1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 52 United States Guests from the Kingdom of Sardinia

In February 1858, the snow and ice on the North American continent had not completely melted, and winter still ruled this area, but on the Apennine Peninsula, it had already melted. The warm Mediterranean wind blew the white sails of the sailboat. The sail was illuminated by the sun like transparent white wings. After more than three weeks of sailing, the flying shear sailing vessel called “Swordfish” arrived at the most important port in the Kingdom of Sardinia-Genoa.

This small flying shear ship carried 500 Macdonald 1857 rifles and more than a dozen passengers, as well as some other cargo. She gracefully stopped at a berth belonging to the Sardinian Navy. Then, the passengers who had stayed at sea for more than 20 days got off the ship one after another.

“Captain.” Carol, who had just stepped off the springboard, stomped two feet on the ground with his feet, and said to Robson, “Finally, I have landed on land. I never thought I would use my feet again. Getting on the ground will make me so comfortable. It’s been almost a month, except for the sea, but the sea…”

“It’s much faster now. I heard that when there is no flying shears, we are still using Galen ships. Um, when the Mayflower is a ship, it will take two full months to cross the Atlantic Ocean. , And then enter the Mediterranean Sea to get here, I am afraid it will take another month. Mr. Carroll, you should be thankful that we are in an era of high-speed flying shears in Life.” Robson replied. In more than three weeks at sea, he and Carol gradually became acquainted. He knew that Carol was the Dage of the boss Scrooge and one of Scrooge’s most trusted people. Perhaps in the future, many of the company’s businesses in Europe will be entrusted to him. Many people suddenly get such a status, they tend to be a little overwhelmed and become arrogant and inaccessible. But Carol is not like that. In fact, Carol has always been a gentle person, and he does not have any airs at all, but it is very easy to deal with. Moreover, compared to the unpredictable Scrooge, the honest Carol feels more cordial.

For Carol, the well-informed Robson is also an admirable figure. People who are completely inexperienced like themselves need to learn from him. Only in this way can I succeed in Europe, as Little Brother said, create a big scene with him.

At this time, a young officer brought a group of soldiers to greet him. He introduced himself to Carol and others, saying that he was a major in the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia called Neville.

“Hello, I’m Carol, the representative of McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company, and this is Robson, our tactical technology consultant.” In this way, Carroll introduced himself and his own companion to Major Neville.

“Welcome to you.” Major Neville said. He looked at Carol and Robson up and down, and then looked at other people who were coming down one after another.

“Mr. Robson worked in the army? Well, you came from a cavalry, right?” Neville asked suddenly, “Your subordinates seem to be of mixed origin, but they all seem to have been on the battlefield.”

“I worked in the United States Army before.” Robson replied, “As for my subordinates, if the battle with the barbaric Indians can be counted as a battlefield, they have indeed been on the battlefield.”

“Our soldiers are waiting in the barracks to welcome you all, please get in the carriage.” Neville said. Then he turned and told the soldiers who followed: “Unload the cargo from the ship, load it into the car, and take it back.”

Carol and Robson got into a carriage together. Just as it was done, Carol asked: “Captain, how did Major Neville see that you were a cavalry at a glance?” One of Carol’s great advantages.

“Ah, it’s nothing special. For those who have been a cavalry for a long time, the shape of their legs and walking posture are a little different from that of normal people. Moreover, because the cavalry often has training in swordsmanship, the right hand has a tiger’s mouth. There will also be special calluses on the battlefield. Combining these, I can also see who has been a cavalry at a glance.” Robson explained, “As far as I can tell that the opponent has never been on the battlefield, this is not easy to explain, just It’s like a brown bear who has never seen a tiger again. After suddenly encountering a tiger, he can immediately understand that this guy is a carnivore.”

“I can understand the first reason, but I didn’t understand the latter.” Carol told the truth.

“It’s a good thing not to understand.” Robson said.

“I can understand this sentence.”

After the welcoming ceremony was over, the first batch of McDonald’s 1857 rifles were sent to the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sardinia. At the same time, as a consultant sent by McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company, Robson began to explain to soldiers how to use this brand new rifle in their hands.

