Make France Great Again

"However, this rifle may put a significant degree of stress on our logistics!"

Jérôme Patterson is right when he says that the emergence of breech-loading guns, breech-loading cannons and machine guns will indeed put a certain amount of pressure on logistics.

After all, in the muzzleloader era, a skilled soldier could fire only 2 rounds per minute, while the Mauser Rifle 2.0 could fire 8 or 9 rounds per minute.

If a magazine is added, it can be doubled several times per minute.

This means that the number of bullets each soldier carries is several times the original number, and the logistics required are also several times the original number.

Take Crimea for example. During the Crimean War, Jerome Bonaparte delivered a total of more than 90 million rounds of ammunition to Crimea.

Calculated based on the 120,000 French troops, 90 million bullets are equivalent to about 750 bullets per person.

In Jérôme Bonaparte's expectation, the future Franco-Prussian War would be a battle of millions of people, and tens of millions of bullets would be wasted every day.

Without an excellent logistics system for such a fight, France may soon be in danger of becoming a fire stick.

"The war in the future will be a tragic and cruel war!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Jerome Patterson, "This is why I repeat the importance of logistics over and over again!

If the empire blindly wants to be like Emperor Napoleon, it will inevitably lead to the risk of total collapse of our logistics!

But we have to use new weapons, because they can allow us to destroy the enemy's effective forces faster!

To end the war, it is like a blood-vomiting marathon. Every country must try its best to not be left behind! "

Jerome Patterson's expression was lost in thought, while Jerome Bonaparte turned his gaze to the old Mauser, "Looking at it now, this rifle is completely ready for use!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Old Mauser nodded and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Even he himself did not expect that he could design a rifle with excellent performance so quickly.

In the past, designing a rifle required at least a long period of conception, and then continued modifications to become a qualified product.

It would take at least 4 or 5 years to complete a set of processes, but it only took the old Mauser about 2 years to design this rifle.

Indispensable was the guidance of Jérôme Bonaparte and the assistance of his son.

Perhaps William Mauser and Paul Mauser will really achieve the kind of achievements the emperor said.

Just when Jérôme Bonaparte was praising the old Mauser rifle, a soldier led the Secretary of State of the Ministry of War to appear at the shooting range.

"Your Majesty!" The Secretary of State bowed slightly to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Who are you?" Jérôme Bonaparte looked at the Secretary of State in front of him and asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, I am Eugène White, now serving as Secretary of State at the Ministry of War!" Eugène White hurriedly introduced himself to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Secretary Eugène!" Jérôme Bonaparte then remembered Eugène White, and he asked again: "What are you doing here?"

"Your Majesty, here is a telegram from you! Minister Vaillant ordered me to give the telegram to you!" Eugene White said as he handed the telegram into the hands of Jérôme Bonaparte.

"My telegram?" Jerome Bonaparte took the telegram with a puzzled look, and then said to Jerome Patterson: "Give the rifle to Secretary Eugene and let him fire two shots too! "

"Yes!" Jerome Patterson handed the rifle to Eugene White.

Eugene White, who took over the Mauser 2.0 rifle, glanced at the rifle and couldn't help but show a trace of resistance on his face.

Your Majesty, why are you developing a breech-loading rifle? Doesn't he know that gas tightness in breech-loading guns is a big issue?

Eugene White couldn't help but feel that his expectations for the Mauser rifle had dropped a lot.

"Secretary Eugene, here you go!" Jerome Patterson handed the brass fixed ammunition into Eugene White's hands again.

Eugene White glanced at the brass fixed ammunition with a curious look on his face.

Jerome Patterson knew immediately that Secretary Eugene White was probably learning about this type of bullet for the first time.

So, under the guidance of Jerome Patterson, Eugene White successfully loaded the bullet into the gun chamber.

"Is this enough?" Eugene White asked Jerome Patterson beside him with a look of disbelief.

"Well!" Jerome Patterson seemed to know the reason for Eugene White's doubts. He hurriedly explained to Eugene White, "This rifle does not use a percussion cap like the Migne rifle, but It is fired using a side needle!

So there is no need to use mercury fulminate! "

"Yeah!" Eugene White nodded, then aimed at the target in the distance and pulled the trigger.

After the "bang" sound, the phenomenon of air leakage in the breech that Oren White imagined did not seem to happen.

