The sun never sets in America

Chapter 337 Army: Weapons Research and Development

"kill!!"

"kill!!"

"Stronger..."

Dong Ziqin was the first to see what it was like to have thousands of recruits stabbing at the same time on the huge playground, but he could feel the timidity in those "passionate" shouts.

This is the collective problem of the recruits. They always only roar, or in other words, roaring is their only ability.

Dong Ziqin stood behind and watched for a while, then left the military camp code-named "115".

For him, those new recruits who have made melons and eggs are not important at all, because soldiers who have never been on the battlefield are like a blind box, and no one knows what will be opened.

Just like what the former Black Sea Commander and former Xianbei Governor Zhao Longsheng said:

"Whether you are a hero or a bear, you will know on the battlefield."

This sentence couldn't be more appropriate for these new recruits.

"kill……"

On the playground, there were sounds of killing! !

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"Change or not??"

“Who can decide??”

Tao Wang, who had been in the position of Army Minister for several years, looked at the military reform plan in his hand and asked a question.

Dong Ziqin, who was sitting across from him, was sitting upright and replied with a serious expression:

"The military system of our army is that of peacetime and is no longer suitable for the current war."

"Coupled with the advancement of weapons, if you still stick to the current attitude, you will either die miserably or suffer heavy losses in the end!!"

Dong Ziqin looked very "serious" as if he was doing something important in his life.

"General Dong, you have to understand that military expansion is imperative now. Military reform is possible, but your military reform is not possible!!"

"Why??"

Dong Ziqin looked at the old Army Minister with surprise. He did not expect that this reform-oriented veteran would actually oppose his reforms.

Tao Wang looked at young Dong Ziqin, smiled a few times in his heart, and then said:

"You have to understand that this is a military reform on a scale of one million people. In addition to changing the old troops, a large number of new soldiers will also be added. The risks are very high. The war is not as easy as you thought."

"Perhaps in your opinion, the war will not break out for several years, and it is too late for us to make changes now, but the reality is that the war will always break out in the next second. What you call making changes again is essentially delaying time."

"You know, many of the changes you make are at the middle and lower levels. Do you know what this means? It means that the entire Han army, hundreds of thousands of troops, will end up wasting time in making changes because of your constant changes."

Looking at the restructuring plan in his hand, Tao Wang sighed. To be fair, this plan was feasible, but it fundamentally touched the interests of everyone in the Han Army.

Because if it really changes, it will overthrow everyone, including himself.

Dong Ziqin still did not give up, and tried his best to persuade: "Tao Shuai, our current strength is not that different from the US military in essence. We have repeating rifles, and so does the US military. Essentially, we are comparing whose military system is more flexible and advanced. Whose weapon can best adapt to the battlefield."

"I understand your difficulties, but our army really can't wait any longer. As you said, the war may break out in the next second, so before it breaks out, can you allow me to make a final effort?"

Dong Ziqin looked at Tao Wang across from him with eyes full of "longing".

Tao Wang looked at this "bold" young man and finally said:

"I'll give you the organization of a division, and you come up with a new army. I want to see the results!!"

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission."

Dong Ziqin stood up excitedly, causing the bench to shake and make a "squeak" sound.

When Dong Ziqin left with the "order flag", Tao Wang opened a document about "radio" research, looked at the research records above, his eyes flashed slightly, and finally hid it in the bottom drawer of his desk, and was A junk document was pressed down.

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"Prince, what are you thinking about??"

Liu Peng held the black chess piece between his arms and looked at the "daze" prince opposite him. He frowned and asked, his tone a bit stiff.

"Father, I was just thinking about how many troops we can send to fight the United States with the current strength of our army."

Liu Yu put down his chess piece and answered Liu Peng with his fists clasped.

“Then tell me, how much does it cost??”

When Liu Peng heard this, his expression improved. "Pa", the black chess fell.

"Snapped!!"

"In my opinion, two million. Two million less is basically impossible."

Liu Yu put down a white chess piece and then answered.

Liu Peng took a look and moved the chess piece upward, blocking the way forward.

At this time, Liu Yu continued: "Fighting the United States is destined to be a hard battle. Over the years, the United States has hated us to the core. I also have the desire to unify the Americas."

"The United States has a large population and developed industry. Once a war breaks out, it can arm millions of troops. Coupled with the vast territory, the occupation force alone may require one million."

"If I, a big man, want to destroy the United States, it is almost impossible without more than two million troops."

Liu Yu said very confidently. When he played the white chess piece in his hand, he used a little force.

Liu Peng didn't say anything. He just played like this for a few rounds. When the black piece blocked the dragon, he spoke slowly:

"Where there are two million, we can use up to 1.5 million."

"Father, this..."

The chess pieces Liu Yu was about to put down were like stones floating in the void, unable to put them down no matter what.

Liu Peng sealed the victory with a click, and finally closed the chessboard with a smile, and the chess pieces fell into the white jade chess basket with a clatter.

Liu Yu didn't say anything and helped clean up the chessboard. After cleaning up, Liu Peng dropped a sunspot into the middle and then said:

"The United States, the country of the Federation, has strength, but it is not the same as my big man."

