As soon as everyone heard there were new firearms, they immediately became excited. After drinking, their faces were flushed, and every one of them was grinning from ear to ear.
"Chieftain, what do these new firearms look like?" Qu Bing asked excitedly at once.
"There are quite a few. First, there are the usual ones: bolt-action rifles and shotguns. Both need to be remanufactured with the new steel, mainly to extend the service life of the gun barrels on our existing firearms. Besides those, I also had them develop some new firearms."
Luo Chong paused before continuing. "Because the new steel can withstand high temperatures and has great hardness, we can now try making repeating firearms that we couldn't produce before. So I had them develop several kinds of repeating firearms.
"One of them is a new semi-automatic rifle. It uses a gas-operated automatic mechanism powered by gunpowder gases, replacing the original manual bolt-action method of ejecting spent casings and reloading. It can eject and reload automatically.
"In other words, with this new rifle, you won't need to work the bolt manually anymore. Pull the trigger once, and the bullet will fire. At the same time, the rifle will eject the spent casing, push the next bullet into the chamber, and lock the bolt. All these steps are completed automatically. To fire the next round, you only need to pull the trigger again."
The eyes of the Shence Guard officers present lit up. Qu Bing went even further and immediately guessed, "Then doesn't that mean this rifle can fire extremely fast? As long as you keep pulling the trigger, it can keep firing? If someone's hands are fast enough, couldn't they empty all five rounds in the internal magazine in the space of a single breath?"
Luo Chong nodded with