The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 245 The First Factory Reaches the Production Capacity of All Daming
Technical News
"The continuous wars in the Song Dynasty promoted the development of gunpowder weapons."

"Weapon developers and generals have formulated the original gunpowder for military use according to the gunpowder formula formulated by alchemists in alchemy medicine, and weapons-firearms have emerged that use gunpowder's combustion properties to use gunpowder as an arson agent to achieve military purposes. An era in which firearms and cold weapons were used together in the history of warfare."

To the east of Daxing County, China Heavy Industries opened a new factory again, and the engineering department sent thousands of workers to start construction here.

The technicians from the Ministry of Railway Engineering came here to investigate and build a section of railway here.The technicians of the steam engine factory are also here to make measurements, and according to the requirements of the new factory, they will develop a steam engine that meets the requirements.

The installation location, usage method and required environment of the new steam engine all need to be negotiated by both parties.

The system and scale of opening a new factory have changed from before.

Under the China Heavy Industry system, there are many parties involved.

For example, the procurement of raw materials, the production mode of craftsmanship, the application of new technologies, and the introduction of the food stamp system.

The military-industrial compound factory also has to undertake part of the functions of the guard, so the situation is more complicated.

Professional things, let professional people do it.

According to the needs of the situation and drawing on the division of labor model of later generations, Zhu Gaochi set up many departments to play a role for this.

Although the professionalism of many cultivated talents is not as good as that of later generations, in the current world, it can be said that it is the most advanced model, which can beat the entire era.

Zhu Gaochi's understanding of firearms can be said to surpass everyone.

In the early Ming Dynasty, due to the needs of war, firearms developed rapidly, and the manufacturing technology of firecrackers made great progress, increasing the variety and quantity, improving the structure, and improving the quality.

At the same time, many primary firecrackers were standardized and unified. According to the needs of actual combat, they were developed into three types: large, medium and small, corresponding to the Hongwu series of firecrackers including hand guns, bowl mouth guns, and large guns.

The firecrackers are specially made by the Weapons Bureau and the Bingzheng Bureau.

There are inscriptions engraved on the body of the gun, recording the location and unit of the gun, the title and name of the supervising official, the name of the military craftsman and civilian craftsman who made the gun, the name of the guard who used the gun, the teacher and the student who used the gun.

The name of the soldier, the weight of the firecracker, and the date of manufacture, etc., basically reflect the production and use of the firecracker.

The military-industrial compound factory built by Zhonghua Heavy Industry mainly produces new-style firearms, and does not produce traditional firearms, so it is barely an opening.

Before the introduction of Western matchlock guns, it belonged to the second period.

Among them, the handgun is particularly prominent. In addition to the finer manufacturing process and higher product accuracy, it is mainly reflected in the improvement of the structure and the increase of accessories.

In the third period, after the sixteenth century, the Western matchlock guns were seized by Ming Dynasty and developed.

Even Chongzhen sent people to Macau to purchase Western artillery, invited Western craftsmen to improve domestic technology, and combined the strengths of China and the West. The performance of the new Hongyi cannon was superior to that of similar Western artillery of the same period.

Later, the Ming Dynasty fell, and the Qing Dynasty changed its name to Hongyi Dapao in order to avoid the taboo of the word "Yi".

A new period in which foreign firearms and traditional firearms developed at the same time and complemented each other in the history of Chinese firearms development was formed.

Zhu Gaochi's goal was to produce four types of firearms, the Hongyi Cannon, the Frang Cannon, and the Bird Gun and the Three-Eyed Fire Gun.

They are respectively used as heavy artillery, light artillery, infantry firearms, and cavalry firearms.

The advantages of the Hongyi cannon are long range and great power, but the disadvantages are slow rate of fire and difficult transportation.

The advantage of the Fran cannon is its fast rate of fire and wide range of projectiles, but its disadvantages are its short range and low power.

The advantages of bird guns are long range and high accuracy, but the disadvantage is slow rate of fire.

The advantage of the three-eyed gun is that it has a wide range of bullets, and the disadvantage is that it has poor accuracy.

Of course, these advantages and disadvantages are relative. Compared with the current similar firearms, it is already the best, and it can be said to be an epoch-making product.

As for the self-generating firearm, that is, the flintlock gun, it is limited by the flint. Even if it is invented now, its performance is not as good as that of the bird's firearm. It is an unsolvable problem at present.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the flintlock gun was invented, but because of the flint, its performance was not as good as that of the blunderbuss, so it was denied by the army and was not promoted.

Later, Spanish merchants were asked to purchase high-quality flint from the West. As a result, the Western merchants used local inferior flint and sold it to Daming. They were severely cheated, and this military technology invention was stranded.

The firearms R&D department established by the R&D Department has developed new technologies based on the existing manufacturing techniques.

As the person in charge, although Xiao Jiu does not participate in the actual work, he is responsible for the logistics support work and has given a lot of help.

Zhu Di returned to Beiping, and Zhu Gaochi did not need to stay in Beiping, and resumed his daily routine of coming to the headquarters to work.

