Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 774 Conclusion
Considering China's overall situation, neither the range nor the power of the artillery used in this place is the most important thing, the core is mobility.

In addition, considering the extremely poor industrial level of the Chinese people at that time, they must use as low-quality materials as possible to manufacture artillery, so as to ensure the raw materials for artillery manufacturing and even the source of future ammunition.

And these Jin-made artillery fully prove this point.Whether it is a 75mm mountain gun or a 105mm howitzer shell, it is extremely versatile. In addition to homemade shells, Japanese shells of the same caliber can also be used.

"The Chinese people used to think that these cannons were made from blueprints bought from Europe at that time, but in fact this is not the case." After checking all the materials, Liang Enruo said to Joan of Arc.

On the one hand, these artillery have obvious local characteristics, such as lighter gun bodies and carbon steel-based gun steel, these are issues that foreign artillery will not consider.

On the other hand, both the European-style horizontal wedge running bolt and casing self-tightening technology are very different from the domestically produced barrel artillery in the Beiyang period in the early 20th century and the Japanese artillery that appeared in the later period. .

Judging from the current clues, Liang En can conclude that the technical characteristics of this part of the artillery have obvious continuity, and it is definitely not something that can be achieved simply by buying blueprints.

Therefore, based on these clues alone, it can be inferred that from before and after the Central Plains War to before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Jinyang Arsenal once had a design team from a certain European country.

This design team combined the technical characteristics of France and Germany, and at the same time took into account the overall situation of some parts of China at that time, especially Jin Province.

Therefore, in their design, the convenience of animal power and even human mobility is the first consideration, and the second is to increase the caliber as much as possible, and put the range at the bottom.

This is obviously a pragmatic idea. After all, the terrain of Jin Province is complicated, and the Jinsui Army at that time did not have aerial reconnaissance capabilities at all, so a shorter range will not affect too much.

And these are exactly in line with the characteristics of the Swiss team that Liang En and the others know: as a country located between France and Germany, it also has certain industrial capabilities, so it is normal to have French and German characteristics in the design.

At the same time, the whole of Switzerland is a mountainous country, so if this country wants to manufacture weapons, it must consider the use under mountainous conditions, so many research results can be directly applied.

After all, until today, the use environment of weapons is still something that needs to be paid attention to in the design process of those weapons. Taking Switzerland as an example, they will add mufflers to their tank engines,

This is basically non-existent in other countries.The reason why the muffler is added is of course not for environmental protection, but because if the muffler is not added, the noise produced by the armored troops marching in the mountains will be heard by the enemy far away.

There is even a small detail that can provide evidence: China’s record is that these blueprints and artillery came from Germany. Considering that the Swiss entered China secretly at that time, it is very possible to disguise themselves as Germans in public.

On the one hand, because German weapons had a high reputation in China at that time, a group of German designers sounded more valuable.

On the other hand, because more than 70% of Swiss people use German in their daily life, it is most convenient to pretend to be German. At least most Chinese people at that time could not tell the difference between them.

"I think you are right. At least now it can be confirmed that my father did go to China and became a member of the artillery design team at that time."

After sending everything to Mr. Frey, he carefully read all the materials and Liang En's analysis conclusion, and then spoke.

"This answer makes me feel very happy, because it means that my father is not an accomplice to the invaders, and even helped provide weapons to those who resisted the aggression."

"Yes, your father did help a distant country resist those invaders." Liang En nodded and said, he thought it would be better not to pour cold water on this old man at this time.

After all, the Shanxi-Sui army collapsed thousands of miles in the early days of the War of Resistance, and colluded with the Japanese invaders in the middle. After the victory of the War of Resistance, they recruited and hired these invaders to fight the civil war and slaughter the people.

From a certain point of view, these people are not worthy of the good weapons specially designed according to the local environment. Those weapons are simply useless in the hands of these people.

But fortunately, there are still some weapons that really stood on the battlefield to fight against the invaders. For example, some of the 75mm mountain guns made by the Japanese were abandoned when they fled with the army recently, and then were acquired by the Eighth Route Army.

From this point of view, Mr. Frey's father did indeed make important contributions to China's war of resistance, and really hit those invaders on the battlefield.

In addition to reporting the investigation to Mr. Frey, Liang En and the others also sent the same report to the museum curator in Huaxia, which also solved a mystery in their history.

Of course, in addition to the report, Mr. Frey also gave them a gift, which is to donate the blueprints found before to this special weapons museum.

According to Liang En's previous analysis, these blueprints were probably taken away by the design team at that time because they did not want their works to be taken away by the invading Japanese devils.

But because these weapons are really backward in Europe, and in order to avoid unnecessary attention, they did not choose to accept these drawings in this regard.

Therefore, these supposedly confidential drawings did not enter Switzerland in the end, but were placed in the small city on the border between Switzerland and Germany.

Thanks to Frey's father, who never forgot about these works of his, he sorted out and maintained these drawings every once in a while, so these drawings have been successfully preserved to this day.

As for Mr. Frey, he naturally has more affection for this thing than his father, so he thinks that returning these blueprints to the original owners is the most appropriate way.

After all, the history represented by these drawings is more important in distant China, so Mr. Frey, who is now old, thinks it is a good idea to send these drawings back to the original place.

Of course, as a businessman, especially a businessman in the field of precision machinery, Mr. Frey naturally knows how vast the Huaxia market is, so he also hopes to seize this opportunity to establish a good relationship with there. .

Naturally, Liang En was willing to facilitate this kind of thing that both parties could benefit from, so under his efforts to mediate and connect, the two parties decided to hold a handover ceremony in Huaxia's museum in more than a week.

"This is a good ending, isn't it?" Listening to the communication between the two parties, Joan of Arc whispered to Liang En with a smile.

"That ancient country got the witness of the anti-aggression war that year, and Mr. Frey also got what he wanted. It seems that we have handled this matter pretty well."

(End of this chapter)