Rebirth of the Northern Giants

How could the old man come out to greet him, Ye Zhikui couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Not long after, after the two sides met and greeted each other, Hua Hengfang took Ye Zhikui's hand and said happily, "Generalissimo, a light machine gun has been developed."

Hua Hengfang does not know the sun and the moon in the mountains, and does not hear foreign affairs. He still calls Ye Zhikui the generalissimo. Of course, Ye Zhikui does not think it is a pest. After thinking about it, he remembered that the last time the high-tech institute developed a domestic machine gun based on the Maxine machine gun. Later, Hua Hengfang mentioned the idea of ​​a light machine gun.

He had already forgotten about this matter, but now that Hua Hengfang said this, he immediately remembered it, and said with great surprise: "I never thought that Mr. Hua would give such a big gift to me when Ye Mou came. I."

Hua Hengfang smiled and waved his hands and said, "I don't dare to take credit for this old man, it was all done by Zhong Hu and Carter."

Ye Zhikui looked at Xu Jianyin who stood aside with a smile on his face.

Xu Jianyin was in his fifties, his body was a little fat and short, he lowered his head and kept silent. Seeing this, Hua Hengfang touched him helplessly.

Xu Jianyin raised his head and looked around in surprise. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he smiled awkwardly and asked Hua Hengfang softly, "Mr. Hua, what happened?"

"Zhong Hu, you are still thinking about those gunpowder formulas, and you are talking about your light machine gun with the Generalissimo."

Hua Hengfang obviously knew this junior very well, slapped his forehead, said with a smile with a slight headache, and then smiled apologetically at Ye Zhikui.

Ye Zhikui quickly said: "It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Xu is a role model for my generation."

Xu Jianyin touched his forehead lightly, and said with some frustration: "The generalissimo doesn't know, although the light machine gun has been developed, but the magazine capacity is only about 40 rounds, which is far from enough, and the barrel is prone to heat. Can't think of a good way to do it."

Xu Jianyin spoke regardless of the occasion, and bluntly revealed his shortcomings. The technicians behind seemed a little embarrassed. They all came to ask Ye Zhikui for credit. They never expected that this old Xu would say such a thing.

Ye Zhikui was stunned secretly. On the battlefield, rifles were fired one shot at a time, which was a world of difference compared to machine guns. After thinking about it, he said, "40 rounds is already a rare weapon. Why bother Mr. Xu?" Blame yourself, the barrel is hot, I don’t know if it can be equipped with a cooling device for quick replacement of the barrel.”

Xu Jianyin was taken aback for a moment, he had thought about this, but of course he wanted to solve the problem of gun barrel heating from the source.

But seeing that Ye Zhikui was so impatient, he couldn't say anything more, and echoed: "It is a good expedient measure to equip a cooling device. Please rest assured, Generalissimo. Xu will design it within five days at the latest." .”

"It's easy to say, easy to say," Ye Zhikui cupped his hands and said with a smile.

Soon a group of people came to the proving ground, which was filled with all kinds of new weapons, and many shooters were standing beside them and getting ready.

When they saw Ye Zhikui approaching, they were so excited that they all stood at attention and gave a military salute.

After Ye Zhikui returned the salute seriously, he looked at the weapons on the ground, and saw that the light machine gun was placed first, using a drum to feed the ammunition, and a small tripod was installed below it.

Hua Hengfang stepped forward and said to the soldiers with a smile: "All warriors, let the Generalissimo see the results of our high-tech institute's research over the past few days."

"Yes"

A soldier lay down on the ground and set up a machine gun without hesitation.

700 meters away, there were a large number of targets. The soldiers aimed a little, adjusted the tripod, and buckled it hard, and the machine gun bullets swept out.

Ye Zhikui nodded and smiled without saying a word. Although compared with the power of heavy machines, it is much smaller, but the weight is not comparable to that of heavy machine guns.

The target in front was swept away. Seeing this, the soldier quickly changed the magazine, then jumped up from the ground, picked up the machine gun and began to charge forward.

Shooting against the shoulder, the light machine gun weighing less than ten kilograms immediately showed its power in the soldier's hands. He almost didn't need to aim, just aimed at the target in front of him, and a large piece fell down.

