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Looking at the rifle in front of him, Yan Shao had some love in his heart, of course, if he just let him see something from his appearance, it would be impossible.

Yan Shao actually has some research on weapons and the like, after all, he is half a military fan in later generations. It's just that Yan Shao liked things like airplanes and cannons at that time, or warships. I'm not good at guns and the like, let alone firearms from the First and Second World Wars. Of course, after coming to this era, Yan Shao still had some understanding of the weapons and equipment of this era.

After all, this is related to his career, and even whether Yan Shao's career can succeed in a certain period has a lot to do with it. It's just that relatively speaking, Yan Shao is just a layman after all, especially in this regard.

Therefore, for the weapon in front of him, he just thinks it is very beautiful, but he can't say one, two, three, or four at all.

Of course, other people would never think so, even the people around Yan Shao. I don't know how many people regard Yan Shao as the most talented weapon inventor of this era, even those who are true experts.

The reason is very simple, although Yan Shao doesn't have much research on weapons and the like. But this is like Yan Shao doesn't know why the principle of tungsten lamp is completely unknown, but he still got this thing out, many times Yan Shao doesn't need to understand, he just needs to tell his thoughts to the people below. And then let them develop it.

It was the same this time, later things like grenade launchers or mortars. Yan Shaodu only roughly knows a principle. But this didn't affect Yan Shao, who just needed to tell the developers about these ideas. Then you can sit back and enjoy it.

Even things like tanks―――――― like suspension systems and the like, even if you think about it with your knees, you know that Yan Shao alone will definitely not be able to figure it out, but who is Yan Shao the president of this country, and there are thousands of researchers under him?

So, as mentioned earlier, Yan Shao only needs to tell the people below him his ideas and let them study them.

If that's just the case, then Yan Shao's identity seems to be similar to his original identity? Just a science fiction writer who contributes some ideas. But if there were no these ideas contributed by Yan Shao. It is absolutely impossible for others to imagine these weapons without some time, and Yan Shao's contribution is inevitably too much, and it itself has a name of 'inventor' in the past.

So naturally, many people regard Yan Shao as the greatest weapons expert of this era. As for why Yan Shao usually only puts forward some ideas, but does not actually get involved in the research and development work? Is this also easy to explain―――――― because I'm busy~

Unlike others, Yan Shao is the leader of a country after all. If you are busy researching things all day, then you are not doing your job.

So give your ideas to the people below and let them do the research, and only give them a little mention when they are in trouble. This is the real safe way.

Perhaps, this is the so-called myth put...

Thankfully, if it is in the Hereafter. If a person studies the weapon of murder, he will be condemned by others because it is immoral. But in this day and age, it is different. In such an era of the jungle, although there are some people who will hold such thoughts. But more people. But they are more inclined to a more practical way of survival.

Therefore, in this day and age, it is not a shame to study the weapon of killing. And Yan Shao was not condemned by others because of this relationship.

Of course, whether anyone dares to condemn Yan Shao is also a very practical question.

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Seeing that Yan Shao seemed to be very interested, the research institute on the side, under Li Ruize's hint, hurriedly placed the weapon on the table next to him, so that Yan Shao could see the appearance of the entire weapon more clearly. At the same time, he was also explaining on the side. "The performance of the whole rifle is very good, the overall length of the rifle is 1100 mm, the barrel length is 610 mm, the rifle weight is 4.2 kg, the caliber is 6.8mm, and the use of a 10-round magazine for refueling, which can provide enough fire suppression for a long time..."

Speaking of which, when looking at the weapons on the table, the researcher looked at a gaze similar to that of a parent looking at his own child, as if he were looking at a perfect work of art.

However, the weapon on the table is indeed worthy of such an evaluation as a work of art.

This is not only because of its beautiful shape, but also because this rifle can be considered the most advanced of its time.

"The reason why we will continue to use 6.8mm caliber rifle cartridges is mainly due to the fact that the Mauser 1904 rifle currently equipped by the Wehrmacht is this caliber, if you rashly replace it, then the entire Wehrmacht may need to change it, which is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also too costly, completely unnecessary."

