"Your Majesty, the current mainstream flintlock guns in Europe do not have rifling inside. The disadvantage is that the bullets are easy to roll and the trajectory is unstable. Engraving a spiral groove inside the barrel can prevent this from happening.”
" The rifling does solve the problem of the projectile rolling, but the problem is obvious. It makes it more difficult to load. Moreover, if the rifling wants the projectile to spin, the diameter of the projectile must be slightly larger than the diameter of the rifling. This directly makes it very troublesome to load the projectile from the muzzle.”
"I picked this up on Flower Island the day before yesterday…"
Reba put down her pen and took out a shell from the pouch at the waist of her dress. The 7.62×54 caliber bullet casing used for the Leenfield rifle.
The Lee Enfield rifle that Zhu Zhenglong had gotten was not a 7.7mm caliber, but a 7.62mm. It was probably because the 7.62mm bullet had a straighter trajectory and higher accuracy.
"Your Majesty, may I take a look at the structure of this spear?”
Zhu Weichu did not hesitate. He took a Leenfield rifle from the left wall of the study and handed it to Reba, explaining the firing principle in detail.
" Type 1755 Rifle, 7.62mm caliber, uses metal-shelled bullets, maximum effective range of 1500 meters, magazine capacity of 10 rounds. The design of the bullets is very ingenious. It is composed of a shell base, gunpowder, and a bullet head. When the trigger is pulled, the firing pin will hit the base, and the base will ignite the gunpowder…"
"Actually, I don't really understand. There are some remaining technical information here. You can take a look.”
After listening to Zhu Weichu's unprofessional explanation, Reba took the exquisitely crafted rifle that was 90% new. She followed the instructions for the bolt rifle in her mind and pulled the bolt to check the internal structure.
Ah, I don't understand!
Reba, who didn't know anything about firearms, didn't know what a recoil spring or a firing pin was. He could only learn and use it on the spot, speaking according to the tips of the military experts in the live broadcast room.
" Genius. Genius design."
"This loading method and the metal-coated bullets perfectly solve the shortcomings of the gun, which is slow to load and the gunpowder will get wet.”
Kacha kacha ~
Reba pulled the bolt to withdraw two bullets, put down the gun, and looked at the two pieces of paper given by Zhu Weichu, deep in thought.
Mercury fulminate? Fire hat?
[Good heavens, he even has information on the mercury fulminate cap, so why bother with the Mini Rifle? He's directly using a Dreiser type needle-fired rifle!]]
[That's right. The needle-fired rifle is already infinitely close to the bolt rifle. It should be the father of the metal-shelled bolt rifle. It was definitely a divine weapon in 1776 and could beat the whole world!]]
Reba, come, here's the principle of the needle-fired rifle.]
[Sigh, it's time for Fatty Di to act cool again. I feel so bad seeing her act cool and shock Zhu Weichu…]
[Isn't that so? If this continued, the history books of the parallel world would probably be filled with hot topics. The greatest female scientist of the 18th and 19th centuries, the greatest female scientist in the history of mankind, she was so awesome!]
Fatty Di, Fatty Di, how are you going to thank us?]
Thank you my ass. Aren't I tired of acting?
Reba ignored the netizen's nagging and continued to pretend to be deep in thought.
He couldn't figure it out too quickly. It was too fake.
Zhu Weichu did not say anything and did not want to disturb Reba's thoughts.
The study room was very quiet. Only the chirping of insects could be heard from outside the window.
Under the oil lamp, Reba was in a particularly beautiful state at the moment. It was said that a focused man was the most attractive, and the same applied to women.
At least Zhu Weichu was attracted. He suddenly felt that this girl was really outstanding and talented. Her face was angular, her skin was smooth, and her eyebrows were slender. When she thought about a problem, she frowned slightly. She was especially charming.
At the age of eighteen, it was the time when one was full of vigor and vigor, and was also the emperor who held supreme authority. Zhu Weichu pondered, should it be time to take in a concubine?
When he was sixteen, the ministers had mentioned that he should choose a suitable woman to marry a concubine and give birth to a prince as soon as possible to stabilize the country.
At that time, Zhu Weichu thought that they were still too young. The notebook that Zhu Zhenglong left behind also mentioned that men and women could not get married under the age of eighteen.
Therefore, the matter of taking a concubine was temporarily put on hold.
Now that she was eighteen years old, she could consider this problem.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Suddenly, Reba's jubilant shout woke Zhu Weichu up.
Shaking his head, Zhu Weichu asked curiously,""What is it?"
Reba repeatedly studied the copper-shelled bullet in her hand.
"Your Majesty, isn't it very difficult to make metal-shelled bullets?”
"Indeed, the structure of this bullet is complicated and almost impossible to manufacture. Also, a fire 14 years ago destroyed all the manufacturing technology. No one knows how to manufacture it.”
So that was the case.
Reba and the audience in the live streaming room finally understood that the information left behind by Zhu Zhenglong had been destroyed. What a pity.
"Your Majesty, since we can't make bullets with metal shells, we can replace them with other materials, such as paper shells.”
"The firing problem that has been bothering me has also been solved. Just now, when I looked at the structure of this 1755 rifle and combined it with the information on these two pieces of paper, I suddenly had an inspiration.”
"You can use the needle hairstyle instead!”
"I placed the percussion powder in the middle of the paper-wrapped bullet, and then used the firing pin on the gun to pierce the paper-wrapped bullet. After hitting the percussion powder, it ignited the gunpowder. The effect is similar to the metal-shelled bullet.”
Reba began to write and draw as she wrote.
His drawing skills were not bad, and his drawing was decent.
However, why do you know how to write in simplified Chinese?
Zhu Weichu became vigilant and frowned,""Reba, who exactly are you? Who taught you this simplified Chinese?"
I knew you would ask this!
Reba answered matter-of-factly," Your Majesty, on the way back to Flower Island from London, I borrowed a lot of books from the navy officers. It's very easy to learn simplified Chinese. Is that strange?"”
“……”
Alright, you're amazing.
The corner of Zhu Weichu's mouth twitched slightly. He was shocked by Reba's tone.
As for whether Reba was lying or not, Zhu Weichu felt that it would not be the case. Anyone on the ship who had contact with Reba and who had lent books to Reba could be easily found out.
Could this be a genius? You can write simplified characters just by reading books?
"Continue!"
" Your Majesty, the structure of this Needle Rifle is similar to the Type 1775 Rifle. As long as the bolt is improved…"
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