Because of Captain Gomi's disappearance, all instructors and trainees who had contact with Captain Gomi, including Lieutenant Colonel Lundstein, were questioned by the Special Investigation Team of the Department of Military Intelligence. Despite this, Weiss and others were able to successfully complete their special training course at the Deelefig Senior Staff College.

As Lieutenant Colonel Lundstein said before the start of the special training course, the five cadets with the best overall performance will be given the opportunity to represent Ulster on a free trip to the Norman Empire of the Confederation, and the final five winners are Igor Nice from the Norsnod Military Academy, Moussa Marus Emonlan from the Ragson Military Academy, Wenas Coverrill from the Hadirs Non-commissioned Officer School, and Ron Clumber Haysen and Otto Lunders from the Bathton Military Academy.

After announcing the list of 5 people, Lieutenant Colonel Lundstein also revealed that a total of 12 cadets were selected for the Norman Empire's visit, so the federal side is also preparing to send 12 cadets for this return visit. In accordance with the plan for the overseas visits established by the military top leadership, the five people selected from the special training class will take part in the exchange of military tactical capabilities, and in addition, a joint assessment will be organized for the major military academies to select five of the best military basic skills from among the many cadets to be specially responsible for the exchange of basic military skills. In other words, the trainees who failed to pass the special training class and got the opportunity to visit abroad have another chance to stand out in the joint examination for military basic skills.

As for the two places in addition to the 10 people, Lieutenant Colonel Lundstein said that the military has made other arrangements, the purpose of which is to prevent the embarrassing situation of another big defeat in this foreign exchange.

After the special training, the trainees returned to the military academy. By the time Weiss and his companions arrived at the Gaston Military Academy, the holiday was almost over. Some students have already returned to campus early to prepare for the upcoming new semester.

Before receiving the special training assignment, Weiss planned to return to Somsonas City for two or three weeks to help plan the expansion of the family business. As early as half a year ago, the streamlined production of standard sniper rifles was successfully launched, and the monthly output easily reached the 500 required by the military, and there was still a surplus of production capacity. It is obviously not cost-effective to leave this streamlined production line, which has been purchased at a large price, in a semi-idle state, but some steps in the production of traditional craft rifles must be made by hand, and it is impossible to achieve complete streamlined production, and OEM for the factory owned by the fat vice president is neither profitable nor promising for the Clumber-Haysen family. Therefore, it is imperative to seek new bulk orders to move the Klumber-Heisen family business forward steadily.

It was too late to go to Somsonas City, so Weiss sent a telegram and asked José, the technical director, to come to Auden City to discuss countermeasures in person.

Two days later, José arrived, bringing with him Wicks, the chief gunsmith, and two young technicians, as well as a "little tail" that he couldn't shake off - the jewel of the Lord and his wife, Bella Clumber Haysen.

I haven't seen her for half a year, and little Lori has grown taller, and her words and deeds are more stable and shy than in the past. When Weiss and Jose and the others discussed business, she stayed quietly, either reading a book or in a daze, and did not trouble them at all.

From a political and diplomatic point of view, the visit of the official delegation of the Norman Empire to the Federation undoubtedly played a positive and remarkable role in easing the international situation and improving relations between the two countries. As a result, the Federal Congress rejected the military's proposal for a large-scale replacement of standard weapons within three years, approving only limited technical improvements to existing equipment. The Military Procurement Committee has officially informed the Clumber-Haysen family that, despite the positive response to the delivery of the new sniper rifles to the army, the second batch of 6,000 new sniper rifles, which had previously signed an agreement of intent, may be postponed indefinitely due to the lack of approval of the special military budget.

Jose told Weiss that at the current pace of production, in another 7-8 months, the first orders for new sniper rifles will be fully completed. At that time, if there are no new orders, the streamlined production line will have to be converted, otherwise it will suffer huge downtime and idle losses. The Lord's idea is to obtain the consent of the military to launch a technically simplified version of the sniper rifle in the field of civilian firearms, in order to meet the market demand for targeting, hunting, collection, etc., it is estimated that 2-30,000 units can be sold, which can not only make up for the gap in military orders, but also bring relatively large profits.

In Weiss's view, the Lord's idea is right in the general direction, but the introduction of a simplified version of military supplies can only attract low-end civilian users, if the technology of the military sniper rifle is combined with the traditional craftsmanship of the Clumber-Heisen family, the introduction of simplified version, enhanced version, luxury version and other different grades to meet the needs of all levels of consumption. In addition, given that the military was likely to reject the Clumber-Haysom family's request to launch a civilian version based on the standard sniper rifle due to technical secrecy concerns, Weiss felt it necessary to prepare a plan to develop a new gun with a different construction than the standard sniper rifle.

The new gun model in Weiss's head is a 3.2PIR or 16mm Mauser sniper rifle! The bolt structure, the three-round magazine, does not pursue the rate of fire, the shooting accuracy of medium and long range should be high, and the absolute power is large enough - in the case of hitting the vital part, it can kill all kinds of fierce beasts in the wilderness in an instant. Different from the caliber of standard weapons, it can not only avoid suspicion, but also play the role of ammunition production line to achieve additional profits.

