Daming pirates

While Yu Xiaotian was busy with his glass business, better news began to come out one after another on Nanri Island.

With the accumulation of time and effort, Yu Xiaotian's various efforts in the early stage have now gradually entered the harvest period. The first thing to talk about is his artillery production. After completing the trial production of the iron mold casting method, he transferred to

During normal production.

The advantages of the iron mold casting method are great. In addition to the high quality of the cannons cast, the casting speed is fast, not affected by the weather, and can be cast at any time. Another important advantage is that the iron mold cannon is used.

When the artillery was cast in France, the scrap rate was very low. I can’t say that every cannon was a qualified product, but at least the casting pass rate exceeded 70%. If the craftsmen were more skilled and careful, they could even be

Reaching more than 90%.

This is unique in the cannon-casting industry in this era. Generally, a good cannon-casting craftsman can control the finished product yield to about 50%, which is considered to be very clever.

In this way, after the raw materials were secured, the iron furnace for blasting basically did not stop, and continuously fed materials and produced iron. In addition, in order to increase the speed, Blacksmith Lei cast an additional set of iron molds, and the two sets of iron molds alternated.

Using it, a six-pound cannon can be cast in almost three days.

In this way, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, in just three months, more than twenty six-pound guns were cast, which greatly alleviated the shortage of artillery on the Sea Wolf ship, and also greatly enhanced the firepower of the Sea Wolf ship.

, looking within a hundred miles around, their firepower can be said to be basically invincible.

Even if the government sends a small number of naval forces to attack Nanri Island, they will still be able to fight it.

The second good news came from Blacksmith Zhang’s iron work. After Blacksmith Zhang built the first usable blunderbuss tube two years ago, he continued to explore the method of making blunderbuss tubes and redesigned the previous work equipment.

After the transformation, the process was also re-modified. After the year, several blunderbuss tubes were built one after another, and the scrap rate of blunderbuss tubes was successfully reduced to less than 50%. Basically, by making two blunderbuss tubes, one can produce

Finished product available.

In addition, Blacksmith Zhang also tried to build several sets of flintlock firing mechanisms according to the sketch of the flintlock firing mechanism given to him by Yu Xiaotian, and found flints to install on the flintlock firing mechanism, as well as the blunderbuss tube.

It was assembled and test fired.

However, in the past two months, the firing rate of these newly manufactured flintlock devices has never been high, and even the firing rate of 40% cannot be achieved.

In addition to the flaws in Zhang Tiejiang's design, this also has a lot to do with the materials. The most important thing in the flint mechanism is the reed. The reed must have sufficient toughness and elasticity to ensure that the flint can hit the ground with force.

At the fire door, knock out a spark to ignite the primer in the fire door, and successfully fire the fire gun.

Therefore, just to solve the problem of elasticity and toughness of the reed, Blacksmith Zhang worked on hundreds of reeds before finally making a usable reed and determining the process of making the reed.

By the end of February in the fourth year of Tianqi, the first usable flintlock device finally reached a practical level, increasing the firing rate of the flintlock device to 70%, which is more than 70%.

Although this kind of fire rate is not very satisfactory to Yu Xiaotian, he also knows that it is not easy to achieve this kind of fire rate. Even in the era when Western countries equipped a large number of flintlock guns, they have not completely solved this problem.

Due to this problem, the firing rate of flintlock guns has always hovered between 70% and 80%. Even after the invention of the flash cap, switching to a percussion gun fired by a flash cap can only increase the firing rate to about 90%, which is not possible.

Dare to ensure that every shot can be fired effectively.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian could only express satisfaction with Zhang Blacksmith's ability to increase the firing rate of the flintlock device to about 70% within a few months, so he preliminarily finalized the shape of the flintlock device and built it together.

The blunderbuss tube was called the Nanri Type 1 flintlock gun, and Blacksmith Zhang was asked to lead people to put it into production.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also told Zhang Tiejiang a good idea, which is to divide the labor into responsible for the assembly line operations, and give each of his apprentices a made part, and let them be responsible for making this kind of part full-time, and finally the parts

Assembled into a flintlock gun.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also modified the kidnapper-type butt used in the original gun and made it into a butt like a later rifle, so that it could be fired from the shoulder. In this way, the gun holder can

The butt of the gun is placed on the shoulder, which provides a stable support point, which can effectively improve shooting accuracy.

The finalization of the Nanri Type 1 flintlock gun is undoubtedly a very good news for Xiaotian, which is basically equivalent to the iron-cast cannon.

Because although the fire rate of a flintlock gun may sometimes be inferior to that of a matchlock gun, most of the time, its advantage is far greater than that of a matchlock gun.

