African Nationhood

Chapter 339 New weapons finalized

The Nanhua Company team won the first place in the overall medal list at the Athens Olympics. This honor was hard-won.

So Nanhua Company held a grand celebration. The Olympic athletes paraded the streets with flowers. They were surrounded and loved by people, and they also received a lot of rewards.

After Robin Trudeau arrived in Southwest Africa, he was sincerely happy to face the prosperity of Nanhua Company.

When he arrived at Jinling (Bulawayo), Boss Shi was chatting with Ye Rong about the education of his children at home.

The children are growing up day by day. In addition to studying at Jinling Junior Primary School, Shi Jintang plans to add some Chinese studies courses to the children.

After much thought, Mr. Guo Songtao seemed to be a good fit, and he just happened to be invited over from Anhai Town.

However, Guo Songtao declined the offer because of his age and recommended his third son Guo Zhuoying to do it.

Shi Jintang was very doubtful about Guo Laosan's level of Chinese studies, but Guo Songtao strongly recommended it, and Shi Jintang decided to let Guo Laosan give it a try.

After studying for a period of time, Ye Rong felt that there was something wrong with the Guo family's youngest child through the children's reflections.

This Guo Laosan is a bit arrogant but nothing to worry about.

But when he taught children, he was biased and incorrect, and he respected Confucianism and despised Western learning.

This made Ye Rong very dissatisfied. My Mr. Shi was able to create such a great situation by adapting Western learning for his own use.

You, sir, are so biased, how can you respect my children as a teacher?
  After Shi Jintang heard this, he was immediately grateful. Fortunately, Ye Rong discovered it early, otherwise the biggest problem would have been for the child to be stubborn and rigid.

At the same time, I lamented that Guo Songtao really failed. He strongly advocated learning advanced European and American culture, but his son was still stubborn.

He couldn't even convince his own son. No wonder he was expelled by the Qing court.

Since Guo Laosan can't do it, Shi Jintang plans to replace him with someone else.

Li Zhongtang will visit Nanhua Company next month. I will ask him to see if there are any suitable candidates.

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Trudeau brought the prototype gun to the young weapons seminar this time. The first thing Shi Jintang held in his hand was a pistol.

Shi Jintang deliberately changed the caliber of this pistol to 9 mm. In his opinion, 11.43 mm was a bit too large and a waste of resources.

The entire gun is about 219 mm long, and the barrel is about 128 mm long. The bullet is a special 9mm*19mm. This bullet is modeled after the later Parabellum pistol bullet.

Now it should be called "Herstal pistol bullet".

"This pistol has an effective range of 10 to 30 meters, has a moderate feel, and is easy to load and fire. It is suitable for use by women and civilian personnel."

Shi Jintang tried firing a few rounds and nodded. The feel and recoil of this gun were within acceptable limits.

"According to your instructions, in addition to the 9mm caliber, this pistol also has a variant that uses the 7.63mm*25mm bullet of the shell gun.

The 9mm caliber pistol is equipped for military non-commissioned officers, and the 7.63mm caliber pistol can be equipped for police or civilian personnel. "

After Trudeau finished speaking, he watched Boss Shi empty the magazine, "Sir, what do you think?"

Shi Jintang nodded, "Okay, this pistol is quite well made and can be finalized.

Let’s finalize it with S-96. By the way, also determine the model of the previous shell gun, S-86.

From now on, the pistol type will directly use the initial letter 'S' plus the year of the pistol as the finalization standard. As for our rifles, they have already been finalized and will not be changed.

The naming rules for machine guns and submachine guns are the same. "

Trudeau nodded, "Okay, sir."

Shi Jintang put down his pistol and picked up his submachine gun.

The submachine gun in front of you is about 840 mm long and weighs about 3.7kg. It adopts the principle of free bolt action.

The overall feeling is that this gun is still a bit heavy. The feel and many parts of the gun are not as good as the one-to-one gun models purchased by Shi Jintang in later generations.

