Bai Sven was experiencing something he had never experienced before: less than five meters in front of him, a machine gun was firing fiercely, and a whole cartridge belt was quickly gone, but the machine gunner loaded a new one, and then fired all the bullets out as he had just done. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was definitely his first time, but in fact, Bai Siwen preferred to stand a little farther away, although he could see the flying bullet casings and the tongue of fire in the muzzle of the gun very clearly from his current position, but the sound of the gunfire was also cruelly tormenting his eardrums - at first, he even felt that he could not hear anything but the gunshot, and finally had to cover his ears with his hands.

But it was useless, the palm of his hand couldn't block much noise, what Bai Siwen needed was a pair of wooden stoppers or two balls of cotton, but it was just a fruitless luxury, so he could only endure it, but with a bitter look on his face, his eyebrows were almost twisted.

His performance made O'Connor and Duncan laugh to themselves. It was also the first time they had seen someone look like this by the sound of a machine gun. It must be said that the endurance of this Acting Vice-Consul Mr. is simply too poor.

"I haven't seen anyone as scared of gunfire as he is." O'Connor muttered to Duncan in a low voice, "It's lucky that I only had one machine gun for a fire demonstration." ”

Duncan nodded in agreement. "Maybe we should cancel the artillery demonstration."

"There's no need." O'Connor always remembered Qin Lang's entrustment, and he didn't want to let go of a wonderful opportunity to set off fireworks.

Of course, the fireworks are the final show item, and until then, hopefully Mr. Acting Vice Consul will not faint.

O'Connor turned slightly, and the machine gun stopped firing at this moment. After waiting for a few seconds, when he was sure that it would not continue to fire, Bai Sven finally let out a long breath and lowered his hands, and O'Connor immediately lost no time in asking, "How do you feel, Mr. Acting Vice Consul?" ”

"Not bad." Bai Siwen said insincerely, just to hide his true feelings.

After a few pauses, he added, "The gun is a good gun, and it hits fast." ”

"Thank you for the compliment." O'Connor then asked, "So, who do you think is better than the shooting skills of our mercenaries and the soldiers of your country trained by German military advisers?" ”

A question that Bai Sven had no idea how to comment. He had never seen the Beiyang New Army, or the Nanyang New Army, nor knew their level of fire, and he had not paid attention to the accuracy of the machine gunners' fire just now, and Bai Sven had not paid any attention to the targets, although they were only four hundred meters away from him, and O'Connor had pointed them out to him before the shooting began, but his eyes were never on them.

He didn't know what to say, but he had to say something. After thinking about it for a while, Bai Siwen said: "I find it difficult to evaluate who has better marksmanship between the soldiers of your company and the soldiers of my Qing Dynasty, we do not have this new weapon used by your company. ”

Of course, he was just looking for an excuse, and everyone knew he was looking for an excuse. It is no secret among arms dealers that Li Hongzhang had purchased a Makqin machine gun a few years earlier, and there were other types of machine guns in the Qing army - such as the Gatling.

But O'Connor liked Whiteswin's excuses, and so did Duncan. He leaned in at once. "If your military needs it, we can sell any of our new weapons to your country."

Businessmen will never miss any opportunity to sell their products, but Bai Sven knows who he is, and there is no room for him to interfere in this kind of matter.

"Buying arms and the like is not the responsibility of this officer."

"You can recommend it to the officer in charge of arms procurement—"

Duncan wanted to say something, but O'Connor pulled him aside, then smiled and said to Bai Sven, "It's a pity, but our mercenaries will also use rifles for shooting performances." He turned to Harrington, "Lieutenant Colonel, ordered the troops to go into firing positions. ”

Harrington turned and passed the order to the group commander standing behind him, who in turn passed the order to his squadron commanders. A whole group of heavily armed mercenaries quickly entered the range, discarded the three closely lined up - the first lying down, the second half-kneeling and the third standing upright - and raised their rifles together.

At this moment, Bai Sven had a very bad feeling, but before he could say anything or cover his ears with his hands again, the brigade commander had already given the order.

"Fire!"

"Bang!"

The noise of more than 800 rifles firing at the same time was undoubtedly extremely loud, far higher than that of a machine gun firing continuously, and there was immediately a meaningless "buzz" in Bai Sven's ears, and all other sounds disappeared. Because of the pain, he could only choose to open his mouth and quickly cover his ears.

