Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 492 chores and misfortunes

The train stopped at Harold Castle Station for one day and one night, and at 9:00 the next morning, it started to start again and continued its journey.

Crowder started to have a headache. He should put Sheila in place. This is a big problem. It is impossible to take home. It is conceivable that the family will soon turn to the sky. It is the black stone gunsmithing workshop he is going to now, and he can't bring Sheila in the past. Let's not talk about the issue of confidentiality and non-confidence, but if she is aware of her lover's relationship with Mrs. Sonia, then she doesn't know what kind of storm will come...

"Dear, when we arrived at Wickham Castle, we got off the bus. I have a Grange near there. You will be there to raise your wounds. When I finish my official duties, I will accompany you." After thinking about it, Claude felt Still staying at Wickham Castle for a few days, it is better to place Sheila there.

"But I don't want to be separated from you, Claude." Sheila looked at Crowd pitifully: "Can't I go with you to perform your official duties?"

Crowder shook his head: "Hira, I am now in a high position, and some things are also incompetent. I must consider the impact. I don't want to be separated from you, but you are injured now, and it is not convenient for you." There is also a place where I am going to perform official duties, which requires confidentiality. It is an important base for the production of self-governing weapons. I can’t just bring people in...”

To put it bluntly, Sheila finally agreed to go to the Grange in the Wickham Castle to repair the wounds, and Claude promised to accompany her in the past. After the train arrived at Wickham Castle, Claude took Sheila to Grange, which was assigned to his own field, 1,500 acres. Among the large and small private farms in Cromwell, it is one of the largest in the country.

A veteran who was retired from work in the Grange was called Piano Zrisinko. He was the guard of Crowder's side and performed well and was sent to the army to become the squadron leader. This was originally the road to promotion, but he was unlucky, broke his leg on the battlefield, and was thrown by the Hicks throwing iron pumpkin. After being rescued, he cut off his left calf. Now he replaced it with a piece of wood. He walked on crutches and limped, but his voice was as loud as usual.

"General, how come you?" Piano is very happy. Claude's Grange has only begun construction in the past two years. He is basically entrusted to him. Only during the New Year, he went to the Field Estate of Lanhu City to Crow. Dehui reports the benefits and progress in order to see Claude.

"Come on by the way, by the way, arrange for individuals to be injured here, is a lady." Claude said faintly: "Piano, you have done a good job here, it looks like a well-organized look."

Piano broke his mouth and smiled: "Thank you for the general's compliment, yes, general, I am going to write a letter to report to you. Now there are businesses in tandem, wanting to unite those small private farms to unify. Planting farming and processing, the participating households will pay dividends at the end of the year. They also sent people to ask us if we want to join the farm..."

"There is no need." Claude waved his hand: "Our Grange does not need to be added, lest they let more people join us through the name of our Grange, so what happened in the end of the year, we I have to be involved."

In fact, the fields in Cromwell are more suitable for large-scale production, such as a large-scale farm. Originally decided to divide the land of Cromwell and Beringa to the household, split it into small pieces and distribute it to the soldiers of the two legions of the theater, let them own a personal industry, and accelerate the immigration of soldiers and relatives. The policy has been opposed by many people.

Many large commercial banks hope to rent land from these two states or purchase large amounts of land to open large farms and large farms, which can increase production efficiency more effectively. However, it was vetoed by the theater. At that time, the theater needed a large number of immigrants to enhance their war potential and increase the source of their troops. Therefore, the relatives of these soldiers became the target of the theater, and the personal industry assigned to the soldiers could attract them. The relatives settled here and joined the legion...

In fact, dividing the land of these two states into small pieces can really support the soldiers and their relatives, but small farms are not good at eating and drinking. Therefore, there are companies that want to find a way to join a large number of small-scale farms, let them use the field to share shares, implement unified agricultural production such as planting and breeding, and then pay dividends by the end of the year.

The autonomous leading region has already learned about this situation, but it is unable to stop or can't stop it. It can only strengthen the approval and supervision of these merchants and the landlord when signing the shareholding agreement, so as to ensure that the landlord will not be lost because of the economic dispute arising from the loopholes in the agreement. Your own field.

After all, the cultivation of cash crops by commercial firms does not mean that they will be able to make a fortune. Sometimes it is not uncommon for the market to suffer from the price drop due to the saturation of supply. There have been many small-scale farms that were forced to sell their land and repay their debts in tandem with their commercial banks. This has caused a lot of civil unrest.

Piano nodded. "Okay, general, I am thinking about planting blueberries this year. I can produce my own blueberry wine in time. Right, general, who did you say to raise your wounds?"

"A lady..." Claude licked his teeth, did you guys listen to me: "Let her live in the main house, all the hospitality is in line with me, she wants What do you give her, if you can't do it, send someone to inform me, I will leave a small team of guards to protect her here. In addition, you hire two maids who will serve the waiter and stay with her. Take care of her, understand?"

