Empire in Progress

Chapter 60: Test(4)

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"Yes, so we must take revenge. If someone in the country stabs us in the back, we will never be defeated." Before others could react, Hitler started roaring again. After waiting for a long time, Hitler finally calmed down. Lin Wei continued, "We We don’t have the resources to fight with Britain and France, so we can only make improvements in weapons. There is an old saying in the East: Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. If we use tanks to compete with tanks from Britain, France and other countries, it is not cost-effective, so we need a A weapon that allows ordinary soldiers to confront tanks head-on."

While talking, Lin Wei took out a tube-like object from the box, which made the generals of the National Defense Forces scratch their heads. They didn't know what Lin Wei took out. Lin Wei smiled slightly: "This is our victory." Designed by Lupp's recent researcher Langeweiler, the tentative name is Panzerfaust anti-tank bazooka, with a caliber of 44mm, a length of 800mm in portable state, and a bazooka combat state of 800mm. Length---1050mm, total combat mass of the rocket launcher---4kg, mass of the rocket launcher---1.7kg, type of ammunition---broken Armor bullet diameter-----100mm bullet mass----2.3kg, explosive mass----1.2kg, muzzle velocity---90m/ sDirect shooting distance----120m, effective range---150m, maximum range---600m, rate of fire---1 shot/ min armor penetration thickness——150mm, vertical target density——0.01×0.01,m, sighting device——mechanical sight”.

Lin Wei touched the rocket launcher with an expression of wanting to appreciate a work of art. "The Iron Fist rocket launcher consists of a launch tube, a mechanical firing mechanism, a safety device, a firing system, a sight and a strap. The launch tube is a smooth straight tube with openings at both ends. The tube, with an inner diameter of 44mm, is made of seamless steel tube. It has a short trumpet-shaped expansion section and ammunition positioning gap in the front, and a barrel tail strengthening hoop in the back. The sight frame and launch and firing machine base are welded to the barrel. The launch system consists of a flash cap. , fuse tube and ignition powder. The aiming device adopts a mechanical sight. The rear sight is foldable and can be folded in the rear sight frame at ordinary times. It is equipped with a super-caliber hollow-charge armor-piercing bullet. The bullet adopts the inertia of the bottom of the bullet to be instant-fired. Fuze. Most of the metal parts of armor-piercing projectiles are stamped from low-carbon steel plates. Except for the wind cap, they are all fixed by crimping and spot welding. The powder cover is made of 92.2% zinc, 7.35% aluminum and 0 .045% copper alloy, with a wall thickness of 2.7mm. It uses a 1:1 mixture of TNT and RDX."

"Hiss..." The generals of the National Defense Force certainly know what this means. If you really think what Lin Wei said, then this is really a terrible light weapon. Some generals have already begun to imagine the scene of a soldier fighting a tank alone.

Lin Wei had a clear view of everyone's reactions and walked to Hanil's side. "Uncle Hanil, can we start?"

"Of course, as the target of an epoch-making weapon, it is an honor for an unsuccessful tank," Hanil said with a smile.

Lin Wei walked to the servant and took the rocket launcher, "Lampard, you..." Gustave certainly didn't want his son to play the role of an experimenter, "Father, please don't worry, I will be fine." Lin Wei comforted.

After taking the rocket launcher, Lin Wei walked to a position about a hundred meters away from the tank. He took a deep breath and loaded the ammunition. He opened the sight and aimed at the experimental tank. Everyone looked at Lin Wei with wide eyes. Finally, Lin Wei Pulling the trigger, Lin Wei was shaken back by the recoil, but now they ignored him and focused on whether the rocket launcher could penetrate the tank. Coax... coax... the huge explosion was deafening. When the smoke dissipated, Rhine The metal chariot has become a pile of scrap metal.

"Huh... I succeeded. If I fail, I will be embarrassed." Lin Wei also breathed a sigh of relief.

The power of the explosion shocked everyone, but they all came to their senses immediately after all. Guderian first went to Lin Wei. "Lampard, this is really an epoch-making work. Let's discuss how to apply it in combat," Guderian said eloquently.

"Ah? General Guderian, let's wait another day," Lin Wei hurriedly refused, joking, I know how to use it in combat, how can I discuss it with you

Ludwig Baker led a large number of officers over, "Mr. Gustav, the test of your company's products was very successful!" General Ludwig Baker was very enthusiastic and talked to Lin Wei who was standing behind him. Gustav shook hands. It turned out that Gustav was worried that Lin Wei had walked behind Lin Wei. Lin Wei's eyes couldn't help but get wet.

Then General Ludwig Baker smiled and stretched out his right hand: "Congratulations, Mr. Lampard!".

"Thank you," Lin Wei replied politely. "But I want to say that there is still one weapon that has not come out."

"What?" Ludwig Beck said in surprise, "I don't know what surprises our little friend will bring us. If there are any, please bring them out quickly." The officers behind Ludwig Beck also said.

