Wei Bao's men and horses went straight to the Shanhaiguan camp, and Wei Bao wanted to review the army he had brought out of the customs.

Wei Bao had already thought about it, and he would bring 500 people from the President's Guard around him, as well as the 500 cadets of the Army Military Academy, exactly 1,000 people, and then a mixed brigade of 5,000 people from the Shanhaiguan battalion.

Originally, he wanted to recruit the elite of the army in southern Liaoning, but Wei Bao thought about it and thought that it was okay to transfer troops directly from the Shanhaiguan Garrison Headquarters.

Because the soldiers and horses of Weijiazhuang and Liaoxi rarely have the opportunity to test in the war, they are not as many as the army forces in southern Liaoning and Korea, and the cost of large-scale and long-distance mobilization is also a problem.

There is another point, Wei Bao is very clear this time, that is, the battle of defending the city, and he doesn't want to do anything with Jiannu, there is definitely no situation of going out of the city to fight for a long time in the field, so there is no need to mobilize the elite of the army in southern Liaoning.

A mixed brigade is an independent brigade composed of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineer and other soldiers.

A mixed brigade of the Treasure Army usually numbered about five thousand people.

It belongs to the comprehensive type of troops, a special type of establishment in a special period.

Simply put, a mixed brigade is a multi-arm unit and is a mobile elite unit.

According to the mixed brigade of the Bao Army, there are nine marine battalions, one armored battalion, one artillery battalion, one communications company, one teaching team, one engineer company, in addition to the guard company, reconnaissance company, health company, repair company, and direct support detachment.

It is roughly divided into the command department, the combat department, the supply department, the communications department, and the logistics department. The establishment of the mixed brigades is relatively diverse, and there is no fixed model.

According to the operational needs of the troops, several combat units with complementary functions should form a group with comprehensive combat capability, which is called a mixed unit.

Divisional combat units composed of several combat functions become mixed brigades or mixed divisions.

The mixed brigade is organized as a unit at the deputy division level, with at least four main regimental units or nine deputy regimental units.

The mixed brigade of the treasure army is generally composed of an infantry battalion, a regiment and a cavalry artillery brigade.

Mixed brigades are generally composed of marine battalions, regiments, armored battalions, regiments, artillery battalions and regiments, information-based combat units, and anti-chemical warfare units.

According to the affiliation of the mixed brigade, there are infantry mixed brigades, artillery mixed brigades, etc.

The Baojun has actively demonstrated the formation of various mixed brigades to adapt to the modular construction of units in information-based operations and integrated operations.

Modern Mixed Brigade Refers to the Mixed Brigade Force: The current mixed brigade refers to the coordinated force of the navy, army, and air force, with about 4,500 members.

The Bao army has not yet reached that point, and Weijiazhuang also has a mixed brigade dedicated to the coordination of the navy and the army.

As for the Air Force, the Baojun Air Force, which is still in the hot air balloon stage, is not a military combat unit, and it is okay to occasionally deliver letters and supplies.

Knowing that President Wei would arrive in the afternoon, the battalion of the Shanhaiguan Garrison Headquarters was ready to be read at any time.

As soon as President Wei arrived, a large-scale military parade with 50,000 people immediately began.

It's about the same as a modern military parade.

Lord Wei stood on the reading platform and watched.

All the troops, in the form of companies, appeared neatly.

Wei Bao looked at the military posture and the weapons and equipment.

Of the 50,000 troops, more than half of them were equipped with rifles, which made President Wei very pleased.

This shows that the level of military production in Weijiazhuang has reached a new level.

The military production level of the Baojun only relied on furnaces and hammers at the beginning, and was completely composed of blacksmiths, who could only make broadswords and spears, earthen artillery and earth guns, that is, the kind of bird guns of the Ming army.

At the beginning, even with smokeless fires and grenades, in terms of weapons, they were only one or two grades higher than the Ming army and Jiannu, and did not form a crushing advantage.

