New Ming Empire mixed in America

The first thing Li Mingqi inspected was the modified Enfield model.

Because the Enfield is originally a rifled rifle, there are not many changes. It only requires adding a kit to convert it to breech loading.

And if the kits are disassembled under the pretext of training and treated as a 'job' for the new young people, the modification kits needed for more than two hundred rifles can be built quickly.

In addition to the steel, the only cost was lunch for the young people, and it only took two days.

On the first day, the master taught me step by step, and in the evening, I handed out this kit as homework.

In the afternoon of the next day, all the modification kits were completed. Each person only needed to make four, which was actually very simple.

(Readers who have attended vocational and technical colleges may be very familiar with this routine.)

After letting Jin Yiwei test fire more than a dozen rounds, Li Mingqi made the decision to completely change his uniform.

In addition to the modified Enfield rifle, Li Mingqi was particularly interested in the Xinming Empire's first independently developed rifle - Mauser (crossed out)...Xinming Type 60 rifle.

The rotating rear-pull gun finally gave Li Mingqi a sense of familiarity.

After personally firing a few rounds, Li Mingqi stopped.

All bullets now use black powder, so the size of the bullets is much larger than the Mauser bullets in the previous life. Li Mingqi quickly lost interest in the sight of a burst of white smoke as soon as he fired.

"Because of the weight, this...this Xinming 60-type rifle can be loaded with a total of six bullets, including the preloaded one."

Seeing Li Mingqi's lack of interest, Zhang Yu took the rifle and started introducing him:

"Considering the reasons for defensive operations, we also specially designed an external magazine for it, please see."

With that said, Zhang Yu turned the rifle over and asked Li Mingqi to look at the front of the trigger.

There was a quickly detachable steel splicing structure. Zhang Yu quickly removed the splicing block and installed a steel magazine.

Li Mingqi could swear that he had never seen such a half-meter-long magazine before, and he had gained a lot of experience today.

"We designed this external magazine based on the structure of the magazine. It can hold 60 bullets at a time. As the bullet is fired, the spring will send them into the magazine one by one."

"When the soldiers line up in a line formation, the soldiers in the front row can change to this magazine when they are half-crouching and shooting. The length of the magazine is designed based on the average height of the rifle from the ground when half-crouching and shooting."

As he spoke, Zhang Yu assumed a standard squatting shooting posture and stood up in front of him with the rifle with the extra-long magazine installed.

The bottom of the magazine is also thoughtfully designed with a pointed bottom, making it easier for soldiers to insert the magazine into the ground in the field.

After shooting a few times and pulling the bolt, Zhang Yu's face was filled with pride.

"In this way, our soldiers can shoot rapidly for five minutes without changing ammunition. I can guarantee that during these five minutes of crazy shooting, there will never be another standing enemy in front of us."

"It doesn't matter if there are too many enemies. We have also designed magazines for standing shooting."

While Li Mingqi was stunned, Zhang Yu pulled out the half-meter-long magazine and replaced it with a super-super-long magazine about one and a half meters long.

"This kind of magazine can store two hundred bullets. Because it needs to be equipped with a spring, it is wider than the previous one."

"And in the line formation, rapid shooting is not delayed, and sufficient time can be left for front-row soldiers to reload."

"This magazine, like the previous one, can be inserted into the ground to provide a support point for the rifle."

"Long live my lord, with the ferocious firepower of this rifle, you can tear apart any enemy who dares to provoke the empire!"

Zhang Yu's impassioned voice, combined with the strange-style rifle in his hand, made Li Mingqi's temples throb with pain.

This is all caused by poor vision. Now the weapons of the Xinming Empire will be upgraded to Xinming Type 60 large bolt guns.

Why are you still considering line tactics? Besides, with the seamless steel tube as the gun body, you can crush the opponent just by the range.

When the time comes, the tactics of parapets and trenches can easily beat the enemy to death.

Although Li Mingqi's thoughts fluctuated violently, his face still had the same happy look just now. He squeezed out a few words of praise from between his teeth:

"Okay, this design is very good. But what should you do if you are approached by an enemy on the battlefield?"

"I think this kind of magazine is not suitable for close quarters stabbing. If you want to remove it first... Shet!"

Before Li Mingqi finished speaking, he saw Zhang Yu, who was demonstrating, pressing a small switch on the magazine.

The one-meter-long magazine detached from the gun body. What was even weirder was that Zhang Yu also pulled out a long bayonet from the side of the magazine.

Hiss~

You are such a talented girl!

"Long live my Lord, on the side of the magazine, we also designed a spare bayonet to protect the soldiers in close combat!"

Zhang Yu's voice sounded again, but Li Mingqi no longer had the desire to complain.

I thought I could rely on the logical loophole of close combat to overturn the outdated line tactics for the Xinming Type 60 rifle.

He had prepared a draft of at least 3,000 words in his mind, but Zhang Yu's arrogance interrupted Li Mingqi's eloquent talk.

"Okay, let's put this kind of rifle aside for a moment, and let's take a look at the last GAT...this peculiar new rifle."

After Li Mingqi saw that Zhang Yu also took out a bayonet from No. 1's magazine, he decisively changed the subject.

Speaking of their new rifle, before Zhang Yu could speak, Lao Li next to him pushed the wheelbarrow with the rifle over first.

"Long live my Lord, this is modified according to your instructions. This kind of rifle is very convenient to transport on a wheelbarrow, and even the bullets can be loaded and transported directly."

Patting the brainchild of all the talents of the New Ming Empire, Old Li's voice was trembling.

"Long live this gun, this kind of gun rotates the gun body by shaking the handle. Whenever the barrel passes here, the spring will drive the hammer above to strike."

Lao Li pointed to a small iron block at the top of the gun body. As he continued to shake the handle, the small iron block struck the barrel below it.

Li Mingqi's eyesight was good, and he could see that there was a pin-type firing device on each barrel, and the small iron block was knocked there to achieve firing.

The loading is even more bizarre, as the magazine is loaded onto the barrel.

Each barrel is equipped with a magazine. As the handle is shaken, each barrel will have the action of pulling the bolt to eject the shell, change the ammunition, and load the gun.

The shooting speed is not slow. It can be said that this strange style of multi-barreled repeating gun stands at the pinnacle of current firearms technology, but it has just gone astray.

After leaving the test range rubbing his head, Li Mingqi had to go back and think of a way to bring these imperial talents whose style had gone astray back on track.

Later generations laughed happily when they saw all kinds of weird weapons from the 19th century to World War II on the Internet.

But after it happened to me, it was painful.

So he just asked Zhang Yu to draw the exploded drawings of the Xinming Type 60 rifle.

Then, some unimportant structures are subcontracted to major factories in California, and only the key barrel and bolt parts are produced in-house.

By the way, a group of people have to be organized to modify the custom-loaded bullets.

This will pave the way for Li Mingqi's army expansion plan in advance.

As for those two weird long magazines... Li Mingqi could only advise them to press them first and then produce them.