Chapter 699: Montini Machine Gun

Europe at this time, still under the influence of Gustav II's military thoughts, did not know what kind of result the European army would have if it encountered an army with such equipment and tactics. I'm looking forward to it!

At the end of the exercise, everyone entered the tent to rest, and the staff officers didn't see Chen Xie and the others at all, as if they were busy walking around.

In the end, Chang Shiren came over with a summary report and told Chen Xie a piece of unsatisfactory news: "Although the rate of fire of the rear-loading rifle has increased a lot, when attacking the enemy's existing positions, the straggler line still has insufficient suppressive firepower. We can only hope that the artillery fire will be a little better, but we can make a conventional extrapolation based on the pre-set trenches. The casualties inflicted by artillery fire on the enemy will not exceed 30%. ”

"The conclusion?" Chen Xie went straight to the point, and Chang Shiren said: "To take the position, the casualties are close to 10%, which is still a little bigger." Of course, our imaginary enemy is an army that is as well trained as yours and ours, the difference is only in equipment. ”

"What do you mean, you need a weapon to supplement your firepower?" Chen Xie asked rhetorically, and Chang Shiren nodded. The dialogue between the two, to Qian Qianyi and Chen Zilong, sounded unbelievable at all. In the face of such heavy artillery fire, can the enemy still have any chance of survival? Just rush to collect the body, even if it is not killed, there should be no courage to resist.

"Grandpa......." Qian Qianyi raised his hand, Chen Xie glanced at it, nodded and said, "What does Mr. Mu Zhai have to say?" ”

"Your artillery is so powerful, and it is turned into powder in an instant, how can you add any firepower?" Qian Qianyi really wants to know that he is the governor in the future, so he should know a little bit about it, so as not to make jokes when he occasionally appears in front of the army.

"Mr. Makisai, according to our actual yàn, the trenches can effectively defend against the killing of artillery fire. If it's a group of well-trained opponents, they can even dig some anti-gun holes. In this way, even if a 75 caliber gun hits the bunker directly, it may not be able to cause real damage. Of course, this is just the result of our own research. Everyone just knows, don't spread the word. In the military, the worst results must always be taken into account, and any negligence on the battlefield will cost lives. Before the war, we should take all kinds of situations into account and prepare for the worst, so that we can calmly deal with them in wartime. Chen Xie patiently explained, in fact, even in this era, even if it is a war of this model now, Chen Xie's army has no opponents. The biggest potential enemy in these years is actually Europe, and the problem is that the European army has just begun to be professionalized and regularized. Even if Napoleon appeared in advance and went into battle with the army of the Gallic rooster, against the army in Chen Xie's hands, it was the result of being beaten to death.

After explaining, Chen Xie turned his head and said to Chang Shiren: "There is very little equipment produced in advance, only enough to equip one battalion. His Majesty's meaning is to pull the new army of the Beijing Division to Annam for training, get a good grasp of equipment, and go to the battlefield to actually test the results. ”

"Grandpa, isn't there a regiment of equipment?" Chang Shiren licked his face and asked with a smile. Chen Xie raised his foot to give him a kick, kicked back two steps before scolding with a smile: "Your ears are your ears to the wind, you know this." The surplus equipment was sent to the Navy to form a battalion of two newly equipped marines. This time the military trade against the Netherlands was to send a division of ground troops to follow the action. Establish a military base in Africa, and a military base in the Mediterranean and other places. ”

Chang Shiren understood, smiled and didn't ask again. Chen Zilong couldn't help but ask: "The Cabinet, Africa, the Mediterranean, I have seen it on the map, how far is it?" Is it worth it to use troops at such a distance? ”

Chen Xie said lightly: "Why is it not worth it?" Back then, for the Silk Road, the Tang Dynasty expanded its territory to the west, wasn't it just to protect this financial route? Now is the time when maritime trade is king, and our fleet is going out to Europe. How can you do without base supplies along the way? ”

The idea was too jumpy, Qian Qianyi and Chen Zilong couldn't interject at all on the side, and could only listen with their ears on the side. Soon the two reached a consensus in their hearts, when the civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty still put their eyes on the traditional Ming territory, Chen Xie's eyes had seen thousands of miles away, is this the gap between Chen Xie and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty? Is this the reason why Chen Xie is just an attitude above the court, directly crushing the ministers?

At this time, I look back and think about the things that Chen Xie has done since his debut. Business, army, battlefield, experienced in a hundred battles, invincible, invincible, peaceful. These are not the most terrible places, the most terrible thing is that these things he did did not have a copper plate from the flower department. Qian Qianyi is a little better, he is always thinking about the temple in his heart and thinking about entering the cabinet. Chen Zilong's mind was completely confused, and he meditated hard to find the point of convergence between Chen Xie and the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Xie is like that strong locomotive, with a powerful force, rushing in the direction he wants to go, and he doesn't care what the people around him will think or think? At this time, calm down, and then think about it, in case Chen Xie is gone, who can restrain the army he left behind? Who dares to guarantee that Chen Xie does not want to be the second Cao Mengde and leave the problem to future generations to solve?