And now, the weapons of the Bao army are not one or two grades higher than those of the Ming army and Jiannu, one or two eras, that is, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of Huaguo, the weapons of the Bao army are also very decent, no worse than any warlord.

With the gradual development of Weijiazhuang and the continuous expansion of the area actually controlled by the Bao Army, the population under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society has exceeded 10 million!

There are already more than 50 workshops under the Baojun Arsenal, and there are more than 4,000 industrial workers.

This is a very radical development speed for the regional production form under the rule of the Tiandihui, which is still dominated by agriculture.

Many of the poorly equipped and culturally weak workers were illiterate at first, but only had a certain blacksmith base.

They also have to spend time learning about culture, and they are basically self-made.

The administration, party and government officials, and military industry bigwigs led by Fan Xiaolin and Luo Sanzi all rushed to the Shanhaiguan camp.

Zheng Ergou, Deng Daliang, and Deng Erxian are all military industry tycoons.

Deng Erxian has developed smokeless technology.

Although Wei Bao brought the recipe and production process of smokeless fire, it was all theoretical, Deng Erxian only used half a year to turn theory into practice, with the scientific and technological level of Tiandihui during this period, it was simply a miracle.

It can be seen that Deng Erxian's talent and hard work.

After marrying Luo Sanzi, Deng Erxian still did not slack off, working at least seventeen or eighteen hours a day, Luo Sanzi was also very busy, and the husband and wife basically had no time to be together, so that they met President Wei and were a little embarrassed with each other.

Wei Bao asked about various newly developed weapons while joking with Luo Sanzi and Deng Erxian.

With the growth of Baojun, the affairs of the Heaven and Earth Society have increased, and Fan Xiaolin, Luo Sanzi and President Wei, who have grown up together since childhood, have not seen each other for a long time, at most twice a year, and each time will not be long, so they cherish the time they met.

"Meiyuan and Xuexia are already pregnant, you two have to speed up, for work, you can't delay your life." Wei Bao laughed.

Luo San smiled embarrassedly and looked at Deng Erxian.

Deng Erxian looks like a man, but he speaks very gently and firmly, "President, we can't take care of these things for the time being, if we don't build up the basic industry of the Tiandihui, and if we don't realize the president's industrialization standards, I won't feel at ease, and we are all determined to dedicate our lives to the president's cause of removing the feudal system." ”

Wei Bao sweated, secretly thinking about this high-profile singing, thinking to himself Luo San stunned, how much chicken soup did you pour into your daughter-in-law?

It can be seen that the propaganda of the political work department of the Tiandihui is very powerful, very brainwashing, all-round, and all-weather.

Wei Bao smiled and nodded, encouraging: "Okay, very good, but it is also necessary to have a proper combination of work and rest, and cultivating the next generation for our cause is also part of the cause." ”

Wei Bao was secretly funny, he didn't expect that he was so good at playing official now.

Deng Erxian nodded and smiled.

The Research Institute of the Military Industry Administration led by Deng Erxian represents the highest level of the military industry of the Baojun Army.

President Wei took a President's rifle, this one was Model 1626-1.

Deng Erxian introduced: "President, this is our latest rifle developed, and its performance has exceeded the sample that the president gave us at the beginning. ”

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, nodded and said yes.

Wei Bao first gave the military industry to copy the Kar98k Mauser rifle, or Mauser 98K.

It was also one of the most widely produced and used rifles, the king of World War I and World War II.

The Kar98k Mauser rifle is an improved version of the Gewehr 98 rifle, weighs about 4 kg, has an effective firing range of 500 meters, and is the standard rifle used by the German army during World War II.

It was in service from 1935 until the end of World War II as the standard rifle of the German army.

It was one of the most produced light weapons during World War II.

In 1898, the 7.92 mm Mauser Model 1898 became the standard rifle of the German Army, and the German Army was named Gew.98.

