President Meng is not afraid of anything, he is afraid that this batch of materials will not be delivered on time, with this batch of materials, the entire first brigade of the first field division of the Chinese army can be replaced with new equipment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The replaced equipment is enough to equip another brigade to serve as the armament of the Kyushu Island Garrison Command.

There is also food, enough for more than 500,000 Han people to survive the winter.

Arriving with the transport fleet was Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang has been promoted to vice prime minister of China, Zhao Qingluo has been officially promoted to prime minister, Li Hongzhang as a supplement to Zhao Qingluo's diplomacy, at the same time, awarding Li Hongzhang such a title, is also a kind of praise from President Meng to the country's advanced patriotic intellectuals.

In the Qing court, there were at least hundreds of people like Li Hongzhang who had the idea of enlightenment, and tens of thousands of officials at the level of the state capital and county government!

Relying entirely on Huaguo's new school to train cadres, the speed cannot keep up, and it is necessary to let a group of advanced officials of the former Qing court be transformed into Huaguo, so as to speed up in an all-round way.

The country is not afraid of the expansion of institutions, it is afraid of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and President Meng likes to subdivide the responsibilities of officials, a turnip and a pit, some do things, some verify, and are willing to spend more wages, but they can't raise corrupt officials.

Xuan Jianzhang brought a group of regiment commanders and brigade commanders of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, as well as local officials from Sasebo City, and more than 20 people, to greet Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang walked down the boat ladder with a smile, "Master Xuan, don't be so polite, where is the need to greet you in person?" ”

"Yes, the Vice Minister came in person, and he risked his life to send us supplies." Xuan Jianzhang smiled and shook hands with Li Hongzhang.

"Look at what I've brought you this time? Because winter is about to begin, the president has brought all the belongings that can be transported, shells, bullets, a complete artillery battalion, and a brand new president 1878 rifle! Li Hongzhang said with a smile.

"Finally settled? Great, I've heard for a long time that the standard rifle is in development, and several concepts have been changed. Xuan Jianzhang's eyes lit up, "President 1878 rifle? Is our army going to change equipment again? I had heard that the President's 1878 rifle was much superior to the President's 1874 rifle, and the problem of continuous firing was solved. ”

President Moe's President 1978 rifle, if it is according to the original history, is actually the Kar98k rifle of the Germans.

The Kar98K rifle inherits the classic Mauser rotary rear pull bolt of the 98 series Mauser rifle, and the tail of the bolt is a safety device.

The bullets are staggered in two rows and have a built-in magazine, which is loaded with a five-round magazine, which is pressed into the magazine above the receiver and can also be loaded in a single shot.

It features a down-curved pull handle for easy carrying and mounting of the scope, a curved ruler, a "V" notched door, and an inverted "V" crosshair with a circular shield.

The Kar98k rifle became the most widely used rifle in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II.

It is a reliable and accurate rifle. Considered one of the best rotary pull-back bolt action rifles of World War II.

The Type 98 rifle is a magazine-fed, rotating bolt-pull rifle.

The ammunition feeding system and bolt are two of its most distinctive designs. The design of the bolt part has become a classic design of the world's manual rifle and has gone down in history.

The ammunition feeding system is a built-in double-row magazine in which bullets are staggered. And its bottom magazine can be removed so that the magazine spring can be replaced if necessary.

When loading bullets, single round loading can be carried out, that is, the bolt is opened and a single bullet is loaded into the magazine; Disposable magazines can also be used.

Each magazine is loaded with 5 rounds, which fills the magazine exactly.

When loading, the magazine is inserted directly into the receiver guide slot, and the cartridge is pressed into the magazine, while the empty magazine is automatically discarded when the bolt is locked.

If you want to remove a loaded bullet, simply pull the bolt (the safety device must be in the middle position, i.e. safe but the bolt is unlocked), or simply remove the bottom magazine.

The Mauser bolt is a simple and robust one-piece bolt that can be described as a genius design.

The bolt has two latching teeth, both of which are located on top of the bolt.

This system helps to give the rifle better accuracy.

