Chapter 82: Military Uniforms
The guns and bayonets of these rifles are dark and blue, and they were originally intended to use anti-rust oil for rust prevention, but the anti-rust oil is basically extracted from petroleum products. The possibility of passing through the group for petroleum processing in a short period of time is extremely low, so it can only be prevented by the blue baking process, and the original industrial department was prepared to coat the barrel of these rifles with a layer of chromium, according to the data of the old time and space, the life of the barrel of the rifle was about 3,000 rounds before chrome plating, and the life of chrome plating could be increased to 12,000 rounds. However, the plan was rejected by the Executive Committee. First of all, the barrel used in this batch of monkey version of the rifle itself is made of iron rods hammered out by a hydraulic hammer forging machine in this time and space, and then drilled in the middle, and the quality of the precision seamless steel tube brought by the old time and space is not comparable at all, and the improved barrel life and accuracy after chrome plating is not obvious, on the contrary, a lot of electricity and raw materials are lost, and it is definitely not easy to refine chromium at this time. In addition, two rifles were taken from the weapons testing team after they received the finished rifles and began to test them violently, including firing more than 300 rounds in a row, and shooting in a drenched state that simulated rain. They even did one of the most incredible tests, firing two parts of propellant in the barrel. Even so, the quality is still pleasant, and these rifles will not explode until at least three packs of propellant. And thanks to the high-quality propellants and standard projectiles provided by the Travelers, the weapons produced were in fact able to maintain acceptable accuracy within a range of 100 meters. However, the military team made a suggestion, anyway, the users of this batch of weapons are likely to suffer defeat and will be lost in large quantities on the battlefield, so it is better to simply provide a batch of simplified Senate rifles with lower production costs to Champa Port to save costs.
"We can't make these weapons shoddy because they will be used in a battle that may be lost," Gu Qingqian's Ministry of Commerce did not take this suggestion, "Even if this batch of weapons may encounter the danger of being seized in large quantities, we must ensure that we make high-quality weapons, and as for whether we can win this battle, it is a problem of their soldiers, not the quality of the firearms." Since the princess has not deducted us in the slightest in terms of funds, we cannot discount the quality of the product in the slightest. Under the guidance of such an ideology, both the raw materials obtained by the military industry and the "high and new technology" adopted have been used in these new rifles.
The soldiers who got the new guns were happily wiping some of the anti-rust grease on the rifles, the industrial butter could not be made at this time, and the people used to wrap it in oil paper repeatedly, which always inevitably left a lot of grease on it, and the rifles had the insignia and signature of the gun inspector in addition to the monkey who was played. The bayonet of the rifle is 30 centimeters long, and the length of the whole rifle can reach about 1.7 meters when mounted on the bayonet seat on the side of the barrel of the rifle is 1.4 meters. Qian Longzhou also watched the gun ceremony at this time because he sent a sample of military uniforms, in his opinion, such a unit that has not even fired live ammunition a few times directly into the battle of the enemy's cavalry is no less than a murder, not to mention that these soldiers are all trained by him, at this time to see these elated soldiers happily wiping these rifles, it makes him feel very unhappy.
He had been running to the princess's mansion several times recently for this matter, and the princess had not seen him at all. He went to find Lucci again, but Lucci's theoretical attainments in this queue to shoot the party were much deeper than his, and he couldn't say anything about Lucci at the moment. In the end, he contacted the Executive Committee several times, not wanting such a self-cultivated army to be so worthless to lose in an avoidable mistake, but the Executive Committee always replied to him that the Executive Committee had other arrangements for this matter, so that he should not worry too much. He contacted the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Commerce so many times that Gu Qingqian's last message to him was: "Please don't contact us again about this matter, the Executive Committee has its own arrangements for the protection of the interests of Champong Port, please stand in your own position and focus your attention on protecting the interests of the Senate." This was clearly a warning to him not to put the interests of the new army in Champa above the interests of the Senate. In the end, he could only choose to stop, and he could only choose to drink sullen wine in the teahouse.
"This is our new army uniform!" Rudge didn't care about putting the "design" title on his head. At this time, he was introducing the princess to the new military uniform, and there was a non-commissioned officer wearing the new military uniform, Nguyen Van Ngoc, who was the first to wear the new military uniform for the best many times in the usual drill assessment. At this time, Ruan Wenyu was wearing a rattan helmet on his head, and there was a family crest stamped out of metal in front of the helmet, and the pattern was the emblem of Lord Ruan. Just seeing this, Princess Ji had already given this military uniform thirty-six praises in her heart. "This is our rattan helmet, which has a suspension system in it, so it doesn't make people feel tired to wear it on the head, and in case of a blow on the top of the helmet, it doesn't directly hurt the head, which is very effective in protecting the head in battle."
