"Since the emperor has said so, we will be cheap Lin Wentao, but Lin Wentao, you kid have to invite us to dinner."

In the roaring sound of machinery, Lu Tong and the three of them could only accept it helplessly.

For Lin Wentao, as long as he can get this batch of machine tools as soon as possible, he can ask him to eat ten meals, and he is full of promises.

With a smile in Xiao Ming's eyes, he didn't go to participate in the dinner between the four of them, after all, wherever he appeared, the atmosphere would be tense, and the same would be true for these people who were dedicated to scientific research.

However, during the quarrel, the three of them mentioned their respective fields of study, so he asked, "Song Changping, what are you talking about automatic weapons?" “

"Back to the emperor, during this period of time, Xia Guan was studying the Han-style type two rifle, which is a semi-automatic rifle, using the principle of gas conduction of the long flat machine gun, this rifle realizes the automatic loading of bullets, and at the same time, this rifle also has its own independent magazine, compared with the first rear-pull bolt machine rifle, it is much more convenient to pull the bolt once for a shot." Song Changping said one by one.

Xiao Ming showed a satisfied look, and the second Han-style rifle that Song Changping said was basically equivalent to the Garand rifle and M1 carbine during World War II.

After the bullet is fired, these firearms use part of the gunpowder gas and recoil to unload the shell, and the bullet is automatically loaded and ready to fire again at any time.

Naturally, it has a great advantage over non-automatic rifles, and if the Empire is equipped with this rifle, the combat effectiveness of the army will rise to another level.

However, Song Changping's successful development is one thing, and equipping the army is another, which is also the reason why Song Changping is looking for high-precision machine tools.

Only when the military factory is equipped with high-precision machine tools can he make the military factory achieve mass production, and then equip the army.

In this way, there is no imperial army that cannot be fully redressed in three or five years.

"Yes, but in addition to rifles, you will also have to work on sniper rifles, heavy machine guns, pistols and other types of firearms to try to diversify the weapons of the Imperial Army." Xiao Ming said with a deep groan.

Turning his head, he looked at Chen Qi again and asked, "What is your howitzer like?" ”

Chen Qi had already prepared, because every time Xiao Ming met them, he would always ask about the recent research, he said: "Through this Indian war, the situation fed back to me by the army is that the main casualties in the war are still caused by mortar bombardment, which is enough to show the importance of artillery support in the war, as long as the fire density is sufficient, the enemy will not be able to parry, so the large-caliber howitzer with similar mortar attack effect is extremely important." ”

After a pause, he said: "This time, Xiaguan developed a 122mm towed howitzer, which uses an ordinary single-barrel barrel and a screw bolt, which requires high requirements for parts, so it needs high-precision machine tools." “

Xiao Ming nodded, Stalin once said that artillery is the god of war, which is enough to see the importance of artillery to war.

The large-caliber artillery currently in service with the Reich was still a flat-firing gun, which was not good at attacking the enemy hiding in trenches.

With the progress of the war, this kind of artillery will inevitably be eliminated, and now this howitzer developed by Chen Qi can replace the former anti-aircraft gun.

"This rifle also needs to be reloaded, this artillery also needs to be reloaded, there are a lot of weapons that so many people in the imperial army have retreated."

New weapons are exciting, but the obsolescence of old equipment is also painful.

Because the empire's technology is developing too rapidly, the obsolescence of weapons is also very fast, and now it is basically replaced every six years, and for this reason, the empire's armory has a large number of weapons stored.

When Lu Tong heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, this is not simple, can't you just sell these arms, and now the Europeans have been taught a hard lesson by us, and they are eager to buy our weapons with a lot of money?" “

"Nonsense, what if we sell these weapons to the Europeans, and they will fight us in turn?" Zhang Liu was a cautious man, and he didn't think it was appropriate.

Song Changping and Chen Qi strongly agreed with Lu Tong's words, they were in a group, because as long as the weapons were sold, they would have enough funds to develop brand-new weapons.

"Zhang Liu, this is not right, the Europeans gave their weapons to the Ottoman Empire for nothing, aren't they afraid that the Ottoman Empire will turn around and beat them?" Chen Qi said, "In my opinion, the Europeans are very smart, so it is better to let the obsolete weapons rust, and give them the benefits in exchange for the Ottomans, after all, they all have brand new weapons." ”

Song Changping echoed: "Exactly, anyway, we already have more advantageous weapons, and Europe is far away from us, and we must pass through the ocean to come here, and the navy of the empire is not an ornament." “

"So, there's some truth to what you're saying." Zhang Liu's taste came back to his senses.

Song Changping continued: "At present, the industrial capacity of Europe is limited, and even if they sell Han-style rifles, they do not have the ability to make bullets, so they need to constantly buy bullets from the empire, which is a large amount of income. ”

"That is, besides, the empire still has tanks now, even if they hold Han-style rifles, how can they stop the empire's steel torrent, and when they master the technology of making bullets, the empire may not have any weapons?" Chen Qi said confidently.

Xiao Ming's eyes roamed back and forth on the bodies of the five people, in fact, Imperial Z was already exchanging old equipment for benefits.

For example, the current Persia and aid to France, through the weapons that were previously obsolete, the empire achieved the goal of obtaining oil for free and disrupting Europe.

So, the business is worth it.

As for the Han-style rifle and the flat-firing gun, two weapons that may be phased out in the next three to five years, he also has his own ideas.

As Chen Qi said, in fact, the empire does not have to worry about the impact of selling weapons on the empire now, because the empire will always maintain its weapon superiority.

Now that there is the empire's steel battleship dominance in the ocean, it may soon become a cannon giant, and there are already tanks to dominate the continent on land.

The future occupies the sky, and the empire's land, sea and air are ready, so what is there to worry about?

The experience of history taught him that what he needed to worry about was not weaponry, but to avoid the collapse of the empire from within.

"I have my own decision on this matter, and the new equipment has not yet been installed, so it is too early to say this." Xiao Ming got up and said.

Clearing his throat, he said to Zhang Liu: "The matter of this machine tool still needs to be grasped, not only weapons, but all walks of life in the empire currently need high-precision lathes." ”

Zhang Liu's expression became serious, and he said, "Yes, the emperor, the lower officials must be keeping an eye on it." “

Xiao Ming said to Lin Wentao: "In addition to the steam turbine and the large forging hydraulic press, which is the spirit of processing metal, rubber, wood, and powder, with this, the forging and stamping of steel, and the powder metallurgy capacity can be greatly improved, which is very important for strengthening the strength of the workpiece." “