Chapter 435: The envoys of the Nikanchais are here
Chapter 435: The Nikancha people’s envoy is here
"...What I mean is to install this monocular telescope on a new rifle and act as a sight. Two crosses are engraved on the lens of the telescope. When the sniper is preparing to aim and shoot, the front and rear of this monocular telescope will
When the crosses on the two lenses coincide with the target, you can pull the trigger and shoot the target three to four hundred meters away. This is not a standard rifle for ordinary soldiers, but a sniper rifle, which selects sharpshooters among the soldiers with the best shooting.
, use this specially customized sniper rifle to kill the enemy’s commanding officers on the battlefield, causing chaos to the enemy..."
Claude wiped the sweat from his forehead. At this moment, he really regretted how he studied computer application management in his previous life instead of the science and engineering majors of mechanization and chemistry. With the new rifle and the monocular telescope, Claude naturally
He wanted to combine the two to make a specialized sniper rifle. He just had this concept in his mind, but it was difficult to describe it in detail so that his sister Anna and Mrs. Sonia, who were responsible for the trial production, could understand the characteristics of the sniper rifle.
After many bumps and bruises, we finally completed the exchange on sniper rifles.
"You actually told us that we only wanted the new rifle's precise aiming range to reach three to four hundred meters. It took us a long time to explain clearly. It means that the naked eye cannot aim at targets that are too far away, and we need to use a monocular telescope.
Are you here to assist..." Mrs. Sonia complained: "Is there anything else that needs attention?"
Claude smiled apologetically: "Perhaps you can try to lengthen the barrel of the gun, and the bullets also need to be specially made to ensure the power of long-distance hits. For this, you can try to lengthen the bullet casing and increase the amount of propellant.
The amount of powder. You can also try the rifling inside the barrel to see if changing it to a spiral type can increase the stability and range of the bullet. That's all I can think of, mainly relying on the two of you for testing.
Time is a bit tight, my dear, I have made you tired. But there is no way. The Hicks are coming with great momentum this time, preparing to sweep the entire territorial war zone. For our war zone, this is a test of life and death. I must find a way
To increase the chance of winning in the war zone. When fighting in mountainous areas, a good sniper rifle can be as good as an artillery, and even more threatening than an artillery. A few hidden snipers are like the messenger of death to the enemy.
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Although Claude spoke so easily at the mobilization meeting of senior officers at the theater headquarters, it seemed as if the enemy could be wiped out with a snap of his fingers. In fact, he knew in his heart that this battle was not easy to fight. So except for the welcoming ceremony at the end of the year,
Apart from spending a good night at home with my wife and children, I spent the rest of my time working crazy.
The most important thing is to move sister Anna's laboratory from the ranch to the Blackstone Gun Manufacturing Workshop in the municipality of Vibato Port. This is because Mrs. Sonia has become the actual person in charge of the gun manufacturing workshop in order to start production at full capacity.
For the new rifle, the firearms manufacturing workshop still needs to install two production lines, recruit and train more than 3,000 new employees, there are many things to do, and she is extremely busy. She really can't travel back and forth between the two places, let alone conduct experiments in the laboratory with peace of mind.
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The testing and manufacturing of new weapons cannot be separated from Mrs. Sonia's rich firearms manufacturing experience and guidance to her sister Anna, so Claude simply decided to move his sister Anna's laboratory directly to the firearms manufacturing workshop. Anyway, Mai
Jack is leading the 131st Thunder Battalion to guard the gun manufacturing workshop. This can be regarded as a private matter and allows the couple to reunite. His mother has been nagging for a long time, saying that his sister has been married for several years, but she is still not pregnant.
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At present, in addition to producing new rifles, the gun manufacturing workshop has successfully developed another new weapon, that is, landmines. This is very simple. It only took my sister Anna and Mrs. Sonia three or four days to complete the trial production. There are two landmines.
One type is a pressure mine, which is buried on the ground. As long as a person steps on it, it will explode. The other type is a trip mine. As the name suggests, a string is placed on it. If a person walks over and trips on this string, the mine will explode.
Exploded with a sound.
Claude originally wanted to study sea mines and jumping mines. The former can cause big trouble for the fleet to land. But Claude really can't figure out how the iron-shell mines float on the water, and he doesn't know how the ships hit the mines.
It will cause an explosion. The same is true for jump mines, which are the most lethal mines. Claude read on the forum in his previous life and said that when the mines are touched, they will jump up and explode in mid-air. The steel balls filled in the mines will cause damage to the surrounding areas.
All objects within thirty meters cause serious damage. The problem is that Claude does not understand the principle of making this jumping thunder, even with the help of his sister Anna's alchemy magic talisman.
The third new weapon is the sniper rifle that Claude mentioned. With the new rifle as the base, Claude believes that the development of the sniper rifle should be completed soon. Besides, what he needs is not the 800-meter and
A modern sniper rifle that can kill the enemy with one shot from 1,200 meters away. He only requires a sniper rifle that can accurately hit the enemy within 400 meters. He believes that his sister Anna and Mrs. Sonia will not let him down and can kill him in a short time.