Because the matchlock uses a matchlock to start the fire, it is greatly affected by the weather. If the weather is too humid, rainy, or windy, the matchlock basically cannot be used effectively. Soldiers equipped with matchlocks will encounter

This kind of weather is basically equivalent to holding a fire stick. When facing enemies with cold weapons, what awaits them is basically the fate of being massacred.

In addition, although the loading step of the matchlock gun is only one more step than the flintlock gun, lighting the matchlock and sticking it on the faucet of the firing device, this process is enough to determine the fate of many people. The musketeer must always hold the matchlock before firing.

If it cannot be extinguished, it is slightly better to stand and wait to fire, but if you have to walk and be ready to fire at any time, it will be difficult for the musketeers with matchlocks.

The musketeers must carefully puff out their cheeks and blow on the flame of the match as they walk. They must not let the flame go out, otherwise they have to relight the match. If they fail to light the match in time, it will be fatal to me. They

The matchlock gun in his hand became a fire stick, and he could only wait to be stabbed.

It is said that the Battle of Saarhu, which was related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty, took place in Liaodong in the 46th year of Wanli Dynasty. There were certain factors in the final defeat of the Ming army. The Ming army was equipped with a large number of firearms, three-eyed blunderbuss, and bird blunderbuss.

, the kidnappers had a high amount of gun equipment, and were technically far superior to the Donglu Tatars who were completely cold weaponized at that time. However, due to weather conditions, the Ming army was unable to effectively exert its firepower advantage, which also affected the final course of the battle.

The flintlock gun can effectively avoid this situation. Although it will affect the firing of the flintlock gun when it rains, it at least has a certain firing ability, allowing it to maintain a certain combat effectiveness. In addition, the fire

A cover is added to the door. After filling the primer, you can close the lid to ensure that the primer will not be blown away by the wind, causing a blind fire.

In addition, the flintlock gun eliminates the need to light the match rope and install the match rope. After loading the ammunition and primer, you only need to open the hammer stuck with the flint and make all preparations before firing. Once necessary,

By firing the gun, you can aim immediately, and by pulling the trigger, you can shoot at the target.

As a result, the usable climate of the flintlock gun greatly exceeds the range of use of the matchlock gun, which to a large extent ensures that the musketeer can effectively fire at many times.

Another very important point is that if the matchlock is used at night, it must be ignited in advance. The enemy holding the matchlock can be found from a long distance at night, making it impossible for them to carry out any form of surprise attack.

However, the flintlock gun does not need to be ignited in advance, which prevents the user from being discovered by the enemy in advance, and it becomes possible to ambush the enemy at night. Think about a group of flintlock musketeers hiding in one place, waiting for the enemy to swagger in front of them. As they were walking by, they suddenly stood up and opened fire.

What kind of chaos can such a situation cause to those who are attacked? The command at night is inherently poor. Once attacked suddenly, sometimes a few musketeers can defeat an enemy that is ten or even dozens of times more powerful than them. , this advantage is self-evident.

The flintlock gun only reduced such a step, which seemed to simplify the tedious loading of the musket. However, the benefits obtained were so great that it can be said to be of epoch-making significance. This was also when the flintlock gun was After being put into the battlefield, it quickly replaced the original matchlock gun!

At the same time, Yu Xiaotian secretly rejoiced that after the long flintlock gun was manufactured, it became possible to make a short flintlock gun that could be carried around in the next step.

Think about it, if he has two or more flintlock pistols inserted into the head and waist of a pirate, it would be more in line with his identity! Thinking of this, he is about to get a real short gun, and Yu Xiaotian's face showed a look A slutty smile.

However, there is one thing that does not satisfy Yu Xiaotian, that is, making guns is more troublesome than making cannons. He has limited craftsmen at hand, and at best it is only a small workshop-style production. Even if it can produce this kind of flintlock gun, the output will be low. It makes people a little desperate.

Yu Xiaotian really wanted to increase production, but increasing production required a lot of labor. He didn't even have to think about mechanized production. Apart from finding ways to increase manpower, he had no better way.

At the current production speed, even if he uses the method of division of labor and cooperation to produce this kind of Nanri Type 1 flintlock gun, his current iron work can only produce two or three guns per month. Even if it is not bad, and with At the same time, other iron tools had to be made, which greatly affected the production speed of this flintlock gun.

After Yu Xiaotian thought about it, he simply turned the iron work of Zhang Blacksmith into a full-time production of flintlock guns, and temporarily transferred the production of other iron tools to the iron work of the shipyard.

In addition, he asked his men to go to the mainland to find more ways to find some smart blacksmiths in the area. Whether it was bribery or kidnapping, they would try every means to get a group of blacksmiths for Nanri Island. The number was not limited, the more the better. Anyway, they were carrying thieves. name, if they only do things that abide by the law, then they can no longer be called pirates.

In addition to these two good news, Heitou also returned from Taiwan to Nanri Island with two ships after the year.

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