Bauer was tempted, he couldn't be unmoved, Xiao Zhenlei was right, although he couldn't make money in this business, he couldn't get commissions, but his boss would definitely not forget his credit, which couldn't be bought with money. However, there is a prerequisite for this business, that is, the tube retreat artillery technology mastered by Xiao Zhenlei is real, not a coaxing thing.

Bauer took a puff of his cigar and asked, "Xiao, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this matter is not trivial, how do you want me to believe that the technology you have mastered is real?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile: "As far as I know, the French have been studying the technology of water pressure spring type reinstatement and rearing, and these people have been engaged in the actual technology of this technology, but until now they have not succeeded, hehe, in fact, they have long studied the technology of tube retreat artillery, and the real ones they are doing now are just deceiving the eyes of German spies, and those German spies have been staring at it stupidly for many years, it's really sad, I don't know if I am played, The type of retreat and re-entry technology used in the tube retreat artillery that they have completed is the water pressure gas type, I can only say so much, this thing is actually not complicated, I just need to say a little bit of relevant content, and those scientific and technological personnel with fast brains will get it out, but I don't say, your technicians can only follow the French even if they have been studying for ten years, and now the European shape is extremely complicated, who knows when a big war will break out? At this time, the accuracy and speed of firing of German artillery were several times worse than that of the French*, what kind of blow do you think the German Army will suffer? The French artillery fired three or four shells, while your German artillery fired only one, just by virtue of this difference in the rate of fire. The French will be able to beat you Germans all over the ground! ”

The more Bauer listened, the paler he became, he had experienced war. Of course, understand what kind of impact the gap in artillery technology will have on both sides of the battle, and the overwhelming shells will fall. The opponent will be able to hold you down with the speed of fire, and by the time you spot the opponent's artillery position, the opponent's artillery will already be shooting the shells.

Bauer was worried about being fooled by Xiao Zhenlei, you must know that this is not a small deal, he knows very well the value of this artillery technology, and Xiao Zhenlei will definitely open his mouth, after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "I must see the relevant technical information!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and said, "Bauer, we are old friends." If I can show you, I will definitely not embarrass you, as I said just now, this technology is like a layer of window paper, it will be broken when you poke it, with the relationship between us, will I lie to you? When have I ever lied to you before? Every time I come over I bring you business, this time is no exception, you should trust me. Of course, if you and I can't trust each other, and I can't do anything, then I can only find another buyer for my friend, oh. I think the Russians and the British are good, as far as I know they don't have good relations with Germany, if they get such technology. And Germany does not have such technology, I am afraid that this will be a disaster for Germany! ”

As a German. As a German who prides himself on being a German citizen, Bauer could not allow such a thing to happen. If the French were able to have such artillery technology, Germany must have it too!

"Okay, Xiao, for the sake of our good cooperation and friendship between you and me before, I choose to believe you, but you also know that I can't be the master in this matter, I can only report this matter as an intermediary, I don't know what the attitude of the boss above is, but if my boss is interested in this matter, he will definitely entrust me to negotiate with you, just right, we Lihe Foreign Bank has a few people who understand artillery technology here in Shanghai, if my boss entrusts me to negotiate with you, And we have reached an agreement between us, then you and I must pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and if the technical information is verified by our personnel without problems, you can take the money! ”

On issues involving huge interests, no matter how good the relationship is, it can only stand aside, and Bauer's words made his position clear, meaning that he hopes that Xiao Zhenlei will not use fake technical information to coax him, otherwise even if Xiao Zhenlei gets the money, he will not be able to take it away.

Xiao Zhenlei also said sternly: "You can rest assured, as long as we reach an agreement, I will not only sell you the technical information, but also have physical objects for you to visit and study at the time of the transaction, with my company's current equipment, as long as there is technical information, do you think my company will not be able to make this kind of artillery?" ”

These words made Bauer's eyes light up, "Yes, with Xiao Zhenlei's Zhenhua Company's current equipment, as long as there is technical data, it can be completely made in real objects, and when the time comes, take the technical data and compare it with the real artillery to visit and study, and you will not be afraid of problems!"

"Well, I hope you really have the real technical stuff and I'm looking forward to it!" Bauer said as he stood up and held out his right hand.

