Chapter 82 Fixed Granular Gpowder

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For the training of the fireman, his experience only comes from some previous online materials and scenes in film and television dramas, so after sorting out his thoughts, he asked these selected firemans to start practicing according to his understanding of the application of musket.

First of all, he asked these people to keep practicing the loading of fire, and repeatedly asked them to repeat every loading action, so that the steps of loading have always reached the level of instinct, so as to avoid the mistake of loading when these goods were in battle, so as to prevent them from either loading too much gunpowder, or forgetting to load bullets or forgetting. Pull out the stick and release a shot for nothing. This training can also allow them to greatly increase the speed of loading, at least twice a minute.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian also found a problem, that is, the gunpowder equipped with these gunshots are all powdered gunpowder, which causes the ingredients in the gunpowder to be uneven, which seriously affects the performance of the gunpowder and naturally affects the power of the gunpowder.

There is no smokeless gunpowder in this era, but as long as black gunpowder is made into granular gunpowder, it is also quite powerful. So it seems that these craftsmen who make gunpowder are either cutting corners, or they have not mastered the production method of granular gunpowder at all.

The gunpowder of the fireman is packed in a horn. When filling, it is easy for many inexperienced people to install more or less. It is impossible to guarantee the quality of the filling at all, and it also affects the speed of loading. In the battle, you forget to plug the mouth of the horn gourd in a hurry, and the gunpowder will also be scattered.

This is different from Xiao Tianjian's cognition. In Xiao Tianjian's view, even in the era of fire rope guns, fixed gunpowder can be used to divide the gunpowder in a small container in advance and pour it directly into the gun, so as to ensure that the quality of the gunpowder is the same every time it is loaded and greatly reduces the explosion. Therefore.

Xiao Tianjian belongs to the kind of activist. Since he thinks of it, he will take immediate action. Granular gunpowder is very simple to make, but it is to mix the powdered gunpowder fully and evenly, spread it flatly on the soup, and then boil some glutinous rice juice. Whether it is sprayed with a nozzle or a sprayer, and spray the glutinous rice juice evenly on the spread. On the powdered gunpowder, and then gently shake the scoop. The powdered gunpowder condenses into granular gunpowder by itself. After drying, it is stored, and the granular gunpowder is a great success. The power of such granulated gunpowder is much stronger than the powdered gunpowder, and it is not easy to vibrate when transport and causes the heavier sulfur in the gunpowder to sink, and charcoal powder. It floats on the upper layer, and it can also effectively reduce the moisture absorption of gunpowder, which can be said to kill many birds with one stone.

As for the separate gunpowder, it is simpler. As long as the gunpowder is strictly divided according to the amount of gunpowder, whether it is wrapped in oil paper or a small bamboo tube, in short, it is not only convenient to take and fill, but also effectively prevent moisture. Its effect is naturally self-evident.

He can't find oil paper at hand now, so he can only take materials on the spot, find some dry fine bamboo, cut it into sections, divide the gunpowder into these bamboo tubes, plug the mouth with cork plugs, and finally seal the wax to prevent moisture, which is a great success.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian also found a problem, that is, the lead used by these firearms is a little irregular, either big or small. When the big one is loaded, it is not easy to load the gun, and it is easy to explode, but the small one falls into it with a click. The muzzle is slightly lower, and the projectile is It will fall out, even if it doesn't fall out, because of the deflatedness when the gunpowder burns, the power of the projectile will be greatly reduced.

So he can only let a craftsman melt these projectiles and recast them. The specifications must be matched with each gun so that it does not have the previous situation, and it is as precise as possible, so that it can effectively cooperate with the barrel and improve the loading speed and power of the musket.

In just a few days, these dispensed gunpowder were equipped to these gunners. When using it, they only need to bite off the sealing cork with their teeth and directly pour the gunpowder into the muzzle. Xiao Tianjian also asked the woman in the castle to sew a set of belts for the dispensing gunpowder with coarse cloth, and the shotguns of later generations. The belt is average, and it is much more convenient to use.

On the other side, under Xiao Tianjian's training, these firemans made rapid progress when loading. The speed of loading once in a minute or two was greatly improved, making the loading speed reach the speed of two per minute, which made Xiao Tianjian much satisfied.

In addition to letting these people practice loading, Xiao Tianjian also forced these guys to practice aiming for a long time every day. Everyone held the fire and dragged for a long time. The tired guys' arms were sore and numb, which was not enough. Xiao Tianjian also hung a stone on each of them to increase their weight and forging. This method is commonly used by PLA in later generations when training new recruits. Xiao Tianjian has also experienced such training, and the effect is quite good. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to shoot such a good result for the first time at that time.

