"The Pioneer I assault rifle has been built!" On the other end of the phone, Xie Chengrui's excited tone vibrated Meng Xiang's ears.

He was born in the ordnance industry, and because there was a shortage of people in the ordnance system some time ago, he was transferred to help. The production of new weapons has been organized and coordinated there.

Although the weapons in the base are cheap and affordable, if an accident occurs, the vanguard army without its own military-industrial system will inevitably collapse quickly. The adjustment of the system and the improvement of his own military industrial system are the second things that Meng Xiang is busy with at this time.

"This is the Pioneer One assault rifle?" Meng Xiang and the others quickly rushed to the light weapons research institute near Qidu. After passing through many checkpoints, they saw the samples of the three Pioneer No. 1 in a wide memory.

"Looks like a submachine gun?" Fan Chong next to him looked at it.

"It draws a lot of ideas from submachine guns, and it's very different from submachine guns." Xie Chengrui next to him explained, "Let's let our designer Woodson explain!" ”

A middle-aged man with silence engraved on his face stood up, and without those polite words, he spoke directly:

"It's the Pioneer One Assault Rifle. The weight of the empty gun has been reduced to 4.2 kg, the total length of the gun is 863 mm, and the newly developed 7*4.1 mm bullet is used. Magazine 30 rounds. The effective distance is within 400 meters. ......" Woodson blurted out a large amount of data as he fiddled with one of the sample guns, and suddenly Mu Ne's face lit up, just like the taciturn look just now.

He was also very excited at this time. Originally from Qingpu, Shanghai, he tinkered with those firearms since he was a child with his father, who worked as a mechanic in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau's gun repair shop. It can be said that those have been his toys since he was a child. When he grew up, he went to Germany to study the industrial manufacture of weapons, and in the interest he cultivated as a child, he mainly delved into the study of rifles and firearms.

After returning to China, with solid knowledge, he served as a first-class technician in the technical department of the production department of the former Gongxian Arsenal, and participated in the replication of the Mauser 1924 rifle. But because of his isolation and unsociability, he is still a technician for more than ten years.

With the advancement of Yue himself, the Gongxian Arsenal was relocated to Hanyang, Hubei Province as a whole. The team transported on the way was bombed by devil fighters, and he was seriously injured. He grew up with cold guns and machinery, he was withdrawn and had few friends, and the feelings between colleagues were also very indifferent, and no one stayed to take care of him after he was injured, but he was placed in a private family to recuperate.

Soon after, the area was also occupied by himself. The family surnamed Yao was ruined in the raid of the devils, and only one and a half children escaped, and after the vanguard army occupied Xinxiang, he took him to the past.

After meeting the medical team of the Pioneer Army in Xinxiang, he was rescued from his death. After recovering from his injuries, he remained in the vanguard army.

The vanguard army needs a large number of skilled people, and his skills are put to play there. The clones around him were even more silent and withdrawn than him, and his surname was not surprising. There is no need to vote for the favor of the superiors here, and you only need to have real skills to accumulate military merits and be promoted.

At this time he was already with the rank of technical major. This is a military rank demarcated by the vanguard army in order to distinguish between the military merits of those soldiers who fought on the battlefield and the military merits of civilian officers, and most of the merits of military doctors and military engineers are determined by this. Of course, Meng Xiang absolutely did not allow the emergence of artist generals within the vanguard army. The army is the army, and the most important thing is to kill the enemy, and the violent atmosphere on the violent machine is its main embodiment.

Even those propaganda teams have gradually been adjusted to the political axe organs. Appropriate separation, so that the military and the government can be slowly separated, and also prepare for the stability of the political situation in the future.

Regardless of which one it is, there are ways to record military exploits in the vanguard army. Woodson's rank of major was accumulated little by little by virtue of his military exploits.

It was he who stood out and took on the development of the Pioneer 1 assault rifle.

"This kind of sighting system is a columnar crosshair, and the U-shaped notch shines on the door. The bolt slewing locking is used for the latching. ......" Woodson kept explaining, and Meng Xiang next to him smiled silently. He had known these things for a long time, and some of the ideas he had provided.

After World War II, the world situation has changed, and tactical thinking has also changed, believing that there are not many opportunities for positional offensive and defensive warfare, and the sudden surname, melee surname, fierce surname, and concealed surname of war have increased. Therefore, the requirements for infantry single-man weapons are fierce firepower, high hit rate, good mobility, and reliable action. At this time, it was the assault rifle that called out strongly.

