Dwarf soldiers generally possessed superior physical capabilities to human soldiers.
In ordinary units, even after receiving the same level of training, human soldiers remained ordinary soldiers. Dwarf soldiers, however, could reach elite standards, allowing an elite unit to be assembled with ease.
An elite unit could often play a decisive role in directing the course of a battle. There was no reason not to improve them!
And since Zhou Xu had already decided to improve them, he certainly was not satisfied with the boring approach of simply scaling down rifles proportionally.
Compared with human riflemen, what advantages did dwarf riflemen have?
A steadier center of gravity and thicker, stronger arms. These allowed them to withstand greater recoil and use more powerful weapons!
This could already be seen from the Matchlock Guns designed by the dwarves. Their barrels were much thicker, almost like small hand cannons.
At the time, Zhou Xu had directly indicated that Zhuang Mengdie and the others should adjust and improve them in that direction while scaling them down.
In truth, it was not troublesome at all. For this adjustment, they only needed to follow the design plans for the dwarves' Lei Ming Rifle, then make a few minor improvements, and that was it.
So far, Zhuang Mengdie and the others had done an excellent job.
With the development of the Thunderous Heavy Cannon and the new rifles completed, the old-generation cannons and Flintlock Guns of Great Zhou naturally had to be gradually replaced as well.
While discussing the production line with Zhuang Mengdie, Zhou Xu arrived at the testing grounds of another project team nearby.
Because his schedule had been tight recently, he had tried to arrange the inspections of these research projects together whenever possible.
As soon as they saw Zhou Xu arrive, the project leader