The government of the North is in trouble, and the government of the South is not much better. The first was the internal power struggle, and the newly formed Confederate government was entirely the result of compromise and balance among the states.

As a temporary grass platform team, the execution can naturally not be counted on. Most of the work can only be carried out with the cooperation of the state government.

Under dual leadership, chaos of all kinds is inevitable.

After the victory at the Battle of Cincinnati, the Southern government was attacking from all sides, when it should have taken advantage of the victory to pursue and concentrate on the industrial centers of the northern government in one fell swoop.

Attacks were launched successively on Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illino, Iowa and other bordering areas.

The four-sided style of play seems to be powerful, and it has achieved the goal of defending the enemy from the country, but it also loses the opportunity to end the war quickly.

This stalemate was a favorite of the great powers, and arms dealers from all over the world gathered in North America to carve up the feast.

In a manor house in Missouri, the owner, John Casey, smiled and asked, "Ficker, how are the talks?" ”

Ficker hung his head and said, "Don't mention it, my friend. The business could not be done, and the state government actually wanted to buy breech rifles.

God, the main weapon in the world right now is the breech rifle. Besides, what's the difference between loading bullets from the front and loading them from the back, aren't they all fired? ”

For this war, Ficker brought in 200 artillery pieces and 30,000 rifles, ready to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. Naturally, the artillery was sold at a high price, but the rifles were not so lucky.

During the war years, everyone was the most realistic, and whatever weapon was useful, whatever weapon was used. There is no doubt that breech-loading rifles, which can be fought on their stomachs, are more competitive than breech-loading guns.

The southern government was already at a disadvantage in terms of manpower, although it had risen from 1:2 to 2:3 in history, they still could not afford to die, and the state government wanted to reduce the number of casualties among soldiers as much as possible.

John Casey shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, I can't help you with this." If it were normal times, it would not be difficult to convince the state government to procure a batch of weapons, but now it is a time of war.

We have to take into account the opinion of the military, everything is about winning the war. The breech rifles provided by the Austrians were really good, and I tried them myself.

Both the rate of fire and the rate of hit have been greatly improved. The only weakness is probably that the range is not long enough, but this is not a weakness either.

On the battlefield, most soldiers can only have a hit rate within 200 meters, and the range of 800 meters is enough. ”

Ficker complained, "Damn, why didn't you tell me if you knew?" I wasted my energy in vain, I knew that I would have gone to the north, but I came here for the sake of your face. ”

John Casey said without changing his face: "It's not your own doing, who told me that the weapon in his hand is the most advanced in the world?" ”

Ficker said dissatisfiedly: "My guns are indeed the most advanced in the world, at least in breech guns. ”

John Casey reluctantly said, "Well, even if that's the case, it's useless. Who made you late, if it was a month in the morning, the government would have bought these guns openly.

Not now, it turns out that breech guns are being eliminated. The government will not joke with the lives of soldiers and purchase this batch of outdated equipment.

Why don't you modify this batch of guns, I've seen that it's not difficult to convert them into breech-loading rifles. Although the cost has increased a little, can't it all be earned back later? ”

Ficker's brow furrowed, and his dissatisfaction flickered. Modification is easy to say, but this is not Europe, but the southern United States, and there are not many factories capable of modifying rifles.

And one of them, is John Casey's Arsenal. It is said that it is an arsenal, but in fact it has just been rebuilt.

Before the division between the north and the south, it was only a machine factory. However, John Casey was shrewd, and as soon as the South declared independence, he ordered equipment from Europe, poached people from several arsenals in the country, and turned the machine factory into an arsenal.

Naturally, it is impossible for the temporarily created grass platform team to develop new weapons.

The production capacity also did not meet John Casey's expectations, and now it is only able to produce 3 guns, 800 rifles, and 50,000 rounds of ammunition per month.

It is impossible to use the full capacity of the production line without one or two years.

Apparently this is something that John Casey can't wait. Who knows how long this civil war will last, and once the war is over, it will be a difficult problem for the arsenal to survive.

The advent of breech rifles brought a turnaround to John Casey. Modification of a breech rifle is undoubtedly much faster than the production of a rifle.

With his connections in Missouri, there was no problem at all in selling the old converted guns to the government for the price of new guns.

However, not all guns can be modified, some rifles are easy to modify, and some rifles are not worth the losses when they are modified.

Ficker's tens of thousands of rifles are undoubtedly suitable for modification. The relationship between the two is not bad, but in the face of interests, the relationship is the most unreliable.

John Casey's armory equipment was bought from Ficker, and now feng shui is turning, and this time he is ready to slaughter Ficker.

As for whether Ficker will refuse, naturally not. As long as you think about it with your brain, you know that these guns can't be sold in the south, and they still can't be sold in the north.

Austrian arms dealers can't be expected to sell arms to the Southern government and not to the Northern government, right?

The breech rifle is not a high-tech product, and it will only take a month to get a sample and want to imitate it, and if Austria does not sell it, European countries will still sell it.

Moreover, the northern government will also copycat itself. Now that the United States is the world's largest copycat country, it is not easy to copy a rifle?

After leaving the American market, it will be difficult to sell these tens of thousands of rifles. This also has to consider the increased transportation costs, it is better to choose cooperation, how much can be earned.

Ficker said directly: "Okay, my friend will make a price, as long as the price is right, I will sell it to you." ”

As a qualified arms dealer, since he guessed John Casey's purpose, he naturally would not choose to modify and be cheated for a sum of money.

John Casey smiled and quoted, "Twenty-five thousand pounds." ”

Hearing this number, Ficker immediately became angry, stood up and said, "Why don't you go and grab it?" ”

John Casey comforted, "As for the fuss, my friend. In business, this obsolete weapon is now worthless.

In addition to making modifications, you can only sell to indigenous tribes, so many guns are you going to sell until that year?

It is also risky for me to buy this batch of guns for modification, it will take time to refit, and in case the civil war suddenly ends, it will all be smashed on my hands.

For the sake of an old friend's face, I add another three thousand pounds, which is already the highest price.

You must know that the Southern government has just signed a huge military order with Austria, and they sold 200,000 breech rifles to the Southern government at one time. ”

Ficker's face changed dramatically, which is undoubtedly bad news. As he returned to normal, 200,000 rifles seemed like a lot, but in fact they were scattered across the fourteen Confederate states, averaging less than 15,000 rifles in each state.

This is far from satisfying everyone's needs, especially for a front-line state like Missouri.

Breech guns are not easy to sell, and that's because the Americans themselves have a lot of them. In this country where everyone has guns, if you don't have a gun of your own, you are embarrassed to say that you are American.

Fisher bargained: "100,000 pounds, this is already the lowest price on the international arms market." ”

After a moment of contemplation, John Casey quoted again: "Twenty-nine thousand pounds, who made us old friends!" ”

"Ninety-five thousand pounds, it can't be lower."

"I add another two thousand pounds, and I can't go any higher."

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