"The whole set of clothes is made of cotton linen," Lu Qi looked down at the introduction materials, "There are two styles, red and green, depending on which one the princess prefers." The red costume is eye-catching, giving the enemy a sense of intimidation; The green one has a good concealment effect, and if you are ambushing the enemy, the green uniform is the best choice. In addition, we also provide a helmet that can be covered with a green helmet on the rattan helmet to ensure that it is not exposed due to the different color of the helmet. He didn't care at all at this time, there were no such things in the game, the green military uniform looked very dirty, which made him feel uncomfortable, and it was probably proposed by the guys in the military group.
"The advantage of cotton linen is that the breathability and sweat permeability are very good, so as to ensure that the human body temperature returns to normal as soon as possible, warm in winter and cool in summer, and there is no problem with close-fitting wear. Antistatic, no balling, no frustration, no curling, it is very suitable as a military uniform. Lu Qi pointed to the armed belt on Nguyen Van Ngoc's body, "The cloth armed belt of the Senate can hang many things on it. "This kind of Senate armed belt is a very magical thing, the military fans who have crossed over will know at a glance that this is the Molle tactical system, this kind of tactical vehicle born in the 21st century is different from those tactical vests in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century, which uses a large number of rigid webbing that is easy to fix on the carry, so that soldiers can perform different tasks can be matched with equipment that meets tactical needs. Attached to the belt were a variety of carrying equipment, including cloth propellant packs, cloth fire cap bags, cloth projectile bags, cloth bayonet scabbards, etc. These cloth carriers have one or two rigid cloth straps behind them, which can be secured by rope on the webbing of the armed belts so that they do not slip off and can be installed wherever they need to be fitted.
The shoes worn by the soldiers were high-waisted boots made of thick cloth soles, and the rubber that had just been planted by the crossing was only now planted, and it would take at least seven years before it could be tapped. There are many places where the rubber in stock is used, and it must not be used to equip the armies of indigenous countries, and many people in Annam at this time have not had the habit of wearing shoes since they were young, and it seems that these soldiers will be reluctant to wear new shoes when they get their hands. However, it is mandatory to wear this kind of combat cloth boots, because things such as thorns on the ground will definitely affect the combat effectiveness of soldiers when fighting in the jungle field, and this kind of hard-soled cloth boots can maintain the combat effectiveness of soldiers to a certain extent.
The soldiers did not have backpacks, they used a kind of wooden rack, which had two layers of spare propellants and fire caps, and a change of underwear underneath, and the reason why they were placed on top was because the underwear could absorb moisture. The outside of the wooden frame can be wrapped with a rainproof canvas, which can protect the items in the wooden frame from light rain to a certain extent. The soldiers all have a canvas raincoat, which is well protected from the rain by applying a layer of grease, with the only drawback being that it doesn't taste very good. The wooden frame has a bracket on which the military blanket can be attached, which also absorbs some of the moisture for the propellant and fire cap to prevent moisture.
The princess was an eye-opener at this time, she had the impression that the soldiers didn't need to spend any money at all, they only needed to be issued a weapon for them to rush up and slash, and the more advanced ones were just advancing and retreating according to the formation. At this time, the things that these people of Dongfang Harbor have made up on the soldiers are inevitably too extravagant, right? She took a cursory look, and the military uniform on a soldier's body in this set together was actually more than twelve taels, what is the concept of twelve taels? An ordinary family can live a family of four in peace for a year with four taels of silver, and at such a price, it is too extravagant to equip them with military uniforms, right?
She calculated for a while, but still couldn't calculate how much the total was, she embarrassedly asked Qian Longzhou, who was in charge of business liaison, and Qian Longzhou replied without thinking: "It depends on whether Her Royal Highness the princess plans to equip the whole army or only the combat troops, the combat troops are 315 people, and a set of twelve taels is 3780 taels." If you count the baggage troops, it is 520 people, and the total is 6240 taels. The princess couldn't help but be a little stunned when she heard this price, and Lu Qi hurriedly interjected when she saw this, "Her Royal Highness the princess can negotiate if it is not financially convenient." ”
The princess waved her hand again and again, "Needless to say, this princess can pay in cash," she just got a reward of three thousand taels from her father, and the remaining seven or eight hundred taels is not a problem, she is not willing to continue to give in to these people in terms of taxes or trade quotas for these things, it is simply a feeling of being sucked blood. "How long will it take to deliver all 315 sets?"
"Delivery within five days." Qian Longzhou replied very dryly. The most difficult part of this set of equipment is the production of wooden frames. The rest is not difficult, since the textile industry has been put into operation in large quantities, no matter how much cotton sent from the port can be turned into cotton thread and cotton cloth in a very short time, with the arrival of linen and other materials, the types of cloth produced in the port of the East have gradually increased.