I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 848: The new gun is so far-reaching, accurate and powerful!

Two officers stood next to the wooden box.

Li Mingchun introduced: "This is Major Nie Qing, the supervisor sent by the higher-ups, and this is Engineer Yan Guofa."

After vaguely introducing the two men, Li Mingchun continued, "Captain Wu, now please allow Major Nie and Engineer Yan to explain this confidential mission to you."

Nie Qing and Wu Dafei saluted each other, "Captain Wu, I am only responsible for supervising the execution of this task, please let Engineer Yan introduce you to the details.

Mr. Yan, please. "

"Okay." Yan Guofa rubbed his calloused hands, a little nervous.

He was in his forties, with short gray hair, wearing a Luanzhou blue work suit, and spoke in Tianjin dialect: "Captain Wu, what's going on? Our gun and artillery bureau has developed two new weapons, and we need you to test them in actual combat.

All kinds of environments must be tested, including the arid deserts of the northwest, the humid mountains and forests of the South China Sea, and the freezing cold of the northeast. The Marine Corps is also a focus of testing. It just so happens that you have operations in Tianzhu, which is also a typical environment.

Yan Guofa talked a lot, then reached out and took out a pistol from the box on the left, which immediately attracted Wu Dafei's attention.

This pistol is completely different from the pistols currently issued to the military. It has a long barrel, a cylinder at the back, and a wooden handle. The whole gun turned over and over in Yan Guofa's hand, emitting the grayish-white glow of fine steel.

If there were any veteran military fans of the same generation as the senior civil servant present, they would be able to recognize at a glance that this is a Smith & Wesson M686 revolver, one of the top ten famous revolvers in the world.

It can be seen that Yan Guofa also couldn't let go of this gun. After looking it left and right, he finally handed it to Wu Dafei.

"This gun was designed by the emperor himself. It was finalized this year and is named the Black Hawk Type 5 Revolver."

Wu Dafei took the gun with joy. It felt heavy, about two and a half pounds. It was made entirely of fine steel and looked very delicate. There was a beautiful eagle pattern engraved on the top of the handle.

But this is completely different from the usual pistols. How do I shoot?
Yan Guofa reached out his hand and took the gun, and continued to introduce: "Black Hawk Type 5 revolver, total length 210mm, barrel length 76mm, fires Type 5 9mm pistol bullet, six rounds of cylinder."

Yan Guofa pressed a push button on the top of the handle and swung his right hand, and the cylinder was thrown out of the gun body. You can see that there are six through holes in the cylinder.

This is the bullet nest.

What is the Type 5 9mm pistol bullet?
In the past, the custom ammunition for short guns was lead bullets, wrapped in oil paper tubes, and finally stuffed into the barrel together with dry oil paper.

The bullet size is about 11mm, and the caliber of the short gun is 12mm. The smoothbore rifle is different, with a caliber of 18mm and a 17mm bullet.

But how do you load ammunition into this revolver?
Wu Dafei was muttering to himself when Yan Guofa took out a green painted tin box from the box. After opening the lid, he saw oil paper inside. After opening the oil paper, he could see bullets inside.

Yan Guofa carefully took out three or four bullets from it. They had round yellow copper shells with a small gray round head in front.

"This is the Type 5 9mm pistol bullet. The bullet is 34mm long, the bullet caliber is 9mm, and the shell diameter is 11.5mm. After loading it into the revolver, the effective range is 50 meters, which is quite powerful.

When we were testing at the gun range, we shot down a cow with one shot. No matter chain mail or fish scale armor, we could shoot down a cow with one shot at 50 meters. The accuracy is also guaranteed. I can't say if I can hit the target at 50 meters, but I can guarantee it at 20 meters.

However, the recoil is very strong, so be careful when holding the gun with one hand.

There was a guy in our gun department who was not careful when testing a gun and injured his wrist with a shot. "

So fierce!
It can knock down a cow and even penetrate armor directly?

It is much better than the short guns that everyone uses now.

Black powder ammunition has a relatively low initial velocity and kinetic energy, and it relies on increasing the weight of the projectile to exert sufficient power.

The power of the smoothbore rifle is guaranteed, and breaking armor within fifty meters is not a problem.

The ammunition for the short gun is only 11 mm, and the barrel is short, so the initial velocity is not enough and the armor-piercing ability is relatively weak.

Cavalrymen and officers equipped with short guns usually fired at close range. If the enemy was wearing heavy armor, they would fire at the face for safety.

