After staying in the manor for a few days, Li Junhao rested and went through all the information sent by his subordinates, especially on the situation on sea and land, focusing on research.

Founded on November 10, 1775, the Marine Corps has a history of nearly 168 years and has participated in basically all wars in American history;

Brigadier General Jacob Chaelin, the seventh commander who took office in 1864, was the first general on land and sea, and his approval established the "Eagle, Earth, Anchor" insignia;

Colonel Charles Macaulay, the eighth commander, who took office in 1876, chose "Semper Fidelis" (Latin for "eternal loyalty") as the precept on land and sea.

This force has been personally accountable to the President of the United States since its inception and is the only military force that the President can mobilize without going through Congress (the Admiralty is responsible for its day-to-day management).

It is precisely for this reason that in order to restrain this power of the president, Congress insisted on not including military spending on land and sea in the national budget, so it could only be reduced to the "fourth class" of the various branches of the armed forces -- the First Navy, the Second Army, and the Third Coast Guard, and the Air Force had not yet become independent.

Before 1939, the size of the Marine Corps was only 18,000, and after the start of the German-Polish War, Roosevelt used the presidential privilege to forcibly promote the expansion of the army, and the sea and land were expanded to 35,000, which was still the smallest and most pitiful force.

Vice Admiral Thomas Holcombe, the 17th commander of the sea and land, has made tremendous efforts to rapidly expand the scale of the sea and land to 250,000 by taking advantage of the United States' entry into the war and the vigorous expansion of the army.

Li Junhao thought while reading the information, if he was transferred to the Marine Corps, with his current rank and combat exploits, he would at least become the deputy chief of staff, what would he do? What can be done?

More importantly, if he were to serve on land and sea, what position would it be? Is it good for his own future development? You know, he is not only representing himself now, but has a large group of people behind him, and he must consider the interests of all the people around him as a whole, so it is worth it or not, it is very important!

However, if he really wants to go to the sea and land, there are special favorable conditions - the previous three victories in the Burma campaign, he received the system rewards including: advanced skills in naval command, advanced skills in air force command, mastery in command of three-dimensional battles on land, sea and air, mastery in command of the island capture landing campaign, proficiency in military quartermaster support, etc., now that I think about it, it seems that the system is encouraging him to go to sea and land! ——

The third day was Saturday, Li Junhao took a rare nap in the morning, rested for a while after lunch, and went to the shooting range in the manor to try out the improved light weapons sent by the military industrial enterprises -- as a shareholder of the NOVA (Xinxing) Industrial Investment Company and a theater commander with actual combat experience, he has a very right to speak in the field of weapons. In two days, he will go to Boeing, Douglas, and Bell to inspect the new planes!

At three o'clock in the afternoon, two unexpected guests arrived at the manor, Chief of Naval Operations Frank Knox and Marine Corps Commander Vice Admiral Thomas Holcombe, and Xiaoyu led them directly to the shooting range.

Li Junhao was experimenting with a fully automatic carbine at this time, first with a 15-round straight magazine, then a newly designed 30-round curved magazine, and finally a 70-round drum, with good single and continuous fire performance.

Noticing that a guest was coming, he put down the gun in his hand, turned back and greeted, "Minister Knox, Commander Holcombe, you are here, is there something to look for me?" You may be seated. In fact, he had already thought in his heart that this should still be for the Marines.

The two responded to his greeting with a smile and sat down at the marching table under the sun umbrella, and after Xiaoyu poured them tea, she stepped aside.

Lieutenant General Holkum pointed to the two carbines on the table in front of him and asked, "General Panson, is that a newly designed rifle?" ”

"It's not a new design, it's just an improvement on the basis of the M1 carbine......," Li Junhao said, "I proposed some modifications and asked General Motors to help make it, which I call the M2L carbine." ”

"Oh?" Holcomb said with some surprise, "General Panson still designs weapons?" ”

"I'm not a weapon designer, I'm just giving some advice based on my experience on the battlefield." Li Junhao said modestly, "However, General Motors is really good, it was really built, and the performance exceeded my expectations." Speaking of the M2L, he was very proud, because this improvement was much stronger than the original historical M2, and when he heard that Holcomb was interested, he introduced it.

This M2L carbine, mainly on the basis of the M1 carbine, added a fast and slow machine, the bolt safety position into three gears: A (fully automatic), 0 (locked), 1 (semi-automatic), the theoretical maximum rate of fire of 850 rounds / min, for which a 30-round magazine and 70 rounds of drums were specially developed.

In addition, because when using the M1 ordinary bullet (7.62×33mm medium-power bullet), the muzzle velocity is slow (570m/s), the muzzle kinetic energy is low (1311 joules), and the effective range is short (200m), he asked General Motors to improve the ammunition to the M2 round-tip bullet, improve the shape of the warhead, increase the charge by 6%, increase the muzzle velocity to 650m/s, and increase the effective range to 370m, which greatly improves the shooting power, and is very close to the assault rifles of later generations.

Of course, the recoil of the M2L is somewhat higher than that of the M1 when using the M2 round-tipped round, but within acceptable ranges, it is still much less recoil than the M1 Garand rifle.

And, if necessary, the M2L can still use the magazines of the M1 regular cartridge and the M1 carbine.

The M2L carbine, with a total length of 904mm, a barrel of 457.2mm (18 inches), and a weight of 2.32kg, is much smaller and heavier than the M1 Garand rifle even with the special M4 bayonet, making it easy to carry.

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After personally trying out the M2L carbine in both the standard stock version and the metal folding frame stock version, Holcomb was very satisfied with the gun, especially the pistol grip that came standard and made it easy for him to handle.

After putting down the gun, he sighed: "This is definitely a good gun, General Pansen, you are really amazing, you can design and improve such a good weapon while commanding the battle...... It's just that our Marine Army doesn't even have the M1 Garand equipped now! Don't know when you'll be able to use your new gun? ”

Come on! Li Junhao said in his heart, this is to get to the point. So he just smiled and did not answer, but invited him back to the tea table and sat down, and poured him new tea.

Holcomb saw that he didn't answer, and helplessly looked at the Secretary of the Navy next to him......

(End of chapter)