In addition, taking into account all factors, the 6.8mm caliber is indeed the most suitable caliber for the Chinese, although the 7.62mm is excellent, but the recoil is inevitably too large, and the smaller caliber such as the Japanese Arisaka 6.5mm rifle cartridge, in fact, this caliber of rifle cartridges does have quite excellent performance, if not so, the Japanese would not have used this rifle cartridge on a large scale. The advantages of the 6.5mm Arisaka gun bullet are high muzzle velocity, low ballistic extension, soft recoil, and good shooting accuracy. ”

"That's why the Japanese place a lot of emphasis on the skill of shooting. Of course, compared to the advantages. The disadvantages of this rifle cartridge are also very prominent, the disadvantage of this cartridge is that the bullet head is relatively long. The manufacturability is poor, and the long-distance stop effect is not good. This is also a big reason why we did not consider this rifle cartridge. ”

Of course. Another reason is that the Wehrmacht, how could it be possible to use ammunition that was only used by the Japanese?

This is not to say that this caliber ammunition is currently only used in Japan, in fact, the Netherlands and Italy also seem to use rifle cartridges of this caliber, but among them, the Japanese 6.4mm Arisaka is the most famous.

In any case, at least for the Chinese people, the 6.8mm rifle cartridge is indeed the most suitable caliber for the Chinese people at this stage. After all, the recoil of 7.62 is too great, and although the current Wehrmacht officers and soldiers are definitely much stronger than the original historical Wehrmacht because of their adequate nutrition and well-fed.

But even so, the recoil of 7.62 is slightly larger.

Taking into account that the Wehrmacht is currently armed with an almost massive number of Mauser Type 1904 rifles. The number of more than three million, including the reserves, is definitely not a small number. It takes a long time to replace it all, especially in peacetime, even if it takes ten or eight years.

In other words, the IDF would need to be armed with at least two calibre rifle cartridges, which would put a huge strain on logistics. Especially if war really breaks out, the arsenal can't always start two types of ammunition at the same time, right?

The last point, which is related to performance.

To know. This is a semi-automatic rifle, and in terms of firepower, it is definitely more powerful than any rifle of its time―――――― except, of course, automatic rifles. However, automatic rifles of this period. Most of them are almost indistinguishable from light machine guns.

And even the Lee Enfield rifle, which had the most firepower among the manual rifles of its time, probably had no way to compete with this rifle in terms of firepower.

One can imagine how great the superiority of this rifle is.

And in the case of high fire output. The recoil of the 7.62mm rifle cartridge is obviously a burden. At least definitely not as good as a 6.8mm rifle cartridge. And in the case of sustained shooting. The 6.8mm rifle cartridge can also give a soldier a relatively large increase in the accuracy rate.

It is well known that on the modern battlefield if you want to shoot an enemy. It usually takes a lot of bullets. But this does not really mean that the soldiers are so poor in accuracy that it takes tens of thousands of bullets to kill an enemy. Instead, in a series of fire support and suppressive fire, a large amount of ammunition was wasted that was not intended to hit the enemy.

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As I said before, Yan Shao is also half a military fan. Although he doesn't understand firearms at all, and he almost can't see any difference between Garand and 98K and other rifles, but even so, Yan Shao still knows one thing very well. That is, semi-automatic rifles are definitely better than manual rifles.

Similarly, with the exception of some special firearms that resemble sniper rifles, automatic rifles are definitely the mainstream of later developments.

In fact, there were already automatic rifles in this period, and this is the Russian Federov M1916. And is most recognized as the first assault rifle, by Vladimir? Grigoryevich? Designed by Federov, produced in 1916 on the territory of Tsarist Russia. A total of 3,200 Federov automatic rifles were produced in Kovrov from 1915 to 1924. In 1919, after the production of 500 rifles, the factory accelerated production. Federov automatic rifles in 1916 also took part in the First World War, the Russian Civil War. Later, during the winter war with Finland in 1940, the Soviets removed Federov automatic rifles from storage to equip their elite units.

Due to the fact that the Federov automatic rifle uses medium-power ammunition, can fire optionally, is lightweight, and has a large-capacity detachable magazine, it is considered by some to be an early experimental assault rifle. However, some argue that the Federov automatic rifle is not a true assault rifle because the 6.5×50mm Arizaka rifle cartridge used in the Federov automatic rifle is not a specially developed intermediate power bullet, and the gun does not have a pistol grip.

It should be noted that the Russians of this corner Federov also once designed a semi-automatic rifle with a practical magazine feed. It can be seen that the development and production of automatic and semi-automatic rifles became possible during this period.

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"Is it really that powerful?"

The researcher was heard constantly boasting about the rifle there. Jiang Bailixiao asked with interest.

"Of course!" Despite facing Jiang Baili, the researcher was obviously very confident in his 'child'. Therefore, there is no way to flinch at all. "It's definitely the best weapon of our time."