Combining the actual combat experience of the First World War, the first was the 98a, a cavalry gun with a shorter barrel than the Gew.98 standard, the barrel length was shortened from the 29.1-inch barrel of the Gew.98 to 23.6 inches, and the down-curved pull handle was adopted.

Later there was the 98b, still with a 29.1-inch barrel, or carbine, and although the 98b was called a carbine, it was the same length as the Gew.98 rifle, and the barrel length made the term "carbine" sound extremely inappropriate.

After the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles severely restricted the development and production of German military weapons, and after the war, Germany was restricted by the Treaty of Versailles and could not manufacture or export military weapons, but Germany still took advantage of the Spanish Civil War and the opportunity of cooperation with national arsenals such as Switzerland to continue research and development.

During the interwar Gew. The 98 rifle underwent several refinements, including the licensed production of several variants of the gun with a reduced length in Belgium, Czechoslovakia and other countries.

In 1924, the Mauser Company introduced a standard Mauser rifle, a modification of the Type 98 rifle.

On the basis of the Gew.98 rifle, the barrel was shortened to 600 mm, 23.6 inches, and the overall length of the gun was shortened from 1.25 meters to 1.11 meters of the Gew98, and a new sight was adopted.

In fact, the standard type has not received much attention and is little known.

China purchased a batch of rifles of this type in the 30s and copied them.

Later, on the basis of the modified Kar.98b of the Gew.98 rifle, the improved standard Mauser rifle was adopted by paramilitary organizations such as the German Ministry of Post, Customs, Railway Administration, etc.

This modified standard Mauser rifle was essentially the same as the later finalized Kar98k rifle.

In the thirties of the 20th century, Germany rearmament, in 1935 on the basis of the Kar.98b combined with the standard Mauser rifle, the improved rifle was named Karabiner 98k, abbreviation: Kar98k or 98k.

k is the abbreviation of "Kurz", which means "short" in German, indicating that it is shorter than the Type 98b carbine, which is the reason for the so-called "short carbine", which was selected by the Wehrmacht as a standard rifle and officially put into production.

A large number of original Kar98b and Gew.98 rifles were sent to the factory for conversion into Kar98k.

The Kar.98k was the main rifle of the German Army, and it was used until after World War II, during which time there were many design changes, mostly for ease of production, such as the bottom of the butt was changed to a cup stamping assembly in 1944, the front guard was changed from a cutting part to a spot weld, and the bottom of the magazine and the bow guard were also changed to stamped steel plates.

In general, the quality of the Kar.98k, which was produced before the Second World War, was the best, and as the war progressed, the production of the Type 98k carbine decreased both in terms of production process and quality.

During the war, in order to meet the needs of the army to equip the number of rifles and reduce costs, after many design changes to simplify the production process, after 1944, the quality of 98K deteriorated due to the change of the war situation.

For some of the later rifles, even the bayonet mount was omitted.

The Kar.98k rifle was refurbished and continued to be used by a number of countries after the war.

In fact, Wei Bao has not only the Mauser 98K rifle in his hand, but also several kinds, notebook, Italian, and American.

Wei Bao is a combination of technical difficulty, the degree of market testing, and finally chose 98K as the starting point of Baojun's military industry.

After all, what has been tested by the market is the best proof.

In addition to the standard Mauser's bayonet mount, blade safety, bifurcated left bolt locking tenon, and cartridge case plates, the 98K also features a gun strap on the left side, a front sight guard, a downward curved handle, a corresponding groove in the handle head of the stock, and a metal hole in the middle of the stock for disassembling the firing pin.

The Kar98K rifle inherits the classic Mauser rotary rear pull bolt of the 98 series Mauser rifle, and the tail of the bolt is a safety device.

The bullets are staggered in two rows and have a built-in magazine, which is loaded with a five-round magazine, which is pressed into the magazine above the receiver and can also be loaded in a single shot.

