Chapter 223 Cannedy Type II Clockwork Gun! More accurate! More powerful!
In the industrial park, the Ordnance Institute is the most mysterious. Not only does it have its own workshop, but it also has a special shooting range in the outer countryside.
At this moment, on the muddy ground with weeds reaching ankle deep, a holy gunman was holding a new style of clockwork gun and praying attentively.
In his prayer, he asked the Holy Spirit in the Holy Gun to listen to his call and blow out a strong holy wind without causing duds or explosions.
“Is the prayer over?”
"It's over." After reciting the last prayer silently, he held the gun's mouth in his hand and responded in a low voice.
As an experienced musketeer who had experienced the Suffering March and the bloody battle of Joan of Arc, he knew how to use the new clockwork musket in just a few minutes.
The difference from the old wind-up gun is that the new wind-up gun has a diameter reduced by 3 mm, making it lighter to hold.
He first used a rod to push the firing rod back to its original position, and then stuffed a round lead bullet into the mouth of the gun.
“Get ready!”
After hearing the officer's order, the gunslinger calmly twisted the key in the barrel. After about ten turns, he stretched out his hand and pulled the bolt on the barrel.
After a "click", the trigger of the clockwork gun stood up as if it had taken a small blue pill, and it was extremely strong.
“Aim!”
Use the stand to hold the wind-up gun, put the gun holder against the shoulder socket, and the cold iron barrel was pressed against the gunman’s cheek.
Put your ear close to the gun tube and you can hear the sound of the anti-return pawl retracting little by little,
With his finger inserted in front of the trigger, the gunman resisted the dizziness, closed his left eye, and pointed the crosshair at the muzzle at the dummy wearing knight armor fifty meters away.
His heartbeat seemed to be synchronized with the gears, and every second seemed to be stretching infinitely.
Then, the moment finally arrived.
"Holy wind!"
A piercing scream suddenly erupted, and the loud bang of the clockwork gun tore through the sky like thunder, deafening.
The clockwork key rotated rapidly like a windmill, bringing up afterimages, and the pungent smell of heated metal instantly filled the nose.
“Bang!”
The knight dummy in the distance suddenly fell backwards, but quickly stood up again, swinging back and forth repeatedly.
Jet-breaking metal fragments and sawdust scatter into the cold air.
Paslik waved, and the two soldiers set up the knight target and ran towards Horn with difficulty.
After the target arrived, Seamotine stood up. She was wearing thick leather gloves today, revealing her strong arm muscles.
Picking up a wind-up gun, she introduced to Horn: "The Cannedy II rifle, 17 mm caliber, 1.5 meters long, lead bullet weight 30 to 50 grams, total weight 18 to 22 pounds.
When using the stand, it can be operated by one person, and the firing frequency can be maintained within 30 seconds, two rounds per minute.
On the Cannedy Type 1. Basically, I switched to an S-shaped spring to ensure that the force output is consistent throughout the process.
The firing rod and gear will not be damaged in the first half, and the firing rod speed in the second half will not be able to keep up with the speed of the projectile. Hanging upside down reduces wear on the firing rod and gears
In addition, a non-return pawl is installed in the barrel. After winding the spring, push the bolt, depress the non-return pawl, the trigger will pop up, and pull the trigger after aiming.
However, the anti-return pawl can only stop the rotation of the spring for about 1 minute at most. After winding the spring, if it is not fired for one minute, the anti-return pawl has a high probability of rebounding. "
Horn stepped forward and stroked the small hole as thick as his index finger on the plate armor. He inserted his finger fiercely, about two knuckles in, and it was all the way to the end. In other words, the effective killing distance It can penetrate armor at a distance of one hundred yards or fifty yards, with a penetration depth of 3 to 4 centimeters.
With Sisi's Skunk brand calming smelling salts, he is an experienced holy gunner. Use meditation between firing and reloading. It will take four shots in a battle to run out of mana.
Unfortunately, after reducing the caliber and using a butt, the barrel had to be lengthened, from the original 1.4 meters to 1.5 meters.
