Chapter 140: The Gift
After Hoffman came to the manor to test the gun himself, he took his leave before dinner that day, but when he left, he took the modified rifle that Lu Yuan brought to Germany with him. "Boss, will there be an accident if you just hand over that modified rifle to them?" After sending Luka and Hoffman away, Shuchman, who returned to the hall, asked Lu Yuan with some concern, Lu Yuan naturally knew what Schuchman was worried about, and then shook his head lightly.
"Schuchmann, relax, relax, this is Germany, if they want to do anything to us, they don't have to play tricks with us. Besides, I see the attitude of Luca and Hoffmann, they shouldn't go back on their word, I guess it's the SS or the higher-ups that have a problem, we just have to be patient. Although Lu Yuan said the Tao when he persuaded Shu Heman, in fact, Lu Yuan's heart was also bottomless.
Hoffman left the manor with Lu Yuan's modified rifle, and in the next two days, neither Lukka nor Hoffman appeared again, but there were obviously many more guards on the periphery of the manor, which couldn't help but make Schuchmann and Hogg even more nervous. Early in the morning of the third day, Hoffmann, who had been absent for two days, reappeared, this time not alone, but with a convoy of three cars and two trucks, and a fully armed German squad of 30 men.
"Lu, I'll take you to a place, I guess you'll like it." If it weren't for the fact that Hoffman's expression didn't look like he was cheating on himself, maybe Lu Yuan would have pulled out his rifle from the storage space and fought with these German soldiers who entered the hall. Hoffman, who was excited in his expression, didn't notice the fleeting anger in Lu Yuan's eyes, and after Lu Yuan hid the anger in his eyes, he had to take Schuchmann and Hogg and follow Hoffman out of the manor in a car.
Lu Yuan in the sedan kept his eyes closed and recuperated, and did not say anything to ask Hoffman, who was in the same car, and the latter did not want to take the initiative to mention anything to Lu Yuan, and there was silence in the car all the way. The convoy did not enter the city of Berlin as Lu Yuan imagined, but stuck to the edge of the city all the way to the east, until Lu Yuan could see the watchtower in the distance through the car window, and the convoy finally slowed down.
"Lu, get out of the car, welcome to Barracks 3." The convoy drove into a large courtyard and stopped in front of a row of spired barracks, where Hoffman jumped out of the car and personally opened the door for Lu Yuan. "Lu, you would never have thought that this No. 3 barracks was specially built for you by the SS. Here, there are the machines you need, and the materials you mentioned, whatever you can think of, whatever our Guards can get. ”
Schuchmann and Hogg in the two cars in the back also got out of the car, and when Lu Yuan stood by the car and looked around the entire courtyard, some of the 30 German soldiers who jumped out of the truck had already climbed the watchtower at the four corners of the courtyard, and the remaining soldiers were conducting a careful search of the courtyard. Seeing that Lu Yuan was staring at those soldiers, Hoffman smiled and explained, "Lu, don't worry, they are all soldiers guarding here. From now on, Barracks 3 will be under the direct management of the Command, and I will be the administrator here and your assistant. ”
Hoffmann's words shocked the hearts of Schuchmann and Hogg, who had just walked to Lu Yuan's side, if it weren't for Lu Yuan's anger with the two of them the night before, Schuchmann and Hogg would have thought that they were under house arrest by the SS. Lu Yuan didn't show any melancholy, but just followed Hoffman to the platoon of barracks, in the full-view map that Lu Yuan had opened, the space in this platoon barracks was not small, and it looked like a factory.
Hoffman personally pushed open a door, Lu Yuan walked into the door and looked left and right, and immediately laughed, which was basically the same as what he had just detected with the full-view map, this platoon barracks was actually a trick, but it was open inside, and there were a lot of machinery and materials inside. "Hoffman, I need to separate this place, a place where people can live, and I need a shooting range, and I can't drive somewhere else every time to test the gun."
Lu Yuan was not polite, after seeing those machinery and materials, Lu Yuan immediately turned into a senior engineer and told Hoffman his requirements one by one. Hoffman immediately recorded Lu Yuan's request, and although he didn't agree to all of them, he agreed that Lu Yuan could start these machines immediately. "Schuchmann, from now on, this gate will be guarded by you, except for the three of us, only Hoffmann can enter and exit this gate. Hogg, you're here to help me find the materials I need, and you're going to help me keep notes. ”
After Hoffman left, this factory building became Lu Yuan's world, and after assigning different tasks to Schuhmann and Hogg, Lu Yuan took Hogg to count the materials. The sophisticated machinery and high-quality materials made Lu Yuan happy, and now he only wanted to use the high-quality materials here to make an automatic rifle with better performance, and Hoffman, who left the No. 3 barracks, drove to a more secluded barracks.
