Before entering the conference room, Weiss was thinking about a very serious issue: when he contacted "Heinz" twice, he was trying hard to encourage himself to join the Norman Empire. Judging from the content of his words, the Norman Empire deliberately collected information related to him, which shows that he must have something that made the Normans very interested.

It may be the dragon sniper rifle and the gun design ability reflected in this design, or the potential it has shown in the military field, or both.

When attending the morning meeting, Weiss felt that the Normans wanted to obtain a certain or several weapon technology from the Grumman Group under the name of the Karenbis Group, including the dragon-style sniper rifle that was previously acquired by the Grumman Group at a high price. But later, he thought that the storm caused 20 years ago and almost defeated the Norman Empire, which dominated the world with the Ulster Free Federation, so he made up his past grudges with the Federation and took the initiative to make friends with him, if it was just for the sake of conventional weapons.

Preparing technology is too superficial and too low-powered. The elites of the Norman Empire's power class must have made arrangements from a strategic height. As for what their strategic intentions are, if we can fully understand the military, political and social conditions of today's three major powers - the Norman Empire, the Kingdom of Wessex and the Ulster Free Federation, we should be able to make more accurate inferences, but this is obviously not something that Weiss can do.

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After Weiss entered the conference room, someone at the oval long table spoke in an emotional voice: "Mr. Klumber Heisen, we invite you to come because we want to hear your objective evaluation of this weapon as a PM1.4 rifle designer."

PM1.4 rifle, also known as the dragon-style sniper rifle designed by Weiss. After the bidding for the standard sniper rifle failed, the Grumman Group recommended this new rifle with semi-automatic shooting to the Federal Army in the name of the replacement model of the current standard rifle. Although the Federal Army's Weapons Technical Committee showed great interest in this new rifle and was very satisfied with its various performances, the recommended procurement plan encountered a "stracking" in the Army Planning and Budget Committee because the United Nations

In order to ensure the construction of a new generation of main battleships, the State Defense Commission reduced the Army's military budget when the Federal Congress refused to add military budgets. Without funds, the Army's standard rifle replacement plan could only be postponed again and again. Therefore, the Army Weapons Commission incorporated this continuous rifle into the technical reserve library and gave it the technical number of PM1.4 - P represents the preparatory sequence, M represents the standard weapon, and 1.4 represents the caliber of the firearm (the federal metric unit is PIR, which is 9mm after conversion).

Before this, Weiss had learned some news from the fat vice president: Although he failed to obtain funds for mass production and large-scale installation, the Army Weapons Technical Committee still used their own approach to promote the small-scale trial production of the PM1.4 rifle. Some sample guns were handed over to the weapon test site for technical testing, and some were provided to the Special Service Brigade specialized in special tasks. It is said that the firearm testers and the users of the Special Service Brigade both gave high praise to this weapon - Weiss was not surprised at all because his semi-automatic rifle is a replica of the Soviet-made SKS semi-automatic rifle, which is a classic work proved by time.

On this occasion, when Miras, the technical director of Grumman Group, asked such a question, Weiss would naturally associate the rifle he designed with the cooperation suggestions put forward by the Normans in the morning, thinking: The technical performance of this semi-automatic rifle is undeniable, but it is not enough to become an epoch-making weapon. In other words, the impact it brings is mainly tactical and cannot reach the strategic level. If the Normans' car-mounted rapid-fire weapon is indeed a relatively mature and successful design, then using this semi-automatic rifle to exchange for Normans' technical sharing is also a win-win deal.

After thinking a little, Weiss briefly replied: "Objectively speaking, this is a very excellent design. A qualified infantryman can improve the combat efficiency by at least half using this continuous rifle. However, the structure of this rifle is not complicated. As long as a gun is obtained, the enemy will easily imitate it, so it is difficult for us to ensure absolute technical confidentiality."

Miras then asked: "So, based on your estimate, how many years does the technical advantages of continuous-firing rifles have?"

Weiss replied: "Sorry, from the standpoint of the gun designer, I cannot make such an estimate. As I just said, the construction of this kind of rifle is not complicated. Perhaps in a few years, other designers will design similar equipment, or similar designs have been released in the Norman Empire or the Kingdom of Wessex, but we don't know yet."

Miras was speechless when he said this. He turned his eyes to the directors present, but no one spoke.

A moment later, the officials sent by the federal government whispered twice and said: "In view of some objective reasons, Congress did not approve the Army's standard rifle's gear replacement plan, which made the PM1.4 rifle only temporarily stored in the military's technical reserve. If we share the technology of this rifle with the Norman Empire, the Norman army's installation progress may be significantly ahead of us. In that case, will the Federal Army fall into a very passive situation when facing the Norman army?"

Weiss had said before that the combat efficiency of the continuous-fired rifle is at least half higher than that of the bolt-type rifle, so he gave his own judgment directly: "Yes."

