A total of 480 rifles were moved down from the train, almost each of which would fill a magazine, that is, 5 bullets, and after two thousand shots in a row, there was a smoke of gunpowder on the shooting range, and in the smoke, Duan Qirui sat calmly and did not move for a long time. ＝＝X＝

"Commander, what's the problem?" The adjutant next to him looked at Duan Qirui sitting there, not moving, and after a long time, he tried to step forward and say.

"Think about some questions, by the way, go get your weapons!" Duan Qirui said as if he had thought of something.

"Yes!" The adjutant trotted all the way back to the camp, and their guard camp was some distance from here, and it would take about ten minutes.

Duan Qirui stared at the gun in his hand, he had felt it before, this gun was too comfortable, and the good quality made him suppress the thoughts that flashed in his heart, but the casual question and the answer he got made this idea in his heart become stronger and stronger, it seems that it is time to check it.

Duan Qirui sat still until the adjutant came panting, holding his committee 1888, put the two guns together, at first glance the same two guns, immediately showed the difference, the barrel is not much thinner, but the barrel wall is thicker, feel the steel material and the rules of the round, obviously, this gun is carefully built, slightly longer body and more reasonable structure, obviously, is based on the Chinese, or Asian physique.

Commission 1888 originated in Germany, and the Chinese were a little shorter than Europe at this time. The reason why the Beiyang Army can have such good combat effectiveness is that. From the beginning of the establishment of Beiyang, the soldiers were strictly required to be suzhì. The requirement is to be tall and powerful, considering German-made firearms, which have strong recoil and are relatively long, which is not suitable for short people.

At that time, the relationship between the Chinese was also taken into account, but unfortunately there was no qualified arsenal and imitation mechanism, so it could only be resigned, but now, this is obviously modified. And when the guns suitable for the use of the Chinese appeared in front of his eyes, they had been lingering before, whether Baotou was supported by the great powers behind or could produce it itself, the answers to these two questions are already self-evident, if it is not produced by Baotou, which of the great powers' arsenal will be because of China's needs. And close to the characteristics of the Chinese, what about making zuò firearms?

Look at the position of the bolt, the length of the handle, and the position on the shoulder. Duan Qirui actually had a decision in his heart, and then looked at the bullet, a 7.0 caliber pointed bullet. It is completely different from the mainstream guns and ammunition in the world, Britain, France, Germany and the United States, and there are many countries that produce firearms. Including some second-rate small countries in Europe, and even countries in South America. can be produced, but the quality and output are limited, but bullets, the whole world, except for the real first-class powers can produce, other countries cannot, compared to firearms, bullets have a higher technological content, China and some second-rate countries, can only use the method of reloading, or directly buy the powerful country.

Obviously, these bullets are not reloaded, from the smooth surface of the bullets, you can clearly see that this is not a joke, Duan Qirui carefully compared for a long time, and finally, sent an urgent telegram to the old man in Beijing.

Yuan Zhai, originally received a telegram from Duan Qirui, knowing that 120,000 rifles and 20 million rounds of ammunition were in place, thinking that the Beiyang Army that he founded would continue to expand without suppression, and he would control 200,000 or even more troops in his hands in the future, Yuan Shikai was in a good mood, but in the end, a piece of information about Baotou made him feel bad and angry.

"Dong Weng, you're looking for me!" When Yang Du came in, he saw that Yuan Shikai was in this state, and only he dared to step forward to disturb him, and when he saw Yang Du, Yuan Shikai recovered a little and asked, "Yezi, do you have any news there?" ”

Yang Du knew what Yuan Shikai was asking, and said with a little hesitation: "My friend didn't inquire about it, it was produced there, but friends who have seen this gun say that this gun has a very high technical content and is more suitable for us to use!" ”

"Zhiquan also said so, he still found the ear wind from an officer in the northwest, saying that this gun is specially designed according to the body of Chinese, so it is more suitable for Chinese use!"

"Dong Weng, it looks like it's really produced in the northwest!"

"I can't be sure, because the number is too large, how long has it been since the development of the Northwest, how can there be so many production offices!" Yuan Shikai categorically vetoed.

Looking at Yuan Shikai, who came up with momentum, Yang Du didn't say much, but said calmly: "Hurry up and let Zhiquan send the things over, and by the way, bring the remaining three towns back!" ”

The telegram came back, Yuan Shikai just calmly commended Duan Qirui a few words, Duan Qirui was actually arranging the train before receiving the telegram, and the unloaded guns were placed in the warehouse, in order to guard him, almost half of the strength of the third town was transferred, and this part of the rifles was transported to Beijing, 120,000 pieces, exchanged for silver dollars, almost more than 5 million, plus bullets, this sentence is a huge batch of arms, I am afraid that even the center of the Qing court would not have thought of such a huge batch of arms, You'll get it from the new army in Baotou.

