Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 930

Hearing the shouts coming from outside the door, Wei Wu immediately stopped teaching and quickly walked to the door.

In fact, he also knew something about the progress of the rifle. After all, the craftsmen often came to him for help recently.

In addition, Xu Miao prepared mercury fulminate whenever he had time these days, so he also estimated that it might be in these few days.

However, even though he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but feel excited when he heard what the craftsmen shouted.

This is a combination of rifles and metal fixed ammunition. Their appearance is enough to change the future war mode of this world.

After the door opened, before Wei Wu could say anything, Yang Chao handed him a rifle.

The entire gun has an integrated design, from the wide wooden buttstock to the front of the gun body, and the design is polished very beautifully.

On top of the wooden gun body is a slender metal barrel, the front half of which is fixed to the gun body, and the back half is a mechanical bolt.

Although I haven't tried the gun yet, judging from its appearance, it is already very successful.

Reaching out and gently stroking the gun, Wei Wu raised his head and looked at Yang Chao and asked:

"Have you tested the gun? What are the various data?"

Hearing Wei Wu's question, Yang Chao said excitedly:

"I've already tried the gun. This firearm is not only powerful, but also doesn't require manual reloading of gunpowder. It's incredibly convenient."

"After our testing, this firearm, called a rifle, fires fifteen shots per minute, using the time calculation method you mentioned."

"If our Ming soldiers were equipped with this weapon, we would only need a thousand men to face an enemy fifty or even eighty times our number head-on."

"If we rely on fortifications in a wide area and provide logistical support, we can even defeat the enemy without suffering any casualties!"

Wei Wu didn't think there was anything wrong with what Yang Chao said, and he agreed with it in his heart.

Admittedly, rifles do not have the same strong killing power as high-speed machine guns, but don't forget that this is the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, what Yang Chao said was not annihilation but defeat. In ancient wars, once the casualty rate was too high, it would be easy to be defeated.

As Yang Chao said, the terrain is vast, relying on fortifications and with no logistics worries, it is extremely easy to kill the enemy with a rifle.

Later, in the Battle of Baliqiao, the British and French forces used equipment similar to rifles, facing the Qing army's 30,000 cavalry and infantry.

The Qing army was completely defeated in a short period of time, while the British and French forces suffered only five casualties. The gap was huge.

However, Wei Wu knew more about the advantages of rifles than Yang Chao. What he really wanted to know were the disadvantages.

So after Yang Chao finished speaking, he immediately asked:

"Alright, I know the advantages of the rifle. Tell me more about the shortcomings you discovered during testing."

Yang Chao, who was in an excited state, immediately calmed down when he heard Wei Wu's words.

"There is indeed a flaw, but it's not the gun itself, it's the metal ammunition."

As he spoke, Yang Chao took the rifle from Wei Wu, pulled the bolt, pushed the bullet out and placed it in his palm.

"Look, Vice President! This is the bullet we made. Its overall shape is the same as the one you took out."

Wei Wu looked at the bullet in Yang Chao's hand and immediately understood why Yang Chao said that bullets were a disadvantage.

"Your bullets are made of iron?"

"Yes, Vice-President."

Yang Chao nodded in response, and then continued:

"I know your bullet is made of copper. I did make bullets out of copper at first, and it worked very well."

"But the Ming Dynasty's copper mines are scarce, and most of them are used to mint copper coins. I'm afraid they can't support the quantity of rifle bullets needed."

"So I took it upon myself to try to use iron to make bullet casings. According to the test results, iron can indeed replace copper, but..."

Having said this, Yang Chao hesitated. Seeing this, Wei Wu spoke up and took over the conversation.