Since Qiao Zhiqing handed over Huang Feihong, Liang Kuan, and Lin Shirong to Hu Wenhai for training, he also found 50 young men with superb martial arts skills from the Tongxing Gonggong Division in the pro-military camp and formed a special operations team, with Huang Feihong as the team leader, codenamed Fire Wolf."
Mr.
Nobel, have you done everything I told you?"
After Qiao Zhiqing dismissed the meeting, he went to Huaxing Academy and found Nobel in the new chemistry laboratory of the college."
Oh, Master Joe, why do you have time to come here, take a look at this."
Nobel saw that Qiao Zhiqing had entered the door, and quickly pulled down the mask on his mouth, and took out a copper bullet from the drawer with excitement on his face.Qiao Zhiqing took the bullet and looked at it, full of joy, this bullet is no different from a bullet in the modern sense, but the workmanship is a little rougher, and the copper on the bullet is all melted and refined by Qiao Zhiqing.After Qiao Zhiqing's suggestion, Nobel first made yellow explosives with Xiao acid glycerin and diatom mud, and then improved the same amount of Xiao glycerin and soluble Xiao Hua cellulose, plus 10 camphor to mix smokeless gunpowder, and later generations of guns and ammunition basically used this kind of gunpowder, which greatly improved the power, range and stability of the ammunition."
According to the current resources and technology, how many such ammunition can we produce in a day," Qiao Zhiqing looked at Nobel with anticipation."
Oh, Master Qiao, the chemical agents you have here are really too scarce, these things I use for experiments are all refined by myself, relying on this technology, this kind of ammunition can only produce about a hundred rounds per day."
Nobel shrugged his shoulders and said it was very difficult."
One hundred rounds" Qiao Zhiqing secretly calculated in his heart, and instructed Nobel, "That's enough, Mr.
Nobel, I'll assign you an assistant again, you don't need to report anything you need to me, just go to the ordnance station and find Margery."
Please refine enough smokeless gunpowder in the shortest possible time, and when the current battle is over, I will give you the first credit, and I will reward you heavily. ”"No problem, don't worry, Lord Qiao, I'll do my best."
When Nobel heard that there was a reward, he hurriedly complied, and he ventured to China in search of wealth.Qiao Zhiqing nodded with a smile, and went out of the door and went directly to the Suzhou Ordnance Institute.The machines in the ordnance station roared, since the steam engine purchased by Qiao Zhiqing was running normally, the machine tool production line of the Enfield rifle was quickly assembled, the cold weapons in Qiao Zhiqing's army were all recycled, and the furnace was refined into stainless steel for making firearms, and a British merchant ship was hired at a great price, and a shipload of refined coal was transported from abroad for the steam engine.The workers have been stepping up production for two months, producing more than 10,000 rifles, more than 1 million rounds of ammunition, more than 100 field guns of various calibers, and 5,000 shells.Qiao Zhiqing asked Margery to be summoned out of the factory, and the loud noise had shaken his ears."
Oh, Master Joe, why didn't you give me notice in advance, so I could meet you."
Margery saw Qiao Zhiqing waving and greeting him again and again, he has been in China for more than ten years, and he has also been tainted with a lot of politeness in Chinese officialdom."
This official is looking for you in a hurry, have you made the batch of firearms that I ordered from you last time" Qiao Zhiqing rubbed his ears and shouted loudly to Margeery, his ears still buzzing."
You said that kind of strange pistol, it has been made a long time ago, but the process of that kind of pistol and bullet is too cumbersome, according to our current conditions, we can only produce about ten pieces a day, the most important thing is that the coal that was shipped last time is almost gone, and this kind of pistol can be made at most a hundred without coal."
Margery also followed Qiao Zhiqing's increased volume."
That's enough, you take the official to have a look."
Qiao Zhiqing grabbed Margery and hurriedly left the gun station, he was not at all used to this long-lost roar of the machine.The two of them entered the warehouse of the gunsmith one after the other, and there were long guns and short cannons of all sizes stacked inside.Margery instructed his subordinates to take out a box of pistols that had been manufactured, took one and put a bullet in the magazine and handed it to Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing stroked the pistol in his hand, trembling with excitement, in order to produce this pistol, he almost used up all his treasury silver, and now he was heavy in his hand, as if he had a thousand words of emotion.This pistol is a box gun often used by our army during the Anti-Japanese War, also known as a barge gun.The gun is 288 mm long and caliber 7.63 mm, weight 1.24 kg, 20 rounds of magazine feeding, the muzzle velocity of the bullet is 425 meters per second, the firing mode is single and burst, the rate of fire is 900 rounds per minute, and the effective range is 50150 meters.The pistol has the characteristics of high power, reliable action, and easy to use, the key is that it is easy to manufacture, and it basically does not require tools to disassemble a shell gun, as long as there is a bullet from a shell gun, the gun can be disassembled.Qiao Zhiqing searched all the pistol design drawings in his mind, and only the box cannon was the easiest to make, so he drew the drawings and handed them to the masters of the Ordnance Institute to find in Margery to study slowly, and gradually formed them, and finally made them.To be precise, the invention of smokeless gunpowder promoted the progress of guns, which made the breech guns with slow rate of fire, poor range and low accuracy, all the caliber of the barrel was reduced, and it was replaced by a breech gun that could load multiple bullets, which really ushered in a tactical revolution."
Bang, bang, bang."
The sound of a huge gunshot echoed back and forth in the test room of the warehouse, the power was unknown how many times greater than the Enfil rifle, even the heart was pounding, and after the shot, there was not a trace of smoke."
Ten Rings, Master Qiao, you are amazing."
Margery walked to the target twenty meters away, and Qiao Zhiqing's bullet accurately left several round holes in the red dot in the center of the target.Qiao Zhiqing smiled, Margery's praise was very useful to him, he finally understood why people were scrambling to be officials, it turned out that the feeling of being slapped on the back was so comfortable, if he couldn't hit the ten rings at such a short distance, the troops of his era would definitely be whipped to death by the whip in the hands of the instructor."
Margery, this pistol production method, I hope only our people from the Suzhou Gun Institute know, you have to strictly keep it secret, if this design is leaked, you know the consequences."
Qiao Zhiqing walked out of the warehouse and patted Margery on the shoulder, although he had a smile on his face, but there was a cold chill when he spoke."
Don't worry, Master Qiao, I will do a good job of confidentiality."
Margery couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly made a promise."
That's good, in three days, the official will send someone to get fifty pistols, and you have to hurry up and produce them."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at him and chuckled, raised his head and strode out of the door.Margery trembled as he watched Qiao Zhiqing leave, although the scorching sun was in the sky, his face was covered in cold sweat."
Could it be that Qiao Zhiqing noticed something" Margery muttered to himself, dragging his limp body back to the factory.On the second day, the sun rose, the sky remembered a few deafening roars, Li Xiucheng assembled the soldiers and horses outside the Jinkui City, and finally ordered the siege of the city, to Wang Shumao's surprise, the Taiping army was equipped with ten large-caliber field guns, but due to the long range, the use of old-fashioned solid bullets, did not cause much damage to the city wall, only a few notches, Wang Shumao also specially sent the people to go up to build with stones.Qiao Zhiqing's artillery for a battalion of reinforcements to Jinkuicheng was also prepared, but Qiao Zhiqing specially explained that Wang Shumao was not allowed to fight back fiercely, and could only defend the city.So Wang Shumao only let the artillery aim at the artillery positions of the Taiping army to shoot intensively, and the poor Taiping artillery team was blown to pieces after only two rounds of shells, and Li Xiucheng, who was watching with a telescope in the military tent, was half dead, but seeing that the Qingzi army on the city wall was obviously equipped with sophisticated weapons, it just didn't fight back violently, and once the Taiping army withdrew from the range of the gun array, it immediately stopped shooting, which made Li Xiucheng puzzled, and finally came to a conclusion that the Qingzi army must be short of ammunition, so he was reluctant to waste ammunition and took the initiative to return fire, It further strengthened Li Xiucheng's idea of taking Jinkuicheng.Li Xiucheng also used the crowd tactics when he fought with Zeng Guoquan in Yuhuatai, and set up 50,000 soldiers and horses to feint at the east, south and north gates of Jinkui City, and the remaining 50,000 elites mainly attacked the west gate, because the front of the west gate was open, although there were trenches, fences, and moats, but the situation was much better than the other three gates, and the water level of the moat was not very deep, only the height of one person.Wang Shumao will not save a single ammunition for Qiao Zhiqing, the 10,000 soldiers on the city wall, set up 5,000 at the west gate, and set up 3,000 at the other three gates, all of which are crossfire and intensive fire, once the Taiping army rushes into the range, it will be fiercely blocked.The Qingzi army was condescending, facing the group charge of hundreds of thousands of Taiping troops, closing their eyes and firing a single shot forward, which could also kill an individual.The Taiping army suffered heavy losses under the onslaught, more than 5,000 people fell in pools of blood, the trenches were filled with corpses, and even the water of the moat was dyed red.Wang Shumao is not the first time to see this situation, when he defended Jiading City, he also beat the Taiping army into a river of blood, but at that time, the foreign guns were far less than the current equipment, and they would not let more than 5,000 people die at their feet in an instant.The intense smell of blood permeated the entire battlefield, making people feel a burst of nausea after breathing.The situation was greatly unexpected by Li Xiucheng, and the crackling gunshots from the city wall did not have the slightest meaning of saving ammunition, which made Li Xiucheng difficult, and he couldn't figure out what the Qing army wanted to do, so he hurriedly ordered the Taiping army to retreat and preserve its vitality.Wang Shumao did not pursue, and after the Taiping army left the shooting range, he ordered to stop shooting, and the battlefield returned to a brief period of tranquility
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