.5. No guns, no cannons, the enemy will make us!

In the quiet late night, under the dim light, in a solid warehouse made of stones and blue bricks, against the edge of the wall, many flat and long wooden boxes with skull patterns were stacked layer by layer. Several of the boxes had been roughly dismantled, and straw that was originally filled in for shock and moisture protection was scattered all over the ground, revealing various ordnances dominated by rifles.

A beautiful woman with a small military uniform was standing in the center of this arsenal, taking out a dark rifle and looking down, then changing to another one, and then the third one. The thin and thin shoulders gradually began to tremble slightly.

At the same time, a wonderful smile appeared on Bai Zhe's small face as delicate as porcelain, at first glance, as if it was a smile, but it seemed to be glued with glue, full of indescribable sense of incongruity. One side of the mouth was slightly tilted, and half of the cheek was twitching and twitching, and a small storm was brewing in his eyes as crystal as sapphire."

.Everyone who is familiar with Feili, a weak and slutty girl, knows that this is the expression that only appears when he is extremely angry. "Ryuki Mitsui! You hateful liar! What kind of rags do you get for me!"

He threw a rifle hard on the base of the wall, making a crisp sound like a shattering glassware.

Just this absolutely abnormal collision sound is a very telling problem.

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As far as Feiri knows, although the Edo shogunate is too corrupt and old to date, his ambition is still quite high. As early as more than 20 years ago, when the country was forcibly opened by Admiral Perry with a strong ship and cannon, the shogunate at that time had already begun to invest in the construction of its own military industry in order to reorganize national defense. When the construction efforts were at its greatest level, it even invested all customs taxes across the country!

After spending such a huge amount of silver of several million taels, a lot of results were quickly piled up.

So far, the shogunate has a series of state-run shipyards, arsenals and steel mills in the Edo area. Among them, the Edo Arsenal is said to have the ability to produce new rifles, field guns, fortress guns and ammunition on its own. The Edo Shipyard successfully launched a "Edo Maru small gunboat more than ten years ago. For this reason, it specially erected a monument in the downtown area of ​​Edo and promoted it.

As for the fate of the steelmaking plant to which the shogunate belongs, it is more bumpy. First, because the foundation of the blast furnace was not laid firmly, the furnace body gradually tilted during the construction process and finally disintegrated; then the smoke and white were blown by a typhoon, causing a large fire; later, due to an earthquake, the entire factory became ruins... but at least it was finally completed and put into production.

However, for some reason, although the localization of arms manufacturing has been initially realized, the new 6th army of the Shogunate trained in recent years are still all imported guns and ammunition in terms of equipment, and almost only military uniforms are produced locally.

There was also the naval fleet formed by the shogunate, which was directly entrusted to shipyards in Western countries to construct, and then drove back thousands of miles away. Even a large number of sailors were hired foreign adventurers, but they never thought of building ships on their own in the Edo shipyard. Even the "Edo Maru", which is a landmark product of the national industrialization movement, was inexplicably sold at a low price.

For this strange phenomenon, Feiri originally thought that the shogunate officials were too popular with foreign countries, or that the managers were greedy for the high rebates promised by international arms dealers, "But when he walked into the secluded arsenal in the backyard of Edo Castle and truly saw the "fist products" produced by the shogunate arsenal, he finally realized it.

A kind of ragged thing that is worse than a burning stick, who dares to use it when he is full!

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Because metal smelting technology is relatively backward and the price of small high-strength alloys is expensive, in addition to a few high-end products created in small batches by alchemy workshops, the standard rifles produced in this era are generally very heavy cast, and a barrel is often weighed at most, otherwise it will not be enough to withstand the strong pressure of gunpowder explosion. The consequence is usually the most terrible blow-off of the blast before the enemy is injured.

However, after careful observation of Feili, these copycat rifles made by the small shogunate arsenal were basically the same as the standard rifles of the 6th Army of the Naserel Empire in terms of form and structure, but the barrel was generally much thinner and less than half of the original product. It is estimated that even half of the charges were in danger of bursting, and there was no hope for the range and accuracy. The metal material used to cast the firearms seemed to be very problematic. Before Feili had opened the seal and wiped off the anti-attractive oil, she could already see the traces and cracks on it."

However, even this kind of product is already the best "high-quality product". The remaining "defective products" are even more terrible. The most critical barrel is actually glued together with countless scrap iron sheets of large and small. These iron sheets are square and round, and triangular. The gap exposed in the middle is enough to stuff a copper coin! As for the ignition mechanism with relatively precise technology, these "defective products are simply not installed at all, leaving only a big black hole."

In other words, after spending millions of taels of silver, the "fist products" that were finally produced by this shogunate arsenal after spending millions of taels of silver were basically nothing left except for the shadow of the gun, the appearance of the gun and the rack of the gun. Even if you don't even beat someone as a stick, just tap it gently on the wall. This creative "new rifle" will crackle like a glass bottle and pile up fragments.

