After getting Morgan, Li Mu went to the Springfield Arsenal the next day. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Mu is now a big customer of the Springfield Arsenal, and there is no need to make an appointment to find the person in charge, and there is someone to receive him at any time.

Holding the promise given by Morgan in his hand, Li Mu was also full of confidence: "I want a complete set of equipment for about 100,000 people, and you can give a price-"

100,000 people!

This is not a small amount, and Larry Reid was immediately overjoyed, and quickly made an offer: "$1,800,000, as last time, each rifle includes 200 rounds, plus a cartridge case, leather boots, a steel helmet, and a set of ordinary military uniforms, which can be specified in style and color, and the texture can only be the most ordinary cotton or linen." ”

The price offered by Larry is not excessive, except for the rifle, the price of a set of equipment is only three dollars, even if Li Mu personally goes to the manufacturer, it is estimated that it will not be much cheaper.

"I have a request." Li Mu has no objection to the price, but there are additional conditions.

"Please." Larry Reid is confident that Li Mu couldn't find a better price.

"All weapons must be marked with the nameplate of the Horse Arms Company." Li Mu's request was unexpected.

To be honest, if the Horse Weapons Company had this ability, Li Mu would definitely not give up this piece of big fat to the Springfield Arsenal.

Even if it is to let it, Li Mu has to rub some oil and water, and the profits can be given to the Springfield Arsenal, but the reputation is not good, Li Mu wants to use this ten-year war in Cuba to make a name for himself to the horse weapons company.

Larry Reed is not stupid, after listening to Li Mu's suggestion, Larry Reed's face suddenly turned red, and he looked at Li Mu's eyes with anger, and he stood up from his seat suddenly: "Springfield Arsenal will never do anything wrong!" ”

"Don't say so absolutely Larry, you know, if you don't agree, I'll go to Colt, if Colt doesn't say yes, I'll go to Winchester, or I'll go to Enfeld, there's always somebody willing." Li Mu is not in a hurry, it is now a standard buyer's market, and Li Mu is more confident than Larry Reed.

In fact, except for Enfeld, which is in the United Kingdom, several of the others are in the New England region. For example, Colt & Co. is located in Hartford, Connecticut, only 40 kilometers from Springfield, and 50 kilometers south of Hartford is New Haven, where Winchester is located.

For the time being, the domestic arms dealers in the United States are still the largest in Springfield Arsenal and Colt, but Winchester is not bad, this factory founded in 1856 developed rapidly during the Civil War, and has been able to pose a threat to Springfield and Colt, as for Li Mu's Horse Arms Company, I'm sorry, compared with Springfield, Colt, and Winchester, the Horse Arms Company is just a toddler, and it doesn't even have the ability to produce rifles, and in the arms market, rifles are the main sales force, The status of the pistol is far inferior.

"Whoever you go to, the Springfield Arsenal will never do it anyway." Larry Reed gritted his teeth and squeezed words out between his teeth, making this decision was also difficult for Larry Reed.

A $1.8 million business is a big deal for any arsenal, and if an arsenal swallows it, it's enough for the factory to work overtime for a year.

After the Civil War, the life of the Arsenal was not very good, and the Springfield Arsenal was the same, there were a large number of old workers from the Springfield Arsenal in Li Mu's factory, so Li Mu knew the details of the Springfield Arsenal, and there was a lot of inventory in the Springfield Arsenal, and Larry Reed would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Li Mu is sure that Larry Reed will definitely compromise, so Li Mu is not worried.

After Larry Reed expressed his attitude, Li Mu smiled slightly, picked up his hat and turned to leave, before he reached the door, Li Mu heard Larry Reed's voice as he wished: "Wait-"

We haven't gone far yet!

Li Mu's conditions for the Chuntian Arsenal are still very favorable, the first batch of 10,000 sets of equipment will be at the end of March, Li Mu will go to Cuba with the equipment, the second batch of 10,000 sets will be asked for three months later, and so on.

In this way, the pressure on Li Mu and the Chuntian Arsenal is not great, for Li Mu, since the goods are requested in batches, the payment is naturally paid in batches, and for the Chuntian Arsenal, it is not easy to replace the nameplate of 100,000 rifles in a short time.

Back to Junma Weapons Company, Li Mu still focuses on squeezing the R&D team, Li Mu has introduced the concept of grenades and shotguns to Zhang Leye, and requires Zhang Leye to complete the research within a month.

In fact, these two weapons are not difficult, at this time there have been grenades, in order to maximize the role of grenades, the armies of various countries have even set up special grenadiers, and the main weapon they use is grenades.

