From the perspective of before April 1879, the French generals had no mistake in their judgments, and they also had to applaud the French generals' deep understanding of the German military field.

But history has retained a life that should have left, Joey. If Joey could also attend the Supreme Defense Commission meeting of the Elysee Palace, he would definitely explain to the generals why there were so many, what they thought was unreasonable and contradictory.

Joey completely accepted the allegations that it did not conform to the procurement process that was not in line with the German military and did not conform to the procurement tradition.

As the designer of hk81a2, Joey himself took the top route, with William I as the spokesperson for his products, instead of following the usual route of an ordinary light weapon designer, he had to keep taking samples to and from various German military departments, and even more so he had to keep doing a lot of shooting performances for various related and unrelated people.

The German Empire was a European monarchy country. His Majesty's Emperor might not be able to do whatever he wants, but in the military field where he has complete say, he still has the final say in a new rifle.

Also, the Black Hawk Legion, which decided to use Joey's rifle, was originally a reserve force, and its weapons procurement belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia. The actual military expenditure came from the military bonds issued by Crown Frederick and three items of human, financial and property issued by the German War Department and the Army had no way to manage it, so naturally they would not start according to the German procurement process.

Why didn't the shooting of the Mauser brothers be used? All the people in the German senior management who used the best Smle in various versions of the Lee Enfield rifle, no.1,                                                                                                       �

The only regret that French intelligence personnel who penetrated deep into Germany was that they did not know these secrets that belonged to the top German leaders. If the French could develop a top German military, they would understand the rationality behind these huge irrationalities.

Historically, there were many senior spies who worked for Britain, the United States, and even the Soviet Union in the German military and political circles. Some of these spies were for ideals and some for money purposes, but no matter what the purpose was, Germany had never been willing to work for the French. This was a tragedy for the French.

Joey absolutely admitted that these French intelligence personnel who inquire about the Black Hawks camp were extremely brave. Walking 20 kilometers alone in the rarely visited forest was already the limit of perseverance, skills and courage, not to mention avoiding the police dogs, patrols, police and plainclothes of the German army, and even a German citizen with high vigilance, are all huge threats to French intelligence personnel.

But Joey still regretted to tell the senior officers of the French Supreme Defense Council that what he saw may not be the truth.

The Black Hawk Legion really has two types of rifles in the training camp in Hamburg, namely the hk81a1 that fires the black powder launching drug and the smokeless launching drug hk81a2. In addition to the appearance of the two rifles, the only two differences are the gun steel that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, and the launching drug that cannot be distinguished without disassembling the bullet.

HK Company has black phosphating treatment for both models of rifles. Unless the French get the physical objects and send them to the laboratory for metallographic and material composition analysis, the difference will not be seen at all by relying solely on the telescopes of French intelligence personnel in the distance.

For bullets, if they are not removed, they cannot be distinguished in size. They are all 7.62x56mm. In terms of appearance, the bullets of the black powder fired medicine are only painted black on the tip of the bullet.

If you are in a hurry to take power, the two hk81 bullets can also be used in a mixed manner. For hk81a1, it is equivalent to using strong charges. The disadvantage is that the gun bore pressure is high, the rifle wears large and it is easy to explode. For hk81a2, it is equivalent to using reduced charges. The disadvantage is that the rifle's range is reduced and there is a lot of gunpowder residue.

It is indeed a helpless move for the Black Hawk Legion to have two types of rifles. The reason is that HK Company cannot provide the Black Hawk Legion with a sufficient number of hk81a2 rifles, and can only use hk81a1 to charge the numbers.

The culprit of this situation is Joey.

In 1879, the price of each hk81a2 was similar to that of later generations. For example, the price of the 1888 committee-type 7.92mm rifle sold to the Qing Dynasty was 10 taels of silver per 1.034 taels of silver. Moreover, after 1900, the Qing Dynasty, which continued to be the silver standard, had fallen to 1:2.86 marks.