It is often mistaken for a stub at the rear of the bolt for a third latching device, but it is actually a safety bump that does not touch the latching shoulder on the receiver.

The bolt handle is connected to the bolt itself, and on earlier models of Type 98 rifles it was straight and parallel to the ground when the bolt was closed.

On 98k rifles, this handle was changed to a curved shape.

This design makes the action of the bolt more comfortable and convenient.

On a Type 98 rifle with a gun scope, a straight handle will touch the scope holder, while a curved handle will not.

The horizontal pull handle is easy to operate by hand when aiming, facilitates hitting targets, and facilitates ejection from the bottom.

There is an exhaust hole in the bolt to remove the red-hot gunpowder gases to prevent injury to the shooter's face.

It is only 1878, and the quality of the steel of the Chinese army needs to be further improved, but the level of weapons manufacturing of the Chinese army is now the leading in the world, and even, at least 10 to 20 years ahead of the old weapon powers such as Britain, France, and Germany!

The military industry of the Chinese army has made great progress in the past four years.

In fact, before the President 1878 rifle came out, at least five design proposals had been rejected.

President Meng can't help with science and technology now, he is the level of an ordinary worker, not even a technician.

When Huaguo's military science and technology was just starting, President Meng could still give a little idea, but now, he can only give some guidance and ask about the progress or something.

For example, a car, what can it probably develop, this cute president can say it, but how did it develop like this? Where does he know?

The same is true for rifles, the only requirement of President Meng is to be sturdy, durable, easy to operate, do not need to be too dazzling, and practicality is king.

At this point, President Moe and the industrial ideas of the Germans are synchronized.

In the original history, the only thing that could compete with the Type 98 rifle of the Germans was the American rifle.

However, the design concept of the Americans does not match that of President Moe, who advocates practicality, sturdiness, and durability, and does not take the American rifle route!

Rather, they unswervingly followed the German weapons line.

The American M1892 rifle, also known as the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle, was the first smokeless gunpowder standard rifle used in the earliest military modernization process of the U.S. Army.

The original form was the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle developed in 1888 by Ole Crag and Eric Jorgensen of the Norwegian Arsenal, and was characterized by a side-pressed, semi-rotating "" magazine, in which the bullet was pressed down from the left side of the chamber rather than the middle, and rotated into the magazine at the bottom of the chamber.

Since it was the period when the rifle was transitioning from a single shot to a magazine type, this magazine design that could hold 5 rounds was undoubtedly a strange flower in the competition for the development and production of infantry light weapons in Europe in 1890, and was adopted by the armies of Norway, Denmark and other countries.

At this time, on the other side of the Atlantic, the United States, which recovered from the Civil War and began to rise in the world, took off economically in 1880, and the U.S. Army naturally had to keep pace with the times, catch up with the armaments of the European powers, and integrate with the world.

The U.S. government selected the Norwegian-made Kragg-Jorgensen rifle from more than 40 designs, including the German Mauser, a firearms giant, from samples provided by European arms dealers that were booming in the arms market at the time.

The American version of the M1892 was manufactured by the famous Springfield Arsenal in 1892 and was the main battle weapon of the U.S. infantry for 12 years, from 1892 to 1904.

It was not until 1903 that the U.S. military began to adopt the M1903 7.62mm rifle, also developed for the Springfield Arsenal, that the American version of the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle was gradually phased out of the military in 1907.

The magazine design of the Kragg-Jorgensen rifle is characterized by a side-pressed semi-rotating "" type magazine, in which the bullet is pressed down from the left side of the chamber rather than the middle, and rotates into the magazine at the bottom of the chamber, and the rectangular protrusion on the right side of the barrel is actually the bottom cover of the magazine, which can be opened to exit the remaining bullets. Paul Mauser's design of a "restraint-feed" shell hook to prevent double feeds would not appear until 1892.

The old gun M1892 has participated in several major battles in which the United States, which had just stepped into the ranks of the world's powers, flexed its muscles and showed its strength.

These include the famous battles between the United States and Spain.