Now the engineers from the Gun Bureau have come up with a new pistol that is extremely powerful and can penetrate armor within fifty meters, which makes Wu Dafei overjoyed.

But Yan Guofa stuffed the bullets back into the iron box as he spoke, "We'll go out and test the guns later, and show you how powerful they are at the shooting range."

After putting the revolver and bullets back into the wooden box, Yan Guofa walked to another wooden box and took out a gun from it.

Wu Dafei's eyes lit up. It was a spear, more than one meter long, made entirely of brown wood, with a wide buttstock at the back.

At the top is a steel barrel, which is somewhat similar to the Longqing Type 2 smoothbore rifle, with a trigger, a bayonet butt, and a cleaning rod (bayonet guide rod) under the barrel.

Well, why is the most conspicuous flintlock of the Longqing Type II missing and replaced by a round-headed curved rod?

Wu Dafei didn't know that this gun was another world-famous Kar98k rifle, a famous gun in World War II, a chicken-eating weapon, the last model of Mauser rifle, and also the most mature rifle.

When Zhu Yijun was still a senior civil servant, this was his favorite rifle to use when playing PUBG. Especially the high-spirited feeling when pulling the bolt to reload, which was a pleasure that countless military fans could not resist.

Slow shooting speed?
What does it matter at the moment?
I can just get the Maxim machine gun to cooperate with it.

Yan Guofa held the rifle and couldn't help but pull the bolt first to satisfy his desire.

"Type 05 rifle, yes, it was also developed by our Gun Bureau with the blueprint provided by the Emperor. The gun body is 1.1 meters long, the barrel is 0.6 meters long, and the total weight is 4 kilograms.

Bolt action, manually rotated and pulled back for loading."

Yan Guofa pulled the bolt again, but did not load ammunition. He just satisfied his urge.

"Curved sight, V-notch rear sight, firing rate of ten to fifteen rounds per minute"

"what!"

Wu Dafei asked in surprise, "Engineer Yan, you are right, ten to fifteen rounds per minute?"

The Longqing Type 2 smoothbore rifle uses pre-made ammunition, which has compressed the loading process again and again. The average soldier can only load three to four rounds per minute, and the experienced veteran can only load five to six rounds per minute.

However, you would only dare to shoot that fast in extreme circumstances, because it is easy to make mistakes if you shoot too fast. It would be a small matter if the cleaning rod was fired out, but it would be fatal or seriously injured if the chamber exploded.

Now with the new rifles, you tell me that they can fire ten to fifteen rounds per minute?
The Bureau of Firearms dares to set this data, so it must be safe data after testing.

What does ten to fifteen rounds mean, Mr. Yan? Do you know?

But what shocked Wu Dafei even more was yet to come.

Yan Guofa nodded and replied, "Yes, the firing rate is ten to fifteen rounds per minute. It has a staggered five-round magazine and uses 7.92×57mm Type rifle bullets. The effective range is six hundred meters."

Zhu Yijun originally wanted to use 7.6×54 mm, but then he thought about it and decided to just copy it as it is and then improve it when he got familiar with it.

Wu Dafei was not impressed when he heard that the effective range was 600 meters. The effective range of the Longqing Type 2 smoothbore rifle was still 400 meters!
All you need to do is to find the fired bullet in a circular area with a radius of 400 meters.

Seeing Wu Dafei's expression, Yan Guofa knew what he was thinking. Without explaining, he reached out and took out the iron box of bullets, opened it, took out a few rifle bullets, and continued to introduce.

"The Type 05 rifle bullet is a pointed bullet," Yan Guofa spread the bullet in the palm of his hand. Wu Difei could see clearly that the bullet tip was different from the round bullet tip of the pistol bullet just now. It was round and pointed.

"The diameter of the bullet is 8.02mm, the diameter of the shell mouth is 9.02mm, the diameter of the bottom is 11.95mm, the total length is 57mm, and the total length of the bullet is 80mm.

The bullet is made of copper-zinc alloy and weighs about ten grams. It can be quickly loaded with a five-round magazine. "

Yan Guofa took out a magazine and loaded it with bullets. After loading four magazines, he turned to Li Mingchun and Nie Qing and said, "Can we find a shooting range? I need to give a real demonstration to Captain Wu."

Li Mingchun nodded and said, "I have already prepared it. I have already asked the guard battalion to surround and guard the place."

