The first update

As early as last year, the British had already sent troops to annex the Transvaal Republic by force, and this act provoked a violent revolt by the Boers. The Boer army then defeated more than 1,000 British troops near Mount Mazuba, forcing the British to recognize the independence of the Transvaal and sign a peace treaty with each other, under the pretense of retaining some power.

Historically, relations between Britain and Germany deteriorated after the Janssen expedition, when Kaiser Wilhelm II sent a famous telegram to the Transvaal President Paul Krugel congratulating him, which worsened Anglo-German relations and determined Britain to resolve the dispute with the Transvaal by force.

And the Western world launched a campaign of sympathy and solidarity with the Boer Republic at the same time. The Netherlands and Belgium formed numerous civil society groups, solicited donations, established foundations, and donated wartime mobile hospitals and medical equipment to the Transvaal. At the same time, thousands of volunteers from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, the United States, Russia, Ireland, Italy, and Scandinavia crossed the ocean to the Transvaal, ready to fight alongside the Boers.

Napoleon just broke out the contradiction between the two countries five or six years earlier, anyway, Germany has to tear its face with Britain, it is better to directly tear its face with the British as soon as possible, with the help of France, anyway, it is better for you to build a risk fleet than for the two countries to unite and build a Franco-German fleet, in order to deal with the invading evil forces.

"This ...... We also need to think about this kind of cooperation. ”

Frederick III said sincerely, "After all, France and Germany can restore equal and friendly relations, but if we want to unite against Britain, we are not ready." Germany was not ready for a series of conflicts with Great Britain. ”

Germany only vaguely felt the elbow from the world's first colonial empire, and Bismarck also believed that Britain would become their enemy in the future, but because of the existence of feud France, they still maintained a dynamic balance of threats with Britain.

If it comes to the point of tearing its face and fighting each other, the formation of an alliance between France and Germany will become Berlin's biggest political bargaining chip.

So Frederick III was not stupid enough to turn his face with Foreign Minister Dekaz.

Bismarck also suppressed his anger, he knew that he had nothing to do, and since the French wanted to do so, he could only agree for the time being. He could even sense that the conflict with the king would become more and more evident in the future over France.

However, the words of Foreign Minister Dekaz that followed were intriguing.

"By the way, His Excellency President Napoleon also said that they have a gift for the Boers in South Africa. The British side must have been very shocked. ”

After sending off Foreign Minister Dekaz, Prime Minister Bismarck hurriedly said to the king beside him, "We can't agree to his request, cooperation can be tolerated, but we want to unite against Britain, who knows if the French will sell us behind our backs." ”

"Don't worry, Chancellor Bismarck. I'm not blind enough to see the situation. If the French continue to maintain neutral, or even friendly relations, with the British. How can Franco-German relations be strong? If Paris really wants to work with us for a long time, they will have to prove themselves. Prove yourself to be an enemy, not an ally, with Britain. ”

Bismarck felt that Frederick III had something to say, and he turned his head to see a face that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling.

"But Foreign Minister Dekaz is right about one thing, the German colonies are so small that we can't be a real empire."

If the reconciliation of Fatur was what Frederick III wanted to see, then it would not be the same for the two countries to unite against Great Britain, which would mean upending the existing world pattern and possibly even a new round of war.

But as Napoleon said, the endless hatred of France and Germany would only give the countries on the other side of the Channel to their advantage, and it would be better for the two countries to put aside their hatred and unite against the most powerful of the British.

The visit of French Foreign Minister Decass had already caused divisions within Berlin, with Frederick III believing that cooperation between the two countries should be deepened, while Bismarck insisted on being an enemy of France.

The dispute between the German top brass was left to Berlin, and Napoleon was in no mood to deal with it, and his important purpose now was to accumulate strength and wait for the outbreak of the next war.

At the same time, France has taken a completely different old path in the development of new weapons. For example, under the name of the improved model of Chasepo, in fact, it is the Mosin Nagant rifle, and now Napoleon began to develop semi-automatic weapons.

In any case, Schneider was now a government-regulated weapons company, and Napoleon naturally wanted their weapons designers to come up with their own experimental products.

These include the 7.62*39mm intermediate power bullet and the new design of the Shasebo in an attempt to semi-automate. Of course, with the current level of industrial development of various European countries, it is not yet up to the strength to produce Simonov rifles. So Napoleon at most modified the current firearms to reach the level of pursuing semi-automatic.

This is also a small hobby of Napoleon, the French side still maintains a conservative attitude, they think that the improved Chasepol rifle presided over by Napoleon is enough to cope with the war, and the French ** team has been fully redressed when the world has not yet realized the large-scale equipment of smokeless gunpowder.

But for Napoleon, all this was not enough.

It wasn't until the good news came from Schneider that three years had passed since his plan was established, which was longer than the development of the Maxim machine gun.

"Perhaps His Majesty Napoleon should come and see this."

By this time, Maxim had become a weapons designer at Schneider, and his task was not only to continue to improve the Maxim heavy machine gun model, but also to use his talent to continue to develop semi-automatic weapons.

Makqin picked up a piece on the table that resembled a Chasebo rifle, except that it was shorter than Chasepo, but he still maintained the appearance of a Mosin Nagant rifle.

He told Napoleon, "Although I do not know what effect the caliber of bullets provided by His Excellency the President had on this rifle, its design is indeed epoch-making." ”

Napoleon looked at the inconspicuous rifle in his hand and asked curiously, "Tell me about the excellence of this rifle." ”

"Okay."

Maxim said proudly, "The biggest highlight of this weapon is that we have added a gas conduction structure, which is like the Maxim machine gun, which is pushed by a piston, and then locks the bolt to achieve the purpose of continuous fire." ”

“……”

Napoleon was surprised, he had no idea that the design of the Maxim would coincide with the future Kalashnikov rifle.

"But there is a problem, this rifle can only hold eight rounds in the magazine, because of the conditions, the barrel temperature is too high, which will reduce the life of this song, so so far it can only achieve this level. After eight rounds have been fired, the reload time allows the barrel to cool down. ”

Previously, Napoleon and Maxim asked if it was possible to replace the water-cooled type of heavy machine gun with an air-cooled one, but the other party told him that this idea was very good, but so far the conditions could not keep up.

The rifle sounded more like a castrated version of a modern semi-automatic rifle, similar to the Kalashnikovs built in the mountain villages of Afghanistan.

"But this rifle won't be accepted by the French ** team, right? Schneider has also been complaining, saying that the French top brass does not like this kind of repeating rifle because it will cause great logistical difficulties. ”

Napoleon smiled slightly and said, "Schneider only needs to be responsible for the design of this weapon, and the rest of the other issues are none of their business, anyway, you can rest assured, we will never let their company lose money because of this weapon." Because the rifle was not originally intended to be put into the regular army of France, and I need to do it as soon as possible, because the customers of the French government are waiting for an unequal war. ”

"One more thing, I hope that this weapon can be equipped as soon as possible, and I hope that the Schneider company department can speed up the research and development. I know you don't have to worry about the money, and the name of the rifle, I hope it will be named after the French government. ”

"None of this is a problem, now that the testing phase has been completed, we expect to be ready for mass production in a month or two."

"Then what is His Excellency President Napoleon going to name him after?" ”

Napoleon didn't think about it and said directly, "SKS semi-automatic rifle." ”。

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