Following the prestige, the company commander, Captain Wolfgang, walked over with a rifle, and Lucas took a closer look and realized that it was not the semi-automatic rifle he had just played.

"Arrived with the HK98 semi-automatic rifle, a new gadget for you snipers, the HK86SG, because neither of these guns is mass-equipped, but we are only used first, so there is no official number now. I don't have a scope, but I've already calibrated the gun, so let's give it a try. Wolfgang said, then handed the gun to Karl.

Karl skillfully pulled the bolt of the gun, then checked the new gun back and forth, and read it again and again: "Is the bolt still from the Gew.86, an improved version of the Gew.86SG?" The bending angle of the grip is really not small, it is close to 90°, and it will be much more comfortable to hold the wrist for a long time. The upper handguard is all gone, and the lower handguard is also half short, why is that? Oh? Using a magazine to feed ammunition? It's a lot easier. Oh! And this thing?! ”

Carl sighed as he opened the bipod attached to the lower handguard and set it up on the table.

Carl was playing with a new sniper rifle modified from the standard Gew.86SG, and Jochen could think of any new ideas for a sniper rifle that were used for it, eliminating the upper handguard and cutting off the lower handguard and not making contact with the barrel, resulting in a floating design that favors accuracy.

The large arc of the downward curved grip form a shape similar to a pistol grip, a bipod is mounted at the front end of the lower handguard, and the bolt and barrel are exactly the same as those of the Gew.86SG.

Although the use of a heavier barrel with higher accuracy was considered, considering the cost, and the fact that the current optical sight is not so high, it can only be abandoned. However, the few heavy barrels that have been tried out can achieve a smaller MOA (angular fraction) than a normal Star Javelin barrel.

Magazine feeding is the most important part of the improvement. The original Gew.86SG was blocked by the same upper reload as the Gew.86 after the scope was installed, and the sniper could not use the bridge clip and could only stuff the bullets into it one by one. Reloading is too slow.

Therefore, the design of using magazines to feed ammunition from below came into being, and the internal structure of the whole gun was changed very little, and most of the important parts were common to the Gew.86.

The advantages of using magazine loading were evident on the new gun, and after firing 10 rounds, Karl pulled the bolt with his right hand to exit the cartridge case, and then used his left hand to pinch a new magazine from the bottom. Then use your thumb to push the shoots, then flip your wrist, pinch the new magazine with your little finger, ring finger, and middle finger, and pinch the empty magazine on the gun with your thumb and index finger and pull it down, pull out the empty magazine and release the two fingers, the magazine falls to the ground, and then immediately load the new magazine, and then push the bolt with your right hand to reset and complete the loading. The whole action is done in one go.

It was more than 10 times faster than holding a bullet in his right hand and stuffing it one shot at a time, and after firing another magazine, Carl left behind the semi-automatic rifle he was clamoring for to play, shouting that this rifle was suitable for a top sniper like him.

While his partner was having fun, Lucas also raised the issue of the 10-round magazine to Wolfgang about the inadequacy of the new firearm.

"Don't worry, the quartermaster said that the HK98 is said to have a 20-round version, but it was not shipped this time. The 10-round magazine is the same as the HK86SG magazine. Interchangeable.

They said that the people of the HK company said that if the HK86SG was used with a 20-round magazine, it might be too high for the aiming baseline and not suitable for shooting in a lying position. And it's not as easy to reload as the 10-round version. So let's ship some 10-round versions and try them first. New gadgets, there must be a lot of problems, and we have time to find fault with it. ”

After saying that, he picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew it, and the gunfire in the shooting range stopped abruptly, and Captain Wolfgang clapped his hands. After making sure everyone was focused, he shouted to everyone in the range:

"Okay, what should I do. It's the New Year, and since this thing has arrived, it won't run, and you'll be dressed up after the New Year. But keep in mind that these things aren't cheap. When the time comes, give me all the care to use, then each gun will have a set of cleaning and maintenance tools and instructions, if anyone accidentally breaks it for me, then let me continue to use the old guy, do you understand?! ”

Although everyone answered in unison, "Got it!" But looking at the guys who were holding guns like stroking their lovers, Wolfgang shook his head with a smile and said: "I can't stand you guys, okay, let you be happy for a while, give you a few more hours, end on time at 1130 in the morning, and then clean the shooting range for me, this is an order, understand?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Looking at the excited guys, Wolfgang waved his hand: "Disband!" The gang gathered around the target again, and the morning of the first day of 1899 was spent in the crisp sound of gunfire.