Even if Piano is stupid and understands it, the relationship between the lady who wants to stay here and her own general is not simple. He immediately nodded: "Yes, general, I will be entertained as a general lady, to ensure that she is satisfied..."

After bidding farewell to Sheila, Crowder rushed to the Blackstone Gunsmithing Workshop. He was greeted by Mrs. Sonia's eyes: "You should come three days ago, how come today? I can only postpone it. Go to my father's itinerary, wait for you here..."

There is nothing to say, nothing more than nothing. So at noon the next day, Claude took a sore waist and took a tired pace. Under the leadership of the radiant Sonia, he visited the so-called special rifle that could shoot thirty-eight bullets.

"...this rifle was not developed by me, but the research results of Master Barclays Sherifid," said Mrs. Sonia.

"Mr. Barclays Sherifid?" asked Claude in confusion.

"He is one of the four in-flight mages hired by our workshop, and is very proficient in the study of mechanical structures and metal materials. Isn't your military district an order for another sniper rifle? I am busy. After studying the work of the heavy artillery on the ship that the father wanted, he had to hand over the tasks of sniper rifles and custom spare parts.

As a result, he not only accomplished the custom task of the thousands of sniper rifles, but also was fascinated by the mechanical structure of the rifle and its movement process. It took three months to create such a special rifle with a strange shape. I was able to launch thirty-eight bullets in a dozen seconds, so I wrote to let you come over and see..."

Claude was brought to a very weird machine by Mrs. Sonia. The reason why it was weird is that the thing in front of it is square. If it is not a machine and a butt, maybe Claude would think that this thing is in front of it. Machine, not a gun.

Then he saw Master Barclays Sherifid, who was about fifty years old. It was in line with the image of a strange doctor in the sci-fi movies of the past. He was bald, with thick eyes and thin, and he was a big white man.

"Hello, Doctor, no, Barclays Master." Claude shook hands to him: "Can you shoot on the spot? I want to see if it has combat effects."

Too heavy and unqualified. It takes four strong soldiers to transfer it to the iron cart, and this will allow Crowder to fork.

"Why should I have such a heavy iron plate underneath?" Crowder asked.

"Ah, this is because avoiding the vibration of the barrel during the launch affects the accuracy of the shot, so you need to increase the counterweight to stabilize..." Barclays Master answered the truth.

Next is the shooting performance, but it is strange that Claude is still in the process of pulling the trigger, he still needs to rotate a crankshaft connected outside, and the launch of the bullet is indeed continuous, in the short half Thirty-eight bullets were shot in minutes.

"Well?" Claude asked.

"Yes, general, shooting is over."

"How come up?"

"Oh, this is the case. You see, after the launch, we need to open the back cover, take out the bullet disk inside, insert the bullet into the bullet disk, and then load the bullets on the four barrels inside. Press the bullet tray up and close the back cover to re-shoot.” Master Barclays personally went forward and gave a detailed operation demonstration.

And Claude can clearly see the internal structure of this strange gun, and finally understand the role of the crankshaft inserted outside, the role of this crankshaft is to rotate the bullet disk, so that the bullet inserted in the disk can be connected The barrel of the bullet was fired and fired again. Just want to perfectly connect the bullets and the guns, the soldiers who need to turn the crankshaft to maintain the average speed training for a certain period of time.

Crowder shook his head and felt a little disappointed in his heart. Because this is not a machine gun in my own imagination, it is just a mechanical device that fires bullets at once. Just now he calculated the next time and found that it took at least five minutes to remove the bullet disk and reload the bullet. In these five minutes, enough of a veteran to fire ten new rifle magazines.

Thirty-eight bullets, compared to fifty bullets of ten magazines, it is obvious that this special rifle that can be fired has no practical value.

Claude smiled and asked: "Master Barclays, I heard that you have a lot of research on mechanical construction and metal materials. What magical research did you do before?"

"Oh, I used to help the nobles design and build their family's treasure chests and gates. These need to set up a garrison. Later I made small magic bows for sale, and some mechanical magic items..." Buck Master Ryder answered.

So, Crowder suddenly solved his doubts. It’s no wonder that he felt that this special rifle was too weird. When he was born, Barclad’s mage was still based on the former ideas and the hidden mechanical mechanism. Developed. If this thing is installed in the corner of the dark chamber wall, it is really very powerful. No one can avoid the 38 bullets that are sprayed out in the narrow room.

"Sonya, prepare a separate laboratory for Master Barclays to meet his needs for magic apprentices and magical test materials. His treatment is in line with yours. Some confidential experiments are also open to him. You are in the process of developing the test. The difficulties encountered can be discussed and studied with him..." Since it is a human resource, Claude is naturally not afraid to take the best conditions to deal with, and Barclay Master opened his mouth with pleasure.

