That night, everyone went to bed. The next morning, everyone ate steamed buns and porridge.
"Anything that can fly in the sky must eat steamed buns," Li Yi explained to the four people.
The four people didn't understand. Why must they eat steamed buns if they wanted to fly in the sky?
"Tradition, we must continue the good tradition," Li Yi added. Don't ask anymore.
"Today, there are two things that are the latest technological achievements of the Tang dynasty. One is a weapon, the gun that Old Bi mentioned. The other is a triangular glider that can allow people to slowly descend from the sky. "
Li Yi explained the two things to the four people and asked them to choose which one to see first.
"Gun!" Bi Goo and Wei Zhigu said at the same time.
Song Jing nodded. He didn't care. A gun is a gun.
Everyone knew what a gun was. Li Yi had one, and it was very powerful. He gave it to Guo Ziyi to kill many young generals in the Tubo army.
Now that he had made it himself, he could equip the army. Let's take a look.
After dinner, the group slowly strolled to the shooting range.
Guo Ziyi and Hao Lingquan waited at the shooting range with a long cloth bag next to them.
Guo Ziyi nodded to Li Yi. Everything was ready.
Li Yi picked up the cloth bag, untied the rope, and took it down, revealing a very heavy rifle inside.
"This flintlock gun with a paper shell, a fixed lead bullet, and a spiral rifling inside the barrel. This time, it has surpassed countless years of technological development."
Li Yi held the gun and introduced it. It was indeed not easy. The rifling was specially made.
The steel pipe was smashed out and not cast. There were too many sand holes in the casting, and the barrel was not smooth.
The key was that it was easy to break in the sand holes and then explode.
"Xiao Yi, how does it compare to your gun?" Bi Goo came over and touched the gun. It was very cold.
"My sniper rifle? The difference in technology is like heaven and earth. There is no difference between shooting from six hundred feet away.
I can't beat a hundred of these guns with one gun, because the bullets are lethal to me at that distance. "
Li Yi raised his gun and took aim. It was heavy, and his arms would not be able to bear it for a long time.
"Can it hit six hundred feet?" Song Jing was interested in the distance. Six hundred feet was a lot more than a hundred steps. Ordinary arrows couldn't reach it.
"Even if you hit him in the eye from 800 feet away, he'll still be injured. It depends on how much gunpowder you put in.
It's just that it's too far from accurate, much worse than my gun.
If I widen the distance, my gun will be able to snipe a hundred people at a distance of two hundred feet.
Because I haven't made a firing cap for this gun, I haven't researched a firing pin.
One minute … … In a quarter of an hour, he can shoot 90 to 120 shots, faster than a normal archer. "
Li Yi emphasized the word 'normal' and looked at Guo Ziyi beside him.
Guo Ziyi nodded in agreement. It was indeed fast.
Hao Lingquan said, "If the distance is close, the speed of the archer depends on the strength of the bow.
Speed might not necessarily be able to penetrate armor. Even if the arrow hit the enemy at close range, the enemy would still be killed by the arrow.
The distance, the strength of the bow, the accuracy, and the opponent's equipment all affect the outcome. "
Su Yi also came over to touch the gun. "The biggest advantage is the long shooting range?"
"No, the biggest advantage is that the arm won't be strained and can be fired continuously. Archers can't draw the bow if they shoot too much, and at the same time, their accuracy will gradually drop."
Guo Ziyi spoke from his own experience. He liked to use a bow, and ordinary archers couldn't bear it.
Li Yi continued, "The other advantage is that the training speed is fast. In an emergency, you can teach them how to shoot a few shots. Ordinary people can shoot by themselves."
"Shoot a few shots and see." Wei Zhigu didn't want to listen anymore. He wanted to see the actual operation.
Thus, Li Yi gave the gun to Guo Ziyi. This gun was Guo Ziyi's, and it was in his hands a few days later.
Guo Ziyi had been practicing all this time, and he had fired thousands of bullets.
