Chapter 70: Four Murderous Weapons
After the arrangements are made, Young Master Liang himself will devote himself to the great cause of creating a military factory, which is his old profession as a major general expert.
Paul Mauser has already received news that the machinery and technicians of the gunsmith factory sent from Europe are about to arrive; And the steel plant here is also about to be completed, there are several piles of raw materials such as iron ore and anthracite coal ready, there are a large number of Vietnamese prisoners to do free labor, Young Master Liang has reduced the production cost of the steel plant to the minimum, and the primitive accumulation of capital is really full of blood and crime.
Our Young Master Liang is lying on his desk drawing drawings without blinking. The Germans in the previous life sold this German 1888 committee rifle drawings to the Qing Dynasty, but now the young master Liang has sold it back to the Mauser company.
When the steel plant and the gunpowder factory are put into production, Master Liang will use this drawing to build a few sample guns, test fire them on the spot, and hand them over to Xiao Mauser after proving that all the design parameters are up to standard, and the deal is officially reached. Mauser Jr. will rush back to Prussia with drawings and sample guns, as well as thirty Chinese apprentices.
The rifle prepared by Young Master Liang for the Liang family army is not made in Hanyang, but an upgraded version of the classic famous gun Mauser 98K, in the Hanyang-made version, the design of the bolt and magazine has been improved, and the reciprocal line of the barrel has also been improved; Moreover, the caliber of the barrel is not 9.0 mm for the little Mauser, but 7.92 mm for the original design of the Mauser 98K; because the ammunition in the world is still black powder, and the explosive power is limited, so it can only produce enough explosive force by increasing the caliber of the bullet and increasing the amount of gunpowder; and the military factory of Master Liang will develop and produce smokeless gunpowder, with smokeless gunpowder, the bullet caliber can be designed to be the original 7.92 mm. This Mauser 98K has an effective range of up to 800 meters, and Young Master Liang shamelessly named this classic Mauser 98K HN1, which means Hainan 1 in Chinese, to commemorate the birthplace of the Liang Jiajun - Hainan Base.
The process of producing bullets is many and complex, in fact, it is more difficult than the production of rifles, a good rifle is difficult in design, as long as there is a set of accurate drawings, the production process is simpler than bullets; Fortunately, Master Liang's future father-in-law Xu Shou and brother-in-law Xu Jianyin are both experts in chemistry; According to the original historical development, the gunpowder manufacturing of several arsenals in the Qing Dynasty was basically the responsibility of the Xu family father and son and Hua Yufang.
Although their technical level is much worse than that of Young Master Liang now, they are not bad in this world, and with this level of in-law relationship, it should be possible to at least invite their brother-in-law Xu Jianyin to be in charge of production.
Historically, smokeless gunpowder was successfully trial-produced by French chemists in 1884. Of course, Young Master Liang will not contribute this technology, otherwise with the strong industrial base of European countries, how can he play with them. Now that Hanyang appeared in Prussia twenty years in advance, in the next Franco-Prussian War, I am afraid that the French will lose even more badly, and the casualties will greatly increase; And weakening France as much as possible is exactly the purpose of Young Master Liang, hoping to occupy Vietnam in the future and drive away the French in Vietnam, as long as the French government does not come to retaliate.
After drawing two rifle drawings, Master Liang drew another drawing of the submachine gun, and two more drawings of the machine gun, one for a heavy machine gun and one for a light machine gun. With today's industrial technology, it is already possible to produce simple submachine guns, but no one can design them; The production of assault rifles in later generations may not be possible, after all, there is no large-scale stamping machine tool equipment in the world, and Master Liang alone cannot make such a complex large-scale machine tool, because China's current industrial base is too poor.
The design of the submachine gun is based on the earliest German submachine gun MP18, and Master Liang has made some improvements. The caliber is also designed to be 7.92 mm, which is convenient for the universal use of bullets, and the rate of fire of Master Liang has been changed to a slower rate of fire, with a combat rate of fire of 20 to 30 rounds per minute for a single shot, and about 50 to 60 rounds per minute for long point fire; because Liang Jiajun's industrial production capacity is limited at present, the rate of fire is too high, and the supply of bullets cannot keep up, and this rate of fire is sufficient in actual combat; if the submachine gun with a high rate of fire is produced at the current level of industrial technology and technology, then the shooting accuracy may be reduced; from these two aspects, it is necessary to appropriately reduce the rate of fire; the theoretical firing range is 300 meters, and the effective firing range is about 200 meters; Young Master Liang named this submachine gun the HN2 type.
The design of the light machine gun is the upgraded and strengthened version of the HN2 submachine gun, the caliber is still 7.92 mm, the rate of fire has been increased, the single shot is about 50 rounds per minute, the continuous fire is about 120 rounds, the theoretical firing range is 600 meters, the effective firing range is about 400 meters, the empty gun weighs 7.2 kilograms, plus the bracket is less than 10 kilograms, which meets the requirements of easy handling during combat, I believe that this is a good gun that everyone loves and the enemy can see flowers; this light machine gun is named HN3 type.
The design of the heavy machine gun is all based on the design of the Maxim heavy machine gun, which is also the most suitable heavy machine gun that can be produced due to the current production conditions. Because smokeless gunpowder has not yet been successfully trial-produced, this kind of automatic shooting gun has not yet appeared in Europe, because this automatic shooting machine gun is powered by the gas generated by the emission of smokeless gunpowder as the power source, and the sports bolt throws out the cartridge case, and then relies on the elastic force of the spring to push the bullet into place and fire it again; The design of the bolt mechanism is more complicated, but it is still a little simpler than the later air-conductive bolt design, which is also conducive to the current production; This heavy machine gun is water-cooled, the empty gun weighs about 28 kg, the caliber is still the original 11.43 mm, can be single, burst fire, the rate of fire can be adjusted, 100 to 600 rounds per minute, the use of a canvas cartridge with a capacity of 333 rounds of ammunition feed, the theoretical range of up to 1000 meters, the effective range is estimated to be about 600 meters, which is completely sufficient. Young Master Liang completely ignored Comrade Makqin's feelings and named this murderous weapon HN4 type.
With these four murderous weapons that are decades ahead of this era, Young Master Liang can be proud of the rivers and lakes, no matter whether you are a British cow or a French chicken, a Russian woolly bear and an American eagle, this young master can beat you all over the ground looking for teeth and cocks!
The beautiful young master Liang went to Guangzhou with a smile on his face, and he wanted to go to the Guangzhou Development Zone on Changzhou Island to find the Prussian machinery factory to customize a batch of machinery and equipment for the production of ammunition factories; Out of secrecy, they also had to find several foreign companies to order a batch of chemical materials, also for the trial production of smokeless gunpowder; Because of time constraints, I couldn't wait for my own chemical raw material factory to be put into production, so I could only purchase a batch from European and American countries. At present, Young Master Liang has to do these tasks himself, and no one can help him, so it seems that he has to ask his cheap brother-in-law Xu Jianyin to come over to help.