"A general-purpose machine gun? Both as a light machine gun and as a heavy machine gun? John repeated.

"That's right." Leon said seriously, "Can you design a machine gun that meets the requirements?" ”

"You know, the dual-use requirements for the quality of the gun itself are very high." John didn't dare to say yes directly, he hesitated and said, "We can only do our best, but your idea is very good, and we have never thought of eliminating the distinction between light and heavy machine guns." ”

"Just do your best." Leon wasn't worried that they wouldn't be able to design it.

Because although the action of the general-purpose machine gun was first developed by the Danes (the Danish Madsen machine gun was the earliest general-purpose machine gun, although even the Danes themselves did not know that the thing they made was called a general-purpose machine gun), it was carried forward by the group of people in front of them.

In Lyon's previous life, the MG34 general-purpose machine gun and its improved version of the MG42 general-purpose machine gun designed for the German Army were arguably the best machine guns of World War II.

So Leon trusted them very much and didn't put pressure on them, just said to do his best.

"That's right, Führer." "We recently improved a new short carbine based on the Mauser Type 98B carbine, which we named the Mauser 98K. ”

Mauser 98K? Interestingly, it was born 8 years earlier, Leon thought.

Mauser 98K, is the pinnacle of the Mauser company, it uses the German traditional 7.92×57mm caliber Mauser rifle cartridge, the whole gun length is 1110mm, the whole gun weighs 3.9KG, the combat rate of fire is about 15 rounds / min, the firing range is 800m, and the muzzle velocity is 775m/s, it can be said to be one of the pinnacle masterpieces of bolt-action rifles.

However, despite its excellence, Leon did not intend to equip the rifle on a large scale, or rather, to equip any bolt-action rifle on a large scale.

In Lyon's mind, the combination of semi-automatic rifle + assault rifle in the future is the best.

Of course, there is still a need to improve and equip a small number of bolt-action rifles for use as sniper rifles.

"Mr. Mauser, to be honest with you, we don't plan to purchase bolt-action rifles to equip our troops." Leon spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Oh, that's a shame." John said in frustration, "98K is really good. ”

"I'm sorry." Leon laughed, "But as old friends of our Wehrmacht, I can reveal something to you. ”

"Oh? What's the content? John asked with interest.

"Our future standard rifle program." "I can tell you a little bit about its performance requirements. ”

"That's amazing." John laughed again, "We can have plenty of time to design this weapon for your future tenders. ”

"We hope your masterpiece will be favored by us in the future. Let me start by telling you about some of its requirements. ”

"The first thing we need is a semi-automatic rifle. It uses a huge stock of 7.92×57mm Mauser ammunition, the magazine can hold at least 15 rounds, the maximum rate of fire cannot be less than 40 rounds per minute, the maximum range needs to be greater than 800m, and the weight cannot be higher than 5KG. ”

"Semi-automatic rifles?" John said, "No wonder you don't want our 98K, it turns out that you are going to be fully equipped with semi-automatic rifles." ”

"The firepower of bolt-action rifles is too weak." Leon explained, "This is not for our army. ”

"Okay, no problem." John nodded, "I'm sure we can do a good job, even though we've never been exposed to the design of a semi-automatic rifle." ”

After talking about the purpose of the trip, Lyon talked to Mauser about many business and political matters, and he wanted to persuade Mauser to join his People's Will Party.

"Mr. Mauser, you have seen the strength of our People's Will Party. I think if you can choose to join us and work with the People's Will Party, we will definitely be able to go further together. Leon sincerely invited.

John pondered for a while, then said with some hesitation: "Our Mauser Arms Company has never been involved in politics, this is tradition, so ......"

"I don't need Mauser to take a stand." Leon dispelled his concerns, "All you need is for you to join our party." ”

John was still struggling.

"The Walter Company has joined us the other day, Mr. Mauser, you need to think about it." Leon said profoundly.

Walter & Co. is also a firearms manufacturing company, and is the largest competitor of Mauser in the German firearms market.

"All right, Führer, I'll join." Mauser did exactly as Leon thought, and as soon as he heard that Walter had joined, he immediately changed his tune.

"Welcome, you'll know later how great your choice is." Leon and Mauser shook hands.

"Führer, you have to be careful of the People's Party and the Social Democratic Party." Mauser, who joined the People's Will Party, quickly took on the role.

"Why do you say that?" Leon is a little weird.

"Because the day before yesterday, the leader of the People's Party and the leader of the Social Democratic Party came to me, and they wanted me to join them in order to enrich myself."

"Looking for you?" Leon touched his chin and said, "Interesting, they joined forces." ”

"Yes, they've teamed up." Mauser confirmed Leon's suspicions, "They told me that they might be inferior to you alone, but if they joined forces, they would be able to compete with you in Congress." ”

"It's quite troublesome. We don't have more than 50 percent of the seats in Congress, so we can't decide something alone. Leon said with a frown.

"We can find someone to form an alliance with, too." "The Catholic Central Party and the German Communist Party are great potential allies," Mauser proposed. ”

"No, you can't form an alliance." Leon shook his head, "If we form an alliance, our power will be dispersed, which is unacceptable to everyone in our People's Will Party, forget it, let's take one step at a time." ”

"That's all it can be."

"Alright, Mr. Mauser, after bothering you for so long today, it's time for me to go." Leon stood up and said.

"Why don't you finish lunch before leaving?" Mauser politely said.

"No, there's no time this time." Leon shook hands with Mauser, "I have to rush to the Capitol immediately after lunch, and today Congress is going to hold a meeting on the allocation of new tanks for the Wehrmacht." ”

"Okay, then next time, next time you come again, you must let me do my best to be a landlord." Mauser sent Leon out of the company gates, "Goodbye, my Führer. ”

"Goodbye, Mr. Mauser." Leon waved his hand, said goodbye to John, and got in the car and left.