Chapter 19: Maxim
"This is ......" Hess looked at the big guy covered in canvas, almost half a person tall, and the volume was not small, what was in this?
After Wen Hui stepped forward to uncover the canvas, Hess looked at the strange firearm in front of him suspiciously. Why do www.biquge.info you know that it is a firearm, and there is a bullet hanging on it, and it is not a gun that fires the bullet? But why hang such a long string of bullet chains?
The pitch-black and thick body of the gun, the cylindrical body of the gun has become boxy at the back half, and there are two grips in the back, and under the body is a metal quadrangular bracket, which looks ugly but I don't know why Hess has a feeling of a man-eating beast standing in front of him.
"Please allow me to introduce the battlefield harvester - the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun, referred to as the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun." Yes, this is the familiar murder weapon, an item invented to end the war as soon as possible, but the birth of this guy just made the war more bloody and cruel. This time, what Wen Hui took out was not a Maxim with wheels like the British 1884 type, but a German equipment that matched Mauser -- the MG08 Maxim heavy machine gun.
Without waiting for Hess to ask questions, Wen Hui stepped forward directly to demonstrate, the bullet chain was installed in advance, and he only needed to fire at this time. Set the ruler, there was no target, aimed at a tree Wenhui pulled the trigger, the heavy machine gun in his hand immediately roared, one bullet after another rushed to the target, the tree that was used as a target was hit by the bullets sawdust, and it didn't take long for the water in the water-cooled sleeve to boil, and the gun body came out of heat.
After the two hundred and fifty rounds of bullet chain firing were completed, Wen Hui patted Hess, who was shocked: "How is it?" This is a powerful weapon that can influence the situation on the battlefield, do you want to show it to your boss? The price of this thing is not cheap. ”
Hess was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses, as if he had not yet recovered from the shock just now, and swallowed with difficulty: "I don't know, to be honest, I feel that I may become a sinner in history." ”
An irrelevant sentence made Wen Hui's sales words unspeakable, the people here are not only good in military literacy, but also very discerning, much better than the soldiers at the time of Makqin's birth, Hess saw the purpose and essence of this thing at a glance. "Then it's up to you, and the right to buy is yours." Since the guests are resistant to the product, Wenhui no longer recommends it.
"Nope! Let me think, let me think. Hess left in a huff, not even mentioning the purchase of the production line. Seeing this, Wen Hui didn't say much, but asked the factory to increase the production of Makqin, because he knew that Hess was currently in a state of indecision, but he had no second choice but to pay for it.
The next day, Hess's adjutant came over, and then Wen Hui took the sample to the barracks for display. The reason is that the generals need to see it with their own eyes before they can make a decision on whether to procure it, but it doesn't matter.
Looking at the group of generals in front of him, Wen Hui was very disdainful in his heart, it was already a miracle that such a bureaucratic army could fight. The other party didn't see Wen Hui's meaning, and called a herald to come over to convey the general's meaning, as if they were willing to deign to come over to give Wen Hui, a small businessman, a lot of face.
"If this were the last business, I wouldn't mind turning my gun on the audience." Wen Hui was unhappy in his heart, and his actions were naturally reflected. A thousand rounds of ammunition walked up, adjusted to the highest rate of fire, and fired at the target on the field.
Makqin's brutality was about to cut off all the sounds on the scene, there were always bursts of private chatting before it started, buzzing like a fly annoying, and the fat general in the stands was also single-minded, the corner of his eye was focused on the test site, most of his mind was used to communicate with the people next to him, and he didn't know where he had so much to say.
The bullet casings under his feet kept beating, the wooden targets set up were broken one by one, the dancing bullet chains were getting shorter and shorter, and the scene was quiet for a while after the last bullet was fired.
And at this time the head of the guard stared at Hess with murderous eyes, who knew that it was such a dangerous thing to watch, in case the merchant went crazy and aimed at the stands for such a moment...... Looking at the wooden targets that had disappeared into thin air, he didn't think that anyone else would survive in the place that had been cared for by this thing.
"General, general," the orderly next to him whispered to remind his fat man, the tea in his hand was spilled on his body, but the person concerned did not find it.