As soon as he had finished these two tasks, a "deafening" gunshot rang out, and then again, again...... The magazines ran out quickly, but that wasn't a problem, and the mercenaries moved neatly to replace them with new ones, resulting in another ten volleys.

Bai Sven really felt like he was about to collapse. Now he felt that it was a wise decision for Yang Ru to stay in that conference room and not visit here, but it was too late to say anything.

The only thing he could do was get out of here as soon as possible.

Now that the soldiers had put away their rifles, Bai Sven immediately said to O'Connor, "Mr. O'Connor, although your company's drill was very good, I think we should go back and continue the negotiations." It was obviously rude to make the Minister and Boss Qin wait too long. ”

He felt that he had found a very suitable reason, they couldn't let Yang Ru and Qin Lang wait indefinitely, but O'Connor didn't care at all.

"Don't worry, Mr. Acting Vice Consul, the demonstration just now is just the beginning, and the show is still to come." He said, "As for Your Excellency Minister Yang Ru, don't worry, I have already sent someone to inform them. ”

Bai Swen's face became ugly again. And his face changed so frequently that O'Connor began to suspect that he was not really a diplomat. But this is not a major concern for him, he shrugged his shoulders to himself, and continued: "Can you now evaluate the shooting skills of our mercenaries and your soldiers, Mr. Acting Vice Consul?" You know, we're very concerned about that. ”

"Yes." Bai Sven replied immediately. Just now, it occurred to him that this might be the crux of the matter, and if he couldn't come to a conclusion, or didn't get the expected conclusion that "the soldiers trained by your company's military advisers are better than the recruits trained by the German military advisers", the visit would go on forever until he fainted or came to the right conclusion.

That's right, that's it. Bai Sven felt that he had figured it out, so he said: "Mr. O'Connor, now I can confirm that the soldiers trained by your company's military advisers are indeed better than the soldiers of our Qing Dynasty trained by the military advisers of the German State. ”

At the same time, he cast an expectant look at O'Connor and Duncan, hoping that one of them would immediately announce the end of the visit.

But Bai Sven was wrong again.

"Thank you very much for your appreciation, Mr. Acting Vice Consul." O'Connor smiled and bowed to him, then continued, "So, now let's move on to the next section." You will see how our soldiers broke through enemy positions under the cover of machine guns. ”

"But—"

"Of course, if you feel that the schedule is too tight, we can take a break first."

O'Connor's attitude made Blasven realize once again that now he had no choice and that he had to continue the tour as he wished, whether he wanted it or not. Although I have no idea what this is because of, and I don't know what O'Connor's purpose is, it is what it is.

Bai Swen was very annoyed - after all, he was still a diplomat representing the Qing Dynasty, how could an American businessman treat him so rudely! However, looking at the heavily armed mercenaries around him, he didn't have the courage to protest again.

Unable to leave, he could only find a slightly better one among the options O'Connor gave him.

"I suggest we get some rest, Mr. O'Connor." Bai Siwen said helplessly, "After standing for so long, the official is a little tired. ”

O'Connor nodded and gestured. Soon, some of the mercenaries brought tables and chairs, followed by various drinks, fruits, and snacks. It was clear that they had been prepared, that everything was premeditated, Whitesven thought to himself, and turned his head to look at O'Connor and Duncan.

Someone was saying something to them, and to the military advisor named Harrington, whispering, so that no one else could hear it; Still, no matter what the man said, they seemed happy, and looked at him differently.

Things were changing, and Whitesven soon realized it even more deeply - O'Connor picked up two sparkling black drinks with ice cubes from the table, walked up to him with Duncan and delivered one to him.

"It's an American specialty, Coca-Cola. Of course I think you've probably heard of it, Mr. Acting Consul. He said happily, "Let's make a toast to the friendship and cooperation between the United States and China." ”

"I don't really understand." Bai Sven said.

Duncan laughed. "To put it simply, Your Excellency the Minister and Qin Lang have already determined all the details of the contract, as long as we go back and sign it, the matter will be over."

Bai Siwen suddenly became happy. "So we can go back?"

"I'm very sorry."

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