The reason why there is such a big gap is that the firearms manufacturing technology at this time has not yet reached the level of technology in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, most of the Bobosha submachine guns used stamping parts and welding processes. Today, the rivet process is the mainstream.

Moreover, the production of drum drums is very complicated and is far less convenient than magazine clips. At last year’s seminar, the participating engineers all suggested canceling drum shooting and using magazine clips as a loading tool.

Shi Jintang nodded in agreement. Now the prototype gun is equipped with a 20-round long magazine.

If you want to increase the magazine capacity, you still need to solve some problems.

The 20 rounds of bullets in the submachine gun will basically be fired in an instant, so Shi Jintang asked the designers to make a stopping device in the magazine. This submachine gun is divided into two shooting modes.

One is a burst of 3 rounds, and the other is a burst of fire.

The bullet uses the 7.63mm*25mm style of the shell gun. This kind of bullet has a good killing effect, and the bullet production line is ready, so there is no need to open a new production line.

"The effective range of this gun is 100 to 200 meters, and the muzzle control is very easy when firing three rounds. If it fires continuously, the muzzle will jump up seriously."

Shi Jintang could understand this, "Well, what is the production cycle of this kind of gun? How many days can it take to make one?"

Trudeau scratched his head and said, “If it is finalized, this gun may take three or four days to be processed.

When the proficiency of workers increases and the degree of automation of machine tools increases, our speed can increase by 10 times. No more is guaranteed. "

Shi Jintang nodded, "Are you sure you can produce 1899 pieces before 10?"

Trudeau hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

Shi Jintang positioned this gun as a squad firepower supplementary gun, “At least 5, this number is the bottom line.

另外S-96式手枪9毫米口径要生产出来5万把，7.63口径的生产出来3万把。”

Trudeau nodded, "Okay, I get it, boss."

After talking about pistols and submachine guns, let’s look at light machine guns.

The light machine gun in front of me uses a side-mounted magazine, and the ammunition inside is the 88mm*7.7mm bullet of the NH-54 rifle. This not only saves logistical pressure, but also enhances the firepower of the team.

It's just that the capacity of the 20-round magazine is too small, and we need to work on 35 or more magazines.

Although the design of the drum is very good, for engineers, this thing is not only waste but also cumbersome.

Boss Shi was convinced by the engineers, but the machine gun's battery life could not keep up and it was just a decoration.

So he thought about developing something like a magazine connector to ensure the fire suppression of the grassroots team?
  His thoughts suddenly spread out, and Trudeau couldn't help but interrupt Boss Shi's fugue.

"Sir, would you like to test fire this machine gun?"

Shi Jintang nodded, inserted the magazine, and turned on the bipod that had been opened.

Adjust to the appropriate height, unfold the shoulder support plate, and open the dust cover at the magazine holder and ejection window.

Pull the charging handle backward to drive the bolt backward, set the speed reducer in the required firing position (single shot or continuous shot), and install the rear sight.

He pulled the trigger, "Pop~~"

Smoke and dust rose from the 1000-meter target, and the wooden target had been smashed into pieces.

The gunfire is crisp and the visibility is good.

"It's a very good experience. You designed this machine gun very well. You made 1899 of them before 5000. It's not difficult."

Trudeau grinned silently and finally said nothing, "Well, okay, boss."

Shi Jintang also understood Trudeau's thoughts, but he could not let him relax.

"The production of bullets for these firearms must also be arranged over there, and the company will do its best to produce them."

Trudeau immediately laughed bitterly and said, "BOSS, if you arrange it this way, will our arsenal still do foreign trade? This is too harsh."

"Foreign trade can be put aside first. If the production capacity cannot keep up, it will be rejected. The company's production needs are the most important thing!"

Trudeau was speechless: He used to work hard to make money, but now he doesn’t even make money even if he has money. I really don’t understand!
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