Unfortunately, the amount of gunpowder on hand is too small. Although he really wants to practice these guys with live ammunition, the lack of gunpowder makes him unable to do so. In addition, the life of these bird barrels is very short, which is far less than the barrel life span of thousands of guns in later generations. One shot is less. Using it once, God knows when he will have the ability to make muskets independently, so he is really reluctant to use it.

The problem of making gunpowder is not difficult for Xiao Tianjian. Few people in later generations do not know the formula of gunpowder, but it is saltpeter, sulfur and toner. The ratio of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty is quite mature, and there is basically no difference from the gunpowder ratio of later generations. It's just that Xiao Tianjian has at present. There is no saltpeter and sulfur. If you want to make your own gunpowder, at least it is not realistic now, so the only ignition potion has become Xiao Tianjian's treasure. In addition to equipping each gun with 30 rounds of gunpowder, the remaining poor gunpowder stock is only enough for the tiger squat gun to fire four or five times.

However, even so, after a few days of practice, Xiao Tianjian still endured the pain and asked these people to shoot live ammunition to test the training effect these days.

"Start loading!" After Xiao Tianjian ordered them to line up, he ordered loudly.

More than a dozen firearms immediately put the handle of the bird's gun on the ground. They neatly took out a bamboo tube with gunpowder from their waist, bit off the wooden plug at the front end of the bamboo tube, and instantly poured the gunpowder from the bamboo tube into the gunbore, and then inserted the gunpowder into the gun, and took out a bullet from the projectile bag. The pill is stuffed into the mouth of the gun, and the bullet is pounded into the bottom of the gun with a cane again, which is tightly attached to the gunpowder.

Then they picked up the gun, opened the lid of the medicine pool, poured the gunpowder into the medicine pool, closed the lid, lit the fire rope on the musket, opened the faucet,... held the gun in both hands and put it upright in front of them, blew the fire rope with their mouth so that it would not go out, and then shouted loudly one by one. He said, "Filled! ......”

After several days of repeated training, these guys were already very familiar with the whole loading action. In about half an hour, these people completed the loading and reported loudly to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian nodded with satisfaction. This kind of training worked well. At least the loading speed really improved a lot, so he immediately ordered loudly again: "Huge up! Aim!"

After more than a dozen gunshots excitedly loaded the gunpowder, they flattened the gun together, raised their guns and began to carefully aim at the humanoid target set by Xiao Tianjian for them in 50 steps.

"Fire!" With Xiao Tianjian's order, these firemen pulled off the bolts together, and only heard a bang of gunfire, and immediately a piece of smoke rose in front of them, making it almost impossible to see the target.

"Put down the gun! Clear the lair!" Xiao Tianjian then ordered loudly.

This row of fire pistols immediately put down the fire pistol, immediately pulled out the stick, inserted it into the gun chamber that was still smoking, removed the remaining unburned gunpowder residue in the gun chamber, and quickly picked up the gun and cleaned the small hole in the medicine pool to the gun hole in the gun hole to prevent the gunpowder from firing the gun hole the next time the medicine pool is used. The gunpowder.

At this time, several people lying in the ditch on the other side of the target immediately got up and began to check the target.

"The No. 1 target hit the chest! The second target is out of the target! The No. 3 target hit the head! The No. 4 target hit the leg..." After a while, the group of people shouted and loudly reported the result of their shooting to the fireman on this side.

The fireman who hit effectively immediately became happy and grinned and laughed loudly. When they shot just now, they were really worried that the guy in their hands would blow them up and kill them, but now they are very happy. They hit the target in fifty steps. For them, they used to want to They didn't dare to think of it, but now they have done it.

Those firemen who didn't hit the target were unlucky. They finally got a live shot. As a result, they also lost the lead. These disqualified firemen, one or both of them were very frustrated and felt ashamed.

After listening to the target, Xiao Tianjian calculated that he hit half of the twelve fire gunshots and half of them were empty. Although he was not satisfied with this result, it was almost the same. Because the fire gun made a bad one, it was lucky not to explode. Half of the hit was already quite a good result, even if he gave him a shot. If you let him fight, he can't guarantee that he will hit the target, so he nodded to accept it and praised those who hit him: "That's good! It seems that you have been paying attention to it these days! For the hit person today, add a piece of meat to each person at night! Don't eat meat if you don't hit it! This is called reward and punishment! Turn the gun over the shoulder and turn left! Walk together! ......”