In the immediate aftermath of the New Year, the government offices of the German Empire, which had spent the holidays, resumed their usual busyness, and the Reichstag welcomed the impassioned speech of a bearded man.

Although Tirpitz had been secretary of state in the Navy office for less than two months, he submitted his proposal to Congress immediately after taking office, and perhaps the bearded man was not as well prepared as she was in history, where she had a full year to lay the groundwork for her own plan.

Through guò's vigorous propaganda offensive, Tirpitz smoothly engaged the whole German society in the expansion of the navy's armaments, and through guò's agitation and organization, the entrepreneurs saw the wonderful prospect of naval shipbuilding for industrial ordering; The Social Democrats and the guilds saw the possibility of increasing employment and raising workers' wages; The imperialists saw the possibility of overseas expansionary interests; Nationalists, on the other hand, saw an opportunity to further sit on the throne of world power.

Tirpitz did not have such time to prepare, but that still did not thwart his efforts to turn the whole of Germany into a naval factory.

Fortunately, however, the foundation of what he fought for, as early as 12 years ago, in this parliament hall, in the same deafening speech made by a young figure in the position where he now stands, has been fermented to this day, giving Tirpitz a much better foundation than he did when he first took office.

A sufficiently large aggregate of interests has basically taken shape, and there is enough social recognition and support to sustain Tirpitz to stand here and put forward a proposal to all the legislators that he might denounce as insane.

"Honourable Councillors, it is a pleasure to be here today to present my proposal to you." Tirpitz's voice echoed in the Berlin parliament hall: "Over the past 10 years, the Imperial Navy has gained a certain development and achieved some achievements. But when we look back at the end of the plan, we find that while we have made progress ourselves, we have been left behind by the world!

While we continue to gain access to overseas markets, increase the profits from trade, and make the empire stronger, our navy cannot keep up with the pace of the empire. 10 years ago, we were the third largest naval power in the world, and now we are behind the Italians!

Germany is no longer a country that can continue to be strong on land alone, we are more and more connected to the world, our country has an increasingly urgent need for the sea, and our navy is still standing still. Stagnating is tantamount to regression, and it is tantamount to being abandoned by the rapidly developing world!

Just past 1898, the fleets of an emerging country completely defeated the navy of an old European country, taking away their colonies and seizing their markets. And if it were not for the formation of a deterrent to the navy of this emerging country in the far east, our European friends would have faced a second humiliating defeat!

Here's a lesson! That is, without a strong navy, it will be beaten! We cannot rely on the mercy and handouts of the robbers for our safety! If Germany wants to protect its rights and interests on the seas, which are becoming more and more connected to itself, we need a strong fleet!

However, the construction of the Navy is not just a step-by-step process, the first thing that needs to be solved is funding! It takes astronomical dedication and perseverance! This is not something that can be accomplished by the appropriation of the empire in one or two years, or the support of the policy in one year or two!

Our naval spending is now only 26.7% of that of the United Kingdom, 56.5% of that of France, 71.4% of that of Russia, and even only 67% of that of the United States! This is unacceptable to Germany, which is developing rapidly! The construction of the Navy is no longer decided by the forest and the seafarers, it is the workshops and mechanics who decide them!

The construction of the navy is closely linked to the shipbuilding industry, the leading industry of the national economy, and its extended industrial chain covers almost all the leading industries of the national economy, such as iron and steel, power, chemical industry, energy, and minerals. It will take decades of close support from all the industries of the empire to build a navy sufficient to protect ourselves.

Therefore, we can no longer formulate the development plan of the Navy in a step-by-step manner, as we did in the past, and then approve the appropriation for implementation. In this way, our plans may face difficulties at any time as the external environment changes, and they are threatened by policy changes.

We need a law, a law that can protect, constrain, and maintain policy from the outside! A law that elevates fleet building to the will of the state! Let the construction of the fleet no longer be just the work of the Navy, but the law of the needs of the country! Let the nation's fleet build with the power of the state!

Only in this way can Germany have a powerful means of safeguarding national security, guaranteeing the political interests of the country and the fulfillment of its territory! ”

After a full 14 months, the proposal for the Navy Law has finally been released! (To be continued......)

PS: Actually, according to the previous joke chapter name style, the name of this chapter should be called what the plan is, and I'll talk about it in the next chapter (laughs)