So, Feiri, who has always been well-educated, couldn't help but get furious when she saw the shogunate that the shogunate actually gave her such an incredible "low-quality arms" if she could still describe this pile of rags as "arms".

However, it seems that Feili is more than the only one who is running wildly and furious at this moment.

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"Hey, little guy, I just asked you to try these field cannons. Just bombard the sea a few times. Why do you tremble as if you were going to the execution ground and shoot it? "And you guys" were all lying on the ground! Well, I even put an iron pot on my head? What are you doing?! This is not how performance art is done!"

On the artillery training ground attached to Edo Castle, the artillery captain of the Giant Bear Legion, the old dwarf Vahiri, vaguely heard the voice of the old dwarf, "Tsk tsk. Where does this smell come from? Oh my God, you bastard actually wet your pants! It's also spread onto my uncle's feet! Okay! Don't bend down there to apologize for me! Quickly fire and fire! After finishing this business, I'll go back to drink."

, Amaterasu's great god Tathagata Buddha, Hachiman, the great Bodhisattva, will protect his imitation, and may the villain avoid this disaster safely,"

Oh, I said, is it that you have a problem with your head? Why are you kneeling at the gun door and praying? How long will it take for you to have a crazy life? I don’t have time to accompany you here!"

Seeing several shogunate artillery soldiers finally shrank out of the warehouse, filling the medicine according to the steps, filling the bullets, proofreading the sights, fixing the gun stands, but they still pushed me and I pushed you. No one was willing to go up and test the guns. Lieutenant Colonel Vahiri, who was still waiting to go back to drink the celebration wine, was finally in a big flame and exploded hysterically, he had already been impatient.

What made the old dwarf even more angry was that the artillery group head Hirai Hachiro, who was unfortunately pushed out by his colleagues to push the cylinder, finally raised the fire rod tremblingly and leaned against the gun door, but suddenly fell to the ground and muttered something, and refused to move another step. No matter how the old dwarf roared and scolded him, he still refused to stand on the fire and set off firecrackers.

However, although the old dwarf cannot understand this at all, there is nothing we can do about it.

Hei Nai Hachiro and his colleagues knew very well that the destructive power of these "local-made new field guns in front of them is definitely much more deadly than the old dwarf's fists!

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To be honest, the field artillery, a shogunate arsenal, which imitates the heavy equipment of the Naserel Navy 6th Navy, is really the final decisive weapon that integrates backward technology, corruption, and cutting corners!

The main purpose of the Edo Shogunate's localization of weapons and equipment was to save money. Therefore, before it was put into production, a group of experts had calculated the limited cost, and then allocated funds to the arsenal according to this standard, without any surplus.

But the problem is that according to the operating rules of this corrupt regime, the shogunate officials who handled must deduct a few of the money, and then the cost of giving gifts and bribery by the executives of the arsenal must be included. In addition, there are a lot of inexplicable idle people who are also counting on making money from it. In addition, in recent years, prices of various types have been rising sharply. The prices of iron, fuel and labor hiring have become higher and higher, while the standard pricing of military products has never changed at all. "Not to mention profits, it is impossible to even guarantee a capital.

Finally, due to serious corruption and corruption in the construction of the arsenal, many machine tools are old goods that are on the verge of use, and the employee training costs are also largely deducted. Workers are generally careless in maintenance. As a result, even if it is normal production, the scrap rate has remained high, and all these additional consumptions are not calculated within the funding range.

Therefore, if you are unwilling to pay for a long-term loss, the factory will not be able to cut corners if you don’t want to cut corners!

Even if the managers of the arsenal were a group of selfless saints, they did not do any corners. The shogunate steel mill, which provided them with raw materials, was already cutting corners. Because the staff took kickbacks and bought a bunch of old equipment at a high price, the Japanese island country lacked high-quality iron ore. As a result, the smelted iron was unable to purify the rich amount of harmful impurities, resulting in the removal of cannons cast according to regular procedures, most of which were very rough, the barrel of the gun was uneven, the pores, and the bubbles were used.

It is very easy to explode. As a result, in order to turn losses into profits, the arsenal further cut corners on the basis of already unqualified basis, and deliberately used the worst scrap iron and the cheapest rookie apprentice. The field gun barrel produced was thinner and rougher, with broken iron slag on the surface, uneven inside the chamber, and the holes and bubbles were like marshmallows. Finally, a thick layer of paint was painted. A set of exquisitely decorated cannon coats were covered as a cover, and it looked quite majestic from the appearance.

But for old foxes like the artillery group head Hirai Hachiro, this thing is really only a cannon shadow, the cannon appearance and cannon stand. Although the field cannon produced at a loss in the early days of the Shogunate Arsenal was already seriously unqualified, as long as you don’t care about the greatly reduced range and the terrible trajectory that is so weird that even the most advanced prophecy magic cannot calculate. After drastic cuts out half to two-thirds of the shot medicine, at least you can still make a sound to scare people.

