"Musket" Zheng Rentai, who served as the general of the Shenji Battalion, was very surprised, what kind of thing is the musket Zheng Rentai can be the general of the Shenji Battalion, and it is not simple.
He used to be the same as Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, and they were all the henchmen and guards of the emperor when he was still the king of Qin.
At the time of the Xuanwu Gate Change, Zheng Rentai was also one of the nine generals who entered the palace.
After the palace change, Zheng Rentai was named a guerrilla general, and 200 households were sealed.
In the past two years, although he has not been a general by Hou Junji, he is not bad, and the newly formed Shenji Battalion has appointed him as a general.
Zheng Rentai and Li Chao also have a good relationship, they met when they recruited Liu Heimin, and later Li Chao took Zheng Shanguo's niece, and he also wanted to call Zheng Rentai a cousin.
However, although he has qualifications and meritorious deeds, Zheng Rentai can only be regarded as a relatively ordinary child of a family, not very talented. can be the general of the Shenji Battalion, also because of his past merits and qualifications.
The Divine Machine Camp has been in his hands for a while, but it has not had any effect at all.
When he heard Li Chao say that he wanted to equip the Shenji Battalion with muskets, he was still confused.
"Fire-breathing gun," Jung In-tae asked.
Li Chao nodded, "It's okay to say so." ” The fire-breathing gun is naturally the simplest musket, and this gun is also known as the pear flower gun.
The production is generally very simple, make a bamboo tube filled with gunpowder, tied under the head of the spear, and ignite and spray it when encountering the enemy.
Of course, the bamboo tube can also be changed to an iron tube, so that the iron tube is not disposable and can be used many times.
This kind of gun, to be honest, can only be regarded as a firework flame, and even bullets are useless.
Of course, Li Chao doesn't look at this kind of musket very much, at most it is a firework.
But this musket is also simple to make and low cost.
There are ready-made gunpowder and leads, as long as you get some bamboo tubes, and even if you install a jet bamboo tube, you can use it several times, after all, this kind of gunpowder that can't shoot bullets can still be used a few more times.
Just do what you say.
Li Chao asked people to find bamboo tubes, then loaded them with gunpowder and fuses, and then tied them under the spear heads of the infantrymen.
"Xiangye asked me to test the gun."
Zheng Rentai still had a little look, so he didn't let Li Chao personally test the shot, took the gun, and stood in front of a tree.
"It's too far."
Li Chao saw that Zheng Rentai was standing directly sixty steps away, and reminded him loudly that the musket was not so powerful, and this thing was at most a surprise attack before close combat.
Zheng Rentai stepped forward ten steps and was fifty steps away from the tree.
"A little further."
Zheng Rentai thought about it, and advanced directly twenty steps with the spear, and only thirty steps remained.
At this distance, even the worst archers can shoot at the opposing enemy.
"You go a little further, ten paces away."
Li Chao had no choice but to say it clearly.
Li Shimin once set the double step, that is, the distance of each step of the left and right feet, as the standard of the length unit step, and stipulated that one-fifth of the step is a foot, and three hundred steps is one mile, so one step in the Tang Dynasty is five feet.
Ten steps, that's five zhang, this distance is actually quite short, not to mention the bow and arrow, even the spear can be thrown over.
But this musket, after all, is just a flame-breathing firework, and there are no bullets, so ten steps is a bit far.
Jung In-tae stood about ten steps away from the tree and raised his gun.
He had a lit fire rope wrapped around his left wrist, which was also a high-tech thing, characterized by slow burning and not being afraid of the wind.
After it is lit, a little bit of fire will not be extinguished, it can burn for a long time, wrap it around the wrist, and it can be used at any time when you need to ignite it.
The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion basically have one on their hands.
A lead was also inserted into the bamboo tube tied under the head of the spear, but this lead was the exact opposite of the fire rope.
This kind of lead burns very quickly, and it is also a very special and gold-rich equipment, which is not processed by ordinary people.
A fire rope, a fuse, are very complicated.
The fire rope touched the lead, and the lead smoked, flashing sparks, and burning rapidly.
Jung In-tae stabbed the gun forward as far as he could.
With a bang, the sealed barrel mouth was rushed open, and an orange firework burst out with a large puff of black smoke.
And then, there was no then.
When the smoke cleared, a group of officers came to look at it, and first went to see the tree ten paces away, and it was not hurt in the slightest.
It was Zheng Rentai, whose face was black and gray, and he was embarrassed.
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"What's the use of this thing except scary?"
Li Chao carefully inspected the bamboo tube that was still smoking, it was not bad, the bamboo tube was not damaged except that it was dyed black.
It can also be recycled, refilled with gunpowder and leads, and reused.
Listening to Zheng Rentai's words, Li Chao shook his head and retorted.
"Why is it useless, why is it useless, although the range is a little shorter, but this is equivalent to giving you one more means to fight the enemy.
If you think about it, even if you have a crossbow, you can't get three arrows in battle.
The enemy will be able to rush to your front, and at this time, the usual tactic is to put down the bow and crossbow, raise the spear and cross the knife against the enemy. ” "And now, with this powder cartridge, does it give you an extra chance to attack the enemy, you can still shoot three arrows in the first place, and when they rush in, you raise your spear, and you can also spray this powder cartridge that has been loaded in advance at the enemy."
Don't underestimate this extra attack, on the battlefield, it may be able to change the situation.
