Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 31—Night Hunting

Four people walked quietly through the sparse woods.

Claude suddenly remembered a question: "Right, Welikro, when I read the history book, the history of the mainland recorded that there were muskets more than 500 years ago. How long did it take us to use the arquebus?"

In the memory, the development process of the previous firearms seems to be not so slow. From the emergence of the arquebus to the modern advanced automatic rifle, the process will be two or three hundred years. The military forum that passed through the front said that now countries are already developing more advanced individual weapons, and laser guns are being developed to miniaturization. But this is called the different world of Faslan. In the past five or six hundred years, technology seems to be stagnant. The arquebus is still a rifle. The most important armies of the mainland are equipped with weapons. Even the war cannot promote the renewal and development of weapons.

Next to Borkal smiled: "What do you need without a rifle, bow or knife?" The war has long proved that the arquebus is the most reliable and sharp weapon in the hands of soldiers. Without the arquebus, Kingdom has long since perished. ”

"I don't mean that, stupid."Claude yelled Borkal: "I mean, why not improve the arquebus, make it easier and faster to operate, or cancel the flamingo, use more reliable ignition methods, such as meteorites, and rear armor…"

"There are improvements, Kingdom has been trying to increase the range of the fire rope gun, and now the latest aubass Mark 2s musket is said to have a range of 350 meters, an effective kill distance of 240 meters, the muzzle can also be fitted with bayonets, directly as a spear charge, There's no need for soldiers to go to war with fire rope guns and hand-to-hand weapons … "Welikro snorted in front of him.

NoLight improvement range has a fart, and it is impossible to fight…Claude feels that she is almost a chicken and duck, and the partners' thinking is not in line with themselves. He decided to change the way: "I think it is too inconvenient to launch with a fire rope. It should improve the way the firearms are fired. Didn't those who made the gun workshop think about it?"

"This my father said before."Welikro thought about it: "We have four gun-making workshops in Kingdom, and our gun-making workshop in the county is the smallest. Each of the four gun-making workshops produces nearly 200,000 firearms each year. In addition to private custom-made muskets, the musket share and drawings produced by them are issued by Wangdu's Guns Institute and must be produced in strict accordance with the requirements of the drawings.

My father said that he had been a vigilant soldier for two years at the Guns Institute in Wangdu. He said that many of the guns research institutes were mad, and the strange fire gun inventions were seen quite a lot. Like what you just said, the rock is not ignited, but the old-fashioned arquebus is not as old as the range and power.

In addition, safety is also a problem. They warned that there were 17 soldiers who went to test the guns because the guns were blown up and wounded, so my father applied to transfer to the frontline troops, so that he would not be as disabled as his comrades. The ending. It’s just that he’s bad luck. When he’s over to the front line, the war is over. He’s standing in the rear…”

Originally, Kingdom also has a gun research institute specializing in the research and improvement of firearms. It is only in the past few years that in addition to improving the range and power of the firearms, there is no further improvement of the arquebus, and even the rifle can not be produced. It is simply Incompetent.

"In addition to the Guns Institute of Wang Du, there is no other person to invent the musket?" For example, some private gunmen? ”

Claude remembers some of the data reviewed in previous life on the computer. One of the two most important factors in the development of firearms is the need for war, so that more advanced weapons can be used more quickly in war. The second is those firearms. Fans, they used a variety of whimsical ways to improve their weapons, making the firearms from the arquebus to the era of automatic rifles made an indelible contribution. It seems that the famous weapons manufacturers and arms companies in the past were not developed from a small private workshop.

"Maybe there…"Welikro said: "My father should also be a private gunman. His two shotguns were designed by himself. Only the privately designed muskets will eventually go to Kingdom's gun-making workshop for customization. This requires the design drawings to be reviewed to ensure that there will be no safety incidents and official numbers.

If you find a blacksmith shop to build it privately, it will violate the ban of Kingdom. Both the commissioner and the maker must be arrested and sentenced. So those blacksmiths have nothing to do with swords and bows, but it is a big sin to build a musket in private. Of course, some people have customized the fire gun from the gun-making workshop and then take it home to rebuild it, as long as it does not destroy the number on the gun. ”

There was also a ban on the creation of firearms, and it should also be a measure of King’s control over firearms. Only in this way, invisibly limits the further development of the musket. As for the Guns Institute of Wangdu, it seems to be in a wrong direction. Claude really doesn't understand why the rifle's range and power research is the first priority. Shouldn't it be more convenient and faster to shoot and load? Increase the range and power should go to study bullets instead of guns…

Claude is silent. The world is a little weird. Just like being a student, there is no physical or chemical course in the courses. I ask the students and classmates. They ask them what the physics and chemistry are…

It’s no wonder that five or six hundred years still use arquebuses…

The front Welikro suddenly waved twice, which meant stopping everyone. Claude listened to the ear and turned to the place. Just now I was thinking about it, I didn’t even notice the sound of running water.

"Okay, go there and ambush."Welikro looked at it for a long time, pointing to a pile of rocks not far away and said softly: "Do you see that big rock? We are hiding behind, the place has a wide view and a vent, and the animals come to drink water and smell our smell. The stream just turned a corner beside the rock, and the creeks within 50 meters were in the range of my musket shooting. I couldn’t see it any further, I hope we can have a good luck…"

The place that Welikro is looking for is really good. When the creek is full of water, the rocky beach should also be flooded, so the big rock is very clean and there are no snakes, lizards and scorpions. Four people were hiding behind the rock, and Welikro climbed up a few feet to get the fire rope on the rock, then revealed a head to see the movement around the creek.

