The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

The Rockefeller family was really arrogant, and Rockefeller Jr. placed an order for 300,000 Model T cars in one go and paid a deposit of $15 million.

After the money arrived, Andrews, who was a little strapped for the acquisition of a shipyard and the establishment of a car factory, had more money on hand again.

But instead of investing the money in shipyards and car factories, he bought a gun company that was on the verge of bankruptcy and instructed them to start producing guns that used smokeless gunpowder.

According to Andrews' information, the first Lebel rifle to use smokeless gunpowder in the Gauls was about to appear.

Compared to black powder, smokeless propellant is more powerful.

Using them as propellants can greatly increase the muzzle velocity and effective range of the rifle warhead.

Considering that the Empire's own Mauser rifle had lagged behind the Gauls in research and development, Andrews had to take matters into his own hands to prevent the Gauls from suppressing the Empire in weaponry after the Gauls developed a new smokeless powder rifle.

The Gauls' hatred of the empire was deep, so they had the potential to provoke war as long as there was a chance of victory.

At present, the empire cannot be involved in the war, and they must seize the time to develop well.

In this case, a large-scale war is a huge burden on the empire, and it is very likely that it will interrupt their path of development and rise.

And the best way to stop the war is to form an effective deterrent so that the enemy will not dare to act rashly!

The recipe for smokeless gunpowder was simple, and after purchasing the raw materials from the system, it was quickly trial-produced in accordance with the proportions specified by Andrews.

With a steady supply of smokeless gunpowder, the workers at the gunsmith quickly returned the first rifle using smokeless gunpowder back to Andrews.

After trying it out, Andrews was so pleased with the performance that he placed an order with the factory for 5,000 rifles.

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Outside Königsberg, the station of the 2nd Army Corps.

On this day, an exercise was being held within the corps.

Both sides of the exercise are the strength of one regiment, and the two sides can fight freely, and whoever can take the first to take the regimental flag on the other side's position will be considered victorious.

This kind of exercise has been carried out many times within the Second Army Corps, and because the forces of the two sides are relatively close, it is difficult to have the result that one side annihilates the other side completely.

Therefore, if you want to win, you can only find a way to take away the opponent's flag.

This requires a high level of command and timing on both sides, as both sides know that the other side wants to take their own flags, so they will do everything they can to protect them.

If you encounter a commander with a more cautious personality, such an exercise is likely to end in a draw, and neither side can help the other.

This time, the two main regiments with the strongest combat effectiveness within the Second Army Corps participated in the exercise, both of them had rich combat experience, and the commanders' abilities were also very good.

Therefore, many people who visited the exercise believed that this could be a tug-of-war that lasted for a long time, and as long as the two sides did not make mistakes, it was likely to end up in a draw.

However, when the battle began, the situation on the field was not as anxious as they imagined, but rather one-sided.

The 2nd Regiment, which was slightly inferior on paper, launched a fierce attack on the positions of the 1st Regiment as soon as the exercise began.

The audience thought that the second regiment would return in vain, but they did not expect that they actually took the opponent's position, and the director of the exercise judged that the first regiment suffered heavy casualties, and the defenders of the defensive position suffered more than half of the casualties!

Such a situation made everyone at the scene can't help but let out a burst of exclamations.

Everyone can't figure out what the hell is going on, is the second regiment bursting today?

Why did it suddenly become so powerful?

Why did the first regiment perform so badly, could it be that the commander made a mistake?

However, these people didn't see any mistakes in the first regiment just now, they were just defeated by the other party, and it was completely a gap in hard power.

However, isn't the strength on paper the first regiment stronger?

But why were they the ones who were defeated?

Just when they were puzzled in their hearts, Prince Frederick Karl clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention:

"Ladies and gentlemen, today I would like to introduce you to a new weapon!".

As he spoke, the guard next to him took out a brand new rifle and handed it to him.

Everyone looked at Prince Karl in unison, and found that he had a rifle in his hand that they had never seen before.

Could this be a new rifle produced by the Mauser company?

It doesn't look like it, but the design style of this rifle is completely different from that of the Mauser company, and it is more concise and cleaner than the Mauser family firearms.

Just from the appearance design, everyone present judged that the manufacturer of this firearm was not a Mauser rifle, and the company that designed and built this firearm had a good strength, otherwise it would not have been able to design such a clean and concise rifle.

"Come on, set up a target five hundred meters away!"

When Prince Karl saw the attention of the people who had attracted him, he had a target lifted and placed it in the distance, and the distance was marked at five hundred meters.

This distance was almost impossible to hit for the Mauser Type 1871 rifles that the Germans were now equipped with.

Although the maximum range of the Model 1871 Mauser rifle can reach 500 meters, once the bullet flies past 200 meters, the hit rate is pitifully low, unless it is unlucky, otherwise it is basically useless.

But everyone looked at Prince Karl's posture, and he was clearly completely sure that he could hit a target 500 meters away!

This made everyone feel very incredible!

Prince Karl took a deep breath, narrowed his eyes slightly, aimed at the target in the distance, and after stabilizing the rhythm of his breathing, he steadily pulled the trigger.

Bang!

With a crisp gunshot, the bullet made a sharp roar, and accurately hit the target five hundred meters away!

"Hit?".

"That's 500 meters!"

"His Royal Highness's marksmanship is simply amazing!".

"I'm a good girl, at a distance of 500 meters, I actually really hit, this is even more powerful than a sniper!".

Seeing that Prince Karl was shot by a shot, everyone was in an uproar, and then they discussed it gossipily.

They were both amazed by Prince Karl's superb marksmanship and full of curiosity about the rifle in his hand.

In their opinion, even if Prince Karl has excellent marksmanship, if he doesn't have the gun in his hand, I'm afraid that no matter how good his marksmanship is, he won't be able to hit the target.

"Your Highness, what's the name of this gun?"

Finally, someone couldn't help but be curious and asked.

"The Reich 1886 rifle, the latest product of the Danzig Gunsmith Factory!".

Prince Karl said with a proud face!

This is a firearm produced by his son, can he not be proud?

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