"Your Majesty, there are a total of 193 bullet holes on the target!" Niel said to Jérôme in a trembling voice. Bonaparte reported.

"That is, out of 230 rounds, 193 bullets hit the target, and only 37 missed, right? Minister Wayan! "Jérôme. A pleasant smile appeared at the corner of Bonaparte's mouth, and he asked Minister Vayan in a flirtatious I0 tone.

"That's right! Your Majesty! Chancellor Vayan's voice trembled slightly, too.

At this time, Chancellor Vayan's mind had fallen into a temporary standby state, and he could not imagine how subversive the entire battlefield would be if this shotgun were applied to the battlefield.

The fearless bayonet spirit that the French army had previously believed in would be reduced to a joke under the firepower of this weapon.

"Minister Wayan!" Jérôme. Bonaparte heard the fears of the Minister of Vayan, and he hurriedly pursued the victory: "If each battalion of the enemy has two machine guns of this type, will our existing tactical system be able to break through the enemy's deployed fire network!" ”

Listened to Jérôme. Bonaparte's words, Chancellor Vaillant's mind is not a free-spirited simulation of the scene.

An army of one regiment (i.e. three battalions) led by him acted as an attacker and captured Jérôme. The heights occupied by Bonaparte.

At this time on the highlands of Jérôme. Bonaparte had only one battalion of troops, yet they had two machine guns.

The army led by General Vaillants formed a dense formation in battalion units (a tactic peculiar to France) and headed towards Jérôme. Bonaparte occupied the heights to attack.

Jérôme. Bonaparte immediately ordered his only two machine guns to fire at General Wayan, and the machine guns continued to shoot out a continuous stream of fiery snakes.

Vayan's soldiers began to crumble in the machine-gun harvest.

……

"Minister Vayan, Vayan!

"While Chancellor Vayan was simulating the merciless slaughter of his army by machine guns in his mind, Jérôme. Bonaparte's voice reached the ears of Chancellor Vayan.

Coming to his senses, Vajan looked at Jérôme with a hint of horror. Bonaparte, Jérôme. Seeing this, Bonaparte hurriedly changed to a gentle smile and asked in a calm tone: "Minister Vayan, what do you think of this weapon?" ”

"Your Majesty, I think this weapon is really terrible!" Minister Vayan immediately sent a statement to Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.

Jérôme. Bonaparte looked at Vaillant with a look of astonishment, and he did not understand what the Minister of Vaillant was dissatisfied with.

At a time when the Maxim heavy machine gun had not yet been invented, the "Gatling gun" was the pinnacle of rapid-fire weapons.

A weapon capable of outperforming the "Gatling gun" in rapid-fire was nothing but the Belgian Montigny machine gun.

Historically, the French army used the Belgian Montigny machine gun during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

However, the Montini machine gun could only outperform the "Gatling gun" in rapid-fire, and in other respects the Montini machine gun was ruthlessly crushed by the "Gatling gun".

One of the most important is the Montini machine gun, which weighs nearly half a ton and is so complex that it only needs one part to be damaged, and the entire machine gun is scrapped.

No one would want to push a half-ton or so of something to the front, let alone a slight damage to the internal parts of the Montini, and the entire Montini machine gun would have to be rebuilt.

Pushing half a ton of gravity off the battlefield is also a problem.

The weight of the Gatling gun is obviously much lighter than that of the Montini machine gun, and even with the gun mount, it weighs less than one-third of the Montini machine gun.

Even if the Gatling gun was damaged, the soldiers could easily push it into battle.

"What do you think is bad?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked the Minister of Vayan curiously, "I can get Alfonso. Chasebo continues to revise! ”

Alfonso. Xia Sebo's face showed a hint of anxiety after being denied, and he also asked Minister Wayan: "Your Excellency, what did I do badly!" If you say it, I'll change it right away! ”

After a moment of silence for the Chancellor Vajan, I addressed Jérôme in a slightly sad tone. Bonaparte said, "Your Majesty, I admit that this weapon is indeed good, but do you not think that the appearance of this weapon is too cruel! ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte stared at Chancellor Vayan with wide eyes, and he could not believe that this sentence came from one of the ministers of war.

Is it a general or a virgin that I appointed?

Jérôme. Bonaparte couldn't help but complain inwardly.

"Minister Wayan, shouldn't war destroy all the enemy's living forces in the shortest possible time!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said coldly to Vayan: "If you don't even know this, then you should not be the Minister of War!" ”

See Jérôme. Bonaparte's angry Minister Vayan hurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte explained: "Your Majesty, I agree with the statement that war is the destruction of the enemy's living forces in the shortest possible time, but it seems to me that war should be a face-to-face battle between two armies with bayonets in their hands.

