Chapter 5 Kong Tingxun's Business
"What then?
The gap on the front needs to be filled, and we do not have enough troops. Even if there were, it would not be possible to deploy there quickly. ”
"The Southern Front is Napoleon's business, we are worried about it here, don't he worry about it.
I guess he's on his way to Berlin right now. ”
The old Bismarck lit a cigarette and leaned back on the sofa with a look of great leisure.
Moltke and Frederick looked at each other, yes!
They were discussing here with great concern, and Napoleon, who was on the southern front, should be even more anxious.
When it comes to playing military, neither Frederick nor Moltke is Napoleon's opponent.
The problem that Kong Tingxun saw that kid could naturally see it could be seen by Napoleon, a master of strategy and tactics.
"Jingle bell......! Jingle bell ......! ”
The phone rang, and soon the attendant walked into the office.
"Your Majesty!
The Emperor of France came to visit, and it was estimated that he would be able to land at the Berlin airship landing site in another four hours. ”
The three giants glanced at each other, and they all laughed.
The three of them talked for a long time in the office, and it took about two hours before they dispersed.
Bismarck was walking in the corridor, it was already noon, and the old man was just thinking about taking a sip of hot soup to drink.
"Hole...... Mr. Hans, why haven't you left yet? Going out, Bismarck saw Kong Tingxun on a chair in the attendant's room.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have a way for the Prussian army to deal with the tank forces of the Ming Dynasty." Kong Tingxun stood up and said while arranging his tuxedo.
"Oh!"
Bismarck's eyes lit up, and Moltke, who walked in front and pretended not to see Kong Tingxun, immediately turned around and walked behind Bismarck, looking Kong Tingxun up and down.
The Ming Dynasty is now looking at the armor troops.
Prussia could not make tanks, so naturally it was impossible to form armored forces. The infantry faced the onslaught of armored forces, and it was nothing short of a massacre.
The French invented the precedent of using anti-aircraft guns to hit tanks, but that had to be large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
There were not many anti-aircraft guns of that caliber, and it was also necessary to focus on air defense. There aren't many that can be used specifically to fight tanks!
As for the twenty-five-mm anti-aircraft guns, they did not have any effect on the tank at all.
The fired shells will be deflected by the tank's strong front armor.
Now that Kong Tingxun said that he could deal with tanks, Bismarck and Moltke were interested.
"Why didn't you just say that?"
Moltke looked at the Oriental man with a frown, he didn't like the black eyes and the shiny black hair at all.
"I just met you adults, I was so nervous that I forgot!"
Kong Tingxun really forgot!
At first, it was because I was nervous to see the three Prussian giants who said the same, and then I was too excited to talk about it.
Then he was "invited" out by the attendants.
By the time he remembered that he had not yet spoken, the man was already standing in the chamber.
"Let's go back to His Majesty the Emperor's office.
John, you ordered someone to push lunch into the office. We had lunch there and oh yes!
Prepare a lunch for Mr. Hans, too! Bismarck commanded his attendants, and turned around with Kong Tingxun and returned to Frederick's office.
"Yes!" The attendant said yes and hurried to prepare.
"Why did you come back again?"
Seeing Bismarck and Moltke leading Kong Tingxun in, Frederick looked at them very strangely.
"Hans, you can speak now." Bismarck did not answer Frederick's words, but directly began to inquire about Confucius.
"There are two main types of weapons, one is an anti-tank mine. I have commissioned Count von Bock to make a sample, which is simple to manufacture and can be quickly produced in large quantities. ”
The anti-tank mine was conceived by Kong Tingxun himself.
Although the tank is iron, ordinary explosives cannot deal with it.
But there were not enough explosives, and Kong Tingxun's idea of development was very rough. Fill the amount of explosives!
Although this method is stupid, I have to admit that it is very effective.
With a charge of fifty kilograms, it can blow up the tank and fly directly.
The only fly in the ointment is that it is a little bigger.
But it's not big, it's not ......, and it can't blow up a tank.
Anyway, when it comes to the battlefield, it is the soldiers who dig the pit, not themselves.
His character is to make sure that this mine can kill the tank in seconds!
"Hmmm! That's a good idea, but we can't just wait for the Ming tanks to come and run over us. Moltke looked at Kong Tingxun mockingly.
"That's the second thing I'm going to say, infantry artillery!"
"Infantry artillery?" Look at me, look at you, I don't know what an infantry gun is.
"An infantry cannon is an artillery cannon used by the infantry, which can be disassembled and assembled while marching. When you get to the battlefield, you can put it all together!
