At this time, there were several Swedish arms manufacturers, but Philip thought that only Bofors was the most suitable company. Because this company later mainly produced artillery, if he brought the invention of the assault rifle himself, it would definitely make this company famous in the field of small arms.

During World War II, whether it was from battleships with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons to torpedo boats with a displacement of only a few hundred tons, or from aircraft carriers to logistics support ships, the common anti-aircraft weapons used by ships around the world were 40-mm anti-aircraft guns. With a total production of more than 50,000 doors, it wrote a glorious page in the history of naval air defense in World War II, and it is still in service with a number of countries until the XXI century. However, this excellent weapon system did not come from the United States, Britain and other arms powers, but from the Nordic country of Sweden's Bofors company, an arms giant that started with explosives and steel. The 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft gun, developed in 1936, is the most prestigious product of the Bofors company. Its barrel is water-cooled, with a rate of fire of 160 rounds per minute. The improved L/70 in 1948 had a rate of fire of 330 rounds per minute and an anti-aircraft range of 4 km. This anti-aircraft gun was equipped with almost all warships of the participating countries during World War II, with single, twin and quadruple installations, which can be installed on any type of ship, and has also derived army and air force types, and the AC-130 "air gunboat" of the United States Air Force is still equipped.

Philip tapped his fingers on the table and said, "I'm going to take the design of a new concept of small arms to Bofors to see if the owner of this company knows the goods, if we can get the shares we want this time, then it will be much easier to set up our own arsenal in the future." ”

Lucas was curious: "Oh, Philip, you still have a small arms designed with a new concept, why haven't I heard of you before?" ”

Philip said with a smile: "If this new concept of light weapons is spoken, I am afraid that it will shock the world's ordnance industry." I designed a new type of rifle called an assault rifle. It is a kind of light weapon between a submachine gun and a rifle, it has both a high rate of fire of a submachine gun and a huge power of a rifle, you must know that the battles between infantry in the future will take place at a distance of three or four hundred meters, so the current submachine guns and rifles are not very suitable for the needs of future wars. The assault rifle I designed can be said to be a highly automated rifle, which adopts an automatic way with a short stroke of the piston, and after the piston rod hits the automaton, the automaton is suspended on the automaton rail on the upper receiver to complete the mechanism action. The biggest advantage of this structure is that it maintains a high level of reliability even in windy and sandy conditions. After the dust and rain test, although the gun body has been covered with mud and water, the automaton and receiver guide are still clean after disassembly, and the movement of the gun will not be affected in any way. It uses a new 5.8 mm small-caliber rifle cartridge that can fire short bursts, as well as long bursts and single shots. The rate of fire can reach 100 rounds per minute when firing at a point, and up to 40 rounds per minute when a single shot, and its magazine capacity is 30 rounds. ”

Lucas was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide and said, "What, 5.8 mm small-caliber bullets? But today's rifles are basically seven or eight millimeter calibers! Are small-caliber rifle rounds lethal enough? ”

Philip said confidently: "Lucas, you don't believe it? According to my calculations, even at a distance of 600 meters, firing a 5.8 mm rifle cartridge with such an assault rifle can penetrate a pine board more than a dozen centimeters thick after penetrating a cold-rolled steel plate 2 mm thick. The lethality is not weaker than the current Mauser rifle, but in terms of fire persistence and automation, it is not much higher than the Mauser rifle and the like. Moreover, my assault rifle adopts a folding butt structure made of engineering plastics, which abandons the disadvantages of the traditional supported rifle with more length and insufficient flexibility, with clear edges and corners, clear streamlines, and beautiful appearance. The unique design of the long piston rod makes the bolt move smoothly and reliably with high shooting accuracy. ”

Anna said with a blank face: "Philip, I don't understand what you are talking about!"

Philip smiled and said: "Anna, we are discussing the design of the gun, of course you don't understand, but it doesn't matter, in the future, our arsenal will be established, and you will be our housekeeper, hehe." ”

Lucas said: "Philip, I didn't expect you to have this hand!" I used to underestimate you. What are the advantages of this assault rifle that you are talking about? You know, the people at Bofors aren't easy to fool. ”

Philip said solemnly: "Okay. In fact, this assault rifle has several advantages over this. The first is that the bullet has become smaller, and the soldier has carried a lot more ammunition, and at the same time, the power of the bullet has not decreased, and there is a higher muzzle velocity and stronger penetration. The second is that this assault rifle has low recoil, high shooting accuracy, and can even be used as a sniper rifle after adding a scope. The third is that the effect of striking protected and unprotected living targets at close range is better than that of medium-caliber rifles, because it adopts a large aspect ratio of the shape of the bullet, and the bullet will be unstable and roll after hitting the human body at high speed, causing large-scale trauma to human tissues. The last advantage is that after the use of small-caliber bullets, the precious metals used to make bullets can be greatly saved, and the production cost can be reduced. This should be more attractive for arms dealers. ”

Lucas slapped his thigh and said happily: "Philip, listening to you say this, I think this gun is really good, if I were an arms dealer, I would definitely be tempted!" Think about it, if this gun is popular in the world and produces millions of guns, even if it earns a hundred marks per gun, the profit will be hundreds of millions! ”

Anna said quietly: "Although I don't understand what you say, I believe that Philip will succeed!"

Philip said worriedly: "Although I am confident that this new assault rifle will be powerful and will definitely become a hot commodity in the arms market in the future, we must find a way to exchange this technology for a certain amount of shares, otherwise it will be difficult for us to have the opportunity to set up our own arsenal in the future." The question now is how to negotiate with Bofors, knowing that the arms dealers are probably as shrewd as ghosts. ”

Lucas smiled and said, "Philip, leave this negotiation to me!" Although I am not as good as you in terms of technology, I am confident that I am still a little bit better than you in negotiation. When we negotiate, we can make one or two very high demands at the right time, such as asking for 10 percent of the shares, and the other party will inevitably not be able to agree, and we can make concessions after some bargaining, and lower the requirements or change them to other requirements. We didn't expect to reach an agreement with these high demands, and even if we gave in, there was no loss, but it could give the other party a sense of accomplishment and feel that they had taken advantage. At this time, our other requirements, which are lower than such high requirements, are easily accepted by the other party. ”

Philip said happily: "Lucas, it's really yours!" Okay, let's find Bofors tomorrow and hand over our letter of submission! ”