"On behalf of the Tang Republic, I would like to extend my deep sympathy to you for the current situation of New England, as a country of immigrants, the Tang Republic can understand the hardships of New England as a colony, every one of us who left our homeland and came to the New World is to seek a better life, while the British royal family and government for selfish interests, but at the expense of the interests of the people of the Thirteen Colonies, this is unacceptable. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Bai Nan's statement in the talks was still quite high-profile.

That is, a stunned young man like Dearborn, he will be excited for a while after listening to Bai Nan's words, John Jay and Jensen, who are already very sophisticated, are somewhat indifferent, and anyone will say good things, but only when they see actual things, they will be relieved.

John Jay said: "The Continental Army is not in a good situation right now, and we have dealt a heavy blow to the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill before we left, and if it were not for the lack of arms and ammunition of our soldiers, we would not have been forced to withdraw from their positions, and we would have won this battle, and then we would have taken Boston and gained the advantage of the war." Therefore, we hope that the Datang Republic can support us in terms of weapons, and at the same time, we have seen the elite army in Datang, which is refreshing, the Datang army is a well-disciplined, mighty and majestic elite army, and the Datang Army has just been formed, composed of patriotic militiamen, we need to get some guidance in organizing training and tactical battles. It would be even better if the Tang Republic could exclude military advisers from going to our country. ”

Bai Nan nodded after hearing this, and did not speak in a hurry.

Jensen immediately followed: "Of course we won't take the weapons of the Tang Republic for nothing, the people of New England are willing to buy these weapons from the Tang Dynasty at a suitable price, but a few of us came here lightly and did not carry a large amount of cash, so we hope that the Tang Dynasty can provide us with a batch of weapons in advance, and after our soldiers get the weapons, we will pay for the goods immediately." In New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, patriotic businessmen have given generously, and we have come up with a considerable sum of money to arm our Continental Army. ”

Dearborn also spoke: "The army of the Tang Dynasty is so strong, if we can send troops to assist us, I think we will definitely be able to achieve victory soon." ”

John Jay and Jensen glanced at Dearborn, still thinking that the little officer was still a little immature. They came to Los Angeles, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, although they were dazzled by all kinds of magical things, but they could still see that this country was a typical small country with a strong population, and the army of the Tang Dynasty was very strong, but they would not send a large number of troops to the other side of the mainland to support the Thirteen Colonies against the British colonial rulers. So, John Jay and Jensen didn't mention it at all.

The charismatic politician Mr. Franklin has planned to go to France for help, almost unsurprisingly, the French will send troops to North America, and the French army is the most reliable reinforcement weight for the people of New England.

Bai Nan carried the resolution that the cabinet had already made, and it was absolutely impossible for the cabinet to agree to bypass the entire American continent and go to the east coast to help fight the Thirteen Colonies, not to mention that at the peak of the preparation of the Cuckoo Project, all the manpower and material resources were inclined to this. Bai Nan was willing to block the British, but he was a shrewd pragmatist, and as long as he did the math, he could conclude that the cost of any act of sending troops to help the war would easily exceed the actual return of the Tang Dynasty.

Even if the Americans were grateful, defeated the power of the British, and even ceded a piece of land to the Tang Republic from which corner, the Tang Dynasty did not have the strength to control it, and it might eventually be seized by the Western colonizers and even the United States itself.

Therefore, in the first contact with the Americans, Datang will not dig out his heart and lungs, and the United States is not worth Datang's heart and lungs for it. Simply causing a little trouble to the British, gaining some favorability from Americans, and then happily earning a sum of silver, and being able to conduct direct trade with the United States after the founding of the United States in the future, this political move of Datang can be regarded as a complete merit.

So, Bai Nan made a look of being moved by Jensen and the others, and said sonorously: "I understand, your ideas have been received by the Tang Republic. In line with the stance of establishing friendly relations with the people of New England and supporting the cause of international justice, the Tang Republic will provide necessary military assistance to the Continental Army. We will provide the Continental Army with 2,000 new rifles and 20 artillery pieces free of charge, and we will also send a ten-member military advisory team to the Thirteen Colonies to provide tactical and strategic guidance to the Continental Army, as well as to assist the Continental Army in organizing training and using new weapons. In addition, the Datang Republic will be responsible for the delivery of these arms, we will send a merchant ship to carry these munitions, and the Datang Navy will send a frigate to ensure the smooth delivery of the arms to the hands of the Continental Army. ”

Jensen and the others couldn't help but be very excited when they heard this, although they said that they came to ask for assistance, but no one really planned that Datang would give them something in vain, 2000 Datang rifles and 20 Datang artillery pieces were enough to form an extremely elite force, and in the war against the British army, it would make the Continental Army have an advantage in the quality of the troops.