Meng Xiang knew that as long as the logistics could keep up, it would definitely be the world of automatic assault rifles in the future. And it was precisely with the help of the base that he was the least short of ammunition, so the Suomi submachine gun became the standard weapon of the vanguard army. But submachine guns are used in battlefield combat, even if Suomy's accuracy is high, the short feet in range are a little helpless. Although the cooperation of machine guns and snipers is developed over long distances, it is impossible to balance the balance of flexibility and vigor.

And the price of those World War II assault rifles produced by the base is much higher than the discounted Suomy, which is not cost-effective. Plus deep down, he's always wanted to get rid of the excessive influence of the base. So as soon as he came up, he began to develop automatic rifles. The object of reference is the AK-47.

AK-47 is so famous that even Meng Xiang, a pseudo-military fan, has looked through some relevant records. As a pseudo-military fan, although he doesn't know the principle, there are still a few of those nouns that pop up, which inspires those researchers. Through the impression in his mind, he roughly drew the appearance of the AK-47, although the details cannot be described, but the general appearance is still sketched.

In order to be able to depict the objects in his mind in more detail, recently, Meng Xiang contacted painting in his free time, Tang Mingyue has both Chinese and Western painting skills, which is much stronger than Meng Xiang's half bottle of vinegar. There is no need to consult those masters, for the time being, write and paint with this Tang secretary, accompanied by beauties, and the spirit is also a kind of relaxation.

The sketch of the AK-47, although incomplete, gave researchers a hint of direction, plus a study reference for various types of firearms provided by the base, including the STG44 assault rifle. In just half a year, new samples of firearms appeared.

Since there is the light of the golden finger, there is no need to repeat the old path of the predecessors.

He also knows some of the shortcomings of the AK-47.

In order to highlight the reliability of the shooting action, the AK-47 has a large movement energy, which produces strong vibrations when shooting, which makes it difficult to shoot the gun, the shooting accuracy is slightly worse, the point shooting is more difficult to master, and the quality of the gun is also heavy.

In jungle warfare and street fighting, the 7.62 caliber is also a bit on the large side. The concept of intermediate power bullets has not yet been developed, and Meng Xiang has begun to consider the problem of small-caliber bullets.

Small-caliber is a trend, and for the physique of the Chinese people, it is also more convenient, easy to make, with high accuracy, not to mention the logistical benefits.

However, warfare is ever-changing, and different weapons play different roles on various occasions. Within 500 meters, a small caliber is still very suitable, but it is difficult to say about greater distances and greater ranges. After several wars in later generations, such as the Gulf and Afghanistan wars, the U.S. military has a slight criticism of small-caliber rifles, and in many cases, they are not as good as the 7.62mm AK-47. Especially with the development of bulletproof equipment, some small-caliber bullets cannot even penetrate those body armor made of polymer materials. Therefore, in later generations, there were more disputes about the unsuitability of small-caliber bullets, and the United States even surged up a trend of developing 6.8 and 6.5 caliber series firearms.

The world's major guns have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it should be said that it is difficult to fully take into account the various indicators of firearms. Even if the small-caliber gun has some shortcomings, this does not in any way hide its advantages, and it will dominate for thirty or forty years in the future. After all, modern warfare is the real rain of bullets, and compared with the little surname of guns and bullets, the important surname of logistics is particularly prominent.

However, the situation of the war is complex and changeable, and for the sake of logistical convenience, the practice of attacking the world with one caliber has been proven to be unworkable. Even when the small caliber was at its most popular, the AK-47's poor man's weapon still hit the Americans' ass with smoke.

A weapon that can kill people is the most suitable weapon.

Small-caliber bullets suitable for street fighting are not necessarily suitable for the large-scale battlefields of World War II, and it is difficult for Meng Xiang to bet all on small-caliber bullets. However, the 7.62 caliber weapon also proved to be somewhat backward. Therefore, Meng Xiang thought of the 7mm bullet proposed by the British after World War II to fight with the Americans from the controversy over the caliber of bullets in later generations.

Inspired by the Germans' 7.92*33 mm intermediate power bullet, the Russians launched the 7.62*39, and the British also put forward the best caliber of the gun cartridge combination within 600 meters, which is .276 or .280, that is, the most ideal 7*43 mm bullet. They believe that the closer to 7 mm, the better this optimized surname.

But the Americans, who dominated the Western world at that time and became the new hegemon, were still obsessed with high-powered bullets and proposed 7.62 x 63 mm. Later, through some compromise, it was adjusted to 7.62*51 mm, but the British's plan was also rejected.

The evaluation of a weapon is sometimes like a person, and it does not necessarily come according to the surname. Political factors led to a great victory for the Americans, and the American plan became the new standard for NATO. The American arms dealers didn't need to adjust too much, they only needed low-cost changes to keep their pockets busy with gold coins.

