From the point of view before April 1879, there was nothing wrong with the judgment of the French generals, and they must applaud the French generals for their deep understanding of the German military sphere.

But history has preserved a life that should have been left, Joey. If Joy had been able to attend the meeting of the Supreme Council of Defense at the Elysée Palace, he would have been able to explain to the generals why there were so many, and what they thought was unreasonable and contradictory.

Joy fully accepted the accusations that it did not conform to the procurement process of the German military and did not conform to the procurement traditions.

As the designer of the HK81A2, Joey himself took the top-level route, with Wilhelm I as the spokesperson for his products, rather than following the usual path of an ordinary light weapons designer, constantly carrying samples back and forth with various German military departments, and constantly doing a lot of shooting performances for various related and unrelated people.

The German Empire is a European monarchy, and His Majesty the Emperor may not be able to do everything he wants, but in the military field, which has full say in itself, he can still have the final say on a new rifle.

In addition, the Black Hawk Legion, which decided to use the Joy rifle, was originally a reserve force, and its own weapons procurement belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia, and the actual military expenditure came from the military bonds issued by Crown Prince Frederick, and there were three items, and the German War Ministry and the Army were unable to manage it, so naturally they would not start according to the procurement process of the German army.

Why the Mauser brothers' shots were not used, all those in the German upper echelons who had used the best SMLE No.1 MKIII* in various versions of the Lee-Enfield rifle would naturally understand the huge gap between the HK81A2 and the Mauser M1871.

The only regret for the French intelligence officers who went deep into Germany was that they did not know these secrets that belonged to the German upper echelons, and if the French could develop a high-ranking person in the German military, they would understand the rationale behind these great irrationalities.

Historically, there has been no shortage of high-level spies in the German military or political circles who worked for Britain and the United States, and even for the Soviet Union, some of these spies were out of ideals, and some were for monetary purposes, but no matter what the purpose, Germany has never been willing to work for the French spies, which cannot but be said to be the sorrow of the French.

Joey absolutely admits that the French intelligence officers who visited the camp of the Black Hawk Regiment were extraordinarily heroic, and that the 20-kilometer trek alone in the deserted forest was already the limit of perseverance, skill and courage, not to mention the need to evade the dogs, patrols, policemen and plainclothes of the German army, and even a vigilant German citizen, was a great threat to the French intelligence officers.

But Joey regretted to tell the senior officers of France's Supreme Defence Council that what he saw was not necessarily the truth.

In the training camp of the Black Hawk Corps in Hamburg, there are really two kinds of rifles, namely the HK81A1 that fires black powder propellant and the smokeless propellant HK81A2, except for a few small differences in appearance, the only two differences are the gun steel that cannot be distinguished with the naked eye, and the propellant that cannot be distinguished without disassembling the bullet.

Both models of rifles were phosphated in black, and unless the French obtained the actual rifles and sent them to the laboratory for metallographic and material composition analysis, the difference would not be discernible at all by the observation of French intelligence officers through telescopes at a distance.

For the bullets, if they are not disassembled, they cannot be distinguished from the size, they are all 7.62X56mm, and in appearance, the bullets of the black powder propellant are only painted black on the tip.

For HK81A1, it is equivalent to using a strong charge, the disadvantage is that the gun chamber pressure is high, the rifling wear is large and it is easy to explode, for HK81A2, it is equivalent to using a reduced charge, and the disadvantage is that the range of the rifle is reduced, and there are many gunpowder residues.

It was indeed a helpless move for the Black Hawk Legion to have two rifles, because the company HK could not provide the Black Hawk Legion with a sufficient number of HK81A2 rifles, so they could only use the HK81A1 to replenish the number.

The main culprit for this situation is Joey.

In 1879, the price of each HK81A2 was similar to that of the later HK416, for example, in 1888, the price of the commission-style 7.92mm rifle sold to the Qing State was 10 taels of silver each, and 1 tael of silver was equal to 1.034 taels of Kuping silver, and after 1900, the Qing Dynasty, which continued the silver standard, Kuping silver had fallen to 1:2.86 marks.