It was the Battle of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam in 1898. Spain, the old colonizer who had dominated the world, was forced to abandon Cuba and surrender the colonies of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and Spain embarked on a journey to become a second-class country.

Any weapon must be tested in real combat, including the M1892, which was selected by the U.S. military.

That is, in the battle between the United States and Spain, this gun was directly replaced by the M1903 because it could not withstand the actual combat test of the battlefield.

At that time, the Spanish army generally used the Spanish-made Mauser M1893 7mm rifle.

Not only the rate of fire, power and accuracy are much higher than the M1892 used by the US army.

U.S. soldiers generally complained that their firepower was suppressed by the other side and could not be deployed, and they felt very frustrated.

One of the most famous battles took place in Cuba, when 750 Spanish defenders with Mauser M1893s in their hands suppressed the attack of nearly nine times the number of 6,600 American soldiers, armed with M1892s.

Although in the end, the Americans launched a strong attack with the cooperation of artillery and Gatling heavy machine guns and defeated the Spaniards, but the casualties of the Americans in this battle reached 1,400.

In other words, the Spaniards killed an average of two American devils with one Mauser M1893.

The Yankees 6600 M1892 plus artillery, heavy machine guns did not kill all 750 Spanish red-haired ghosts, due to the heavy casualties in this battle, the post-war staff was shocked, after the study of the brick family, the conclusion is that the gun is not as good as the man, so the military department decided to immediately consider changing the outfit.

The Mauser M1893 horse rifle used by the Spaniards at that time, with a straight magazine and a bridge to feed ammunition, could stand the test of the battlefield than the M1892, which pressed bullets into the magazine one by one through the hot chamber.

Therefore, 700 fast guns almost crushed 6600 US troops could not raise their heads, and the M1903 rifle adopted by the US military in the later period replaced the M1892.

The U.S. forces were attacking, and the M1892s in their hands plus machine guns and artillery were still inflicted heavy casualties by the Spaniards.

The second major combat test of this gun can be said to be the American-Philippine War between 1899 and 1902, when the U.S. military suppressed the independence movement launched by the indigenous people of the Philippines.

Although the M1892 proved to be very unsuitable for the tropical rainforest climate and environment of the Philippines, the U.S. military finally succeeded in preventing the armed independence of the indigenous Filipinos, which once exceeded 1.2 million troops, with a total strength of 120,000 at its peak, 4,100 killed and more than 3,000 wounded (plus more than 2,000 killed by the Philippine Imperial Allies).

More than 20,000 Filipino fighters were killed and wounded, while civilians were estimated to have died an estimated 1.5 million.

From then on, the Philippines became a dependency of the United States until independence in 1946, when English became the official language of the Philippines.

A group of officers were also most concerned about rifles, and they picked them up one after another to test their hands, comparing their crosshairs.

"Yes, there is no change in weight and length, and there is no need to re-adapt." The commander of the first regiment said with a smile.

"Master, let's see the effect of a shot?" Others egged.

Xuan Jianzhang couldn't put it down, fiddling with the president's 1878 rifle for a while, and then fired a shot at the seagull in the distance, and a seagull that was flying at a fast speed suddenly fell into the water.

"Good marksmanship." Li Hongzhang and other officers praised Xuan Jianzhang together.

Xuan Jianzhang laughed, "It's not that my marksmanship is good, it's indeed a good gun, a good gun, in this way, my Chinese army alone can resist the attack of 20 Japanese!" ”

Li Hongzhang sighed, "Is there such a certainty? ”

Xuan Jianzhang smiled and said, "Did the Vice Prime Minister bring the latest instructions from the emperor?" ”

"Nope." Li Hongzhang shook his head and said: "The emperor has completely handed over the affairs of Kyushu Island to the two of us, from now on, until next spring, we don't have to expect the North Korean side to come with supplies, we have to rely on ourselves, the emperor hopes that we can completely seize Kyushu Island." ”

Li Hongzhang whispered to Xuan Jianzhang what President Meng thought, and Xuan Jianzhang was shocked.

The strength of a brigade to seize the entire island of Kyushu?

How is this possible?