"Lampard, show us quickly," Hitler also urged.

"Gentlemen!" Lin Wei said loudly to the following, "The Treaty of Versailles of World War I restricted our armaments, preventing us from developing combat vehicles, and even limited the number of water-cooled machine guns we possess. This has greatly increased the combat efficiency of our army. reduction. As we all know, today's wars are all about the density of firepower delivery. That is to say, in a certain area, the side with the greater density of firepower in the shorter period of time is generally more likely to win. And what determines the fate of the infantry is The problem of the rate of fire of small weapons, especially machine guns." Lin Wei paused for a moment. He looked around and found that everyone present was listening to his speech carefully, and no one expressed any words to him. He was dissatisfied with his words, so he said more confidently: "Although the treaty does not allow us to develop water-cooled machine guns, we have developed many air-cooled machine guns. But general air-cooled machine guns have a big shortcoming , although the rate of fire is very high, the barrel is prone to overheating, and the most fatal thing is that it is prone to jamming. However, as a small support weapon, its support effect for infantry squad operations is relatively obvious, but as a heavy-duty weapon, it has a relatively high rate of fire. Machine guns do not seem to have strong sustained firepower. Therefore, in order to change this situation this time, Krupp developed a new type of machine gun with the help of predecessors' ideas. Although this machine gun adopts the design of predecessors, I think The new gun type has changed the concept of small arms design and is a completely epoch-making product."

At this point, Lin Wei clapped his hands, and the servants of the Krupp family pushed a large object over from the side of the experimental factory. That thing was much smaller than a chariot, but it was at least as big as a cabinet, with a curtain covering it.

Everyone! "Lin Wei walked up to the curtain, but he did not directly open the curtain. Instead, he smiled and said to the people present: "In 1861, Mr. Richard J. Gatlin, an American doctor, In order to shorten the war and reduce the casualties of young people, work began on a new, more effective weapon to defeat the southern warlords in one fell swoop. Finally, in November 1862, he obtained his first machine gun patent—the Gatling revolver gun. "

"This is the first automatic firearm in human history that can fire bullets continuously. It consists of five to ten barrels and completes locking, firing and ejection according to the principle of a clock. With this weapon, the U.S. Army In the subsequent Spanish-American War, the Spaniards were defeated in Cuba. However, due to the popularity of the Maxim machine gun, this hand-operated machine gun had its fatal weakness, which was first, its size was too large, and second, its ammunition supply The system is not as good as the Maxim, and thirdly, the rate of fire is slow. So this weapon has gradually been forgotten by people."

"But" Lin Wei paused deliberately when he said this, whetting his appetite before continuing, "We found that the Gatling gun still has a lot of room for improvement. A small improvement will make a big difference in its efficiency. , we installed a small generator on the machine gun, so that the theoretical rate of fire of the Gatling gun reached two thousand rounds per minute, of course, this is only the theoretical rate of fire."

"Because the rate of fire is too high, in order to maintain the rate of fire, the designed ammunition supply structure is relatively complex. The ammunition chain is made of plastic and enters the ammunition feeder through a metal ammunition belt. The ammunition feeder is driven by the rotor and first pushes the ammunition straight along the longitudinal direction. Take off the chain, and then push the bullet into the bullet-containing groove of the bullet-feeding wheel. There are seven bullet-containing grooves on the bullet-feeding wheel. This ensures the speed of bullet supply and achieves high shooting speed."

Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Lin Wei said, "Facts speak louder than words. Let's test what the improved Gatling can achieve now."

At this point, Lin Wei signaled to the Krupp tester that it was time to start. Tester Hassan pressed the trigger on the machine gun, and saw the machine gun rotating rapidly, and the bullets were fired rapidly forward. The target in front had already been hit. The bullet hit the wall behind the target.

The results of this test made Hitler and the generals of the Wehrmacht immersed in joy. The emergence of the Iron Fist prevented Germany from worrying about large-scale attrition when fighting enemy countries in the future. Gatling's high killing efficiency will also become a weapon for peace and security. A nightmare for the German combat armies.

After the test, Hitler excitedly invited everyone present to attend the upcoming cocktail party. This was of course the best choice at this time, so everyone came to the city hall in twos and threes.

The grand cocktail party dissipated the fatigue of the whole day. Whether it was the serious general, the formidable SS military police, or the heads of major companies, they all had a wild time at the cocktail party, showing their usually unknown side and hostility. The companies here shook hands with each other, the Wehrmacht captain and the SS gendarmerie researcher whose clothes were more beautiful.

The atmosphere of the cocktail party gradually reached its peak, and the guests who came and went all expanded their conversation partners, and they showed off their social skills uniformly. This is what Lin Wei is not good at. Lin Wei slipped to the balcony before anyone could find him. On the road, a person was blowing the breeze and watching the night view of Munich.

"Lampard, why did you come here to see the scenery?" Gustav had already arrived behind Lin Wei at some point.