At this time, Li Qiwei believed that Wang Xuexin knew the needs of the Yingjiang Army. He thought for a while, and then asked Wang Xuexin a question through Derek: "Comrade Commander, if the repeating rifle you produce only has an effective range of 300 meters, with
Why do the repeating rifles designed for us have an effective range of 600 meters? If so, why don’t you produce such repeating rifles yourself?”
It's not surprising that Ridgway would ask this.
Because when it comes to ensuring continuous fire, the farther the range is, the better. In this case, why would the Eighth Route Army use AK47 instead of M16?
Of course Wang Xuexin would not analyze Li Qiwei from the perspective of battlefield needs. He did not answer and asked: "Captain, I sold you napalm before. I want to know how you use it?"
"This..." Derek looked at Wang Xuexin with shocked eyes. He had just learned that napalm was made by Wang Xuexin: "We made it into an aerial bomb!"
Wang Xuexin replied helplessly: "That's the problem. We developed napalm, but at most we can only put it in rockets to make incendiary bombs, but you can make it into aerial bombs..."
There was no need for Wang Xuexin to explain anything next. Derek immediately understood what Wang Xuexin meant.
Li Qiwei on the other side also felt that what Wang Xuexin said was reasonable.
The Eighth Route Army's industrial base is weak, so what if Wang Xuexin has design capabilities? The production of its rifles must always consider China's actual conditions, so it can only produce this kind of cruder rifle with a shorter range.
But Yingjiang is different. With Yingjiang's industrial capabilities, it can produce more sophisticated equipment and support its maintenance, so it may not be an exaggeration to produce a rifle with an effective range of 600 meters.
Thinking of this, Li Qiwei couldn't help but feel excited. A repeating rifle with a range of 600 meters... You must know that the effective range of the Garand is only 750 meters. If there is such a repeating rifle, wouldn't it take into account both the continuous fire and the range?
How effective such a rifle can be on the battlefield!
Li Qiwei's mind couldn't help but conjure up images of Yingjiang soldiers holding repeating rifles crushing the enemy on the battlefield.
After thinking for a moment, Ridgway sent all the information via telegram to Doolittle in Washington, because he knew that Doolittle was responsible for contact with China.
When Doolittle heard that there was such a thing, he immediately contacted Sun Erwei and flew to Liyuan to find Wang Xuexin.
On the surface, it seems that Wang Xuexin has taken a detour... He could have gone to Sun Erwei himself, but now he went through Derek to Ridgway to Doolittle and then back to Sun Erwei.
But in fact, Wang Xuexin solved a problem: what he wanted was Yingjiang's latest ground mapping radar. As a regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army, he should not know about the existence of this radar.
Soon, Sun Erwei appeared in front of Wang Xuexin. As soon as he saw Wang Xuexin, he asked Wang Xuexin with a slight blame: "Wang, since you have the ability to design a repeating rifle and it is suitable for our army, why not
Tell me earlier?"
Wang Xuexin thought to himself: Do you think I am stupid? Could you have said this earlier? If you had said this earlier, would you have exchanged 50 Shermans for the AK47 blueprints?
But thinking about it, Wang Xuexin certainly wouldn't answer that way.
Wang Xuexin put on an innocent expression and said: "Sun Erwei, you can't blame me. You didn't tell me that you wanted a rifle that suits you!"
These words made Sun Erwei roll his eyes in anger. If he didn't buy the repeating rifle to suit his country's army, could he still buy it for fun?
But now that the matter is over, Sun Erwei has nothing to regret. He can only say: "Okay, let's talk about a new deal. I heard that you can design a repeating rifle with excellent performance. I can
Do you know more details? I mean...our scientists have always been troubled by a problem, how to ensure the range of a repeating rifle!"
This is also the main reason why Yingjiang lags behind other countries in the development of intermediate-power ammunition and assault rifles.
Hans developed intermediate-power ammunition during World War II and matched it with the STG44 assault rifle.
Mao Xiong developed an intermediate-power bomb during World War II. It was successfully developed and replaced with AK47 shortly after the war.
However, Yingjiang had to wait until more than ten years later (1957) before starting the research and development of the M16... This is not like Yingjiang's style.
Yingjiang can even be said to be at the forefront in terms of intermediate-power bullets. For example, its M1 carbine is an intermediate-power bullet between rifle bullets and pistol bullets, but its power is too small to be used as an assault weapon.
Rifle bullets.
But Yingjiang came first and fired later... Yingjiang was the first to develop carbine bullets, but was the last to develop intermediate-power bullets and assault rifles.
The only reason for this is that Yingjiang pursues the range too much on the assault rifle.
This is actually understandable... When Eagle Sauce fought with the enemy during World War II, they usually used artillery to bombard the enemy's position several times from a distance, or used machine guns to fire wildly. They did not have much close combat with the enemy.
needs, and with their absolute firepower, they really don’t need to rush to develop this kind of rifle.
Wang Xuexin did not answer Sun Erwei's question. He asked unceremoniously: "You may have forgotten that this is a transaction, Sun Erwei! I heard Captain Derek say that you have what I need, I mean in terms of airborne troops...
I hope this is it and it won’t disappoint me!”
Sun Erwei said "aha", then took out a document from his briefcase and placed it in front of Wang Xuexin, saying: "I believe it will not disappoint you!"
Wang Xuexin glanced at the cover, and then he knew it was right... The document had been translated into Chinese, and "Ground Surveying and Mapping Radar" was clearly written on it.
However, Wang Xuexin still pretended to know nothing and flipped through the pages, then frowned: "I don't understand what's the use of this, Sun Erwei? A radar?"
Sun Erwei laughed: "Believe me, it is what you want. You only need to put it under the aircraft and fly around the target, and all the terrain on the ground will be under its control, including height, width, and topography.
etc!"
Wang Xuexin pretended to be suddenly enlightened: "You mean, there is no problem at night?"
"Of course!" Sun Erwei smiled and nodded: "This is the benefit of radar, Wang!"
Wang Xuexin looked at the document again, then closed it and said, "Okay, Sun Erwei! I want five such radars and matching aircraft. Is that okay?"
Wang Xuexin's words made Sun Erwei so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. At this time, Yingjiang only had ten ground mapping radars. This guy wanted five at one go? And he wanted them together with the plane!