Chapter 115 The Shock of the Army

On December 22, 1908, a shooting range outside Berlin. Today, the shooting range is completely closed. People from the army and the security department have closely monitored the place.

On the one hand, the people who came to participate in the new weapons exhibition of the German Armaments Company were all big figures from the empire, not only the important generals of the army, but also the emperor of the empire, so there was no room for sloppy security.

On the other hand, all of these weapons developed by the German Arms Company are state secrets. Once acquired by a hostile country, it will be a serious threat to the German Empire. Qin Tian also wanted the army of the German Empire to rely on these weapons to crush the armies of other countries and win a brilliant victory in the future world war.

"Hurry up, arrange everything. It's almost time. Your Majesty and His Royal Highness will be here soon." Gustav Krupp, who arrived at the shooting range ahead of time, was in charge of a series of preparatory work such as the layout of the venue. .

"Yes, Chairman." The personnel sent by the Krupp company, as well as the people from the Deutsche Arms Company, are busy to ensure that this exhibition can be successfully concluded without any problems.

"Several gentlemen, can you confirm that there is no problem with the weapons displayed?" Gustav Krupp asked.

"Your Excellency, Chairman, everything is ready. These weapons have been tested by us repeatedly, and there will be no problems." An engineer assured Gustav Krupp.

Gustav Krupp nodded and felt relieved.

At nine o'clock in the morning, a long line of cars rolled into the shooting range. These cars are all Daimler A-class cars produced by Daimler, which is controlled by Qin Tian. Once this car came out, it immediately became the representative of the most luxurious cars on the market. Although the price of each car was as high as 50,000 marks, it still couldn't stop the buying enthusiasm of those big businessmen, big capitalists and big nobles, and the sales were very hot. Although the sales of A-class cars are not as good as those of B-class and C-class cars, they still represent the most luxurious cars in Germany and Europe.

William II and Qin Tian arrived at the shooting range in the same A-class car. In the cars behind, there were also other high-ranking army and navy officials who also arrived at the shooting range. Of course, the army is the bulk of the procurement of these weapons. But the navy is not without needs. What's more, Qin Tian also plans to allow the navy to establish its own marine corps. In this case, the navy will have a certain land combat strength. At the same time, this army will also be under his control.

When Xiao Maoqi was the chief of the army's general staff, Qin Tian's influence in the army could not be further expanded. Except for the Minister of War von Falkenhain who was on Qin Tian's side, there were quite a few powerful generals who did not move closer to him. Obviously, they were all from Little Maoqi. This made Qin Tian have to use other methods to further improve his strength. If the navy can have a marine corps, or even develop its strength to ten divisions, it will be of great help to Qin Tian.

Of course, if the Navy establishes the Marine Corps, it will inevitably cause a strong backlash from the Army. Therefore, this matter must be done step by step.

"Good morning, Your Majesty!" Gustav Krupp had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw William II get off the car, he immediately greeted him.

"Mr. Krupp, good morning!" Wilhelm II nodded. A big businessman like Gustav Krupp also has great influence in Germany. Even William II would not put on airs in front of him.

"His Royal Highness!" Gustav Krupp immediately greeted Qin Tian again.

"Mr. Krupp, is everything ready?" Qin Tian asked.

"Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness, everything is ready!" Gustav Krupp replied.

Qin Tian nodded. He believed that with Gustav Krupp's ability, this time the new weapons exhibition would be successfully held.

At 9:30 in the morning, after some short speeches, the new weapons exhibition officially began.

The first performance is the general-purpose machine gun developed by the German Armaments Company. This machine gun is code-named MG09 general-purpose machine gun.

On the shooting range, five MG09 general-purpose machine guns are ready to fire. On receiving the order to fire, the machine gunner pulled the trigger.

"Da da da!" Intensive gunshots sounded instantly, and the hot bullets enveloped the target in the distance like a storm. Sawdust flew across, and in a blink of an eye the wooden target was battered by the dense bullets. Kong, and even some targets have been shattered.

In less than half a minute, the ammunition belt with 250 rounds of ammunition had been shot out. The barrel of the machine gun also turned red due to the high temperature.

The generals of the army and navy looked at the MG09 general-purpose machine guns in amazement. Obviously, the rate of fire of these general-purpose machine guns is faster than the MG08 heavy machine gun currently equipped by the Army.

"His Royal Highness, is this the heavy machine gun you developed? The rate of fire seems to be very fast." Minister of War von Falkenhain asked. Originally, he had no hope for the newly established German arms company. How can a newly established arms company develop good products in a short period of time? However, the fact gave him a slap in the face.

The other generals undoubtedly thought the same way. But now they are all shocked.

"Yes, this is the machine gun we developed. However, we don't call it a heavy machine gun, but a general-purpose machine gun!" Qin Tian said.

"Universal machine gun?" Everyone was guessing what the name meant.

"Mr. Krupp, please introduce the performance of our general-purpose machine gun to Your Majesty and the generals!" Qin Tian said.

"Okay, Your Royal Highness." Gustav Krupp nodded with a smile on his face. Of course he saw it, and these army generals were shocked. This also shows that the performance of the MG09 general-purpose machine gun far exceeded their expectations.

"Your Majesty, Your Excellencies, Generals. The general-purpose machine gun we developed has a total weight of 12.5 kilograms. Even with the tripod, the total weight is only 20 kilograms, which is only equivalent to one-third of the MG08 heavy machine gun currently equipped by the army. Arrived. The muzzle velocity of the muzzle is 750 meters per second, the maximum range is two kilometers, and the ammunition belt is used to feed the ammunition, and the maximum rate of fire is 800 rounds per minute.” Gustav Krupp introduced several key data .

The generals of the army seem to have been shocked by the performance of the MG09 general-purpose machine gun. Compared with the MG08 heavy machine gun they are currently equipped with, it is simply rubbish.