"Even if they mobilize millions of troops, can they be like the Han army, united as one, with ten thousand people acting as one??"

"I'm afraid it can't be done. If it can't be done, then their army of millions will have to pay a 30% discount."

"So, one and a half million is just right."

"Pa", Black stopped his position and once again blocked White Dragon's path.

Liu Yu looked at the situation on the chessboard and panicked, and then asked:

"But Father, America is a vast land with many towns. Even if our army defeats the regular American army, the local garrison alone can disperse at least half of our army's strength..."

"Once the stalls become too large, our army may be at risk of collapse."

Although Liu Yu has never fought in a war, he still has this knowledge. After all, America is a place with many plains, rivers and mountains. When fighting in a place like this, there is no one to guard the rear, and it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of the loopholes.

"Well, you are right, garrison is also very important!!"

“So, it’s still 1.5 million!!”

"Father..."

Liu Yu's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he still resisted the urge to ask.

Liu Peng didn't say anything. In the end, he just said "Keep a dog for a thousand days, use a dog for a while", ending today's chess game.

When Liu Peng went back, Liu Yu was still thinking about the topic about "dogs".

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Boom! !

On the shooting range, Dong Ziqin looked at the target with a telescope and said nothing. He just ordered to stop this behavior that saw no "benefits".

"Crack!!"

Dong Ziqin looked at the Tornado II rifle in his hand, loading and unloading it, and kept ringing in his hand. Finally, with a "bang", he fired a shot forward and immediately hit a human-shaped target.

The biggest change between this Tornado Type II rifle and the Type I gun is the ammunition. In addition to being used in artillery, the newly developed smokeless gunpowder was first used in bullets.

Regarding "smokeless", the Han military has been "persistent" over the years. In other words, in order to produce qualified smokeless gunpowder, the total expenditure is enough to develop more than a dozen standard rifles.

Fortunately, smokeless gunpowder was finally invented and became another weapon for the Han army and navy, leading other armies of the same period by at least five years. Of course, this was from the perspective of gunpowder. Overall, it was still Not that obvious.

Dong Ziqin pulled the gun about seventeen or eighteen times, then threw the gun to the guard and gave instructions as he walked: "I want to know the latest research direction of Raytheon Company."

Soon, a large pile of documents was placed on Dong Ziqin's desk. Looking at the genius and "devil" ideas one after another, even Dong Ziqin, who had been engaged in arms trading in Persia for so many years, had to admire the imagination of those people.

Among them, the steam "chariot" and the so-called "super cannon" attracted Dong Ziqin's attention the most.

Looking at the various data on the 800mm cannon, even Dong Ziqin couldn't help but take a breath, and finally said:

"Such a big cannon, the sky will be pierced!!"

After saying that, he rejected this devilish plan. After all, you can imagine the weight of an 800mm cannon. Just transporting it to the battlefield is enough to make people collapse.

Even if it does reach the battlefield, one 800mm shell may not be as effective as several 155mm shells.

As an excellent general, Dong Ziqin still had some war experience. He knew from the beginning that this 800mm super cannon plan was not suitable.

Apart from taking it out for "display", there is basically no benefit.

Of course, if he could build a few doors, Dong Ziqin would still be willing to do so. If nothing else, putting this thing on the battlefield, regardless of whether it would be useful or not, would definitely be a huge boost to the morale of his own people.

Just looking at it makes my heart feel at ease.

"Crash!!"

A design drawing was displayed in front of Dong Ziqin. On the top was a chariot with black smoke and long tracks. The power of this chariot was steam and it was huge. Each one weighed hundreds of tons. Named "land ironclad" by those researchers.

Dong Ziqin didn't know about armored ships, he only knew what "common sense" was.

Can such a heavy and slow thing fight? ?

(The speed is not even five kilometers per hour, almost a turtle speed)

From Dong Ziqin's point of view, the best way to deal with this "elephant" is to blast, which only requires two soldiers, or even no need.

After all, it is too big and too slow. Once it gets into a war of attrition, it will almost be a living target for the opponent's army gunners and death squads, and it will be useless.

Of course, it is still useful, but it must meet the battlefield conditions. As for what the battlefield conditions are, it depends on the situation.

Dong Ziqin's opinion of this steam chariot is not as big as the super cannon just now.

After all, this thing, when used properly, is really a weapon on the battlefield.

Of course, if you don't use it well, you will naturally become a living target.

"Crash!!"

Several more "unfamiliar" ideas were passed over, and Dong Ziqin even just glanced at them and ignored them. After all, the so-called bulletproof armor was too abstract.

In today's increasingly flexible battlefield, armor is a soldier's biggest enemy. If it were not for war needs, Dong Ziqin would not even be willing to prepare a helmet.

Because any weapon other than guns is the biggest burden in war.

Dong Ziqin's war philosophy is one word "fast" and three words "faster".

Fighting slow and fast is Dong Ziqin's war philosophy.

So the thankless bulletproof armor was directly rejected by Dong Ziqin without even being given a chance to take the second assessment.

