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    Comparing the two generations of rifles together, except that the barrel of the Wanli-style rifle is much smoother, there is no difference between the Wanli-style rifle and the previous generation Longqing-style rifle.

    You¡¯re right if you don¡¯t see the difference, because the specifications of the two generations of rifles are exactly the same.  Moreover, all Longqing-style rifles can become rifled guns firing Mini bullets with very simple modifications.

    Later in Prussia, when the Crimean War required that all infantry be equipped with rifled guns immediately, 300,000 old-style muskets were rifled in less than a year.

    Jiangnan Group¡¯s arsenal has been implementing standardized production for more than ten years, and has already realized the common use of parts and components, greatly reducing the production and maintenance costs of weapons.  In line with the principle of diligence and thrift, the two generations of rifles adopt exactly the same specifications.  In this way, if necessary, all the Longqing guns of the group can be upgraded to rifled guns in a short period of time.

    But this modified rifled gun cannot be called a Wanli-style rifle, because the standard for a Wanli-style rifle is - an effective range of 1,000 meters, and accurate hits are guaranteed within 500 meters.

    To achieve such shocking power, it is necessary to ensure that there is no air leakage when shooting.  After repeated measurements, the expansion capacity of the Mini bullet is 1 mm, which requires that the clearance between the inner diameter of the barrel and the bullet does not exceed 0.5 mm.

    0.5 mm is nothing to the industrial age of later generations, but to the craftsmen of this era, it can only be described in two words, that is - gambling monster Oh no, master craftsman!

    Only the Jiangnan Arsenal, which uses cast iron to machine barrels and uses hydraulic presses to stamp lead bullets, can meet such demanding requirements at an extremely low cost.

    The barrel of the Longqing rifle is semi-manufactured, and the inner diameter size is uneven. Most of them have excessive clearance. Therefore, the muzzle velocity of the Mini bullet is only half that of the Wanli rifle, and the effective range can only reach 500 meters.  , the accurate shooting distance is only 200 meters.

    Although the Longqing rifled rifle is not at the same level as the Wanli rifle, its range is already twice that of the smoothbore version, which is definitely a huge leap.

    In addition, the Wanli-style rifle also has a ¡®blue¡¯ treatment on all metal parts in response to the high-humidity and high-salt gun environment of the Coast Guard, which was not available in the previous Longqing-style rifle.

    ??Bluing is an anti-rust technology that has been inherited for thousands of years in my country.  That is to put the metal parts on the coal stove to heat, smoke and oxidize them with soot, and then wipe them repeatedly with the skin oil extracted from the wax of tallow seeds to form a dark and shiny film on the surface of the metal parts, thus preventing  The rust effect is quite good.  I don¡¯t know about Jiangnan Arsenal, but Jiangnan Shipyard has been using them more than ten years ago.

    ¡° However, the Wanli-style rifle was not prepared for the Southeast Asian and Western Oceans. Artillery was the protagonist in battles at sea and on islands.  Even if they are forced to fight on land, the Longqing style of lining up and shooting is enough to deal with the enemy who seriously lacks cavalry.

    ?? Zhao Hao produces this new rifle to restrain the cavalry

    Because the original Longqing rifle had an effective range of only one hundred meters.  If faced with a large cavalry charge, even a well-trained Marine who can only fire two shots will be rushed in front of him and forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with red bayonets, or even be directly overrun the line, causing huge damage.  loss.

    ¡°But after switching to the Wanli-style rifle, it can start shooting at a distance of 1,000 meters, and can strike accurately at a distance of 500 meters. Before the cavalry can approach the infantry position, most of the horses and riders have been hit.

    And because the mini bullet has a soft warhead, it will deform immediately after hitting the target, so it has a good stopping effect.

    In another time and space, it was the large-scale installation of Mini rifles that made cavalry attack infantry a suicidal act. The cavalry, the king of the cold weapon era, gradually disappeared from the battlefield.

    So where is the cavalry meant to deal with?  He didn't say anything, and everyone didn't dare to ask

    ??~~

    Visiting the production process of Wanli-style rifles was certainly shocking, but the following visit opened Zhao Hao¡¯s eyes¡ª¡ª

    He saw the already very mature flintlock revolver, which was the "Thunder Gun" pistol version developed by Zhao Shizhen. It was very close to the appearance and principle of later revolvers.  He once again pioneered the reduction of the number of barrels, leaving only one barrel, and all the other barrels were shortened and turned into bullet chambers for the barrel.

    And he also got inspiration from the ratchet positioning characteristics of the winch on the coast guard warship, and used a simple mechanical linkage principle on this revolver.  After such a round, when the hammer is reset, the bullet nest will automatically move to the next frame.

    "Good guy, if you add a flash cap, it becomes a revolver." Zhao Hao couldn't put it down and held this revolver flintlock gun. It is really an excellent self-defense weapon.

    "Actually, a flash cap has been developed." Zhao Shizhen said proudly. This was the main purpose of inviting Zhao Hao to visit.

    ¡°???Used, so it has been regarded as useless for hundreds of years.  It wasn't until hundreds of years later that anyone thought that this useless feature could be used in a firing system.

    "We absolutely cannot help them pierce this layer of window paper!" He grabbed Zhao Shizhen's ears and said word by word.

    After listening to Zhao Hao¡¯s story, Zhao Shizhen was also stunned.  He had previously been somewhat dissatisfied with his uncle's finite generation theory. He felt that his uncle was too cautious and would make the research team constrained and unable to move forward.

    Only now did he know what his uncle was worried about.  The Europeans are really strong, but they just don¡¯t know where to go.  Once they have the right direction, they will probably catch up in a short time

    "So we must follow the theory of limited generation difference to keep our opponents in the dark for as long as possible!" Zhao Hao said to Zhao Shizhen without any doubt: "I have told you this truth countless times. Give it to me  Remember, whoever leaks the secret of the fire hat from this research institute will be the eternal sinner of the Chinese nation and will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history like Shi Jingtang and Qin Hui!"

    "Yes, uncle!" Zhao Shizhen hurriedly and solemnly agreed, and this time he finally engraved it firmly in his heart.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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