1627 Rise of the South China Sea

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To test whether the quality of a rifle can meet the combat requirements, it is not enough to just shoot a few shots at a fixed target to confirm the accuracy.It is necessary to carry out application tests in various real combat environments, and even the performance under certain extreme conditions, in order to determine whether this new rifle has reached the level required by the military.Especially as the first batch of muskets that used rifling, the wear resistance and service life of the rifling are very important performance indicators, which will directly affect the actual performance of the rifle, and this index cannot be measured by just firing a few shots. of.

After the preliminary trial by the officers, the rifle will also be sent to the shooting range of the military barracks in Port Victory for at least one month of daily use tests.This test will be more comprehensive than the current target shooting. At the same time, it will sort out the problems that arise in actual use and come up with further improvement plans before entering the stage of finalized mass production.As for when it will be fully installed in the army, even the "Haihan Military Industry" dare not guarantee it, because according to the current production efficiency, unless the production line of other types of firearms is stopped first, otherwise this new rifle The output may not be able to keep up with the expansion speed of the vigilante organization.

Of course, if the military approves this new type of rifle and is willing to place an order for purchase, then "Haihan Military Industry" will definitely expand the production line in order to meet the military's requirements in the shortest possible time.As for the current production of matchlock guns and flintlock guns, "Haihan Military Industry" will not give up easily. Although these weapons are very primitive in the eyes of the time traveler, they are still black technologies leading the times in the 17th century. No, there will still be a lot of export targets. Even primitive rifles like matchlock guns, as long as they are handled properly, they will be sold for decades without any problem.

As for the test firing of the Whitworth rifle imitation, the only semi-professional sniper Morgan in the crossing group who had undergone systematic training was specially recruited.During the several overseas military operations of the militia, old Morgan took his precious M200 sniper rifle with the team, but in fact, it was not often used. It is he who is reluctant to shoot and spend precious bullets in most cases.There is basically no possibility of reloading this kind of special ammunition in this time and space, and every time you use it, you will lose one round. Therefore, Old Morgan's own daily training is also greatly affected, and there is no way to maintain regular live ammunition training.

During the design and production process of the Whitworth rifle imitation, Morgan participated in the whole process, and gave many unique opinions from the perspective of a sniper.Since it has been determined from the design stage that due to the complex process and high cost of this rifle, even if it is finalized, its output cannot be too large. A small piece of hand-made Piccarnitine rail is added to the outside of the gun to facilitate the fixing of the external sight specially designed for this gun.

Since Morgan is already very familiar with this new gun for sniper use, it is more accurate to call this live ammunition shooting a test firing, rather it is a demonstration of the weapon's performance.Morgan first explained the general performance of the gun to the people present in a half-spoken Mandarin Chinese, and then used the sample rifle equipped with a scope to shoot at the breastplate target at a distance of 500 meters.The professional operation did not disappoint the audience. At this distance, Morgan actually hit [-] out of [-] shots. This basically means that snipers trained by the militia in the future should be able to reach the same level theoretically—— In addition to weapons, of course it also depends on the teaching level of the teacher Morgan and the quality of the students.

After demonstrating the performance of the weapon, Morgan was far more excited than the audience, because for him, being able to personally lead a special combat team was more fulfilling than cultivating a group of barefoot doctors in the medical system.Qian Tiandun's success in Annan has given a signal to those in the military that as long as he has a skill, it is not difficult to become the creator of an army.After Qian Tiandun formed a special warfare company and achieved results, Wang Tom's appointment as the supreme commander of the navy also verified this rule again.For these military personnel who are determined to make achievements on the battlefield, it is undoubtedly an excellent shortcut to directly establish a new unit trained and managed by themselves, and now Morgan seems to have seen the hope of embarking on this shortcut.

Yan Chujie and others also tested this gun, but what impressed them was not the accuracy of the gun within the effective range, but the huge recoil when shooting.If it weren't for Morgan's warning, at least half of the people would have been hit by the butt of the gun when they first used this gun.Even so, it is generally believed that this gun is not suitable for continuous shooting for a long time, but this feature is in line with its purpose positioning. After all, in actual combat, it is unlikely that snipers will shoot continuously like ordinary riflemen.

For the performance of this 19th-century sniper rifle, military officials generally recognize it.Although its performance is still far inferior to the five or six half mass weapons brought by time travel, weapons that can be mass-produced under the existing conditions are the objects that really deserve the military's attention.It is conceivable that after snipers appear in the army, they can use the beheading attack method when confronting the enemy. First, they will remove the opponent's commanders to disintegrate their combat effectiveness. The actual combat effect should be quite prominent.

Of course, as an elite unit of infantry, snipers have a training cycle and difficulty far exceeding that of ordinary infantry, and even more difficult than the artillery that is still in short supply.Even with Morgan's more optimistic estimate, if one hundred people is used as the base, it would be thankful to be able to train ten to twenty basically qualified snipers in a year, but the actual situation may be far worse than expected.

