The shock of the imperial court and the people continued, and the two main divisions of the Pingshan Army, the elite division and the combined division, were facing considerable pressure. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this juncture, it is most likely to cause problems, so the two divisions are using the strictest patrol mechanism to nip the accident in the bud.

And the generals at all levels of the Pingshan Army did not dare to be sloppy at all, and followed the patrol every day, staring at the movements of the barracks in the various garrisons of the imperial court. The Pingshan government in Guangxi Province has increased the delivery of ammunition and materials in order to have greater operability in the event of a possible outbreak.

When the holy decree of Cixi Zuoyou was issued in the name of Guangxu, its content was also transmitted to the world through the airwaves for the first time, and the heads of state naturally got the news as soon as possible and gathered together to discuss the changes in the Qing Dynasty.

In a military camp in the United States, a flat and wide field, men in various military uniforms gathered around a large iron shelf, and an old man with a gray beard.

I saw that the white-bearded old man was explaining something to everyone, and the workshop staff on the side cooperated with the explanation, and the man who got all kinds of military uniforms couldn't help but nod.

"Mr. Makqin, are you sure that your improved machine gun can deal with the plane of the Pingshan Army?"

"Of course, Lieutenant Colonel Sinle, you're doubting my achievements, you'll find out later."

"Alright, Lieutenant Colonel Xinle, let's test first." Army Commander-in-Chief Myers stopped Schinler's doubts.

After Makqin's explanation, some people were still not at ease and questioned it, but they were stopped by another man in military uniform wearing a badge.

The other men in military uniforms, who were also wearing badges, also nodded, signaling to hurry up and test and see the results with their own eyes. Soon everyone retreated a few dozen meters, standing on the muddy ground casually, whispering a few words from time to time.

After everyone retreated, several men in overalls began to adjust their positions, rotate the iron frame, and then push the big man from time to time to calibrate the direction.

I saw that this big man was supported by 4 wheels and a rotating disk, on which was welded a three-legged shelf, and the shelf had a 180-degree movable slot, and the top was the Maxim machine gun.

It looks weird and clumsy, but it's quite nimble under the control of a few people. After a few people checked and debugged, Chong Makqin nodded and signaled that it was ready.

Immediately got the order to start, only to see a row of nearly ten meters of test bullet chains being lifted onto the rotating disk, one of the men in work clothes began to load the bullet chain, and then began to aim at a stone wall of several tens of meters in front of him.

Not far away, there were obvious signs of construction on the stone wall, and countless wooden planks were hung on it, and a black hole with a diameter of 11.43 mm was pointed at it.

"Bang bang... Bang bang.... ”

I saw that the seemingly clumsy iron frame on the opposite side was quite flexible and moved up and down, and the crackling sound continued to sound after returning to the position, and the iron frame was on fire, and the surrounding smoke was filled.

With the sound of crackling, the wooden plaques on the stone walls shattered all the way up from the foot of the mountain, and wood chips flew everywhere. It only took less than a minute, and the wooden planks on the mountain wall dozens of meters high shattered like a bony nomi card, scattering a trace of broken wood.

This was not the end of the story, and soon a huge kite floated above the iron frame, one or two hundred meters high. After the man in overalls on the iron shelf stopped shooting, the man on the side of the spinning disc quickly shook the handle.

With the swing of the handle, the muzzle of the gun turned to the direction directly above the huge kite, adjusted the barrel to a vertical angle of 90 degrees, and the shooter also adjusted the lifting amplitude with the swing angle 2, as if it was aligned, and then pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang... Bang bang.... ”

There was another burst of crackling, and the smoke of the fire swung as the machine gunner in his work suit adjusted the angle. At first, there was no abnormality in the huge kite, but after a while, the huge kite seemed to be in severe pain, and began to swing irregularly in the air.

Transparent holes appeared, strips of cloth floated out, and soon the skeleton of the huge kite was broken up, no longer just swinging, and began to slowly fall down.

