Chapter 106: The Time of Machine Guns Has Arrived

After discussing the fate of these experienced soldiers, the two of them considered the placement of the disabled soldiers.

Of the troops who went to Chile this time, 27 were killed, of whom 19 were Army, 8 were Marines, and 17 were disabled, of which 10 were Army, 6 were Marines and 1 was KSK.

Monte was also generous, offering £250,000 as a commission for hiring German troops. An additional pension of £500 was given to each fallen soldier and £200 to each disabled soldier. That's a lot in this day and age.

In terms of money, the Navy and Army are not stingy, and in addition to the 500 pounds paid by the Chilean side, the fallen soldiers will take out 500 pounds from the commission and give 1,000 to their families. The £200 for disabled soldiers was also paid in full, but how to accommodate them was a problem.

In the end, the result of the negotiations was that as long as they were willing to stay in the army, the army was all inclusive. You can't be a seed or an instructor, the army is worried about not enough people now, if you want to retire, the army will give you another 200 pounds for resettlement.

As for the request to Monte, the Navy said that it was too lazy to intervene, and the Army could do it yourself.

After the end of the Chilean Civil War, the Chilean Army was basically going to be rebuilt, and most of the army joined the presidential faction, and the parliamentary faction was not at ease with those who were defeated and surrendered, and the temporary parliamentary army was not very capable of fighting. Seeing what the German army was capable of, Monte asked for help in retraining the Chilean Army after the war.

Naturally, this request could not be refused, and it was a good thing that the Chilean Army could be engraved with the German brand. Just as the Chilean Navy was engraved with the imprint of the British, military equipment, training system, and even political tendencies leaned towards the British. And if the future Chilean leader wants to hold on to the army, he will have to consider the interests of the Germans.

Of course, Monte said that the new army also procured all weapons and equipment from Germany, and it would be better to stay in Chile as instructors.

The navy is not interested in this matter, not to mention the small number, how can I hand over my housekeeping skills to you. It's already quite unpleasant to be taken away by the army, and you Chileans still reach out? There are no doors!

The army is also lacking in interest, and the troops in Chile are still in a hurry to ask for it, how can it be left to you? However, the purchase of army equipment also happened to eliminate the old goods, and for the sake of this face, I still agreed, but the instructors were directly drawn from the colonial army in German New Guinea. Those advisers, hurry up and let me board the ship and go home, I'm in a hurry to use it!

As for the purchase of weapons, of course, it was extremely welcome, and once again lamented the generosity of the Chileans, in order to arm the new army, Monte made a request to Germany to buy German equipment for active service. At the beginning, they were in a hurry to get the stock in stock, and the Germans did not care about the obsolete Gew.81 Monters, but now these old Chileans can't take a fancy to it, and they open their mouths to order 40,000 Gew.86s.

An additional order of 200 Maxim machine guns was ordered, for a total of 300 units, in addition to the previous 100 units. But Chile was not a country that valued the army, and Germany's desire to sell mortars and grenades was bankrupt. However, 40,000 Gew.86s and 300 MG88s, along with matching ammunition, could also bring Germany £350,000.

However, Monte also has his own little ninety-nine, and he also proposed to select some people from the Chilean Marine Corps and ask Germany to train as a special unit like the KSK. Obviously, Monte, who is about to become president of Chile, has not forgotten to increase the weight in his hands. If he has a special forces unit that was born in the Navy and is loyal to him, many people will have to worry a little about whether their personal safety is guaranteed if they oppose Monte.

For this kind of request, Jochen categorically refused, the training of the KSK is absolutely confidential, and giving it to the Chileans is equivalent to knowing that the British also know, how can this work? Not negotiable.

The plan was set, and diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were sent to Chile and Monte for negotiations. And on May 27, shortly after the diplomats departed, news came that Balmaceda had committed suicide at the Argentine embassy in Santiago, and the Chilean civil war ended.

Historically, Balmaceda also shot himself in the Argentine embassy, and seeing that the tide was turning, the strongman who hoped to lead Chile to become stronger made a decisive choice in order to avoid the continuation of the war. Now, although the time is different, the choice made by Balmaceda is indeed the same.

Compared to Monte, who betrayed Chilean interests and colluded with interest groups to stage a military coup to reach the pinnacle of power, Balmaceda is a true patriot. It's a pity that this world will always be a world of powers. Balmaceda chose an opponent for his country that he simply could not defeat.

Although Jochen had considered whether to let KSK secretly take Balmaceda out, on the one hand, because Balmaceda itself was pro-German, Germany did do an unkind act of stabbing him in the back this time, and on the other hand, he was worried that if Balmaceda died, under the pressure of the British, all the efforts made by Germany would come to naught.

