Chapter 18
My Empire Chapter 18
2020-11-03
Chapter 18 18 Dragon SlaughterIt sounds easy to equip an infantry squad with a mortar, but the production of artillery shells can be suppressed. Collapse the arsenal in Chris's hands... With the current processing level of the Serris arsenal, many weapons can be manufactured. But regardless of the production speed of these weapons themselves, or the production capacity required by the ammunition they are paired with, it is a big problem.
So Chris is afraid to produce these weapons, because he doesn't have as much ammo right now to supply fully automatic weapons to splurge. In this case, Chris has to seriously consider choosing weapons that are closer to his current production capacity and equip his troops.
It's not that automatic weapons such as the Maxim heavy machine gun cannot be manufactured now, but the bullet factory for machine guns cannot supply them in large quantities. Even if such weapons are forcibly equipped, a battle will exhaust Chris's troops. Absolutely powerless.
So, until Dez provides the funds and resources to allow Chris to build more and better arsenals, Chris will have to rely on bolt-action rifles to equip his soldiers.
In the end, he chose a very fashionable individual weapon as his preferred weapon for infantry: the Mauser 98K rifle!
This weapon, once equipped with large-scale troops, with mature technology and stable performance, is still active in the hearts of youngsters because of games in the 21st century. 98K is definitely a weapon of victory, and it's even more exciting when it's associated with eating chicken at night.
What reassures Chris is that the bolt-on structure ensures that this weapon will not quickly consume ammunition, and the firepower of seven or eight bullets in one minute is fully enough to be the mainstay of the army's weapon for a long time. .
This weapon is the weapon of choice for modern armies in either direction, and until Chris can improve his ammo supply, it's a good choice for the individual soldier.
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 shells, which is more advantageous in metal consumption. Although the firepower is not strong, at least it can be used for a long time.
This weapon has another advantage: it's just the right length! It's long enough to mount a bayonet to give soldiers some close-quarters combat capability, and short enough to handle - so its overall performance is excellent in the bolt-action rifle category.
There is another reason for choosing the Mauser 98K rifle: in the future, Chris intends to equip the troops with the MG42 general-purpose machine gun with excellent performance-obviously, Chris is unwilling to equip the troops for the consideration of unified ammunition caliber. Two models of bullets came out.
Because of this, the Mosin Nagant rifles with different calibers, as well as the three-eighth cover with good accuracy, were all abandoned by Chris: these two rifles are very strange calibers, and they fire similar The machine gun performance of bullets is not very good...
"It's difficult!" Chris leaned back in his chair, looked at the production report of the past two days, and let out a depressed sigh.
His industrial process has completely plunged into chaos, except that the weapons and equipment that is being produced for soldiers can barely continue, the rest of the things are basically on the verge of collapse. The consequences of rashly realizing industrialization in one place are very complex and serious. It's not that Chris doesn't know this, he's just rushing to rise and ignore these issues.
These days, his textile factory has been completely shut down, the consumption of raw materials is too large, and the raw materials stored in Serris City cannot meet the consumption rate of such a factory. The fabric that used to be very good at a price can't be produced at one meter now.
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. But because the production speed of tables, chairs and benches is too fast, the entire wood factory can only stop production and transform, and start to produce some strange things that do not know the purpose.
Things like the wooden handle of a grenade, like the stock of a rifle - these things are produced according to Chris's blueprint, but no one knows what they are used for. But even so, it's not a long-term solution: there are about 1,000 rifle stocks piled up in the factory, but not a single rifle has been produced.
The production capacity of the few earth blast furnaces for smelting that was finally produced is seriously insufficient. The production of mechanical parts cannot produce weapons and equipment, the production of weapons and equipment cannot produce armor, and the production of armor cannot produce other
In short, it is not much different from 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 though Chris has many modern agricultural theories that can be popularized, this year's food has already been planted in the ground. , No matter how anxious he is, he will have to wait until next year to improve his planting techniques.
Without the support of agriculture and chemical industry, the entire industry has stagnated. Serris City's income has not substantially improved over previous years, because the money earned is not used to expand production capacity. , which is used as wages for workers.