If this is used in a battlefield assault, the effect can be imagined.

Ye Zhikui seemed to see groups of enemies falling down.

Even Wang Shizhen, who was as calm as Wang Shizhen, had a serious face, took a breath, and thought in his heart: Fortunately, these sharp weapons are in our hands.

After the soldier finished shooting, he returned to the original place with a blackened face, and watched Ye Zhikui excitedly report: "Marshal, the target shooting has been completed, please give instructions."

"Well done, take it easy"

Ye Zhikui patted him on the shoulder and praised him generously.

Turning to Xu Jianyin, Ye Zhikui continued to ask: "Mr. Xu, how many light machine guns can be produced in one month?"

Xu Jianyin lowered his head and calculated, carefully gave a number, and replied: "There is no problem with 10 or so."

"Well, the first batch of [-] will be produced first, and equipped to the frontline soldiers as soon as possible. This item should be used in the Sino-Japanese battlefield."

After speaking, Ye Zhikui walked towards the second army weapon.

Hua Hengfang, who was next to him, also introduced first: "Marshal, this is a sniper rifle. It was specially researched for them at the request of the Special Forces."

Sniper rifles have been used during the American Civil War, even in the current Boer War. There are also a large number of sharpshooters among the Boers. They can transform their rifles into a simple sniper rifle, which is not a rare equipment.

Ye Zhikui nodded, smiled and said, "Not bad."

Then signaled to start the experiment.

When Wang Shizhen gave an order, another short soldier quickly got down on the ground to demonstrate.

This gun is equipped with a 3x sight, and the soldier squinted his eyes expressionlessly at a target 800 meters away.

A few seconds later, there was a bang, and the soldier stood up confidently, waiting for the return of the observers.

Not long after, the observers brought back the target. Ye Zhikui saw that the center of the target had been shot through. It seemed that the soldier was a sharpshooter.

The effective range of a general rifle is 400 meters, but the penetration of this sniper rifle is 800 meters, twice that of a rifle. It is self-evident when used against enemy generals or in trenches on the battlefield.

"How mighty, Generalissimo"

While Ye Zhikui was daydreaming, Hua Hengfang interrupted with a smile.

Ye Zhikui shook his head, pointed at the sharpshooter, Shi Shiran said: "I have to ask him, they are the masters, and the soldiers are really good if they use them well."

The soldier said coldly: "Return to the Generalissimo, my special forces team is even more powerful with this weapon, even if the Generalissimo asks us to assassinate the Japanese Emperor now, I am confident that we can do it."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Zhikui eagerly, his calm demeanor complemented that of just now, obviously he was very resentful for being sent here to test the gun.

"Little devil, you're exaggerating, but since you said that, I'll give you a chance to go back to the army after the gun test." Ye Zhikui said with a smile.

"Thank you Generalissimo," the soldier replied with a serious face.

Ye Zhikui didn't know that it was his whim that directly led to the birth of a fearsome gun king on the Sino-Japanese battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by Hua Hengfang and others, Ye Zhikui watched the exercise of artillery weapons and equipment such as grenades, mortars, and anti-aircraft guns.

Mortars were used during the Sino-Russian War. In trench warfare, it was difficult for the Russian army to use ordinary artillery and machine guns to kill the Chinese army.

At this time, a Russian soldier named Nikolaevich tried to modify an old-fashioned 47mm naval mortar on a gun mount with wheels, and fired a long-tailed shell at a high elevation angle, and the result turned out to be effective. It defeated our army in the trench and repelled many attacks by the Chinese army.

After the war, although the Chinese army won the victory, the enemy's artillery that was born in an emergency on the battlefield was still fresh in my memory. In the post-war summary, it was specifically mentioned that the Ministry of the Army immediately made a decision and asked the High-tech Academy to do the research on its behalf.

Not to mention anti-aircraft guns, where there is a spear, there is a shield. As a country that uses airships most frequently, why didn't Ye Zhikui think about weapons to restrain airships? Therefore, when airships formed an army, research on artillery to deal with airships also began .

No, it was quickly developed by working together.