Li Yi didn't want to lose face. He knew Guo Ziyi's talent in sports, and he was willing to train hard. If he gave this gun to Guo Ziyi, he could use it as a sniper rifle.
After choosing a good position, the target was erected. It was a human-shaped target with arms and legs.
The target was placed at a distance of three hundred feet. Guo Ziyi took out a paper cartridge, which was integrated with the cartridge, and moved the cylinder under the gun.
The airtight parts of this gun were similar to the Sharps Model 1859 rifle. The cylinder was moved down, and the cartridge was loaded from the back.
Then, the cylinder was raised, and a part of the paper behind the cartridge was cut off when the cylinder was closed.
The flint hammer for firing was lifted, and the trigger was brought up.
He opened the lid of the gunpowder pool beside him, took out a leather bag, poured some gunpowder into the pool, and closed the lid.
He pointed the muzzle at the target and turned to look at the others. He was ready.
Everyone nodded and picked up their binoculars.
Li Yi said, "Left eye."
Guo Ziyi raised the gun, aimed at the target, and pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Three consecutive sounds rang out, and a puff of smoke came out. The human-shaped target was shot between the eyebrows.
"It didn't hit the left eye." Guo Ziyi lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong.
Everyone: "…"
Li Yi nodded to show that he understood and said to the others, "If Ziyi used a bow, he would have hit the left eye. This gun's accuracy is too poor."
"Firing speed." Bi Goo didn't want to comment on whether it was accurate or not. The deviation was too small, and he could still hit the enemy.
Guo Ziyi began to operate quickly. He pulled the hammer, lowered the cylinder, loaded the bullet, raised the cylinder, opened the gunpowder pool, poured the gunpowder, closed the gunpowder pool, and fired.
He repeated the process. Every time he fired, the bullet hit the target's head.
Li Yi calculated the time. One minute, eleven shots. That was fast.
"Alright, everyone, according to my calculations, a normal archery shot is about four to five times in a minute. Given the distance the arrow reaches the target, it should be able to shoot four to five times.
Using this gun, a skilled person can do it eight times, and a relatively skilled person can do it six times. But Ziyi doesn't count. He is different from ordinary people.
Of course, if you practice this every day, an ordinary person can do it more than eight times.
The key is that everyone saw it. It's very easy. There are only a few steps.
It's not very useful on rainy days. Unless you use an umbrella, the gunpowder pool will lose its effect when it comes into contact with water.
Wait a minute. Let me find some time to make mercury fulminate. It's too dangerous and troublesome. I don't want to make it.
It consumes a lot of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and alcohol. Mercury is not worth much. If you're not careful, it will explode. "
Li Yi didn't fire the gun. He explained that he couldn't shoot accurately with the same gun, but this gun was designed by him.
Bi Goo and the others listened patiently. The steps were simple. Looking at the gun, it didn't seem complicated.
"Li Yi, this gun is easy to copy. If Tubo people get it …" Song Jing frowned. He was afraid that others would get it easily.
"Easy to copy? How can it be easy to copy? Do you know how many parts there are?
You see, there are few parts outside, but there are many inside. Just the spring alone is enough to tire Tubo craftsmen to death.
There are also steel pipes. I won't tell anyone. Tubo can only use cast iron.
They don't even know the ratio of gunpowder. It's all granular gunpowder.
Do they know how to pull the rifling? They don't even know how to use the camera and crosshairs. Now I … "
Li Yi talked about the difficulty of making this gun. The bullet's warhead was a technical job.
Mignon balls, made of lead, were similar to the air-gun cartridges he had used to shoot birds in those days.
The difference was that the air gun used this type of lead pellet. It was propelled by Qi. There was no need to add anything else.
Now, there was a pointed cork in the lead pellet. After firing, the cork would make the lead pellet bigger. Then, it would combine perfectly with the rifling and fly out.
"Do you understand?" Li Yi asked.
The few of them blinked. They understood. It was very powerful and not easy to copy.
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