In other words, if an infantry formation is equipped with a shield in front and a crossbowman in the center, and behind the shield is a spearman and a knife player, for the enemy who charges into the formation, the spearman can only keep stabbing outward.
But with this powder cartridge, a spear is a musket.
Don't look like you don't have a range of twenty steps, and you can't hurt a tree in ten steps, but what if it's a face-to-face situation.
A spear is seven or eight feet long at most, and this musket can spray so far at worst.
This means that you can spray your enemy in the face before they can stab you.
Flames, gunsmoke, this is also very powerful.
If it's big, it's blind, and if it's light, it's going to make people panic and avoid it.
There is another one, this powder cartridge can be pre-loaded, and even if you run out of one, you can replace it with another one in the battle space.
It's no problem for a soldier to carry five or six powder cartridges, but even if he brings two or three, it will increase the chance of attack several times.
So, the key is to see how to use it.
If you add a few grenades to each musketeer, it's amazing.
Before engagement, shoot him with a bow and shoot him a few arrows, and when he is close, spray him with a musket and stab him again.
Then find an opportunity, you can also throw grenades, blow up several, and when you have time, you can quickly change the powder cartridge, and if you have the opportunity, you can spray again.
Moreover, when this musket was fired, it was very loud, and it was smoke and fire, and the enemy soldiers who generally did not know it were afraid of being scared and peeing, and they thought that the Tang army would be able to do the magic law, and then it would be able to confuse the enemy's heart and break their morale.
Think about it this way, this thing is simply very powerful, and it doesn't lose a grenade at all.
The grenade is more difficult to make, how simple the powder cartridge of this musket is, if you have the conditions, you can get an iron tube, and if you don't have the conditions, you can directly get a bamboo tube.
It may not be easy to use in stormy weather, but the bowstring is also difficult to use in stormy weather.
Cheng Chumo pinched his not-so-long beard there and smiled, "If the spearmen behind the shield are equipped with this musket, when they take over, the rows of muskets will be sprayed, and they will not directly collapse the opponent's charge." ” Li Chao smiled, "If there are many people shooting a salvo, the effect will naturally be the best."
However, there is also a way to increase the effect, which is to shoot in three stages.
Divide into three sections, one after the other, so that it is more powerful. ” "Master is really clever, these three shots are combined with the musketeers' volleys, it is simply like a tiger with wings."
"Then get a batch out first, let the soldiers train first, don't not train in peacetime, and when it comes to the use of muskets in battle, you will be scared."
There was no skill involved in making this musket, as long as the prepared gunpowder and fuses were provided, even the soldiers themselves could process it.
Isn't it just to cut off the bamboo tube, then load it with a certain amount of gunpowder, and insert the lead.
As long as the gunpowder and leads are not damp, this thing can be assembled anytime and anywhere.
Li Chao actually didn't expect this musket to play any role in his heart.
What he thought in his heart was that he still had to get on the musket.
Originally, the musket developed later, and it had to go through the assault musket.
The biggest difference between the assault rifle and the musket is that the assault rifle has bullets.
Although the bullet may be some iron sand, broken nails, broken porcelain shards, or even stones, it is a leap forward compared to the musket.
The musket is purely a large firework, but the assault gun, even if it is fired with a bamboo barrel, even if the bamboo barrel is likely to explode when fired, or even basically can only be used once, but it is more powerful, and the bullet can be fired with gunpowder, at least it can reach a range of twenty steps, and with the bullet, the lethality will be stronger.
If you spray it head-on, it will really be a hundred deaths and injuries.
However, the assault gun has a big disadvantage, or it is fired from a bamboo barrel, which is basically disposable and easy to explode.
Li Chao is ready to directly engage in the musket.
The musket is not actually a very advanced and high-tech thing, it has a firing tube made of cast copper or wrought iron, that is, the barrel.
At the lower end of the tube there is a fire door that ignites the gunpowder, and at the end of the tube is a wooden stick or spear called a rudder rod.
This spear is easy for the archer to hold, aim and control.
However, because the musket is large and complicated to operate, two people are required.
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When fired, gunpowder is loaded through the muzzle of the gun, then filled with projectiles such as stone bullets and iron bullets, and then the gunpowder in the fire door is ignited with red-hot wire or charcoal to shoot the projectiles.
Because of the inconvenience of operation, when shooting, one person must be responsible for aiming and the other is responsible for ignition.
Of course, Li Chao is a modern person after all, and it is impossible to follow the old path.
Although it is impossible to make an arquebus that is too complicated for the time being, or the manufacturing cost is too high, it is not difficult to get a simple arquebus.
After all, a musket is just a barrel, cast copper or wrought iron.
However, Li Chao thought that he could add a fuse, insert a fuse into the fire door, and then the soldier used the fire rope in his hand to ignite the fuse to ignite the gunpowder and shoot a projectile.
The barrel can also be added with a sleeve bayonet.
Don't use the kind of gun head that is directly stuffed into the muzzle, that kind of practice, so that the musket gun can no longer shoot after the head is plugged in, and the musket and the spear cannot coexist at the same time.
And if you use a sleeved bayonet, then hot and cold weapons can be used at the same time.
Li Chao thinks that the improvement is improved, in fact, the musket does not necessarily have to be used by two people, one holds the gun, and aiming and ignition shooting can be done together.
However, the musket is not as good as the musket, a bamboo barrel is enough.
It is not easy to make a special barrel for a musket, to make suitable bullets, to create bayonets.
However, with Datang's current strength, it is not a problem to create a new type of musket, but it will take some time. t1706231537: