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Considering the overall situation of China, the range and power of the artillery used here are not the most important. The core is mobility.

In addition, considering the extremely poor industrial level of the Chinese at the time, they had to use low-quality materials as much as possible to manufacture artillery to ensure the raw materials for the artillery and even the source of future ammunition.

And these Jin-made artillery fully prove this point. Whether it is a 75mm mountain cannon or a 105mm howitzer, the selection of shells is extremely versatile. In addition to homemade shells, Japanese shells of the same caliber can also be used.

"The Chinese people used to think that these artillery pieces were made based on blueprints purchased from Europe at that time, but in fact this is not the case." After checking all the information, Liang Enruo said to Joan of Arc with some insights.

On the one hand, these artillery have obvious local characteristics, such as a lighter gun body and carbon steel-based gun steel. These are issues that foreign artillery will not consider.

On the other hand, whether it is the European-style horizontal wedge-type running bolt or the casing self-tightening technology, it is very different from the domestically produced barrel artillery in the Beiyang period of the early 20th century and the Japanese artillery that appeared in the subsequent period. .

Judging from the current clues, Liang En can conclude that the technical characteristics of this part of the artillery have obvious continuity, and it is definitely not something that can be achieved by simply buying blueprints.

Therefore, based on these clues alone, we can infer that from around the time of the Central Plains War to before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Jinyang Arsenal once had a design team from a certain European country.

This design team integrated the technical characteristics of France and Germany, while taking into account the overall situation of parts of China at that time, especially Jin Province.

Therefore, their primary consideration in the design was to facilitate animal power and even human mobility. Secondly, they tried to increase the caliber as much as possible, and put the range last.

This is obviously a pragmatic idea. After all, the terrain of Jin Province is complex, and the Jinsui Army at that time did not have aerial reconnaissance capabilities at all, so a shorter range would not have much impact.

These are consistent with the characteristics of the Swiss team that Liang En and the others knew: as a country located between France and Germany, it also has certain industrial capabilities, so it is normal for the design to have French and German characteristics.

At the same time, Switzerland as a whole is a mountainous country, so if this country wants to manufacture weapons, it must consider their use in mountainous conditions, so many research results can be directly applied.

After all, to this day, the environment in which weapons are used is still something that needs to be paid attention to in the design process of those weapons. Taking Switzerland as an example, they will add silencers to their tank engines.

This basically does not exist in other countries. The reason for adding a silencer is of course not for environmental protection, but because if a silencer is not added, the noise generated by the armored troops traveling in the mountains will be heard by the enemy at a long distance.

There is even a small detail that can provide supporting evidence: Chinese records indicate that these drawings and artillery came from Germany. Considering that the Swiss entered China secretly at that time, it is very likely that they disguised themselves as Germans in public.

On the one hand, this was because German weapons had a high reputation in China at that time, so a group of German designers sounded more valuable.

On the other hand, because more than 70% of Swiss people speak German in daily life, it is most convenient to pretend to be German. At least at that time, most Chinese people could not tell the difference between them.

"I think you are right. At least now it can be confirmed that my father did go to China and became a member of the artillery design team at that time."

After everything was sent to Mr. Frey, he carefully read all the information and Liang En's analysis and conclusions, and then said.

"This answer makes me happy, because it means that my father is not an accomplice of the invaders, and even helped provide weapons to the resisters who resisted the invasion."

"Yes, your father did help a distant country resist those invaders." Liang En nodded and said, he felt it was better not to pour cold water on the old man at this time.

After all, the Jinsui Army was defeated in the early stages of the War of Resistance, and in the middle stage of the War of Resistance, they secretly colluded with the Japanese invaders. After the victory of the War of Resistance, they hired these invaders to fight civil war and massacre the people. It was very bad from every angle.

From a certain perspective, these people are not worthy of those good weapons specially designed according to the local environment. Those weapons are simply useless in the hands of these people.

But fortunately, there are still some weapons that actually stand on the battlefield to fight against the invaders. For example, some of the 75mm mountain cannons that were imitated by the Japanese were recently abandoned when they fled with the army, and were then acquired by the Eighth Route Army.

From this perspective, Mr. Frey's father did make an important contribution to China's Anti-Japanese War and truly defeated the invaders on the battlefield.

In addition to sending the investigation report to Mr. Frey, Liang En and the others also sent a similar report to the museum director in China, which could be regarded as solving a mystery in their history.

Of course, in addition to the report, Mr. Frey also gave them a gift, which was to donate the previously found drawings to this specialized weapons museum.

According to Liang En's previous analysis, these drawings were most likely taken away by the design team who did not want their works to be seized by the invading Japanese.

However, because these weapons are really backward in Europe, and in order to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, they did not choose to accept these drawings in this regard.

Therefore, these drawings that were supposed to be kept secret were not able to enter Switzerland in the end, but were placed in the small city on the border between Switzerland and Germany.

Thanks to Frey's father, who was always obsessed with these works of his and would sort out and maintain these drawings every once in a while, these drawings are successfully preserved to this day.

For Mr. Frey, he is naturally not as sentimental about this thing as his father, so he believes that returning these drawings to their original owners is the most appropriate way.

After all, the history represented by these drawings is more important in distant China, so Mr. Frey, who is now elderly, thinks it is a good idea to send these drawings back to their original place.

Of course, as a businessman, especially a businessman who sells precision machinery products, Mr. Frey naturally knows how vast the Chinese market is, so he also hopes to seize this opportunity to establish good relations there. .

Liang En was naturally willing to facilitate this kind of thing that would benefit both parties, so with his efforts in adjustment and contact, the two parties decided to hold a handover ceremony in a Chinese museum in more than a week.

"This is a good ending, isn't it?" Listening to the communication between the two parties, Jeanne smiled and whispered to Liang En.

"That ancient country obtained the witness of the anti-aggression war that year, and Mr. Frey also obtained what he wanted. It seems that we have handled this matter quite well."