Chapter 380

Aruyet, the chief of the Powhatan people, and the high-ranking officials of the Powhatan court were taken away by the expeditionary army the afternoon after the stone bear led the expeditionary army to Jamestown.

The one-on-one conversation between stone bear and Colonel Jones outside Jamestown, when the two armies met each other, made Colonel Jones determined to stand on the side of the Cherokees.

It's not only the conditions promised by the stone bear that are too good, but also the muskets in the hands of the expeditionary army that make Colonel Jones give up some unrealistic ideas.

After the end of the confrontation between the two armies, Colonel Jones said that he was very puzzled that the expeditionary army could have muskets, because muskets are now prohibited by European countries from trading with Indians in the new world. Therefore, only a very small number of Indians in the whole American continent now have muskets, which are stolen or robbed.

But the more than 1000 Musketeers shown by Cherokee's expeditionary army really frightened Colonel Jones.

Such a large number of musketeers, even in the whole European continent, can only be equipped by a very small number of military powers. Even Jamestown is only a thousand Musketeers.

Colonel Jones was puzzled how a new world aboriginal tribe could have so many muskets.

The most important thing is that Colonel Jones saw the difference between the muskets held by the soldiers of the expeditionary army and the muskets held by his own soldiers at a glance, so the curious Colonel Jones asked one more question, and then he suffered 95598 critical injuries.

"Guardian, it seems that the guns in your soldiers' hands are different from ours, just don't know how powerful they are?" That's what Colonel Jones asked.

It's no problem to ask this question. Well, it's a bit of a tongue twister... But the problem is that when Colonel Jones asked this question, the tone seemed to be a little wrong. Anyway, this sentence fell in stone bear's ears. He felt that the tone of Colonel Jones's sentence seemed to be a little... Disdainful.

So the stone bear raised his hand and called the fast horse over, and then asked to pass the musket in his hand.

"This rifle was developed by our tribe alone. Well, Lieutenant Patrick Ferguson was also involved in the development, so after the development of this rifle, I named it after Lieutenant Ferguson. The name of the gun is Ferguson's rifle

"Patrick Ferguson?" Colonel Jones was stunned. He thought about it for a long time, and then he remembered that there was a second lieutenant officer in the gaoshu tribe.

"Will Lieutenant Ferguson develop a rifle?" Remembering who Lieutenant Ferguson was, Colonel Jones asked again in a different mood.

"Of course, Lieutenant Ferguson is really talented in developing rifles. For example, this gun adopts the new loading method developed by Lieutenant Ferguson alone. Well, it's this kind of rotating locking mechanism... "Shi Xiong pointed to the part of the gun, then rotated the lower trigger retainer, and the upper locking mechanism opened.

Kuaima handed his ammunition package to Shi Xiong with a look of eyes. After Shi Xiong took it, he took out a paper shell containing ammunition from the ammunition package, untied it, poured the lead bullet and gunpowder into the gunpowder chamber, and then rotated the trigger retainer in reverse direction again. The locking mechanism immediately covered the gap above the gunpowder chamber.

This ingenious design made Colonel Jones stop talking immediately. As a senior officer, he certainly understood the advantages of this way of loading.

"Fast horse, go and set up a gun target over there. I'll show Colonel Jones the power of our muskets."

The horse quickly ran to the position where the logistics soldiers were. After a while, he carried a thick board to the position about 200 yards away from the stone bear, which is 180 meters away. He found a tree, leaned the board on the tree, and then moved aside for a few steps to stand.

Colonel Jones opened his mouth wide in surprise. "Guardian, don't say that your gun can hit that board at such a long distance!"

"What's the difficulty?" The stone bear smiles and raises his gun with one hand.

"Because the barrel of this rifle is made of new steel, the wall thickness of the barrel is much thinner than that of your brown Beth rifle, and the weight of the whole rifle is also reduced. Well, the total weight of this rifle won't exceed 7.5 pounds! "

This figure once again surprised Colonel Jones.

The next moment, the stone bear just aimed a little, and then pulled the trigger, a bang suddenly rang up.

The recoil force of the musket is great, but the power of the stone bear is greater. Although he holds the gun with one hand, his arm does not move when shooting.

After shooting, Shi Xiong took out a paper shell filled with ammunition again, skillfully rotated the trigger retainer, opened the powder chamber, then filled the ammunition in, closed the powder chamber, steadily raised the gun with one hand again, and shot!

Colonel Jones's mouth opened wider. At this time, he had only one thought in his mind - how could this gun be loaded so fast!

Stone bear fired six shots in a row, and the total time did not exceed 50 seconds. This speed has stunned the nearby Colonel Jones. Well, there are many British soldiers with colonel Jones in a daze.

They have been completely stunned by the speed of loading this rifle. It is estimated that they never thought that a rifle would have such a fast loading speed. And if this rifle is in your own hands, what an obvious advantage it has in the battlefield.

Under a kind of gaping gaze of British soldiers and officers, the fast horse rode away the board that served as the target of the gun, then returned to the stone bear and handed it over.

Colonel Jones was staring at the board, because it was a bit thick, so the lead bullet did not penetrate it. There are six lead bullets embedded in the board, almost an inch deep into the board, and one of them is slightly smoking

"How could that be?" At last, Colonel Jones could not resist his inner shock and said out loud what he wanted to say in his heart.

"Ha ha, it's not impossible. This gun not only adopts the rear loading method, but also is a full-length rifled gun. There are six rifles in its barrel, so when the lead bullet moves in the barrel, the lead bullet will rotate violently because of the rifling. Even if the lead bullet flies out of the barrel, it will still rotate at a high speed in the air, In this way, the lead projectile will have a relatively stable trajectory, so the effective range of the lead projectile will be greatly increased. Well, as you can see, the effective range of this gun is about 200 yards, and its firing speed can reach about seven shots a minute if you are a good hand! "

A series of data once again made Colonel Jones's face look incredible