Of course, Baotou can use 9 carriages, loaded with 120,000 rifles and 20 million rounds of ammunition, does not mean that this side can, the tracks of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway are light rail, their carriages, up to 6-8 tons of weight, and Baotou side of 50 tons, or even 60 tons, compared with the difference, 120,000 rifles, each average close to 4 kilograms of weight, plus some packaging and the like, the total weight is as high as 480 tons, such a huge weight, in terms of ordinary trains on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, It is difficult to transport it by a train.

With a light load of about 6 tons, each carriage can probably hold 1,500 guns, that is, 125 boxes, to be fully loaded, a total of 80 carriages are needed, which is almost about 10 trains, because of the relationship between Baotou and the Beiyang war, there are relatively few trains on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and Duan Qirui is not at ease, so he transports the arms to Beijing in batches and times.

Just mobilizing the train, it took 3 days, a train has about 12 carriages, 7 of which will place firearms, and 5 more carriages will be hung in the back, and among the 7 carriages in front and the 5 carriages in the back, a target infantry is put in, and the train is protected, all the way to Tianjin.

In this way, 10 trains, a total of 10 target infantry can be transported back, because an agreement has been reached with the northwest, according to the northwest customs, there should be no regrets, and there will be no worries, most of the troops have returned in advance, only a small part, waiting for the next train.

The convoy composed of 10 trains, under the strict secrecy of the Beiyang Army, did not alarm anyone, and then did not stop in Beijing, and went directly to Tianjin, compared to the capital Beijing, Tianjin is the real base camp of the Beiyang Army.

Even if the Qing court has acquiesced to Yuan Shikai and expanded the scale of the Beiyang Army, Yuan Shikai will not publicize it with great fanfare, and he has obtained 120,000 rifles, in that case, the Qing court will definitely not be able to sleep, and after secretly entering the warehouse of the Beiyang Army, the next expansion of the army will also be carried out quietly.

When the train passed through Beijing, it stopped temporarily, dropped 100 boxes of guns and 10 boxes of bullets, and Xu Shichang, who had already received Yuan Shikai's order, directly selected 500 from the 1,200 committees 1888, for verification, almost with the mentality of scrapping, continuous and uninterrupted testing began.

The substitution of people does not change guns, carried out by the guard battalions and escort units of each town, and the test all the way took more than half a month to test, and in the end, the results of the test surprised everyone.

The barrel is excellent, not only the firing range is more than 30 meters farther than the original 1888, and the stability has been slightly improved, but also the firing number of the barrel has been increased from the original 1500 rounds to 2000 rounds.

Yuan Shikai is also an old man in the army, he knows very well that the life of the barrel has been increased by one-third, what is this concept, which is equivalent to saying that the value of this gun has increased by more than one-third compared with before, so that the gun, a certain amount of time, is higher than the original 1888.

It's not that Germany doesn't have better guns than 1888, that is the equipment that the German Army is now reequipping, a small part of which flows through China, but it can't be installed on a large scale.

Such an idea is crazy, but there is only one explanation, Baotou has created countless miracles in the past, and the products produced have squeezed out the products of the great powers out of China, and even outward, and began to conquer the markets of the great powers, which is a miracle, and the production of Makqin and rifles is another miracle, a greater miracle than before.

"No wonder they have arranged so many Makqin, no wonder for so many days, they will fight stronger and stronger, Yang Du, do you say I am wrong, at the beginning, if I were desperate and put all the Beiyang Army, all of them on the ground, would I be able to break through Zhangjiakou, when will it, if you calculate, it should be Baotou, when the strength is the weakest." Yuan Shikai said with some frustration.

"Dong Weng, there is no if, even if you do this, can you not guarantee that after Baotou is defeated, how many Beiyang troops will there be?"

Yuan Shikai was silent, the Beiyang Army started from the small station training, a powerful force accumulated little by little, it can be said that Yuan Shikai is based on the Chinese political arena, can be based on the foundation of Beijing, less the whole, whether it is the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or other Hanchen, will tear him up, lay down Baotou, maybe be able to obtain huge wealth, but this wealth, no one to grasp, I am afraid it is a killing thing, the Qing court will not let go of the opportunity for Beiyang to be weakened, without Beiyang, what is he Yuan Shikai, maybe, There is no place to die. (To be continued......) R640