Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

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 Rudd naturally agreed after hearing this, because this is an epoch-making super product, "What about the Mauser gun?"

William IV paused and said: "You can start deploying it locally. 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 can It's a pretty good living target.

What is the current manufacturing progress? "

"The domestic production is 3,000 pieces per month, and the ammunition for each piece is 100, while the East Indian production is about 2,000 pieces, and the factory is in Jakarta."

Mark Rudd praised: "His Majesty's design amazed everyone in the Dutch firearms research and development institution. This Mauser rifle bolt is safe, simple, strong and reliable. For this reason, people in the firearms bureau are very happy." I have become your Majesty’s admirer.”

Of course, this is the classic work of the Mauser brothers that will dominate the global light weapons market in the future. I took it out nearly five years in advance, and almost ten years before joining the active military. I don’t know if the Mauser brothers will do it in the future. There is another breakthrough.

Brother, don't blame me. Who told me to have a different position from yours?

5,000 guns per month, which means an average of 60,000 guns per year. The Netherlands currently has more than 120,000 regular troops and a reserve army of 30,000. In other words, it would take 2.5 and a half years to replace all of these troops with Mauser guns.

However, now that the Dutch army has just replaced Mauser guns, the proportion is 20%. It will take at least 2 years to replace all Mauser guns.

Thinking of the Temper War starting next year, how could William IV, who wanted to fight toothpicks, wait two years later. At that time, the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, which was the second war of the Prussian Dynasty, was almost closer. .

"This speed is too slow. East India's weapons manufacturing speed must keep up with the mainland. Since the second homeland plan is implemented, all Yiyi people must keep up, including the economy and weapons."

Infantrymen's rifles and bayonets were the most unique weapons in World War I, but they were not the most lethal weapons. Even the semi-automatic weapons that have just appeared in the Netherlands are among other weapons, requiring the Netherlands to implement the half-generation strategy. .

What is called half-generation strategy is actually the strategic goal of learning from what the United States did later. The United States' active military equipment must be half a generation advanced than other countries in research and development.

This is to ensure that the opponent will never be able to keep up with the Dutch strategy in terms of weapon performance, and to maintain a permanent advantage. For this reason, the navy was originally lagging behind, but now with the undisclosed amount on the Paradise Island in East India, it is almost Starting a year ago, the shipbuilding base in Amsterdam was almost directly transferred to the heavily guarded Paradise Island, and the second shipbuilding factory was implemented. Since it was a transfer rather than a construction, it successfully entered the shipbuilding offensive production state in a short period of time.

Five steam ironclads have been launched there. For this purpose, the Netherlands has invested a total of more than 100 million Dutch guilders (4 million pounds) in the past five years since 1857.

This is nearly a quarter of the Netherlands' annual military expenditure of 3 million.

Most of this is used for the research and development of weapons and equipment and the construction of factories for supporting parts, accounting for half of military expenditures.

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. He hesitated at first 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, when choosing the length to strengthen his body, he chose the most popular one of about 1.25 meters, and the weight was also 4 kilograms.

Rifles were the most common weapons used in World War I, because at that time countless factories in various countries were desperately trying to catch up on production. However, most of the models used were very similar in principle. All rifles were direct-pusher and equipped with Load a magazine with several bullets to ensure you don't have to refill it 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 that it was not until 1867 that the Mauser rifle of the Mauser brothers was born. This fur-colored designed rotating locking bolt rear-mounted single-shot rifle was adopted as the German Empire in 1871 when the German Empire was established. The standard rifle became the most popular light weapon in the German Empire and was 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 1,000 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 200,000 Dutch people, they have become a large village. city ​​of.

In the first four months of this year, among the 80,000 native Dutch who had migrated, another 50,000 chose to move to Weigu Island in the northern part of the Paradise Peninsula, with 10,000 people and 20,000 more in Suolong Town. There are 20,000 people in Fak Fak Town, south of the Paradise Peninsula, and most of the remaining 30,000 people are scattered on other islands including Jakarta. "

"Oh, why would they all want to move to New Guinea, an island 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, Interior Minister Joan Leer said bitterly: "Your Majesty, this is because the subsidies this time are too much, especially in the Paradise Peninsula, the subsidies received are one-third higher than other places."

"What?" William IV looked at Jonler unexpectedly, then looked at Wem Kurt, and shouted with a dark face: "Why should we treat him differently?"

Suddenly the air seemed to get colder, but summer couldn't stop it.

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

Seeing that William IV's dissatisfaction remained, he said bitterly: "Currently, the domestic weapons market has been divided by His Majesty to prevent the leakage of weapon secrets.

As the government established a large-scale naval base on the Paradise Peninsula, many weapons accessories suppliers chose to follow suit and set up factories in the northern part of the Paradise Peninsula, where the population was sparsely populated. As a result, the weapons accessories suppliers had no choice but to increase subsidies. And ensure stable job opportunities to increase the willingness to immigrate. "

The world has changed. The William Arms Group he established has become the largest weapons supplier in the Netherlands, including the navy and even the army. However, it is also surrounded by a large number of foundries and accessories suppliers.