The more Neji Okamura and Shinta Kono discussed the repeating rifle, the more they became afraid.
In particular, Neji Okamura thought that this repeating rifle might be a piece of equipment that could go beyond all other equipment and bring great trouble to the Imperial Army.
For example, the Imperial Army's "Zero War", as well as "Human Missiles" and "Sakura Bombs".
Although these things are all effective, they are even better than the so-called "high fire" of the Eighth Route Army... In fact, the empire's "man-operated missiles" are far inferior to the "high fire" of the Eighth Route Army in terms of advancedness and technology.
The Japanese were willing to stuff a pilot inside to make him highly "intelligible", so the Japanese had the upper hand in this regard.
However, let's not talk about whether the advantages of "manned missiles" and "Sakura bombs" can help the empire regain air supremacy. Even if the empire can regain air supremacy, I'm afraid it will still be unable to defeat the Eighth Route Army.
Because the Eighth Route Army was equipped with rifles, a rifle that could fire continuously.
"Man-operated missiles" and "Sakura bombs" may be able to blow up airports, planes, buildings, and bridges, but they cannot blow up infantry against rifles.
To be precise, it's not that they can't be fried, it's that they're not worth frying.
How much does a rifle cost?
How much does a "human missile" or "sakura bomb" cost?
Not to mention that the enemy's gadgets also require pilots to control them. Just using a pilot to replace the enemy's infantry and a rifle is a loss of blood.
The infantry's response to aerial bombardment is actually very simple, just spread out and lie down, or hide in trenches and air-raid shelters.
How many infantry can be destroyed by "human-powered high fire" and "Sakura bomb"?
Therefore, these equipment, including "Zero War" and even all the aircraft of the empire, are not on the same level of competition as repeating rifles like the Eighth Route Army.
If the empire wanted to occupy a certain place, it would eventually have to be occupied by infantry, and infantry occupation meant that the imperial army had to face the Eighth Route Army's repeating rifles with bolt-action rifles.
Then……
As Shinta Kono said, most battles take place within a range of 300 meters. The advantage of the imperial soldiers' long-range bolt-action rifles cannot be used at all. However, the enemy's repeating rifles can cause heavy losses to the imperial army in an instant.
Even beating the imperial army to collapse.
After much deliberation, Okamura Neji couldn't think of a tactic to crack this kind of repeating rifle, so he could only ask in a muffled voice: "Kono-kun, you mean... Hans also has this kind of bullet? So does it?
Is there a similar rifle like this?”
Shinta Kono replied with some shame: "There are indeed bullets, but the rifle... is still under development!"
Hans' intermediate power bomb was successfully developed in 1941, two years earlier than Wang Xuexin.
However, after various attempts and being rejected once due to Hans' personal reasons, the matching rifle was finally finalized in 1943 and officially entered service in 1944, which is the STG44 assault rifle.
Shinta Kono had no contact with this project at this time. He only knew that this rifle was still under development at this time.
Neji Okamura asked next: "Excuse me, Kono-kun, could I ask Hans if he can share this technology with the empire?"
Okamura Neiji's idea is correct. If there is no way to deal with this kind of equipment, then find a way to develop the same equipment.
This is also true. When assault rifles appeared in modern times, bolt-action rifles were eliminated... In fact, they were not eliminated, but took the sniper route.
If Okamura Neji can come up with tactics that can deal with assault rifles, then he can be said to be a genius. Modern assault rifles cannot be universally equipped in all countries around the world.
Kono Shinta was silent for a while and then replied: "Your Excellency, if I report these situations to Hans, I believe Hans is willing to share these technologies, but..."
"But what?"
"However, I think this is of little significance!" Shinta Kono explained: "The difficulty in producing this kind of rifle is the production of bullets, and the production of bullets requires machine tools... Unless the empire can produce corresponding high-precision machine tools
, Otherwise, even if Hans shares this technology, he will not be able to build an empire!"
Okamura Neji fell silent after hearing this.
Although he is not familiar with military production, as a soldier he still has a certain understanding of the production of bullets, so he knows that the difficulty in producing bullets lies in the accuracy, that is, the error cannot be greater than 0.01MM, otherwise a random batch of bullets will be delivered
A batch of rifles can jam on the battlefield, which will cause big problems in battle.
To ensure the accuracy of bullets, high-precision machine tools are needed.
The Empire does not have such machine tools... To be precise, it does not have machine tools to produce intermediate-power bullets, and at the same time, the Empire does not have the ability to produce machine tools.
(Note: During World War II, the Japanese machine tools mainly relied on imports, including machine tools for producing fighter jet engines, all from Eagle Sauce)
If Hans borders the Empire, you can also consider introducing a production line from Hans.
But now, Hans is on the other side of the ocean, and the sky is basically controlled by the sun that never sets... Hans's main aviation force has been transferred to the direction of Mao Xiong, and there are only a few fighters in other directions. He has no air superiority, including the African battlefield.
It was also one of the main reasons for the failure of the Afrika Korps.
Under this situation, even if Hans wanted to send a few people, he would have to transport them secretly in a submarine. If he wanted to transport a production line and machine tools... that would be basically impossible.
Okamura Neiji was a little confused. He did not expect that in the land of China, there were things that the Eighth Route Army could do that the Imperial Army could not do.
Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but sigh: "This must be Mao Xiong supporting the Eighth Route Army, right? Otherwise, with the industrial capabilities of the Eighth Route Army, how could it be possible to use this kind of rifle?"
Okamura Neiji shook his head and objected: "Shinozuka-kun, you underestimate the Eighth Route Army. In other words, you underestimate the Northeast. If Mao Xiong had such rifles, they would have mass-produced them long ago with their industrial capabilities.
We have equipped our troops and used them extensively in the battle with Hans, and they will not be the first to appear on the Chinese battlefield and catch us by surprise!"
Yoshio Shinozuka said in surprise: "General, you mean that this kind of gun was developed by the Eighth Route Army? But... what about the machine tools that produce bullets? It is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to do this!"
This is why Yoshio Shinozuka is convinced that Mao Xiong was behind it, because it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to use such high-precision machine tools.
Okamura Neiji replied: "I'm not sure yet what's going on. Maybe it's the cooperation between the Eighth Route Army and Mao Xiong. But one thing I can be sure of is that the creativity of this rifle..."
As he spoke, Okamura Neiji raised his head towards the rifle on the table and said, "It must be from Xiaobei! Because, like 'high fire', it doesn't look like something from this world at all!"