Although the 1888 Commission rifle was an old gun that was disposed of, and the discount was extremely low, the German merchants still cunningly sold it to the Qing Dynasty according to the price of the new gun, and the final price of the merchants' profits, plus freight and necessary commercial bribes, was only 28.6 marks, which shows that the 1888 Commission rifle was sold at a very low price for the new gun in that year.

Compared to the HK430A2, which sold for up to 81 marks, the 1888 commission rifle was a fraction.

In order to be closer to the low-end market of 19th-century small arms, Joey demanded that the HK81A1, a black powder rifle, be retained, and the simultaneous production of the two rifles in one factory immediately caused chaos in the arsenal of the Hong Kong company in Magdeburg.

In 1879, the German factory had learned the assembly line production technology from its British counterparts, large metal parts could be transported by steam lifting equipment, and the workers also had a simple division of labor according to the nature of the work, but without electrified conveyor lines and electric/pneumatic tools, the current assembly line production was just a handicraft upgrade, far from the level of Ford's automated assembly line production in the early twentieth century.

In addition to hardware industrial manufacturing technology, this level also includes software management technology and quality control technology.

The similarity between the A1 and A2 rifles was the main cause of the confusion, while the sudden and urgent order of the Black Hawk was a secondary factor.

Originally, according to the normal factory manufacturing process, the new factory or new production line must have 8 to 12 months of trial production and commissioning stage before the official production, on the one hand, to test whether the projects in the factory meet the design requirements, and on the other hand, to find out the problems in production and equipment and make adjustments and improvements.

Although the company HK, which was established in May, received a small arms factory from Sir Gruson, this factory was too small and old for the production of HK81A2, and even with the strong support of Sir Gruson, a large number of experienced engineers and workers were sent from his own Grusen arsenal, and a large number of new equipment was added.

The addition of these new personnel and equipment is equivalent to the construction of a new factory for HK.

The new weapons, the new workers, the new equipment and the management of the new company are actually like a mess of hemp rope in HK.

In this extremely harsh situation, fortunately, thanks to the natural organization and discipline of the Prussians, the production of the HK company was stumbling, but talent could not replace the factory system, so the production of the two rifles of the HK company was in fact extremely low, especially the HK81A2, which used the new gun steel.

The difficulties encountered by the Black Hawk Corps in the formation objectively helped the HK company to buy 3 more months, and after separating the production lines of A1 and A2, HK81A1 could be produced in a low-volume mode, and HK81A2 was still in the exploration stage of large-scale forging technology for gun barrels.

With the completion of the formation of the Black Hawk Legion, it is impossible for the legion to use new rifles for important shooting training, so when the A2 model is insufficient, HK Company also provided the A1 model, so the French intelligence officers are not mistaken, the Black Hawk Legion's training range, there is indeed a situation where black powder rifles and smokeless propellants coexist.

HK assured the German Navy and the Black Hawk Corps that it would be able to supply sufficient and qualified rifles when the Black Hawk Corps officially departed for Chile. According to the basic training schedule of the Black Hawk Corps, this time was expected to be in May 1880.

As a punishment for the breach of the contract by Company HK, the Black Hawk Legion obtained a large amount of black powder and smokeless cartridges, but fortunately, for the supply of bullets, Company HK finally achieved quality and quantity.

On the shells, the French intelligence officers' records of the new German rifle misled the French high-level, in fact, the double-base artillery projectile, because the shells had more propellant, still produced white smoke when fired.

Trapped by the awkward situation of the French having difficulty recruiting native German spies, French intelligence officers were still unaware of these circumstances.

As for the recruitment of all kinds of young people in various European countries, who yearn for the German monarchy, like the Hohenzollern family or the Prussian military system, on the one hand, it is to satisfy Wilhelm I's yearning for the HRE Empire, and on the other hand, it is some careful thinking of Joey.

Recruiting "elite" personnel from various countries and cultivating pro-German personalities have always been Joy's political means of expanding Germany's potential allies, and they are also an important means of dividing the united forces of other countries in extreme cases.

With perseverance and perseverance in this matter, Joey is as calm as the Zugspitze in the Alps.