Chapter Ninety-Three: Mauser

"Führer, I'm sorry." Ludwig returned to his hospital bed in Lyon, "It was my incompetence that allowed the target to die in front of me, and only the code name of the inner ghost that was prying out of the mouth of the Frenchman was 'Stinging Snake'." ”

On the hospital bed, Leon's face was much better than half a month ago, "It's okay, this stinging snake can't run away." Tell Hans Luther to lift the border blockade and restore the country to normalcy. ”

"Führer, won't the lifting of the border blockade allow the stinging snake to escape out of the country?" Ludwig wondered.

"Hehe, he didn't dare to move." Leon laughed, "He's right next to us, and we can spot him if he moves." Smart as a stinging snake, he will not fail to understand this, he will definitely choose to lie dormant. ”

"Alright then, I'll give Hans Luther orders later." Ludwig nodded in response.

"Also, my injuries have stabilized, you can find a hospital in Berlin for me, and then contact Milch to arrange a plane to take me back to Berlin."

"Führer, you, stay in Kirdo for a while." Ludwig persuaded, "It's not peaceful over there, the stinger must be in Berlin, I'm afraid he will assassinate you again." ”

"I believe in you, Ludwig." Leon said, "If the Assassins could approach me one more time, you wouldn't be called Ludwig." ”

Ludwig was so moved by this that he stood up and saluted Deutschland, and said in a loud voice: "Long live the Führer!" I'll arrange it. ”

After receiving orders from Lyons, Milch quickly arranged for a G·38 transport plane to pick up Lyons.

In the evening, lying in a hospital bed, Lyon returned to Berlin.

After the hospital was sent back to Lyon, it was surrounded by Wehrmacht and SS troops, and it would be hell if any Assassins could get in.

And the "Stinging Snake" was as Leon expected, and did not make any more noise, as if it had disappeared.

The top brass of the People's Will Party who are under house arrest are also there

Each returned to his post, but everyone was secretly stared at by the Gestapo.

Leon also had a rare break, and he politely declined all requests for visits, except that Sophia accompanied him every day.

A month and a half later, Leon was discharged from the hospital and returned home to recuperate.

Time flies, 1926 has passed in a blink of an eye, and Lyon has ushered in a new 1927 in the sky full of flowers.

As soon as the year passed, Leon, who was idle and hairy, removed the bandage and returned to the presidential palace.

"Welcome back, my Führer." Hans Luther said to Leon, who had returned from injury.

"Haha, it's a good feeling to be back." Leon laughed, returning to the presidential palace made him feel high.

"How? How is the development of our Wehrmacht? Is everything normal? Lyon inquired about the Wehrmacht after a long absence.

"On the whole, everything is normal, but Colonel Rommel of the Panzer Corps has complained to us many times about the lack of performance of the No. 2 tank in all aspects." Hans Luther sorted out the situation in the past six months and said.

"Well, tank number two is indeed outdated." Leon nodded, "It's time to start the 'Tank Three' program." I sent the 'Tank Three' proposal to MAN, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes-Benz and asked them to provide me with a prototype car within two months. ”

"Oh, by the way, the Wehrmacht has also received a lot of opinions from grassroots officers and soldiers, saying that their automatic firepower is too weak, and they hope to have a new machine gun."

"New machine guns?" Leon repeated, "You help me contact the Mauser company, and I'll go over tomorrow and discuss the design of the new machine gun with them." ”

"Okay." Hans Luther nodded, "Führer, it seems that I am more suitable to be a secretary." ”

"Haha." Leon laughed and joked, "Then you are too powerful as a secretary to manage a country in an orderly manner." ”

The next day, Lyon arrived with a vote of SS to the Mauser Arms Building Joint Stock Company in Oberndorf.

The Mauser Company, Germany's largest firearms manufacturing company, dates back to July 31, 1811, when King Frederick I of Württemberg established a royal arsenal in Oberndorf, a small town in the Black Forest, Germany, which began operations the following year, employing 133 workers and producing weapons exclusively for the Prussian army. The two brothers who would later create the Mauser Company, William and Paul Mauser, apprenticed with their father at the factory from an early age, and it was then that the two brothers began experimenting with rifles.

In 1867, the Mauser brothers designed a rear-loading single-shot rifle with a rotary bolt based on the French Chasebo breech gun, which was adopted by the German army in 1871 and named the Type 71 rifle, which was the first Mauser rifle in history, and they became famous.

Later, William Mauser died in 1882, and Paul Mauser began his own path of designing firearms on his own.

As the popularity of the Mauser grew, Paul Mauser gradually took full control of the shares of the Royal Arsenal, which was eventually reorganized into the Mauser Arms Manufacturing Company in 1897.

The following year, he introduced the famous Mauser Model 1898, which is now the standard rifle in Germany.

Paul Mauser died in 1914, and his son runs the current Mauser Company.

"My Führer, it's a pleasure to meet you." At the door of the Mauser company, the current president of the company, John Mauser, greeted Lyon with a group of gunsmiths.

"Haha, Mr. Mauser, I'm glad to see you too." Leon and John shook hands.

"Führer, shall we go in and talk?" After making a gesture of invitation to the company, John led Leon into the company.

As soon as you step into the Mauser company, the first thing that catches Lyon's attention is the classic rifles on the display shelves in the lobby, from the earliest Type 71 rifle to the latest G98.

"They represent all the glory of my father and uncle, so I've put them all here as a reminder to work hard." John explained to Leon.

"Well, Mr. William Mauser and Mr. Paul Mauser are really a generation of famous teachers." Leon exclaimed.

"I heard that the Führer wants us to develop a new machine gun this time?" John Mauser brought the topic back to business, "I wonder if the new machine gun is a light machine gun or a heavy machine gun?" ”

"Neither, or neither." Leon said incomprehensibly

"Isn't it all and it's all of them? Führer, you have confused me. John was a little speechless.

"I'm going to name it a general-purpose machine gun." Leon explained, "It's a light machine gun with a bipod, and a heavy machine gun with a tripod!" ”