Iron Dynasty

"Since the emperor has said so, we will take advantage of Lin Wentao, but Lin Wentao, you boy, have to invite us to dinner." Amidst the roar of machinery, the three of Lu Tong had no choice but to accept it.

As far as Lin Wentao is concerned, as long as he can get the machine tools at the first time, he can invite him to eat ten meals, and he promised.

With a smile in Xiao Ming's eyes, he would not participate in the dinner between the four. After all, wherever he appeared, the atmosphere would become tense, and the same was true for those dedicated to scientific research.

However, during the quarrel, the three mentioned the field they were researching, so he asked: "Song Changping, what is the automatic weapon you are talking about?" "Back to the emperor, during this time, the lower officials were studying the Han-style second rifle. It is a semi-automatic rifle that uses the air-guiding principle of a long flat machine gun. This rifle realizes automatic loading of bullets. At the same time, this rifle has its own independent magazine, which is compared with the first rear-pull bolt-action rifle. It’s much more convenient to shoot and pull the bolt once.” Song Changping said one by one.

Xiao Ming looked satisfied. Song Changping said that the second Han-style rifle was basically equivalent to the Garland rifle and M1 carbine during World War II.

After the bullets are fired, these firearms use part of the gunpowder gas to retract the shells and automatically load the bullets, ready to shoot again at any time.

Compared with non-automatic rifles, the advantages are naturally great. If the Empire is equipped with this rifle, the army's combat effectiveness will rise again.

However, Song Changping's successful development is one thing, and it is another matter to equip the army. This is why Song Changping is looking for high-precision machine tools.

Only when the military factory is equipped with high-precision machine tools can he make the military factory realize mass production and then equip the army.

As a result, there is no imperial army for three to five years that cannot be completely changed.

"Yes, but in addition to rifles, you have to work **** sniper rifles, heavy machine guns, pistols and other types of firearms, striving to diversify the imperial army's weapons." Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.

Turning his head, he looked at Chen Qi and asked, "What is your howitzer like?"

Chen Qi was well prepared, because every time Xiao Ming met them, he would always ask about the latest research situation. He said: "Through this Indian war, the military reported to me that the main casualties of the war were still mortars. This is enough to explain the importance of artillery support in wars. As long as the firepower density is sufficient, the enemy will be unable to parry. Therefore, large-caliber howitzers with similar attack effects to mortars are extremely important."

After a pause, he said: "The 122mm towed howitzer was developed this time. This howitzer uses an ordinary single-barrel barrel and a screw-type breech block. It requires high parts requirements, so high-precision machine tools are needed."

Xiao Ming nodded. Stalin once said that artillery is the **** of war. This is enough to see the importance of artillery to war.

The large-caliber artillery that the Empire currently serves in the army is still a flat-fired artillery, which is not good at attacking enemies hiding in trenches.

As the war progresses, this type of artillery will inevitably be eliminated, and now the howitzer developed by Chen Qi can replace the former flat-fire artillery.

"This rifle also needs to be refitted, this artillery piece also needs to be refitted, so many people in the imperial army have retreated a lot of weapons."

The new weapons are delightful, but the elimination of old equipment also makes people feel painful.

Because of the rapid development of the Empire’s science and technology, the elimination of weapons is also very rapid. Now it is basically replaced every six years. For this reason, a large number of weapons are stored in the Empire’s armory.

Lu Tong heard the words and said: "Emperor, it's not easy. Just sell these arms. Now the Europeans have been severely taught by us, and want to spend a lot of money to buy our weapons?"

"Nonsense, if you sell these weapons to Europeans, what should they do if they hit us in turn?" Zhang Liu is a cautious person, and he thinks it is inappropriate.

Song Changping and Chen Qi very much agree with Lu Tong's words, they are a group, because as long as they sell their weapons, they will have sufficient funds to develop new weapons.

"Zhang Liu, this is wrong. Europeans give their weapons to the Ottoman Empire for nothing. Are they not afraid that the Ottoman Empire will turn around and hit them?" Chen Qi said, "In my opinion, Europeans are very smart. Therefore, to let the eliminated weapons rust, it is better to exchange benefits for Osman, after all, they all have brand-new weapons."

Song Changping echoed: "Exactly, anyway, we already have more superior weapons, and Europe is far away from us, we must pass through the sea to come here, and the imperial navy is not a display."

"That said, your words have some truth." Zhang Liu recalled.

Song Changping continued: “At present, the industrial capacity in Europe is limited. Even if they sell Chinese rifles to them, they don’t have the ability to make bullets. As a result, they need to continue to buy bullets from the empire, which is a lot of income. ."

"That is, besides the empire now has tanks, even if they hold Han-style rifles, how can they stop the empire's steel torrent, and when they master the bullet manufacturing technology, what weapons the empire will have?" Chen Qi is confident Tao.

Xiao Ming's eyes were moving back and forth over the five people. In fact, Empire Z was already trading old equipment for benefits.

For example, with the aid of Persia and France, the empire achieved the goal of obtaining free oil and disrupting Europe through the weapons that were eliminated before.

Therefore, this business is worth it.

As for the Han-style rifle and the gun, two weapons that may be eliminated in the next three to five years, he also has his own ideas.

As Chen Qi said, in fact, the empire does not have to worry about the impact of selling weapons on the empire~www.wuxiaspot.com~ because the empire will always maintain its weapon advantage.

Now that the empire’s steel battleship dominates the ocean, it may soon become a cannon giant, and there are already tanks on the land to dominate the continent.

If the sky is occupied in the future, the empire will have all the land, sea and air. What can we worry about?

Historical experience told him that what he needs to worry about is not weapons and equipment, but to avoid the collapse of the empire from within.

"I have my own decision on this matter. At present, the new equipment has not been installed. It is too early to say these." Xiao Ming stood up and said.

Clearing his throat, he said to Zhang Liu: "This machine tool still needs to be paid close attention to. Not only weapons, but all industries in the Empire currently require high-precision lathes."

Zhang Liu's expression became serious, and he said: "Yes, the emperor, the lower officials must be watching closely."

Xiao Ming said to Lin Wentao: "In addition to steam turbines, there are also large forging hydraulic presses. This is the spirit of processing metal, rubber, wood, and powder. With this, the capabilities of forging, stamping, and powder metallurgy of steel can be greatly improved. The strength of the workpiece is very important."