The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1303

[1303. Chapter 1239 Big Killer Weapon]

Everyone was puzzled.

Fang Jifan took down a box-sized firecracker from the wall.

This fire blunderbuss is only slightly larger than a palm and very short.

Everyone felt cold after seeing this thing.

Not mighty at all.

Not only that, the annotation under this thing is not very accurate, the accuracy is average, and the range… is even shockingly low, only fifty or sixty steps.

Ordinary fire blunderbuss can already reach a distance of 150 to 200 steps, but this thing… is not even half as good as a bird blunderbuss.

Fang Jifan put on the toad mirror, held the firecracker in his hand, and asked someone to get the bullets. The bullets were made of lead… To be honest, this went against Fang Jifan’s peace-loving spirit, because lead bullets are not very conscientious. If injected into the body, the fatality rate is extremely high based on current medical standards.

After loading, Fang Jifan, who was behind the toad mirror, looked particularly cold. He raised his hand and pulled the trigger.

At the end of the showroom is a dedicated indoor shooting range.

Bang…

Immediately afterwards, the wheel of the short gun rotated, and then, Fang Jifan struck five times in a row, bang bang bang bang…

Six rounds were fired in succession, with almost no time interval in between.

Compared with ordinary fire guns, the process of loading and shooting can’t be completed even for a moment, but this palm-sized fire gun can actually do it.

This is the revolver that will become famous in later generations.

All the students were caught off guard. They didn’t expect that the master didn’t even say hello, but just raised his hand and shot.

Wait for everyone to come to their senses.

But he saw Fang Jifan aim the muzzle of the short blunderbuss at his own chin. After shooting, the muzzle of the blunderbuss was a little hot and smoke came out. Fang Jifan flicked his mouth and blew into the muzzle of the blunderbuss. The only thing missing now was a piece of gunpowder. A big black trench coat.

“Use this…”

Fang Jifan said: “With a population of one million, even a half-year-old child can use it immediately after practicing for a few days. Do you know why the Franco people no longer use bows and arrows?” , and choose to use fire guns? The power of fire guns is not as good as that of bows and arrows. A well-trained archer is much better than a fire gun player. But… training an archer takes a lot of time, but it takes a lot of time. Guns… It only takes a short time for a farmer to get started.”

“And what I hold in my hand is called a revolver. This gun can shoot continuously. The Jurchen and Mongolian tribes will kill hundreds of thousands of families. There are certainly many sharpshooters moving west, and these people can be organized, but for the vast majority of old, weak, women and children, they need such weapons to protect themselves. “

“As long as such weapons can use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, Adopting reasonable tactics, on the battlefield, it is an artifact of killing, so now each person is sent one back. You don’t do anything in the past few days, just think about it. If such a weapon is equipped on a large scale, use What kind of tactics and how to maximize their advantages on the battlefield?”

After Fang Jifan said this, he turned around and ordered: “Let the Weapons Research Institute improve this short musket to have a higher range and accuracy. Don’t think about it. We are a sea of people. How can we be accurate?”

Wang Jinyuan stood aside and nodded hurriedly: “I understand, I understand.”

Fang Jifan led a group of students out with his hands behind his back, and then, Take them to try the power of the sword.

Because of the development of steel materials, good steel is enough to make good knives, and it can be produced on a large scale, so you can get as much as you want.

In the future, this large-scale population will move all the way west. They will need to carry a large amount of supplies and weapons over mountains and ridges, and across thousands of miles of deserts and plains. This may have long been accustomed to the Jurchens and Mongols. I have suffered so much.

But… because dry food must take up their main supplies, heavy weapons are difficult to carry.

Therefore, all weapons need to be lightweight.

Fang Jifan likes the human sea tactic, lowering the standard of all those who can go to the battlefield to the lowest level, so that even farmers can be directly brought to the battlefield to be cannon fodder. Only in this way can they reach their maximum potential.

The revolver is a little less powerful, but if it is improved, it is not unusable.

But the advantage of continuous firing is extremely amazing.

Especially in this era, even the powerful Ottoman Empire may not be able to field more than 10,000 elite archers. Their muskets are still in a relatively primitive period. Therefore, it is conceivable that when the cavalry all over the mountains and plains rush in front of them, , after the continuous shooting, what kind of situation will happen if the long knife is drawn out.

The Jurchens and Tatars have always been fearless of death, and it is not difficult to get close to the enemy.

Before the Gatling gun appeared in the West, this was an unsolvable problem.

At noon, Zhu Houzhao ran over angrily: “Old Fang, you actually want to mass-produce those short muskets?”

“What?”

