Iron Dynasty

Chapter 1129 Blossoms on all sides

Since the emperor has said so, we will take advantage of Lin Wentao, but Lin Wentao, you should invite us to dinner.

In the roaring mechanical sound, the three of Lu Tong could only accept it reluctantly.

As far as Lin Wentao is concerned, as long as he can get these machine tools as soon as possible, he can have ten meals, and he will naturally agree.

With a smile in Xiao Ming's eyes, he stopped participating in the dinner between the four of them. After all, wherever he appeared, the atmosphere would become tense, and the same was true for those who were devoted to scientific research.

However, during the quarrel, the three mentioned their respective areas of research, so he asked, Song Changping, what are the automatic weapons you're talking about?

Back to the emperor, during this time, Xiguan was studying the Han-style Type II rifle. This is a semi-automatic rifle. Using the gas-guiding principle of the long-flat machine gun, this rifle realizes automatic loading of bullets. At the same time, this rifle also With its own independent magazine, compared to the first rear-pull bolt-action rifle, it is much more convenient to shoot a shot and pull the bolt once. Song Changping said one by one.

Xiao Ming showed satisfaction. The second Han-style rifle Song Changping said was basically equivalent to the Garand rifle and M1 carbine during World War II.

After the bullets are fired, these firearms use part of the gunpowder gas and recoil to eject the shells, and the bullets are automatically loaded and loaded, ready to fire again at any time.

Compared with non-automatic rifles, the advantage is naturally great. If the Empire is equipped with this rifle, the combat effectiveness of the army will rise to a new level again.

However, Song Changping's successful development is one thing, and it is another thing to equip the army, which is why Song Changping is looking for high-precision machine tools.

Only when the military factory is equipped with high-precision machine tools can he enable the military factory to achieve mass production and then equip the army.

In this way, there is not a three-year-old imperial army that cannot be completely changed.

Yes, but in addition to rifles, you have to work hard on various types of firearms such as sniper rifles, heavy machine guns, pistols, etc., and strive to diversify the weapons of the imperial army. Xiao Ming said thoughtfully.

Turning his head, he looked at Chen Qi again and asked, What's your howitzer like?

Chen Qi was prepared, because every time Xiao Ming met them, he would always ask about the latest research situation, he said: Through this Indian war, the military feedback to me is that the main casualties of the war are still mortars. This is enough to show the importance of artillery fire support in the war, as long as the firepower density is sufficient, the enemy will be unable to parry, so the large-caliber howitzer with a similar effect as a mortar attack is extremely important.

After a pause, he said: This time Xiaguan developed a 122mm towed howitzer. This kind of howitzer uses an ordinary single-barrel barrel and a screw-type breech block. It requires high parts requirements, so high-precision machine tools are required.

Xiao Ming nodded. Stalin once said that artillery is the god of war, which is enough to see the importance of artillery to war.

The large-caliber artillery currently in service in the Empire is still flat-fired artillery, which is not good at attacking enemies hiding in trenches.

With the progress of the war, this kind of artillery will inevitably be eliminated, and now the howitzer developed by Chen Qi can replace the flat-fired artillery.

This rifle has to be changed, and this cannon has to be changed. There are quite a few weapons that so many people in the imperial army have withdrawn.

The new weapons are exciting, but the elimination of old equipment is also a pain in the ass.

Because of the rapid technological development of the Empire, the elimination of weapons is also very fast. Now it is basically replaced every six years. For this reason, a large number of weapons are stored in the armory of the Empire.

Lu Tong heard the words and said: Your Majesty, it's not easy, just sell these arms. Now the Europeans have been taught a lesson by us, and they can't wait to buy our weapons with a lot of money?

Nonsense, sell these weapons to Europeans, what if they beat us in turn? Zhang Liu is a cautious person, he thinks it is inappropriate.

Song Changping and Chen Qi strongly agree with Lu Tong's words, they are a group, because as long as the weapons are sold, they will have sufficient funds to develop new weapons.

Zhang Liu, this is wrong. Europeans give their weapons to the Ottoman Empire for nothing, aren't they afraid that the Ottoman Empire will turn around and beat them? Chen Qi said, In my opinion, Europeans are very smart. , so let the eliminated weapons rust, it is better to exchange benefits for the Ottomans, after all, they all have brand new weapons.

Song Changping echoed: Exactly, anyway, we already have more advantageous weapons, and Europe is far away from us, we must pass the ocean to come here, and the imperial navy is not a decoration.

So, your words make some sense. Zhang Liu recalled it.

Song Changping continued: Currently, Europe's industrial capacity is limited. Even if they sell Han-style rifles to them, they do not have the ability to manufacture bullets. As a result, they need to constantly buy bullets from the empire, which is a large amount of income. .

That is, let's say that the empire still has tanks. Even if they have Han-style rifles, how can they stop the torrent of steel in the empire, and when they master the manufacturing technology of bullets, what weapons will the empire have? Chen Qi is confident. road.

Xiao Ming's eyes were cruising back and forth on the bodies of the five. In fact, the Empire Z was already exchanging old equipment for benefits.

Such as the present Persia and aid to France, through the weapons that were obsolete before, the empire achieved the purpose of obtaining free oil and disrupting Europe.

So, the deal is worth it.

As for the Han-style rifles and flat-fired guns, two weapons that may be eliminated in the next three to five years, he also has his own ideas.

As Chen Qi said, in fact, the empire does not need to worry about the impact of selling weapons on the empire now, because the empire will always maintain the advantage of weapons.

Today, there are imperial steel battleships that dominate the ocean, and they may soon become cannon giants. There are already tanks on land that dominate the continent.

After occupying the sky in the future, the empire's sea, land and air will be ready, so what is there to worry about?

The experience of history taught him that what he needed to worry about was not weaponry, but avoiding the collapse of the empire from within.

I have my own decision on this matter. At present, the new equipment has not been installed. It is too early to say this. Xiao Ming got up and said.

After clearing his throat, he said to Zhang Liu, We still need to pay close attention to this machine tool. Not only weapons, but all industries in the empire currently need high-precision lathes.

Zhang Liu's expression became serious, and he said, Yes, Your Majesty, the lower officials must be watching closely.

Xiao Ming said to Lin Wentao again: In addition to steam turbines, there are also large-scale forging hydraulic presses, which are capable of processing metal, rubber, wood, and powder. With this, the forging, stamping, and powder metallurgy capabilities of steel can be greatly improved. Workpiece strength is important.”

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