Chapter 1349： metal bullet

  Chapter 1349 Metal Bullets

On November 3rd, the 11th year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao set off again for Midway Twin Islands, because although Midway Twin Islands did not develop a weapon to deal with the landmines on the border of the Principality of Pengda, they sent back news that they had already developed a weapon. metal bullet.

  Metal bullets are equally important to the Firearms Army of King Yi's Territory, so Qu Mao decided to leave for Midway Twin Islands as soon as he got the news.

Eleven years after entering Tianxuan, Qu Mao often rushed to Midway Twin Islands to pay attention to the research and development projects of the Firearms Research Institute, the Firearms University, the Firearms Army University, and the Firearms Army Logistics Department, and gave his own opinions and guidance to each research and development project and resource support.

The metal bullet itself is a research and development project that Qu Mao strongly suggested to the Firearms Research Institute. Qu Mao felt inexplicably excited.

   It took nearly a day to rush, and Qu Mao finally arrived at the midway Twin Islands. Without taking a break, Qu Mao went straight to the metal bullet research project team, and carefully inspected the metal bullet developed by the metal bullet research and development project team.

  After careful observation by Qu Mao, it was found that the metal bullet made by the Metal Bullet Research Project Team of the Firearms Research Institute was not much different from Qu Mao's memory of metal bullets from another world.

Since metal bullets have been researched, in order to match the use of metal bullets, the Yiwang Territory Firearms Research Institute has made targeted improvements to the rear-loading flintlock guns currently used in the mainstream of Yiwang Territory, making the performance of the muskets also improved. Great improvement.

  Subsequently, Qu Mao immediately summoned the metal bullet research and development project team to the test firing site of the Firearms Research Institute for test firing experiments.

   Sure enough, due to the targeted optimization of metal bullets and muskets, the range of muskets in King Yi’s territory has become longer, and the operation of loading and unloading has become more convenient.

According to this efficiency, the combat strength of the Musketeers in King Yi's territory has increased by at least 50% on the battlefield. The same 1 million Firearms Army soldiers can reach the combat strength of the past 1.3 million Firearms Army soldiers. This makes Qu Mao fully understand To the improvement of combat power brought about by weapon improvement.

   On Twin Islands in the middle of the road, Qu Mao stayed for three full days. From the research and manufacture of metal bullets, to the firearms soldiers, he frequently asked different firearms soldiers to use metal bullets for shooting experiments.

  No matter which aspect, Qu Mao expressed his satisfaction, because no matter it is the loading of bullets, aiming and shooting, or the range and shooting accuracy, and even the shooting power, it is completely unmatched by the paper-packed bullets in the past.

   In the face of metal bullets, paper-wrapped bullets are not even worthy of calling themselves little brothers.

   Metal bullets have already been developed, and metal shells will naturally not take too long to develop.

  Since the end of Tianxuan Eighth, the continuous firing device for guns and artillery has also begun to have a substantial breakthrough because of the successful development of metal bullets.

   Qu Mao stayed at Midway Twin Islands for three days and three nights. In addition to repeatedly testing the metal bullets, he was also beginning to explain the theory, design and schematic diagram of the magazine to the researchers of the Firearms Research Institute, Firearms University, and Firearms Army University.

Very simple design, one or two groups of springs are placed under a clip, and a buckle is designed on the top to continuously press the bullets in, and then a hole is opened at the end of the past rear-loading flintlock gun to connect with the barrel, and the clip Hold the magazine, as long as the cartridge case is withdrawn, it can realize automatic reloading.

  The metal bullet research and development project team has already spontaneously improved the ejection mechanism of the traditional rear-loading flintlock gun. Qu Maozai said that for these research and development personnel, there is a bright future ahead of them.

  Even after Qu Mao finished his concept and design drawings, the researchers showed Qu Mao a magazine that could hold 20 rounds of metal bullets at a time early the next morning.

  With such progress, Qu Mao estimated that the musket bursts in King Yi's territory would be realized soon, and at the same time, machine guns and submachine guns might appear soon.

   Thinking of the soaring strength of the firearms soldiers equipped with submachine guns and machine guns, Qu Mao couldn't help but want to drool.

   Judging from the enemies currently encountered in King Yi's territory, traditional rank fighters, even rank 5 heavy cavalry and rank 7 magicians, would definitely kill a large number of them when encountering machine guns.

  Of course, Qu Mao, in addition to pointing out specific firearms and ammunition research and development on Midway Twin Islands, also inspected the firearms soldiers in training on Midway Twin Islands.

  In the context of the construction of a large number of reinforced concrete buildings on the Midway Twin Islands, the capacity of the large island of the Midway Twin Islands to accommodate the soldiers of the Firearms Army has also been greatly improved.

In addition to maintaining the combat strength of the six reorganized group armies on the western front for a long time, the current firearms army also maintains the strength of eight reorganized group armies on the big island of Gemini Island midway, of which the resting regular army and the firearms army in training account for half .

This does not include the small number of Firearms Army soldiers supporting the Eastern Front. Counting the Firearms Army University, Firearms University, and Firearms Research Institute, the cumulative number of residents on the midway twin islands has exceeded 3 million, and Qu Mao judged that the population of 3 million The total number is far from the upper limit of the midway twin islands.

Of course, judging from the level of firearm equipment, in addition to the total number of 3.5 million firearms army equipped with firearms, the imperial guards, especially the fifth-tier imperial guards who often accompany Qu Mao on trips, are basically equipped with firearms. One pistol, sixty paper-wrapped rounds, and four grenades.

  As for the heroes of the Army, Magic Army, and Garrison Army, they are basically equipped with a pistol, which shows that firearms have been widely used in the military field of King Yi's territory.

  Qu Mao estimates that the total number of soldiers equipped with firearms or partially equipped with firearms in all the armies of King Yi’s territory should have exceeded 5 million theoretically. Among them, the firearms equipped by the logistics troops of the Firearms Army may not be particularly powerful.

  However, compared to the past, this is also a significant improvement, not to mention that since the eleventh year of Tianxuan, King Yi's territory has basically sold arms to the Fulu Empire every ten days.

On the Eastern Front, after being supported by the Firearms Army attacking force led by Sir Mrak himself, although Sir Mrak has withdrawn from the Eastern Front and returned to Midway Twin Islands, the Firearms’ support to the Eastern Front has never stopped. Therefore, the Eastern Front has also made great progress in the eleventh year of Tianxuan.

  In less than two years, the Firearms Army has grown to its current scale and combat power. Qu Mao expressed his satisfaction.

  However, when leaving Twin Islands halfway back to the Holy Land, Qu Mao still asked Sir Mrak to strive to expand the size of the Firearms Army to more than ten million before the end of the 12th year of Tianxuan.

  (end of this chapter)