"But for the troops, your continuous shot of a special rifle is useless." Give the radish a stick first, so that the Barclays Master who is immersed in self-satisfaction and joy will wake up:

"First of all, this stuff is too cumbersome to carry out mobile operations with the troops. There is no way to implement rapid transfer and deployment on the battlefield. Secondly, the continuous shooting time is too short, the loading procedure is too troublesome, and in combat, it is impossible for you to shoot one. Minutes and then stop for five minutes to let you load, no matter how effective it is to attack and defend...

The continuous action of the bullet is to suppress the enemy's firepower, or use the barrage to block the enemy's attack, and the defensive force to mobilize, causing serious casualties to the enemy. In order to reach one's own side with less enemies, weaker and stronger. Therefore, the aging performance of continuous shooting is very important. To develop a kind of continuous weapon, it is necessary to meet the requirements of continuous fire shooting.

For example, if you can shoot fifty or sixty bullets in a minute, you can still maintain the firing frequency within the next ten minutes. You can also fire fifty or sixty bullets per minute to suppress the enemy's attack and defense firepower. The soldiers' charge and counterattack, only such a continuous weapon can truly meet the needs of the troops on the battlefield. ”

Claude pointed to the strange special rifle in front of him: "I call this weapon that can be fired as a machine gun, but it is clear that this burst weapon of Barclays Master and the machine gun I need. There are still a lot of deficiencies. The bulky, internal structure is too delicate, and the explosion vibration of a shell on the battlefield is likely to invalidate it.

However, I believe that as long as you continue to study, one day you will develop the best machine gun that is best suited to the battlefield. So, Master Barclays, I have some thoughts on the development of machine guns. Let’s go to the lab to discuss each other. After that, the project to develop machine guns will be handed over to you..."

Claude spent five or six days at the Blackstone Gunsmithing Workshop, testing and discussing the construction and development of machine guns with Barclays Master, in which Claude proposed the use of bullets instead of bulky bullets, and large-scale The extrapolation of the magazine to reduce the weight of the machine gun is called the concept of genius by Master Barclays, but can you develop the machine gun that meets Claude's requirements, and see the master of Barclays, in the memory of Claude. The knowledge and impression about the machine gun has already been said.

Mrs. Sonia left the Blackstone Gunsmithing Workshop one day. She brought a group of mechanical technicians to the port of Patras, installing six naval guns on the first iron-shell ocean-going battleship built by Bird Master. It is to install an enlarged version of the new light infantry field artillery on the top of the battleship and conduct sea warfare launch tests.

In a sense, this all-iron shell warship is a four-in-one, even though Claude has provided the design of the battleships he saw in his previous life, but he is responsible for the master of the iron-shell battleship. Not used. The all-iron battleship he made is actually a replica of the popular sail wood warship. The only change is to replace the wooden shell with an iron shell. There are also three large masts on board, and the sails are shared with steam power.

What is most dissatisfied with Claude is that this iron-shell battleship also opened a row of turrets on the sides of the ship's walls, preparing to arrange twelve ships at each side of the deck to enhance the battleship's Firepower. In Claude's view, there is absolutely no need for this. The six new naval guns placed on the deck are an enlarged version of the new infantry light field artillery. They are far-reaching, aiming, blown, and freely rotatable. It should be able to hang all the sail battleships of this era, and there is no need to place twenty-four old-fashioned pre-armored guns under the deck...

However, Master Bird is older and more stubborn. He does not listen to Claude's bitter words and persuasion. Claude has no way. After all, he can't run to compete with Master Bird. He can only comfort the iron shell. The battleship is the first experimental nature. I believe that with this experience, the iron-shell warships that will be manufactured will get better and better.

After leaving the Blackstone Gunsmithing Workshop, Claude returned to the Grange of Wickham Castle to accompany Sheila. Until the end of May, Claude was preparing to leave for Anna Ranch, because Adele’s due date was in early June, and Claude had to go to the ranch to accompany his younger brother, Blovik, to greet the birth of his first child in his life. .....

Sheila’s injury was quickly restored and she was barely free to move. She was tired of being in the Grange and wanted to go back with Claude. Claude hopes that Sheila can stay in the Grange for another month and take her away after the body is fully recovered. While doing ideological work, an urgent letter disrupted all of Claude’s arrangements. Adele was born prematurely. She gave birth to a pair of dragons and babies, but died of postpartum hemorrhage...

"I have to go back right away, you will wait here for me, I will pick you up." Claude said to Sheila seriously. And Sheila will understand this, and know that Claude’s family has had an unfortunate incident, and he nodded very well.

Claude rushed back to Anna Ranch and saw a sly sister Anna: "What happened? When I first checked, it wasn’t that Adele’s body was very healthy. Everything was normal. Even with twins, can it be produced smoothly? How can I suddenly have a premature birth and a big bleeding?"

Sister Anna smiled bitterly: "It’s the mother. She sent a servant to see Adele, but wrote a letter to Adele. The letter asked Adele to give birth to the child and then get out of the Field family. Don’t wrap around Blowell. Ke, by this stimulation, Adele was born prematurely..."