Episode 42 Automatic Rifles

Li Gensheng's face was slightly embarrassed, and he said:

"But, my lord, even if we count all the total strength of the army and participate in the attack, and there is no one left behind, we are still at a great numerical disadvantage! Every time we use a squad or a platoon, we still have to count with our fingers, but the Qing army can easily move a large stroke of the pen and transfer several times the strength of our army......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked rhetorically:

"Gensheng, you say, if all the people who are transferred are rabble, even peasants with guns, what if they are several times as large as me?"

"My lord," Li Gensheng glanced at the fourteen grids and said, "Princess Liaoyang also said that these 2 million Qing troops are combat-effective, although the quality is still inferior to my Ming army, but it is definitely not a rabble."

Xiang Xiaoqiang just wanted to say, "Since it's 2 million, it's not several times that of me", but suddenly he was stunned, and a voice in his head reminded him:

Why did you argue with your subordinates? …… As a superior, it's okay to discuss with your subordinates, but now it's arguing like this, or it's almost a verbal dispute, it will be too much to suppress the enthusiasm of your subordinates. It's a rare thing for subordinates to be willing to talk to you directly.

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought about it and said with a smile:

"Nesheng, do you remember the Battle of Pukou?"

Li Gensheng was stunned:

"Your Excellency, do you mean ......?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded and smiled:

"Yes, that's what I'm talking about. Roots, and all of you......"

He looked at the others around the conference table and said:

"Do you still remember how the Uraguchi Kiyojun behaved? Do you remember how the Qing army in Pukou rushed to surrender to us? Do you remember how we captured 150,000 Qing troops in one day? Of the 150,000, half of them are the New Han Army, that is, the strongest combat force in the Han Army. Although the other half is the old Han army, don't forget that the opposite bank of Pukou is Nanjing, and the Qing Emperor is determined to take Nanjing before the New Year. The old Han army in Pukou was also the elite unit of the old Han army.

"In addition, Gensheng, can you recall, after we obtained air supremacy in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, how was the Qing army in Pukou slaughtered by us? We put in only 100 dive bombers in Pukou, and the 200,000 Qing troops on the ground can be said to be mentally disarmed. At that time, even if a platoon of Ming troops appeared in front of them, they would rush over and surrender. Rooted, this is air supremacy.

"We now have three times the monthly production of combat aircraft compared to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and almost all of them are monoplanes. If you only count the proportion of monoplanes, we are ten times as much as them. At this rate, in a year we will have 5,000 combat aircraft. The Qing army had only more than a thousand, 80% of which were old biplanes. This is air superiority. It is absolute air superiority.

"Gensheng, you may not understand what the concept of this absolute air superiority is. This will mean that as long as it is during the day, as long as the weather is not bad, we can ravage the Qing army as we want. Wherever our ground forces hit, the Qing army in front of us will collapse. Thanks to the power of the air, we will be like a bamboo. ”

The people in a room looked at each other with strange expressions. Some were drinking water, some were coughing softly, and some were looking down to remember something. It was still Li Gensheng, shaking his head and sighing:

"Your Excellency, my lord."

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"The last two sentences are exaggerated, I admit. But it's not an exaggeration, it's basically the case. ”

"The commander of the army aviation does not dare to be so optimistic."

Li Gensheng said again.

Li Changgui next to him had been looking at him worriedly, and then at Xiang Xiaoqiang, for fear that Li Gensheng would be so open-mouthed in public and annoy Xiang Xiaoqiang. He quietly stabbed Li Gensheng several times.

Li Changgui's small movements, Xiang Xiaoqiang has already seen it. But he was glad that Li Gensheng ignored him, but had something to say. For a leader who really wants to do something, it is a blessing to have such a loyal subordinate who has something to say.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Li Gensheng, smiled and said:

"Gensheng, if it's really like what I said, then what is your attitude?"

Li Gensheng immediately said categorically:

"My lord, don't say that as you said, even if the air supremacy has half the effect you said, Gensheng will immediately stand with you. If anyone below has any objections, Gensheng is responsible for the bullet pressure. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately said:

"Gensheng, you are a soldier. If I make a formal decision, you will stand with me, whether you are convinced or not. You have to understand that. ”

Li Gensheng blushed and said in a low voice:

"My lord, Gensheng has lost his words."

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled again:

"But you also have to remember what you just said, if you can really see the advantages of air supremacy, you must not only stand with me, but also stand with me convincingly. Do you understand? ”

Li Gensheng immediately said:

"Gensheng understands!"

……

At lunchtime, Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly remembered and asked Xiuxiu:

"By the way, why hasn't Qi Shunfa's submachine gun been delivered yet? The Lian Feng was sent many days ago, and this has been improved by a version. Qi Shunfa hasn't moved yet, what's going on! You call Qi Shunfa Company in the afternoon and ask them what the hell they are doing, if you don't want an order, we will give Lian Feng. ”

"Yes."