Don't talk about Chen Xie's sister-in-law in Jingshi, he has a lot of sons, and he can count five on his fingers. As long as any son is outside, Chen Xie can cultivate a successor. When he thought of this, Chen Zilong suddenly realized that there was no way to balance Chen Xie.

This is the thinking of traditional Wenchen, the father and son of the monarch and the minister, must not be messed up. A Song Dynasty and a Ming Dynasty, as long as the situation eases slightly, the first to clean up is the martial artists. This point can be seen at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, there is only so much territory left, after Meng Ge died, Jia Rudao went to rectify the army, and as a result, he forced a Liu Quan. What about the Ming Dynasty? When the first emperor was the governor, Yang Sichang was the governor of the five provinces, didn't he also fail to deal with the military leaders led by Zuo Liangyu? It was Chen Xie's vicious methods and killed more than 20,000 officers and soldiers in one go, which stabilized the pattern of people from all walks of life in Jiangbei not listening to dispatches.

"That's it for today, go to the shooting range in the afternoon, there is something you want to see." Chen Xie's words brought Chen Zilong's thoughts back. Range? And what's the matter?

After a brief lunch in the barracks, he immediately drove to a nearby shooting range in the afternoon. There was a guy with two wheels on the scene, which looked like a small-caliber artillery, which could only be seen clearly when you got closer, and there were many small holes in it, like the front of a honeycomb coal. If you look closely, you can see that there are barrels one by one.

After reading it from the front, Chen Xie continued to look at the back, this thing is really a transitional product, and if the problem of metal bullet shells is not solved, don't count on Makqin. According to the current production technology and processing technology, Chen Xie hopes that in 20 years, the problem of metal shells will be solved, and by the way, it will be solved for Makqin.

This is a copycat version of a Montini machine gun, the technical principle provided by Chen Xie, and completed by the craftsmen and technicians of the Ming Dynasty. This thing is like a cannon, much heavier than Makqin, and the wheels can weigh a ton. There are also two iron shelves in the back, which are pulled apart and fixed on the battlefield.

The 37 barrels were in a cylinder, and the bullets were contained in 37 small holes in the circular bolt locking block. The gunner places the loaded locking block in the gap at the rear end of the gun and pushes a lever to push the locking block forward to complete the locking, so that the bullet is exactly aligned with each barrel. The gunner then turns a joystick in the rear, and the firing mechanism fires the 37 bullets one by one; After one turn, just as all the bullets fired. At this point, the gunner pulls the lever, the locking block slides back, and the gunner takes out the locking block, puts another loaded locking block in, and starts another round of shooting. The design may sound complicated, but it's actually very simple, with a trained gunner capable of firing up to 200 rounds per minute.

After Chen Xie looked back and forth, he smiled at the technician who was preparing and said, "Don't be nervous, let's start." ”

Everyone retreated, two technicians stepped forward, turned the rocker, and the sound of banging gunfire rang out, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the gunshots were dense. After a round of fighting, the two stepped forward, took out the locking block, replaced it with the locking block, and did it again. After a total of ten locking blocks, the shooting stopped. Everyone at the scene was stupid, how powerful is this thing? I could see clearly in the telescope that a row of humanoid wooden targets 400 meters away had already been beaten to pieces.

"If this is against the opponent's gun formation, it will be really like a storm." Chang Shiren could see the power of this thing at a glance, and his hands were shaking with excitement. Not much, there is no infantry company with two guns, and ten times the strength of the opposing side cannot withstand such a powerful blow. Chen Xie nodded and said, "There are more than two, and one is enough." Too heavy and inconvenient to transport. ”

"It's a good thing, it's just too much of a drug." Qian Qianyi also interjected, reflecting the sense of saving. Chen Xie said with a smile: "No matter how much medicine you have, it can't compare to the life of a soldier, and the more important thing is that it can bring victory." ”

Qian Qianyi was a little embarrassed, in his mind, silver was much more important than ordinary soldiers. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even if they are military generals, in the minds of many Ming ministers, killing is no different from killing a dog. Why else did Yuan Chonghuan kill Mao Wenlong? Even asking the emperor for instructions was omitted, which was not just a matter of guts, and he didn't take the generals as people.

"New rifles and machine guns have been mass-produced, although the number is not very large, and further expansion of the factory is needed, but it is definitely enough to deal with the situation for the time being. The key is the new cannon, which has not yet been mass-produced, and the military has a good match, and if you want people to give it, you can allocate money in advance. Chen Xie said very resolutely, and he didn't talk about the price at all. R1152