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Chapter 672: Making a gun is like climbing Mount Everest

It soon entered late July. Ding Guofeng took three battalions and two new battalions, which were already considered veterans, to India. After a week of adaptation on the front line, Zhao Xin ordered the Northern Navy units that had already arrived at the Xilang front to launch a general attack on the VOC army.

In order to quickly end the war, Zhao Xin not only used twenty mortars and twenty 75mm cannons this time, but also used two "M1910/30" heavy machine guns brought by Ding Guofeng, which were imitated from another time and space. As heavy firepower entered the battlefield, it soon caused major casualties to the VOC's army; whether those who were hiding behind the wooden fortification wall or trying to counterattack, all blood flowed into a river.

Speaking of the two machine guns imitated by the heavy weapons workshop of the Beihai Town Arsenal, they have actually been built for two years. However, due to various problems in part tolerances, they have been constantly going back and forth between the shooting range and the workshop, which makes Zhao Liang regret his impulse at the time.

The Beihai Town Military Industry Consortium has developed to this day. In addition to producing a large number of 19th-century guns and cannons, the technology tree for modern weapons is still climbing. After years of this, Zhao Liang finally realized that it is easy to make a rifle that can shoot, but if it produces dozens, hundreds or even thousands of standard rifles, it is no less difficult than climbing Mount Everest.

Although Beihai Town produced a large number of "Type 1789" revolvers, the early 1,000 were all piled up manually. All guns had differences in the same components, which made the weapon parts in exchange, and the parts of each gun needed to be marked and numbered separately for identification. This situation was not changed until workers could skillfully use machine tools to create a large number of the same parts, and the same problem was the same for rifled rifles.

The regular troops of the Northern Navy have only developed to 25 regiments today, and have never been able to quickly expand their organization. The most important reason is that weapons and semi-automatic rifles are still in the process of exploring. This has made Zhao Xin unable to be exploited by weapons dealers again and again, and handed over a large amount of gold.

Many travelers who do not understand weapons think that Beihai Town has modern machine tools and drawings, they can easily create modern weapons including various parts. In fact, this is a big mistake!

Now Zhao Liang sneered at the guys who often used the examples of Batik private workshops among the people, and was even lazy to explain to them.

He made a special trip to Pakistan during his Spring Festival home a few years ago. Through communicating with locals who are familiar with the situation, he finally figured out what was going on. In addition to the pistols that can be made by themselves, these workshop owners are more suitable to assemble than "manufacturing". Due to the long-term wars there, they usually recycle available parts from scrapped guns, and then make some simple parts by themselves, and piece them together. This thing can be made into dozens of pieces of the same model, so don't dream in large quantities.

It is too difficult to copy modern weapons in batches through assembly lines. Even the already considered old SKS, even Mosinnagan. Zhao Xin has traveled to Europe's countries that can produce SKS, and has also collected a complete set of machine tools, tools and fixtures through relationships. But he can't handle one problem, which is the technical information package. This is not a matter of how much it costs, but people will not sell it at all.

In the end, he had no choice but to tell the weapon dealer Andrew that it was OK to get a technical information package of Mosinnagan. Unexpectedly, the other party smiled and said that the thing was gone long ago. Zhao Xinyi thought it was right. Now, a Mosinnagan with excellent quality and performance on the market now costs at least $800, and the cheapest ones cost 300 to $500.

The Arsenal has not tried to imitate the SKS rifle. In order to proficiently operate the only multi-axis CNC machine tool in Beihai Town, Zhao Liang spent more than half a year to go back to take a training class. Although the use of CNC makes cutting of various parts of the weapon more efficient and fast, this does not fundamentally change the fact that only one can be processed at a time, and the accuracy must be just right, otherwise the assembled gun will still not be batch-based, and even the normal use of model guns will be a problem.

For example, after the first SKS rifle he processed through a CNC machine tool, he found that the surface of the loading ramp was too sharp, and after each shot, some copper chips were scraped off the bullets. In the end, the bullets could not be loaded. At first, he didn't know what was wrong, so he had to check every part; it was not until a worker accidentally found copper chips in the locking lugs of the groove of the gun bottom plate, and it was cleared and returned to normal.

Not getting the SKS technical data package means that the arsenal must accurately calculate the three-dimensional dimensions and tolerances of each part, as well as what happens when the tolerance approaches the edge. Different approach values ​​will cause different changes in the weapon. For example, the data found for the tolerance of a certain part is 0.95~1.05, but in the actual manufacturing process, the tolerance range may be only 1~1.05, and it is not possible to be less than 1.