Nie Qing added: "Engineer Yan, according to the regulations, in addition to the guns, all bullets must be recorded. The number of bullets fired must be the number of shells that need to be recovered."

"clear."

The four of them arrived at the shooting range, which was very open and surrounded by a wall. At the end, there were a dozen targets and a dirt slope behind them to prevent bullets from flying around. There was a bunker tunnel next to the targets for emergency shelter.

The entire shooting range was heavily guarded.

Several soldiers put down the two wooden boxes and left.

"Engineer Yan, how many meters do you shoot at the target?"

"One hundred-meter target." Yan Guofa said confidently, "I practice shooting often, and my shooting skills are pretty good."

"it is good."

"But change the target to a half-body target," Yan Guofa took out a piece of target paper, "and stick it on the wooden target."

Wu Dafei was stunned.

When the Ming army was training in shooting, the targets were all wooden targets that were 1.8 meters high and 60 centimeters wide. Yan Guofa's target paper was about 1 meter high and 60 centimeters wide, with circles drawn on it. Each circle was marked with numbers from one to ten from the outside to the inside, and in the middle was a circle the size of an egg.

Play!

The Longqing Type 2 smoothbore gun uses customized ammunition paper tubes, fires 26-gram customized lead bullets, and shoots at wooden targets 1.8 meters high. In breeze conditions, the hit rate of well-trained soldiers at 100 meters is 95%.

Please note that this is the hit rate.

In other words, as long as you hit the target, it doesn't matter whether you hit the head or the foot.

Now you suddenly reduce the area by half, how do you ensure the hit rate?

Yan Guofa saw Wu Dafei's confusion and said nothing more. He picked up a Type 05 rifle, pulled the bolt, and pushed the bullet from the magazine into the magazine.

The bolt returned to its position, he raised the gun, aimed at the wooden target a hundred meters away, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang", with a crisp sound, the wooden target shook visibly.

Pull the bolt, eject the shell, reset, and then hold the gun.

"boom!"

After repeating this five times quickly, Yan Guofa pulled the bolt, with steam coming out of the bolt chamber, and placed the rifle on the wooden box.

Beep, beep! The soldier here blew the whistle, and the soldier at the wooden target crawled out of the bunker, took down the target paper, and ran over.

When Wu Dafei saw the target paper, his eyes suddenly widened.

There are five bullet holes on the target paper, all inside circles 7 and 8, and one in the center of the circle.

The Longqing Type 2 smoothbore rifle, which Wu Dafei once loved and regarded as a sacred weapon, suddenly became less popular.

"Captain Wu, you try it."

Yan Guofa collected the five bullet casings on the ground into a basket, tempting Captain Wu.

"it is good."

Li Mingchun said, "Go get a piece of fine steel armor used by the Indian nobles, and let's see how effective it is in breaking armor."

"it is good."

Everything was ready, and Yan Guofa handed a loaded and chambered Type 05 rifle to Wu Dafei.

Wu Dafei was a little excited, but he calmed down and picked up the rifle. He felt that it felt better than the Longqing Type 2 smoothbore rifle and the sights were clearer.

Wu Dafei still knew the basic principle of three points and one line.

The crosshairs are aimed at the center of the target paper one hundred meters away. It is attached to the outside of the armor hanging on the wooden target.

Holding his breath, Wu Dafei pulled the trigger, and there was a crisp bang.

Wu Dafei felt that the recoil of the new gun was smaller than that of the Longqing Type 2 smoothbore gun, the bullets seemed to be leaving the gun much faster, and there was no obvious flash of fire or smoke coming out of the muzzle.

Although it was the first time he used the new gun, Wu Dafei knew he had hit the target.

He imitated Yan Guofa and pulled the bolt clumsily. The shell jumped out by itself. He reset the gun and fired.

After firing five shots, Wu Dafei pulled the bolt of his rifle and put it aside.

After the whistle, the two soldiers in the bunker carried the wooden target and armor over.

There are five bullet holes on the target paper, one is around the fourth ring, and the other four are distributed between the sixth and seventh rings.

When he took off the armor, he saw that the middle wooden board of the front armor and the back armor were all pierced, leaving five round holes.

The new gun is really long-range, accurate and powerful!

A sharp weapon for harvesting enemy lives on the battlefield!
Wu Dafei couldn't help but ask, "Engineer Yan, when will this gun be equipped in the army?"

(End of this chapter)