After eating, Xiuxiu went to call in person. After a while, he reported to Xiaoqiang:

"My lord, as soon as they heard that it was us, their boss immediately came and told me in person. It didn't seem like a good tone, and he explained a lot, saying that there may be a few things that don't quite meet our requirements, but the gun is still good, and the advantages are obvious. He said that the range and accuracy of this submachine gun are the best among submachine guns in other countries......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang frowned and said suspiciously:

"It's too loud, isn't it, the best among the 'nations'? …… Are there 'several' places that don't meet our requirements? It's also too ...... Lian Feng's didn't even meet the requirements. …… And just say that it is the best among the submachine guns of all countries? Can you be sure they're not bragging? ”

Xiuxiu shook her head and smiled:

"Not sure."

"Can you get them to take a look?"

秀秀 says:

"My lord, that's right, Boss Qi Shunfa said that this gun is still being improved, because there are a few small problems. Little question', that's what he said. He said that if he wanted to see it, he would send it. However, he asked me to say a few nice words to Mr. Xiang, saying that this gun is indeed great, but it needs to be improved...... It's improved, it's definitely a good gun. Well, that's what he said. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang pinched his chin and rolled his eyes. It really piqued his interest. He laughed and said:

"Okay, let their technicians take the sample guns and drawings and go directly to the barracks in the afternoon. We used to test guns. ”

……

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Qi Shunfa's technicians waited in the reception room of the Xiaoling Guard Barracks of the People's Guard with sample guns and drawings. At his feet was a large long chest, a cut longer than the one he had brought from the Refining Edge last time. Qi Shunfa's technicians sat on the sofa and kept wiping their sweat with handkerchiefs, like pins and needles. The two little female soldiers in the reception room brought him tea, then stepped aside and looked at his box curiously.

After waiting for an hour, it was finally two o'clock as agreed. Xiang Xiaoqiang took Xiuxiu and Wang Hexiang, and the three of them came slowly but on time.

Qi Shunfa's person immediately stood up "Teng", stepped forward and said with a smile:

"...... to the Big One"

"Hehe, you came early, right?" Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled, "What do you call it?" ”

"Ah, Lord Xiang, the villain is exempt from your surname Chen, Chen Zhongtian, hehe, you can call me Xiao Chen."

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled, looked at this middle-aged man who was more than ten years older than himself, and said in his heart that this would be too good to happen. The Lian Feng is not so flattering. Presumably things are not good, the heart is empty!

"You two," Xiang Xiaoqiang waved his hand at the two little female soldiers, "go down first." Don't let people in here just yet. ”

The idlers and others were cleared out. Then Qi Shunfa's technicians hurriedly took out a large roll of drawings and spread them out on the table for Xiang Xiaoqiang.

Xiang Xiaoqiang only glanced at it, and then fixed his eyes firmly on it, and he quickly pressed both sides of the drawing with both hands, flattening it.

His first instinct was that it wasn't a submachine gun.

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately asked Chen Zhongtian to open the box, saw the real thing lying in the box, and then picked it up.

Heavy, heavier. Much heavier than the L36 of the Lianfeng. Simply heavier than a Thomson submachine gun.

The shape is very peculiar, very long, and at first glance it is not a submachine gun in the traditional sense. The front half is a bit like MP44, but the back half is like MP38 with a folding stock. The magazine is stuck in front and is straight. Moreover, wider than the magazine of an ordinary submachine gun.

He turned to his head and asked:

"What is this?"

Chen Zhongtian wiped his sweat nervously and said:

"To your lordship...... This is...... What you want...... Rush...... Submachine gun. ”

"Submachine guns?" Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled meaningfully, "Why is the magazine so wide?" ”

"Back to my lord, bullets...... It's a bit long. Calibre...... It's also a bit small. ”

Just as I expected. Xiang Xiaoqiang is more and more affirmed. He asked:

"What caliber bullet?"

Chen Zhongtian swallowed his saliva and said dryly:

"7.62 mm."

"How did you get such a thing out?"

But it's a good thing! How can you be touched by yourself? Obviously not asking for that. Could this be the legendary unattainable?

Xiang Xiaoqiang slowly touched the gun. It feels completely different from touching L36. It was all stamped parts, and it looked rather rough. This gives people a very precise feeling, and you can see that every part is precisely machined with a lathe.

If the judgment is correct, this should be considered an early automatic rifle.

Oh my God, I clearly explained the standard of submachine guns. Because I didn't have the luxury of expecting that the arms dealers of this period would be able to make automatic rifles. But the designers of this company are so talented that they just got an automatic rifle out.

Still, there are certainly a lot of problems. At this time, the design of the submachine gun was just a little mature, and the automatic rifle could be said to be a blank slate.

Xiang Xiaoqiang held this "automatic rifle", admired it for a while, and said directly:

"Let's go and try it out at the shooting range."