August 3, 1842, Tyrolean Arsenal.

"The design of this helmet is really weird, isn't it?" A weapons researcher said.

"Don't talk nonsense! This is the design of the Grand Duke Franz, and it must be a revolution in the history of helmets! Vincennes August, the chief weapons designer of the Austrian Empire, said.

"What if it turns out to be a failure?" Said another young weapons researcher.

"What do you want? To blame a twelve-year-old, or to admit your mistakes? Vincennes August said angrily.

To be honest, he doesn't like young people nowadays, this group of people doesn't know the sky is high at all, and they always want to let the big guys cover themselves, isn't there a little responsibility?

In fact, everyone wants to take the benefits themselves, and others carry the black pot. But there is always someone to do the work.

When the researchers heard the words of their immediate superiors, they naturally understood the implications.

"But it's so ugly! It's not elegant at all, it's like a pot on a soldier's head, is it trying to make the enemy laugh to death? ”

The young man's words inspired Vincentz and quickly said.

"You idiots, this pot no, this helmet is obviously designed to facilitate the cooking of soldiers to eat!"

"Huh?" Everyone looked at each other.

"If you look at this round hole design, it's obviously used for hooks, and the firewood is placed underneath to make soup, and it can also be used to boil water and coffee." Vincentz analyzed it seriously.

"But doesn't the army's cooking class have a pot?"

"Idiot! What if someone poisons the cauldron? What about the squad on a mission? What about the plague? Vincentz asked rhetorically.

After listening to it, everyone thought it seemed to make sense, and after a few days of high-intensity exchanges, the Austrian version of the M42 pot helmet was born.

Although it is also called M42, this is different from the historical M42, the first is the year, the Austrian version was made in 1842, and the German version was made in 1942, the difference between the two is exactly 100 years.

Secondly, the Austrian version of the M42 pot helmet, first of all, a pot, and secondly, a helmet.

In fact, the helmet is not bulletproof, which is why these designers are very entangled in its use. In fact, even if the bullet does not penetrate the helmet, the huge impact force of the person's neck cannot stand it.

Don't say it's a helmet at this time, that is, the helmet during World War II also does not have the function of blocking direct rifle fire, but it can block some ricochets and stray bullets.

The bullet had lost most of its kinetic energy, but flesh and blood were still unable to resist it, and a helmet might save a soldier's life on the battlefield.

In addition, and the main function, it is actually to defend against shrapnel and rubble from shelling.

These things are the deadliest on the battlefield of the "future", and in the future, there will be more and more explosives such as artillery, grenades, and mines on the battlefield, and they will become more and more important, and if you want to survive from the brutal battlefield, a helmet that can resist fragmentation attacks is essential.

In fact, the Austrian version of the M42, in addition to the material, is more advanced than the German version of the M42 100 years later, such as the camouflage design to avoid reflection to ensure the safety of the secret march to a great extent, and the fabric can also reduce the secondary damage caused by the broken and deformed helmet to the soldiers.

Of course, four-color camouflage can also help soldiers better blend into various terrains and avoid enemy hunts. It's just that people haven't realized this yet, and it's just a child's graffiti.

In fact, during the manufacturing process, weapons experts found that if camouflage cloth was used on both sides, the pot helmet would lose its function as a kitchenware.

So, after studying it for a while, the group of experts decided to adopt a net-pocket design for the interior. This can not only have a concealment effect, but also reduce the probability of breaking, and can also use the helmet as a pot.

It's just that the operation is a little more troublesome, and the camouflage cloth on the outside of the helmet needs to be removed frequently.

The first helmets were equipped with Franz's Royal 1st Dragoon Regiment in Salzburg and Friedrich's Marine Corps, both of which were elite and directly subordinate to Franz and Friedrich, respectively, and did not spread the helmet's information around.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be hidden, and the cost of imitation technology is very low, but Franz still hopes to be able to take advantage of it for a while, after all, the rest of the world has not yet realized the importance and value of this new helmet.

On September 1, 1842, the Austrian Imperial Chancellery welcomed a group of "uninvited guests".

A group of girls in sunhats and rich dresses stepped down from a dozen lavigated carriages.

They are the newly hired scribes of the Prime Minister's Office, and as a model of old heart, Metternich, who is nearly 70 years old, is very supportive of the graduates of the Royal Women's College to work in the government.

With the support of the royal family and the Prime Minister's Office, this time naturally no one dared to drop people on a tree and burn them, which Talia said was unfair.

Although there were hundreds of graduates, it was a shame to let women go out to work at the time, so only 15 students ended up working.

Although it was only a matter of words to make him a civil servant, there were still many troubles to be solved later, so Franz could only ask his "experienced" teacher.

And Metternich also confirmed the saying "a man is a teenager until he dies" with his actions, and the Prime Minister took care of these scribes who could be his granddaughters.

Ordinary officialdom is not worth mentioning at all in front of him, and with the Prime Minister here, ordinary people really don't dare to find themselves unhappy for the so-called "face".

In terms of work, everyone in the public family knows that there is a master, or there is a difference between the protection of the family seniors and the lone wolf. In a short time and with a few small things, Metternich was able to make these girls understand what normally it would take them decades to understand.

Of course, on the other hand, an old gentleman like Metternich is also easy to attract these little girls, but fortunately, Metternich is no longer young at this time, otherwise this back-stabber man may not have lived to 1848.

However, since then, Metternich has also been given the title of "Grandpa Metternich", but in general he still likes this kind of life, which makes him feel a lot younger.

Count Korolav protested, believing that the Treasury was the place for women. As soon as these words came out, the bachelors of the Ministry of Finance expressed their vows to follow the minister to the death.

In fact, the Royal Women's College of Vienna has an accounting major among the university subjects, and two people are enrolling in the course. Franz revealed it to Count Korolav through Talia, who immediately began a funding program.

This is a bureaucratic system reform, which is much easier if it were from the top down, but it is as difficult as the sky.

Franz deliberately portrayed it as a scarce resource, allowing departments to compete with each other, rather than the so-called equal distribution, causing a boycott among departments.

Franz took the first step in increasing the number of workers and officials, but there was still a long, long way to go.

(End of chapter)