In the small arms testing ground inside the arsenal, a staff member in a pure black protective suit is holding a strangely shaped weapon and aiming it at a target not far away.

"Is this a grenade launcher?"

Looking at the weapon in front of him, which was similar in shape to an oversized revolver, Cai Ye was a little puzzled by how this weapon worked.

"Could it be an oversized hand cannon? But the 40 mm caliber, if it is used handheld, the user can't bear the recoil at all, right? ”

It's no wonder that Cai Ye thinks so, after all, the artillery recoil of this era is too great. For example, the Mauser rifle, a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber of 8mm, is laborious for people with short stature to use, let alone a large hand cannon with a caliber of about 40mm? At least Cai didn't see a bracket on this weapon, and the experimenter didn't seem to have any intention of using it...

It seemed that he saw Cai Yi's doubts, and Liu Huixue, who was in charge of accompanying him on the side, opened his mouth to explain.

"General Cai, don't look at the caliber of this weapon, but because of the muzzle velocity of the ammunition, the recoil is not as great as imagined..." Of course, even so, the recoil of this weapon is still greater than that of ordinary large-caliber firearms, but it is still feasible as an infantry support weapon..."

As he spoke, the staff member in the hazmat suit had already aimed at the target not far away.

After a while, I heard only the sound of "tom —————— tom ——————" when the cork of a champagne bottle was pulled up.

Cai Yi, who had been staring at the grenade launcher, felt that he had just seen the afterimage of the grenade being fired, and after more than 2 seconds, the grenade landed on a small wooden house more than 200 meters away, blowing the wooden house to pieces...

"It should be just an illusion..."Thinking of the afterimage when the grenade was fired just now, Cai Yi thought so in his heart, but when he saw the grenade being shot and shattered a small wooden house, he said softly. This..."

Cai Ye was not surprised by the power of the grenade launcher, because the grenade fired by the launcher was only slightly more powerful than ordinary grenades, and he focused on the range of the grenade...

You must know that the average grenade is only thrown 3 or 50 meters at most, but the distance of the wooden house is 200 meters away. (According to the Army's physical training standard assessment item score sheet, men under 29 years old, the passing score of grenade throwing is 60 points, if you want to pass, you must throw a distance of 30 meters, 65 points is 35 meters, 70 points is 40 meters, if you want to get 100 points, you have to throw a distance of 60 meters, and you must 10 are... ）

"Not only does it have the power of a grenade, but it also has a range that far exceeds that of a grenade..."

If such weapons are equipped to the bottom troops, it will definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army. And the ballistics of this weapon also seem to be the same as mortars, howitzers and mortars, all of which are curved fire, and can definitely play a great role in the face of headache-inducing trench warfare...

Thinking of this, Cai Ye looked at Liu Huixue beside him, hoping that he could explain the surname of this weapon.

However, after noticing Cai Yi's gaze, Liu Huixue turned his head to look at Yan Guang.

It was only after Yan Guang's consent that Liu Huixue explained to Cai Yi.

"The full name of this weapon is the Type 1913 Runner Grenade Launcher, which, as the name suggests, uses a Rotary Launcher. At the same time, the caliber of the launcher is 40mm, the maximum ammunition load is 6, the total length is 80 cm, the total weight is 20 kg in the case of 6 grenades, and the maximum range is 350 meters..."Yan Guang is also very helpless, the full weight of those runner grenade launchers in later generations is less than 10 kg, and the empty weight is only about 5 or 6 kg, but the materials that people can choose are good, but they can only use ordinary steel, not even stainless steel (stainless steel will not appear until 1916, As for the range of 350 meters, it is due to the availability of special ammunition).

Fortunately, although the full weight of the grenade launcher reached 20 kg with ordinary steel, this weight was not a big problem for a physically fit soldier. And compared to the weight, the grenade launcher has a significantly more prominent advantage in range and power. At the same time, the firing range of 350 meters can also make up for the gap in fire between grenades and mortars...

