Chapter 1065: Broadening the Living Space of the Nation
Jérôme Bonaparte immediately asked Louis Feldbub if he needed to get close to the hare to shoot. Although the distance of 300 meters was also within the shooting range of the Mauser rifle (the maximum range of the Mauser 3.0 rifle can reach 1200 meters), but
At this distance, the average person is very likely to face the risk of missing the target.
Therefore, even though the ultimate distance of a breech-loading gun is still not as good as that of some front-loading guns, its performance is still much better than that of a front-loading gun.
After all, except for the special soldiers in the army who are designated to snipe the opponent's generals, no army shoots at the extreme range of a rifle.
The best shooting distance for the army is about 100-200 meters. At this distance, the shooting speed of the rifle and the quality of the soldiers become the key factors that restrict victory or defeat.
After hearing Jérôme Bonaparte's suggestion, Louis Feldbe looked at the hare in the distance again, then pointed at the hare and replied, "Your Majesty, I bet if we get closer, then
A despicable beast will definitely choose to escape!
A beast like this has a much stronger sense of danger than the average large animal!"
“But, it’s about 340 yards from here to there!
If there is a slight deviation, all previous efforts will be wasted!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Louis Feld after roughly estimating the distance.
Louis Feldbaugh first pointed his thumb at the hare in the distance to simply measure the distance, and then silently calculated the current wind speed.
After a while, Louis Feldbe opened his mouth and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte, “Your Majesty, I think there will be no problem!
The existing wind speed won't deflect the bullet too far!"
"Since you have taken care of everything, let's go ahead!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and agreed to Louis Feldbe's request to shoot.
With the consent of Jérôme Bonaparte, Louis Feldbaugh immediately raised his Mauser rifle and pointed it at the gray hare.
The hare in the distance still didn't know that an unreasonable disaster was about to befall it. At this moment, it still stood there blankly without moving.
After passing the three-point-one-line sight, Louis Feldbaugh quickly pulled the trigger. The second convex angle of the sear in the barrel was affected by the trigger connected to it and slid downward.
The spring is in the same system. When the resistance exerted by the second lobe on the sear disappears, the compressed spring pushes the firing pin forward at an extremely fast speed. The firing pin accurately hits the primer fuse of the brass bullet, which comes from the gunpowder.
The expanding gas propels the bullet forward.
With a "bang" sound, a plume of white smoke appeared at the muzzle of the Mauser rifle, and the hare in the distance fell next to the tree as if struck by lightning.
After a while, bright red blood continued to flow out of the hare's wound.
Jérôme Bonaparte, who had been holding his breath since Louis Feldbou raised his rifle to aim at the hare to avoid disturbing him, quickly applauded Louis Feldbou after he successfully killed the hare.
"What a shot!" Jerome Bonaparte praised.
"Your Majesty, you are exaggerating!" Louis Feldbaugh first looked at his "outstanding" in the distance with satisfaction, and then humbly replied, "The reason why I can shoot the hare so accurately depends on your rifle.
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"General Feldbou, excessive modesty is tantamount to pride!" Jérôme Bonaparte half-jokingly replied to Louis Feldbou, "The rifle is dead, but the man is alive!
Whether a rifle is excellent or not depends not only on its own performance, but also on the person who uses it.
An excellent soldier can exert 100% of his power, but a soldier who knows nothing can only exert less than half of his power.
If these two soldiers are equipped with the same rifle, who do you think can win the final victory?"
"Of course by good soldiers!" Louis Feldbou replied to Jérôme Bonaparte without hesitation.
"Look at this!" Jérôme Bonaparte spread his hands and said to Louis Feldbou, "General Feldbou, your marksmanship is indeed superb!
I bet a lot of Guardsmen are probably not as good at marksmanship as you!"
"Your Majesty, you are very grateful!" Louis Feldbaugh still maintained a humble attitude.
"Can you tell me how you trained such superb shooting skills!" Jerome Bonaparte asked Louis Feld again.
After Louis Feldbou thought for a moment, he shook his head and replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, I don't have any special training methods!
If there is, there is only one way, and that is to practice diligently!
As long as you practice enough, you will naturally develop excellent marksmanship!
In fact, in the area of Senegal under my jurisdiction, there are many soldiers with better marksmanship than me. They are all excellent soldiers who grew up on the soil of Senegal!"
