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"Your Majesty, this is a weapon to kill the enemy! After equipping the troops, those foreign devils will inevitably be beaten! The Chief of the General Staff, General Niu Meng, had a smile on his face, and he was very satisfied with the performance of this heavy machine gun. Of course, in the eyes of General Niu Meng, the main enemy of the Chinese Army is the foreign devils of the Western powers. He couldn't wait to see the scenes of foreign devils being strafed by heavy machine guns on the battlefield. That scene will definitely be very shocking.

"Hmm!" Long Yufei nodded. Although there are still flaws, it is good that the engineers of the arsenal have been able to do this. Long Yufei believes that as long as the arsenal continues to improve, it will definitely develop more advanced heavy machine guns.

"General Zhao, I am very satisfied with this heavy machine gun! On behalf of the Empire and the Army, I thank them for their efforts. In addition, the engineers who participated in the development will be rewarded! Long Yufei said. He has never been stingy with talents. Only in this way can we stimulate their enthusiasm and form a virtuous circle.

"Thank you!" Major General Zhao Xingkai was immediately overjoyed. What could make them happier than the praise and commendation of His Majesty the Emperor?

"Please name this heavy machine gun!" Admiral Zhao Yi took the opportunity to say. A powerful weapon, naturally, should have a good name. Of course, then he will realize. Long Yufei didn't seem to act according to his expectations.

"Since this heavy machine gun was mass-produced in 1844, it should be called the 'Type 44' heavy machine gun. Later, whether it was a rifle or a machine gun, or an artillery. You can name it according to this naming convention! Long Yufei said. In this way, it will save a lot of time and effort.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although he felt that the name was a little unpleasant, General Zhao Yi did not say much. As soon as the emperor Chrysostom opened, can this still be changed? Besides, no one would dare to say that this name is bad.

"We are now far ahead of the world in the manufacture of weapons and equipment. This is true of both the warships of the Navy and the guns of the Army. We can only keep making progress and let the West follow in our footsteps. This is how our army will always be strong. This point must be taken seriously. Long Yufei said. He hoped that the generals would always maintain such an enterprising spirit and never slack off. Otherwise, once behind. will fall into a situation of being passively beaten. By then, it will be too late. Long Yufei didn't want that kind of history to repeat itself.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The generals replied sternly. They were all people who grew up with the empire and the army and navy of the empire, and they also knew the importance of weapons and equipment. The reason why the Imperial Army and Navy were invincible was that in addition to the desperate efforts of the soldiers, weapons and equipment also accounted for a large part. Only by constantly developing new weapons can the empire's military strength continue to make progress.

"In addition, confidentiality must be done well. The technology of our armament. We must not leak it. In terms of industrial strength, our enemies are still much stronger than we are. If the technology is leaked. The enemy will be able to carry out large-scale imitations, and even develop more advanced weapons on this basis. This will be a heavy blow to us. It is also extremely irresponsible for our soldiers. Long Yufei admonished. The Chinese have never done a very good job in secrecy, or even do not have this concept at all. In later generations, Long Yufei has also seen a lot, and a lot of new technologies, aren't they cheaper to foreigners because they haven't done a good job of secrecy?

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Zhao Yi, deputy chief of the general staff and director of logistics and equipment, and Major General Zhao Xingkai, who was in charge of the arsenal, both nodded.

"On this issue, in addition to the efforts of the arsenal itself, I will greet the National Security Intelligence Agency and the Military Intelligence Agency, and ask them to send intelligence personnel to be responsible for the secrecy of this moment." Long Yufei said. In this regard, it is the intelligence officers who are more professional.

In this regard, both Admiral Zhao Yi and Major General Zhao Xingkai had no objection.

"Now, how many Type 44 heavy machine guns have we produced? Can this time the war against Japan be used? Long Yufei asked. If we can catch up with this war, it is time to use those little Japan to test the performance of the Type 44 heavy machine gun. In addition, there is also a larger territory in dealing with the crowd tactics of small Japan. As long as he thought of those Japanese, who were holding more than fifty people, rushing to the positions of the Chinese army in groups, and then being strafed by heavy machine gun bullets and becoming a hornet's nest, Long Yufei was very excited. Although he is a technical nerd at heart, he is still a little bloodthirsty. Besides, aren't most of those otaku in later generations also angry youth?