Eriksson's short arquebus guns are of no use at this time. Even if animals come to the creek to drink water, unless they are within ten meters in front of them, if they are more than ten meters, the range is not enough to kill, so they can only be used for warning.

Borkal's sarcophagus and Claude's longbow range is enough, but neither of them has been trained in night shooting, even if they find that the prey can only aim in a general direction, God knows where they will shoot the arrow, so this night The only thing that hunting can really rely on is Welikro's arquebus.

The night wind is very cool, the moonlight shines through the dense tree shades on the creek, and the stream flows through the stream. From time to time, it makes a loud noise, like singing an endless song.

The shadow of the trees sways with the wind, and various forms change in the moonlight. The leaves make a squeaking noise from time to time. Occasionally, strange sounds are heard from the trees. Sometimes they are sharp, sometimes rushing, sometimes they are chilling. Screams…

Borkal shrank his head and involuntarily approached Claude.

Claude found his body shivering slightly, cracked his mouth and smirked: "Don't be afraid, it's a normal sound, the wind blows through the treetops, some sounds in the woods are called by animals, it sounds a bit scary… …"

Thanks to the previous documentary that I saw in the past, I also watched the episode, the world of the night, recording the movements of animals in the forest at night. I don’t know, I’m scared, I saw the excitement in the forest at night, although it’s all black light, the loud one, the sounds, the infrared camera also took the leopard night. Scenes that capture food, and the screams of those who are scared of monkeys.

Compared with the documentary, the sound in the woods here is already small, so Claude is very calm.

"You don't feel terrible at all?"Eriksson asked with amazement.

"There are terrible things. In fact, many of them are your own associations. When you hear the terrible cry, you think of a terrible monster. You don't want to think that it is a terrible monster. It has already rushed out of the woods to catch us. It costs you flowers. So big strength is called in the woods for a long time? Also, was Eyke not arresting the last time? You still remember how loud the squeak is. If you throw the cockroach into the woods at night, its screams sound terrible…"

"You three give me a shut up and don't talk!"Welikro was very angry and lowered her voice and shouted: "I don't know if the animals are very sensitive to hearing. They will not drink when they hear you talking!"

So the three people shut up and stopped talking, and continued to lie behind the big rock.

I don't know how long it took, Claude was almost confused, and was suddenly stunned by Welikro: "Hey, don't make a noise, there is movement."

Welikro was talking almost to the ear, Claude didn't dare to care, and carefully looked out from behind the rock and looked in the direction of Welikro.

However, there was a slamming sound in the weed bushes between the trees in the distance. When the trees shook, several black shadows smashed out the grass, rushed to the stream and bowed to the water, and several black shadows were still small. Playing in the creek.

Welikro sighed softly, slid down the rock, and pulled Claude's clothes, indicating that he was also down.

"What's wrong, don't shoot?"Claude was a little weird and asked softly. Those shadows are only about forty meters away from here.

Welikro shook his head and replied in a low voice: "It's useless. It's a wild boar. I can't kill this big gun. If I hit a small one, I will go crazy and ask us for revenge." Now we are at the rocky beach here, the big wild boar rushes over and we can't run away…"

I dare to say that the black shadows are wild boars…Claude really didn't see it clearly.

"But nothing, wild boars come to drink in the creek, and soon other animals will come to drink, we will wait patiently…"

At this time, Claude discovered that Borkal and Eriksson had fallen asleep together. Fortunately, they did not snoring and did not alarm the wild boars…

Welikro said yes, after more than half an hour, there was another group of animals on the side of the stream, about seven or eight.

"What is this?"

"We are lucky, this is the mountain deer…"

The two men talked almost to the ear, and Welikro slowly and gently cut off the fire rope wrapped in the gun and the handle in the casing. "You take the match, I will let you point. ……"

Claude nodded nervously and motioned to understand.

Welikro aimed for a long time and finally said softly: "Ignition."

"哧啦", the fire lit up and lit the fire rope.

Claude only felt that time passed too slowly, the fire rope burned too slowly, and looked at it. The distant mountain deer group seemed to be alarmed by the light here, but they did not run. Instead, they looked up and curiously watched this side. ……

It seems that there is a long-lasting feeling. Claude finally heard the sound of "bang". In the distance, a mountain deer shook a few times and planted it into the creek. The four legs were still twitching, and the rest of the mountain deer next to it. Turned back and rushed back to the woods…

Borkal and Eriksson under the rock jumped up: "Is it raining?"

Welikro slid out of the rock with excitement: "Hit, hit the torch, we passed."

Claude saw his face blackened by the fire of the musket.

The mountain deer in the creek is a little bigger than the goat. There are short antlers of ten centimeters long on the head. This should be a half-deer, not a young deer, but not yet an adult.

Welikro's gun was very accurate. He went straight into his face and put a hole in his head. No wonder he was planted in the creek.

"The three of you put the torch on the ground, and then armed with the weapon station, I will divide the skin and peel it off here, lest it be bloody to bring it back to the camp, so we will not be peaceful all night…"Welikro pulled out the short knife at the waist and said.