The steel core single-headed bullet is obviously one of the highest secrets of the North Sea Kingdom, so the credibility requirements of the users are also very high. Marin clearly remembers that after the French created the latest Leber M1886, a French soldier defected to Germany with a new gun and offered a price of 20,000 marks.
Therefore, when it comes to choosing musketeers to use, Marin pursues "absolute reassurance". What kind of person makes Marin feel most relieved? It is obviously the group of children in the school that make Marin feel most relieved. Because the group of children are "asking for instructions early and reporting late" to his portrait every day, and being brainwashed all day long to be loyal to Marin. The degree of loyalty of children raised in this way is fine, so there is no need to worry about secret leaks.
Before, there were many eliminated poor students in those primary school graduates. Marin felt that their loyalty should be fine. Moreover, poor students are not as smart as masters, and they don’t have so many twists and turns in their minds. Instead, they are more reliable and easier to control than those smart people.
Therefore, Marin ordered Kohler and Sauer to go out together to select loyal guards from the eliminated primary school students. Even those who were selected by the factory should be selected by the guards.
Marin's selection requirements are very simple and crude - you should be excited to see his portrait, and Marin's real person is so excited to cry... This is the treatment of North Korea in March and a proof of fanatical believers...
It is difficult for such a fanatical follower to betray them, so it is safe to hand over the one-headed bullet to them. In addition, such a poor student is also easier to fool.
Marin decided to select 100 fanatical elementary school scumbags and form his own musket guards. Although these children are not old enough, their strength and physical strength may not be able to keep up. However, after training for two or three years, they will be able to use them. At that time, one hundred snipers holding large killing weapons will definitely be a nightmare for enemy officers.
In order to improve the shooting accuracy, Marin also asked Da Vinci to transform the musket and create a sight similar to the later sports air rifle. That is, there is a sight in front of the barrel and a round hole behind the barrel. When aiming, as long as the sight sees the target through the two holes of the front and rear sight and the sight in the gate, you can shoot.
Of course, this has no meaning for smoothbore guns, because ball lead bullets will always fly around. However, it is of great significance to high-precision single-head bullets. As long as this sight is available, the shooting accuracy of ordinary people will be greatly improved.
As for scopes, Marin didn't plan to use them. Because the effective range of a single-headed bullet is not high, with a maximum of 200 meters, and the effective range can be seen with the naked eye, so there is no need to use the scope. Only Minni rifles with an effective range of several hundred meters are necessary to use the scope. Because the distance exceeds the distance seen by the human eye.
In addition, in order to facilitate aiming and avoid the troubles of smoke causing targeting, Marin decided to equip the steel core single-headed bullet with smokeless gunpowder.
Smokeless gunpowder can produce more gas, push bullets better, and does not produce smoke that interferes with sight, which is very convenient.
As for the amount of smokeless gunpowder, after testing, Marin found that the charge of 10 grams was just right. No matter how high it was, the barrel would not be able to stand it. After all, the barrel of this era was not drilled out, but was rolled and forged, and there was naturally an unstable suture. If the explosive force was too high, it would crack the suture.
Moreover, 10 grams of smokeless gunpowder is almost equivalent to 30 grams of granulated black gunpowder, which is very powerful. Originally, the best charge for Marin equipped the rifle with three-quarters of the ounce of granulated black gunpowder is equivalent to 21 grams. After changing to smokeless gunpowder, it should be 7 grams, but Marin pursues long-range sniper and increases the charge by 3 grams. In this way, hitting the target at a distance of 200 meters is more stable. After all, the higher the speed of the bullet, the longer the effective range.
However, this makes the barrel harder. Even the barrel forged from low-carbon steel can't bear it. For this reason, Marin had to come up with a solution - add a sleeve to the outer layer of the barrel. This is a method learned from the German Krupp cannon. Whether it is a musket or artillery, the most damage is mainly the barrel and the tail of the barrel when the launching drug explodes. Therefore, Marin asked someone to add a sleeve to the second half of the barrel to further suppress the possibility of the barrel blowing. Of course, because it protects the internal barrel, the sleeve is not too thick. Moreover, it can be replaced.
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In addition, during internal publicity, Marin would deliberately mislead his subordinates, emphasize the importance of smokeless gunpowder, and push all the credits that are accurate to smokeless gunpowder.
In this way, all ones are deceived, let alone the enemy's spies. Then, even if the enemy's spies find out some news, it is still wrong. In this way, those pretenders will focus on smokeless powder and ignore the appearance of the bullet.
But is smokeless gunpowder that easy to work with? That's magical chemistry. People who don't know chemistry will never think of the method of smokeless gunpowder in their eight lives. Not to mention the ancients in the 16th century, even in the 21st century, if they were not a person with good chemistry in middle school, they would not be able to produce smokeless gunpowder.
Even Marin planned to deliberately release news in the future that there is a great alchemist in the Beihai State who can create powerful smokeless gunpowder... and let the spy lead a wave of rhythm to guide the alchemy craze in Europe... Then, no one paid attention to the appearance of the single-headed bullet...
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Kohler and Sauer's selection work went smoothly. With Marin's simple and crude method instructed him, the two called out 4,000 primary school students who were eliminated from "primary school to junior high school" and middle school from various factories, including non-commissioned officers' schools, and then took them to a week's chapel to swear allegiance to Marin's portrait (painted by Da Vinci). Then, Kohler's spies and Sauer's scouts, the two most observant professions, stood aside and carefully observed the expressions on the children's faces. Then, they used their notebooks to record the effects from time to time...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the end, the two selected 200 of the most enthusiastic children...
However, Marin's request was to require 100 people. The reason why they selected 200 people was to perform an elimination. This elimination game was shooting...
It is undeniable that shooting also requires talent. Some people are born shooters, while others are born lacking the talent for aiming and shooting...
In order to test the children's shooting talent, Saul specially ordered the arsenal craftsmen to make small muskets and significantly reduce the charge to reduce the recoil of the muskets and avoid injuring the children. Then, they erected a target 10 meters away and asked the children to practice shooting...
A week later, the 100 people with the worst shooting results were eliminated, leaving only 100 people with better shooting results...
Then, these 100 people were brought to Marin...
Sure enough, it was almost the same as what Marin thought. After seeing their real person, these fanatical children showed an expression of excitement on their faces. Some of them even cried with excitement...
At this moment, Malin felt that he was possessed in March and a traffic student was possessed... And these children were definitely brainless fans...
Moreover, Marin did not suspect that their expressions were pretending. After all, these children were only twelve or thirteen years old. If they could pretend to have an excited expression without flaws, this was definitely another time traveler... but that possibility was extremely small...
Marin imitated the leader's attitude, smiled, waved at the children, and then encouraged the children for a while, and even shook hands with several children in the front row. If there were cameras in this era, he might have taken photos with the children... and then, he shouted:
"I announce that the Beihai Kingdom's 'Young Musket Guards' Regiment' has been officially established! And you are my first group of most loyal musket guards!"
Chapter completed!