And most importantly...

Compared to grenades and other weapons, 40mm caliber grenade launchers have a certain degree of anti-light armor capability. And some tanks, armored vehicles or something at this time, can really only be called light armor. Therefore, when ordinary infantry encounters the enemy's light tanks and armored vehicles, it is completely possible to meet the enemy with a 40mm caliber rotary launcher without the support of a 37mm infantry gun and a 12.7mm large-caliber Makqin machine gun...

"Not only can it be used as an infantry support weapon, but it can also play a big role in trench warfare and anti-armor, in this era of poor equipment, the grenade launcher is really a perfect weapon..."Thinking so, Yan Guang gently rubbed the stubble on his chin with his right hand...

After manufacturing the rotary grenade launcher, Liu Huixue and others also drew inferences from each other to create a mounted grenade mounted under the rifle. It's a pity that with the production capacity of the National Social Army, this kind of squad only deploys one renounder grenade launcher, and if it is really necessary to produce a mounted gun grenade equipped with one for each soldier, it is definitely a matter of making ends meet...

Therefore, guns and grenades can only be said when China's steel production reaches three to five million tons...

And after hearing that the maximum range of this weapon reached 350 meters, Cai Ye was also taken aback.

You must know that the effective range of Hanyang-made rifles and Mauser G98 rifles in this era is about 300 meters, beyond this range, even if the bullet still has a lethal damage, it will not be accurate, so if the range of this grenade launcher can really reach 350 meters, as long as the enemy does not have a light machine gun like Makqin or Madsen, or a small-caliber infantry gun or something, it is completely possible to use the grenade launcher to beat the opponent without any defense...

"It's really an epoch-making weapon..."

Looking at the grenade launcher that the staff member was still fiddling with, Cai Ye also had to praise.

Hearing Cai Ye say this, Yan Guang smiled and said.

"Brother Songpo doesn't have to worry, when Yan has leveled Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, as a member of the Chinese National Defense Force, the Dian Army will naturally be equipped with this kind of weapon..."

In fact, it doesn't matter if you equip the Dian army now, after all, as an ally of the National Social Army, one of Cai Yi's infantry divisions has already arrived in Jingzhou by boat.

It's just that now the grenade launchers have only just been trial-produced, and even a few of their own main forces are not equipped, so they go to equip other people's troops? Although Yan Guang has basically regarded Cai Yi's Dian army and Tan Yanhong's Hunan army as his own troops, he has not yet reached this point...

And after hearing that Yan Guang was going to sweep away Yuan Shikai, Cai Ye frowned.

In any case, Yuan Shikai used to be the only person he thought could clean up the chaos in China, but now such a figure is like a lamb to the slaughter in Yan Guang's mouth...

Well, after seeing the Qijiang Iron Works and the Sichuan Arsenal, Cai Ye admitted that Yan Guang did have the ability to level Yuan Shikai, even if the generals and soldiers under his command were just average, but after hearing Yan Guang say this, Cai Ye still felt a little uncomfortable...

It's just that since he has decided to take the chariot of the National Social Army, until now, Cai Ye can only force himself to adapt to this feeling...

"Fortunately, although this Yan Guang seems to only have the resources of a Chinese, well, or only a little stronger than a Chinese, but he has a forward-looking surname Yan Guang that ordinary people don't have, coupled with strong strength, it may be better for such a character to unify China than Yuan Gongbao..."

This is also the reason why Cai Ye defected to Yan Guang, first, although Yuan Shikai still retains a strong strength, but after the defeat of Qianjiang, it is obvious that there is no possibility of unifying China. The second is that although Yan Guang himself may not be as good as Yuan Shikai, who is known as the "living Cao Ying", the Sichuan and Guizhou under his rule are obviously much stronger than Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, and all of this was completed in the past two years...