Of course, you can also carry it directly without disassembling it.
The infantry gun I designed weighed only 220 kilograms. And that's including the weight of the cannon shield!
Because they are on the front line, artillery shields can provide good protection for artillery.
The most important thing is that this cannon is very low, only sixty centimeters high.
And its total length is only a little more than two meters and seventy.
Oh, and to guarantee the power of the shells. Caliber design in seventy millimeters!
Shells of this caliber can balance power and weight as much as possible.
I have commissioned the manufacture of this cannon, which I have commissioned from Count von Bock, and after testing, the effective firing range is about three kilometers.
After being dismantled into parts, eight infantrymen in a squad could easily carry it, and they could also carry twenty rounds of shells.
If each company was given one of these guns, they could effectively deal with tanks.
The low barrel of the cannon can be easily hidden in the wild grass and bushes, and it is not easy to be spotted.
Here's the pattern! ”
As he spoke, Kong Tingxun took out the pattern from his arms and put it on Frederick's table.
Neither Frederick nor Bismarck were familiar with this kind of thing.
Moltke was not polite and picked it up directly.
Sixty centimeters in height, not as tall as his egg. It's not even much different from the height of the Maxim heavy machine gun!
Moltke could see at a glance that the low barrel of this thing would give it tenacious battlefield vitality.
And!
This kind of cannon has a simple structure, and the weight of the whole gun is only 220 kilograms.
Such a weight is very low in terms of transportation, and in the absence of a vehicle, untrained animal or human power can be towed forward.
Coupled with the fact that it can be dismantled and transported, the requirements for road conditions in the war zone are almost reduced to a minimum.
It can be said that this is an infantry gun that can really accompany the infantry company in combat unconditionally.
Artifact! What a proper artifact!
Moltke, who got the pattern, almost couldn't put it down, and even looked at Kong Tingxun with a much more friendly gaze.
Needless to say, Frederick and Bismarck knew when they saw Moltke's expression that this thing was quite reliable.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I would like to set up a special arsenal to produce and manufacture this cannon.
I don't know......! ”
"Yes! I'll give you a license right away, and you need to start production right away. Bismarck agreed almost without thinking.
Hearing Bismarck's words, Kong Tingxun's mood suddenly relaxed.
In an exotic country, how can you do it without money?
Kong Tingxun, who racked his brains, finally set his sights on the anti-tank weapons that European countries urgently needed.
The infantry cannon was quickly remembered by him.
This thing is still the design drawings I saw when I went to Jinzhou to visit my classmates.
It is said that it is still a sketch drawn by the marshal himself!
At the first glance of this thing, Kong Tingxun knew that this would be a very powerful infantry weapon.
To Kong Tingxun's surprise, this infantry cannon was actually abandoned by the Ming Dynasty.
The reason is simple, the Ming army does not need it.
In the Ming army, a large number of tractors were equipped.
Even in poor road conditions, tractors can tow howitzers along with the troops.
Moreover, the Ming army was generally equipped with field telephones, and the communication between the front and the rear was also smooth.
This side of the observation post gives a coordinate, and the shell goes into the chamber of the cannon.
As for close-range fire support, mortars, which are easier to carry than infantry artillery, have become Li Xiao's unyielding choice.
What's more, every company of the Ming army was equipped with grenadiers.
This thing can hit targets at about 800 meters, which can be called a machine gun nemesis.
Infantry artillery is a bit chicken in the eyes of the Ming army!
In the eyes of the Ming army, it is a chicken rib, but it is a treasure in the armies of European countries.
Kong Tingxun took out this thing, and immediately aroused Moltke's interest.
Seeing the excited eyes of the three giants, Kong Tingxun nodded.
It's a big business, and it's almost a long-term way to make money.
Because 80 mm shells also need to be produced together, the life of the barrel is also limited.
As long as this business is run well, there will be no problem with eating for three generations.
"You have a cannon, so take us to see it now." Moltke couldn't wait.
He was desperate to know how powerful the cannon really was.
Although the drawings say that the projectile weighs 3.8 kilograms, it resembles a shell from a heavy mortar.
But Moltke still believed in the saying that seeing is believing.
"Don't be so anxious, we still have to meet Napoleon." Bismarck laughed and slapped Moltke in the face.
"Dear Hans, now that you've made it, let's start making it in large quantities.
I'm sure you're ready, young man.
No matter how much you make, as long as the quality is not bad, the Imperial Army will buy your product. ”