In addition, there are ammunition tolerances, even modern rifles in the early days were stricter than smoothbore rifles. If they were looser, the rifle would not work; if they were tighter, the bullet would be stuck, causing disastrous consequences.

For example, many people think that the FG42 paratrooper rifle in another time and space are considered to be a work of art. In order to imitate this weapon, a certain enthusiast took ten years to restore the complete set of technical information packages.

Zhao Liang has invested a lot of energy in weapons production over the years. He increasingly feels that the process of making guns is full of mystery. Many things that are regarded as "taken for granted" are not that simple. They are not something that can be produced with drawings and equipment, and press a button.

In heavy industrial products - especially military products, the so-called cheap price and suitable for mass production have always been established for large-scale factories with mature technology. Small and medium-sized and even starting-type ones should be honestly learned from buying parts assembled. Even if someone teaches them step by step, you can't imagine mass copying without 5 to 10 years. Of course, unless you can tolerate super high scrap rate, this is how the Germans did the Stg44 production back then, which is a typical behavior of desperate jumping.

The recruits on the front line of Xilang City were all dumbfounded when they saw the power of the two heavy machine guns. Since the servants did not have any other heavy weapons in weapon configuration except for the 12-pound cannon, the soldiers at the bottom had never seen such a killing weapon. In comparison, the rifle in their hands was simply a fire stick. Seeing the enemy's position turned into a bloody and fire hell, the broken body and limbs were flying all over the sky, the recruits on the front line were all vomiting loudly.

The Dutch defenders could not stand it after only half a day of resistance. The arrival of two heavy machine guns made them feel that the end of the world was coming. In just one morning, the VOC and the Vandan Sultanate lost more than 4,000 people, which also caused many officers and soldiers of the coalition to refuse to fight. In their opinion, this was no longer a battle, but a complete massacre.

In addition, because Zheng Wenxian's fleet imposed a blockade on Wandan Port for several days, and Elu led his men to attack the VOC's gunpowder depot in the north of Xilang, the troops' gunpowder stock was not large and they could not obtain external material support.

Faced with such a situation, the VOC Governor Overstratten, who was in a distressed city, had to send a representative to request a ceasefire in the afternoon, and under the pressure of He Xiwen, negotiated unconditional surrender.

The North Navy's attitude is simple and clear. VOC has put down its weapons and surrendered at all armed strongholds around the Malacca Economic Circle. In the future, no colonial strongholds will be opened in Southeast Asia and all returned to Ceylon. Economically, Beihai Town will regard Malacca City as the center of future spice trade. All Dutch merchant ships going to Guangzhou and Nagasaki for trading must be registered at the Malacca City Customs and receive license documents, otherwise it will be deemed to be smuggled.

"What you mean is that you will control all European merchant ships from East Asia in the future? Your appetite is too big!"

"Hmph, given your past history of selling opium from India to East Asia for hundreds of years, it is very necessary to do so."

"I protest that the trade of the East India Company in Nagasaki is a normal trade deal between countries and is approved by the Tokugawa Shogunate!"

"I'm sorry, the protest is invalid. Let me tell you the truth, Japan is already our vassal state. If the Tokugawa shogunate dares to disobey, we can change others to be generals at any time."

"What?! When did this happen?" The Dutch representative was shocked when he heard this. He had no idea about this situation. Since the outbreak of the Fourth British-Dutch War, the number of merchant ships to Nagasaki has decreased from five per year to three in two years. As the domino effect caused by the loss of Bacheng two years ago became increasingly greater, VOC was unable to send more merchant ships to Nagasaki, and this year there was no one, so it was unclear about the situation in Japan.

"Haha, the treaty I just signed last month."

Well, the negotiators of Beihai Town were not lying. Given that the VOC started war on Beihai Town, under Cao Peng's continuous pressure, the Tokugawa Shogunate's old middle school, Matsuhei Nobuaki, represented the Tokugawa Shogunate, was forced to sign a special clause on the Dutch's trade to Japan on June 17, 1793. The two sides agreed that Dutch merchant ships would not be allowed to trade in ports without obtaining the permit issued by Beihai Town. In exchange, Beihai Town would provide the Tokugawa Shogunate with an interest-free loan of 5 million taels of silver for ten years.