Cai Ye was not an idealist, otherwise he would not have supported Yuan Shikai in the Second Revolution, instead of supporting Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing. If it weren't for Yuan Shikai's claim to be the emperor that made Cai Ye too disappointed, I'm afraid Cai Ye would have supported Yuan Shikai as always. (There is an argument that Cai was not under house arrest when he was in Yanjing.) Although Yuan Shikai was not at ease when Cai Ye was in Yunnan, Yuan Shikai greatly appreciated Cai Ye's talent. And after transferring Cai Ye to Yanjing, I thought about letting Cai Ye Chu Cai Jin use... ）

Just when Cai Ye was still there to adjust his mentality, the staff member in charge of testing the weapon surnamed Neng had already shot all the remaining 5 grenades in the wheel, although 3 were deviant, but the remaining 2 were all shot on the wreckage of the wooden house...

"Okay, Marksman!!"

Seeing that there was still such accuracy at a distance of more than 200 meters, Yan Guang, who didn't know what Cai Ye was thinking, kept applauding.

Seeing Yan Guangcai's applause, although it seemed that the shooter just now had shot a few times with 6 hits, the rest of the staff still applauded.

After the staff member put down his weapon and walked back, Yan Guang said to Cai Ye, who had just come back to his senses.

"Brother Songpa, since we've seen the weapon, should we go and eat first?"

After entering the port by boat, because there would be a dust washing feast, Yan Guang only ate two steamed buns on the boat to pad his stomach. Now that the steamed buns on the stomach have been almost digested, Yan Guang, who began to feel hungry, naturally began to salivate over Chen Kan's dust washing banquet.

Hearing Yan Guang say this, Cai Ye also nodded.

"Naturally..."

In the morning, Cai Ye had already eaten, so he would pull Yan Guang to come again—————— he was not hungry anyway...

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After leaving the arsenal, Yan Guang and Cai Yi got into the same armored carriage—————— although the cars of this period already had a preliminary practical surname, but after all, it was only preliminary, and it was not very reliable in all aspects, so although it was possible to buy a car as a means of transportation, Yan Guang still preferred a 4-wheeled carriage that could be equipped with bulletproof steel plates.

When boarding the carriage, Cai Ye even touched the steel plate that was at least 30mm thick.

Just as Yan Guang and Cai Ye got into the carriage and then drove towards one of the most famous restaurants in Chongqing, a burst of loud military songs suddenly came from outside...

"The military song is loud and loud, and the red flag is fluttering. From Everest to the Pacific Ocean, this is our great China. Glory shines brightly on the earth. Comrades march forward in unison and courageously..."

After hearing this song, Cai Ye hurriedly opened the window of the car on the side, and then looked over.

Outside the carriage, a group of students in black student uniforms were walking in a procession, and at the same time, they were singing the song Cai Ye had just heard.

"It's a good song, although the lyrics are somewhat ......... But it makes people's blood boil. After listening carefully twice, Cai Yi couldn't help but nod his head.

After speaking, he also looked at Yan Guang. "I don't know if Brother Yan knows who made this song?"

Although he was frail and sickly, as a soldier, Cai Ye was also enthusiastic, and naturally his blood boiled after hearing the military song just now. At the same time, I also want to meet the people who made this song.

However, after hearing Cai Yi's question, Yan Guang just pointed his finger at himself.

"Eh, this, the person who made this song is me..."

“？？？！！！”

Looking at Cai Yi's shocked and incredulous expression, Yan Guang could only scratch his head and smile bitterly.

As a military enthusiast, weapons and equipment, Yan Guang's favorite is naturally German weapons and American weapons, and the Soviet Union's arrival is also good, although the surname of the weapon can see the wisdom of the benevolent and the wise, but there is an alternative evil beauty.

However, in terms of songs, Yan Guang's favorite in his previous life was the Soviet Union.