Fang Jifan raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao said: “In addition to being able to fire continuously…this thing is not as good as a bow and arrow. I have bows and arrows, and these are short blunderbuss. Come ten, and I will send them to the sky.”

Fang Jifan said with a smile: “But After all, there are only a few people who are skilled in bow and horse like your highness.”

“Short guns are also expensive…”

Zhu Houzhao is a discerning person, he can find the shortcomings of a hundred short guns.

When Fang Jifan said this, he suddenly became excited: “What is important is that it is expensive. The vast majority of Tatars and Jurchens must be accustomed to using firearms. Firearms are no better than bows and arrows. Once large-scale equipment is provided, a large number of bullets must be provided at any time. Mongolia and Jurchens, even if they wanted to make it themselves, would not be able to make it. This would certainly put great pressure on our logistics, but now we have raised 50 million taels of silver, and in the future… we can get more. With money, we can continuously send countless supplies to the front. But in this way, the Mongols and Jurchens in our Happy Group will no longer be able to do without our logistics. Once the supply stops, what will they do? No, we have to guard against these people. If we want to control them, we must make them dependent on us. Therefore, I not only have to mix people from various tribes, but also add sand and… After finishing the sand, we still need to make them dependent on firearms. If they want to continue to move westward, they cannot do without the supplies of my Ming Dynasty. If they are allowed to be self-sufficient in everything, what will my Ming Dynasty do if they fall out? The long-term solution is to make them inseparable from us.”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a long time and said happily: “Then I will gather craftsmen and improve this short gun…”

Zhu Houzhao’s influence among the craftsmen. , is huge.

After all, he was once the leader of the Tibetan Research Institute. He knew very well that most skilled craftsmen had the advantage of using steam engines to go into the sea. As long as you put some effort into this short blunderbuss, it is not difficult to increase the power and range of this short blunderbuss. It’s just throwing money.

The next day, Emperor Hongzhi summoned Fang Jifan to the palace.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was sitting behind the papers, looking a little haggard. What he held in his hand was a report from Wang Shouren.

In the report, Wang Shouren reported on the various ministries in the desert and the work of organizing the Jurchens to move westward after going deep into the desert for more than two months.

Wang Shouren’s arrangements were very detailed, and he even proposed to recruit a group of Han Chinese who dared to leave the customs to join the Xingfu Group.

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. As long as his mentor can raise enough money in the pass, Wang Shouren can do anything.

Not only that, he also spied on the movements of the Russians.

And this… is exactly what Emperor Hongzhi is worried about.

Emperor Hongzhi saw Fang Jifan and raised his head: “Jifan, Wang Shouren’s memorial reported the situation of the Russian people. I didn’t know much about the Russian people in the past. Now it seems that these Russian people are not just a group of people.” What a mob.”

After Emperor Hongzhi said this, he took out the map of the world. In this map, the Russian Grand Duchy of Moscow already occupies a very large territory.

At first, they only relied on the Golden Horde, and continued to strengthen themselves through the Golden Horde. Later, they defeated the Mongols, and then annexed other countries. After a hundred years of conquest, they have reached their peak. .

When the Mongolian tribes scattered east of the Urals began to turn to the Ming Dynasty to form an alliance, it was said that the Rus had already received the news.

They obviously don’t know much about their neighbor, the Ming Dynasty. However, they have always coveted the land east of the Urals and have huge ambitions for territory. Therefore, they are also extremely wary of the actions of the Mongolian tribes.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of the alliance between the Siberian tribes, the Russians also sent an army of 3,000 troops across the Ural Mountains, putting tremendous pressure on the Mongolian khanates.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan: “What Wang Qing’s family means is to organize a group of people and move them to test the strength of these Rus. The Mongol khanates have already begun to invite war. Jifan, what do you think of this?” ?”

Fang Jifan thought for a while: “Your Majesty, I think it would be useful to try it from a tactical perspective. But for other aspects, I’m afraid it’s quite risky.”

“What other aspects? “Emperor Hongzhi was puzzled.

Fang Jifan said: “The stock price.”

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

After a moment of silence, Emperor Hongzhi glared at Fang Jifan: “This is a major matter for the family and the country, so let’s give it a try. I’m going to give it a shot and let Wang Shouren arrange it. If I don’t test the depth of the Russian people, I will have trouble sleeping and eating. I just realized that the Russian people are so ambitious. In just a few decades, they have conquered dozens of countries and have been fighting all year round. If they don’t do it now. Contain them. Sooner or later, when they expand westward, they will definitely be a trouble for our Ming Dynasty.”

Fang Jifan thought about it and did not object too much: “Your Majesty is wise and far-sighted, and I feel inferior to him.”

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