Even if the Americans in later generations proposed 6.8 mm, in fact, there is a little shadow of 7 mm, but the Americans will definitely not admit it.

Meng Xiang didn't mind using it, the Oriental body shape of 7 mm was more suitable than 7.62 mm. In addition, the recoil of 7.62 mm is still on the large side when firing continuously, and 7 mm is relatively small, although the effective distance may be a little shorter, but in the battlefield dominated by machine guns and artillery tanks, this distance is nothing. Most infantry encounters in modern warfare are within 400 meters.

Perhaps 7 mm does not have outstanding advantages over small-caliber bullets, but in the future, with the application of body armor and other means, 7 mm is more promising than small-caliber bullets. The military industry is huge, it is very difficult to change the caliber casually, and there are too many interests involved, so it is better to determine the next suitable caliber from the beginning and continue to tap the potential to improve the surname ability.

Therefore, after many tests, 7 mm won the calibers of 6.5, 6.8 and 7.62 mm, which became the main caliber that Meng Xiang decided to develop independently.

At the same time, tests of the length of the bullet were also decided. Meng Xiang did not choose the scheme of the British's 43, and in a similar situation, Meng Xiang chose 41 mm. As a result, the 7*41 mm Angry Bullet that would discolor countless enemies for many years to come was born.

"Is this its bayonet?" Fan Chong picked up the bayonet mounted on the Pioneer No. 1 assault rifle and took it in his hand to examine it carefully. After a long time, he gasped and said:

"Awesome! This three-edged bayonet must be difficult to deal with if it is stabbed into the wound! ”

He was talking about a three-edged bayonet. At this time, there were already quite a few prismatic thorns, such as the Russian Mosin? A sleeve-type four-edged bayonet of the Nagant Type 1891 rifle with grooves. There are also planes, such as a batch of C1920-style triangular prisms made by Belgium for China in the 20s of the last century. Fan has seen it, but the three-edged bayonet in front of him is a little different.

Of course, he didn't know that this was an improvement based on the 56-style three-edged thorn sample provided by Meng Xiang.

Meng Xiang has long heard of the Type 56 Triangular Army Thorn, and he has seen it with his own eyes, and he is particularly impressed by the boasting of his friends about the seemingly gray-white killing weapon. So, the bayonet of the Pioneer I assault rifle became this three-edged bayonet.

"The corners of this triangular thorn are blunt, and the head is not very sharp, in the shape of a flat-edged screwdriver. This is also to avoid injuring the user himself. The wound formed by the piercing of the human body is not cut like a normal sword, but is torn hard, and the wound is usually deep and difficult to suture. There are blood troughs for bloodletting on three sides. After the bayonet penetrates the human body, the human muscles will instinctively contract due to pain and foreign body sensation, and tightly wrap the knife body, coupled with the adsorption effect of the blood-filled wound on the bayonet, which will make it difficult to pull out the bayonet. With a blood tank, blood can flow out of the blade, and air enters along the blood tank, reducing the adhesion of the wound tissue to the bayonet, thus making the knife drawn more smoothly. Woodson explained a little bit without changing his face.

These are the results of hundreds of experiments in the past six months. Even in skirmishes, it has already been fought several times.

Fan Chong nodded, the speed of drawing the knife often determines a person's life and death in fierce and cruel white-knuckle combat. It may only take half a second to turn around and deal with another enemy coming at you. In the same way, in white-knuckle combat, once the bayonet is stuck, it is the arrival of death. Therefore, some experienced veterans will try to avoid targeting the enemy's chest when assassinating, because the bayonet can easily get stuck in the middle of the ribs.

They will choose the belly of the enemy. He said that he was short and experienced, and he often liked to use this hand. Therefore, often in some descriptions, the intestines are dragged out in the white-knuckle battle, or stuffed into the intestines to continue the fight, is more true. Unlike the bayonet training in some later films, all of them go to the chest. One-on-one, it's okay. It's okay to confuse the enemy, but in a dogfight, that's not far from death.

"Even if it is pulled out, it is really difficult for this three-edged wound to heal on its own, and it must be surgically sutured, otherwise it can kill you just by bleeding." Woodson also sighed. Cold weapons have not completely subsided with the rise of hot weapons, and under various complex circumstances, there are many cases of direct fighting between people face to face, and cold weapons will naturally flourish for a long time.

Pharmacist Tang and the others all gasped in their hearts. This kind of thing pierces the body, and that kind of wound will definitely dry the blood.

