Chapter 105: The Black Contractor
Bismarck tested Downing's attitude: "Your Excellency, you have studied genetics, and I have a question I would like to ask. I think people of Germanic descent are particularly rigorous and thoughtful, is there any genetic basis for this? ”
He was looking for a scientific theory for his rejection of Austria's North German unity.
Downing smiled: "Agree that the Germans are quite good. My Munich car factory is running well beyond my expectations, and the German nation is truly great. If you want to talk about heredity, it really has a certain amount of heredity. However, genetic factors are not the main factor. I can give an example of an animal, there is a zoologist who has observed orangutans who has done research for many years and found that one orangutan is quite intelligent and will stone open the hard shell of a nut. Guess how long it will take for such an intelligent animal as a close relative of us humans to learn this technique? Hehe, it takes about twelve years!
You might think that orangutans are so dumb that they can't compare to humans. This view is wrong! Nature is the fairest, the laws of physics are the same for everyone, you get a certain ability, always at the cost of another compromise, the more intelligent the animal needs to be younger. Of course, there is no comparison between the intelligence of adult orangutans and adult humans, but juvenile orangutans are smarter than juvenile humans! This is the same as most calves and lambs that can run around within a few days of birth, and have a strong ability to take care of themselves. The material of the brain is the same as that of the smart and stupid, the more intelligent the animal, the less able to pre-order the genetic knowledge in the brain, the ability to use all the brain resources to learn and accommodate learning is the characteristic of intelligence, which requires the growth time, and the role of heredity in wisdom is far less important than acquired learning.
Is bloodline or culture important? In fact, in terms of wisdom, the cultural standard is more important than the blood standard, the monarchy is divine, and the blood standard is actually backward and incorrect, and the learning ability of the whole human being is roughly equivalent, and if the baby is given an excellent growth environment, they can obtain excellent talents. I'm not just talking about it, Otto can go to London to see the international students in the world to see the academic performance of all races in the world, they are quite good, these are the elite of mankind. ”
Bismarck still did not give up, and said: "The truth may be correct, but only a country with our Germanic blood as the main body can cultivate German culture, and I am more inclined to unite the German cultural states more closely into a greater empire, so as to compete with France and England, I don't know what do you think?" ”
Downing: "Well, the current German Confederation is too loose. ”
Bismarck rejoiced: "I am glad that the Grand Duke of Luxembourg can approve of this, and as long as we are united in Germany, we are by no means worse than England and France." It's a pity that the Austrian Habsburgs could not keep up with the times, and it was a major obstacle to our unification. ”
Downing smiled: "Prussia has opportunities, the only thing I am worried about is that the king of Prussia is in power, even if there is an outstanding talent like you, it will not be able to continue Prussia's policy for too long." The royal power can suppress the voices of the stupid opposition, but its drawbacks are also strict, once the king without wisdom comes to power, everything is ruined, and the monarch still plays a role less in a hundred years. Let every qiē sound be heard, and let the smallest interests be taken into account, this is the long-term solution. All policies are a balance of interests, and a small group of people represents the details that need to be perfected in a policy. The best talent does not suppress the other side with violence, but patiently reasones, and regards peaceful persuasion as the art of war, and violence as a backing for the use of not light.
If you want to unify Germany, I also want the European countries to establish a federation, to establish a European parliament, and to settle disputes through negotiation forever. Unfortunately, these were all dreams, and a religious dispute almost ruined my little Luxembourg. ”
Bismarck smiled and said, "Only the Grand Duke of Windsor in the world has the prestige to dare to completely challenge Christianity." Why don't we reach a gentleman's agreement, you help me unify Germany, and then unify Europe, haha, your dream is much greater than mine, the unification of Europe, it's really ...... It's incredible. ”
Saigo Takamori listened to the translator's muttering and excitedly joined: "Help us Japan unify Asia!" ”
Both Downing and Bismarck glanced at Saigo with disdain, and it seems that Saigo thought that with FN-1855 he could run rampant in the world. If the Grand Duke wants to unify Asia, it is also the East India Company, and it will not be the turn of Japan, and now it is not even a country that has learned how to make steel.
Downing: "Japan should find the mines in Alaska first, eh, let's take a look at the snowmobiles I designed!" ”
Saigo was very concerned about this, and Bismarck seemed to have received the Archduke's initial affirmation of German unity, and the two of them looked at the small model of the snowmobile with great interest.
Bismarck saw the tracks at a glance and said, "Huh? What is this called? Seems to possess strong off-road ability. ”
Downing was taken aback, wouldn't Bismarck think of building tanks? Fortunately, the internal combustion engine has not yet been invented, and no matter how smart the Prussians are, they cannot invent tanks now.
Relieved, Downing leisurely explained that this kind of track "inspired by American tractors" effectively solves the problem of wheel sag and slippage in the snow.
The Grand Duchess, who loved horseback riding since childhood, was most fond of all kinds of transportation, and she was quite interested in this kind of vehicle that could speed through the snow, and she was really a female car fan.
Bismarck did not leave his line in three sentences, saying: "If Napoleon the Great had this kind of goods back then, the Russians would have been destroyed long ago, haha, it is terrible to be the enemy of the Grand Duke!" ”
Downing: "You're polite, your Prussian army is quietly equipped with breech-loading rifled guns, which surprised me, I thought that dealing with the Prussian army was as easy as suppressing the Indian native rebellion, but fortunately Otto has been dragging the king back in Prussia, so that he did not dare to attack lightly, and saved our lives, Saigo, do you know that your little life is likely to be saved by Mr. Bismarck?" ”
After listening to Manjiro's translation, Saigo Takamori bowed to Bismarck seriously, Bismarck couldn't help but be annoyed, isn't this a hard-hitting betrayal of the motherland?