Only then did Jérôme Bonaparte realize that the Louis Feldbou in front of him was a veritable "war madman". France maintained only less than 3,000 troops in Senegal, which was the strength of a reinforced regiment.
Not to mention that this kind of force is compared with Algeria, which has an army of 80,000. Even the regular army in the hands of Jérôme Patterson has 1,000 more soldiers than Louis Feldbou.
If Jérôme Patterson had included the Pioneer Regiment, the army he would have led would have been about three times that of Louis Feldbou.
However, with only about 3,000 troops in his hands, Louis Feldbou managed to achieve results in Senegal that were not inferior to those of Jérôme Patterson.
The entire Senegal has been controlled by Louis Feldbou, and there are no fewer than hundreds of tribal chiefs living under Louis Feldbou. He can be said to be a veritable "King of Senegal".
Of course, during the period when colonialism was prevalent in the 19th century, Louis Feldb's methods of opening up land were naturally not so kind. The reason why those tribal chiefs were willing to follow Louis Feldb's leadership was not because of Louis Feldb.
Feldb looks bully wearing a pair of flat glasses.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Naturally, what Louis Feldb can rely on is his more than 3,000 soldiers. With their assistance, Feldb was able to massacre the city.
country.
His shooting skills must have been practiced during the attack on the tribe.
There is no better target than the Horde army!
Jérôme Bonaparte, who wanted to understand the reason, once again praised Louis Feldbou, "Yes! You and your army are both good!!
I will let the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Colonies verify your merits, and then award the Sergar Governor-General the Order of the Collective Grand Officer!"
For Jerome Bonaparte, awarding medals was the cheapest and most effective way to win people's hearts.
The value of a medal is no more than a thousand francs, and it can give the army a sense of collective honor.
For this sense of honor, they are willing to sacrifice their lives to serve the empire and the emperor.
Is there any more cost-effective deal in the world than this?
Hearing that Jérôme Bonaparte was willing to award the second-class Order of the Governor-General of Senegal (the first class is the Grand Cross), Louis Feldbou was naturally very excited.
Having served as the governor of the Governor's Palace of Senegal for nearly five years, he has already regarded the Governor's Palace of Senegal as his second home, and all the soldiers under the Governor's Palace are fighting alongside Louis Feldbe
family.
Nowadays, Jérôme Bonaparte is willing to award the entire Senegalese Governor-General's Palace a collective second-class merit. How can Louis Feldbe not be excited?
A collective second-class merit means that after retirement, soldiers in the Governor's Palace can receive 10 francs more monthly allowance than ordinary soldiers, which means that they can receive 120 francs more per year.
This subsidy may be negligible for an ordinary officer, but it is a considerable savings for soldiers who have left the army.
"Your Majesty, on behalf of the three thousand soldiers of Senegal, I thank you for your generosity!" Louis Feldbou saluted Jérôme Bonaparte with a serious expression, and then responded in a sonorous tone.
"Your efforts should be duly rewarded!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied to Louis Feldbe. "The Kingdom of Britain relies on a population of less than 21 million (including 4.5 million Scots, 600
Thousands of Irish people are not included), occupying the richest area in the entire world, and these 21 million people rule a population that is 30 times their own population.
It was Britain's plundering of colonies that enabled the Anglo-Saxons to have abundant financial resources, allowing them to stand at the top of the world.
In my opinion, because you are fighting in Senegal, you are not fighting for yourself, you are fighting for the living space of the 35 million people in France!
Although your hands will inevitably be stained with the blood of innocent tribesmen, please believe that everything you do is worth it.
France in the future will never forget those of you who have fought hard for it. The hope of the nation and the future of the empire rest on you!
You don't have to feel sad about killing other tribes, but you should feel happy!
Because the spread of civilization is always accompanied by bloody conflicts one after another!
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After Jérôme Bonaparte's speech, which was full of blood and murder, Louis Feldbub and Angelo von Becciux immediately gave warm applause to Jérôme Bonaparte's speech.
The Guardsmen who followed them applauded Jerome Bonaparte with equal excitement.
Regarding the values of the 19th century, Jérôme Bonaparte’s theory of “broadening the living space of the nation” is not a concept that everyone agrees with in the 21st century.
In this age of social Darwinism, everyone cheers for their own nation to conquer other nations, no matter how much blood is shed on both sides.
As long as you can achieve the final victory, everything will be worth it!