The machine gunner in the overfit obviously had no intention of cease-fire, and lowered the angle and continued to shoot a torrent of bullets, and under the high-speed fire of a minute .43 mm bullet, the huge kite disintegrated directly in the air and fell down at great speed.

"Hahaha, it's done, my darling..."

The white-bearded old man on the edge of the shelf jumped frantically onto the tray of the shelf, hugging the iron shelf and kissing it for a while. Dozens of meters away, the men in military uniforms covered in medals also applauded, and it was clear that the improved test of the Maxim machine gun was very successful.

Men in military uniforms walked into the rack at great speed, carefully examining this magical weapon, as if this was the hope of the Empire, and it would wash away the shame it had brought not long ago

"Congratulations, Mr. Maxim, you are the pride of the Empire."

"Makqin, you have succeeded, and I believe that soon you will be overwhelmed by dollars."

“......。”

There were not many people in the test site, but the cheers never stopped, and the faces of all those who participated in the testimony were full of excitement.

Although the sample came out, it would take some time to actually put it into use, and this rough sample was only worked out day and night in a few days.

All kinds of accessories were disassembled and combined with other equipment, and they were not fired separately for the Maxim machine gun at all, which naturally looked clumsy and ugly.

Makqin knew that after that, he would have to redesign as quickly as possible, considering the battlefield's location, weight, portability, and mobility, and that important challenges were still to come.

The news of the successful test of the air weapon to restrain the Qing Pingshan Army reached the White House of the US presidential office and was in the hands of then-President William McKinley, but this will not be called the White House.

The Presidential Palace was established in 1812 when the war broke out between Britain and the United States, and after the British army occupied Washington City, they set fire to buildings including the U.S. Capitol and the Presidential Palace. Later, in 1814, the brownish-red stone walls of the presidential residence were painted white to cover the traces of the fire. In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt officially named the White House.

William McKinley, who received the news, urgently summoned key members of the government, and Maxim and several senior officials at the test site also rushed to return their lives.

In the conference hall, the principal officials have already arrived. President William McKinley, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of the Army Alger and current Army Commander Nelson A. Myers, and Secretary of State John Hay are among others.

When McKinley saw that everyone had arrived, he sent the secretary the photo of the test site. "Gentlemen, congratulations on the birth of our new weapon, the Makqin anti-aircraft machine gun, which is a great achievement, and we will no longer worry about the planes of the Qing Napingshan Army in the future. This is Mr. Maxim, the Originator. ”

The officials looked at the old man sitting to McKinley's right, Makqin, and applauded, while there was no shortage of congratulations and praises.

However, Makqin was not so happy in his heart, and the cold reception when he recommended the old-fashioned Makqin machine gun to the army before was symbolically purchased, and now it is still in my hands, Makqin felt a little proud in his heart.

"Then gentlemen, there are a few questions, whether we want to share with other countries, when we will share, and gentlemen to consider the number of purchases of each army." McKinley started by throwing out a few questions.

"The Navy suffered a lot of losses this time, and it was recommended that each warship be equipped with 10 Makqin anti-aircraft machine guns. I just don't know if Mr. Maxim can make it smaller, and now this head is probably going to take up most of the deck space. ”

These issues are naturally of paramount concern to procurement, and as for opening them to the allies, that is a matter for later.

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney thought about it and was the first to find Makqin, and according to the information, the anti-aircraft machine gun for this test was too large, and if it was installed on the deck of a ship at this size, it would take up too much space that was not rich.

"Indeed, Mr. Makqin, the army needs to be equipped with at least 5,000 units, if the volume is too large, there will be great trouble in transportation and operations, and it is not conducive to operations, so the flexibility of the aircraft in the air is very high."

Secretary of War Alger also agreed, this volume is not only for the navy, but also for the army, and it is a big burden for the army to move and control such a large man.

Let's not talk about how effective it will be, such a big man is too poorly concealed on the battlefield and too easy to attack. Think about it, if it is really equipped with such 5,000 big guys, it will not crush the army's logistics. (To be continued.) )