Wen Hui didn't care so much, opened another box of bullets, took out a new bullet chain and put it on, and then started his own entertainment again. When he found that he was in a bad mood, he shouldn't be too sour to come so suddenly!
Another 250 rounds of ammunition were consumed, and Wen Hui shouted for someone to change the target, but no one moved. Although there were no bullets, no soldier wanted to be exposed to that strange weapon. The soldiers who had used the Mauser 98K before looked at the big guy with fiery eyes, and at first they thought it was ugly, but now they felt so beautiful.
“…… This is a weapon that fires projectiles continuously, and has a good support suppression effect on the battlefield. The continuous barrage can effectively inflict damage on the opponent, and it is an excellent weapon for both offense and defense, but I don't recommend buying it myself. Hess had seen Makqin's introduction before, and now he is explaining it to the people in the stands as a commentary.
Hearing the final summary, everyone showed surprised expressions, Hess's introduction before was all praise, how did it finally take a turn. Based on the weapons demonstrations at the scene, everyone thought that Hess's description was too modest, and it would not be an exaggeration to call such a weapon a revolutionary invention. Why not buy it?
"Can you tell me your reasoning?" A fat man asked everyone's thoughts, although Hess did not have the right to decide, but his opinion should still be valued, after all, Hess's troops were the first to be equipped with new weapons and achieve results in actual combat.
"First of all, the weight problem, they are too heavy, it takes at least three people to carry them to transfer, and it is also necessary to ensure the supply of water on the battlefield, otherwise it will not work because the barrel is overheated, and the gun body is too high to be easy to conceal, such an obvious threat will become the first target of the opponent, and the last and most important point is the consumption of bullets. We do not have the technology to produce this kind of bullet, and the demand for bullets for this weapon is dozens of times that of rifles, although the bullets of the two can be used universally, but generals, our current ammunition is barely enough to maintain the rifles in our hands. Hess's reason was not unreasonable, he gave his own advice, and it was not up to him to decide whether to buy it in the end.
As soon as the advantages and disadvantages are laid out, there will naturally be a lot of discussions, and there are both support and opposition. A white fat man sitting at the top closed his eyes and thought for a while before speaking: "Everyone, we are on par with Antania in terms of high-end forces, our witches can ensure that the other party's witches do not interfere in regular battles, and the two sides also have each other's victories and defeats in the confrontation of the magic guide legion, and can maintain the balance of power." However, we have a significant disadvantage in the confrontation of military strength at the bottom, and this is precisely the key to winning the war. ”
"We all understand what you said, but we don't have any more military spending to buy such a high-cost weapon. To be precise, you can afford it, but you can't afford it. Immediately there was opposition from under his hands.
"Then reduce the spending at the top, it's time to pay attention to the construction of the bottom army. After all this fighting, don't you understand? It is not the scarce number of witches who can influence the situation on the battlefield, nor the expensive magic guide machines, but these flesh and blood people who are regarded as cannon fodder. Not to mention, our logistics base has been attacked recently, and the seriously affected cannon fodder has not been able to play its role. Before the war, almost all countries followed the law of 28, and eighty percent of the military expenditure supported the most elite two percent of the troops, but in the face of the huge base of participation in the war, these two percent of the elite troops were simply a drop in the bucket, and it was difficult to replenish after consumption, which was completely inconsistent with the concept of consumption of war.
Now it is up to us to see who can take the lead in carrying out reforms and succeed in them, and seize the initiative in our hands one step ahead, and no matter what the outcome of this war is, our side will not lose too ugly. And there's a good opportunity in front of you.
"Hess, well done." The white fat man nodded to Hess, objective and fair, not mixed with personal opinions, a rare young man.
"Yes, Marshal Ernst." Hess saluted in response.
"Now I don't need to worry about the money when I go to get the purchase of this thing. Then add orders for bullets and grenades, and finally talk about the purchase of the production line, and promise him as long as the price is right, understand? ”
"Didn't the marshal see him?"
"Wait until his weapons are useful on the battlefield. I'll leave it to you. Ernst patted the right shoulder and left with the man.
"Dude, how's it going?" Wen Hui asked Hess, who was in a daze there.
"Get out your inventory, it's big business this time." Hess reluctantly spoke.