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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 145 The Warrior Who Eats Crabs

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    Update time: 2012-08-07

    "Gun, there is something wrong with your weapons list. The rifle you requested is the M1903 Springfield rifle. Although this is the standard rifle of the US military, the quantity is not enough even for the US military itself. The Department of War (the future US Department of Defense) has planned to  Modify the production line for the British P14 rifle to produce the 7.62mm caliber m1917 rifle, using the same 30.06 ammunition as the m1903 Springfield rifle! "

    Rui Enshi looked at the list of weapons on the table in a daze. When Wang Geng gave him the list yesterday, he didn't know the mystery in it. When he went back and asked the military attach¨¦ of his embassy, ??he discovered that there were many problems!

    Wang Geng secretly laughed in his heart, knocked on the armrest of the chair and said, "Paul, I'm afraid you don't know whether your War Department's decision to convert the British Lee-Enfield P14 rifle into an M1917 rifle was the suggestion I gave to President Wilson when I left the United States.  Because of this, I estimate that the US military will use the m1917 rifle as its main equipment in this war. The originally produced m1903 Springfield rifle can be used to arm my participating troops. This is the best of both worlds!"

    Rui Enshi blushed, obviously not expecting Wang Geng to have already taken aim at the US military's m1903 Springfield rifle, which would become useless due to insufficient production. The man was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ask,

    "Gun, what kind of medicine are you selling in the gourd? Since you know that the US military will mainly equip the m1917 modified and produced by the British P14, why do your Chinese participating troops choose the m1903 Springfield rifle with insufficient production capacity and smaller quantities? I don't believe it  You have no reason to make such a decision!" the American Minister asked suspiciously. Based on his understanding of the War Supervisor and the Five-Nation Negotiation Supervisor in front of him, this guy would never do a loss-making business!

    Why did your model army choose the m1903 Springfield manual rifle instead of the m1917 as its standard equipment?  There are too many reasons for Wang Geng:

    For example, the m1903 Springfield-style design, advanced craftsmanship, and sophisticated finalization have been tested in actual combat!

    For example, the full gun length of the m1903 Springfield is 1098 mm, which is 77 mm shorter than the 1175 mm length of the m1917. The barrel is 50 mm shorter, making it lighter. The actual empty gun weight is also 0.22 kg lighter than the m1917, which means the same  In terms of carrying weight, soldiers using the m1903 Springfield rifle will carry two more rows of ten bullets (the full weight of the Springfield 0.30-06 rifle bullet is 22.66 grams)

    For another example, after the end of World War I, the makeshift m1917 rifle was withdrawn and sealed by the United Kingdom and the United States at the same time, but the U.S. military still chose the m1903 Springfield, a lighter and more reliable famous gun, as its standard rifle.

    Of course, if you want to find some more reasons, this m1903 Springfield style was nicknamed "Citi China Official" on the domestic battlefield of the Republic of China in the previous century. It is almost a powerful twin brother carved from the same mold as China's famous domestic rifle.

    Another more critical reason is that during the war, the US military will fully produce and equip the m1917 rifle with a modified caliber from the P14, which means that the production line and equipment of the m1917 rifle will always be at full capacity and in short supply.  Down.

    Under such circumstances, Wang Geng had a much greater chance of success by focusing on the production lines and equipment of the m1903 Springfield rifles in relatively neglected American arsenals. The reason is very simple: the system selected by the first Chinese participating army  The rifle is an m1903 Springfield. The m1903 Springfield production line at the Second American Arsenal is more likely to be idle and sold due to insufficient production capacity!

    The United States is a capitalist world. It is now 1917, and the war will end in at least a year and a half. At this moment, no arsenal boss can predict that the M1917, which is in full swing, will be withdrawn from service after the war, while the neglected M1903 will remain in storage forever.  Youth, in this case, selling the m1903 production line and equipment to raise funds, and then purchasing and configuring the m1917 production line and equipment with large production orders, will become one of the natural choices.

    ??It¡¯s a simple truth that I take what others abandon!

    Faced with the question from the American Minister Rui Enshi, Wang Geng gave a very simple reason. The production of m1903 was small and no one bought it. It was used to equip the Chinese participating armies in the initial stage. They just picked up the missing parts and made up for what they needed, ensuring that there was no waste!

    Rui Enshi was doubtful, but knew that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't force him out. He had a good grasp of Wang Geng's temper. If you wanted to tell you something, he would tell you directly without asking. If you didn't want to tell you, he would tell you straightforwardly.  , you can¡¯t find out his true intentions even by beating around the bush!