Create a qualified sniper rifle.
Claude plans to form a sniper brigade in the Thunder Legion, led by his younger brother Blovik. It can be regarded as a special forces unit of this era. If conditions permit in the future, Claude will select elite soldiers and talents in the Thunder Legion to form a special force.
Troops, they can then carry out beheading operations or go deep behind enemy lines to cause havoc. Perhaps in a few decades or hundreds of years, Claude may be called the father of snipers and the father of special forces by future generations.
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It is already February of the 593rd year of the Holy Light Calendar. In just over a month, it will be April. The Hicks Kingdom’s standing army is about to land at the Rodex Bay Colony, but they don’t know that the first batch will arrive.
There will be several standing corps. And several spies dispatched by the intelligence office of the theater command have sent an eagle message, saying that the advance personnel of the Hicks Kingdom arrived at Rodex Bay Colony at the end of last year and were busy
Spend money to hire labor to build military barracks and warehouses.
It is said that the residents and local officials of the local Fox Islands United Kingdom had a tacit understanding, and in line with the mentality of not killing the enemy, they tripled the amount of materials and labor in the entire colony. As a result, the spies sent to the war zone had to
They were hired by the Hicks to help build the camp and get paid to make ends meet. The hawks sent a message complaining that with the salary given to them in the war zone, they could not even afford to buy beef to feed the hawks...
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These spies went there in the name of the branch of the Buffalo Trading Company set up in Rodex Bay Colony, mainly to negotiate the deal for the 30,000 barrels of low-strength ale ordered. They complained in the Falcon Message that the local residents
There is a certain quota every month, and you can obtain the necessary daily necessities at low prices, so they are not affected by the skyrocketing prices. The rest of the outsiders have been affected by the Hicks and can only buy food and drinks at high prices.
What they regret now is that the ale produced in overseas territories was sold so cheaply that the Hicks people drank it as water. You must know that a glass of water in the city is more expensive than these ales, because they need
Charcoal is used to boil water, and charcoal also costs money. The good news is that the Hicks people have placed an order for 50,000 barrels of ale, and the price has also increased by one-third due to their good talk. It is estimated that the Hicks people themselves also
They were shocked by the prices in the city, so this ale became their best choice as it was cheap and delicious.
In addition to complaining about the soaring prices and the ale trade, the spies also made a suggestion. After the advance personnel of the Hicks Kingdom arrived at Rodex Bay Colony at the end of last year, they hired labor to build military camps and warehouses. At present,
The warehouse has been basically completed, and merchant ships from the various jurisdictions on the west coast arrive every day, transporting thousands of tons of food and countless other living supplies to these pioneers of the Hicks Kingdom.
The spies got acquainted with the advance personnel of the Kingdom of Hicks and heard them complain when they drank together, saying that King Melchid III gave them a task, which was to collect food and grass in various colonies on the west coast in advance and wait for the arrival of the kingdom's standing army.
. They originally thought that this task would be easy to complete, but when they arrived at the colonies on the west coast, they discovered that the food reserves in the local cities were not as large as they thought. The reasons for this were very complicated.
Since the colonies on the west coast have maintained peace for 20 to 30 years, although there are conflicts between each other, they are basically minor conflicts and can be resolved quickly through negotiations. In addition, there are no natural or man-made disasters, and the food supply of the colonies in various countries is
Production is therefore very stable, and it is enough to meet the needs of local residents and still have some reserves. More farmers like to grow cash crops, and these are the source of income that can be shipped back to the Farea continent to make money in various countries.
King Melchid III of the Hicks Kingdom gave these previous personnel an order to purchase one million bushels of grain. As a result, when they arrived on the west coast, they discovered that it was impossible to purchase such a large amount of grain reserves. They had no choice but to spend two to three thousand dollars more.
The grain production for the next year was expected to be twice as high as the price, which tempted those farmers to plant grain vigorously. They complained that in the colonies on the west coast, the coarse grain potatoes they purchased were sold for the price of flour.
The spies found that the warehouses built in advance by the Hicks Kingdom's advance personnel had already stored a lot of food and living supplies, so they suggested taking action and sneaking into the warehouse area to prevent fire and burn the food, so as to give the Hicks people a first blow.
However, the war zone quickly rejected the spies' suggestion. The reason was simple. The lease agreement between the Kingdom of Hicks and the United Kingdom of Fox Islands had not yet taken effect. The current Rodex Bay Colony was still under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom of Fox Islands.
If a fire breaks out in the Fox Islands, the United Kingdom will intervene in the investigation. If it is found that someone from the war zone set the fire, it will hold the war zone responsible and demand compensation...
It's not that the war zone is afraid of offending the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands, but that there is no need to cause more trouble to the war zone. Since the civil war broke out between the two kings in the kingdom, the Kingdom of Orvelas, which was originally a powerful country in the eastern region of Farea Continent, has become popular.
