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In February 1858, the snow and ice of the Great 6 in North America had not completely melted, and winter was still ruling the region, but on the Apennine Peninsula, it was already spring. The warm breeze of the Mediterranean gently blows the white sails of the sailboat. The sails were like transparent white wings illuminated by the sun. After more than three weeks of sailing, the clipper ship, called the Swordfish, arrived in Genoa, the most important port of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The small clipper carried 5oo MacDonald 1857 rifles and more than a dozen passengers, as well as a few other cargo. She gracefully docked at a berth belonging to the navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Then, the passengers who had been at sea for more than 20 days disembarked one after another.

"Captain," Carroll, who had just stepped off the gangplank, said to Robson as she stomped her feet on the ground hard, "and I never thought I would be so comfortable with my feet on the ground again." It's been almost a month, and in addition to the sea, it's still the sea......"

"It's a lot faster now, and I've heard that when there were no clippers, and we were still using Galen, well, a ship like the Mayflower, it would take two whole months to cross the Atlantic, and then another month to get here in the Mediterranean, I'm afraid. Mr. Carroll, you should be thankful that we live in an era where there are tall clippers. Robson replied. During more than three weeks at sea, he and Carol gradually became acquainted. He knew that Carol was the eldest brother of his boss, Scrooge, and was one of Scrooge's most trusted people. Perhaps, in the future, a lot of the company's business in Europe will be entrusted to him. Many people who suddenly get such a status tend to get a little carried away and become arrogant and unapproachable. But this is not the case with Carol, in fact, Carol has always been a gentle person, and he is very easy to deal with without any arrogance. Moreover, compared to the somewhat unfathomable Scrooge, the simple Carol is more intimate.

And for Carroll, the well-informed Robson is also an admirable figure. People who are completely inexperienced like themselves need to learn from him even more. Only in this way can I succeed in Europe and create a big scene with him, as my brother said.

At this time, a young officer with a group of soldiers came forward, and he introduced himself to Carol and others as a major in the 6th Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, named Neville.

"Hello, I'm Carroll, the representative of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, and this is Robson, our tactical technical advisor." Carol introduced herself and her companions to Major Neville in this way.

"You're welcome." Major Neville said, looking Carroll and Robson up and down, and then at the others who had come down from 66.

"Mr. Robson was in the Army? Well, you're a cavalryman, right? Neville suddenly asked, "Your subordinates seem to have a lot of backgrounds, but they all seem to have been on the battlefield." ”

"I used to work in the 6th Army in the United States." Robson replied, "As for my men, if the battle with the savage Indians is anything to go to, they have been on the battlefield. ”

"Our soldiers are waiting in the barracks to welcome you, please get into the carriage." Neville said. Then he turned and instructed the soldiers who were following him: "Unload the ship's cargo, load it onto the wagon, and bring it back." ”

Carroll and Robson got into a carriage together, and as soon as it was ready, Carroll asked, "Captain, how did that Major Neville tell at a glance that you had been a cavalryman?" "Just ask if you don't understand, that's one of Carol's great strengths.

"Ah, this is nothing special, people who have been cavalrymen, because of the long time on horseback, the shape of their legs, the posture of walking will be a little different from normal people, and because cavalry often has knife training, so there will be special calluses on the tiger's mouth on the right hand. Combined, I can also see at a glance who has served as a cavalryman. Robson explained, "As for being able to see that the other person has never been on the battlefield, this is not easy to explain, just like a brown bear who has never seen a tiger again, and when he suddenly encounters a tiger, he can immediately understand that this guy is a carnivore." ”

"I can understand the first reason, but I don't understand the latter." Carol told the truth.

"It's a good thing that I didn't understand." Robson said.

"I can understand this."

……

At the end of the welcoming ceremony, the first MacDonald 1857 rifles were delivered to the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia. At the same time, as a consultant sent by MacDonald's Infantry Weapons Company, Robson began to explain to the soldiers how to use the new rifle in their hands.