    "Gun, you're talking about the equipment of ten divisions. Why do they cost 200,000 rifles alone? One of your Beiyang divisions only has 15,000 people. What kind of organization do you have!" Rui Enshi is obviously a veteran negotiator.

    "The organization you are talking about is the Beiyang organization. Since my participating army will be unified under the command of the US military in the future, of course it will be based on the organization of the US military. My participating army will have one division, three brigades, one divisional heavy artillery regiment and one mechanized  For a tank and armor combat detachment, a division will need 28,000 people, in my opinion.Even 200,000 m1903 Springfield rifles may not be enough for a division!  "

    Wang Geng replied casually while letting the cigar smoke dance between his fingers.

    Rui Enshi was paused when he heard the words, but couldn't find the words to refute for a moment. The total number of new and old soldiers in Si Nanyuan has gone to 25,600, and the number of the participating army is only the First Division. It seems that what he said is not true.  Wow, the American minister looked down with his head sullenly, and then shouted again:

    "The standard rifle for your participating army is the m1903 Springfield. How come the light machine gun is such a non-existent thing? What is it called the m1917 Browning squad machine gun? The military attach¨¦ at the embassy told me that this thing is not included in the standard weapons of the US military! I  Where can I get it for you? The military attache told me that it only has the m1917a1 water-cooled heavy machine gun!"

    The tip of the American minister¡¯s nose was sweating. He was laughed at by several military attach¨¦s and secretaries when he returned with that list yesterday.

    Damn it, Wang Geng laughed to himself. The official name of this gun in its previous life should be the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, or bar for short. It is an automatic rifle designed by John Moses Browning in early 1917. It can be semi-automatic and fully automatic.  It is designed to be automatic. It also uses 30.06 rifle ammunition and a twenty-round magazine. However, it is too heavy for a rifle, weighing 7.5 kilograms, and the recoil is too great when firing fully automatically. In fact, it was used as a squad light machine gun by the US military in its previous life.  to use.

    Browning had just completed trial production of this gun before Wang Geng left the United States in early March. The small arms bidding team of the U.S. Department of War did not take a fancy to this gun at first, saying that it was too heavy to carry as an automatic rifle and could not be used as a light machine gun ammunition.  The magazine capacity is only 20 rounds, and the firepower is not sustainable enough. Moreover, unlike other light machine guns, the barrel can be easily replaced during continuous shooting. If the gun continues to fire for a long time, the ammunition will burn the barrel.

    At that time, Wang Geng had an idea and exchanged the patent for the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, which was still in the prototype gun development stage, with John Moses Browning's gun. In other words, at this moment, the Technology R&D Center under the Manhattan Industrial Bank  The small arms laboratory also owns a full set of drawings and shared patents for the m1 Garand and Browning m1917.

    As a master of weapons design, John Moses Browning was full of praise for the design of the m1 Garand semi-automatic rifle developed by Wang Geng and Garand. In fact, in this patent exchange and sharing, it was Browning who took advantage.  , because it is obvious that the m1 Garand semi-automatic rifle will be popular as a standard weapon for individual soldiers in the future. The market demand and output of the m1917bar light machine gun, which can only be used in the field of squad light machine guns, are more than ten times greater!

    "My dear Paul, you are so uninformed. This m1917 Browning squad light machine gun and the m1 Garand semi-automatic rifle behind it were designed and finalized a week ago, and are likely to become the standard weapons of the US military in the future.  Of course, there is a process, because China does not yet have the conditions to produce these two guns, so I am listed on the list of US military aid. My participating soldiers will eat the first crab for you. You are brave, right?  How should you thank me?" Wang Geng chuckled and revealed the answer.

    "What? Such a thing actually exists?" Rui Enshi was stunned for a moment, thinking how could this be possible? This is too unbelievable.

    "There is nothing impossible. The patents for these two guns are jointly held by Browning and the Small Arms Laboratory, a technology research and development center affiliated to Manhattan Industrial Bank. And I am the controlling shareholder of Manhattan Industrial Bank, and I am the owner of this Garand m1  The patent co-owner, is it okay now?" Wang Geng said with a smile.

    "No wonderbut thisgunhas just been designedyou dare to equip it in batches? Are you afraid that if you step on a mine, the gun will not work?" the American minister stammered.

    "So, didn't you see? On the list, I only listed 30,000 m1917 Browning squad machine guns and 60,000 m1 Garand semi-automatic rifles. If this amount is used to equip the US military to fight in Europe, it is far from enough.  I can let my Chinese soldiers eat the first crab!" Wang Geng said with certainty.
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