This means that if you want to use a clockwork gun normally, you must be at least 1.6 meters tall.
Because when using it, you need to hold the bracket with one hand to hold the barrel.
Friends who often use clockwork guns know that remember the lever principle given by Horn. The closer the fulcrum is, the smaller the moment arm is.
If you are short and your arms are not long enough, the heavy muzzle in front of you will tilt downwards, which may even cause the entire gun to become unbalanced and fall or the launch may be inaccurate.
But the power of this thing is enough. From a distance of fifty meters, according to a heavy armored knight's charging step of 7 meters per second, it is enough to fire two rounds of a clockwork gun.
Because Horn estimates that it will take about 5 to 6 seconds from the launch to the rear row coming forward, then the cavalry will fire the first time after entering a distance of fifty meters, and the second time at a distance of fifteen meters.
Caressing the barrel of the blunderbuss carefully, Horn seemed to be able to see that after a thousand blunderbuss were fired, thousands of lead bullets shot through the knight's body and fell to the ground like dominoes.
"Yes, you did a good job." Horn announced immediately, "Who, please remember, is going to confer the title of Monk of the Royal Engineering Monastery of the Papal State. In addition to the basic salary, A subsidy of 20 dinars is provided, and an invention fund can be applied for every year to be used for inventions and creations.”
“Royal Engineering Monastery? What is that?” Haimoting was confused.
"The so-called Royal Engineering Monastery is for those craftsmen who have made significant contributions and academic achievements in engineering. They can be conferred holy orders because of their technical contributions." Horn patted Seamotine on the shoulder and deliberately amplified his voice.
At this moment, almost all the craftsmen around them stopped for a moment, as if they were listening to something, or even trotted over without any concealment, stretching their ears to listen.
“There will be a Royal Alchemy Monastery, a Royal Literary Monastery, etc. in the future. As for the invention fund...
You can think of it as a free loan given to you by the Engineering Monastery, and use a sum of money to manufacture And experiment with things you like, such as clocks."
Looking at Haimoting's eyes, Horn smiled: "If your invention is really fruitful, then the income generated by the invention will be great. , a portion will go to the Engineering Abbey for invention funds and operating expenses
But if you don't like it, you can buy it out with your own money.
Okay, I'll give you three days off, and then it's time for the second project - the cavalry's wind-up gun. "
After arranging for Haimo Ting to rest, the second person Horn pulled was Brock: "How is our production of clockwork guns? Can 1,000 pieces be completed within two months? "
"The output is about 8 pieces per day. If the working hours are extended, the maximum is 12 pieces per day. Brock still looked depressed, "As for whether we can complete 1,000 pieces within two months, first ask if the orichalcum spring and refined iron are enough?" ”
“I have reduced the fine iron requirements for the alchemy ritual of Orichalcum Clockwork to 8 pounds, but the cost is that 12 alchemists are required to participate in one alchemy. ”
Refining orichalcum reduces 6 pounds of refined iron each time, so a total of about 2,000 pounds of refined iron is saved.
Horn replied: "Alchemists are not a problem, can the production keep up?"
"Give me 40 alchemists, who can produce 10 pounds of orichalcum per day." Paslee Ke said confidently.
Horn immediately transferred the pressure to Brock. Cold sweat broke out on Brock's head. He thought for a long time before saying awkwardly: "Your Majesty, our limit is 12. After all, rolling a blunderbuss tube is a very troublesome process, and the damage rate is very high."
"What if we use a water-powered forging hammer and Jeanne's lightning?" Horn asked.
Brock continued to shake his head: "The workload has exceeded Her Majesty Jeanne's upper limit. Her Majesty Jeanne's magic power is limited after all. Besides, there are only more than ten blacksmiths who can do fine work."
The discharged water in the moon pool suddenly flashed across Horn's mind, and he pondered for a while: "You guys will extend your daily working hours first, and give you extra bonuses and night passes. I'll figure out the rest. .”
(End of this chapter)