Dong Ziqin flipped through a few more "ideas" and finally collapsed on the chair tiredly.

Throughout the afternoon, he kept repeating one thing, which was "censorship". This was the right given to him by Tao Wang.

Dong Ziqin rubbed his temples and narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was about to fall asleep, but soon he got up and pulled out one of the remaining documents.

There is a paragraph in large black characters on it:

"The seventh experiment of the repeater cannon."

Dong Ziqin didn't know what a repeating cannon was. He only heard in private that it was an artillery project being carried out by the Royal Arsenal, a subsidiary of the royal family.

At first, he just regarded this as something similar to a repeating gun. He even imagined that the so-called repeating cannon could fire dozens of rounds a minute, beating the enemy to the point of being unable to resist and defeating him.

But when he actually opened the document, he said it was "very wrong" and "extremely wrong."

What kind of cannon is this? It's basically a repeating gun, no, it's a large gun with a very fast firing rate.

Looking at the repeating cannon, which is not small in size, not even much smaller than the 55mm cannon, and the muzzle of the gun, which is not too big, but not much smaller, Dong Ziqin's first reaction was that such a weapon would be a weapon. What a terrible situation will happen if you take it to the battlefield.

Looking at the rate of fire of 600 to 800 per minute, Dong Ziqin even imagined a "massacre" scene in his mind, and even scared himself into a cold sweat in the end.

"No, I have to see it with my own eyes."

Dong Ziqin blurted out this sentence, then stood up and shouted:

"Arrange a car and go to the Royal Arsenal."

After Dong Ziqin left, an idea about an "internal combustion engine inferior tank" was revealed under the rapid cannon on the table. It only briefly mentioned the idea, and it was just an iron guy modified from the chassis of the first-generation tractor, and even the size of it was completely changed. In terms of tonnage, it is not much smaller than the steam chariot just now.

The signature is only a surname, not even a first name.

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The Royal Arsenal is an arsenal close to the palace. The entire Royal Arsenal covers an area of ​​more than 150 acres. There are three large factories that produce weapons needed by the Guards.

There is a huge difference between the Han Guards and the army.

The entire Guards, with a total of 7,000 men, was divided into a Capital Garrison Brigade and a Royal Guards Regiment.

It may seem that there are not many people, but the military expenditure is not low. They can get five million Chinese dollars every year to fight chaos on a regular basis.

Compared with the army and navy, which have to fight every year, the Guards can be said to be a luxury.

Funding for the entire Guards does not come from the cabinet, but from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The only master of the army is the emperor. Without the emperor's orders, the Guards cannot leave Xijing even with a dog.

With such a huge amount of funds, it is natural to cultivate a sophisticated and powerful army.

Even in annual military exercises, the Guards is the most conspicuous one.

The black military uniforms, dragon-patterned armbands, rifles made of precious wood, and shiny long military boots remind everyone all the time that these are a group of "rich people."

Even the food standard is one level higher than that of the highest cavalry in the army.

There is even a jingle in the Han army: "The first-class guards eat swans, the second-class cavalry and artillery taste the meat, and the third-class infantry eat steamed buns."

Although it is a joke, after all, the food standards of the Han Dynasty have always been high, but from this we can see the luxury of the Guards.

But the Guards is not without its shortcomings, that is, in actual combat, or its performance is not as impressive as that of the Army. It has only fought soy sauce in the Brazilian War and the Han-Russian War, and it is basically just a formality.

The external propaganda is to "protect the emperor", but in the eyes of the army, it is a naked excuse, and they even shouted the slogan "all to eat and no work".

The relationship between the Army and the Guards is still very bad even now.

This naturally affected Dong Ziqin. When he asked to "watch" the rapid artillery, he was rejected on the spot by the factory director who was close to the Guards, euphemistically calling it "confidential."

In fact, the purpose was to delay the Army's process of obtaining rapid artillery and make room for the Guards.

Dong Ziqin naturally knew this situation well, so he directly said:

"If I don't see the rapid cannon for a day, I won't leave for a day."

The royal arsenal had no choice but to pull out the rapid cannon for such an almost rogue behavior.

Looking at the rapid cannon mounted on a sports car in front of him, Dong Ziqin's eyes were full of excitement and he said directly:

"Fire, I want to see the effect!!"

"Crack!!"

Looking at the ammunition belt fed into the middle from the side, Dong Ziqin was unwilling to even blink, for fear of missing the best opportunity.

"Fire!!"

"Da da da!!!"

When the order to fire was given, the rapid-fire cannon suddenly emitted sparks and kept making "bursts" sounds.

Finally, under Dong Ziqin's gaze, a cartridge belt and more than a hundred bullets were fired in a little more than ten seconds, leaving no room left.

When the smoking rapid cannon was watered down to cool down, Dong Ziqin couldn't help but ask:

"Is it really a cannon??"

The director of the Royal Arsenal shook his head and then answered:

"By order of His Majesty, this weapon has been designated as an automatic machine gun, or machine gun for short."

Listening to the unfamiliar but concise and clear term "machine gun", Dong Ziqin waved his hand:

"Build, build to death, build as much as our army wants!!"

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