Of course, the current grenades are not the same as Li Mu's requirements, the power is too small, and the function is not clear, but it is not difficult to develop a grenade that meets Li Mu's requirements, the most important thing for a grenade is to seal the letter, as long as the fuze problem is solved, other problems are minor problems, and the grenade at this time basically has a mature fuse, which solves the biggest problem.

The grenades required by Li Mu are divided into offensive grenades and defensive grenades, offensive grenades are actually a layer of high explosives wrapped in a thin iron sheet, relying on the shock wave generated after the explosion to kill and injure the enemy, and it has a huge effect in a narrow space, although the lethality is not as good as the defensive grenade in the open terrain, it can effectively avoid accidental injury and does not affect the soldier's charge, so the application is still very wide.

Defensive grenades are more perverted, Li Mu requires defensive grenades to weigh between 500 grams and 700 grams, and the lethal part is mainly composed of steel balls, Li Mu has asked Carnegie Steel Company to produce ultra-small steel balls for the Horse Weapons Company, each steel ball is about the same size as a sesame seed, so that a grenade can be loaded with about 1,500 steel balls, which if thrown out in the face of the infantry collective charge, basically no one is spared within the radius of destruction.

One of the disadvantages of defensive grenades is that the lethality is too great, under normal circumstances, the distance from which a soldier throws a grenade is about forty or fifty meters, while the radius of a defensive grenade is more than forty meters, so if a soldier throws a grenade, he must lie down to avoid the fragments, otherwise he may harm himself.

With these two kinds of grenades, Li Mu believes that he will definitely be able to surprise the Spaniards, and when the time comes, no matter whether the Cubans attack or defend, it is estimated that the Spaniards will not be able to bargain.

The research and development of shotguns is not difficult, in fact, shotguns are smoothbore guns, because shotguns pursue surface killing, so there is no requirement for range, twenty or thirty meters is enough, so there is no rifling in the barrel of shotguns, so it is much easier to produce shotguns than rifles.

The shotgun required by Li Mu is a pump-driven structure, and if the pump-driven structure is difficult, then the runner type is also acceptable.

The revolver is an oversized revolver, which works on the same principle as a revolver, but the bullets fired are a little more powerful, which is not difficult for the current R&D team of Horse Weapons.

To Li Mu's surprise, for the R&D team of Junma Weapons Company, the pump-action shotgun is not difficult, in fact, the working principle of the pump-action shotgun is also very simple, that is, with the help of the hand pull the front handguard to drive the automaton to complete automatic actions such as shell pumping and shell throwing, this mode of action is similar to the working process of the pump pumping.

With a gun, the bullet has to be changed.

Li Mu has studied the topography of Cuba during this time, the terrain of Cuba is complex, most of the area belongs to the tropical rainforest climate, only the leeward slope of the southwest coast is the savannah climate, such an environment, the requirements for bullets are still very high, at least in terms of moisture-proof performance than the temperate zone of Springfield. After licensing the patent for smokeless gunpowder to the American Gunpowder Association, Li Mu and Henry DuPont reached an agreement that DuPont would supply 10,000 pounds of smokeless gunpowder to the Horse Arms Company each month for use by the Horse Arms Company.

Of course, even if Li Mu is the inventor, he has to pay for this 10,000 pounds of gunpowder, but Henry DuPont gave a friendship price for the sake of his friends, which made Li Mu's mood a little more comfortable.

The gunpowder used in shotgun bullets is smokeless gunpowder, which burns more fully and violently than black powder, and is much more effective as a propellant.

In the test of the Horse Weapons Company, if the smokeless gunpowder is used to load the No. 12 deer bullet, the effective killing distance can reach 50 meters, and at a distance of 50 meters, the 12 steel balls of the deer bullet are scattered within one meter, so that the power is enough, after all, in the tropical rainforest, because of the dense vegetation, when you find the enemy, maybe the distance is only ten meters or even closer, at this distance, only a rough aim is needed to hit, and the powerful shotgun is obviously better than the rifle.

In mid-March, the research on grenades and shotguns was basically completed, and Li Mu gave the R&D team a second task, this time a mortar.

There is no doubt about the status of artillery in modern warfare, in view of the terrain of Cuba, Li Mu does not think that heavy artillery is of any use, and mortars that are easy to carry are the first choice.

For mortars, Li Mu does not ask for time, after all, it is a leapfrog development from guns to artillery, and the research of guns is barely enough for the horse weapons company now, and the research of artillery can only start from scratch, so even if it is delayed for three or two years, Li Mu thinks that it is normal.

In late March, just as Li Mu was about to leave, a court summons was suddenly delivered to the Junma Arms Company.

Amos finally couldn't bear it anymore and sued Li Mu in Springfield District Court for instructing Ford Benjamin to murder the Amis family.

What does it mean to be out of place, that is, no wonder Grant would fire Amos.