“The Macdonald 1857 rifle in your hands is the best rifle in the world. The tattered rifles you have used before are completely fire sticks! You are very lucky. Now this gun is in your hands. Not in the hands of those hapless Austrians. I know what you are laughing at. You must think that this United States barbarian is bragging. Ah… Mason, shoot a few shots for these brothers!”

“Good!” Mason jumped up and walked up to the soldiers with his rifle. Several earthen jars used to simulate the enemy’s head have been placed at different distances from him over a distance of more than 200 meters to more than 400 meters. Mason quickly aimed at the nearest earthen jar and fired a shot.

“Bang!” With a gunshot, an earthen jar burst open immediately, and the water in the earthen jar splashed around.

“Good marksmanship!” Before the soldiers could finish their admiration, Mason quickly opened the cartridge, withdrew from the cartridge case, and loaded a new bullet, and then another “bang” shot with a crock Shattered. Mason fired a few shots without any bullets, smashing all the earthen jars, whether they were two hundred meters away or four hundred meters away. And the glasses of the Italian soldiers shattered like these earthen jars-if they had glasses.

“Just now Mr. Mason fired ten shots and hit ten targets. I want to ask, do you think you can shoot with your original fire stick during this period of time and how many targets can you hit?” Robson took advantage of this. Taking this opportunity, once again boasted of own gun. “I dare say that most people can only complete two shots in this time. If you are lucky, you can hit a target. Now anyone thinks I, a United States barbarian, is boasting?”

He looked at the stunned Italians triumphantly, and then continued: “Of course, such a good gun can’t be handed over to an idiot. So in the future, I and other instructors will tell you how to maintain it. , Using a rifle from Zhiyang.”

Compared with a front-loaded rifle, a rear-mounted rifle with more moving parts is more complicated in maintenance. Of course, compared to those automatic rifles in later generations, the maintenance of the MacDonald 1857 is horribly simple: the entire rifle There are few parts, and when designing, Scrooge paid special attention to the requirements of convenient disassembly and assembly, so for a slightly trained guy, a 1857 pointed bullet can be used in five minutes. The entire rifle was disassembled within, and a well-trained black water security guard was able to complete the disassembly of the entire rifle in three minutes while blindfolded.

However, when this rifle came into the hands of those Italians who were romantic and even sloppy, things changed. While Robson was explaining to them how to disassemble the rifle with a bullet, some Italians were whispering about the rifle of the United States that was not beautiful in appearance.

“It’s really something made by the North American savages. Look at this butt. Although it is made of authentic premium walnut, it is not carved with beautiful patterns. Moreover, look at the color and brightness of the paint. It really wastes good wood, if we Italians do it…”

“Also, did you see the scabbard of the matching bayonet? It was made out of a piece of leather roll…”

“You guys, what are you talking about?” Robson roared.

“Report to the instructor, we are discussing what you teach.” An Italian soldier stood up and replied.

“What’s your name?” Robson asked.

“Patney.”

“Very well, since you have studied so hard, I will ask you to come up and disassemble a MacDonald 1857 as I did just now and then assemble it.” Robson said, “If it can’t be done, according to Major Neville gave me the authorization, I will punish you for running 20 laps around the playground.”

The Italians around laughed together. Patney walked slowly to the console, where Robson had just assembled a rifle.

“Well, soldier, you can start.” Robson said coldly.

Patney stared at the rifle in front of him for a long time, and then asked weakly: “Instructor, where are the screwdriver and pliers?”

“Uncle, I’m sorry, the kind of gunpowder you gave me, I can’t find a way to copy it. There is not even a feasible idea.” Ramot Dupont said to his Uncle Henry Dupont.

“Is there really no way?” Henry DuPont, the helm of DuPont, actually doesn’t know much about chemistry. In this regard, he almost completely trusts his nephew Ramot.

“It’s difficult, even basically impossible.” Ramot Dupont said. In terms of chemistry, under the prevailing conditions, reverse engineering was not an easy task.

“Then improve our existing gunpowder, can it be close to or reach a level equivalent to it in performance?” Henry asked again.

“Impossible, don’t say anything else, just that there is no smoke and no residue after burning is not what our gunpowder can do.” Ramot DuPont was a little frustrated.

“It seems I can only let Gordon go to Cleveland first.” Henry said.