The official frowned and said, "Can the vehicle-mounted rapid-fire weapon technology we obtained from the Norman Empire offset this passiveness?"

Before answering this question, a thought suddenly appeared in Weiss's mind: Vehicle-mounted rapid-fire weapons, to put it bluntly, are machine guns or machine guns. They can not only be combined with existing combat platforms, but also key equipment for combat aircraft. At this stage, although the federal military does not attach importance to the development of aircraft technology and the role of rapid-fire weapons, resulting in military enterprises lacking enthusiasm for the research and development of aircraft and rapid-fire weapons, thanks to the efforts of civilian flight enthusiasts, flight technology is still constantly developing forward. As for rapid-fire weapon technology, whether Weiss leads the technical team of the Klumber-Hisen family to conduct research and development, or obtains ready-made technologies from the Norman Empire through cooperative means, it will eventually fall into ripe in a few days.

To extend the thinking point around the war tomorrow, on this planet with flying warship technology and land area exceeds the ocean, what kind of trajectory will the development of military technology take? In the near future, will there be a group of aircraft covering the sky and a torrent of steel rolling forward? These are all worth pondering.

Seeing that Weis seemed to be distracted, the government official pretended to cough twice to remind him.

Weiss then replied: "As a firearm designer, I cannot answer. As a baston military academy, I think the key depends on the number of equipment and tactical quality of both sides. Imagine if a Norman army of 50,000 people is equipped with 40,000 new rifles, 2,000 vehicles on rapid-fire weapons, and can skillfully use these two new weapons, while a federal army of 50,000 people is only equipped with 10,000 new rifles and 500 vehicles on rapid-fire weapons. Due to the short installation time, the troops are not familiar with the new weapons. I don't need to say more about the situation between the two armies!

"Saying it means not saying it!" the official muttered with some dissatisfaction.

This murmur came to Weiss' ears without a word. Although the words were harsh, Weiss was not furious, but stared at the self-righteous guy coldly and said in a faint tone: "In his position, he will take his position. If he is not in his position, he will not take his position."

The official immediately blew his beard and stared at him, but it was irrefutable.

Weiss took a deep breath and said loudly: "I had received special training at the Dellefig Senior Staff College. I was fortunate to listen to a senior's graduation discussion on the tomorrow's war. I felt it was inspiring. This senior believes that in the future great power war, the air strength of the two sides in the war will be checked and balanced. Therefore, the process of the war depends on land warfare. Attention to the construction of land warfare units and the development of land warfare weapons is the direction of our current efforts. With my personal shallow understanding, the reason why the Normans wanted to cooperate with us is, on the one hand, to explore our current land warfare weapon research and development capabilities, and on the other hand, to pay attention to the degree of importance our country attaches to the development of the army."

As soon as this statement was spoken, all except a few people were looking at each other.

Following the seniors' appearance, Weiss added a routine saying: "The above is purely personal opinion. If there is any inappropriateness, I would like to correct me!"

Shaoqing, Octavell's father, the "beauty leader" of the Grumman Group's board of directors, Henry Grumman asked: "In your opinion, does the Norman Industrial Alliance sincerely want to carry out technical cooperation with us?"

Following the idea he had just sorted out, Weiss calmly replied: "If I were a Norman, as long as I could achieve my strategic intentions, what's the harm in making some economic sacrifices?"

Henry Grumman nodded as if he had some understanding, as if he had understood Weiss's thoughts.

Under the instruction of the Big Boss, Egweed, who serves as the CEO of the group, said: "Okay, Mr. Klumber Heisen, thank you very much for your help. We will use your views as an important reference and make careful choices. Thank you again for your cooperation and support!"

After hearing this, Weiss felt relieved. After making a polite response, he turned around and prepared to leave.

At this moment, someone spoke, "Mr. Klumber Heisen, please wait for a moment."

Weiss turned around and saw the military intelligence officer in military uniform speaking.

Judging from the ornaments on his uniform, his military rank is the same as Major Brooks.

The military intelligence official stood up from his position and his keen and stern eyes fell on Weiss' face.

"As far as I know, the senior of the Delefiger Senior Staff College you mentioned is Captain Bufka Gomi who was listed on the list of missing persons. Among the current graduates of the Senior Staff College, Captain Gomi ranked among the top three in the comprehensive evaluation and had a bright future. Unfortunately, based on our in-depth investigation, he found that his archives and information, especially his family background, was questionable. We believe that he is likely to be a foreign intelligence officer who sneaked into the Federation. In the past decade, he has served in multiple positions in the Federal Army, and has received a complete military education at the Senior Staff College to gain insight into many military secrets of the Federal Army. I don't know your relationship with Captain Gomi, nor do you know whether you know his secret, but what you just said is obviously admiring his military views, which makes me feel very doubtful and worried."
Chapter completed!