Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 894

Although their firearms team was very busy during this period, they were actually only busy at the manufacturing level.

They were busy making rifled flintlock rifles and red-coated cannons. Their skills became more sophisticated, but there were no new breakthroughs.

The blacksmith team has motors and machine tools, the carpenter team assists with the design, and the construction team is also working on the power station.

Only their firearms group could not participate with other groups at all, and had nothing to do except making weapons.

I originally tried to study gunpowder, but no matter what I added or how I adjusted the proportions, there was no breakthrough.

They also put a lot of effort into guns and artillery, but many of their designs still could not escape the framework of rifled flintlock rifles.

Now that Wei Wu said he wanted to manufacture a new type of firearm, it would not only give them a project to research, but also serve as a reference.

Every current project will be helpful when we want to innovate and design other weapons in the future.

Actually, the reason why the firearms team couldn't break through couldn't be blamed on their incompetence, but they were just restricted.

If we want to make a breakthrough in firearms, the first thing we need to solve is not the shooting problem, but the chemical materials.

Just like the percussion cap, only by using chemical knowledge to extract mercury fulminate can we use its properties to make the percussion cap.

This is also the reason why Wei Wu is in a hurry to find chemical talents. If you want to develop industry, chemistry is an indispensable part.

Looking at the hopeful members of the Firearms Group, Wei Wu smiled slightly and continued:

"For the next period of time, the Institute of Science and Technology's projects must be prioritized, with the Blacksmith and Firearms teams being given priority."

"The blacksmith team should perfect their homemade machine tools as much as possible. Once they meet the standards, they will produce more so that they can cooperate with the firearms team to manufacture firearms."

"A lot of things will happen next. The court will need a large number of weapons to deal with the situation. The Academy of Science and Technology must fully cooperate with the court!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Chang and others immediately led the blacksmith team to respond loudly.

"Please rest assured, Vice President. Our blacksmith team will do our utmost to achieve our goal!"

"Ok!"

After nodding with satisfaction, Wei Wu turned to look at Yang Chao and said:

"Yang Chao, take out the drawings of the rifled flintlock rifle and post them on the wall."

Upon hearing Wei Wu's order, Yang Chao immediately took out a drawing and pasted it up, then retreated back to the stage.

At this time, Wei Wu pointed at the drawing and continued:

"First of all, the firearms group. The new firearms have changed a lot, but not in terms of appearance but in the way they are fired and loaded."

As he spoke, Wei Wu flipped his wrist and took out a rifle bullet from the system warehouse, holding it between his two fingers for everyone to see.

"Future firearms will use metal fixed bullets, no longer requiring flint and steel, but instead using a striker to ignite the gunpowder."

As Wei Wu spoke, he enlarged and drew the shape of the bullet, and divided it into three parts, describing them one by one.

"This is the warhead, and this is the powder chamber in the body. The two are joined together in an inlaid manner, but the most important part is the tail of the body."

"This is the key to the firing pin igniting the gunpowder. It's called the percussion cap. It triggers the explosion through the firing pin, thereby igniting the gunpowder chamber in the bullet body."

"After that, it's just like a rifled flintlock rifle. The power of the gunpowder explosion causes the bullet to eject from the barrel and kill the enemy."

Having said that, Wei Wu drew a few circles on the tail of the bullet before continuing:

"So the trigger of the new firearm no longer needs a flint, but instead it is replaced by a firing pin that strikes this position at the tail of the bullet."

As soon as Wei Wu finished speaking, someone in the audience raised his hand. Wei Wu looked carefully and found that it was Yang Chao, the leader of the firearms team.

So he raised his hand and nodded at him and said:

"Yang Chao, what's your problem?"

"Mr. Vice President, you said that using a firing pin to strike the tail of a bullet uses metal friction to create sparks that ignite the gunpowder?"

"Very good, it's great that you thought of this, but that's not the case. I'll explain your question later."