The power of Thomson's submachine gun is indeed powerful, but the cost and cost are also quite amazing. Chen Jiongming does not understand technical matters, but based on several of the key parameters, he already knows that large-scale installation of this weapon is unrealistic, at least for now.

Faced with the overly expensive "food", Chen Jiongming had to shake his head and sigh: "This machine gun is a good thing, but we can't afford it. The daily expenses of the Guangdong Army have already made the Ministry of Finance difficult. If you purchase this weapon again, it would be really ineffective."

With a look of regret on his face, Chen Jiongming's eyes were still staring at the Thomson submachine gun in front of him, with a reluctance on his face. Chen Ze naturally understood that this weapon was not very suitable for the needs of the Guangdong army. It was not only financial reasons, but also related to the productivity restrictions at that time.

The Guwen Society's gun design department naturally understands the concerns about technology and cost, and Germany also cares about this research. In essence, Germany is also a landlocked country with scarce resources, and reducing the cost of weapons production has always been the military's procurement tradition. Influenced by this style, German weapons researchers usually do a lot of research on simplifying the production of weapons in case of emergencies.

This time, at Zhong Yang's request, both sides also carried out research, striving to design the simplest and most useful single-soldier rapid-fire weapon. Among them, they even focused on the Thomson M1922 submachine gun that shone brightly in the hands of the Presidential Guard in this battle.

Research is not difficult. With some efforts, a simple and weird submachine gun was born. German researchers called it emp22, while the Xuantie Security Team members who conducted weapon tests affectionately called it "Miss Three-Pipe". This "emp44", which was originally interviewed after 1943, was born ahead of schedule under the actual needs of the Guangdong army and was devoted to the Chinese battlefield.

Seeing that Chen Jiongming looked depressed, Chen Ze confidently and calmly called his follower, took the suitcase he handed over, and placed it on the oak table: "Commander-in-Chief, the weapons research and development department of our group designed a submachine gun in response to the financial issues of the Guangdong Army. This is a sample, please check it out."

"Oh, I want to see this." Chen Jiongming also looked curious after putting down Thomson in his hand. He always admired Chen Ze's Tianyu Group. Under the leadership of Chen Yongshan, the Guangzhou Arsenal has almost all the problems that cannot be solved. Chen Ze has solved. Now the entire Guangdong Army's arms supply system has reached the point where it cannot operate once it leaves Tianyu Group. In fact, the Tianyu Group has controlled the production and research of the Ishii Arsenal.

"The reason why Thomson is expensive is that its processing technology is mainly cutting, which is not only complex in structure but also expensive. In order to solve this problem, all parts of our emp22 use stamping parts technology. It is not only cheap, but also easy to produce, and the daily output can reach more than 240 pieces."

“How much is the cost?”

It took out a crude product that looked like three tubes were pieced together from the box. Chen Jiongming didn't seem to be very satisfied with this ugly single-soldier weapon. At least he frowned when he saw it.

"If it is less than 10 yuan, it can be cheaper if it is produced on a large scale." Tianyu Group, a machine for stamping parts, can now produce it itself, and does not even need to rely on Zhong Yang's smart factory. This is also the reason why Chen Ze is so confident at this time. He believes that this low-priced weapon will definitely be adopted by the Guangdong Army.

Sure enough, Chen Jiongming had to be moved by the fact that the price of this gun was so low: "Oh, it's so cheap? Is the performance reliable? How about the fire rate?" Although he didn't like the appearance of this gun, Chen Jiongming was also a pragmatic superior, so he would not give up a suitable weapon because of such boring reasons.

It was precisely because of his great interest that he kept asking Chen Ze about the parameters of the entire submachine gun and the most important ammunition consumption. Chen Ze also calmly answered one by one: "Because of the problem of bullet consumption, we reduced the firing rate of emp22 to 480 rounds per minute. Moreover, due to the cost, the initial velocity of the bullet is not high, only 365 meters per second. The only advantage is that it is cheap, simple production, and can be assembled in large quantities."

“Where is the defect?”

After touching the rough gun body, the stamped prefabricated parts seemed a bit "short-made", at least incomparable to Thomson's handsome appearance. After trying aiming and shooting on his body, Chen Jiongming also first experienced the actual operation of this submachine gun.

"Because the rate of fire has been reduced, the overall firepower intensity has also decreased. Moreover, the ballistics of the weapon are not good, and it is basically unstable if it exceeds 80 meters. It is recommended to shoot within 50 meters."

Chen Jiongming had long guessed the flaws that Chen Ze talked about. Of course, cheap things are not that easy to use. However, although the function is not ideal, it is affordable and of poor quality. You can win with quantity. Anyway, no matter how long the range of the submachine gun is, it is not as reliable as the rifle. Since that is the case, it is better to set up a submachine gun team that is responsible for street combat.

With this low-priced weapon, it is not difficult to install such a gear. With this mentality, Chen Jiongming also brought Chen Yongshan, a technician, and the three of them talked about production and installation together. Before this, small-scale gearing experiments must be conducted to determine the final result.

Through Chen Ze's introduction, Chen Yongshan also understood that the structure and process of the emp22 gun is very distinctive. In order to reduce costs, several simplified production processes are basically adopted. For example, the receiver of the gun body, the barrel sleeve and the buttstock component are a metal tube.

