Steel Dynasty - Chapter 996

[Chapter 989 Big Killer Weapon]

The night was silent, with only the flickering light of the fire.

Pang Duo looked at the stars in the grassland sky with a worried expression. He said to the two of them: “Look at this beautiful starry sky on the grassland. It would be a pity to lose them.”

Bach, the leader of the Tumu tribe, and Bach, the leader of the Iron Curtain tribe. Wo Tai followed Pang Duo’s gaze at the same time, and the two looked at each other with firm expressions. Bach said: “Because of this, we cannot lose these pastures. Even if we fight to the last person, we must keep the land that belongs to us.” “

“Yes, the Great Yu Kingdom has taken away our Guandong, and now it wants to take away our pastures. Where can we retreat to? This war is a matter of life and death between our Golden Horde and the Great Yu Kingdom. In this battle, every man on the grassland should defend it with blood.”

Pang Duo nodded appreciatively. He raised the wine glass in his hand and said: “The war is about to break out. I only hope that the two of you can work together. When the time comes, Khan Khan will do it. As soon as the troops arrive, we can join forces to destroy the army of Dayu. “

Okay, Pang Duo’s leader is always resourceful. This time we will listen to you,” Bach and Wotai said at the same time.

…

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming was observing the new weapons manufactured by Song Changping on the grounds of the military factory.

After the name of the Chinese Empire was officially announced, Song Changping found him and said that this was a gift to the Chinese Empire.

“According to the structural drawings provided by the emperor, after many tests, I can guarantee that this machine gun can be officially put into use.” Song Changping pointed at the firearm in front of him and said.

Different from rifles in the traditional sense, the structure of the firearm described by Song Changping is very strange. Simply put, this firearm has a wheeled base similar to a field gun, and there is a ring of iron on the barrel, which makes the barrel look very thick.

“So how many bullets can this gun shoot per minute? And what’s the caliber?” Xiao Ming’s eyes were shining brightly. He had been worried about the Northern Expedition for the past two days, and he didn’t expect Song Changping to give him a big gift.

After the metal bullets were officially put into production, he asked Song Changping to start developing the cavalry’s nemesis machine gun, and the firearms drawings he gave Song Changping were based on the Maxim machine gun.

Because this heavy machine gun, which was invented in 1883, is fully capable of production with the current industrial capacity of Qingzhou. After all, it has solved the problem of metal bullets, which means that bullets are not a problem. At the same time, during these years of fighting in the north and south, Qingzhou’s The steel industry has been progressing, and chromium alloy, the barrel material, has been studied. With the specific ratio he provided, although the current barrel material is not as good as modern, the Maxim machine gun born in the 19th century is enough.

“Your Majesty, this machine gun can shoot about six hundred rounds of bullets per minute. The caliber is the same as the rifle bullets we use now, which is 7.92mm. The official is doing this to avoid adding more bullet production lines.” Song Changping said.

Xiao Ming nodded. The original caliber of the Maxim machine gun was 11.43mm, but this is not the only caliber standard for machine guns. Now Song Changping has changed the caliber of the machine gun to 7.92mm. It can only be said that this machine gun cannot be called a heavy machine gun. It’s called a general-purpose machine gun, and the caliber of this machine gun is medium caliber.

I am very satisfied with Song Changping’s choice of Xiao Ming, which shows that Song Changping has his own thinking and does not blindly follow the drawings.

“You did a good job. This way, this machine gun can use normal rifle bullets for combat.” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Then he walked to the side of the machine gun and looked at it carefully.

Similar to the structure of the Maxim machine gun in my memory, this machine gun Song Changping also uses water cooling to cool the barrel, so the barrel of the machine gun is coated with a layer of something similar to a barrel, which is actually filled with water.

For this machine gun, the biggest problem Song Changping solved was the automation of the machine gun, which required using bullet gas as kinetic energy to complete the unlocking, ejection, ammunition feeding, and re-locking of the gun.

“Your Majesty, the structure of this machine gun is much more complicated than that of a Han-style rifle. The base of this machine gun can be said to be a small machine. It uses accessories such as cranks, rollers, and acceleration cams. The principle is somewhat similar to that of a steam engine, but the steam engine It uses steam, and the automatic loading of this machine gun relies on the gas of the bullet.”

As he spoke, Song Changping pointed to the button behind the machine gun bolt and said, “Your Majesty, as long as you press this button to release the sear, the hammer will hit. The firing pin fires the primer to fire the bullet. Once the bullet flies away from the muzzle, the lock begins to be unlocked. With the help of the thrust of the gunpowder gas, the bolt is pushed backward to overturn the hammer. At the same time, the sear locks the hammer. At the same time, the detachment wheel rotates to extract the detachment. Pull out a new bullet, eject the case and push out the previous cartridge case. At this time, the bolt recoil is completed. Under the thrust of the recoil spring, the bolt moves forward and sends the new bullet into the chamber to complete the locking. If you let go of the sear at this time The hammer will remain hanging and cannot be fired. If you keep pressing it, after the locking is completed, the hammer will be released and fired again. This is the entire principle of the machine gun.”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. It is enough to show that Song Changping has a thorough understanding of the principles of the Maxim machine gun.

However, although the current machine gun is modeled on Maxim, it is different from Maxim, so he said to Song Changping: “It seems that you have indeed understood the principles of firearms. In order to commend you, this machine gun is named Changping machine gun. “

Song Changping was startled for a moment, and then his face turned red with excitement. For a person who spends all day studying firearms, there is nothing more glorious than this.

“Your Majesty, is it true? How can a lower official deserve the name of this machine gun?” Song Changping’s heart was filled with ups and downs.

“This machine gun was originally made by you, so it is reasonable to name it after you. Moreover, the emergence of this machine gun means a major breakthrough for our Chinese family in weapons. I also hope that more firearms will be made by you in the future. Your hand.” Xiao Ming smiled.

“Zhonghua family?” Song Changping was startled again.

Xiao Ming had a faint smile on his lips, and he said: “Country, country, only when there is a country, there is a family, and when there is a family, there is a country, the Chinese Empire, the Chinese family, it all means the same thing.”

Song Changping smiled knowingly, and he bowed and said: ” What the emperor said is true. Now the emperor is the head of this family, and we are all members of this family. “

After a few words of teasing, Xiao Ming brought the topic to the Changping machine gun again, and he said: “By the way. I haven’t seen the power of this machine gun yet?”

When Song Changping came to his senses, he immediately called two workers in the arsenal and said, “You will demonstrate it to the emperor now.”

As he spoke, two strong workers quickly came to the machine gun. One worker held the gun with both hands. A worker inserted bullets strung from canvas into the barrel of the gun.

(End of chapter)