"The MacDonald 1857 rifle in your hands is the best rifle in the world, and the rags you used before are nothing compared to them! You are lucky that now this gun is in your hands, and not in the hands of those hapless Austrians. I know what you're laughing at, you must think I'm an American brute bragging. Yes...... Mason, shoot a few shots to show these brothers! ”

"Okay!" Mason jumped to his feet and walked over to the soldiers with his rifle in hand. At a distance of more than 200 to 400 meters from him, several clay pots used to simulate the heads of enemy soldiers have been placed at different distances. Mason quickly aimed at the nearest crockpot and fired a shot.

"Bang!" With a gunshot rang out, a crockpot immediately exploded, and water splashed everywhere in the crockpot.

"Good marksmanship!" Before the soldiers could finish their admiration, Mason had already quickly opened the chamber, exited the cartridge case, and loaded a new bullet, followed by another "bang", and a crockpot shattered. Mason fired several shots in quick succession, smashing all the crockpots, both two hundred meters away and four hundred meters away. And the glasses of the Italian soldiers were as shattered as the crockpots - if they had them.

"Mr. Mason fired ten shots just now and hit ten targets, I want to ask, how many shots do you think you can fire and hit in this time with your original burning stick?" Robson took advantage of the opportunity to boast about his gun once again. "I'd say most people can only shoot twice in that amount of time, and if they're lucky, they can hit one target. Does anyone still think that I, an American brute, am selling myself and boasting? ”

He looked triumphantly at the stunned Italians, and then continued: "Of course, such a good gun can't be handed over to a fool to spoil, so for a period of time in the future, I and the other instructors will know how you maintain and use a rifle of Zhiyang." ”

……

Compared with breech rifles, rear-loading rifles with more moving parts are more complicated to maintain, of course, compared to those automatic rifles of later generations, the maintenance of MacDonald 1857 is ridiculously simple: the whole rifle does not have a few parts, plus when designing, Scrooge also paid special attention to the requirements of ease of disassembly and assembly, so for a slightly trained guy, with a 1857 pointed bullet, the entire rifle can be disassembled in five minutes, And a well-trained Blackwater security guard can complete the disassembly of the entire rifle in three minutes with the blindfolded.

However, when the rifle got into the hands of the romantic, even casual Italians, things changed. While Robson was explaining how to disassemble a rifle with a single bullet, some Italians whispered that the American rifle was not aesthetically pleasing.

"It's really a thing made by North American savages, you look at this butt, although it is made of authentic high-quality walnut, but it is not carved with beautiful patterns, and you look at the color and brightness of the paint, it is really a waste of good wood, if we Italians do it......"

"Also, do you see the scabbard of the matching bayonet? It's just a piece of cowhide roll......"

"What are you talking about?" Robson roared.

"Report to the instructor, we're discussing what you're teaching." An Italian soldier stood up and replied.

"What's your name?" Robson asked.

"Putney."

"Very well, since you have studied so seriously, I will let you come up and disassemble a MacDonald 1857 and then assemble it as I just did." "If you can't do it, I'm going to punish you for running 2o laps around the playground under the authority given to me by Major Neville." ”

The Italians around laughed together. Putney slowly walked over to the console, where a rifle Robson had just assembled was placed.

"Alright, soldier, you can get started." Robson said coldly.

Putney looked at the rifle in front of him for a long time, and then asked weakly: "Instructor, where are the cones and pliers?" ”

……

"Uncle, I'm sorry, I can't find a way to copy the gunpowder you gave me. There wasn't even a workable idea. "Lamoth? DuPont to his uncle Henry? DuPont said.

"Is there really nothing that can be done?" For chemistry, DuPont at the helm of Henry? DuPont didn't really know much, and he relied almost entirely on his nephew Lamotte in this regard.

"It's hard, if not almost impossible." Lamotte? DuPont said. In terms of chemistry, under the conditions of the time, it was not an easy task to reverse engineer.

"So can we improve our existing gunpowder and approach or reach a level comparable to it in terms of performance?" Henry asked again.

"Impossible, if nothing else, the mere fact that there is no smoke and no residue after burning is not something that our gunpowder can do." Lamotte? Dubonp was frustrated.

"Looks like I'm going to have to let Gordon go to Cleveland first." Henry said.