A small player who was bullied by others. If the Territory War Zone had not maintained the record of three victories and three victories in the colonial war launched against the Kingdom of Hicks, perhaps other countries would have taken up the idea of overseas territories.
If the late King Sterling X was still alive and a civil war had not broken out in the Kingdom, then the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands would not have leased the Rhodes Bay Colony to the Kingdom of Hicks to gather troops. Their country’s only powerful force was the four major naval fleets.
, the level of land warfare is a mess. But now the two naval fleets of the Kingdom of Ovelas, one of the Dreadnought Fleets has been destroyed, and the other Storm Fleet belongs to the rebellious Prince Hansback. The entire kingdom itself, plus the overseas direct jurisdictions
Being in a situation where there is no defense against the sea, we can only vigorously strengthen the defenses in coastal areas to prevent attacks and dangers from the sea...
The lease agreement between the Kingdom of Hicks and the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands will not take effect until the first batch of standing corps is landed. From then on, within five years, in addition to the residents of Rodex Bay City, they will also be under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom of the Fox Islands.
Outside the city, all colonial territories outside the city are all under the responsibility of the Kingdom of Hicks. Even if the war zone sends troops into the Rhodes Bay Colony to fight to the death with the Hicks people, the residents of the city will only cheer loudly on the city walls.
, indicating that they strictly adhere to the principle of neutrality and will never participate in the war between the two countries.
Therefore, there will be many opportunities to burn down the Hicks' warehouse in the future. Setting fire to it now is not worth the gain. Even if this small amount of food is burned, it will only arouse the enemy's vigilance. They will vigorously strengthen the defense and vigilance of the warehouse area to prepare for future attacks.
Bring more inconvenience.
According to General Bolognik's idea, the new rifles produced by the firearms manufacturing workshop will be re-equipped for the Thunder Legion first to enhance the offensive combat effectiveness of the Thunder Legion. However, Claude still rejected this distribution arrangement and insisted on distributing the new rifles equally.
For the two legions, the unit with the strongest combat effectiveness would be re-equipped first. He considered that in the subsequent battle in the mountainous areas, not only the offense would be needed, but also troops who were good at defense would be needed to cooperate.
The two legions were all refitted on a battalion basis, and it was expected that the combat effectiveness of units equipped with new rifles would increase significantly. The first battalion of the Rock Legion to be equipped with the new rifles during the subsequent field exercise.
A defensive position was set up on the ground and successfully withstood the attacks of the two regiments. Finally, in the sand table exercise, a division was deployed, and the entire division's artillery bombardment was concentrated and the defensive position was finally captured.
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This field exercise also increased the determination of the officers of the theater command to defeat the Hicks. The battlefield is in a mountainous area, unlike this field exercise on flat ground, where the enemy cannot adopt methods of attracting firepower from the front and attacking from the left and right flanks to outflank the rear.
Tactics, they can only ensure the safety of the advance passage by conquering and occupying the hills one by one.
Claude put McJack, Murray Ed, and Belklin in charge of the mountain warfare training of various units of the entire legion, while he dived into the firearms manufacturing workshop to develop new weapons with Mrs. Sonia and his sister Anna.
, hoping to play a miraculous role in the following war. However, when the sniper rifle was about to be successfully developed, Claude received another falcon eagle message from the theater headquarters. It was an urgent type with three eagle feathers affixed to it. The letter
It said: The country of the Nikancha people sent a large-scale mission to ask for help from the war zone.
It seems that the Nikancha nation has confirmed the news of the return of the Hicks from the west coast. They should also be frightened by the ten standing legions and the huge force of more than 600,000.
As far as the war zone knows, the Nikancha country does not have a formal national army establishment. Each of their six largest settlements has an armed force of more than 10,000 people. More than 20 of their vassal tribes have an armed force of 5,000 to 3,000 people.
Thousands of young and strong armed men, and the vassal tribes below only have nearly a thousand and several hundred armed guards. The armed forces here refer to the Nikancha young people who are formally equipped with muskets and have received basic military training, not those who wield bows and arrows.
The youthful strength of the spear and broadsword...
Obviously, there is no shortage of sober-minded people in the Nikancha country. They know very well that it is impossible to withstand the attack of the Hicks by relying on the armed forces of their various settlements. Because they have no artillery, the most powerful weapons are purchased from war zones.
Those captured Hicks muskets. Although they are on the same level as the enemy in terms of muskets, the enemy is well-trained, fully armed, has a large number of troops, and has various artillery supports. They gather those who have only received short-term military training.
With the level of armed personnel, they could not be a match for the Hicks.
Therefore, they can only pin their hopes on the strong assistance from the territorial war zone, and they also know that they will not end well if they fall into the hands of the Hicks. No matter how rogue their nature is, they are not willing to become the Hicks again.
Slave. This time the envoy sent out almost half of the elders and leaders of the six largest settlements, hoping to reach an agreement with the war zone. It would be best if the war zone directly sends troops to participate in the war...