The Third Reich: The Return of the King

To be honest, there really isn't much known about the Far East on the European side, and even if the Footbasin People once defeated the woolly bear and won the Russo-Japanese War, this did not win them much attention.

Europeans have a sense of superiority in their bones, they even look down on the world's largest economy like Eagle Sauce, how can they look down on the foot basin that is far smaller than Eagle Sauce in terms of population, land area, industrial strength and economic scale?

So, when Mainz asked this, Paulus was stunned for a moment.

He really didn't know what kind of rifle the footbasin people used in the Russo-Japanese War!

"Meiji 38-style rifle, referred to as 38 rifle!"

Seeing that Paulus couldn't answer, Mainz didn't embarrass him and took the initiative to reveal the answer.

"General, does the footbasin man's rifle have anything to do with our aid to the Celestial Empire?"

Paulus scratched his head and said with a red face.

As a soldier, it is indeed a bit derelict to not even know what the weapons of your potential enemy are.

During World War I, the footbasin joined the Allies, snatched Hans's lease in the Jiaodong Peninsula of the Celestial Empire, killed and wounded thousands of German soldiers, and so far, more than 3,000 German prisoners of war and more than 1,000 civilians have not been released to Hans in the hands of the footbasin people!

So for Hans at this time, the footbasin is an out-and-out enemy, they don't have the slightest favor for the footbasin, some are all hostile!

"The 38-style rifle of the foot basin man has a long range, high accuracy, and a long body, which is very suitable for fighting bayonets, this kind of firearm is a generation ahead of the rifle of the Celestial Empire and even the woolly bear!"

The 38 cover was a very good rifle during the First World War, and in some specific battlefields during the Second World War, such as the Celestial Empire battlefield, the performance of the 38 cover was also very good, but the performance in the Pacific theater was very bad!

Before the advent of tanks and armored vehicles, both warring sides wanted to have weapons with a longer range and higher accuracy, so that they could hide in the trenches and shoot the enemy, so the rifles of various countries were very long, and the longer barrel could make the bullet accelerate longer in the barrel, and the initial velocity when leaving the muzzle would be faster, and the range would be longer!

This design idea is no problem in this era, after all, the farther it is, the safer, the more accurate it is, the more expensive it is with the bullet, and the longer barrel is also very conducive to fighting bayonets after being loaded with bayonets, so this design of various countries is based on the experience gained in actual combat!

And this design idea was completely outdated in World War II, because the main force of World War II was not infantry, but armored troops, and the infantry no longer fought in cold trenches, but followed tanks and armored vehicles as accompanying infantry to cover their attacks.

Under these circumstances, the fact that everyone was hiding and shooting at each other with long rifles changed completely, and the distance at which the battle broke out was shortened to 200-400 meters, much lower than during the First World War.

In this case, the soldiers needed not the kind of long and heavy guns, but new, shorter, more powerful assault rifles, preferably bursts!

This operational requirement led to warring nations beginning to improve their rifles, with the German Army introducing the STG44 action rifle, the Woolly Bear introducing the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the MI Garand semi-automatic rifle.

All of these new guns have the same thing in common: a shorter barrel, a lighter gun, and more firepower!

The main reason why Mainz dared to transfer the design drawings and even production technology of the Mauser 98 rifle to the Celestial Empire was because he had a better choice in his hands, that is, the STG automatic rifle and the MG-34/42 general-purpose machine gun, which perfectly replaced the position of the Mauser 9 rifle and the Maxim heavy machine gun!

This kind of bulky, backward weapon, not at all in the future German battle sequence, belongs to the obsolete backward weapons, even if it is the Mauser 98 rifle, there is also an improved version of the Mauser 98K can be used, there is no need for the existing model, so it is sold in exchange for other benefits, Mainz feels completely acceptable.

What's more, this is not just an exchange of interests, but also a bureau that he deliberately set up for other countries!

The world knows the power of the Mauser rifle, and the transfer of the most advanced rifle technology in service with the German army in Mainz to the Celestial Empire will certainly attract attention and vigilance to the Celestial Empire's eyeing the footbasin.

In order to be able to encroach on the Celestial Empire, the footbasin will definitely intensify research on the rifle and develop a new generation of improved Type 38 rifles, so as to obtain a comprehensive suppression of the Celestial Empire.

And the footbasin was one of the five great powers of the world after the First World War, and their actions are bound to attract the attention and vigilance of other countries.

For example, Eagle Sauce!

For Eagle Sauce, the footbasin is their biggest and only competitor in the Pacific!

The Combined Fleet of the Footbasin is even more of a threat to Hawk-chan than the Royal Navy on which the sun never sets, so when their imaginary enemy Footbasin is working the new rifle, Hawk-chan will definitely not be able to sit still!

At a time when tanks and armored vehicles are not yet fully driven and armored tactics are not yet mature, Eagle Sauce may not pay attention to the needs of future operations, and they will also improve and design on the basis of the original Springfield rifle, which will invisibly squeeze the resources of the US military, disrupt their process of developing automatic rifles, and slow down the birth time of their automatic rifles!

This kind of thing seems impossible, but in fact it is very easy to do, because in peacetime Eagle Sauce, military spending is very low, and most of it is given to the Navy, the status of the Army is low compared with all countries in the world, Eagle Sauce In peacetime, the Army is only 100,000 people, so the annual military expenditure is pitiful, so the development of a new rifle may cost them several years of military spending.

If they go astray, the impact is enormous!

Mainz doesn't have much, as long as the advent of the M1 Garand rifle of the US army during World War II can be postponed for four or five years, it will be enough for Mainz!

Of course, in order to ensure the success of this plan, the German army itself must pretend to join this arms race with long barrels and bolt rifles to completely confuse the enemy, for this reason, Mainz prepared the Mauser 98K rifle, which will be released after he returns home, further stimulating other powers!

Behind the scenes, the Germans will secretly develop and produce automatic rifles, and they will also send killers to hunt down John Garand, the designer responsible for the development of the Garand rifle, and the designer of the SKS semi-automatic rifle of the woolly bear is also among the targets of the hunt!

As long as the development plans of new rifles in various countries are stifled in the cradle, the launch of automatic rifles in various countries will be greatly delayed!

Mainz hopes that before the outbreak of World War II, there will not be a single semi-automatic rifle in other countries, so that when the Germans come out with STG automatic guns, they will have an overwhelming advantage over their enemies!_

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