Xiao Zhenlei stretched out his hand and shook it, and said coldly: "Bauer, let's talk ugly in front, there is one thing I want to remind you, if you get the technical information, and also visit and study the physical artillery, but you want to eat black and don't give money, don't blame me for being ruthless when the time comes, I now have a regiment of troops, which has angered me, and I will let you and your people stay in China forever regardless of a single qiē!" ”

Bauer's heart sank, and then he realized that the Qing man in front of him, who usually likes to joke with him, has a completely different temperament at this time, and this kind of temperament and such eyes are definitely not something ordinary people can have.

"Of course, of course, Xiao, we've already had a business of millions of dollars, don't you still believe me? We Germans are not short of money! ”

After Xiao Zhenlei left, Bauer immediately sent a telegram to the German headquarters of Lihe Foreign Company, and after his boss received his telegram, he was very interested in the artillery technology mentioned in the telegram, but in fact, it was not the boss who was interested, but the German Ministry of Defense was interested, as long as the German Ministry of Defense was interested, he felt that this was a good deal, Germany is now expanding its armament war, and the British and French are engaged in an arms race, as long as he gets this technology and uses it in artillery, he is not afraid that the German military will not pay for it.

Two days later, Bauer received a telegram from the German headquarters, entrusting him to negotiate with Xiao Zhenlei, which was expected by Bauer, because Xiao Zhenlei could not bring the materials to Germany, no one was a fool, the only place for negotiation was in this ten-mile foreign field, and the person in charge of the negotiation was he Bauer.

At this time, Xiao Zhenlei was in the artillery manufacturing plant and watched the workers make parts for the retractor with engineer McConaughey. The system retreat and re-entry machine is divided into two parts: system and re-entry. When the gun is fired, the gun body drives the recoiling tube to retreat, and the liquid at one end of the piston flows from the leak to the other end due to pressure, and the liquid at this time the liquid occurs a resistance to slowly stop the recoiling of the gun. The reentry system uses gas to absorb a part of the recoil force, and when the recoil ends, the compressed gas pushes the recoil into place due to its extension. In this way, through the intermediary of the guò system retreat and re-entry machine, the barrel and the gun carriage are elastically connected, which is not only conducive to reducing the weight of the gun, but also creating conditions for increasing the firing speed.

It is not difficult to manufacture the parts and components of these retractors, a few skilled workers quickly manufactured all the parts according to the drawings drawn by Xiao Zhenlei according to the memories of his previous life, this thing is made according to the size of the gun carriage of the Knoob 75 mm mountain gun, first hang the barrel of an imitation Krupp 75 mm mountain gun with a sling, and then install the reinforcing retractor on the gun carriage, and then install the barrel on the reinforcing retractor. In fact, this recoil principle had long been invented by the German Hausen, but the German army refused to adopt this patent. In 1894, France bought this patent from Hausen, and based on it, it developed a gun carriage with a hydraulic pneumatic stationary retreat and retraction device, called an elastic gun carriage. The gun body is mounted on an elastic gun mount, which can greatly cushion the recoil during firing, so that the gun will not be displaced, so that the firing speed and accuracy can be improved, and the weight of the gun can be reduced. The use of elastic gun mounts alleviates the contradiction between increasing the power of the gun and improving the mobility, and makes the basic structure of the gun tend to be perfect. France bought the Germans' advanced invention patents, kept them secret and deceived the Germans, and in turn attacked the Germans.

This retractor was specially made to match the size of the gun carriage of the Krupp 75 mountain gun, and in fact, if a cannon was recast, the weight of the cannon could be completely reduced, because the weight of the cannon was deliberately increased in order to overcome its strong recoil, and if the retractor was used, the gun did not need to be cast so heavy at all.

The tube retreat gun will be slowly pushed to the original position by the reriser after the cannon is fired, but the retreat gun needs three or four artillery pieces to drag it back to its original position with ropes after the cannon is fired, which takes a lot of time, and the mobility is also poor, in order not to let the gun be pushed backward by the strong recoil when the cannon is fired, so the weight of the cannon is increased when the cannon is manufactured, and the two kinds of artillery are compared, and there is a world difference in performance.

After receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Bauer immediately started negotiations with Xiao Zhenlei, and the two sides did not give in to each other on the price, and after a week of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement on the price, and the transaction was completed at the price of 1.8 million US dollars.

The price may seem high, but it's not that high at all. The current price of 75 mm guns is sold for more than 10,000 taels and close to 20,000 taels of silver each, of course, this is the sales price of German artillery in China, and the factory price sold to the German military may not be so much, but it will not be too low, if the German army wants to change artillery, it will definitely be replaced with a tube-retreat gun that is both light and fast-firing, and the entire German army needs more artillery. (To be continued......) R1292