing the third one.

a buyer.

However, Li Nai had different ideas from these people. He did not have the idea of ​​equipping the Golden Shield with such a powerful weapon. Instead, he began to ponder the shooting principle and gun body structure of this weapon in his mind. But after all, he was limited by his vision.

Due to the limitations, the mechanical structures he could think of were not enough to solve the problem, and after much thought, it was just a waste of work.

But there is one thing he sees more clearly than others. The structure of this weapon is obviously much more complex than that of a musket, and its manufacturing process will certainly not be simple. It is still unknown whether the Haihan people can mass-produce this weapon.

. Even if it can be built, with such a high ammunition consumption rate, it will definitely be a great test for wartime logistics.
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