"I can't do anything now! The purchasing power of the surrounding area is really limited, and the training of the troops has entered the bottleneck period... spoiling things through excessive enthusiasm is really worth the loss." scratching his hair, Chris was sad. Very muttered.
Just as he was about to blow himself up, Stryd and Dez arrived at Serris with some personnel and supplies. The arrival of these personnel and supplies has undoubtedly brought Chris back on his feet.
His road to industrialization can finally continue at all costs, and the rest can be left to Stryd and Dez to operate. Delighted Chris personally went to the city gate of Serris City to meet Dez, giving Dez enough face.
Dez lived up to the expectations and handed Chris a scroll at the city gate: "Congratulations, Alanhill Lord Chris, you have now become the actual ruler of Serris, Mayne, and Ferry... ”
Chris took the scroll from Dez's hand suspiciously, opened it, and read the text on it carefully. I saw that it was written: "The Arrant Empire has now placed Maine and Ferry under the jurisdiction of Serris City, and has been upgraded to Alanhill dukedom. The Lord of Serris City, Alanhill Chris, has also been promoted to Archduke Alanhill..."
Carefully Looking at the seal of Your Majesty, the emperor of the Arrant Empire in the scarlet on the scroll, Chris excitedly looked towards Dez: "So, I still have the right to rule over the two places of ferry over Maine, and the Arrant Empire has recognized it?"
"Of course I admit it." Dez smiled and looked towards Chris, stretched out five fingers and said to Chris, "But don't be too happy, I promised Arrant's prime minister, Lord Clark, Alanhill dukedom. The tax tribute will be raised to 50,000 gold coins per year!”
“…” When Chris heard this number, he couldn’t help but laughed in his heart: The Mayne area is still in chaos, and the ferry The city has not improved much. In this case, it is not an easy task to carry a foreign debt of 50,000 gold coins.
Thinking of this, Chris shrugged his shoulders, looked at Dez and said, "Frankly, our production has encountered some problems, and we need a person to plan carefully."
Dez face He smiled even more, pointed to an old man standing beside him, and said introduced: "Gul Mister Luo, the most powerful businessman I can find. He used to be my personal steward, and now I take him to him. I'll leave it to you."
"Very welcome!" He has no better choice now, but can only arrange the people brought by Dez to an important position: "Then let this Gul Mister Luo be the business minister of Alanhill dukedom."
"Thank you, I want to see Alanhill's recent output, as well as income and expenditure..." The old man did not refuse, and immediately took office at city gate. This old man is doing things swiftly and decisively, and Chris is also happy and leisurely, and directly asks Deans to hand over the account books.
"We produced a lot of fabrics and woodworking products in the past...but we didn't expect that such a large output would directly drain the surrounding consumption power." Chris brought Dez While walking to his study, he complained in the corridor.
Dez listened all the way with a faint smile on his face. He walked all the way to Chris's office and sat down in a comfortable position with his hands clasped together before asking, "Can I see your weapon blueprint?"
Chris a I was stunned, then nodded, took out the weapon he chose and the related blueprint, and put it in front of Dez: "You don't care about my profit... It seems that you are more interested in weapons."
"Yes, no matter how good your machine is, it's not worth my investment." Dez replied while looking at the blueprints and smelting formulas of the weapons in front of him: "I'm asking you a very serious question now. , do you think... these weapons of yours can kill the giant dragon?"
"..." Chris was silent, he frowned, thinking about the other party's question carefully, why the other party would ask to such a problem.
In fact, he has been thinking about this kind of question all the time, that is, can his modern weapons and equipment really fight against the ultimate power of this world. Those dragons flying in the sky, and wizards who can control magic, will they be afraid of modern weapons and equipment?
As long as he was at Fort Serris City, every time he ate, he would look up at the fresco above his head and think about such a question - he thought it was okay, because Alanhill's ancestors used The body completed the feat of slaying the dragon, so Chris concluded that his weapon could kill the giant dragon.
There was silence for a while, until Dez felt that he didn't lift the head to look towards him, and then Chris slowly replied: "I think my weapon is fully capable of slaying a dragon. ."
(end of this chapter)