Cavalry and artillery are the embellishments before the frontal battle. ”

Minister Vayan paused, pointed to the "Gatling gun" and continued: "It seems to me that the appearance of this gun has seriously violated the original purpose of the war......"

The Minister of Vayan was like a Showa staff officer possessed by the explanation, so that Jérôme. Bonaparte realized why the historical Gatling was recognized by the mainstream military (in this case, Anglo-French-Russian-Austrian) more than a decade after its invention.

Presumably, the vast majority of people in this period believed that war was a confrontation between infantry and infantry bayonets.

A foul weapon like a Gatling gun is destined to go against the "traditions" of war.

Such a weapon that goes against tradition is destined to be resisted by the military department, both openly and covertly.

[PS: The introduction of the historical Montigny machine gun was also resisted by the French military, and it was Napoleon III who insisted on equipping the army with the Montigny machine gun.

It's just that Napoleon III at that time used the Montigny machine gun as a winning weapon, and the secrecy was very high, and ordinary soldiers only came into contact with such weapons after the start of the Franco-Prussian War.

Moreover, the idea of the Montigny machine gun was also wrong at the time, and the French military used the Montigny machine gun as a cannon and placed it in the rear of the troops.

As a result, after the start of the Franco-Prussian War, the Montigny machine gun, which had a range of only 400 yards, and the Napoleonic bronze cannon with a range of 3,000 yards, suffered from the cordial greetings of the 4,000-yard Krupp cannon.

The Montini machine gun was only a flash in the pan on the battlefield before it fell completely. 】

"Minister Vayan, I don't agree with you!" Not yet waiting for Jérôme. Bonaparte opened his mouth, and the chief of the general staff of Nière retorted: "The purpose of our war is not to fight heartily, but to destroy as many opponents as possible!"

If there is a quicker way to eliminate our opponents, why can't we use it! ”

"If we rely too much on weapons, it won't mean that our army is too weak in its will to fight!" Chancellor Vayan whispered a retort to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"Minister Wayan, you have to understand one thing, it is always the people who use weapons who decide the outcome of a war!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said to Minister Vayan with a serious expression, "The will to fight of an army does not depend on the weapon, the will to fight if the weapon is strong is not necessarily weak, and the will to fight is not necessarily strong if the weapon is weak!"

In our battles on the Crimean peninsula, Russia's weapons are weaker than ours!

Their will to fight is not like their weapons, which can be crushed at the slightest touch! ”

Speaking of which, Jérôme. Bonaparte paused for a moment, then continued: "Nière, Vayan, remember that war is a last resort, that behind every war there must be casualties, and that the death of every soldier represents a family.

I hope that you will be kind to the lives of every soldier and officer under your command, because they are only once like you.

The purpose of my rift and machine gun is also to reduce the number of deaths of our soldiers.

In order to minimize their sacrifices, I am willing to abandon the so-called original purpose!

Do you understand? ”

A look of shame appeared on Chancellor Vayan's face, and he hurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded: "Your Majesty, I remember! ”.

"Now, Minister Wayan, you still have any grievances!" Jérôme. Bonaparte again asked Chancellor Vaillan.

Chancellor Vayan scrutinized the "Gatling gun" before turning his finger on Alfonso. Xia Sebo said respectfully: "Mr. Xia Sebo, can you add a few more barrels?" ”

Alfonso. After thinking for a moment, Shasebo looked at Jérôme. Bonaparte at a glance.

Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed slightly, Alfonso. Shasebo turned his head to Minister Vayan and replied, "Your Excellency, how many doors do you want to increase?" ”

"How about 8 doors?" Chancellor Vayan to Alfonso. Xia Sebo asked.

"Yes, yes! It will take some time, though! "Alfonso. Shasepo replied to Chancellor Vayan.

"I can wait!" Chancellor Vayan to Alfonso. Chasebo responded.

Immediately afterwards, Niel also came up with the idea of improving the wheel-based gun mount to a hing-type gun mount, which would make it easier for the machine gun to harvest the enemy.

"It's fine, but it will also take some time!" Alfonso. Chasepo replied to the Chief of the General Staff of Niel.

"Your Majesty, if Mr. Shasebo can do these two things, we are willing to purchase their equipment!" Chancellor Vayan to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"Shasebo, how much time do you need to improve!" Jérôme. Bonaparte also asked Alfonso. Xia Saibo.

"Two ...... No, a month and a half! Your Majesty, I only need a month and a half! "Alfonso. Chasepo pivot steadfastly against Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

"I'll give you a month and a half, and in this month and a half, everyone in the R&D center will be at your disposal!

You must give me a satisfactory answer in a month and a half! ”