Under the persuasion of everyone, Guo Ye finally returned to the large conference room of the arsenal and listened to the reports of Gatling and Xue Dinghai. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Your Majesty the Emperor, now our Liaoyuan series rifles have been completely finalized, and the performance is definitely the best among the rifles in the world, and the countries have not yet been able to achieve a stable breech-loading rifled five-shot burst rifle, after improvement, our rifles are more accurate, and the effective firing range has also been increased by nearly fifty meters, eliminating the problem of the original bullet jam."

Gatlin said.

Guo Ye nodded and replied, "How much can the Liaoyuan rifle be produced in a year now?" ”

Gatling hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you go all out to produce, now Liaoyuan rifles can produce more than 30,000 rifles a year, but now, because of the full production of Gatling heavy machine guns, the people of our Liaoyuan Rifle Factory have to withdraw part of the heavy machine gun production department, and now, the output of Liaoyuan rifles can only stabilize at about 20,000 a year!" ”

"Well, that's good. Mr. Gatling, find a way to transform the Liaoyuan rifle, divided into foreign trade type and domestic supply type, the improved Liaoyuan No. 2 with stable and excellent performance, give priority to the supply of the People's Army, the original Liaoyuan No. 1, and Liaoyuan No. 2 finalization, unified into Liaoyuan No. 2, open up the international arms market, and supply arms to the outside world! ”

"Yes!"

"And now what about our artillery?"

Guo Ye asked.

Gatling said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, our artillery technology is not yet at the level of France and Prussia, these two countries have a long history of artillery research, have accumulated a lot of technology, and have a solid basic industry, artillery performance, or slightly better than us......"

Guo Ye frowned, artillery manufacturing technology is subject to the basic industrial level of the empire, which is obvious, it is really difficult to surpass France and Prussia in a short period of time.

Guo Ye replied: "Mr. Gatling, but all artillery, in fact, there is an important indicator, that is, the caliber and barrel length, the larger the caliber, the longer the barrel, the greater the power and range of the shell, our overall level is limited, but we can grasp these two indicators, full research and development, moreover, we can also cooperate with Prussia, technical cooperation on artillery research and development, I will come up with a plan, they provide technical support, hum, it can always be solved......"

Gatlin told Guo Ye about the production status of the ammunition factory and the heavy machine gun factory.

"Mr. Gatling, what two heavy machine gun designs did I provide you with, and how are you working now?"

Guo Ye doesn't care too much about other things, just leave ordinary affairs to them to deal with, the most important issue is the research and development of new water-cooled and air-cooled heavy machine guns, once they can be developed quickly, then in the future, in terms of heavy machine gun technology, the Chinese Empire can at least maintain its technological superiority over Western countries for ten years, which is amazing!

It is precisely with such a backhand that Guo Ye dares to unscrupulously sell Gatling heavy machine guns to various powers in the world!

"Your Majesty, there are still some difficulties in this, we are now extremely lacking in the manufacture of spare parts for this kind of heavy machine gun, these spare parts, it is difficult to produce in Shandong, the steel toughness of Laiyang Iron Works is not enough, the hardness is not enough, not only to manufacture heavy machine guns, even if it is to manufacture artillery, it is also difficult......"

Guo Ye bit his cheeks fiercely, and the basic industry is not at home, this is the strong outside and the middle dry, the foundation is weak, it is a little difficult, and the basic industry begins to pull back!

"Or, do we ask Western countries to buy these steels, or directly customize the accessories for heavy machine guns?"

"No way!"

Guo Ye flatly refused, "Mr. Gatling, if we do this, it will be easy for us to leak our military research and development secrets, and we will not be able to control the production costs, the gains outweigh the losses, anyway, we are not in a hurry, you do a good job of the basic work, the matter of steel, or leave it to me to solve!" ”

Now I can't do it if I don't start the Kailuan Iron Works as soon as possible.

"Big brother, we still have a problem......

Xue Dinghai, who had just been punished, gritted his teeth and said.

"What's the problem?"

Guo Ye asked.

"Big brother, now our arsenal is expanding too fast, all of a sudden, the artillery factory, the heavy machine gun factory, the ammunition factory, the rifle factory, the grenade factory, and even the other ordnance factories are all gathered together, although we have repeatedly expanded the area, the land is still not enough, and these factories are all gathered together, once there is an accident, they will all be destroyed, and there will not even be enough soup left......"

Don't talk about soup, once there is an accident, there is not even a living one left!

"Yes, Dinghai, this is indeed a big problem, our arsenal is too big and complicated, and it is not conducive to management, and your energy is too scattered! We have to come up with a practical solution......"

"Your Majesty, I think that the problems faced by the arsenal are not just unilateral problems, and now the arsenal looks thriving on the outside, but there are already many hidden dangers inside, and we need to make a huge change to it before we can ......"

Sheng Xuanhuai on the side said suddenly.

Guo Ye's eyes lit up and asked, "Xingsun, it seems that you have some ideas, come out and see ......."

Sheng Xuanhuai's face turned red, and he replied: "Your Majesty, the students have followed you all the way, but there are many problems in the Jinan Arsenal, the first is too complete, too miscellaneous, one, unsafe, two, under a unified system, each fighting for each other, there are mutual ties, we are still in the stage of production for the sake of supply, according to Western economic theory, we should rely on the market to guide us, rather than passively accept orders, passive production, in this way, Our production capacity at the moment when there are orders, can barely run normally, once the market is saturated, or the demand is insufficient, then the whole factory will fall into a daze, do not know how to move to the next step, in addition, because of the addition of many soldiers, yes, the factory in the reward measures are a mere formality, can not be implemented at all, should be rewarded can not get rewarded, should be punished can not be punished, the staff must be inert, our arsenal production limit potential is far from being developed......"

"You fart!"

Hearing Sheng Xuanhuai's words, Xue Dinghai's face turned red, and he shouted: "How do you know that we have such a problem? Every month we give out bonuses, and every month people are punished for slacking off! ”

"However, General Xue, the people who are rewarded by the factory may not be the people who should really be rewarded, and the people who must be punished may not be punished, I have interned in the arsenal for no less than three months, and the following situation is clear, you may think that you have a bowl of water, but are the reports of the various factories you got true?"

Liu Fengtong on the side asked rhetorically.

(To be continued.) )