"Mr. Eugene, you can extract the cartridge case now!" Jerome Patterson said to Eugene White with a smile on his lips.

Eugene White put his hand on the bolt of the gun and tried to pull it, but found that the bolt seemed to be stuck with something and could not be pulled open.

Jerome Patterson and Old Mauser and his son saw this and also stepped forward to help.

On the other hand, after reading the letter, Jérôme Bonaparte discovered the movements of Jérôme Patterson and others, and also walked up to them and asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, the bolt of the gun seems to be stuck by something and can't be pulled out!" Eugene White said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

Jérôme Bonaparte frowned slightly and said to Eugene White: "Try a little harder!"

After everyone was busy for a while, the metal cartridge case inside the Mauser rifle 2.0 was just taken out.

"Mr. Mauser, is there anything wrong with this rifle?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked the old Mauser in a gentle voice.

"It shouldn't be!" Old Mauser frowned and muttered in a low voice.

William Mauser and Paul Mauser also showed solemn expressions. Jérôme Bonaparte decided to send the State Secretary to the side, leaving the three Mausers and his son to ponder the problem.

"Secretary Eugene, have you read the contents of the telegram?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Eugene White.

"No!" Eugène White shook his head decisively and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"I understand!" Jérôme Bonaparte patted Eugène White on the shoulder and said to Eugène White, "Go back first!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Eugene White bowed to Jerome Bonaparte and then left.

After Eugène White left, Jerome Bonaparte asked Jerome Patterson with a serious expression: "Patterson, do you want to go to Africa to serve as governor-general?"

"Governor?" Jerome Patterson stared at Jerome Bonaparte with wide eyes. At this moment, he couldn't believe his ears.

Most of the governors of France are generals, so how could he, a lieutenant colonel, hold the position of governor.

"That's right! That's the governor!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Jerome Patterson in a positive tone, "Although your military rank is only lieutenant colonel, it is still okay to serve as the governor of a small region!

After serving as the governor, you can lead the soldiers you accept to be a small monarch there!

As long as you don't provoke conflicts with big powers, then the French Empire will give you enough freedom!

You can do whatever you want! "

Jerome Bonaparte's very seductive speech successfully aroused Jerome Patterson's desire for adventure. He hurriedly asked Jerome Bonaparte, "Your Majesty, you are going to appoint me as the leader." Governor of which region!"

"Take a look at this first!" Jerome Bonaparte handed the telegram into the hands of Jerome Patterson.

Jérôme Patterson looked at the contents of the telegram, which was sent by Trochu, commander of the Lyon Military District.

[PS: After Trochu returned to Paris, he was appointed commander of the Italian Front by Jérôme Bonaparte. 】

The telegram stated that the 10,000 Croatian laborers trained by Jerome Bonaparte had been trained for half a year, and all the training had been completed.

Now basically every worker can be called a qualified militia soldier.

"Your Majesty, this is..." Jerome Patterson looked at Jerome Bonaparte doubtfully.

"These Croatian laborers... no, it should be said that these members of the French Foreign Legion are your original capital!" Jerome Bonaparte explained to Jerome Patterson: "I will appoint you as the Governor of Gabon. !When the time comes, you will be able to lead these Croatian workers to expand abroad when you arrive in Gabon!

I will equip you with the best equipment, allowing you to suppress the kingdoms in the interior of Africa with absolute firepower!

You only need to expand the territory of Gabon by any means necessary, and you can ignore the rest! "

"What should I do if I meet people from other countries?" Jerome Patterson asked again.

"If they are regular armed forces, then defeat them and drive them away! If they are some private armed forces..." Jerome Bonaparte said to Jerome Paterson with murderous intent: "Then kill!"

"I understand!" Jerome Patterson nodded and responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Your goal is to expand your territory as far as possible toward the center of Africa!" Jérôme Bonaparte warned again, "For those indigenous chiefs, you can use deception to force them to sign an agreement!"

"Can this really be useful?" Jerome Patterson couldn't help but ask.

"It does not work for the indigenous people, but for other countries that want to compete with us for land! An agreement written in black and white can stop their mouths!" Jerome Bonaparte showed a sly smile to Jerome Pat. Xundao.

At this moment, the Mausers finally discovered the problem.