Equipping an infantry squad with a mortar sounds easy, but the production of artillery shells can overwhelm the arsenal currently in Chris' hands... With the current processing level of the Seris Arsenal, many weapons can be manufactured. But regardless of these
The production speed of the weapon itself or the production capacity required for its matching ammunition are both big issues.
Therefore, Chris does not dare to produce these weapons, because he does not yet have that much ammunition to supply fully automatic weapons to squander. In this case, Chris has to seriously consider choosing weapons that are closer to his current production capabilities.
Equip his troops.
It's not that automatic weapons such as the Maxim heavy machine gun cannot be manufactured now, but that the machine gun bullet factory cannot supply large quantities. Even if such weapons are forcibly equipped, a battle will make Chris's troops run out of ammunition and food, and will be unable to continue.
Therefore, until Des provided funds and resources for Chris to build more and better arsenals, Chris could only rely on bolt-action rifles to equip his soldiers.
In the end, he chose a very fashionable individual weapon as his infantry weapon of choice: the Mauser 98k rifle!
This weapon, which was once equipped on a large scale with troops, has mature technology and stable performance, is still active in the hearts of young people because of games in the 21st century. 98k is definitely a weapon that represents victory, and is associated with eating chicken at night.
It was even more exciting at that time.
What reassures Chris is that the bolt-type structure ensures that this weapon will not consume ammunition quickly. The firepower of seven or eight bullets per minute is fully sufficient to serve as the mainstay of the army's weapons for a long time.
No matter which direction you look at it, this weapon is the weapon of choice for modern armies, and until Chris can improve his own bullet supply, it is a good choice for individual weapons.
On the one hand, the caliber of this weapon is relatively large, and the barrel is easier to process. On the other hand, this weapon can use steel-cased bullets, which has more advantages in metal consumption. Although the firepower is not strong, it can at least be used.
for a long time.
This weapon also has another advantage: it is moderately long! It is long enough to install a bayonet to give soldiers a certain degree of close combat capability, and short enough to be easy to operate, so its overall performance is very good in the bolt-action rifle category.
There is another reason why he chose the Mauser 98k rifle: In the future, Chris plans to equip the troops with the mg42 general-purpose machine gun with excellent performance. Obviously, due to the consideration of unifying the ammunition caliber, Chris is not willing to equip two types of bullets.
It is precisely because of this that Chris abandoned the Mosin-Nagant rifles with different calibers and the 38-gag with good accuracy: the calibers of these two rifles are very weird, and the performance of machine guns that fire similar bullets is inferior.
How about it……
"It's difficult!" Chris leaned back in his chair, looked at the production reports for the past two days, and sighed depressedly.
His industrial process has fallen into complete chaos. Except for the weapons and equipment being produced for soldiers, which can barely continue, the rest of the things are basically on the verge of collapse. The consequences of rashly industrializing a place will be very complicated.
And seriously, it’s not that Chris doesn’t know this, he’s just in a hurry to rise and ignores these issues.
These days, his textile factory has been completely shut down. The consumption of raw materials is too great. The raw materials stored in Seris City cannot meet the consumption rate of such a factory. The cloth that was once very good in price can now not be produced in one meter.
.
The situation in the woodworking factory is better, because the wood can still be harvested nearby, so there is no need to worry too much about the raw materials. However, because the production speed of tables, chairs and benches is too fast, the entire woodworking factory can only stop production and transform, and start producing some weird things with no known use.
.
For example, the wooden handles of hand grenades and the butts of rifles are produced according to Chris's drawings, but no one knows what they are used for. But even so, it is not a long-term solution: there are about
Stocks for 1,000 rifles were produced, but not a single rifle was produced.
The production capacity of the several earthen blast furnaces that were finally built for smelting is seriously insufficient. Once mechanical parts are produced, weapons and equipment cannot be produced. Once weapons and equipment are produced, armor cannot be produced. Once armor is produced, other iron products cannot be produced...
In short, it is similar to the Leap Forward of a certain era. The direct result of blind expansion of industrial production capacity is a complete disaster.
After all, many things cannot be improved immediately with technology: for example, agriculture, even if Chris has many modern agricultural theories that can be popularized, this year's food has already been planted in the ground, and he still has to do it no matter how anxious he is.
We will have to wait until next year to improve the planting technology.