Adopt a down-curved pull handle,

Easy to carry and mount the scope, with a curved ruler, a "V" notched door, and an inverted "V" crosshair with a round shield.

The Type 98 rifle is a magazine-fed, rotating bolt-pull rifle.

The ammunition feeding system and bolt are two of its most distinctive designs.

The design of the bolt part has become a classic design of the world's manual rifle and has gone down in history.

The ammunition feeding system is a built-in double-row magazine in which bullets are staggered.

And its bottom magazine can be removed so that the magazine spring can be replaced if necessary.

When loading bullets, single round loading can be carried out, that is, the bolt is opened and a single bullet is loaded into the magazine; Disposable magazines can also be used.

Each magazine is loaded with 5 rounds, which fills the magazine exactly.

When loading, the magazine is inserted directly into the receiver guide slot, and the cartridge is pressed into the magazine, while the empty magazine is automatically discarded when the bolt is locked.

If you want to remove a loaded bullet, you can simply pull the bolt and the safety device must be in the middle position, i.e. safe but the bolt is unlocked, or simply remove the bottom magazine.

The Mauser bolt is a simple and robust one-piece bolt that can be described as a genius design.

The bolt has two latching teeth, both of which are located on top of the bolt. According to Mauser, this system helped to give the rifle better accuracy.

It is often mistaken for a stub at the rear of the bolt for a third latching device, but it is actually a safety bump that does not touch the latching shoulder on the receiver.

The bolt handle is connected to the bolt itself, and on earlier models of Type 98 rifles it was straight and parallel to the ground when the bolt was closed.

On 98k rifles, this handle was changed to a curved shape.

This design makes the action of the bolt more comfortable and convenient.

For example, on a Type 98 rifle with a gun scope, a straight handle will touch the scope holder, while a curved handle will not.

In fact, Wei Bao does not have high requirements for the quantity of army rifles, and the pursuit is more about quality.

The rate of fire of the President's rifle was about ten rounds per minute.

The maximum range can reach 800 meters, and the effective killing range can reach 500 meters.

This is enough, improving the quality and accuracy can make a thousand-strong army invincible in this era.

An armed force of 1,000 people, even in the face of the iron cavalry charge of 10,000 people, will not be afraid, starting from a distance of 500 meters, when it rushes in front of it, it has already fired 20 bullets, and if it hits two shots, it can kill 2,000 people.

Besides, the treasure army does not have to stand still stupidly, in addition to defending the city, it is positional warfare and cavalry combat, which is either mobile or has bunkers, and it is difficult for Jiannu to take advantage.

Not only have the rifles been strengthened, but the performance and quality of grenades and grenadiers have also been improved.

These are the regular weapons of the Treasure Army.

Deng Erxian introduced to President Wei: "We now have mature equipment and technology for mass production of nitric acid. ”

Wei Bao was very happy when he heard this, and immediately asked in detail.

In the past, the Military Industry Department could only use tanks and jars, which were common people's household utensils.

Now it has its own large enamel jar.

Now there are also large flame reflex furnaces and new refractory materials.

In order to improve the strength of the bullets, the military producers of the Baojun used pure copper and zinc alloys.

By producing pure copper and pure zinc, zinc brass can be made.

Lead brass is darker in color than zinc brass.

Lead is almost insoluble in copper-zinc binary alloys and is isolated in solid solutions in a free state.

Lead particles have excellent lubricating and anti-friction properties, and the surface accuracy of their machined parts is very high.

The machinability of brass increases with increasing lead content.

Lead brass parts have lead dissolution problems in use, causing environmental pollution.

Due to resource constraints, the goal of replacing lead brass is difficult to achieve.

Lead brass, commonly known as free-cutting brass, lead is actually insoluble in brass, and is distributed on the grain boundary in a state of free particles.

Due to the harmful effect of lead, the high temperature plasticity of lead brass is very low, so it can only be cold deformed or hot extruded.

Lead brass has good plasticity at high temperatures and can be forged.

