On the evening of September 10, 1914

A train slowly pulled into the Vienna railway station from the east, with a roar and thick black smoke, and finally a screeching sound, and stopped. As soon as the door opened, all sorts of people walked out.

Franz sat on the bench munching on roast chicken, looked out the window at Vienna, and couldn't help but sigh:

"It's fucking good-looking, worthy of the center of the Empire! Like us, a hillbilly, has never been qualified to enter! ”

Kuster on the side was a little worried:

"Good looking is good-looking, after all, it is the nest of those princes and nobles. However, the war burned the whole of Poland, and it was still so prosperous, is it really good? ”

"Whatever, anyway, the things on the front line have nothing to do with us."

Franz killed the roast chicken a few times at a gallop, threw it away, and let the wheat field help him out.

Kuster laughed, then straightened his clothes, put on his military hat, and walked out.

As soon as he went out, he saw Franz jumping and walking with the support of the wheat field, and his already untidy clothes were even worse at the moment.

The people around him looked at him with some amusement, but after seeing his fish-gray military uniform, they turned into a look of disdain and pride. If it weren't for the gun on Mai Tian's body, I'm afraid he would have nothing to do to reason with Franz, and then be beaten by him.

Kuster walked up to Franz and glared back with a sharp, fierce gaze, and soon few dared to look at them.

The three of them walked all the way to a rare enclosed building in Vienna, where Kuster politely knocked on the door. Soon, the door was opened.

As soon as they entered, a crowd of people appeared, one of whom shouted:

"Salute to the great general, who will lead us to a glorious moment!"

Everyone also spoke out in unison:

"Long live the great general!"

"Long live the great general!"

......

Franz smiled at him and said:

"I don't know, you actually have the foundation of an arsenal. Dude, you've been hiding from me for so many years! I'm angry, so you buy me another roast chicken, is that okay? ”

All that responded to him was Kuster's blank gaze, his mouth slightly open, unaware of what was happening.

The person who had just taken the lead in speaking looked at Kuster with a puzzled face, and then came out and said:

"General, we have been notified by the Empire in advance. He told us that soon a general would come and lead our work.

When the people we sent out saw you, they were sure that you were the general. So we quickly prepared this welcome ceremony, and we hope you will be happy.

Oh yes, I'm Fox Merriasen, and you can call me Lieutenant Colonel Forks. ”

After his explanation, Kuster nodded abruptly, looked at Franz beside him, and then looked at Fox, who was a little shorter than him in front of him, and said:

"So, what are you doing with such an interesting ceremony, welcome me to the cult?"

"Misunderstanding, General! We just couldn't be more excited for you. The full name of our arsenal is 'Imperial Arsenal No. 5 in Vienna'. ”

"So, what you want to say, please tell us as soon as possible."

Fox hurriedly said:

"The Reich has a lot of arsenals in Vienna and the surrounding area, and we are the last ones and are very unappreciated, so we are in ruin all day. We only pretend when high-ranking officials of the Empire come to inspect the work; If you are caught off guard, then bribe some money, and those high-ranking officials will not care.

But a few days ago, when we heard that a general who had been on the front line had been wounded and had come to lead us, we regained our confidence, and after meeting you, we were full of energy and ready to complete one task after another! ”

Custi nodded, and asked Fox to lead him to the center of the arsenal.

It is also the most secluded place in the arsenal, which contains all kinds of weapons and ammunition. Fox pulled out a map from the box showing the important buildings of Vienna.

Fox pointed to the map and said:

"Our arsenal is located in the south of the city, in the middle of nowhere, far from the center of the city, which is crossed by the Danube. So we don't take it seriously, but we won't have too many problems. ”

"Then how many weapons and equipment do we have, how many ammunition and shells do we have." Kuster asked him

"This, uh...... Sorry General, we haven't counted it for a long time, so I'm going to let people check it out. ”

On this group of people, Kuster had a little headache, waved his hand and said:

"No, those equipment and ammunition don't do much now. I'm going to produce some new equipment now, and I hope you'll be able to get into production right away. ”

As he spoke, Kuster pulled out his drawings and showed him a few of the easier ones to make.

Fox craned his neck to look at it, and said with some surprise:

"General, what is this?"

"This is a new type of primer that I designed, I call it 'lead astringents' (lead trinitroresorcinol), which is combined with a sub-fire tetrazoene and some oxidizing agents to form a stable primer. When I invent a new type of weapon, I have to ensure the safety of the weapon, otherwise it will blow up the chamber, which is not good. ”

Kuster then pulled out a drawing of the structure of the yet-existing German machine gun MG34.

"Our machine guns were too bulky to support the infantry attack. So I'm going to develop a multi-purpose machine gun that can be easily carried by infantry squads and can also be used for erection defense, and I'll call it a 'general-purpose machine gun'.

Oh, by the way, I plan to make the barrel of this machine gun using the metal stamping process. ”

Kuster chatted with Fox for a long time, and his various surprising research and development opened Fox's eyes, and he had to admire it again and again, and said with bright eyes:

"General, you're here, we're really saved! It is truly worthy of being a commander who is on the front line and knows what the army on the front line needs! ”

Fox quickly took the drawings and ran away excitedly. Custer leaned against the wall, sighing relaxedly, reflecting on his plans.

On the basis of his invention of primer, he developed a new type of rifle. A semi-automatic rifle, to be exact. This rifle uses the principle of long-stroke piston transmission on the basis of the principle of gas conduction.

This semi-automatic rifle has an upper air guide tube and a bayonet at the bottom, the body is 10~20CM shorter than that of a normal rifle, and it uses 8×50mm rifle ammunition of the Austro-Hungarian standard. The firing range is about 600M, which is enough for a real battlefield.

Compared with the M1895 rifle now installed in the army, this semi-automatic rifle will have a great advantage on the battlefield, and if the Austrian infantry is replaced with it, the combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced.

He also tried to develop a fully automatic submachine gun that was easy to carry, using the free bolt principle.

THIS SUBMACHINE GUN IS ABOUT 50CM LONG, USES 8MM PISTOL CARTRIDGES, AND HAS A RANGE OF ABOUT 250M.

HE DESIGNED TWO TYPES OF GUNS, ONE 75MM AND ONE 88MM, BOTH OF WHICH USED A WEDGE TAIL, WHICH HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF FAST RELOADING AND SENSITIVE STRUCTURE.

And now the main screw tail of artillery, its structure is strong, but somewhat bulky, so it is suitable for large-caliber artillery.

Kuster believes that the arsenal is currently developing these weapons, which is sufficient.