Xiao Jiu brought several masters to the office and reported to Zhu Gaochi the results of the firearms research and development department.

Zhu Gaochi lost interest in a large pile of blueprints after flipping through them. He could still understand such a complicated thing if he devoted himself to it.

But there is no need for this, he is not a carpenter emperor, he is not very interested in this way, and more concerned about the result.

"The most time-consuming part of a firearm is the barrel. In the past, the barrel was forged. Not only was it time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the barrel was also thick."

In people's impression, the barrel is drilled out.

In ancient times, however, it was forged, with a few tile-shaped iron sheets being struck countless times to form the barrel.

With the development of technology, drilling machines began to be used to drill holes, the iron material was manually peeled, and the surface was polished into octagonal, front and rear crosses, and the ink line was hung in the middle, and inserted on the drill frame.

The top of the frame is hung down with a thread, just like the ink line on the cylinder, and fixed with wood.The two drilled against each other, and the other person lifted the root of the drill with pliers, and the drill rotated nimbly.

The length of the drill should be five or six, starting from one foot, and each length should be increased by three inches to three feet long.Drill the top first, turn it over in the middle, and then drill from the bottom. The degree of connection is the degree, and it is better to look at the line in detail at the intersection.

simply put.

It is a three-person-high wooden raft frame standing on the ground. People stand on the high stand, hold a piece of belt in each hand, and turn the wooden handle of the drill back and forth. wall.

The gun barrel and the drill bit are erected and fixed by the raft frame, which can ensure that they will not be drilled crookedly.

Now the main research direction of the technical department is how to use steam engines to replace manpower, so that the power required for drilling drill bits can be driven by the horsepower of steam engines.

This technical problem is not difficult, just need to change the parts.

For example, the wooden frame is not stable enough, so it needs to be made of all iron, so that the frame will not shake under the drive of high horsepower.

"Under the new technology, how many gun barrels can be produced each month?" Zhu Gaochi cared about the key points, not the process.

"Based on the current planned factory scale, a thousand gun barrels can be manufactured every month." Xiao Jiu said confidently.

After listening, Zhu Gaochi showed a satisfied look.

In the past year, the number of firearms produced by the entire Ordnance Bureau was [-] large muzzle guns and [-] copper guns with hand handles.

And now the newly established military-industrial compound factory has a monthly output of [-] blunderbusses, which means [-] blunderbusses.

What is the reason for such a big change?
steam engine.

Machines replace manpower.

However, the power that machines can exert cannot be achieved by humans.

The steam engine solved all the problems of natural forces such as water, wind, and manpower at once.

That's why the invention of the steam engine was a turning point, why it kicked off the Industrial Revolution.

As long as there is a need, Zhu Gaochi, who has mastered China Heavy Industry, can expand the scale of the military-industrial compound factory, and have as many firearms as he wants.

Because after adding the steam engine, the most difficult part of the firearm was solved, and the requirements for craftsmen were also reduced.

Many influences have increased productivity by more than ten times.

simply put.

As far as the current military-industrial compound factory that has not yet been officially put into production, its production plan for the first phase is already equal to the production capacity of firearms produced by the entire Ming Dynasty.

And the training time to train a soldier who is qualified to use firecrackers only takes three short months.

Zhu Gaochi suddenly felt that no one in the world could stop him.

The only one who can hold him is his old man Zhu Di.

After all, the military power of Beiping is in the hands of Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaochi belongs to the right borrowed from Zhu Di, not his own right.

As for China Heavy Industry, its name is not justified, although it has strength, but Zhu Gaochi shouted to rebel, the consequences would be completely different, different from Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaochi held back his excitement, told himself to be steady, try to keep his tone calm, and found a blueprint of the inner wall of the bird gun from the blueprint.

Take out the charcoal pencil produced by the factory and draw a few strokes on it.

"Now it's a smoothbore gun. I think the inner wall can be carved with rifling. In theory, the shooting range will be longer and doubled."

"What theory?"

Xiao Jiu asked curiously.

Zhu Gaochi shrugged, "A book I read before, I forgot the specifics, and only remembered the general impression."

Well, Xiao Jiu will not ask any more.

If the shooting range is doubled as the little prince said, it would be of great significance. In other words, the current rate of fire is equivalent to doubling the speed.

After all, shooting at 200 meters and shooting at 100 meters, even if the firing speed is the same, is equivalent to doubling the firing speed.

Soon, the new bird gun was tested by the research and development department.

The bird gun is made of nine-smelted iron. It is about three feet long, which is just over one meter long, and weighs about six catties.

"According to many experiments, the weight ratio of the ammunition is three to four. The range is more than 160 steps when placed horizontally, and the range when placed upwards is more than [-] steps."

The master craftsmen looked proud in front of Zhu Gaochi, because the performance of the new firearm was really scary.

Zhu Gaochi shook the weight of the blunderbuss in his hand, because the materials used were superior, so the weight was not too heavy.

"Let's decide on this one. Using this model as a prototype, we will develop a production line as soon as possible, and mass-produce it as soon as possible."

Zhu Gaochi didn't make any more requests. The first new type of shotgun was finally put into production.

(End of this chapter)