What surprised them even more was that the Tang people actually took on the responsibility of transporting the arms themselves, you must know that Jensen and they came by light car this time, and there were no ships, even if they got the weapons, how to get back to the east coast is still a problem, and in the process they may encounter pirates, hostile armies of other countries, and direct interception by the British army, and a mistake will make their efforts this time in vain.

With the powerful escort of the Tang Navy, as well as the merchant ships sent by the Tang people, although the route may need to bypass Cape Horn, the entire voyage will take up to eight months, but as long as the arms arrive, then the Continental Army can almost be said to have the initiative in the war.

Bai Nan then led a few would-be Americans to a shooting range set up by NORINCO outside Los Angeles to give them a demonstration of weapons.

"Well, gentlemen, the two types of rifles in front of you are the SC-1 and the SC-2 of our country. Both rifles are rifled guns with better accuracy and longer range, the main difference is that the SC-1 is a front-loading gun, which you may be more familiar with, while the SC-2 is a rear-loading gun developed by Datang by NORINCO. Personally, I can't tell you the advantages and disadvantages of these two rifles, I think they are very good weapons compared to the rifles used in European countries now, and different tactical settings, both rifles will play different roles, okay, I won't say much, you can try to shoot a few shots first. ”

Dearborn couldn't wait, and under the guidance of an English-speaking NORINCO engineer, he began to reload the SC-1 front-loading rifled gun with Mini rounds. The real popularity of this weapon in history was in the first half of the XIX century. The Mini bullet is a conical bullet with a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the chamber, and the Europeans invented the rifled gun very early and understood the accuracy advantage of the rifled gun over the smoothbore gun. However, there is more rifling, which makes it impossible for ordinary projectiles to be completely gas-sealed in the chamber, which affects the muzzle velocity, range and other indicators. As a result, people had to use bullets about the same size as the diameter of the chamber, which made it difficult to reload.

There is a conical cavity at the bottom of the Mini warhead, a wooden plug blocks the bottom of the hole, and when firing, the gas compresses the wooden plug into the cavity, forcing the bottom of the bullet to expand, close to the rifling, and close the gap between the bullet and the chamber, so that the gas cannot leak out, plus the Mini bullet has a spiral pattern on the bullet body, and the warhead can rotate at high speed under rifling pressure, so as to have the precise directivity and long-term stability of the smoothbore bullet in high-speed movement, making long-distance sniping possible. Therefore, the use of mini rifled guns is generally carried out by hunters of various countries, and accurate fire is carried out at the enemy in the formation of a skirmisher.

Dearborn finished loading, and then raised the gun, only then did he realize that the target was actually three hundred meters away from him, and he couldn't help but say: "It seems to be a little far." ”

The engineer next to him smiled: "It's not far." ”

With that, the soldier himself loaded a rifle and slammed it into the target at a distance of three hundred meters. This shot did not hit the bull's-eye, but it hit the eight rings, which is also a good result.

Dearborn was amazed, and fired a shot himself, and he saw that it hit the target, and he didn't even hit a ring, but only hit the edge of the target. But even so, Dearborn was shocked, because the probability of an ordinary rifle hitting a person at such a distance was simply negligible. It didn't take much training to hit the target, which shows its accuracy.

Then there is the SC-2 rear loading firing gun, this time the engineer next to him didn't have to teach him directly, the engineer directly picked up the SC-2, took out a paper shell fixed load in a box of bullets, and then stuffed it into the bolt, raised the gun and shot casually, this time the bullet hit a little worse, only six rings.

However, to Dearborn's surprise, the engineer turned on the bolt, filled a paper shell again, and continued to shoot. After firing five times in a row, the engineer stopped, then cleaned the chamber and said, "Although the rifle with paper shells can be fired continuously, after four or five rounds, it is necessary to clean up the residue of burning the paper shells. ”

Dearborn looked at the target over there, the engineer hit two six-rings, one four-ring, one seven-ring and one nine-ring, which was not very stable, but the key was that the engineer was not a professional soldier, but only a weapon developer. Dearborn understands very well that the astonishing rate of fire just now can make the army using this weapon exert several times the enemy's firepower on the battlefield!