Forty-Four Wasted Bullets
Except for the elite teaching group, Chris has not relaxed the development and production of weapons for the past two months.
The Maxim heavy machine gun, which uses the 7.92mm bullet, has been developed. The design accuracy of this weapon is actually no higher than that of the Mauser rifle, so the technical difficulty of production is not high.
The ammunition problem that Chris was worried about has also improved with the gradual increase in the number of bullet factories. Recently, the industrial production rate of Ailan Hill has been at least a hundred times faster than before.
Yes, starting from nothing is actually the most difficult process. When there are more machines and the parts needed for the equipment are mass-produced, the expansion speed of the factory will completely fly.
The first lathes were assembled by hand filing parts, which of course was slow. The second lathe can use the first lathe to process the prototype, and then simply grind and modify it by hand, and the speed is naturally much faster.
By the time the third and fourth machines were installed, the workers had become proficient, and the processing speed of the machinery had doubled—then the speed at which these devices were produced would be even faster.
After more than a year of accumulation, Ailan Hill, who has reached the second year of industrialization, has reached a certain level of familiarity with machinery, so Chris can let go of many things as long as he takes out the drawings.
In fact, not everything is perfect, because Alan Hill still has not popularized electricity. Although thermal power plants have been established, the electricity that can be generated is basically provided to factories that are constantly expanding.
Even the castle where Chris is located, his base camp, still uses pitiful candles and "horse lanterns". Although the horse lantern is also convenient, because of the use of kerosene, Chris is generally reluctant to use it.
After all, even kerosene is an under-produced material. Compared with China during the Anti-Japanese War, the situation in Ailan Hill is not much better.
Although the progress in chemistry has been huge, many things are still stagnant because of the relationship between raw materials.
In order to meet the needs of farming next year, Chris arranged some small chemical plants in advance to start producing fertilizers. This is one of the foundations of Chris's "wealth of nations", nothing to eat, everything is a mirror image.
He followed the way of industrialization in China before, and built five local small enterprises, namely small fertilizer plants, small power plants and other factories, not seeking advanced technology, but only to meet local needs.
With the support of these small factories, Chris has trained a large number of "capitalists", and these capitalists will learn new technologies hard after making profits and become firm supporters of Chris's technological expansion.
They learn, are hyphenated, and have a cultural foundation. After making money, you still have the mind and desire to protect your property and status. With these people, Chris can improve the quality of the population on a large scale, and can have more qualified workers and technicians.
When the quality of the population increases to a certain level, the quality of the soldiers will be improved by leaps and bounds. At that time, more troops can be expanded to sweep the world for Ailan Hill.
Chris, who originally wanted to mass-produce the MG42 machine gun, finally compromised with reality. The replacement of the barrel and the ultra-high rate of fire made the MG42 a nightmare for bullet supply.
So he can only honestly produce the Maxim heavy machine gun first, and use water cooling to save more resources.
As a result, the heavy machine guns produced are also cumbersome weapons with wheels, and they also need to be dragged by war horses, and they also need several soldiers to serve them, just like a small cannon.
However, after seeing the power of the Maxim's heavy machine gun, both Vagron and Modler felt that this weapon was a good thing, and they all hoped to equip more machine guns and more ammunition as soon as possible.
Heavy machine guns towed by horses are not entirely without benefits,
One of the advantages is that the heavy machine gun has a shield, and the safety of the shooter has a higher guarantee.
The second advantage is that this machine gun has a multi-purpose firing bracket, which can fire instantly in the air. The emergence of heavy machine guns gave the infantry a kind of air defense heavy firepower that was better than nothing.
As for how many heavy machine guns each infantry company should be equipped with, it became the fuse of the world war between the commanders of the army and the industrial sector.
Vagron, Modler and others naturally believe that the more heavy machine guns a company is equipped with, the better. If you can, it is completely possible to set up a full-heavy machine gun.
And Minister Smith and Gourlow and others complained to Chris about the lack of capacity in the industrial sector. Chris also knows that he has just gotten out of the crisis of insufficient bullet capacity, and there is still a long way to go before he can spend freely.
Therefore, after Chris's balance, it was temporarily decided that an infantry company should be equipped with 2 Maxim heavy machine guns. As for whether to change it in the future, it depends on the future conditions.