Speaking of rifles, Bismarck had already heard the news from Moltke, and the rifles of the Satsuma mercenaries were called terrible, and now that the relationship between the two sides seemed to be good, he asked for a glimpse of that rifle.
Saigo Takamori thought that this kind of national weapon should not be shown lightly, but he did not expect Downing to be very generous, and asked an assistant to bring a branch of FN-1855 to Bismarck, and taught him to use it in great detail.
Bismarck, a "military fan", was deeply attracted by this metal fixed-loading rifle, and Moltke's chief of staff really judged correctly, and the 10,000 Prussian army encountered more than 2,000 troops equipped with this advanced rifle, and even if it could win, it would be a disastrous victory.
Bismarck brazenly hoped that Downing would supply Prussia with a batch of these rifles, but of course he refused, but Downing said: "I don't like war the most, and I don't want to go to war with an army so good at fighting Prussia, so I let you see our weapons, how can I sell them to you?" I reckon that you will be able to copy it within a few years after you know it, and I admire the Prussian talent in military equipment the most. Hehe, so, I might as well tell you that when you make a rifle like this, we'll be on the next level. The recoil of the rifle is the most useless thing, but turning waste into treasure is my strong point, this force can also be the power of self-loading, I am about to design a rifle that can be automatically loaded by recoil, it can shoot continuously, its rate of fire can reach more than 600 rounds per minute, enough to suppress several times the army, I will now officially tell you, I hope we will never go to war, and I don't believe that you can build it when I say so! ”
Bismarck watched in disbelief as the confident Grand Duke smacked the FN-1855's gun triumphantly, as if he was planning the king of the rifle with a rate of fire of 600 rounds.
Downing certainly didn't need to threaten Bismarck, and what he didn't say was even more terrifying. The king of rifles in his mind is the West German HK-G11, which is the king of another rifle, the AK47 invented by the Soviets is a completely different extreme road, the king of AK47 is that its mechanism is very simple, of course, the manufacturing process requirements are very low, and the loose combination of parts also makes it the world's best adaptability to the environment, for please forgive me for the uninhibited and indulgent Soviets who love to fight in my life. The most evil thing about AK47 is that it is extremely easy to imitate, and its appearance has revolutionized the world's wars, just like Pandora's Box has unleashed all kinds of demons and monsters. Those forces with low production capacity can also learn to build assault rifles with great lethality, which have a huge impact on the land warfare of the great powers.
The structure of the G11 is quite complex, this is the most complex and most difficult to imitate Downing, who loves peace and does not want to war, the technology is developing too fast, it belongs to the calf body, a kind of gun design with a magazine and a gun machine located behind the trigger and a gun stock, no butt, effectively reducing weight, because the G11 bolt is relatively heavy, and a weight-reducing scheme must be used.
To make it clear about the G11's bolt, we must first talk about its most innovative point, which is to "return to the basics" and remove the cartridge case design! In this era of metal bullets, which had just been starred by FN-1855, there was soon another big name that could be subversive. Its propellant is pressed into a square to fill as much gunpowder as possible in a limited space, glued to the tail of the bullet, the magazine is parallel to the barrel, and a disc of a diameter similar to that of a bullet is responsible for the upper boring, and in the center of the disc there is a groove that is applied to the bullet as it is rotated parallel to the bullet above.
The advantage of rotary gun boring is that every time the gun boring rotates parallel to the bullet, a particle is pressed in, which provides a constant flow of reload power. After ingenious design, the recoil force makes the barrel, gun boring, magazine and related mechanical components move back in the gun body, the purpose of the rear shift is to dissipate the recoil energy to reduce the recoil in single shot and fully automatic mode, and in the three-shot mode it will trigger other machinery to make two more bullets fired during the rear movement, and when the rear movement is completed, a total of three rounds have been fired, which can complete the firing of three rounds in a very short time. That is to say, the clever use of recoil to lose the disc can achieve three consecutive shots that have been proven to hit the target efficiently in actual combat, and it is achieved in a recoil, the speed is extremely fast, in fact, it can achieve three consecutive rounds in eighteen seconds, and because the recoil dissipates the bullet holes of these three bullets are distributed in a small space, improving the hit rate, which is the unique skill of G11, a unique skill that makes military fans crazy. (http://.)。
The G11 has a range of 400 meters, is equipped with a scope, shoots at a long-range time to kill the target, and can suppress the enemy at a rate of 600 rounds per minute when fire support is needed. Because there are no cartridge cases, the weight is half the space and weight of a metal bullet of equal power. The NATO M16 and AK47, the flagship assault rifles, have only 30 rounds of ammunition with the longest magazine, while the G11 is equipped with 50 rounds. The G11 is slightly heavier in weight, and after being fully loaded with ammunition 4. 3 kg compared to 16 kg for M4.
In order to prevent accidental detonation, the detonation temperature required to exceed 100 degrees Celsius is required, which is a high ignition point temperature propellant.
It is enough to use the FN-1855 to deal with the scum army, and to use the G11 to deal with the god army like Prussia, to see who is more godly. How can the authority of the Grand Duke allow anyone to provoke? This time it's really too dangerous, if the Satsuma mercenary is ruined by Prussia, where will his old face go?
The G11 produced by the CNC machine tool manufactured by Swiss precision instruments and the fixed breech gun will be used in the next round of the Tang Army, and the conflict at that time will not run away with a few shots.
This G11 will no longer be called FN-1857, and will be given a name: Black Contractor.