Germanic Empire: please call me William III

After Beta Krupp left the palace, he returned to Krupp for the first time and began to organize the company’s scientific research team to develop the drawings given by Liu Chuan.

In fact, whether it is a grenadier or a mortar, the technical content is relatively low.

With the strength of Krupp’s technical masters, after having the blueprints, it was a breeze to make these grenadiers and mortars. Otherwise, Krupp was truly ashamed of being the arms magnate of the Germanic Empire.

Liu Chuan designed the grenadier with a caliber of 50 mm, a weight of 2.7 kg, a maximum effective range of 500 meters, and a grenade weight of 0.5 kg.

Although the grenadier is not powerful, it can effectively fill the gap between individual grenades and mortars, so that the firepower of the Germanic Empire Army is completely covered.

60 mm light mortars, 80 mm light mortars, 120 mm heavy mortars, as the caliber increases, the weight increases, the range and power are also greatly enhanced.

With the strength of Krupp, grenadiers and these mortars were soon developed.

A month later, Liu Chuan invited Army Minister Von Falkenhain, Chief of the General Staff General Schlieffen, Deputy Chief of Staff General Moltke Jr., and other Army generals to the Krupp Company’s testing ground to observe the performance of the new weapons.

These army leaders are also very much looking forward to this observation trip.

After all, Liu Chuan proposed a new shipbuilding plan for the Navy on the Navy’s side, so that a cadre of the Navy would obey and obey. It’s no secret to them. They are also looking forward to what new things Liu Chuan will bring to the Army?

Although the object of the army’s allegiance is the emperor, the army itself is very complex, with many internal factions. Even if Liu Chuan became emperor, it was not so easy to completely subdue the army.

When the group arrived at the test site, Krupp’s staff was already fiddling with the artillery.

Liu Chuan and the big men of the army watched their performances from a long distance.

“Boom! Boom! ”

The first to fire was the grenadier. Two grenadiers opened fire at maximum rate of fire, and grenades were fired at a rapid pace.

Soon, the target two hundred meters away was blown to pieces. Even a large area was caught in a sea of fire.

“Your Majesty, is this a new artillery?” However, the range does not seem to be far! General Schlieffen frowned.

The Germanic Army was equipped with a large number of artillery, which was not a novelty.

“Yes, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, this is a new type of artillery. The range is indeed not far, and the maximum effective range is only five hundred meters. It’s not very powerful either. But do you know the weight of this gun? Liu Chuan asked.

“What’s the weight?” Von Falkenhain couldn’t help but ask.

“2.7kg! That’s right, only 2.7 kg. Grenades weighing 0.5 kg were fired. A soldier can easily carry one such artillery and can also carry a dozen grenades on the march. It is even possible to carry an additional gun of this kind without affecting the soldier’s equiped rifle. Liu Chuan said.

“O God!” The army leaders were shocked.

They are all experts in the Army, and naturally they know what this means for the Army.

“This artillery, which I named the grenadier, is a weapon for infantry squads. An infantry squad that can be equipped with a grenadier. Specially designed by a soldier carrying a grenadier while carrying a rifle on his back. In addition, it is possible to carry several additional shells. Other soldiers in the squad could also carry two extra grenades. In this way, a grenadier can have more than twenty grenades in wartime. This is already a very strong firepower. Liu Chuan continued.

The big guys in the army all nodded their heads.

Once every infantry squad of the Germanic Army was equipped with a grenadier. This, then, would greatly increase the firepower of infantry squads of the Germanic Imperial Army.

Through the grenadier, you can attack the enemy’s machine gun fire point at a long distance, attack the enemy’s rally point, and inflict more damage on the enemy. This would give the Germanic Army a great advantage on the battlefield.

Subsequently, 60 mm light mortars, 80 mm medium mortars, 120 mm heavy mortars were also performed.

These mortars, although not very powerful, are enough.

Coupled with the curved trajectory and light weight, the army’s big men are even more amazed.

“Generals, I hope that the 60 mm light mortar, the 80 mm medium mortar and the 120 mm heavy mortar will be the support artillery for the infantry platoons, infantry companies and infantry battalions of the Imperial Army. In this way, the bottom troops of the Imperial Army can have more powerful firepower! Liu Chuan expressed his attitude.

All the army leaders nodded their heads, and naturally they naturally hoped that the Germanic Army would be able to obtain more powerful infantry support firepower. This will give them far more firepower than other European countries. In future wars, we will certainly be able to have greater advantages.