Produced together with the heavy machine gun, there is also a sharp weapon for reconnaissance. Chris invented the telescope a long time ago, and it has finally been put into mass production recently.
The latest binoculars are very convenient and are extremely popular high-end military equipment. Because of the production plant, Ireland Hill's troops are now equipped to the company.
In addition, some special units are also equipped with binoculars, such as the corrected firing observers of the artillery unit, and the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the anti-aircraft warning, and the heavy machine gun group.
The reason why they are all equipped with binoculars is because these troops need a very long observation distance to be able to fight better.
"Tutu! Tutu!" On the hillside, the newly formed heavy machine gun team was training to fire with their weapons. Because tracer rounds were not developed, their ballistic corrections depended entirely on the feel of the shooter.
Next to the machine gun, the commander knelt on the ground with a telescope, loudly reminding his shooter: "No target coverage! Raise the elevation angle by one ruler!"
The lieutenant lying next to the shooter immediately pulled out a fixed tenon stuck on the machine gun scale. The shooter pressed the gun down a little bit, so that the muzzle was raised a little higher. Then the pair inserted the tenon back into the fixed point on the ruler.
"Tutu! Tutu!" The second round of shooting started immediately after the adjustment, and another row of bullets flew towards the target and landed on the distant target area.
The commander with the telescope cheered loudly, because he saw the target area a thousand meters away from the telescope, and a white smoke was shot out by the bullet.
"Hit the target! Beautiful shot!" He cheered loudly and cheered his comrades: "Prepare to move the position! Go to the next launch position!"
The two soldiers who had been lying in the back immediately got up, one led the war horse, the other stepped forward to help, and pulled the two heavy wooden wheels of the heavy machine gun out of the dug out of the fixed pit.
Even the ammunition plus special brackets, as well as wheels and shields, plus the machine gun itself and the water in the water pipe on the barrel... This Maxim is not light, and it takes many people's efforts to move the position.
The four of them had to hang their machine guns behind the war horses, and the grooms urged the war horses to drive towards the next firing position. These soldiers should be equipped with self-defense revolvers according to regulations, but now they only have empty holsters on their waist belts.
All weapons must be produced little by little, and a little bit of equipment must be given to the troops: Don't you see, many second-line troops, training machine gun teams, are still using wooden counterweight models?
"This machine gun team is also good." Chris looked at the machine gun team rushing to the next firing position, and said to the officer behind him with satisfaction: "How many such teams do we have now?"
"Almost, there are 17 of them. They are the seeds of the teaching regiment, and they will be responsible for training more machine gun teams in the future." The officer looked at the form in his hand and replied.
"Very good! Not bad!" Chris was in a very good mood as he watched his army grow stronger day by day, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He even moved to improve his thoughts: "Let's go! Go to the pistol target area! I'm going to shoot two shots to practice."
There is no man who does not like games like target shooting and archery. This is a man's instinctive desire, just as they like the mechanical roar of cars, the destruction of cannons, and the charm and beauty of women.
Chris is naturally unavoidable. He has experimented with cannons and shot 30mm anti-aircraft guns with his own hands. Now he has the opportunity, he often goes to the shooting range to shoot a few shots.
Standing in the shooting area, Chris pulled out the pistol from his waist and aimed at the distant target. There are standard 6 rounds of 9mm caliber bullets in his pistol, which can accurately hit the target at a distance of about 30 meters.
He closed one eye, looked through the crosshair, and saw the target in the distance. Standing with a standard pistol, he pulled the trigger sharply, and the Colt pistol in his hand immediately responded to his action: "Bah!"
Seventh ring, sixth ring, seventh ring... Chris's marksmanship is actually not accurate, he just likes to vent and like the thrill of pouring ammunition at the target, so he shoots very fast, and quickly fired 6 rounds bullet.
Without looking at his grades, Chris lowered his head and started loading his pistol, looking very professional.
Not far away, Vagron, who also came to shoot the target, smiled wickedly, and asked the officer in charge of the shooting range who came to greet him, "Your Majesty is here again?"
"Isn't that true... I'm wasting bullets again..." The officer at the shooting range was also full of wicked smiles, and seemed to be used to his majesty who slandered him behind his back: "Every day..."