Since most of the naturalized soldiers had insufficient food during their growth period, they were generally short in stature. In order to facilitate the use of the naturalized soldiers, the Mauser G98 rifle was slightly shortened by Fang Xiaoyue.
No way, if they were not shortened, these Mauser G98 rifles would be almost as tall as a person standing on the ground.
Under such circumstances, it is very inconvenient for soldiers to use it.
Especially when the Mauser G98 was used as a sniper rifle, snipers put forward many opinions. One of them was that the Mauser G98 gun body was too long and not suitable for carrying.
Because the gun body is too long, snipers cannot carry it on their backs and can only choose to carry it on their shoulders.
After the gun body was shortened, the range of the Mauser G98 was also shortened, but it was much more convenient.
In particular, the Mitsubishi bayonet that Fang Xiaoyue equipped with the Mauser G98 is about 41 centimeters long. It can be folded under the barrel of the gun at ordinary times. After a close combat, the bayonet can be flipped up and the Mauser G98 can become a long gun.
spear.
To put it simply, the Musketeers will never miss hand-to-hand combat again.
It was only when the gun-awarding ceremony was over and the officers led the team to the shooting range for the first shooting training of the new gun that Wan Laoyao truly felt the benefits of this new gun.
To put it simply, this new gun is more convenient to load bullets. Because it uses the upper magazine to feed ammunition, its ammunition supply is 5 rounds.
In other words, after one reloading, the Mauser G98 can fire five times in a row, which is undoubtedly an earth-shaking change for the previous musketeers.
At the same time, due to the use of steel custom-loaded bullets, the musketeers no longer have to worry about the impact of heavy rain.
You must know that although the previous Thunderbolt 1646 rifle did not stop completely when it rained like a matchlock gun, heavy rain and heavy rain still had a great impact on the firing rate of the rifle.
Especially after the paper shell bullets are torn open, if they encounter rain, they will also have to stop eating.
The storage of steel bullets is a bit luxurious in the eyes of naturalized soldiers. When the bullet box is opened, the bullets inside are soaked in grease. When using, the grease must be wiped clean with a cloth, otherwise,
Greasy hands will somewhat affect the accuracy of shooting.
Of course, the biggest advantage of the Mauser G98 is its range, and its accuracy is better than that of the Thunderbolt 1646.
The literal data of the Thunderbolt 1646 rifle is a killing range of 900 meters and a precision range of 550 meters.
Well, in actual combat, the accurate range is actually only less than 200 meters.
This is not surprising, because the naked eye vision of most naturalized soldiers is not good, and the barrel of the Thunderbolt 1646 will be hung with lead. This makes any old gun that has been used for a period of time, unless it is a new gun that has never been used, cause
Hanging lead will greatly reduce the accuracy.
The most terrible thing is that due to the round design of the lead bullet, the accuracy of the bullet will be greatly affected when it encounters wind and other external factors.
This is the key reason why in actual combat, the accurate range of the Thunderbolt 1646 rifle is far inferior to the literal data.
The effective killing range of the Mauser G98 is about 1,000 meters, and its accurate range is only 400 meters.
It seems that the precise range is not as good as the Thunderbolt 1646, but the precise range of 400 meters is a real 400 meters.
This is also the reason why snipers can’t put it down after the Mauser G98 is equipped with a scope.
After the Mauser G98 rifle, which is equipped for ordinary naturalized soldiers, has a shortened gun body and barrel, the accurate range has further dropped to 330 meters.
But this is enough for use.
Generally speaking, naturalized citizens basically cannot reach this distance when aiming.
Besides, there is no doubt that the conical steel bullet is much more lethal than the round lead bullet.
In this day and age, you may be able to block Thunderbolt 1646 lead bullets if you wear double-layered heavy armor, but you will definitely not be able to block steel bullets like this!
Compared with the joy of the naturalized soldiers after the Mauser G98 was refitted, the officers across time were more favorable to the refitted 88mm cannon.
This type of artillery has a caliber equivalent to 3.46 inches. Although its deflection capability is extremely poor and can almost only be used for direct fire, the power of this breech-loaded artillery is not small at all due to the equipment of explosive shells.
After several test firings hosted by the Ministry of Industry, the visiting military officers completely fell in love with this breech-loading artillery.
Although the use of this type of explosive bomb is more troublesome due to the problem of triggering the fuze, this does not prevent the Ministry of Military Affairs from formulating a grand plan.
Under the advice of many senior officers, Sun Xuebin decided to use the 88-gun as a regiment-level firepower and use it intensively on unilateral battlefields. That is, each infantry regiment will be equipped with an artillery battalion and 18 88-guns!
According to this configuration, Xinghai Kingdom's existing four infantry regiments need to be equipped with 72 88-meter guns.
However, with the official signing of the agreement between Nanming and Xinghai State, Xinghai State also began to send troops to various places in the South China Sea Island to implement the trusteeship entrusted by Nanming.
According to the defense plan of the entire South China Sea Island, the three existing infantry regiments on the South China Sea Island are temporarily insufficient.
According to Sun Xuebin's plan, except for the one infantry regiment stationed at the Hongji Coal Mine in Jiaozhi, the three infantry regiments on the South China Sea Island will be expanded into five infantry regiments.
In other words, the Army alone needs 108 88-guns.
In addition, a certain number of forts also need to be built at strategic locations along the coast of the South China Sea Island, transportation ports, etc. These forts also require more than two hundred 88-guns.
Since the characteristics of the 88 gun are that the barrel is extremely slender and the total weight is light, the technical requirements are relatively high.
For those naturalized people who operate machine tools, the barrel yield rate of the 88 gun is still relatively low.
This also resulted in the Ministry of Industry not being able to meet the Ministry of Military Affairs' 300 cannon plan in a short period of time.
Hmm? Actually it should be over 400 doors.
Because the Navy under the Ministry of Military Affairs also needs new naval guns to modify the remaining three fishing boats. After all, the parts commonality between the new naval guns and the 88 gun is relatively high, which also puts pressure on the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry.
In addition, navy sailors have gradually been trained, and new shipyards have been built with the power of engineering machinery.
Fang Xiaoyue basically didn't know much about the design of the sailboat and had no intention of getting involved.
However, it is conceivable that when a new sailing ship is built, it will definitely be equipped with 88 naval guns.
In addition, in order to make up for the shortcomings in firepower at the company and battalion levels, as mentioned before, Fang Xiaoyue developed a grenade launcher for them.
This projectile can be regarded as an ultra-light mortar.
Its total weight is 6.2 kg, its maximum range is 500 meters, and its effective range is 300 meters. Its structure is simple, lightweight and easy to carry.