Without the support of agriculture and chemical industry, the entire industry has stagnated. The income of Seris City has not increased substantially compared with previous years, because the money earned is either used to expand production capacity or is used as a
workers’ wages.
"I have no choice now! The purchasing power around me is really limited, and the training of the troops has also entered a bottleneck period... It's really not worth the gain to encourage growth." Chris scratched his hair and muttered sadly.
Just when he was about to lose himself, Strider and Des rushed to Siris with some personnel and supplies. The arrival of these personnel and supplies undoubtedly cheered Chris up again
.
His road to industrialization can finally continue at all costs, and the rest of the work can be left to Strider and Des. The happy Chris went to Seris City in person.
Welcoming Des at the city gate gave him a lot of face.
Des lived up to expectations and handed Chris a scroll at the gate of the city: "Congratulations, Mr. Alan Hill Chris, you have now become the actual ruler of Siris, Mayne, and Ferry...
…”
Chris took the scroll from Des's hand with a puzzled look on his face, opened it and read the text on it carefully. He saw that it read: "The Arant Empire now divides Mayne and Ferry.
Seris City was under the jurisdiction of the city and was promoted to the Principality of Airancire. In addition, the lord of Seris City, Airancire Chris, was promoted to the Grand Duke of Airanciel..."
After carefully looking at the blood-red seal of His Majesty the Emperor of the Arant Empire on the scroll, Chris looked at Desel excitedly: "So, I have the right to rule Mayne and the ferry, Arant.
Did the empire admit it?”
"Of course I admit it." Des looked at Chris with a smile, stretched out five fingers and said to Chris: "But don't be too happy too early. I promised Mr. Clark, the Prime Minister of Alant,
The tax tribute of the Principality of Airanhill will be increased to 50,000 gold coins per year!"
"..." When Chris heard this number, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: The Mayne area is still in chaos, and the ferry city has not improved much. Under such circumstances, he has to bear a foreign debt of 50,000 gold coins.
It's not an easy thing.
Thinking of this, Chris shrugged his shoulders, looked at Des and said, "To be honest, we have encountered some problems in production, and we need someone to plan them carefully."
The smile on Des's face became even bigger. He pointed to an old man standing next to him and introduced: "Mr. Gurlo, the most powerful businessman I can find. He used to be my personal butler.
, now I hand him over to you."
"Very welcome!" Chris doesn't trust people when he employs them. He has no better choice now. He can only arrange the people brought by Des to important positions: "Then let this Gurlo
Sir, please serve as the Minister of Commerce of the Principality of Eilandhill."
"Thank you. I want to see the recent output of Alan Hill, as well as the income and expenditure situation..." The old man did not refuse, and took office directly at the gate of the city. The old man did things vigorously and resolutely, and Chris was happy to be at ease, so he directly let him
Deans handed over the ledger.
"We produced a large amount of cloth and woodworking products in the past...but we didn't expect that such a large output would directly drain the surrounding consumption power." Chris led Des towards his study.
, while complaining in the corridor.
Des listened all the way, with a vague smile on his face. He walked all the way to Chris's office, then chose a comfortable position to sit down, put his hands together, and then asked:
"Can I see your weapon blueprints?"
Chris was stunned for a moment, then nodded, pulled out the weapons he chose and related drawings, and stacked them in front of Des: "You don't care about my profits... you seem to be more interested in weapons.
"
"That's right, no matter how good your machine is, it's not worth investing so much money." Des said while looking through the weapon blueprints and smelting formulas in front of him, "I'm asking you very seriously now.
One question, do you think... can these weapons of yours kill the dragon?"
"..." Chris was silent. He frowned, thinking carefully about the other party's question and why the other party would ask such a question.
In fact, he has been thinking about this problem, that is, whether his modern weapons and equipment can truly fight against the ultimate power of this world. Whether those evil dragons flying in the sky and the mages who can control magic will be able to fight against it.
Will be afraid of modern weapons and equipment.
As long as he was in Seris Castle, every time he ate, he would look up at the mural above his head. Thinking about this question, he thought it was okay, because the ancestors of Elanthir had once completed the task of slaying dragons with a mortal body.
A feat, so Chris concluded that his weapon could cause damage to the dragon.
There was silence for a while, until Des felt something was wrong and raised his head to look at him, then Chris slowly answered: "I think my weapons are fully capable of slaying dragons."