Chapter 39 Ordnance

Early in the morning.

The Ordnance Factory of the Kingdom of Saint Martin.

The factory is located on a western outskirts of St. Maarten and is guarded by a company.

Today, an unusual plume of black smoke appeared over the ordnance factory.

Inside the factory.

There were only five people inside at this time.

The leader is Arthur.

There is also Minister of Military Affairs Yamamoto Shigekuni Minister of Industry Giles.

One of the last two was a strong man in his 40s in military uniform, who was the head of the ordnance factory, Dale.

There is another, gray-haired, spectacled, wrinkled old man, who is the president of the Kingdom Academy of Sciences.

The five people are happily surrounding a long production line.

"Crack Kacha!"

On the production line, various parts are constantly being assembled together, and slowly, the shape of a gun appears.

Exactly, the Mauser rifle line.

On the side, Darle, Naar, and Giles were holding a blueprint excitedly.

"Perfect, perfect!" Dale looked at the blueprint in disbelief and said. The guns in the drawings are exactly the guns he wants!

"Can steam be used like this?" Gnar said excitedly.

This production line is the production line for Mauser rifles, a full set of production lines powered by steam.

Originally, Arthur thought that the most complete production line consisted of bullets and firearms. Unexpectedly, there were not only bullets and firearms, but also various parts, gunpowder production in bullets, etc. It was a complete set to the extreme.

With this set of production lines, even in primitive times, as long as there are raw materials, Arthur can make firearms for you.

Therefore, when this production line came out, Arthur also called Giles and Gnar to study the technology contained in it. Even if a trace was researched, the technology of the kingdom would be further advanced.

"rumble---"

After a while, with the roar of the machine, the first gun appeared.

There are many versions of the Mauser rifle.

And this production line produces the most famous version, Kar.98k, commonly known as 98k.

The effective range is 800 meters, the initial rate of fire is 755 meters, the magazine capacity is 5 rounds, the total length is 1 meter, the barrel length is 60 centimeters, and the rate of fire is about 15 rounds per minute!

Arthur picked up the gun, made a gesture, and loaded the gun with the already produced bullets.

"Go, go to the shooting range and try!" Arthur said enthusiastically,

"Your Majesty, please this way!" Dale hurriedly made a please gesture and took the lead.

Yamamoto Shigekuni and Giles, Gnar also quickly followed!

The shooting range is next to the factory. It is not big, with a radius of 500 meters.

Once at the shooting range, Arthur frowned.

For no other reason, the range is too small.

The farthest target is only 500 meters. With a range of 98K, it is too close.

"Wait!" Arthur stopped Dale, "You go in and set the target, I'll try it here!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although Dale was a little puzzled, he still nodded.

Although he has seen the drawings of the firearms, he does not know the specific power!

Arthur stepped back more than a hundred meters.

When Daller had set the target, Arthur raised his gun and closed his eyes.

aim.

"boom!"

Bullets fired.

A hole appeared in the center of the target.

Before anyone else could say anything, Arthur retreated another two hundred meters, reaching eight hundred meters.

aim.

"boom!"

This time I hit it again, but not in the center, but around the ninth ring.

"Bang bang bang!"

Arthur fired three shots in a row and emptied the magazines, all of which were nine rings!

It's not that Arthur's marksmanship is bad, but that the 800-meter bullet started to float a little, but it's still an effective range.

"Yes!" Arthur nodded in satisfaction.

"In terms of the power of this gun, the rate of fire and the magazine, as long as there are thirty or fifty guns, and the coordination is in place, even if the general major is not proficient in iron blocks or armed with arrogance, it will be very uncomfortable, and in the end he will be in a state of embarrassment. Escape!" Yamamoto Shigekuni earnestly analyzed.

Although his weapon is a knife, as a military minister, he also knows a lot about firearms. The power of this gun has exceeded his expectations.

At this time, Dalle also ran over, slightly shocked to see the gun in Arthur's hand!

Unexpectedly, this gun can hit the target so far!

"Starting today, make every effort to produce this kind of gun, and strive to replace the entire army with this kind of gun within four months!" Arthur instructed Dale, if this production line runs 24 hours a day, it will probably be able to produce Two hundred guns out.

"Then, Your Majesty, what is the name of this gun?" Dale asked in confusion.

"What's the name?" Arthur pondered for a moment, then said, "It's called the St. Martin Type One Rifle!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dale respectfully said, then hesitantly said, "Then, Your Majesty, what about the remaining guns and the previous production line?"

Arthur pondered for a moment and said, "Continue to produce, I will be useful after a while!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dale nodded.

What is the most profitable thing in the world?

Of course it's guns!

Arthur has had this idea for more than a day or two.

Since the blood port town of the Chris family was taken over, with the gold given by Arthur, he quickly recruited another man and occupied the territory of a small family.

After transferring the site, they began to resume their old business, but because the site they occupied was too remote, the business had not improved much, and only some old customers came to visit!

The remote site, the cost of smuggling and transportation will naturally increase a lot, and the selling price will of course increase a lot, but you are not the only one selling arms in Xihai.

Pirates, why don't the Mafia choose cheaper ones?

Now is the time to supply the eliminated guns to the Chris family and let them sell them.

Even the eliminated guns in the Kingdom of Saint Martin are considered to be of the highest quality to the outside world. They have recently been converted to mechanical production of steam production lines, which are much more accurate and cheaper than those manually produced outside.

Better, cheaper, and sure to be a bestseller when you take it out.

Supplying the pirates, supplying the Mafia, supplying the kingdoms at war, think about it and make a profit!

"Daller, have those things been produced yet?" Arthur asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Academy of Sciences gave us the formula drawings of the things a month ago, and some were hand-produced yesterday. How about I bring some over for you to see?" Dale asked.

"Well, go get it!" Arthur nodded.

After a while, Dalle returned, followed by a few craftsmen with three things.

The first one is a wooden handle-like thing, yes, a grenade.

This thing is easy to operate, easy to use, easy to carry, the range depends entirely on the user's arm strength, and it still has a good formidable power, which has a miraculous effect when the infantry is fighting at close range.

There are all kinds of weird black technologies in Pirates, there are even bombs that can blow up a city, or explosive rocks with amazing power, but there are no grenades.

The only thing that looked like a grenade were the shells that Garp threw with his hands.

But, is that something normal people can throw away?

A normal person who can throw a few meters is considered a relatively strong hand.

In this case, Arthur ordered people to develop a grenade.

The research difficulty of the grenade is not high, the basic composition consists of three parts, the projectile, the charge and the fuze, so it is very easy to research it!

This is ready to be equipped for the army of the Kingdom of St. Martin!

The second is what Arthur is going to sell.

Flying Thunder Cannon, commonly known as Conscienceless Cannon, is simple to make and easy to operate.

However, it has another advantage that other guns can't match, and the price is extremely low.

The crafting material is a tin bucket and some explosives.

Therefore, imitation is also simple.

However, this one made by Arthur is not the same as the ordinary heartless cannon.

It was not made of a tin tube. In order to delay the imitation time as much as possible, it was made into a faucet shape. The interior looks complicated and has a certain thickness!

Of course, the core still has no conscience, and the price is relatively low. It is suitable for those kingdoms with less money, pirates, and mafia. Anyway, they don't need to use them too well, it's good to be able to beat people!

There is a third.

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ps: Thanks to the highest level of the house for the reward ^ω^