For example, the Soviet anthem "Unbreakable Union" (one of Yan Guang's favorite anthems, but ironically the Soviet Union collapsed in the end), "The Red Army is the strongest", "If the war is tomorrow", "Holy War", "Song of the Defenders of Moscow", "Farewell to the Slavic Women", "In the forest near the front", "Cranes", "Steppe, steppe" and "Over the mountains, over the plains" and so on...

These are absolute classic military songs, and then...

There are also some alternatives, such as the very famous Soviet March in later generations...

The song is full of "hairy", but it is game music composed by Americans after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and even the people who sing it are standard Americans. But even so, Yan Guang still likes this song very much.

After the establishment of the Sichuan Army and the National Social Army, Yan Guang used the original Soviet song "Farewell to the Slavic Women" to adapt it into the "March of the National Army", and also adapted the "March of the Soviets" into the military song of the National Social Army.

Of course, in addition to Yan Guang's liking of Soviet songs, it is also because classic military songs can inspire the fighting spirit in a person's heart. In Yan Guang's view, what Chinese today lack most is precisely fighting spirit...

Therefore, after adapting several classic songs of the Soviet Union, Yan Guang not only asked the National Social Army to sing them, but also asked the students in more than 100 schools in Sichuan and Guizhou to sing them.

Nowadays, most of the students studying in school are young people aged 10-18, and they all retain their enthusiasm in their hearts, so they naturally like such songs while studying in school. Sometimes when they are out together, they often sing together, and this is the scene that Yan Guang and they just encountered.

But...

Although after traveling to this era, Yan Guang can be regarded as copying a lot of things.

For example, there are more than 100 kinds of inventions when I first arrived in the United States, and there are also those weapons that will not be long after I arrived in Sichuan. Although many of these things are not worth mentioning, there are still many people who have given Yan Guang the title of an inventor.

It's just that Yan Guang knew that these things were not invented by himself at all, and he just let them interview a few years in advance. In addition, the shame or something is not completely lost, so when I encounter others boasting and asking, I will feel a little guilty.

After all, all I do is figure out how they work out, and then I figure them out. Sometimes they don't even do it themselves, but tell others to do it, and then sit back and enjoy it themselves.

Originally, it was enough to just copy some inventions, but now he even copied some songs from the United States and Russia, and when he encountered Cai Yi's "shocked" eyes, Yan Guang himself could only scratch his head and smile bitterly.

But there is no way, when "composing" these songs, Yan Guang can't not know who created them, right? Or make a name that doesn't even exist at all decades later, so there's no way, and I can only say that I made it myself...

Anyway, over the years, Yan Guang has also copied a lot of things, and now there are only some of the original guilt left.

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Seeing Yan Guang scratching his head and smiling bitterly, Cai Ye thought that Yan Guang was like this because of his impolite expression, so he shook his hand again and again.

"Brother Yan, I'm really sorry..."

Well, although Yan Guang also has the title of King of Inventions, because his usual performance is too ordinary, Cai Ye also regards him as a very ordinary ordinary person. Naturally, I forgot that he was not an ordinary person.

After hearing Cai Yi's apology, Yan Guang shook his head and said with a smile.

"Nothing."

After all, these were not invented by themselves in the first place, and it is normal for Cai Ye to be like this...

As for plagiarizing things, you can still feel comfortable thinking of those things as if you made them yourself? —————— Yanguang felt that he still had a certain moral bottom line...

"But it's really unexpected..."

After revisiting the song just now, Cai Ye looked at Yan Guang again.

"Although I've heard that Brother Yan has invented a lot of things before, I didn't expect Brother Yan to be a musician?"

"I'm not a musician in the first place..."Yan Guang pouted in his heart, although he liked to listen to music very much in later generations, but in fact, even the stave was only tutored after this era.

However, he was afraid of revealing the truth that his music level was not high during the conversation, Yan Guang changed the topic to another aspect connected to the song after a few words of conversation.

Let's say, nationalism...

(To be continued)