President Wei first enthusiastically asked the soldiers to shoot rifles with live ammunition, and was quite satisfied with the shooting results.

Then President Wei asked for a coordinated exercise of infantry and artillery.

The coordinated exercise of infantry and artillery was not scheduled in advance, which made it very difficult for the officers of the Shanhaiguan battalion.

As the supreme person in charge of the guard directly under the president, Madman Tan saw everyone's embarrassment, frowned and said: "The president let the exercise be exercised, doesn't the Shanhaiguan battalion have two infantry guns?" ”

"Yes." The artillery company commander replied.

"No shells? Still doesn't hit? Madman Tan asked.

"No, if there are shells, they can also fight, but the performance is unstable, the shooting is not accurate, and the infantry artillery coordination is not proficient, so I am afraid of making a fool of myself." The artillery company commander told the truth.

"Don't be afraid, you can fight how you usually practice." Madman Tan said decisively: "The president won't blame you. ”

The artillery company commander had no choice but to nod.

The infantry cannon developed by the Baojun is the same as the rifle, and there is only one one.

Although Wei Bao didn't want to use the book's weapons, he had no choice but to bring the imitation Zhenyuan ship, and there was only one book's Type 92 infantry gun, and there was no other option.

However, this cannon is also very suitable for the Tiandihui Military Industry Administration, which has no industry at all, to practice.

The total weight of the Type 92 infantry gun is only 0.212 tons, and after the Baojun imitation, it is less than 500 catties.

Therefore, the requirements for transportation are low, and in the absence of vehicles, untrained animal or human power can be towed forward.

Coupled with the fact that it can be dismantled and transported, the requirements for road conditions in the war zone are almost reduced to a minimum.

It can be said that the Type 92 infantry gun is an infantry gun that can truly accompany the infantry battalion in combat unconditionally.

In fact, it was almost the same, in World War II, as long as there was an operation above the scale of the book brigade, almost all Type 92 infantry guns were indispensable.

The Type 92 infantry gun is a very short gun, with an overall height of only 62 cm, including the height of the shield.

If the shield is removed, the overall height will drop to about 50 cm.

This height is already about the same as a heavy machine gun.

This means that the Type 92 infantry gun can be easily hidden.

This is a very useful advantage for infantry artillery that needs to fight in the line of fire.

Taking advantage of this advantage, the Type 92 infantry gun can be deployed covertly at a very close distance from the enemy's target, giving full play to the accuracy, suddenness and ferocity of fire.

And give the infantry the support they need at the first time.

The firing range of the Type 92 infantry gun is very wide, with a horizontal firing range of 90 degrees, and a high and low firing angle of nearly 90 degrees.

This is mainly due to the small size and light weight of the Type 92 infantry gun, coupled with the low center of gravity, so it can withstand a relatively large range of firing angle adjustment.

Flexibly applying the angle of fire, especially the elevation angle that is said to be more than 80 degrees, the Type 92 infantry gun can fire at almost all types of targets.

Flat fire can be used as a cannon, which is enough to deal with civil fortifications and general masonry fortifications, and although the muzzle velocity of the shell is a little lower, it is still powerful enough to hit unprotected vehicles and armored vehicles.

The warp can be used as a howitzer.

It can be used as a mortar when firing at large elevation angles.

The maximum angle of fire of many mortars is only 85 degrees, because the Type 92 infantry gun is a howitzer, and the trajectory is much more stable than that of mortars, so the accuracy is much better than mortars of the same caliber level, 80 to 82 mm mortars.

At the same time, with the help of high firing angles, the Type 92 infantry gun can be conveniently deployed on the anti-slope position when fighting in the mountains.

In this way, it can not only provide timely support firepower for your troops on the ridge line or frontal position, but also hide yourself well.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs.

The ammunition types of the 92 infantry gun are relatively complete.

However, for a gun with a caliber of 70 mm, developed in the 1930s, it is also not possible to ask too much.

