The Shence Guard's military camp was not very far from Xingang Commandery, only a two- or three-hour ride away. Lin Fei quickly hurried back with Luo Chong's orders, then immediately organized people to begin designing the Hand-cranked Loader.
The thing was not difficult, at least not nearly as troublesome as the Hand-cranked Rice Transplanter. It could only be considered a small tool. With the Power Research Institute's research capabilities in the mechanical field, they needed only a little over an hour to draw up a sketch, then spent another two hours making a wooden model. After some simple experiments, they officially began producing steel samples the next day.
While the sample was being made, Lin Fei did not sit idle either. He had the nearby bullet Production Workshop send over a large number of bullets, along with Tracer Rounds loaded with Barium Sulfate, as well as more than a dozen newly made Canvas Belts.
Once both sides had everything ready, they immediately began experimenting with them together. However, to better suit the requirements of use, the R&D Group added a vertical feed plate to the structure Luo Chong had described. The funnel that held the bullets on top was made detachable.
The advantage of this was that when loading ordinary bullets, they could use the funnel directly, pour in a box from above, and turn the Crank Handle by hand below to quickly complete the loading. The feed plate, meanwhile, was used for loading Tracer Rounds, allowing the bullets to be arranged in order so they could complete the "three plus one" or "four plus one" loading sequence Luo Chong had mentioned. If they used only the funnel, there would be no way to arrange them in order.
The final experimental results were excellent. They perfectly solved the problem of