The military personnel basically recognized the performance of the two new rifles, and quickly signed the acceptance procedures.However, this signature does not mean that the two guns have been finalized. A series of long-term tests will follow, and then the military needs to calculate the actual needs and place an order with "Haihan Military Industry", and this order must eventually be approved. approved by the committee.

"Old Bai, you must find a way to lower this price. Such a high cost will be very difficult to discuss at the meeting. When the budget fails, you still won't be able to get the money." Officially After finishing the work, Tao Donglai was not idle, and immediately began to bargain with Beks.

Beks groaned: "Old Tao, which one of us is with whom? The things used by our own troops, can they be cheap? Am I going to cheat on purpose? The current cost is not much, just think about how many parts on this new gun are made of Handcrafted? And the rifling process is not much more complicated than the previous smoothbore guns, and the bullets have to be re-opened for a new production line, which is all money!"

"We all understand your difficulties, but the price really needs to be controlled." Yan Chujie also came over to chime in and said, "The military expenses paid back in Annan in January have already been spent on the expansion of the Army and Navy. This year There is not much water in the military budget of the Executive Committee to support the large-scale refitting of the troops. Do you think it is easier to reduce the price, or is it easier for the Executive Committee to approve an additional [-] yuan in military expenditure?"

"Okay, don't talk about it, I can't talk to you." Bex waved his hand and said, "The cost is there. If you think any part is unreasonable, point it out. I will definitely reduce the cost."

No matter what the final result of the bargaining between the executive committee members is, it will be at least two or three months before the formation of militias equipped with new rifles will appear.Therefore, the vast majority of military personnel did not care much about whether they could obtain the approval of the Executive Committee for the additional military expenditure as soon as possible. As soon as the business was over, they surrounded Wang Tom and asked him about the details of the two battles between Lijiazhuang and Dangan Island. .

Tom Wang himself felt that the two battles were lackluster, but he also understood the feelings of these colleagues who stayed in the base camp and did not get a chance to fight, so he greeted him straightforwardly: "How about this, I'm free tonight They all came to the No. [-] Pier of Shengli Port, and held a seafood barbecue meeting on the "Flying Ship". Come back from the altar, let's try something new together!"

"Commander Wang is wise!" Someone in the crowd jokingly booed.Since Wang Tom became the supreme commander of the navy, someone has given him the new nickname of "Commander Wang"-if there is no accident, the first naval commander after the navy is formally formed in the future is very likely to be the first commander of the navy. Eighty-nine are served by Wang Tom.

On June [-]th, the Haihan delegation led by Schneider made a special trip to Yacheng to congratulate Mr. Zhang Qingzhang, the new magistrate of Yazhou who finally got the letter of appointment.In addition to sending generous congratulatory gifts, Schneider also took on the task of finalizing the land acquisition plan for Fenghuang Town and Tianya Town with Yacheng.

"Mr. Yi Shi, does the executive committee want to include all the areas west of Nanshan Town under its name?" Zhang Qing asked in disbelief.

Two months ago, when Zhang Qing went to Shengli Port to attend the first anniversary of the Haihan people's presence, the two sides had already finalized a part of the land ownership transfer agreement, and included almost all the land east of Fenghuang Town under the name of the Haihan people. .In Zhang Qing's view, this is already a great move. It is tens of thousands of acres of land. It will take at least three to five years for the Haihan people to digest such a large area. Maybe by then I have been promoted to a higher position, and I have been transferred from Yazhou, so I don't have to take the blame for these black histories.

But Zhang Qing didn't expect Haihan's appetite to be so big. It was only two months after the previous agreement between the two parties, and the Haihan people put forward new land requirements again.And the area between Nanshan Town and Fenghuang Town is almost twice the size of the land that was transferred out last time. If this land is really given up, then the entire Yazhou is basically only left around Yacheng. An area of ​​the city is still under the rule of the government-of course, this must ignore the local garrison in Yacheng, which is gradually being replaced by the Haihan militia.

"Does Mr. Zhang feel that there is something wrong?" Schneider asked pretendingly puzzled: "We have accepted the land registration fee, and we have also accepted the taxes that need to be paid. Whose name is the land in? Is it important to adults?"

Zhang Qing cursed shamelessly, thinking that the land you registered has never shrunk so much. Shengli Port occupies so much land, but only registered [-] acres... Your port business district is more than [-] acres Are you okay?Although the newly registered land last time was a bit more generous, counted as [-] mu, it was all registered as barren land and mountains, and there was no tax to bear at all. As for the land registration fee... Well, this is shared by several adults in the state capital Well, there's nothing to say about that.

Zhang Qing coughed dryly and said: "Your side occupies so much land in Yazhou, it will attract the attention of Fucheng in the future, and it will be very inconvenient for your side."