Now the internal internal of the Tokugawa shogunate is also surging. The conflicts accumulated by the two sides over the years have been irreconcilable because of the fact that they gave their father a title.

The "leniency reform" carried out by the shogunate in recent years aims to achieve a stable finance through austerity measures. However, in the past few years, it has not only failed to revitalize Japan's rural economy, but also caused dissatisfaction among businessmen due to the suppression of business policies. The Haigou Public Office, who likes to live a luxurious life, is even more bored by this.

Now Haigou Gongfang is 20 years old, and he feels that his arms are thicker and his legs are strong. He hates Matsuhei Daon, the guy, more and more, so he makes up his mind to dismiss him. The Shirakawa family's main family has been lost, and the candidate who succeeds the old Zhongcheng is on the head of Matsuhei Nobunata, the vassal lord of Mikawa Yoshida.

In order to ensure the continuation of the lenient government reform and obtain the support of the general, the 30-year-old Matsudai Nobumi could only agree to Cao Peng's conditions and send a million yuan loan to the private treasury of Haigou's public office to meet the expenses of the other party's constant marriage.

The VOC negotiators were already stunned at this time. They actually knew that the Sendai Monastery had been supporting the Sendai Monastery in recent years, but they did not expect that the other party had such a great influence on the Tokugawa Shogunate.

On July 28, 1793, VOC Governor Overstrat signed his name on the surrender book as if dead. He knew that the era of the once powerful "sea coachman" had ended, and with the collapse and decline of the Java War, the Dutch would definitely become the object of despised by European countries.

The person who attended the Dutch surrender ceremony in Beihai Town was He Xiwen, who served as the front-line commander. Zhao Xin was really not interested in this, so he directly authorized it in the name of the North Navy Command.

When the former pirate leader signed his name on the surrender book with a trembling brush, he couldn't help but feel emotion in his heart, and since then he was even more devoted to Zhao Xin. He Xiwen knew that he would leave his name in history and even be remembered for generations, and finally deserved his ancestors!

Through this battle on West Java from beginning to end, He Xiwen deeply understood the system of the North Navy, and went from being used to gradually adapting. The personal soldiers and private camps he imagined in the past did not exist at all, at most he had a personal guard.

He had talked with his staff these days to know that almost all officers above the North Navy Company level had participated in Zhao Xin's officer training courses and were extremely loyal. As long as the Ministry of Military Affairs issued a transfer order, it would be useless if you were familiar with the officers below. If any chief officer dared not obey the order, the deputy could directly obtain command power according to the system, and the chief officer was directly imprisoned. What awaited him was the ruling of military law.

He Xiwen hasn't seen his group of pirate brothers for a while. When he remembered the time he had drunk a lot of wine and ate meat on Kunlun Island, he often lamented that things were right and wrong. However, he also understood that as his current identity, Ruan Phoe-ying would probably have to wait for him to go to Jiading, Guangnan.

Just as the war on Java ended, Deng Fei, who had been in charge of Ningguta, also obtained the authorization of Zhao Xin. He ordered his three regiments and two regiments who arrived from Alchukka to attack the Qing army entrenched in Jilin.

The goal of this battle is to push the defense line in the southern part of the Northern Navy to the Hunhe River before the beginning of winter, reaching the Weiyuan Fort and Ying'emen on the willow wall; in the west, there are Yitongmen and Hersummen on the side wall, and occupy Changchun Town, which still belongs to the front banner of Gorros in this era.

Now the new regime in Beihai Town has gradually stood firm in Qiqihar, Alchukka and Hulunbu Yuer. After entering the Xia Dynasty, a large number of civil affairs cadres were in place and began to clear the land in various places to carry out land reform. Therefore, Jiang Fan, who was both a civilian and an army, needed to lead the troops to continue to station in Hulunbu Yuer, and Li Rui's two regiments were vacated.

Faced with the rapid offensive of Beihai Town, the Qing army in Jilin either fled in panic or surrendered directly in an established manner. You should know that it has been four months since Beihai Town launched the "Spring Offensive". The Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp and the Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Jilin have been completely lying flat after being ravaged by the Beihai Army's cannons, and they are dying early and reborn early. Anyway, they can't beat them, so that's all that...

When the news of the Northern Navy's "invasion" again reached the capital, in contrast to the busy response in the court, the royal family was concerned about Duerga's death.
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