The shoulder support is also welded under the long pipe with a short metal pipe, and the butt pipe is equipped with a nut that fixes the retractable spring. The grip directly welds a short pipe under the receiver, and the magazine compartment and trigger guards are riveted to the receiver. Because it adopts the free bolt-type automatic principle and the open-rift firing method, it can only fire continuously and has no single-shot point shooting ability.

The sight is a sheet-shaped sight, a V-shaped notched gate, an l-shaped flipped gauge scale, the range of the watch scale is 80-200m, and the watch scale is divided into 40m. The total length of this gun is 0.62 meters, the barrel length is 0.23 meters, and the total mass of the gun is 3.97 kilograms. The magazine equipped with a 32 round straight magazine supply ammunition, which fires the 9mm standard pistol bullet independently developed by Tianyu Group.

The entire gun can be said to be of no use except cost, but it is difficult for the current Guangdong army to consider anything else except cost. The joint team designed this freak was purely regarded this weapon as a joke. However, this "joke" caused a wave of weapons simplification in the later Chinese battlefield. Even the island country across the sea, which was so poor that it had to rely on women to support the army, began to imitate this weapon.

There is nothing else, rich countries have weapons for rich countries, and poor countries also have toys for poor countries. There is no best weapon, only the most suitable one, especially linked to a country's production capacity.

Chen Ze may not yet know what huge impact the "Low Cost Weapon Research Plan" he submitted to Chen Jiongming will have on the war situation in the entire East Asia. For now, this plan is just an ordinary outline to solve the military expenditure dilemma of the Guangdong Army.

This plan was proposed by Chen Ze, and the main purpose was to deepen cooperation and exchanges with the Guangdong Army. From the very beginning, when Tianyu Group was jointly rebuilt the Shijing Arsenal with the Guangdong Army, Chen Ze had similar ideas. As time went by, he felt more and more the chaos in the Guangdong Army's weapon system and dependence on imports.

This is also the main reason why Chen Jiongming was repeatedly persecuted, but he still did not dare to offend Sun Yixian, and he did not dare to fully understand the main reasons why the smuggling of arms requires the help of these underground forces. Although Chen Yongshan himself is a PhD in physics from Columbia University, the problem is that his smuggling is difficult to support. The provincial government has never been able to establish a complete research team and corresponding arms production capacity.

Usually, weapons are mainly imitated by similar foreign products, including rifles and bullets, and there are also many grenades. However, large-caliber artillery cannot be made, let alone independent research and development, and there is no corresponding human resources and technical technology as support.

If it weren't for the joining of Tianyu Group later, Ishii Arsenal would not have been as brilliant as it is now. Chen Ze's idea was to use the scientific research system established by Zhong Yang to study some cheap but relatively practical things. The quality does not need to be very good, but the output should be as large as possible and the cost should be as low as possible.

As long as these conditions are met, the Guangdong Army will rely even more on the arms supply of Tianyu Group. The establishment of a large-scale private weapons research industry will bring unlimited advantages to Tianyu Technology in both political and economic terms, which Chen Ze is happy to see. Zhong Yang also expressed his recognition of this plan and also gave a lot of help.

The most critical part of the entire plan is that all aspects of cheap weapons production must rely on the support provided by Tianyu Group to proceed smoothly. The machine tools and various supporting machines required for the stamping process are produced by Tianyu Group. Technical workers who can skillfully operate tools are trained by schools funded by Tianyu Group. Whether they are technicians who can repair machines or scholars with R&D capabilities, they all come from Tianyu Group.

As long as the plan continues to be implemented, Chen Jiongming will find that he is relying on Tianyu Group, not the other way around. As long as he is not an ambitious **ist, he will not care about these things. However, once this plan begins, even if he notices it, he will have no choice but to do anything.

The power of the industrial age cannot be stopped by a single person, even if this person controls the army. The food, clothing, weapons and ammunition used by soldiers all rely on industrial production. It can be said that without their own industrial chain, this force will have no future.

This is also a test. Chen Ze is testing, Chen Jiongming, to see if the other party agrees to such a plan for the commercial production of military items. Even Chen Jiongming, who advocates the concept of rule of law, will inevitably encounter the bureaucratic style of taking things and getting things done.

"You see, this is the cooperation intention proposed by our company." Seeing that both of them were thinking, Chen Ze handed over another draft of the cooperation agreement.

"I think there is no problem with commercial cooperation. The key now lies in the direction of public opinion." Chen Jiongming also knew that the problems of the Guangdong Army were still difficult to completely remove the traces of the old era, but to a certain extent, it was better controlled because of Chen Jiongming himself.

The most obvious benefit of commercial production and procurement of military weapons and equipment is to reduce costs and obtain more qualified products. Because the government is only responsible for providing opinions and requirements, as well as final decision-making rights, while other responsibilities are fully borne by private enterprises. The obligations and rights between each other are clear, and the efficiency and results will naturally be more ideal.

But this management issue is also something that must be considered. Private enterprises are involved in military production, which cannot be recognized by society in China. So this problem is the main reason Chen Jiongming is still concerned about, but Chen Ze’s plan is indeed very attractive...

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