Chapter 35 The First Order

Philip enthusiastically stretched out his big hand to Lieutenant General Yulong, and said with a smile: "Welcome Chinese friends to our Stockholm International Defense Exhibition!" ”

Dai Yulong still looked unsmiling, stepped forward and shook Philip's hand in a polite manner, then stood aside and picked up a Gungnir assault rifle and asked, "Mr. Philip, I wonder if this rifle of your company has been put into mass production?" ”

After the translator said it in English, Philip smiled even more: "It seems that General Dai is very interested in our Gungnir assault rifle." As the designer of this assault rifle, I can responsibly tell you that our Gungnir assault rifle has been rigorously tested and officially entered service with the Swedish army. The first batch of Gungnir assault rifles we have produced so far has received unanimous praise from the soldiers in the Swedish army, and we will soon expand our production, and I am sure that it will perform well in the international arms market. ”

After listening to the translation, Dai Yulong nodded and said, "That's very good!" I'm also worried that you're just showing a sample gun, but I didn't expect it to be a mature product. If we order 300,000 pieces at a time, how long can you deliver? ”

When Philip heard Dai Yulong say this, he knew that this order was already eight or nine years old, this unsmiling Dai General was really a straight gut, if he changed those treacherous arms dealers, he was afraid that he would have to slaughter him ruthlessly! However, for his own country, of course, Philip will not do this, although he is only a small shareholder of Bofors, but he should still have a lot of say in the pricing of the Gungnir assault rifle, after all, it is a weapon designed by himself.

Philip said in surprise: "General Dai, I heard you right, right?" Your country wants to buy 300,000 rifles at once? You know, this can almost equip several army groups. Of course, if you really need it, we can deliver all 300,000 Gungnir assault rifles within a year. ”

After the translation's relay, Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou were shocked, they didn't expect Bofors to have such a strong production capacity. Bai Wanrou's eyes turned around, stared at Philip's face tightly, and said in a playful voice: "Is Mr. Philip serious?" That's 300,000 rifles. Moreover, in addition to ordering 300,000 Gungnir assault rifles, we would also like to purchase a batch of field guns from your company, such as your Vulcan machine guns, which we are also very interested in. ”

Philip said to Bai Wan slightly apologetically: "Miss Bai, I'm really sorry, we have only just started the conceptual design of this Vulcan machine cannon, and what you see is just a full-scale model." However, you can choose from other products of our company, such as this 75mm mountain gun, which is very suitable for your country. Of course, if you do need the Vulcan cannon, you'll have to wait three or four years, and I expect that in four years at most, we can complete the development of the Vulcan cannon. In other words, at the 3rd Stockholm International Defense Exhibition, we will definitely present real products and accept orders from all over the world. ”

After waiting for Lin Qiuyue to translate, Bai Wanrou thought for a moment before saying, "Mr. Philip, in that case, you can give us a detailed introduction to the performance of the Gungnir assault rifle and the 75mm mountain gun." ”

Lin Qiuyue did not pause at all, and repeated Bai Wanrou's words in English, and then looked at Philip with Bai Wanrou and Dai Yulong, waiting for him to explain the performance of the two weapons.

Philip said: "I am very happy to serve my friends in China. Let me start with the Gungnir assault rifle, a revolutionary design that combines the advantages of a submachine gun and a rifle to be an automatic rifle with the heavy fire of a submachine gun and close to the shooting power of a normal rifle. Its thirty-round magazine provides constant firepower and is designed with an empty compartment hang-up function, that is, changing the magazine without stopping firing, which makes it possible to form a continuous fire coverage that surpasses even light machine guns. It has an effective range of 400 meters and a maximum range of 600 meters, which can fully meet the needs of infantry operations, and its 5.8 mm small-caliber rifle cartridge has stronger lethality than ordinary rifles. We will be holding a rifle shooting competition during the Defence Show, where you can experience the power for yourself. ”

Under Lin Qiuyue's almost synchronous translation, Bai Wanrou and Dai Yulong kept exchanging glances, in addition to being shocked by the powerful performance of the Gungnir assault rifle, they also had a sense of respect for its designer, Philip!

Philip paused for a moment, and then said in a subdued voice, "Next, let me talk about this 75mm mountain gun." It is a newly developed 20 times caliber gun successfully developed by our company, with a total weight of 785 kg, 28 rifling right-hand rotation in the gun chamber, a shell weight of 6.5 kg, and muzzle velocities are: charge No. 1 250 m/s, charge No. 2 230 m/s, charge No. 3 450 m/s. The maximum firing range is 9150 meters, the range of high and low fire is -10 degrees to +50 degrees, and the directional range of fire is -3 degrees to +3 degrees. The gun body has a detachable guard, 4.5 cm thick, for basic protection of the crew members when firing. The wheel base is 95 cm, the wheel diameter is 90 cm, the high and low aiming machine wheel rotation is equal to 20 dense positions, and the direction aiming machine wheel rotation is equal to 2 dense positions. The gun can be divided into eight loads, which are carried by eight horses or two horses. The gun latch is designed as a semi-automatic crank latch, horizontal sliding wedge gun latch, after the shell is loaded, the gun latch will automatically close immediately, automatically open after firing, exit the gun barrel, easy operation to increase the firing speed, up to 25 rounds per minute. The types of ammunition used by this mountain artillery are mainly grenades, including armor-piercing shells, mine bombs, and high-explosive bombs, and other special shells such as smoke bombs, flare flares, incendiary bombs, and grenade shotguns. ”

Philip's introduction was mixed with a lot of professional terms, and the female translator Lin Qiuyue blushed, and finished translating this long introduction with some vagueness, and only after the translation was completed did she find that she was already sweating.

Bai Wanrou and Dai Yulong didn't understand Lin Qiuyue's embarrassment very well, only Philip heard that many of Lin Qiuyue's professional terms had not been translated correctly, but he couldn't point it out.

Dai Yulong still said to Philip with a blank face: "Mr. Philip, this 75mm mountain cannon is indeed suitable for our country, but we hope that it can also be suitable for our country in terms of price, if it is too expensive, we can't afford it." In case you don't know, our country has just gone through a scuffle, and it is really stretched in terms of economy. We plan to buy a small batch of mountain guns and rifles first, and if we use them well, we will order more. The first orders included 10,000 rifles with 5 million rounds of ammunition; Twenty-four mountain guns and 10,000 shells. If it is an additional order, the volume will be large, and we will need 300,000 rifles and 500 mountain artillery. ”

When Philip heard the news, he couldn't have been overjoyed, but he didn't show it, 300,000 rifles, even if they were sold for a Bimosin. The price of the Nagant single-shot rifle is a little more expensive, which is about sixty dollars, and the total value of the bullets is more than twenty million dollars. The 75mm mountain cannon also cost $15,000 a piece, plus shells, worth about $10 million, which is definitely the largest order in the history of Bofors! This is enough to make Bofors a dark horse in the defense exhibition.