RPAGF Chapter 42 Confirms the New Gun
Chapter 42 Confirms the New Gun
The "Precision +2" effect doubles the effective range, completely exceeding the effective kill range of a revolver.
But this is exactly the effect Chang Yuan wanted.
His battle with the Blood Spirit Servant taught him a lesson.
In this Ming Dynasty teeming with extraordinary monsters, revolvers are truly not a panacea.
He had made up his mind that after the mission was over, he would go home and build a new gun with even greater power.
Moreover, Chang Yuan has changed dramatically and can now withstand greater recoil, allowing him to use more powerful firearms.
Although he hadn't practiced martial arts for long, with the support of the spiritual energy flow, his achievements were comparable to those of an ordinary genius in a year and surpassed the gains of an ordinary person in ten years.
Chang Yuan can now be considered to have achieved great success in martial arts. Although his body does not look particularly strong, his strength, agility and endurance have undergone tremendous changes.
Moreover, he had already chosen the model to be copied for the new gun to be manufactured, which was the most handsome rifle in the history of the Republic—the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle!
The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle was based on the SKS semi-automatic rifle. It weighs 3.85 kg unloaded and is 1025 mm long.
Using 7.62×39mm ammunition, it has the advantages of being lightweight, having high shooting accuracy, fewer parts, being easy to manufacture, and having reliable mechanism operation.
Simply put, it's accurate and durable.
The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle features a 10-round fixed magazine and is automatically loaded via a gas-operated barrel, providing excellent sustained firepower. It is also equipped with a fixed bayonet for close-quarters combat.
All the data perfectly meet Changyuan's current needs.
It wasn't that Chang Yuan didn't want fully automatic weapons, but rather that he lacked manufacturing experience, lacked confidence in the quality of Ming Dynasty steel, and lacked confidence in his own speed in manually producing bullets.
The last one is the most fatal.
A fully automatic weapon fires dozens of bullets at a time; how could he possibly keep up with the demand if he made bullets by hand?
Let's put it on hold for now.
Once the Ming Dynasty has widespread use of metal-loaded ammunition and fully automated production lines are in normal operation, producing bullets in batches of tens to hundreds of millions, he will then develop fully automated weapons with huge consumption volumes.
The most important thing right now is to focus on improving the power of the weapons.
Chang Yuan decided not to change the gun's structure, but he wanted to increase its size.
Especially the 7.62×39mm bullet is absolutely unacceptable; it needs to be enlarged, enlarged, and enlarged again!
Try the 9.0 x 50 mm size first. If that doesn't work, increase it. He'd even consider 14 x 100 mm!
After the large-scale crackdown, Chang Yuan's life returned to normal.
He practiced martial arts at Changhui Martial Arts School every day, becoming stronger at a speed that no one could have imagined. However, he no longer spent the night in the school dormitory, but instead stayed up all night at home making new weapons.
The first thing he accomplished was the small-scale enemy capable of defeating ten thousand men that he had promised Gao Su.
Because it is a weapon specially made for telekinetic superhumans, it only requires an iron outer shell, 70 grams of explosives, and a cap of fire.
Telekinesis can directly trigger the fire cap, so the fire cap is fixed inside the iron shell, and there is no need to trigger the firing pin of the fire cap, nor is there a need to push the firing pin spring.
The omission of these two small parts reduced the weight of the weapon by one-tenth and the cost by half.
More importantly, the time required to produce a weapon capable of taking on ten thousand men is reduced to one-fifth of the original time, even faster than making a bullet.
The weapon Gao Su obtained resembled a pineapple, about the size of an egg, and could be held in the palm of his hand without being detected.
He was very satisfied after trying it out and gave his exclusive weapon a new name: Palm Thunder!
The palm-sized thunder was easily dealt with, but the development of the 56-and-a-half was very difficult.
Just as Chang Yuan predicted, none of the steel available on the market met the performance requirements of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle barrel.
However, the Ming Dynasty, which was capable of manufacturing steam trains and iron horses, was certainly not lacking in metallurgical technology; it simply did not directly invest in the niche field of firearms manufacturing.
Through the internal channels of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he wrote to the Southern Garrison Command in the capital and ordered ten gun barrels of different specifications and sizes in his own name.
However, actual tests have shown that when the 9mm bullet is properly fitted, the huge chamber pressure at the time of firing can still cause the chamber to explode.
Left with no other choice, Chang Yuan had to abandon the craftsmanship of his previous life and reprocess the steel pipe using the existing "wrought iron inner layer and bronze outer layer" technology of the Ming Dynasty, using a composite casting method to improve the strength of the gun barrel.
After more than ten attempts, he finally produced qualified gun barrels of different calibers, and then used a hand-operated broach to rifling them.
Having solved the core component, the barrel, the next challenge was the gas system and the bolt locking mechanism.
The difficulty in these two structures lies in the precision of the machining, especially the opening of the gas guiding device, which must be able to precisely control the input of gunpowder gas.
If too much gas is introduced, the bolt can easily be damaged; if too little gas is introduced, the spent cartridge case cannot be ejected, and a new bullet cannot be loaded.
The piston and push rod of the bolt locking mechanism must ensure smooth movement, preventing them from jamming or breaking during high-speed sliding, in order to achieve smooth and continuous firing.
After Chang Yuan solved the three key problems, the production of the magazine, gun body, sights and bayonet were all minor tasks that local blacksmiths could handle.
He only needs to polish it slightly as needed.
Since Chang Yuan doesn't essentially design weapons, but rather directly replicates mature weapon designs, the manufacturing process is extremely fast.
In just one month, he completed the production of the 9mm caliber 56 semi-automatic rifle.
Over the next two days, he made a 12mm caliber Type 56 semi-automatic rifle and a 14mm caliber big gun.
One hundred bullets were made to match the three calibers of weapons, and Chang Yuan excitedly carried the three guns to the shooting range of the Jinyiwei Thousand Household Office to test them.
Hearing that Chang Yuan had manufactured a new gun, the entire Qianhu garrison became interested.
Commanders, centurions, captains, lieutenants, captains, strongmen, and even the families of the Embroidered Uniform Guards—anyone with free time—came to watch the spectacle.
The shooting range was packed with people, and the lively atmosphere was no less than that of the Chinese New Year.
This is not surprising. Although the major operation a month ago had some flaws, it dealt a heavy blow to cults in Henan Province.
The Jinyiwei Eastern Garrison primarily targets the Jade Statue of Creation, Blood Spirit, and Sun and Moon Holy Sect, but they won't deliberately overlook other cults during their operations.
The result was that pulling out the radish brought out the mud, and other cult strongholds, both large and small, were also wiped out.
Because it was a joint effort by three major cults, they knew that the Embroidered Uniform Guard would retaliate, so the losses were still within an acceptable range.
Other cults were caught off guard and suffered divine retribution, resulting in greater losses than the three main culprits.
As a result, the security situation in Henan and Hebei provinces has greatly improved, the workload of the Eastern Garrison Command has decreased significantly, and many Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) are on leave at their respective Thousand Household Offices.
Hearing that Chang Yuan had developed a new gun, these idle Imperial Guards brought their families to watch the spectacle, which led to the lively scene we see today.
Seeing the grand scale of the event, Lord Qianhu simply waved his hand and ordered, "Let's add some ceremony!"
So the shooting range was transformed, with colorful flags fluttering, drums beating, boats moving on land, and drums pounding.
Chang Yuan was completely numb.
He came here to test the gun, how did he suddenly turn into a monkey show?
The key point is, he is that monkey!
Damn it, I can't be the only one who loses face!
Come here, Gao Su!