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After the shooting was completed, the soldiers skillfully reloaded the flintlock rifles with gunpowder and bullets.

At the same time, among those watching around, those who knew something about firearms all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

They hadn't noticed it just now, but now they finally realized something.

When these soldiers were shooting, they did not take out the firearms to light them!

"Have you noticed that their firearms don't seem to require open flames to fire?"

"Yeah! If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten why they fired the firearms without lighting the fuse."

"Maybe it's the peculiarities of that weapon! I just looked carefully and saw that they triggered something."

"That's not the point, okay? Didn't you notice that all those puppets fifty feet away were hit?"

Those who were originally discussing how to start the fire were instantly attracted by this sentence.

"Yes! That's fifty feet! Can this weapon not only shoot that far, but also be so accurate?"

"That's more than that! I just listened carefully. When those puppets were shot, there was a sound of metal colliding."

"The puppet is wearing a cotton armor, right? The sound of metal clashing, could it be possible to penetrate the armor's iron plates at a distance of fifty feet?"

"Okay, stop guessing! The soldiers are already moving the puppet. Once it's brought over, we'll see for ourselves up close."

Just as the man said, even as they were talking, the soldiers had already started to move.

Three soldiers form a group, and one of them removes the cotton armor from the puppet and spreads it out.

The other two carried the puppets to the fence for the audience to watch up close.

The audience, who were originally just a little curious, were all shocked and speechless after seeing the results.

Three deformed metal bullets can be clearly seen on the puppet made of yellow and white wood.

Three holes were also clearly visible on the cotton armor in the hand of another soldier.

This shows how powerful the weapons displayed by the Academy of Science and Technology this time are.

Not only did the bullet hit the target accurately at a distance of fifty feet, but it also penetrated the cotton armor and embedded itself into the wood.

By the time the soldiers carrying the puppets walked around the parade grounds, the audience had still not come to their senses.

At this moment, Wei Wu's voice sounded again.

"Everyone, you have seen the power of this firearm, so let me introduce it to you."

"This is the latest firearm developed by our Ming Dynasty Royal Science and Technology Research Institute. It's called the rifled flintlock rifle, also known as the cavalry killer."

"With it, the cavalry that the northern Tartars are so proud of will no longer be a threat to our Ming soldiers."

Cavalry Nemesis?

Hearing this word, everyone present showed a questioning look.

Why did Wei Wu dare to say that the rifled flintlock rifle was the nemesis of cavalry? It's simple, because it was the fact.

First of all, the rifled flintlock rifle combined with the Minié bullet has a long enough shooting range.

The effective range of an ordinary musket is only thirty feet, which is only about one hundred meters.

A horse's running speed is five to seven meters per second. Based on seven meters per second, it can cover a distance of one hundred meters in fourteen seconds.

In fourteen seconds, it would be considered amazing if the current musket could fire two shots.

Even with the three-stage firing mode, the reloading frequency of the musket is still too slow to achieve effective firepower output.

Moreover, the lead bullets are not lethal enough, and the first shot may not even penetrate the armor of the cavalry.

With just one wave of attack, the enemy cavalry can get close and massacre the firearms soldiers.

But the rifled flintlock rifle is different. When used with the Minié bullet, its effective range can reach up to 800 meters.

Even if the calculation is conservative, the effective range is 500 meters.

The horse runs at a speed of seven meters per second, so it takes at least seventy-one seconds to cover a distance of five hundred meters.

Taking 50,000 cavalry as an example, only a thousand flintlock rifles are needed to beat the cavalry into pieces and make them flee in disarray.

According to the formation designated by Wei Wu, the Ming Dynasty musket team will respond to the enemy with three-stage shooting in the future.

But instead of three people exchanging shots, they exchanged guns without changing people, with one person shooting while two others reloaded ammunition.

Shooting in this way, it only takes less than twenty seconds to complete three salvos.

Seventy-one seconds was enough time for the musketeers to fire ten volleys.

A thousand flintlock muskets firing at the same time, even if only half of them kill, can still kill 500 enemy cavalry.

Ten volleys mean five thousand cavalrymen, a number that may seem very small.

But this is only the most conservative scenario. In fact, the casualties of one salvo will not be less than 700.

And one thing to note is that if the cavalry and their horses fall together, a domino-like situation will occur.

The cavalry behind would not be able to dodge in time and would also be tripped, making it impossible to form an effective charge.

Once the speed of the charge is slowed down, the musketeers will have more time to attack.

At the same time, in ancient times, if the casualties in a war exceeded 30%, collapse would occur.

Even so, without taking into account artillery fire, if all guns and artillery were fired at the same time, the killing effect would increase exponentially.

Seeing the doubts on the audience's faces, Wei Wu smiled slightly, and then began to explain:

"Previously, firearms had limited range and power, and could only be fired when the enemy was within thirty feet."

"A cavalry charge can cover a distance of thirty feet in an instant, but rifled flintlock rifles are different."

"Even from a distance of two hundred feet, a rifled flintlock can still exert extremely strong lethality, enough to kill the enemy."

Wei Wu's words not only failed to explain the situation, but made them even more suspicious.

Two hundred feet! What a concept! A distance farther than a mile.

Although the scene of the flintlock shooting at the puppet was indeed shocking, it was only fifty feet away after all.

In the eyes of the audience, although this gun is powerful, one hundred feet is its limit.

Wei Wu actually said that it could still maintain its power after being stretched to two hundred feet. They would never believe it even if they were beaten to death.

So, shortly after Wei Wu finished speaking, someone immediately stood up in the audience.

Interestingly, this person was not a civil servant who had a bad relationship with Wei Wu, but a military general and nobleman.

"Uncle Changle, I must admit that your firearm is indeed very powerful. It is an unprecedented divine weapon."

"Once equipped, our Ming army will be invincible. As a general, I thank you on behalf of the soldiers."

"It's just that you said that you can still kill the enemy at 200 feet. Sorry, I can't believe it. This statement is too ridiculous."

After hearing the words of the general, Wei Wu was not angry or dissatisfied.

After all, times have changed. For people of this era, it is indeed a fantasy that firearms can fire so far.

It doesn’t matter if there are doubts. As long as you produce results in the future, the doubts will naturally disappear and you can even slap them in the face.