Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Qi Jingtong was very curious about the artillery used by the Franbot. He boarded the captured Franji battleship, and the surrendered Franbots were all tied up.

They all knelt on the deck one by one, and Da Ming's knife and axemen behind them glared angrily, as if they were always ready to chop off their heads.

However, Qi Jingtong ignored the prisoners after boarding the French warship, and went straight to the forts, and began to check the French artillery on these forts.

These Fran cannons are composed of a mother gun and a sub gun. The mother gun has a slender barrel and a small caliber. It is also equipped with a front sight and shooting.

There are cannon lugs on both sides of the gun, which can support the gun body and adjust the shooting height from the top, which is the reason for their high accuracy.

The sub guns are similar to small fire guns. Each mother gun is equipped with six sub guns, which can be pre-loaded with ammunition, and can be loaded into the mother gun in turn for firing during combat, thus saving the time for loading ammunition.

Daming artillery is to reload the artillery, and then fill the shells, the speed is slow, and the interval is long, almost every shot needs to be filled once.

Qi Jingtong found that the advantage of this Fran cannon is that it can directly prepare 12 rounds of ammunition at a time, and then enter the cannon in turns to carry out long-range shooting.

He looked at these French machine guns, and was secretly happy in his heart. Couldn't the strengths of these guns be fully used in the improvement of my firearms?

His Majesty ordered him to train a strong Ming Navy within a year, and with such advanced weapons, wouldn't it be the world's largest...

Qi Jingtong triumphed. Behind him were six French warships and artillery, as well as nearly 2,000 French prisoners of war.

He returned to the naval headquarters and began to write memorials to the court.

......

for many days.

The craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences worked day and night to improve the new firearms.

When Li Suide appeared in the Academy of Sciences, bursts of noise came from the workshop.

Bang bang bang!

Hearing this, Li Suide said in shock, "What happened?"

Not long after, several craftsmen dared to rush out of the room.

Although the craftsman looked lucky day and night, and spent almost all day and night in the room, the whole person looked like black coal, but after running out, rows of white teeth were exposed, only to realize that they were still alive. .

Moreover, every face is filled with this smile.

"My lord, my lord, it worked! It worked!"

Li Suide heard the words, with a happy expression on his face, and asked, "Has the experiment been successful?"

The craftsmen nodded heavily, and took out an ammunition that was similar to the later-generation bullet.

"Sir, we were inspired by the previous cannonball style, and thought that we might be able to change the appearance of the ammunition, but I didn't expect that this change would be successful. I didn't expect to have such a powerful range and power."

"This is the new style small bomb we developed!"

"Just now, when we installed the ammunition, although a little accident happened, our test was generally successful."

"In order to make our bullets fit better in the chamber, we have also modified the inside of the barrel."

Having said that, the craftsmen took out the drawings of their own shooting and handed them to Li Suide.

Li Suide reached out and took the map, looking at himself.

"My lord, according to the speed of bullet filling, we also took it into consideration. For this reason, we set up a sub-mother chamber inside the gun chamber."

"After one bullet is fired, pull it here, and another spare bullet will be fired along with it. Then, the bullet that came out just now can be filled with bullets, which saves a lot of time..."

Li Suide was happy when he heard it, and his frowning brows gradually spread out, "Okay, okay, you really didn't disappoint me, and you didn't disappoint Your Majesty."

"Immediately follow your heart and make this kind of firearm!"

"As ordered!"

To this end, Li Suide accompanied the craftsmen to start developing new firearms. For three whole days, he stayed by the craftsmen's side, even eating and lodging together.

In the future, he will live up to His Majesty's entrustment, and more importantly, in order to stop the mouths of those people, he must succeed in this matter.

Finally, on the third day, excited cheers arose throughout the Academy.

Although it was late at night, these craftsmen had dark circles around their eyes like pandas, but they still held on forcibly.

It was their last effort, but it was successful.

At this time, Li Suide tightly held the still warm fire gun, and said excitedly: "This official will enter the palace immediately and report this good news to His Majesty!"

He carefully put the firearm into the box, and immediately did not even sit in the sedan chair, but ran directly to the Forbidden City on a horse.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the Forbidden City,

The candles are bright, reflecting in every corner of the hall.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and looked at the sealed envelope sent by the East Factory.

These days, the terrified general sent a secret letter, and Zhu Houzhao sent it to Cao Zhengchun to investigate everything in the capital secretly.

However, news came from the post that the terrified general Ling Luoshi recklessly came to Beijing to report on his duties, and he was expected to arrive in the capital in no more than four days.

When Zhu Houzhao was flipping through the memorial, the **** who came to him bowed and said to Zhu Houzhao respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Minister of Works Minister Li Suide Li asked to see him and said that he had something important to report."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head, it was so late, what could the Ministry of Industry do?

"Announce him in!"

"According to the order!"

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was very excited, and he felt a hint of joy from the **** who served him. The minister of the Ministry of Industry might bring him some good news.

Shortly after the **** left, Minister of Industry Li Suide, holding a wooden box in his hand, walked quickly into the store, and Natou bowed: "I will honor my mission~www.wuxiax.com~The new fire gun has been successfully developed. Please also take a look at Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, and said in a somewhat excited tone: "Hurry up, bring it up quickly!"

"According to the purpose!".

Li Suide held the wooden box, walked quickly to Zhu Houzhao's side, and opened the wooden box respectfully.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the firearm, his eyes lit up.

This firearm is about 1.2 feet long. Compared with the previous firearm, this firearm is now much more advanced.

If people in later generations can tell, the fire gun Zhu Houzhao is currently holding is called a double-barreled shotgun.

It's just that there is only one muzzle, but there is an extra tube on the fire gun.

"Li Aiqing, what's the use of this?"

Li Suide said seriously: "Report to Your Majesty, the function of this tube is to facilitate the filling of bullets and buy time for the soldiers to fight."

"Each firearm contains about 30% of the ammunition, which can be used alternately to ensure the continuous design of the ammunition."

"Oh!"

Zhu Houzhao looked overjoyed. According to Li Suide, this was very similar to the magazines invented by later generations.

"What's the range of this fire gun?"

Li Suide said truthfully: "Report to Your Majesty, you can penetrate the armor of armored soldiers within fifteen feet and shoot them, and within twenty feet, you can shoot and kill the enemy at will!"

Li Suide talked about the advantages and disadvantages of his new firearm. Even so, he couldn't hide his excitement.

You must know that the power of this fire gun has far exceeded the power of all previous fire guns, and, in terms of range, it is much higher than before.

The most important thing is that the bullet filling time is fast, which has bought time for the soldiers, which is the most valuable.