Chapter 500: In a Word, "Expensive"
I complained that a group of lieutenant generals and major generals wanted to rush into the mountains and find out Liu Fatzi and beat them up.
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"Poof" A certain bigwig who was far away in Nanchang took the machine gun price list that was telegraphed, and a mouthful of tea sprayed out directly.
Wang Shihe looked at the principal helplessly, this is the second time that the principal has been so out of shape, all because of that little colonel.
"Is this Liu Lang in business or at war? On the occasion of this national crisis, he blackmailed the armies at such a high price, obviously wanting to make the country difficult and wealthy, which is hateful, really hateful. The bald guy who sprayed the tea was a little excited, calmed down a little, and looked at his attendant, "Shihe, can you tell me what you think about this?" β
"Principal, in my personal opinion, Liu Lang's price is actually quite pertinent." Wang Shihe thought about it for a moment and said very solemnly.
Listening to his attendant's statement contrary to himself, the bald guy rarely did not get angry, his brows twisted slightly, and motioned for Wang Shihe to continue.
In a sense, the bald man's political intelligence is indeed very high, and the attendant he needs is the person he trusts the most and the person who can give him advice, not just a blind echo worm. As a graduate of the first phase of Huangpu, Wang Shihe has done an excellent job in this regard, and can always give his own advice to the bald guy, and many of his ideas, even if the bald guy does not adopt them, he also appreciates them very much.
"Principal, you see, Liu Lang's offer for this machine gun looks as high as 7,000 silver oceans, but the Makqin heavy machine gun we bought from Germany was also as high as 3,400 silver oceans in January this year, although the price is twice as high, but the performance of this high rate of fire machine gun can be used as both light machine guns and heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, taking into account the front-line position fire support and positional defense and even air defense. This is far more cost-effective than spending 1400 silver on a Czech light machine gun and 3400 silver on a Maxim heavy machine gun. Wang Shihe took out the procurement list of the Ministry of Military Industry in January and patiently explained to the bald boss.
"Well, if you want to count like Shihe, this multi-purpose machine gun itself is not very dark, basically within a reasonable range. However, it is not the machine gun that is expensive, but what is the patent fee, who is that Grunov? Why did you get involved with Liu Lang? The bald guy clicked on the item with the longest number on the list, and the anger on his face did not subside.
"Grunov himself, as soon as the list came out, we already went to investigate. This person is Germany's most outstanding young generation of metal stamping experts, this high rate of fire machine gun is developed on the basis of the original old machine gun of the German army, and the original mechanical cutting manufacturing parts are different, this machine gun uses the latest metal stamping machine tool technology, according to the results of the inquiry of the military hall of the Consulate in Germany, the German doctor who designed the machine gun has applied for patent protection in the authorities before the Battle of the Great Wall, and the German authorities are also very interested in this machine gun, I believe they will also purchase in large quantities, According to their law, for every machine gun produced, the designer is given a certain royalty, and if it is purchased by other countries like ours, the royalty can be collected according to the designer's suggestion with the permission of the government. Wang Shihe looked at the long list of numbers, and his face was also full of helplessness.
It's no wonder that everyone said that Liu Lang had a black heart, and the patent fee alone, the price Liu Lang offered for the German doctor was a scalp-numbing patent fee of 5,000 silver for each machine gun. Liu Lang said very well, the machine gun can give you drawings for you to produce, you only need to pay 5,000 silver ocean patent fees for each machine gun. It's just that the metal stamping machine tool doesn't have one in China, even if the consulate asked the authorities of the Third Reich, they are still in the exploration stage. In other words, the production of wool can only be purchased by Liu Lang. The purchase price of a finished machine gun is 7,000 silver, plus royalties, so that the purchase price of a machine gun is as high as 12,000 silver, which is almost equivalent to the price of a quarter of an imported mountain gun.
This is purely taking everyone for the wrongs.
"Then how can Liu Lang afford to equip such an expensive machine gun, I heard that he has more than 2,000 people in the whole regiment, and he is equipped with more than 30 pieces, according to his price, how to say that it will cost 400,000 silver oceans! He is the colonel regiment commander with a monthly salary of dozens of oceans, how did he pay it? The bald man angrily began to settle the score.
"Ahem, Dr. Grunov had a serious illness in Chongqing, and was rescued by Liu Lang's father, in order to repay the grace of saving his life, Grunov signed a three-year contract with Liu Lang, during which all his research results Liu Lang can use for free." Wang Shihe was not only a little embarrassed.
An elite doctor of the Third Reich came to China, not only was he not treated as a guest, but he went from Nanjing to Chongqing and was saved by a rich man, and finally came to the government to ask for money with a design worth 10,000 gold, which is indeed a bit too much of a slap in the face.
The bald guy who was extremely surprised obviously hadn't heard of this allusion, and asked in astonishment.
"These stupid and short-sighted people have misled the country and the people." The bald guy who finally asked the reason almost smashed the teacup again.
"Even so, there is no way, but the bullet consumption on Liu Lang's list is really so huge?" After all, the bald man suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to ask.
"Yes, according to Guan Zhidao, who personally tested the gun in Peiping, the rate of fire of this machine gun is as high as 1,200 rounds per minute, and if the shooter is skilled, it can even reach a rapid rate of 1,400 rounds per minute, which is almost more than twice the theoretical rate of fire of the Maxim heavy machine gun. Therefore, in the first battle of Luo Wenyu, Suzuki Mitsu's Fourth Brigade, which was too eager to conquer the pass, suffered a big loss, and lost more than 3,000 soldiers in just one attack. Wang Shihe nodded, with a solemn expression.
Just by looking at the casualty figures of the Japanese army, he could imagine the horror of this high-velocity machine gun. The number of more than 3,000 Japanese troops, which was the result of several days of fighting of the 29th Army, which had a full 50,000 troops, was killed in a battle under the prestige of this machine gun pouring bullets.
For the major general surnamed Guan, who was also born in the first phase of Huangpu and will become the commander-in-chief of the national army in the future, the bald guy should still be very trusting, nodded and said: "Zhidao is very good at leading troops to fight, since he said that this is the case, then it is right." 1,200 rounds per minute, 5,000 rounds of ammunition for that battle, and 50,000 rounds for a battalion with 10 roundsγγγγγ How much does each bullet cost? β
"150 silver oceans per 1,000 rounds." Wang Shihe said with a toothache.
This is where Liu Lang's real black heart lies, because he said very clearly, after actual combat testing, the high rate of fire machine gun still exposed a lot of problems, in order to change the shortcomings of the new machine gun with less bullets and accuracy, he will change the caliber, and use 6.5MM small-caliber sharp bullets similar to the Japanese 38 rifle.
150 for 1,000 rounds, 1500 for 10,000 rounds. And the account is not calculated by the bald man, after a battle, a machine gun will use tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, which is almost the amount of ammunition used by the soldiers of a company, and ten machine guns in a battalion will use 15,000 oceans in a battle.
And what if it's a regiment, a division? The national army has 200 regular divisions, and just thinking about it, Wang Shihe feels that the government may be bankrupted by this terrible machine gun.
As for whether he can produce small-caliber bullets, Liu Lang said, if there is a failure, he will not be responsible. That clearly means that if you don't want to spend money, then it is possible that the more than 10,000 silver things you bought in the past will become scrap metal.
At this time, the bald guy probably came back to his senses, and gasped, and the teacher and student looked at the last line of numbers on the list and fell into silence.