"Hoffman, is that Chinese satisfied with the gift we prepared?" Lieutenant Colonel Selukov, dressed in an SS uniform, slowly wiped his Luger pistol, and Hoffmann stood in front of him.
"Lieutenant Colonel, he likes it very much, and he also proposed to get a place where people can live in Barracks No. 3, I think he should be prepared to stay in Barracks No. 3 for a long time." Hoffman reported all the requests made by Lu Yuan in 1510, and even said that Lu Yuan needed an American M2 heavy tube machine gun and bullets.
"American M2 heavy barrel machine gun? What does he want this for? Didn't you say earlier that he brought a shooting blueprint for an assault rifle? Lieutenant Colonel Saylukov put down the Luger pistol in his hand with a puzzled look on his face, and looked up at Hoffman.
"I don't know, but when I talked to him, he mentioned that he wanted to make a long-range sniper rifle with a range of more than a thousand meters, and I don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that he needs an M2 heavy machine gun." Hoffman was not very sure about answering Lieutenant Colonel Selukov's question, and the latter couldn't come up with a reason.
Barracks No. 3 was a research and development base carefully prepared by the SS for Lu Yuan, and the design drawings of the Garand rifle that the SS had previously obtained were not favored by the Führer, but the SS high-brass, who knew the power of automatic weapons, could not bear to give up the opportunity that had been sent to the door, so there was this No. 3 barracks. The SS hoped that Lu Yuan would produce better infantry weapons to gain more favor and trust from the Führer, and also to demonstrate to the conservative Wehrmacht.
Lu Yuan did not know that he had been involved in the struggle between the SS and the Wehrmacht system, and with the support of a large number of high-quality materials and sophisticated machinery, relying on Hogg's help, Lu Yuan only took two days to process a batch of parts by himself. "Alright, as long as Hoffman brings me the new barrel I need tomorrow, we can go out and test it officially." Lu Yuan, who looked haggard, was finally able to breathe a long sigh of relief, two consecutive days of uninterrupted work had consumed too much of Lu Yuan's physical strength.
The rifle parts processed by Lu Yuan at the moment are completely imitated one to one according to the Bayi Carrying standard, compared with the original Bayi Carrying rifle, this rifle made by Lu Yuan not only has an additional base and slide rail above the magazine that can be equipped with a scope, but also has an additional front grip in front of the magazine. In terms of shooting methods, Lu Yuan also added an adjustment button to this rifle that can adjust two different shooting methods: single shot and triple burst fire in accordance with the principle of 20 rounds of fast and slow machine shell guns.
Hoffman's shocked expression when he saw the new assault rifle the next day, just as Lu Yuan expected, after simply firing a few magazines in the courtyard of the No. 3 barracks, Hoffman drove away from the No. 3 barracks with one of the rifles. "This is the assault rifle made by our Chinese children?" The assault rifle that Hoffman had taken out of Barracks No. 3 had been examined and handed over, and an hour later it was delivered to Hitler's desk, along with Hoffman in Hitler's office.
"Yes, Führer, this assault rifle was made by our Chinese friends. I've tried this assault rifle myself at Camp 3, and it's a longer range and more powerful than the Mauser rifle we currently have in our troops. Even without a scope, the effective killing distance of this assault rifle is already more than 300 meters, and with the addition of a front grip, the error of the recoil of the rifle affecting the accuracy of shooting will be much reduced." Hoffmann reported his experience of testing the gun to Hitler, which in turn aroused Hitler's curiosity.
The best way to really understand a new weapon was to try it yourself, and the curious Hitler went to the range with a bunch of SS escorts and shot two magazines with the new rifle that Hoffmann had brought. "Yes, this assault rifle is indeed very good, arrange a time, I will go to Camp 3 to see it myself, I would like to know what kind of person can make such a good weapon."
Hoffman left the No. 3 barracks with a new model, Lu Yuan knew about it, but he never expected that Hoffman would take the new rifle to Hitler, and Hitler himself test-fired the rifle. The new assault rifle has basically met Lu Yuan's requirements, after Hoffman left, Lu Yuan made a batch of assault rifle parts according to the caliber of the Tomosaka rifle cartridge, as long as there is a high standard of 6.5 caliber barrels, Lu Yuan can put the barrels of those modified rifles and 38 rifles stored in the storage space into the garbage heap.