Chapter 1306 Slide to create a cannon (first update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1306 Slide to create a cannon (first update, please subscribe)
"Off, off, British General Payne Simmons was killed in front of the battle by the Boer Army..."
Early in the morning, newspaper sellers shouted and shouted on the street. The newspaper sellers were waving newspapers in their hands and shouting as they walked.
Half a year after the Anglo-Boer War broke out in southern Africa, it was difficult for news about the war there to attract the attention of the people of the Ming Dynasty. After all, that war was too far away from them.
For the vast majority of people in the Ming Dynasty, instead of paying attention to the war there, it is better to focus on trivial matters such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt. After all, for the citizens of the empire, all these are the most realistic.
However, not everyone will not pay attention. At least for some people, they will still pay attention to the war there.
At least for Zhao Qihang, he has been paying attention to the changes on the battlefield in South Africa. As the head of a company, he is keenly aware that this war may be his opportunity.
The occurrence of any event will bring opportunities. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for their opportunities. Perhaps because of his thoughts, he did not even appreciate the scenery outside the car window while driving.
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Although the morning breeze in the North Sea in April is slightly cool, this is also the best season of the year. During the long winter, people have been looking forward to the arrival of spring.
Feeling the bright spring sunshine and admiring the scenery outside the car window, Sun Mei's face was filled with a happy smile. Looking at Zhao Qihang who was driving and the children sitting in the back, the smile on her face became even stronger.
What is happiness?
In fact, it is very simple, it is just a family living happily together.
Soon the bus arrived at the school. When the children got off the bus, Sun Mei smiled at her husband.
"Okay, let's go to the company quickly. We can just take the school bus in the evening."
After seeing his wife and children again, Zhao Qihang accelerated towards the suburbs. Like all industrial areas, Beihai's industrial area is also full of smoke and dust, with towering chimneys spewing smoke and a faint smell in the air.
Smell of bituminous coal.
Although the Bechuanaland Special Zone in Africa replaced the North Sea as the largest coal supplier in the empire, this change in status not only did not affect the North Sea, it even promoted the economic development of the North Sea - thanks to the abundant coal in the North Sea
Iron resources have made this area a new investment hotspot, with many mainland companies investing in factories here.
In the 21st year of Shengde, Beihai has even vaguely become an industrial city that is not inferior to Linhai. It can be said that everything from shipyards to various machinery factories is available. Zhao Qihang's factory is located in the industrial zone. Six years ago, Zhao Qihang left the mining company
, founded the Qihang Iron Factory, which produced various weapons including pistols and rifles. The products were either sold to local immigrants or to the West.
Although the factory's products are still selling well, the scale is always limited.
Moreover, Zhao Qihang is not satisfied with the present. After all, everyone is ambitious. He is no exception. When the car stopped in front of the factory, Zhao Qihang thought for a while while looking at the small factory door.
Then he said to himself.
"Maybe... this is an opportunity. If you can seize this opportunity..."
With this thought in his mind, Zhao Qihang seemed to have made some decision, turned the steering wheel, and then drove in another direction, towards the city center.
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"What kind of weapon do you need? Gentlemen, what you need is not just a machine gun. Even a machine gun can fight against a hundred rifles, but what you need is a weapon that one person can fight against 1,000 enemies.
The weapon, this weapon, is obviously not a machine gun!"
In the conference room of the Peace Hotel, facing the Boers in front of him, Zhao Qihang began to draw his pie.
These Boers came to the Ming Dynasty to purchase arms. Compared with the strict management of the mainland, the loosely managed Beihai is undoubtedly the best choice. Although there are no large arsenals in Beihai, there are dozens of small private enterprises of varying sizes.
Factories, these small factories mainly produce rifles and pistols, but what they need are machine guns.
However, that doesn't matter. As long as they can afford the money, these small factories can also manufacture machine guns.
And right now, the best thing the Boers, who control the Rand Gold Mine, have is gold!
What is different from others is that Zhao Qihang has never thought about getting any orders for machine guns. He just has thousands of rifles and hundreds of machine guns. How much money can he earn?
"If it's not a machine gun, what is it? Do you have any better recommendations?"
Facing the question from John, the leader of the South African "Economic and Trade Mission", Zhao Qihang took a sip of water calmly and continued.
"Of course, you must have better choices besides machine guns. As we all know, although the 7.5 mm bullet fired by the machine gun has extremely superior performance, one bullet can only kill one enemy. Of course, there is no need to queue it up.
It will penetrate the bodies of two people, but that's it. However, with its intensive firepower, it can cause extremely heavy damage to the enemy on the battlefield.
But we can't just be satisfied with this. After all, what we need is a weapon with higher combat efficiency and higher enemy-killing efficiency. What kind of weapon is it? In response to this problem, I once visited some soldiers.
Veteran soldiers who have been on the battlefield also visited the war memorial.
Through investigation, I found that the vast majority of casualties on the battlefield are caused by artillery shells. Gentlemen, this is supported by data - according to statistics from the Imperial Military, about 50% of casualties on the battlefield are caused by artillery shells.
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This also means that artillery accounts for only 10% of the troops on the battlefield and causes more than 50% of the casualties. In other words, artillery causes more casualties than rifles or machine guns.
Therefore, if we want to improve the killing efficiency, we need a more effective artillery weapon. But unfortunately, for now, neither howitzers, mortars or rocket launchers are effective.
Therefore, we decided to develop a new type of artillery weapon..."
As he spoke, Zhao Qihang showed pictures of new artillery models through the slide machine while introducing them.
"This kind of artillery is a machine gun - we borrowed the structure of the 10-year-old machine gun and theoretically enlarged each component so that it can fire 30mm shells. Compared with the 30mm Gatling machine gun,
It is lighter in weight. According to our actual estimates, its weight will be controlled within 100 kilograms, which means that it can accompany infantry attacks and can fire thousands of artillery shells in a very short time when encountering the enemy.
If it hits the enemy, it will be the most efficient killing weapon in history."
Zhao Qihang said as he changed the slides one by one.
"This is pretty much what we have achieved so far."
Having said this, he pointed to the factory in the distance.
"As long as you are willing to invest in my factory, gentlemen, you will soon be able to harvest this kind of weapon that can defeat a thousand."
Before Zhao Qihang finished speaking, John couldn't help but speak.
"What? Invest in your factory? You mean you don't have such a weapon yet? Are you using these slides to build a cannon?"
Spreading his hands, Zhao Qihang said directly.
"Is there any problem with this? Don't think of us as those guys from the United Kingdom and the United States. This is Ming Dynasty, a place full of miracles. We are using innovative concepts to attract investment. With concepts, manufacturing will naturally follow.
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