Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 100 Weapon accessories supplier?
When William IV heard this, he said: "Semi-automatic rifles are most suitable for training in East India. It is one of the secret weapons of our army. Without permission, it needs to be kept secret."

Mark Rude naturally agreed when he heard the words, because this is an epoch-making super product, "Isn't that a Mauser?"

William IV paused and said: "You can start deploying in the mainland. By the way, it's better to do this. The first appearance of the Mauser can be in Africa. There is a battlefield that can be opened. After all, those indigenous people It's a pretty good living target.

What is the current manufacturing progress? "

"There are 3000 pieces per month in the local area, and 100 pieces of ammunition for each piece, and about 2000 pieces in East India. The factory is in Jakarta."

Mark Lüder praised: "Your Majesty's design has amazed everyone in the Dutch firearms research and development institution. This Mauser rifle is safe, simple, strong and reliable. For this reason, the firearms bureau's people quickly I have become your majesty's admirer"

Of course, this is the classic work of the Mauser Brothers who will dominate the global light weapons market in the future. I took it out nearly 5 years in advance, and I joined the active army almost [-] years ago. I don’t know if the Mauser Brothers will be in the future. Another breakthrough.

Dude, don't blame me, who told me that I have a different position from yours.

5000 per month means 60000 per year. The Netherlands currently has more than 12 regular troops and 3 reserve troops. That is to say, it will take 2.5 and a half years to replace all these people with Mausers.

However, now that the Dutch army has just exchanged for Mauser guns, the proportion is 20%, and it will take at least 2 years to replace them all with Mauser guns.

Thinking that the Temper-Prussian War will start next year, how could William IV, who wanted to play a toothpick, wait two years later? At that time, it was almost close to the second battle of the Prussian Dynasty War. The Opus War in 2 was even closer up.

"This speed is too slow. East India's weapons manufacturing speed must keep up with that of the mainland. Now that the Second Homeland plan is implemented, all Yiyi people must keep up, including the economy and weapons."

Infantry rifles and bayonets were the most unique weapons in World War I in the previous life, but they were not the most lethal weapons. Even the semi-automatic weapons that only appeared in the Netherlands just now, are also the weapons link, requiring the Netherlands to implement a half-generation strategy .

What is called a half-generation strategy, in fact, is to learn from the practice of the United States. The active military equipment of the United States must be half a generation ahead of other countries, and the strategic goal of research and development is half a generation advanced.

This is to ensure that the opponent will never be able to keep up with the Dutch strategy in terms of weapon performance, and it will also maintain a permanent advantage. Years ago, the shipbuilding base in Amsterdam was almost transferred to the heavily guarded Bliss Island, and the second shipbuilding factory was implemented because it was a transfer rather than a construction, so it successfully entered the state of shipbuilding attack production in a short period of time.

The number of steam ironclad ships over there has been launched and reached 5 ships. For this reason, the Netherlands has invested a total of more than 1857 million Dutch guilders (5 million pounds) in the past five years since 1.

This is nearly a quarter of the Netherlands' annual military expenditure of 300 million.

And most of this is used for the research and development of weapons and equipment and factories for supporting parts, accounting for half of the military expenditure.

In World War I, the honor of being the most destructive light weapon went to machine guns and, of course, cannons. The Mauser rifle that had just been built was named the Dutch version of the Mauser 1862 rifle. At first, he hesitated and wanted to choose The Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle caliber was 7.62 mm, and the Romanian 1893 version of the Mannrichel caliber was 6.5 mm.Or he chose the 7.7mm caliber of the same model rifle used by the British, but he felt that the American 1903 version of 7.62mm was good compared to it. In the end, he chose the 1898 version of the German gun with a caliber of 7.92mm, because it was not Let’s talk about other things, because it is the most famous and popular in other countries.

However, in choosing the length of the body, he chose the most popular 1.25 meters, and the weight is also 4 kg.

Rifles were the most common weapons in World War I, because at that time countless factories in various countries were desperately trying to catch up with production, but the models and principles used were actually very similar. All rifles were direct push, equipped with Load the magazine with several bullets to ensure that you don't need to refill the bullets frequently.

This is also a weapon that neither Europe nor the United States currently has. Therefore, it is true that the Netherlands ranks No. 1 in the world in this regard.

The original world was not born until 1867 with the Mauser Brothers' Mauser rifle, a single-shot rifle with a revolving locking bolt designed in fur color, which was adopted as the German Empire in 1871 when the German Empire was established. The standard rifle of the German Empire became the most popular light weapon of the German Empire, named the 1871 Mauser rifle.

Industry Minister Wem Kurt said at this time: "Your Majesty, the construction of semi-automatic rifles and steam battleships has begun. Especially with the development of large-scale supporting facilities, a semi-automatic rifle factory has been established in Jakarta, with an employment population of more than 1000 people. There are three originally desolate small villages of Babo, Modan and Bintuni on the shores of Shrike Bay on the Paradise Peninsula. With the development of more than six years and the migration of nearly 6 Dutch people, they have become a large village. city ​​of.

In the first four months of this year, among the 4 native Dutch who had migrated, another 8 chose to move to Weigu Island in the northern part of the Paradise Peninsula, with 5 people and 1 more in Suolong Town. There are 2 people in Fak Fak Town, south of the Paradise Peninsula, and most of the remaining 2 people are scattered on other islands including Jakarta. "

"Oh, why are they all willing to move to the island of New Guinea, which is even more desolate than Jakarta?"

Don't they all like to go to prosperous places? Why do these immigrants like to go to remote places? Are they stupid?
At this time, the Minister of the Interior Joan Leer said bitterly; "Your Majesty, this is because the subsidy this time is too much, especially in the Bliss Peninsula, the subsidy received is one-third higher than other places."

"What?" King William IV looked at Joanleur unexpectedly, then at Wem Cotter, and said with a dark face, "Why should we treat them differently?"

Suddenly the air seemed to turn cold, but summer couldn't stop it.

Wem Cotter gave the answer with a wry smile: "Of course this was not arranged by us, but by the method of the Dutch arms dealer."

Seeing that William IV was still dissatisfied, he said bitterly: "At present, in the domestic weapon market, His Majesty has divided it up to prevent the leakage of weapon secrets.

As the government builds a large-scale naval base on the Bliss Peninsula, many weapon parts suppliers have chosen to follow suit to set up factories in the northern part of the Bliss Peninsula, where the population is sparsely populated, so the weapon parts suppliers have no choice but to increase subsidies. And to ensure stable job opportunities to increase the willingness of immigrants. "

The world has changed. The William Arms Group he established has become the largest arms supplier in the Netherlands, including the navy and even the army. But around it, there are also a large number of foundries and parts suppliers.

(End of this chapter)