Rise of Australia

Chapter 93 Italian Cannon? (Please subscribe!)

When this gift was carried by dozens of natives and placed in Arthur's manor, Arthur was in a rather surprised state.

Who would have thought that the Kingdom of the Netherlands would give such a gift to Arthur?The long barrel reveals that it is a cannon, but it is not known which one it is.

Asking the guards to remove the red cloth, a cannon was finally exposed in front of everyone.

It can be seen that this is a brand new cannon, not even used.

Ten boxes of shells were quietly placed beside them, half of which were larger and half of which were smaller.

The caliber of the artillery is not large. Although the specific number cannot be obtained with the naked eye, it can be determined that it is an artillery within 100mm.

The question is, why did the Netherlands send a cannon to Arthur?A gift at the national level will never give an ordinary cannon, at least it must be an important weapon.

But judging from the current level of military industry in the Netherlands, can it produce world-class cannons?
Arthur felt weird for a while, looking at this cannon that became more and more familiar, Arthur finally remembered, isn't this the Italian cannon?
In later generations, this artillery exploded with a line in a classic TV series. The second battalion commander's Italian artillery was talking about this thing, the M1897 75mm field artillery.

Specifically, the more famous Italian gun in later generations is the nickname of this M1897 75mm field gun after it was introduced to the East, as well as the name of the imitation.

In fact, the M1897 75mm field gun was produced in France and has nothing to do with Italy.

This artillery also has a famous title in France, called Miss France 75.

The reason why it is famous is that it uses an anti-recoil device, which greatly increases the rate of fire of the artillery, which can reach a terrifying rate of fire of at least 15 rounds per minute. It is considered to be the beginning of a rapid-fire gun.

What concept?
When the other artillery fired the first shell and was loading, Miss 75 had already fired the second shell.

By the time the other shells were loaded, Miss 75's third shell had also been fired.

The firepower coverage alone is enough to prove that Miss 75 is powerful in firepower.

In fact, it is precisely because of this.It not only became the main artillery equipment of the French Army in World War I, but was also used on a large scale in World War II, including Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and even some countries in the East, all of which have large-scale equipment for this artillery.

Although Arthur's military factory also has automatic artillery technology, it only uses 37mm small-caliber artillery.

For large-caliber artillery, automatic modification cannot be realized.Therefore, this Miss France is very important to Australia.

If you can study the technology thoroughly, you can not only achieve large-scale imitation and production, but you can even learn from its technology to improve your own automatic artillery technology, and at the same time conduct experiments on automatic artillery with larger calibers.

After identifying the cannon, Arthur didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately called all the experts from the general factory, and ordered the guards to strictly protect the cannon.

This is an important item that can cause changes in the Australian artillery industry, so Arthur can't ignore it.

Soon, a group of experts from the military factory rushed over, accompanied by some German military experts.

For the sake of secrecy, the reason for convening these military experts was that there was a cannon they needed to study, and they did not specify which cannon it was.

However, it still attracted the attention of German experts, and there was no reason to drive them away, so they could only acquiesce in following them.

Arthur was also a little surprised when he saw the German experts following him, but he didn't say anything.

Because of the existence of the M1897 artillery, France changed the traditional artillery position from six artillery to four artillery.

The German army firmly believes that six artillery pieces are the most powerful artillery position size, and when any of the artillery is damaged, it will not affect the firepower of the artillery position.

The Germans arrogantly dismissed the French changes as foolish, and managed to lose heavily in World War I.

It is also a good thing to let the Germans understand the power of this artillery early.Not only can the relationship between Germany and Australia be greatly improved, but it can also make future world wars more intense, and Europe's losses will be even greater.

Especially the behavior of the United States, when it was an arms dealer in the early stage of the war, the money earned was loaned to European countries.

Joining decisively in the later stage of the war, and being able to obtain the maximum profit with the minimum loss, established the foundation for becoming the person in power after the war.

It is also beneficial to slightly increase Germany's strength now. At least everyone will be weakened after the war in the future, and Australia's chances of rising will be greater.

After the experts saluted Arthur, they immediately began to observe around the artillery.

The German experts were very relaxed at the beginning, because they were confident that Germany's artillery technology was world-class, and they could master most of the artillery technology.

But when the experts studied the artillery carefully, they found that some of the devices on the artillery looked very strange. German experts looked at each other, but they didn't know what these devices were used for.

On the contrary, Australian experts, because they have been in contact with anti-recoil devices, have also been involved in automatic artillery technology. Although the technologies used are different, they can still see something.

"Your Highness, is this a semi-automatic artillery?" Finally, the Australian expert couldn't bear it anymore and asked impatiently.

Australia has only mastered the semi-automatic technology of the 37mm small-caliber artillery. At this time, looking at the larger-caliber semi-automatic artillery in front of them, these experts are about to drool.

"That's right. How long will it take for the military factory to research and imitate it?" Arthur nodded calmly and asked.

"I'm afraid it will take some time, Your Highness. It is conservatively estimated that it will take about a year, and we still need to disassemble it and study it carefully." The Australian expert frowned and thought for a long time before replying.

"Wait, Your Highness, what semi-automatic artillery are you talking about?" The German experts were a little confused. Shouldn't they be the protagonists at the scene?
Why does it feel like Arthur and the Australian staff know more than them, but they know the automation of rifles, what the hell is semi-automation of artillery?

This is no wonder these German experts.In terms of artillery, France and Germany went to two extremes.

Germany's Krupp cannons are more inclined to large caliber and high power, and the caliber has even reached an exaggerated 300 mm.

But France is different.France's rapid-fire artillery technology is far ahead, and Miss 75 is one of its outstanding products.

The gap in design concept also led to the difference in the finished products. In terms of large-caliber and powerful artillery, Germany is absolutely unstoppable.

But when it comes to automated artillery technology, German experts may not really have as much knowledge as Australian experts.

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