However, it is clear that the Germans' performance in Chile this time was too perfect, and the British did not react at all and ended the Yiqiē, and the British were not good at this time. Moreover, the strength of the German Army once again shocked the whole of Europe, and the British had to investigate whether the Germans were so capable of fighting the whole country's army, or whether these people were so capable of fighting. If everyone was so capable of fighting, the British said that it was better not to provoke the Germans first.

The British side has temporarily died down, but the French are different, and the French are in turmoil in China in the midst of economic crisis, fearing that the Germans will fight at this time, and then the disastrous defeat of the Franco-Prussian War will be repeated. As a result, France, which was so frightened that its jaw fell to the ground, began a new round of suppression of Germanism at the peak of its suppression, constantly emphasizing the good diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Austria-Hungary and Italy rushed to Berlin to hug their thighs and reaffirm their traditional alliance between the two countries, and the Triple Alliance was both prosperous and retreated.

Or the Russians are the most realistic, in line with Maozi's simple and direct style: "Your Makqin machine gun, come with 200 pieces, old customers, dear, get a discount?" Free shipping? ”

Yoheng said that Kaizi who sent it to the door didn't kill him, who did he kill? £300 apiece, spare barrel £4.5 per price, no giveaways, no discounts, for the sake of old customers, give you a free post, too expensive don't buy.

Tsar Alexander III gritted his teeth, can't I buy it? We don't need this spare barrel, we can save some if we can. So £60,000 was in hand.

At this time, Russia was already testing the Mosin-Nagan rifle, a rifle designed by Russian Army Captain Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, combined with a feeding mechanism designed by two Belgian brothers, Emile and Leon Nagant.

At this time, Mosin-Nagan still used M1891 round-tipped nagant shells, which were naturally required by machine guns sold to the Russians. However, this small change was very simple, and soon 200 MG88s were delivered to Moscow under the guise of the foreign trade Maxim 1891.

The Russians' actions woke up the European guys from a dream, and the new weapon of the Maxim machine gun was immediately favored by the European powers. The British were the first to make a move, and the arms giant Vickers offered to acquire the technology for the production of the Maxim machine gun.

In the original time and space, Vickers forcibly took a stake in the Maxim-Nordenfeld Company in 1890, thus obtaining a patent for the production of the Maxim machine gun, and in 1897, the Maxim-Nordenfeld Company was completely annexed.

But now Lord Albert Vickers, while also aware of the great promise of this weapon, wants to move the HK company in the hands of the German crown prince? Lord Vickers is still self-aware. Therefore, the next best thing to do is to obtain production technology.

As a sign of sincerity, Lord Vickers personally rushed to Berlin to meet Jochen. Jochen's answer to Vickers's request was simple: he had to pay £80 for each piece produced, and he had to buy 500 for the full set of production technology.

As a result, Lord Vickers agreed without even blinking an eye, and the cheque for £150,000 was signed on the spot. Let Johen regret whether he should have asked for a higher price. In fact, Jochen had considered whether to use the patent of the Maxim machine gun to take a stake in Vickers, but considering that the British would never allow this, he finally gave up.

Italy ordered 100 units, and Austria-Hungary was shy of money at this time because of the economic crisis, but because the Russians bought a lot of Makqin, in the end the Austrian-Hungarians still paid for 50 MG88s that fired Austro-Hungarian Manlixia rifle cartridges.

And among the European powers, the French were the only ones who did not bother with Maxim, and I don't know if it was because of their pride that they could not tolerate the use of German-made weapons or because they really had no money. However, Jochen had already made up his mind that without Maxin, I would leave you without a machine gun.

Jochen had already used his personal relationship with Crown Prince Ferdinand and his partnership with the Steyr Company to find a man in Austria-Hungary named Adolf von Odlek Ujezd, who would later be the architect of the gas guide structure for the Hatch Chase machine gun.

If he is recruited and patented for the gas-conductive type, what will happen to the French machine guns at that time? And what will become of the Hatch Chase machine gun? This makes Jochen look forward to it.

The rise of Makqin fever in Europe also led other countries, and the Qing and Japan, which were increasingly confrontation with each other, also purchased some Makqin machine guns one after another. Chile, which had a Maxim machine gun, asked Argentina and Brazil to purchase some as well.

With the sales of more than 1,000 units, the number of equipment is bound to increase, and the future sales prospects are even brighter. The Makqin machine gun, the hen, is finally starting to lay golden eggs.