Schneider nodded and said: "Master Zhang is very reasonable, and we have also considered this possible disadvantage. So this time we plan to change the method and register the land under the name of individuals in a scattered way-of course these individuals They are all appointed by us. If there are hundreds of landlords in this area, it doesn’t look abnormal, does it?”

Zhang Qing didn't expect the other party to hold him back with a word, and wanted to refute him but felt that he was a little short of words.To say that the Haihan people did not obey the rules, they did not do any substantive illegal acts, and all the land they acquired was officially registered in Yacheng.But to say that they obeyed the rules, what they did was indeed a bit too ostentatious.Some time ago, many people went to Yacheng to complain, saying that the Haihan people sent militia groups to drive away the people living in the Linchun River and Sanya River, and even captured many people and demolished their houses, just like bullies .

If he hadn't seen the strength of the Haihan people before and received the benefits from the Haihan people, Zhang Qing would very likely treat the Haihan people as bullies and punish them.But the Haihan people obviously put everything first. Even if these people went to Yacheng to complain, the government would not dare to let them make things worse, let alone take the initiative to trouble the Haihan people.Now there are two or three hundred Haihan militiamen stationed inside and outside Yacheng for a long time. If there is any disturbance, Yacheng may change hands overnight.

As for the original Navy and Guards Army, Zhang Qing no longer had any expectations of them.He Wenhui and Luo Shengdong of the Shuizhai are both idiots who see the money and make the rudder when they see the wind. Now they have pulled out all the navy's warships to transport goods to the Haihan people. Except for some sailors who are still serving, the soldiers are basically They all quietly left their citizenship and went to Shengli Port to help the Haihan people to work.Now the armed personnel stationed in the navy are basically members of the Haihan militia. Although the gate of the water village still hangs the banner of Daming, now even the people in Yacheng know that the Haihan people have the final say.

And the Guards Army is not much better than the Navy Division. Zhang Qianhu, who is also on the threshold of retirement, doesn't care about anything now, and has handed over the affairs to a few deputies. They are all "platoon leaders".If the Haihan people need it, they can take over the city defense of Yacheng at any time.

"This officer has just taken over, and there are many matters that need to be dealt with. I hope you will not be impatient about the registration of the land. After I have dealt with all the matters, I will definitely handle it for you." Since I have no confidence to refuse. , Zhang Qing didn't want to agree too readily to appear worthless, so he could only use the method of delay.

Schneider smiled, and seemed to understand Zhang Qing's little plan, and said calmly: "In fact, it doesn't matter to us whether this procedure is completed or not. The reason why I took the initiative to contact Mr. Zhang is because It still depends on the good cooperative relationship between the two parties. The executive committee hopes to maintain this cooperative relationship for a long time, and this sincerity must be felt by Mr. Zhang? If Mr. Zhang finds it inconvenient, it’s okay not to do it. I will take my leave and not disturb your work."

"Wait a minute!" Seeing Schneider getting up and about to leave, Zhang Qing hurriedly asked to stay: "Everything is easy to discuss, why is Mr. Shi in such a hurry? The official didn't say no to it, it's just such a vast area. It will take quite a while, Mr. Shi, don't you think?"

Zhang Qing didn't dare to just let Schneider go, because the warning in the other party's words was already very obvious, and what made them feel "indifferent" was probably not just the land procedures, but also the existence of the Yacheng government.Schneider almost said something like "I give you face so that you exist, and if I don't give you face, I can ignore you at any time".

Just face to face with Schneider, and righteously denounce this criminal?Zhang Qing can only flash this kind of thought in his heart, but he absolutely dare not show it.How Zhang's family, Weng and son-in-law came to power, Zhang Qing, as a party involved, is very clear.If it weren't for the Haihan people who contributed money, energy and advice behind the scenes, Zhang Qing might not be able to find a chance to be promoted to the magistrate even if he served as a general judge for two or three times.Now sitting in this position, Luo Shengdong, the son-in-law, is in charge of the military power, and there are Haihan people as reinforcements outside. At least within the scope of Yacheng, no one dares to sing against Zhang Qing—even if there is such ignorance Formidable people, as long as they show the shield of "Haihan", they will immediately shut up obediently.

When they went to Victory Port last time, Haihan's leading figures said very bluntly that for them, there are only two kinds of people in the world, one is partners and the other is enemies.If there is no common interest, then the partner will also become the enemy - Zhang Qing does not want to be treated as an enemy by the Haihan people, then he is likely to become the state official with the shortest reign in the history of Yazhou.

Zhang Qing must be more concerned about his current official position and future development prospects than those lands that don't know who belongs to them, so he quickly judged the importance and made a decision: "Come on, go and inform the backyard. Prepare the banquet, today I will have a chat with Mr. Shi about the future of Yazhou!"

　It's coming to the end of the month. Let's see if there are any monthly tickets that you forgot to vote in your hands. Let's smash them here.

　　
　
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