"Your Majesty, there are currently a total of 100 Type 44 heavy machine guns in the arsenal. The output per month can be about 100 pieces. Major General Zhao Xingkai said. After the finalization, the arsenal began mass production. It's just that the speed of production is not fast.

Long Yufei nodded, in peacetime, a hundred heavy machine guns a month, although it is not much, but it is almost enough. From now on, Long Yufei only plans to equip heavy machine guns to the company or platoon level. Of course, when dealing with small Japan, which was basically only equipped with cold weapons, each company was equipped with a heavy machine gun, which was almost enough. After the development of newer and more reliable heavy machine guns, it will be further promoted.

"Well, let's equip the marines and infantry corps who are going out this time, and equip each infantry company with one. The arsenal sent special personnel to teach those machine gunners, so that they could master the shooting essentials in the shortest possible time and participate in this battle against Japan! Long Yufei said. In this way, he will be more confident about Japan's combat operations.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Major General Zhao Xingkai nodded.

Because of the qualitative mass production of heavy machine guns, Long Yufei's mood became very good. He had planned to return to the palace, but this time he also changed his mind and asked the arsenal to prepare a sumptuous banquet, and he wanted to thank the engineers in person.

Most of these engineers are technical experts, and there are two foreigners. They, like most tech nerds, aren't very good at words. However, the emperor Long Yufei personally thanked them, and promised to give them material rewards, which made these engineers very excited, and patted their chests one by one to assure Long Yufei that they would definitely develop more advanced weapons in return for Long Yufei.

Now the Guangzhou terminal has become more busy. Merchant ships traveling between the East and the West filled the entire wharf. Merchant ships from Western countries brought shiploads of machinery and equipment to Xinhua and shipwrecked ships of oriental products.

A somewhat dilapidated merchant ship sailed into the dock. It's just that there is no cargo on this merchant ship. On the deck of the merchant ship, there stood several tall, tanned men. It can be seen from the way they dress and look that these people are people who have been begging for a living at sea all year round. Only the wind and sun on the sea can cause this kind of appearance.

"Boss, I really can't figure out why we have to rush here when someone gives an order, and even let go of the fat sheep that is about to arrive!" A slightly diminutive man complained.

"Zhang Laoer, don't forget, who gave us this qiē. They can sustain us, but they can also destroy us with their backs! A middle-aged man in the lead rebuked angrily.

This middle-aged man was officially invested in Cui Apu by the South China Sea pirates recruited by Xinhua in the past. After surrendering to the new country, these pirates were very unaccustomed to it. So Long Yufei simply let them continue to copy the old business. After arming these pirates, Long Yufei asked these pirates to rob Japan and Korea, and the profits obtained were divided in half between the two sides. With the support of Xinhua Guo, Cui Apu's pirate group has developed rapidly, and now there are thousands of people. This time, the Imperial General Staff urgently brought Cui Apo in order to start a war against Japan. Cui Apu and his family have been active in the Yellow Sea and the coasts of Japan and North Korea for many years, and they are very familiar with the hydrology in the vicinity. This would lead the way for the Imperial Navy and avoid a lot of trouble.

"Yes, Boss!" Zhang Laoer, who was reprimanded, even though he was a little unwilling, still shut up.

Cui Apu also has his own considerations, although the pirates are happy, but after all, it is not a long-term solution. Besides, now that the country has developed so strongly, Cui Apu has also made up his mind that he must hug the thigh of the empire, otherwise, there will definitely be no good end in the future.

After Cui Apu and the other pirates came ashore, they were picked up by officers sent by the General Staff. They were taken directly to the War Department to provide some information for the staff officers of the War Department to come up with specific battle plans. When the time comes, they will go with the great army.

Because of Cui Apu's cooperation, the specific operational plan of the General Staff Headquarters was very well formulated.

On July 8, 1844, Long Yufei, the king of Xinhua, Admiral Niu Meng, chief of the general staff, and Rear Admiral Sun Hao, chief of operations, secretly came to the home port of the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy in Shunde to participate in the departure ceremony of the army.

The 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy will escort 3 brigades of the Marine Corps to Japan. The other two infantry corps will depart later.

After a brief departure ceremony, the 12 'Shang-class' cruisers of the Navy's 1st Fleet were the first to leave port. Behind them are hundreds of transports and merchant ships transporting the soldiers and equipment of these 3 marines! (To be continued......)