Nanming Engineer

Chapter 127 How to Use Bird System? (updated update)
Niao Tong, also known as Niao Zui Tong, was originally an imported object, but it was actually a matchlock gun. It was captured from the Japanese and Portuguese when the Ming army recovered Shuangyu Island during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was called the Japanese Iron Cannon at that time. , captured together, and some gun-making craftsmen, the Ming army suffered a big loss in this battle, and it was used as a magic weapon for a while. The imperial court ordered Ming craftsmen to learn to imitate, because the trigger clip of the matchlock gun was made into a bird's beak There is another saying that matchlock guns can accurately shoot down birds in the sky, so it is called Niaotong.

No matter why it is called the bird system, the introduction of the matchlock gun is much better than the fire system originally developed by the Ming Dynasty. It has a rear sight and a front sight, which can be accurate and standard; when shooting, both hands can be free to hold the gun body stably; The speed of the bullet is much faster than that of the fire system, so after the successful imitation of the bird system, it immediately became the most widely used firearm in the Ming Dynasty. In the 37th year of Jiajing alone, it produced [-] rods at full capacity, which shows that the Ming Dynasty was against the firearm. The importance of bird system.

The Niaotong in Wang Huan's hands was produced in the tenth year of Chongzhen, seven years ago. It was made by the Royal Military Bureau of the Ming Dynasty. The name of the craftsman and supervisor was engraved on the end of the Niaotong.

The pipe has been polished to a smooth finish, exuding the dim light of refined iron. The varnish has fallen off in several places on the wooden body, and mottled wood grains are faintly emerging. The length of the pipe is about 1.5 meters, and the thickness of the wall is a little more than one centimeter. , there is a sight in the front of the tube, and a rear sight in the back. The tube is about [-] centimeters long, the diameter of the tube is about [-] mm, and it weighs more than six catties.

Wang Huan looked at the bird system in his hand and praised it loudly. He really couldn't imagine how the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, using those backward manufacturing tools, how did the craftsmen make this thing that later generations seemed so simple and now seems so complicated? Created by the cutting-edge bird system, I sincerely admire the ingenuity of the Chinese working people.

Wang Huan picked up the bird weapon, habitually imagining how to perform the fifth and sixth forms during military training. He put the tail end of the bird weapon against his shoulder to take aim. When he held the handle of the gun, he realized that the bird weapon had no butt and only a curved end. The handle can be grasped with one hand, and the other hand can only hold the front end of the bird system so that the gun can be aimed steadily.

"Why doesn't this bird have a gun stock? How do you aim it?" Wang Huan asked casually.

Beside him stood Ma Xintian and Zu Bian. Ma Xintian was not good at firearms, so he couldn't answer anything, but Zu Bian became strange when he heard the sound.

"Butt? What's that?"

"Well, it's just a long wooden handle, which is installed at the end of the gun. It can be used to touch the shoulders and keep the eyes close to the body. This will make it easier to aim, and secondly, it will be more stable when shooting." Wang Huan said while making movements, bringing the bird in his hand close to his face.

Zu Bian was stunned, more confused, and there was a little smile in the confusion, he grinned and said: "My lord, I don't understand the gun stock you are talking about, but if you use the bird like you, let's not talk about fire The sparks that pop out of the door will burn your face, aren't you afraid that the bird will explode and blind your eyes?"

At this moment, Wang Huan was stunned, and he asked puzzledly, "Burnt face? Explosion?"

Zu Bian suddenly became excited. It turned out that Mr. Wang, who knows everything in the sky and half of the earth, has something that he doesn't know. He got excited and took the bird in Wang Huan's hand, pointing and saying: "Your Excellency, you have never seen it before." For those who have used the bird system, let me explain it."

"Niaotong shooting consists of pouring the powder, charging the powder, pressing the fire, loading the bullet, loading the door powder, loading the matchlock, seven steps to ignite and shoot, according to the military rules, all the bird commanders move in unison when they listen to the command and order, and give an order. Move one step, and after the seven beeps, use the suona sound as the signal, the suona sound will be heard, a row of guns will be fired, and then the front row will retreat to the back row, and the cycle repeats."

Wang Huan and Ma Xintian opened their eyes wide and listened carefully. Zu Bian saw it and became more proud. He operated the bird control very smoothly, and continued talking while pulling the trigger of the fire door.

"The range of the Bird Command is 120 steps, but according to the rules set by Grandpa Qi's army, eighty steps is the assessment distance, and seven out of ten shots is the best. Unfortunately, after the Hunhe War, the Ming Dynasty no longer had Qi's army, and no one could use this assessment system. obey."

"Speaking of Niaotong, I have to talk about my Ming Bingzhan Bureau, the grandsons who eat soldiers' flesh and drink their blood. What they made can't be called Niaotong at all. It's not as good as a fire stick. The stick in the hands of your lord, It's not bad, probably Zeng Ying spent a lot of money to buy it. If there is no Huahuanxi money issued by the Ministry of War, no one would dare to use it. There is no supervisor's name on it, and almost every shot is blown. The walls are as thin as paper, uneven and useless."

"Let's talk about gunpowder. If you don't give money to Bing Beidao and the doctor of the Ministry of War to bring good luck, you can't even think of using qualified gunpowder. The gunpowder is full of sand and cannot be ignited with a match rope, let alone explode. How many soldiers are there? I suffered a big loss from this. When I was in Liaodong, I got caught once. The bird gun in my hand couldn't fire, and I didn't dare to load more gunpowder for fear of exploding the chamber. In the end, I simply lost the fire gun knife."

"So, my lord, you put your face so close just now, and you were close to the fire door. The bird made a sound, and sparks splashed in the fire pool. It would be strange if you didn't burn you into pockmarks, and the bird is very easy to explode. Take Stay a little farther away, at least you won’t become blind when the chamber is blown up.”

Zu Bian finished speaking without stopping, and listened to Wang Huan with great interest. It turns out that the bird system of this era has so much attention, which has never been heard of in later generations.

"However, according to "Records of Troop Training", there are 690 nine soldiers in the infantry battalion of Qi's army, but they are equipped with [-] bird battalions, accounting for [-]% of the force. If the bird battalions are so unbearable, why Will the Qi family army have so many equipment?" Wang Huan thought for a while and asked a question.

"Hey, my lord, you still don't understand." Zu Bian patted his thigh and said, "It's not the Niaotong that is bad, but the person who made the Niaotong. Who would dare to use a defective product to perfuse him at Grandpa Qi's meeting? There are the names of the craftsmen and supervisors on it, and no one can escape if something goes wrong. It’s not like now, no one cares if the chamber is blown up, and those supervising eunuchs don’t take money and don’t ship, and the goods are also defective.”

Wang Huan nodded, his eyes flickering and he said softly: "So that's the case, the things that dare to be broken are caused by the rules, and the system is broken."

Ma Xintian also nodded slightly: "General Zu is right. Although I have never used a firearm, I have occasionally heard it when I was talking with other generals in the army. , It’s a pity that it’s not necessary, the soldiers and horses in the world, only the bird system equipped by the Jingying Shenji Battalion is the best, reliable and safe.”

Zu Bian said: "That is the Son of Heaven's pro-army. No matter how greedy the gangsters in the military battle bureau are, they dare not mess with those honorable children. However, the Shenji Camp is full of idiots, and it has long lost its reputation. They are definitely the ones who run first in battle, but it’s a pity for those good firearms, alas!”

He sighed heavily, he didn't know whether he was lamenting the low combat power of the Shenji Battalion, or regretting the firearms of the Shenji Battalion.

(End of this chapter)