Jagged Warlord

Coincidentally, there was a small episode after the Belgian engineers hired by Li Mohan from the United States landed in China in Shanghai. I don’t know where these Belgians heard the news, saying that Li Mohan’s factories and schools hired a large number of German engineers. And the Austro-Hungarians, when Germany forced through the Belgian border and dragged the Belgians into the war, these Belgian engineers and technicians protested at the reception of the Chinese business company in Shanghai, expressing their unwillingness to work in the same factory as the Germans.

Therefore, Li Mohan just arranged them to work in the arsenal in Jinan. Li Mohan said to these Belgians: "You are technicians, not military personnel. Similarly, most of the German employees I hired were civilians rather than soldiers. China is a neutral country. , I hope that you can also strictly observe neutrality here, and in addition, if you must compete with German and Austro-Hungarian engineers, then you should use hammers and wrenches in your hands, definitely not fists and guns!"

The Belgian technicians felt that what Li Mohan said was quite reasonable, and when they arrived in Jinan, they saw that the working and living conditions were very good, so they felt at ease. Most of them planned to use this time to save a sum of money, and when the war was over, they felt at ease. , Return to the Belgian motherland to rebuild their homeland.

The first task Li Mohan gave them was to design a new type of firearm. Li Mohan took out a German-made Mauser automatic pistol and said, "This pistol is the world's first fully automatic pistol. It can fire continuously and is powerful. Hook up, but it has a disadvantage, as a secondary weapon, this gun is too big, and as a soldier's main weapon, it is too small, but it has an advantage, that is, it can use 20 rounds of magazines for continuous fire, now , I ask you to design a new type of firearm, which is light and easy to carry, can use large-capacity magazines, can fire in bursts, and fire pistol bullets!"

After hearing Li Mohan's design requirements, the Belgian engineers began to whisper, thinking that Li Mohan's requirements were a bit weird, but Li Mohan didn't care about these, he added: "The other point is that the process should be simple, the maintenance requirements should be low, and it is suitable for mass production. !"

The representative of this group of Belgian technicians, Fredesken, stood up and said, "General, you have a lot of demands, and we need time!"

"Maybe this can help you." Li Mohan took out some rough drawings, which he drew based on his memory when he was learning the structure of firearms, because Li Mohan had a deep impression of German soldiers wearing helmets and holding mp40s, so The blueprints he draws have a strong shadow of mp40.

The mp40 submachine gun has several of the most notable features of modern submachine weapons:

The first is the simplicity and low cost of manufacture. The mp40 cancels the traditional wooden fixed buttstock, handguard components, and barrel casings on the gun. The main components are made of steel sheets, and even the only time-consuming The original wooden buttstock is also replaced by a steel folding buttstock. The steel sheet pressed gun body can be manufactured at will in the assembly line of a general factory, and ordinary junior skilled workers can manufacture it by relying on tools.

The second is the accuracy and stability of shooting. Due to the small recoil, the shooting of mp40 is very accurate within the effective range, and the accuracy in continuous shooting is unmatched. Sten is difficult to control, and any German recruit can control the mp40 in the fierce fire, providing dense firepower in closer combat.

The third is that the gun body is short and easy to carry and hide. After the gun body of the mp40 is folded, it is only 62 cm long, which is more than 20 cm shorter than the fixed stock weapons of other countries. This is very suitable for armored soldiers, paratroopers and mountain troops. , especially in narrow compartments and aircraft cabins.

However, the mp40 also has two very eye-catching shortcomings, that is, the amount of ammunition loaded is small and the rate of fire is low. The rate of fire of the Soviet submachine gun is as high as 900 rounds per minute, and the rate of fire of the American Thompson submachine gun is also as high as 700 rounds. Only the British process The Sten submachine gun, which is inferior and imitated mp38, has a rate of fire of 550. In the fierce urban battle, there are firepower points everywhere, obstacles everywhere, and sudden close-range encounters everywhere. The enemy flickers and disappears. It is difficult and impossible for the soldiers to aim and shoot accurately, and most of the time, they just shoot in the general direction of the enemy. In such a duel, the rate of fire of the MP40 is only about half of that of the Soviet submachine gun. Suppressed by firepower, the actual casualties were heavy.

However, Li Mohan thinks that when the opponent of the MP40, Dasha, appears, his army may already be equipped with automatic weapons with superior performance. Right now, there is no light automatic weapon that can be the opponent of the MP40.

Li Mohan gave the same task to the German and Austro-Hungarian engineers in Shangqiu, and Li Mohan also used the fact that the Belgians did not want to work with them in the same factory.

Sevitz was very disdainful of the Belgians, he said: "Our German industrial technology is world-class, Belgians, huh~"

In fact, although Li Mohan currently employs a large number of German, Austro-Hungarian and Belgian engineers, the arsenals in Shangqiu and Jinan do not have any design capabilities at all. Even when manufacturing weapons according to drawings, they have encountered various problems. After all, gun production is not just It can be done well by drawing, which involves process information, because the metal material and process level are immature, so the process of starting from scratch may be very long.

At this time, Xu Shuzheng came to Xuzhou, and Li Mohan received him in the mansion very low-key.

Xu Shuzheng was wearing a suit and a round brim politely. He looked at Li Mohan with a smile, and Li Mohan also greeted him with a smile, "I don't know why Secretary Xu is here!"

Xu Shuzheng laughed, pointed at Li Mohan, and said, "I asked the question knowingly, now that Yuan Xiangcheng has abdicated, but the South still asks him to give up the position of President, Brother Mohan, what do you think!"

Li Mohan personally brewed a cup of coffee for Xu Shuzheng and said, "Is my opinion important?"

Xu Shuzheng put away his smile and said, "Today's SS is like Han Xin when Chu and Han fought back then. If you enter Chu, Chu will win, and if you enter Han, Han will win!"

Li Mohan stirred the coffee gently with a small spoon, noncommittal, as if talking to himself, "Back then, Liu Bang took off his clothes and gave Han Xin to wear, and gave Han Xin to eat his own food~~"

Xu Shuzheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will recommend you to the Secretary of State as the governor of Shandong!"

Li Mohan smiled and said, "Most of Shandong is under the control of the SS ~ I want to be the governor of Shandong, and I need to go through this form!"

Xu Shuzheng frowned, and then relaxed, "Your appetite is a bit too big."