"The function of the blood trough is only a secondary role of the bayonet, its main function is to reduce the weight of the bayonet and strengthen the rigid surname of the blade. Only a durable bayonet is a good fighting knife. Woodson explained. He's a technician, and he's thinking more from a structural point of view.

"Of course, this kind of prismatic thorn has a single function, it can only be called a thorn, and there is no function such as cutting and chopping." Woodson was a little regretful, the base provided a large number of firearms, and the functions of various bayonets were also dazzling. However, the superiors identified the main bayonet as this three-edged stab.

"But in case of some other situations, there is also a secondary bayonet here!" As he spoke, he picked up another scabbard next to him and drew a strangely shaped bayonet. This is a synthesis and one by one points to explain, this kind of secondary bayonet, like a dagger, can be cut, can be cut, can be used with the scabbard to cut barbed wire, can also open cans. The area close to the handle is even serrated like the M98/05, and in some cases it is possible to cut branches and even iron bars. The M98/05 of the Germans was advertised as a butcher's bayonet during the First World War, but it was used far less in combat than as tools.

This serration is not quite the same as the butcher's, but like the later Huaxia Type 95 and the American M9, one side of the serration has been widened and processed with a fine tooth, which can be used as a file.

This is also a feature offered by Mengxiang. With the advent of machine guns and mortars, especially the Vanguard Army, which was almost the size of a pistol per man. Bayonet fights in white-knuckle combat are becoming less and less. On the contrary, the multi-functionality of the bayonet became the mainstream. That's why the deputy bayonet appeared.

As a result, the Pioneer 1 assault rifle is equipped with a main bayonet and a secondary knife, which also matches the character order of "bayonet".

"As long as the military assassin can kill!" After listening to him introduce the deputy bayonet, Meng Xiang nodded but said, no matter what the situation, the main function of the weapon is to kill people. The function of the triangular thorn does not need much, it only needs to be a nightmare for the enemy on the battlefield. Although the multi-functional bayonet will be the mainstream in the future, at present, the basic function of the sturdy and lethal bayonet is to kill people.

"Actually, there is another good advantage of prismatic thorns. It is easy to process, low cost, and can be manufactured in large quantities quickly. The cost of the secondary knife is too high, and now our production capacity cannot be popularized on a large scale. Xie Chengrui said with a smile.

Soviet Russia applied the prismal thorn early on, and it was inseparable from the economic surname of the prism, and it was more popular under wartime conditions.

At this time, the industrial level of the theater of operations was also very poor, not much better than during the First World War of Soviet Russia. Although all kinds of machines are shipped, most of them have not yet been put into production, and during the commissioning period, the steel plant under construction has not yet begun to produce steel, and the number of steel produced by the old steel mill is very low.

"Fortunately, the concept of the gun family proposed by the commander can greatly reduce the cost of guns, otherwise, we will have a hard time producing this kind of gun!" Xie Chengrui still admires the plan of the gun clan proposed by Meng Xiang in his heart. Of course, he didn't know that Meng Xiang had another golden finger flash in his mind.

Including firearm drawings and various firearm rankings, Meng Xiang is endorsed through pig warriors and clone engineers. After all, he doesn't know anything about it, and he can't stand up to questioning. However, the concept of this gun clan was put forward by him, as for the reason, just look at the admiring eyes of Xie Chengrui, Woodson and others.

With the various firearms references provided by the base, and the advantages and disadvantages of various guns, it is not difficult to make better firearms as long as it takes time and effort. But when it comes to logistics and economy in the future, Meng Xiang must prepare in advance. Otherwise, the rain of bullets and bullets in modern warfare will not only harvest the lives of the enemy, but also cut the flesh on oneself. The war has brought down a lot of the economy. The cost of production and maintenance of weapons is particularly important.

Mengxiang base is in hand, production is discounted, and there are maintenance and repair shops and repairs. Naturally, he didn't feel the pressure, but he also knew the important surnames of these, so he came up with the concept of the gun clan.

The gun family is also a manifestation of standardization, modularity, and sustainable development.

The benefits of standardized modularity for large-scale production use are clear. The assembly line processing of the Americans, as well as the shadow of standard modularity, suddenly pulled the car to the civilian price.

Terms such as modules and standards not only mean cost reduction, but also ease of operation. As long as one is mastered, it has a common surname. The modules can be assembled and pieced together to suit different environments.

It was inspired by the building blocks in the United States that Stoner in the United States came up with this block patchwork M16 gun family in 63. The Russians then popularized their family of 7.62mm AK guns.

At this time, Meng Xiang also put forward the concept of the gun clan early.