Chapter 18: Dragon Slaying

It sounds easy to equip an infantry squad with a mortar, but the production of shells can crush the arsenal in Chris's hands... With the current processing level of the Serris arsenal, many weapons can be manufactured. But no matter the production speed of these weapons themselves, or the production capacity required for their matching ammunition, it is a big problem.

So Chris is afraid to produce these weapons, because he does not have so many ammunition to supply fully automatic weapons to squander. In this case, Chris had to seriously consider, choosing weapons that were closer to his current production capacity to equip his troops.

It is not that automatic weapons such as Maxim heavy machine guns cannot be manufactured now, but the bullet factories of machine guns cannot supply a large amount. Even if such weapons are forcibly equipped, a battle will make Chris's troops run out of ammunition and food.

Therefore, before Desaier provided funds and resources to allow Chris to build more and better arsenals, Chris could only rely on bolt-type rifles to equip his soldiers.

Finally, he chose a very fashionable individual weapon as his infantry's first choice: Mauser 98k rifle!

This kind of weapon, once equipped on a large scale, with mature technology and robust performance, is still active in the hearts of young people because of the game in the 21st century. 98k is definitely a weapon that represents victory, and it is even more exciting when it is associated with eating chicken at night.

What makes Chris rest assured is that the bolt structure ensures that this weapon will not quickly consume ammunition. It can fire seven or eight rounds of ammunition in one minute, which is completely enough to serve as the mainstay of the army's weapons for a long time.

No matter which direction you look at, this weapon is the weapon of choice for modern armies. Until Chris can improve his bullet supply, it is a good choice for individual weapons.

On the one hand, the caliber of this weapon is relatively large, and the barrel is easier to process. On the other hand, this weapon can use steel shell bullets, which is more advantageous in metal consumption. Although the firepower is not strong, it can at least be used for a long time.

This weapon has another advantage: its moderate length! It is long enough to install a bayonet to give soldiers a certain close combat ability, and short enough to be easy to operate, so its comprehensive performance is very good in the bolt-type rifle category.

There is another reason why he chose the Mauser 98k rifle: Chris intends to equip the army with the mg42 general-purpose machine gun with excellent performance. Obviously, because of the consideration of unified ammunition caliber, Chris is unwilling to equip two types of sub-pops.

It is precisely because of this that Chris gave up Mosinnagan rifles with different calibers and 38 large covers with good accuracy: these two rifles have strange calibers, and the machine guns that fire the same type of bullets do not have the same performance. How…

"It's difficult!" Chris leaned back in his chair, looked at the production reports for the past two days, and let out a depressed sigh.

His industrial process has been completely plunged into chaos, except that the weapons and equipment being produced for soldiers can barely continue, the rest are basically on the verge of collapse. The consequences of rushing to industrialize in one place are very complicated and serious. It's not that Chris didn't know these, he just rushed to rise, ignoring these problems.

These days, his textile factory has been completely shut down, and the consumption of raw materials is too large. The raw materials stored in Seris City cannot meet the consumption rate of such a factory. The fabric, which was once very priced at a very good price, can’t be produced for one meter now.

The woodworking factory is in better condition, because the timber can still be harvested nearby, so there is no need to worry too much about the raw materials. But because the production of tables, chairs and benches was too fast, the entire wood factory had to stop production and transform, and began to produce some weird things that didn't know their usefulness.

For example, the wooden handle of a grenade, such as the **** of a rifle, are produced according to Chris' drawings, but no one knows what it is for. But even so, it is not a long-term solution: the factory has accumulated about 1,000 rifle stocks, but not a single rifle has been produced.

The production capacity of several earth blast furnaces used for smelting with great difficulty is seriously insufficient. We cannot produce weapons and equipment if we produce mechanical parts, armors cannot be produced if weapons and equipment are produced, and other iron products cannot be produced if armors are produced...

In short, it is not much different from the leap forward of a certain era. The direct result of blindly expanding industrial production capacity is a total disaster.

After all, many things can not be improved immediately with technology: for example, agriculture, even if Chris has many modern agricultural theories that can be popularized, but this year's food has already been planted in the ground, and he has to worry about it. Only next year can we improve the planting technology.

