In addition to the elite teaching corps, Chris has not relaxed his attention to the development and production of weapons for two months.

The Maxim heavy machine gun, which uses 7.92 mm caliber bullets, has been developed. The design accuracy of this weapon is actually no higher than that of the Mauser rifle, so the technical difficulty of production is not high.

The ammunition problem that Chris feared has also been improved by the gradual increase in the number of bullet factories, and recently the industrial production rate of Iran Hill has been at least a hundred times faster than before.

Yes, starting from scratch is actually the most difficult process, and when there are more machinery and the parts needed for the equipment begin to be mass-produced, the expansion speed of the factory will completely fly.

The first lathe was assembled with manual file parts, which was of course slow. The second lathe can use the first lathe to process the prototype, and then simply polish and repair the shape by hand, and the speed is naturally much faster.

By the time the third and fourth machines arrived, the workers had become proficient, and the processing speed of the machinery had doubled – and the speed at which these machines could be produced would be even faster.

After more than a year of accumulation, Alan Hill, who has reached the second year of industrialization, has reached a certain level of familiarity with machinery, so many things Chris can let go as long as he takes out the drawings.

In fact, not everything is perfect, because Iran Hill still has not popularized electricity so far. Although thermal power plants have been established, the electricity that can be generated is basically supplied to the expanding scale of factories.

Even Chris's castle, his home base, is still using pitiful candles and "horse lanterns". Although the horse lantern is also convenient, Chris is generally reluctant to use it because of the need to use kerosene.

After all, even kerosene is a material that is not produced in sufficient quantities. Compared with China during the Anti-Japanese War, the situation of Alan Hill is not much better.

Chemistry has made tremendous progress, but many things are still stagnant because of raw materials.

In order to meet the needs of next year's farming, Chris arranged a number of small chemical plants in advance to start producing fertilizer. This is a basis for Chris's "Wealth of Nations", there is nothing to eat, everything is in the mirror.

He followed the path of industrialization in China and built five local small enterprises, that is, small fertilizer factories and small power plants, not to be technologically advanced, but to meet local needs.

With the support of these small factories, Chris's subordinates have cultivated a large number of "capitalists", and these capitalists, after making a profit, will work hard to learn new technologies and become staunch supporters of Chris's technological expansion.

They can learn, be literate and hyphenation, and have a cultural foundation. After making money, there is still the mind and desire to protect one's property and status. With these people, Chris can massively improve the quality of the population, and can have more qualified workers and technicians.

When the quality of the population is improved to a certain extent, the quality of the soldiers will be improved by leaps and bounds, and at that time, more troops can be expanded and swept the world for Iran Hill.

Chris, who originally wanted to mass-produce the MG42 machine gun directly, finally compromised with reality, and the replacement of the barrel and the ultra-high rate of fire made the MG42 a nightmare for ammunition supply.

Therefore, he could only honestly produce the Maxim heavy machine gun first, and use water cooling to save more resources.

As a result, the heavy machine guns produced were also bulky weapons with wheels, which also needed to be dragged by war horses and served by several soldiers, just like a small cannon.

However, after seeing the power of the Maxim heavy machine gun, both Vagron and Modlaire felt that this weapon was a good thing, and they all wanted to be equipped with more machine guns and more ammunition as soon as possible.

Heavy machine guns towed by horses are not completely without benefits, one advantage is that the heavy machine gun has a shield, and the safety of the shooter has a higher guarantee.

The second advantage is that the machine gun has a multi-purpose launch mount, which allows it to fire immediately into the air. The advent of heavy machine guns gave the infantry a kind of anti-aircraft heavy firepower that was better than nothing.

As for the number of heavy machine guns that each infantry company should be equipped with, it became the fuse of the world war between the commanders of the military department and the industrial sector.

Waglon, Mordlaire and others naturally thought that a company should be equipped with as many heavy machine guns. If you can, it's perfectly possible to form a full-weight machine gun battery.

Minister Smith and Gullow complained to Chris about the lack of capacity in the industrial sector. Chris also knows that he has just escaped the crisis of insufficient ammunition production, and there is still a long way to go before he can squander it at will.

So, after the balance of Chris, it was temporarily decided that an infantry company would be equipped with 2 Maxim heavy machine guns. As for whether it should be changed in the future, it will be decided according to the conditions in the future.