Don't look at the Type 92 infantry gun itself is ultra-light, the shells fired are not light at all, and the high-explosive shells weigh 3.8 kg.

It is on the same level as the general 75 mm barrel artillery and the high explosive shell of the 80 mm mortar.

This gave the Type 92 infantry gun a relatively large power, relative to caliber and weight.

In fact, from the point of view of overall performance, in addition to weight and volume, the Type 92 infantry gun lags behind Western infantry guns of the same caliber, cannon and howitzer in other performances.

However, the quality of the weapon depends on the environment in which it is used.

In the Asian region, the level of road traffic and the transport capacity of the army are far inferior to those in Europe.

The same 2-ton artillery can be called a light gun in Europe, and it can run lively.

But in Asia, you have to set up a special unit for it.

In this case, mobility is a relatively high priority in the proportion of the value factor of artillery.

At this point, the Type 92 infantry gun did a good job.

Moreover, in the battles in Asia, the intensity of artillery combat is far lower than that of Europe, and the living environment of artillery is much better than that of Europe.

Therefore, the Type 92 infantry gun can make up for its lack of range, accuracy and power by firing at close range.

And give full play to its multi-purpose characteristics, which truly embodies the characteristics of "one inch short, one inch dangerous".

The president's infantry gun developed by the Baojun has a caliber of 70 mm.

The total length of the cannon is 2.745 meters.

The bullet weighs 5 kg.

The maximum firing range is 2000 meters.

Wei Bao wants to look at the coordination of infantry artillery, mainly because this is the future trend, although the grenadier is easy to use, it is enough in this era, but it is definitely a little worse than the power of the infantry artillery, and in the future, even the first-level units must be equipped with infantry guns, and they must be equipped with several.

On a snowy day, a company dispatched twenty soldiers to surround the president's infantry guns, and no matter how many people there were, they couldn't do it, and everyone struggled just to push out the infantry guns.

Twenty people shouted their whistles.

Because it is a real combat exercise, a simulated battlefield, you must not use donkeys, mules, or horses to pull it, and the battlefield will not give so much time.

If you want to aim, you must still rely on people, and you must rely on manpower to move over short distances, so you can only dispatch all soldiers.

President Wei watched with relish through the binoculars.

Madman Tan, Deng Erxian, these officers and people from the Military Industry Administration breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that President Wei did not seem to dislike the difficulty of operating the infantry artillery.

"The infantry is one person with one gun, and the artillery is several people, or even a dozen people, and dozens of people use one weapon together, and pay more attention to coordination." Wei Bao said: "The biggest advantage of our army is in cooperation operations, whether it is logistics support or battlefield cooperation, it is much better than other armies in this era." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

This time the infantry artillery coordination was very unsuccessful, the operation speed was slow, it took half an hour to set the position right, and the infantry charged awkwardly under the extension of artillery fire, mainly everyone was afraid of being injured by shells by mistake, and they were timid, and they did not dare to charge without firing shells.

As for the accuracy of the shells, it is better to rush over with grenadiers, or simply throw grenades, or rush over with explosives bags.

Hardly a single shell came close to the target, and it could almost be described as a very unsuccessful exercise.

But Wei Bao did not criticize everyone: "You must fully realize the importance of artillery. Although the cost is high and the transportation is not convenient, this is the general trend, which can massively kill the adversary and reduce our casualties. We need to have an understanding that human life is the most precious. ”

Wei Bao knew that if he didn't make this clear, whether it was the research and development of the military industry department or the use of the front-line army, he would not pay attention to it, and it would slow down the progress of artillery.

This era is too poor, and no one takes human life seriously.

Wei Bao didn't want to play the kind of war that was filled with human lives.

In fact, Wei Bao does not have much ambition for the scope of control.

Wei Bao likes to cultivate intensively, occupy a place, and develop and manage it well, so that the people can live a rich life.