Chapter 380 (1/2)

Aruyet, the chief of the Powhatan people, and the high-ranking officials of the Powhatan court were taken away by the expeditionary army the afternoon after the stone bear led the expeditionary army to Jamestown.

The one-on-one conversation between stone bear and Colonel Jones outside Jamestown, when the two armies met each other, made Colonel Jones determined to stand on the side of the Cherokees.

It's not only the conditions promised by the stone bear that are too good, but also the muskets in the hands of the expeditionary army that make Colonel Jones give up some unrealistic ideas.

After the end of the confrontation between the two armies, Colonel Jones said that he was very puzzled that the expeditionary army could have muskets, because muskets are now prohibited by European countries from trading with Indians in the new world. Therefore, only a very small number of Indians in the whole American continent now have muskets, which are stolen or robbed.

But the more than 1000 Musketeers shown by Cherokee's expeditionary army really frightened Colonel Jones.

Such a large number of musketeers, even in the whole European continent, can only be equipped by a very small number of military powers. Even Jamestown is only a thousand Musketeers.

Colonel Jones was puzzled how a new world aboriginal tribe could have so many muskets.

The most important thing is that Colonel Jones saw the difference between the muskets held by the soldiers of the expeditionary army and the muskets held by his own soldiers at a glance, so the curious Colonel Jones asked one more question, and then he suffered 95598 critical injuries.

”Guardian, it seems that the guns in your soldiers' hands are different from ours, just don't know how powerful they are?” That's what Colonel Jones asked.

It's no problem to ask this question. Well, it's a bit of a tongue twister... But the problem is that when Colonel Jones asked this question, the tone seemed to be a little wrong. Anyway, this sentence fell in stone bear's ears. He felt that the tone of Colonel Jones's sentence seemed to be a little... Disdainful.

So the stone bear raised his hand and called the fast horse over, and then asked to pass the musket in his hand.

”This rifle was developed by our tribe alone. Well, Lieutenant Patrick Ferguson was also involved in the development, so after the development of this rifle, I named it after Lieutenant Ferguson. The name of the gun is Ferguson's rifle

”Patrick Ferguson?” Colonel Jones was stunned. He thought about it for a long time, and then he remembered that there was a second lieutenant officer in the gaoshu tribe.

”Will Lieutenant Ferguson develop a rifle?” Remembering who Lieutenant Ferguson was, Colonel Jones asked again in a different mood.

”Of course, Lieutenant Ferguson is really talented in developing rifles. For example, this gun adopts the new loading method developed by Lieutenant Ferguson alone. Well, it's this kind of rotating locking mechanism... ”Shi Xiong pointed to the part of the gun, then rotated the lower trigger retainer, and the upper locking mechanism opened.

Kuaima handed his ammunition package to Shi Xiong with a look of eyes. After Shi Xiong took it, he took out a paper shell containing ammunition from the ammunition package, untied it, poured the lead bullet and gunpowder into the gunpowder chamber, and then rotated the trigger retainer in reverse direction again. The locking mechanism immediately covered the gap above the gunpowder chamber.

This ingenious design made Colonel Jones stop talking immediately. As a senior officer, he certainly understood the advantages of this way of loading.