Although the 1888 Committee-style rifle was an old gun that was processed and had a very low discount, German merchants still craftyly sold it to the Qing Dynasty at the price of the new gun. The merchants' profits, plus freight and necessary commercial bribes, the final price was only 28.6 marks. It can be seen that the 1888 Committee-style rifle had a very low price for the new gun that year.

Compared to the hk81a2, which sells for up to 430 marks, the 1888 committee rifle is just a fraction of the time.

In order to be closer to the low-end market of light weapons in the 19th century, Joey asked to retain the black powder rifle of the hk81a1. The two rifles were produced in one factory at the same time, which immediately caused chaos to HK's arsenal in Magdeburg.

In 1879, the German factory had learned assembly line production technology from its British colleagues. Large metal parts could be transported through steam lifting equipment. Workers also had simple division of labor according to the nature of the work, but they lacked electrified conveyor lines and electric/pneumatic tools. The current assembly line production was just a workshop-style upgrade, far from the level of Ford's automated assembly line production in the early 20th century.

In addition to hardware industrial manufacturing technology, this level also includes software management technology and quality control technology.

The similarity between the a1 and the a2 rifles was the main cause of the chaos, and the sudden and urgent Black Hawk Legion order was a secondary factor.

Originally, according to the normal factory manufacturing process, a new factory or new production line must have a trial production and commissioning stage of 8 to 12 months before formal production. On the one hand, it is to check whether the projects in the factory meet the design requirements, and on the other hand, it is to find out the problems existing in production and equipment and make adjustments and improvements.

Although the HK company, which was established in May, received a light weapon factory from Sir Grusen, this factory is too small and too old for the production of HK81a2. Even with the strong support of Sir Grusen, a large number of experienced engineers and workers were sent from his Grusen Arsenal and a large number of new equipment was added.

The addition of these new personnel and equipment is equivalent to building a new factory for HK company.

New weapons, new workers, new equipment and new company management, HK company is actually like a hemp rope.

In such extreme harsh circumstances, fortunately, the production of HK Company is stumbling with the Prussians' natural organization and discipline, but its talent cannot replace the factory system in the end. Therefore, HK Company's production of the two rifles is extremely low, especially the hk81a2 using the new gun steel.

The difficulties encountered by the Black Hawk Legion in the formation objectively helped HK Company to gain more than 3 months. After separating the production lines of a1 and a2, hk81a1 can be produced in a low-yield model, and hk81a2 is still in the exploration stage of large-scale forging technology for gun barrels.

With the completion of the Black Hawk Legion, it is impossible for the Legion to use new rifles for important shooting training. Therefore, when the A2 model is insufficient, HK company also provided the A1 model, so French intelligence personnel did not read it wrong. On the training range of the Black Hawk Legion, there was indeed a situation where black gunpowder rifles and smokeless launching drugs coexist.

hk guaranteed the German Navy and the Black Hawk Legion that when the Black Hawk Legion officially set out to Chile, it would ensure that sufficient and qualified rifles could be supplied. According to the Black Hawk Legion's basic training arrangement, this time is expected to be in May 1880.

As a punishment for HK company's breach of contract, the Black Hawk Legion obtained a large amount of black gunpowder and smokeless launching medicine bullets. Fortunately, HK company finally ensured quality and quantity for the supply of bullets.

On the shells, French intelligence personnel's records of German new rifles misled French senior management. In fact, the double-based artillery launching drugs, because the shells have more launching drugs, will still produce white smoke when they are launched.

The French intelligence personnel still do not know about these situations due to the embarrassing situation where the French are unable to recruit local German spies.

As for recruiting various young people in European countries who yearn for the German monarchy system, like the Hohenzollern family or the Prussian military system, on the one hand, it satisfies William I's yearning for the Shenluo Empire, and on the other hand, it is some of Joey's little thoughts.

Recruiting "ethical" personnel from various countries and cultivating pro-Germany has always been a political means for Joey to expand Germany's potential allies, and it is also an important means to divide other countries' solidarity in extreme circumstances.

Joey was as calm as Zug in the Alps.
Chapter completed!