Along with the heavy machine gun, there is also a sharp weapon for reconnaissance. Chris invented the telescope early on, and recently went into mass production.

The latest binoculars are very convenient and are highly sought-after high-end military equipment. Because of the production plant, Iran Hill's troops are now equipped to the company.

In addition, there are special units equipped with telescopes, such as corrective fire observers for artillery units, anti-aircraft artillery units for anti-aircraft alert, and heavy machine gun groups.

The reason why they are all equipped with binoculars is because these troops need to be seen at a very long distance to be able to fight better.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "On the hillside, a newly formed heavy machine-gun squad is training to fire with their weapons. Because tracer bullets were not developed, their ballistic corrections relied entirely on the shooter's senses.

Next to the machine gun, the commander knelt on the ground with a telescope and loudly reminded his shooter: "There is no target covered!" Elevation angle up a ruler! ”

The deputy, who was lying down next to the shooter, immediately pulled out a fixed tenon that was stuck on the machine gun ruler. The shooter pressed down slightly on the barrel of the gun, raising the muzzle a little higher. Then the deputy hand inserted the tenon back into the fixed point on the ruler.

"Suddenly! Dodo! The second round of firing immediately began, and another volley of bullets flew towards the target and landed on the distant target.

The commander holding the telescope cheered loudly, because he saw that inside the telescope, the target area 1,000 meters away, was shot out of a cloud of white smoke.

"Hit the target! Played beautifully! He cheered loudly and cheered up his comrades: "Prepare to shift positions!" Go to the next launch position! ”

The two soldiers, who had been lying behind, immediately got up, one led the horse, and the other stepped forward to help, pulling the two heavy wooden wheels of the heavy machine gun out of the fixed pit dug up.

Including the ammunition plus special mounts, as well as wheels and shields, and then the machine gun itself and the water in the water pipe on the barrel...... This Maxim is not light, and it will take many people's efforts to move positions.

The four of them hung the machine gun behind the war horse, and the horse was urged by the groom to drive the war horse towards the next firing position. These soldiers were supposed to be armed with revolvers for self-defense, but now they had only empty pistol holsters on their belts.

All weapons have to be produced little by little, and little by little equipment is given to the troops: don't you see, many second-line troops, training machine gun teams, are still using models with wooden counterweights?

"This machine gun squad is not bad either." Chris looked at the machine gun team rushing to the next firing position, and said to the officer behind him with satisfaction: "How many such groups do we have now?" ”

"Almost, there are 17 of them, they are all the seeds of the teaching regiment, and they will be responsible for training more machine gun teams in the future." The officer looked at the form in his hand and replied.

"Excellent! Not bad! "Chris is in a very good mood to see his army growing stronger day by day, growing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

Even, he had the idea of improving himself: "Let's go!" Go to the pistol target! I'm going to shoot two shots and practice one. ”

There is no man who does not like games such as target archery, it is a man's instinctive desire, just as they like the mechanical roar of cars, the destruction of cannons, and the charm and beauty of women.

Chris is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, he once experimented with cannons, shot 30 mm anti-aircraft guns with his own hands, and now he has the opportunity to often go to the shooting range to shoot a few shots.

Standing in the firing zone, Chris drew the pistol from his waist and aimed at a distant target. His pistol has a standard 6 rounds of 9 mm caliber bullets, which can accurately hit the target at a distance of about 30 meters.

He closed one eye and saw through the crosshairs to see a target in the distance. Standing with a standard pistol, he pulled the trigger sharply, and the Colt pistol in his hand immediately responded to his movements: "Bah! ”

Seven Rings, Six Rings, Seven Rings...... Chris's marksmanship is actually not accurate, he just likes to vent the thrill of pouring ammunition at the target, so he shoots very fast, and quickly runs out of 6 rounds.

Without looking at his results, Chris lowered his head and began to load his pistol, looking very professional.

Not far away, Waglon, who also came to shoot the target, smiled evilly and asked the officer in charge of the shooting range who came to greet him, "Your Majesty is here again?" ”

"Isn't it...... It's a waste of bullets again......" The officer at the shooting range also had a wicked smile on his face, as if he was accustomed to slandering his majesty behind his back: "Come every day ......"