The Rise of the Empire

Before the outbreak of World War I, Russia had only three rifle factories, namely Tur, Izhev, and Sestrech. A total of 60,000 to 65,000 rifles were produced in 1913! Of course, this is a non-mobilization situation. After mobilization, the production capacity of the Russians is still terrifying, but it is still not enough! When the war started, these factories were operating at full capacity with 525,000 rifles. By 2017, the production capacity had risen to 1.7 million. But even so, after importing 2.5 million rifles, the number of rifles owned by the Russians was far from what the theory required. There is still a shortfall of nearly 7 million pieces! And in 1901, the gap was definitely bigger! \u003c/p\u003eNot to mention, the Russian military is preparing to equip a large number of semi-automatic rifles to strengthen its firepower. The Russians have never mass-produced this thing. The cost and quality of mass production is difficult to say. And to build a production line, it costs not only money, but also time! The Russians don't know when Japan will launch a war, but they know that the Japanese will definitely launch a war before the Siberian Railway is repaired! \u003c/p\u003e"I think the problem of mortar shells can be solved, right? After all, cast iron can be used as shells, and the internal structure is also very simple. Except for a fuze, there is no technology required." Kuro Patkin frowned and said after looking at the documents sent by his subordinates requesting an increase in the order of arms. "Leave the fuze to others, which should save a lot of money."\u003c/p\u003e "Dear General, even according to your plan, we still need to purchase a large amount of materials from foreign countries. Not only technical fuzes , We don’t even have enough explosives and explosives-related chemicals! For example, toluene, the key ingredient in the production of **** explosives. We import them all from Germany....” Puff With a bang, Kuropatkin spat all his water on the table! \u003c/p\u003eThis subordinate is right, not to mention now, even before the First World War, Russia’s production of explosives and chemicals was quite tragic. For example, toluene, in 1913, the production of toluene in Russia as a whole was only 1000 poods, if converted into a unit that everyone understands, that is, 1 pood is equal to 40 pounds, which is approximately equal to 16.38kg. And the Russians produced only 16.38 tons of toluene in 1913... Toluene is easy to produce, but the German chemical industry is too powerful. If the war did not break out, the Russian chemical industry would not be able to get up at all! \u003c/p\u003eThe production of phenols, another raw material for explosives, is even more tragic. Before World War I, Russia almost did not produce phenols. (This is not what other people said, it is from Russia's own data.) By 1916, only 6,400 poods of phenols were produced. \u003c/p\u003e "Just from the perspective of producing shells, the cost of fully self-produced shells is higher than that of shells produced with foreign fuzes and charges, and the production cost of assembled shells is higher than that of shells imported from abroad. Minister Witte, then we will definitely choose to import from abroad instead of importing raw materials for production." The last sentence of the subordinate broke Kuropatkin's dream, unless he wanted to let his artillery have no shells available, or planned to Hit solid shells…. \u003c/p\u003eWhen the Russian officials in charge of arms production submitted this information, it was not the Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte who went crazy first, because this buddy is well-informed. £65.6m for plans to replace Army artillery. (This is a fact. Of course, it’s hard to say how much it will be implemented, but the Russians are superior in the total number of artillery in the Russo-Japanese War.) It is the Russian General Staff, because they have suddenly discovered that if the current speed If so, then even after the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway,

Russia also needs 20 years to complete its war preparations. \u003c/p\u003e "Then go buy it. Anyway, the money given by the French is enough for us to support this war. We are bound to win the Far East. No matter who is in front of us, whether it is Japanese or British, we will Crush them to pieces! The Russian double-headed eagle must dominate Eurasia!" Finally, Tsar Nicholas II made a final decision. \u003c/p\u003eSo now the question is, where do you buy it? When the Russians were looking for buyers all over the world with a lot of francs (yes, you read that right, francs!), they suddenly discovered that there are not many manufacturers that can supply a modern army of 500,000 to 600,000 ! \u003c/p\u003eAfter all, peaceful countries will not expand their military production without incident, and countries that are at war will not sell weapons to the Russians! There are only a few big countries in the world, and the British are busy fighting the Boers. They urgently need all kinds of arms, and even if they don't fight the Boers, they won't sell them to the Russians. \u003c/p\u003eThe French are in a period of peace. Although France and Germany were a little nervous because of Portugal's colonies in Africa a while ago, they are only nervous and will not go to war. Moreover, if you buy weapons from the French, the cost is relatively high (the same shells are at least one-third more expensive than those produced by Krupp). Except for the share that must be purchased to obtain French loans, the Russians do not want to pay more Give the French a ruble! \u003c/p\u003eThe American industrial strength is very strong, and it seems that they are indeed fighting with the British at present, but they use German weapons, and their military industry, especially the army equipment, is almost at a standstill. The US Army is too comfortable. There is almost no need for expansion. Of course, the Americans can provide raw materials such as phenol, toluene, and explosives, but these things seem to be higher if the freight is added... \u003c/p\u003eAs for the semi-automatic rifles and machine guns that the Russians continue to use, there seems to be one and only one that can provide a large number of cheap products, and that is Bavaria! The reason is very simple. These weapons are designed and produced in Bavaria. Giants such as Krupp and Rheinland can indeed provide them, but they need to pay patent fees... As a result, cost becomes a problem. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, Bavaria may not be able to produce enough new weapons in a short period of time. But the Russians have recently received news that Bavaria is ready to renew their army, and a large number of machine guns, semi-automatic rifles and ammunition are on sale.... \u003c/p\u003eThat's right, Bavaria has to deal with arms, because with the new machine guns and submachine guns, the old machine guns will be eliminated. While the original vintage rifles and semi-automatic rifles will also be dealt with. (Don’t think that the Russians only have Mosin Nagants. In fact, before the First World War, the Russians still had a large number of old-fashioned single-shot rifles in their warehouses.) These old products that are lower than the new ones are very suitable for the current Russians, although The caliber may be a little troublesome, but the victory lies in the quantity! And it's available in bulk now! Just make a few German-style equipment troops! \u003c/p\u003eThe second one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e