But if it is, "turning losses into demand and leaving the factory after the household, "improved new products"... Di Tian Youlao was so panicked that this batch of "big killing weapons", the shogunate artillery did not know its danger. As a result, twenty artillery bombed fifteen in live ammunition test. Although the artillery lengthened the fuse, reduced the charge, and fell down immediately after ignition. There were still three unlucky ghosts who died unfortunately and were tied into a hornet's nest by flying fragments.

This is not a domestic "new-style artillery, it is clearly a super-large blasting tube for collective suicide!

In order to avoid becoming the three warriors who died in the line of duty, Hirai Hachiro and other guys never conducted any live ammunition training again.

At this moment, although they were forced by this irritable "foreign master", they had to temporarily turn over the foreign version of the artifact that was almost forgotten, and finally they were trembling and forced to fill the medicine and load it. However, when they were about to set off fire, Hirai Hachiro first prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and then hesitated for a long time, but in the end they still felt that they could not just joke about their own lives.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth with a painful face, took out a wallet containing more than a dozen gold coins from his arms, and rolled over and got up. He stuffed it into the hands of the old dwarf Lieutenant Colonel Vahiri with a smile on his face.

Mr. Zheng, you must have worked very hard today to suppress the rebellion.

Please accept this little meaning with a smile, and please let me take a look. It’s already so late now, and if you want to try it, it will probably affect everyone’s rest.

Moreover, most of the blocks have turned off at this time, the moon is blocked by clouds, and it is pitch black everywhere, so I can't see the float targets on the bay. The area of ​​Edo Castle is narrow and dense. If the angle and range of fire are accidentally wrong, the shells are shot into the port area around the bay and hit a child who is wandering around at night? Even if there are few people at night, they can't hit the children, and they will hit the jars and jars of flowers, plants and cans.

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,Well, what you said seems to make some sense

After weighing this purse that was quite substantial, the old dwarf's ugly face gradually eased down.

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Although Lieutenant Colonel Vahiri, who always had no strings in his mind, had indeed made Hirai Hachiro use sweet words and heavy bribes to be scattered, and he was almost perfunctory to pass by, but after that, he could not continue to do anything to deceive Major General Taylor, considering the previous inventory that was not as good as fire sticks, "new-style rifles, Feili had already been aroused from the vigilance of Madame in a very short time, and the tendency of violence became more serious. He even did not hesitate to completely tear his face and used lie detectors to question Hirai Hachiro and other related shogunate artillery. In the end, the major mass hidden dangers of this batch of local "new-style" field artillery still could not be hidden."

So, Major General Feiri Taylor was completely out of breath, and no longer cared about his etiquette, he roared all the way into Mitsui Ryuki's boudoir, rudely pushed away the maid and servant who was trying to stop him, and forced him into the girl's boudoir, dragged the young lady who had already been sleeping out of the bed, and opened her mouth and asked sternly.

However, the explanation given by Mitsui Ryuki for this was completely beyond his expectations.

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Alas, I really admire you! Please think about it with your brain. In this situation, I am not a fool. How could I inexplicably destroy the Great Wall and randomly stuff a bunch of useless junk to beat you?

Well, I think I basically understand what's going on. Maybe you didn't explain it clearly with the warehouse officer, but you got the wrong location of the warehouse and took out the goods that were about to be loaded and exported overseas. "Tsk tsk, it's really, it's all your fault that you are too anxious and have not gotten to the point of getting burned. Why can't you wait until tomorrow?"

Miss Ryuki Mitsui, who was interrupted by sleep, asked her maid Xiangcheng to serve and change her pajamas, then waved her wand to turn into a golden luxury dress. While rubbing her sleepy eyes and yawning, she complained to Feili, who was waiting through a screen with an unhappy face.

, Haha, lack of sleep is the enemy of women. In order to deal with this war, I haven't had much rest for many days. Today I finally fell asleep and said, "Oh, forget it, it's already like this, let's take you to see the batch of arms first! Speaking of which, our business group took a lot of trouble to get this batch of top arms for your department."

Then, in a quieter corner in the backyard of Edo Castle, another dimly lit ordnance warehouse, Major General Feri Taylor finally saw the batch of high-quality ordnance bullets he had dreamed of for a long time, and a more visual impact. "This made him experience it again in just a few hours. It was enough to subvert all common sense!

According to a relatively exaggerated description method, after identifying the familiar evil pattern on the surface of the ordnance packaging box, Major General Ferry 7 Taylor could almost hear the fragile nerves in his mind breaking one by one.

The quality of this batch of arms should be fine. But the question is, what channel did you get it through? God! What is going on with this hell badge?! How did you hook up with the Dragon Witch Sect?!"
Chapter completed!