Weiss represented the Clumber-Haytham family in a cooperation agreement with Vice President Fat, in which Vice President Fat provided a large amount of money for the Clumber-Haysom family to renovate and expand the factory and purchase a streamlined weapons production line. At present, the first and second phases of funds have been put in place, the renovation and expansion of factory facilities have been completed, and the first weapons production line is in good working order. In view of the rejection by the Federal Congress of the military's large-scale rearmament plan, the limited military spending can only be used to procure new technical equipment in addition to maintaining conventional armaments. In Weiss's view, infantry rapid-fire weapons and mobile air defense weapons are the two new weapons that are most likely to be favored by the military, once the equipment is determined, the demand should not be a small amount, but the problem is that the current external situation is relaxed, military investment is reduced, if you want to get a military order, you must first manufacture a sample with excellent performance, but also win the opportunity to show it to military officials, even if it passes the layers of tests, in the end it still depends on the idea of the military high-brass.

In the Ulster Free Federation, the patent system is already relatively well established. In view of this, Weiss drew up the technical drawings of the famous Maxim heavy machine gun, and asked José to pass it on to the Lord, who personally organized the production of the prototype gun. As soon as the trial production is completed, it will be filed with the patent administration department to ensure that the Klumber-Heisen family enjoys the patent rights to this new weapon. In terms of caliber, Weiss has set two calibers of 1.4PIR and 3.2PIR for this automatic weapon, the former is matched with the 9mm pointed bullet of the new standard sniper rifle, which can be carried and operated by 2 soldiers, and the latter is matched with the standard cone bullet of the Grumman M3.2 rifle, which is large and powerful, and requires 3-4 soldiers to carry and operate.

After communicating with Jose and the others, Weiss was able to take Bella out for a walk. In a typical industrial city like Aocheng, there is more to say about the places suitable for leisure and entertainment, and there is no less to say. The two first went straight to the amusement park, took a Ferris wheel, took a hot air balloon, watched circus performances, played various games, and played freely for a long time, and then moved to the Grumman Building, where they enjoyed a delicious dinner and then went shopping in the business district. This time, Bella didn't be polite to Weiss, and even spent 2,000 on food and money, and gave him the scholarship he won last semester.

After a pleasant purchase, Bella jumped in front, followed by Weiss with large bags, and was about to leave the Grumman Building to return to his lodgings, when he ran into an acquaintance...... Bella's vocal teacher, Gunvael Grumman, and the "Goddess Baseton" who can't hide her sassy and heroic appearance in casual clothes - field combat instructor Octavier Grumman.

"Miss Grumman? It's really you! ”

"Oh, it's Bella! The holiday should be enjoyable! ”

"Well, it's not bad! By the way, this is Long Clumber Hasen, my brother, you've seen it! ”

"Yes. Mr. Clumber-Haysen, it's a pleasure to see you again. ”

"Nice to meet you, Miss Grumman!" Weiss put down what he was holding, greeted Miss Grumman politely, and then saluted the female instructor beside her in a straight posture: "Hello, instructor, Cadet Long Clumber Hazen salutes you!" ”

A year ago, it was also at the Grumman Mansion that Weiss met the two Grumman ladies for the first time in an unexpected and awkward way. A year has passed, and after a lot of hardships, he has achieved a gorgeous transformation from a scumbag to a scholar, from a notorious "man of the hour" to a famous man of the hour. In Octavier-Grumman's field combat course, Weiss had a number of highlights, earning an indisputable top result. Because of this, he was able to stand in front of the two Grumman Ladies with his head held high and speak to them in a neutral tone.

Octavier glanced at Bella, who was dressed in pink: "No wonder I heard Joseph say during dinner that I sent someone to the Bathton Military Academy to look for you today, but I didn't find it, so that's the case." ”

Joseph Grumman is the name of the fat vice president, and it is not strange that he is looking for himself privately, but it is strange that this time it is clearly out of "business". Therefore, Weiss was curious: "Looking for me?" ”

Octavier replied lukewarmly: "The Norman Empire's delegation of the Confederation of Industry will arrive in Aocheng tomorrow, and Egweed has sent a telegram at noon today, and he has contacted the delegation with the official reception delegation of the Federation. One of the three major industrial giants of the Norman Empire, the Calombis Group, which is mainly engaged in military manufacturing, is interested in working with us to develop a new generation of guns and artillery, so Egweed suggested that we gather the best firearms and artillery designers in the group and see what we can find out what we can do with the Calombis Group. Then, the president handpicked your name, so, you should understand! ”

Being targeted by the big boss of the Grumman Group is not a good thing after all, right? Weiss muttered to himself. Previously, he had heard that the successful visit of the official delegation of the Norman Empire had opened the door to interaction, exchanges, and cooperation between the two countries in the non-governmental field. First the Norman Empire's financial consortium visited, and the federal financial institutions signed agreements of up to more than one billion crowns, and then there were mutual visits and cooperation in the fields of science and technology, medical care, education, etc., and the historical ice that blocked the Norman Empire and the Ulster Free Commonwealth is melting at an unprecedented rate. With the approval of the federal government, the industrial confederation of the Norman Empire organized an unprecedented delegation to promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, and strive for mutual benefits.