"Oh?"

Sa Zhenbing on the side also came over with some interest. "You know, it's not good to say. I need to give it a try..."

"Two ministers, please rest assured..."Li Ruize on the side came up and hurriedly said with a smile. The base has already prepared a combat test of weapons, and later the president and the ministers will be able to go to the real field to see it with their own eyes..."

Although Jiang Baili and Sa Zhenbing, one is in the air force and the other is in the navy, it seems that they can't control the appearance of the army at all. But this does not mean that Li Ruize can offend the other party at will, after all, whether it is Jiang Baili or Sa Zhenbing, they are one of the only marshals in the National Defense Force today, and their power is monstrous.

More importantly, don't look at Jiang Baili to go to the Air Force, as one of the only three marshals of the Wehrmacht Army. Especially one of the two great military gods, its prestige in the army can almost be compared to Cai Yi. If he really offended Jiang Baili, even if Jiang Baili was no longer in the army, there were still many ways to clean him up.

What's more, everyone knows that Jiang Baili and Cai Yi are brothers, and there are even rumors that the two have become brothers of the opposite sex.

Then, if you offend Jiang Baili, wouldn't it be tantamount to offending Cai Yi.

Considering that Feng Guozhang is old now, he basically doesn't care about anything. Now almost all the affairs of the Wehrmacht are presided over by Cai Yi.

Seriously, offending Cai Ye, it seems that Li Ruize has no need to continue to mix in the army.

As for Sa Zhen Bing? Although the navy can't control the army, Sa Zhenbing's weight on Yan Shao's side is not light at all. Therefore, he can still get a lot of trouble for him across a branch of the military.

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In fact, this time Yan Shao asked them to come. Originally, it was to see the testing of weapons. So soon the group walked in the direction of the shooting range.

As has been said, this military base is arguably one of the most important bases in China at present. It is one of China's weapons test bases, and it was chosen instead of a desert in Nevada.

One. The main thing is for convenience, after all, the traffic in this era is not very convenient. If you really want to watch a certain weapon. Yan Shao can't run to Lop Nur, right?

Again, at the moment, these weapons have not yet reached the point of secrecy to this level. Having said that, there is still a concentration of the most advanced weapons in China and even the whole world.

Even if you are just walking towards the shooting range, you only need to take a slight look into the warehouses on both sides to find a weapon that is absolutely not stored in the outside world―――――― of course, these warehouses are usually closed.

From the most common individual weapons, including individual equipment and body armor, to larger military trucks, military off-road vehicles, military armored vehicles, and even tanks and airplanes, almost all of them can be found in this base, and they are definitely the latest ones.

Of course, the latest style does not mean that these things can be put into active service.

Because this is only a base for testing new weapons, it is difficult to say whether it will eventually enter the Wehrmacht and become the standard weapon of the Wehrmacht.

On the other hand, walking at the back of the team, Jiang Baili and Sa Zhenbing were exchanging opinions with each other.

Although the two of them are from the Navy and the Air Force, it seems that they have nothing to do with this matter, but in fact they are not.

The reason is simple, at the most basic level, even the navy has soldiers who use rifles. And on the Air Force side, aren't the soldiers responsible for defending the air base also using rifles?

Of course, the most important point is that at the moment the Air Force is preparing to form an airborne force. As for the Navy, it is preparing to form a Marine Corps.

From a certain point of view, both units are purely land combat units, which naturally require a large number of new weapons.

This is also one of the reasons why the two of them are here, because in the eyes of the two, it will undoubtedly be one of the benefits of the two classes.

It's just that, compared with the optimism of the two, Yan Shao's attitude is a little less optimistic.

It's not that he denies the importance of these two arms, but that in this era, these two arms may not be used satisfactorily.

At least as far as Yan Shao knows, in the history of World War II, the use of airborne troops has rarely been successful, and many times even if it is successful, it is the kind of victory that is miserable. As for the actions of the market garden, it can be described as a disaster.

Isn't there such a story...

A group of airborne troops, parachuted in front of the armored corps. The final outcome of these paratroopers, who have no heavy weapons, can be imagined.

There was also a naval landing battle, first of all, the Battle of the Dardanelles not long ago, the British suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties but still could not win the battle. The subsequent Normandy landings were also won after hard fighting after hard fighting when the Germans misjudged―――――― casualties were still not small.

To be honest, even if these two arms are formed, Yan Shao still doesn't think they can play any role in the next twenty or thirty years.

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