Without the support of agriculture and the chemical industry, the entire industry has stagnated. The income of Serris City has not substantially increased from previous years, because the money earned is either used to expand production capacity or used as a Workers’ wages are gone.

"I can't help it now! The surrounding purchasing power is really limited, and the training of the troops has also entered a bottleneck period... It's a bit of a loss to promote the growth." Chris muttered with great grief while scratching his hair.

Just when he was about to crash himself, Strider and Desaier rushed to Seris with some personnel and supplies. The arrival of these personnel and supplies undoubtedly made Chris cheer up again.

His road to industrialization can finally continue at any cost, and the rest can be left to Strider and Desaier to operate. The happy Chris personally went to the gate of Serris to greet Dessier, giving Dessier a lot of face.

Desaier lived up to expectations and handed Chris a scroll at the city gate: "Congratulations, Lord Ellenhill Chris, you are now the actual ruler of Seris, Mayne, and Ferry... "

Chris took the scroll from Dessel's hand with a look of confusion and opened it to read the text on it carefully. I saw it read: "The Arrant Empire now puts Mayne and Ferry under the jurisdiction of the city of Serris, and is upgraded to the Duchy of Ailanhill. In addition, the lord of Serris, Ailanhill Chris, is promoted to Ailanxi. Grand Duke..."

Looking closely at the blood-red seal of the Emperor of Arrant on the scroll, Chris looked at Desaiel excitedly: "So, I have the right to rule the two places of the ferry, Arrant. Did the Empire admit it?"

"Of course I admit it." Dessell smiled and looked at Chris, and said to Chris with five fingers out: "But don't be too happy too soon. I promised Mr. Clark, the prime minister of Arrant. The tax tribute of the Principality of Ailan Hill must be increased to 50,000 gold coins per year!"

"..." Hearing this number, Chris couldn't help but smile: The Meyn area is still in chaos, and Ferry City hasn't improved much. In this case, he has to bear a foreign debt of 50,000 gold coins, but It's not easy.

Thinking of this, Chris shrugged and looked at Desaier and said: "It's true that we have encountered some problems in our production, and we need someone to plan carefully."

Desaier smiled even more, pointing to an old man standing next to him, and introduced: "Mr. Gurlo, the most powerful business man I can find. He used to be my personal butler. , Now I leave him to you."

"Very welcome!" Chris doesn't need to be suspicious. He has no better choice now, but can only arrange the people brought by Desai to an important position: "Then let this Mr. Gurlo be the Minister of Commerce of the Principality of Alan Hill."

"Thank you, I will look at Ailan Hill's recent output, as well as income and expenditure..." The old man did not refuse, and took office directly at the gate of the city. The old man was vigorous and resolute, and Chris was happy and free, and directly asked Dians to hand over the account books.

"In the past, we produced a lot of cloth and woodworking products... but we did not expect that such a large output directly squeezed the surrounding consumption power." Chris took Desaier to his study. One side complained in the corridor.

Desaier listened all the way, with a smile like nothing on his face. He walked all the way to Chris' office, and then sat down in a comfortable position with his hands together. Then he asked, "Can I see your weapon drawings?"

Chris was taken aback, then nodded, took out the weapons he chose and related drawings, and stacked them in front of Desaier: "You don't care about my profit...it seems to be more interested in weapons."

"Yes, no matter how good your machine is, it is not worth the money I invested." Desaier replied while looking through the weapon drawings and smelting formulas in front of him: "I am asking you solemnly now. One question, do you think... these weapons can kill the dragon?"

"..." Chris was silent. He frowned, thinking carefully about the other party's question, wondering why the other party would ask such a question.

In fact, he has always been thinking about this kind of question, that is, whether his modern weapons and equipment can truly fight the ultimate power of this world. Those dragons flying in the sky, as well as mages who can control magic, are they afraid of modern weapons and equipment?

As long as he was in Serris Castle, he would look up at the mural above his head every time he ate, thinking about such a problem, he thought it was okay, because the ancestors of Ailan Hill used mortal bodies to complete the dragon slaying A feat, so Chris concluded that his weapon can cause damage to the dragon.

There was silence for a while, until Desaier felt something was wrong and raised his head to look at him. Chris slowly replied: "I think, for things like dragon slaying, my weapon is completely capable of handling it."