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Chapter 1690 Three Johns

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    A C-47 transport plane landed at Licheng Airport.  Thanks to previous experience, the landing was smoother this time.  Watching the plane land, Qin Baoshan felt extremely emotional.

    The Americans are rich and powerful, and when they come out to negotiate, they fly over directly.  Really domineering!  But if you want to be able to go back and forth quickly, the plane is really the most suitable.  And if you want to come to the Licheng base of the Eighth Route Army, you have to go through a large area controlled by little devils.  If you want to walk on the ground, not only will it take a long time, but you may also encounter risks.

    After the cabin door opened, Qin Baoshan saw seven or eight people coming down.  It seems that the Americans attach great importance to this matter and have organized so many people to come.  Naturally, it is necessary to negotiate seriously and prepare to gain something.

    ?Because the relationship between Qin Baoshan and Major Cromlin is very good.  So this time Major Cromlin became the head of the delegation.  At this time, among the people who came to greet him, Qin Baoshan stood in front of him impressively, so he was also very happy.

    "Welcome everyone to come here for inspection." Qin Baoshan said: "Please go to sleep in the house we have prepared, and we will discuss it tomorrow."

    It was already midnight when the plane landed, but these people were obviously in a hurry.

    "We might as well start now, anyway, we have already rested on the plane." Major Cromlin said: "My friends, let me introduce you first."

    After finishing speaking, Major Cromlin introduced the people around him to Qin Baoshan.  The first few were officers of the U.S. Air Force, including those in charge of ground handling. Obviously, they wanted to investigate whether this place was suitable as an alternate landing site.  But the few people behind made Qin Baoshan very interested.

    "This is John Gardland, this is John Pedersen, and this is John Browning." Major Kromlin introduced. The names of these people made Qin Baoshan like thunder.  .

    In the United States, John is really a common name.  These three people all have the word John in their names.  Of course.  The name John is in the front, so it is only called when you are acquainted.  If it is the first time to meet, you have to call them by their last names.  This is the same as the Chinese name.  If someone called Brother Baoshan directly, it must be someone very close to Qin Baoshan.  If it were an ordinary person, they would only call him by his full name when they first saw him.  The first part of an American's name can only be called by acquaintances.  Of course, what Qin Baoshan is interested in is not the three Johns, but the names behind them. These names have already exposed the identities of the three people. If Qin Baoshan's guess is correct, these three people should be all light weapons in the United States.  designer.

    Let's look at the first person, Gardran, the famous m1 Gardran rifle, this rifle, also known as the Big Eight, is a semi-automatic rifle.  Browning is even more famous. You must have heard of the Browning machine gun.  In fact, Browning also produced an automatic rifle, code-named m1918.  As for Pedersen, he may not be well-known, but Qin Baoshan knows that he is the one who competes with Gardran.

    Back then, during World War I, the Americans discovered that the infantry needed a suitable automatic rifle, which would greatly increase the firepower of the infantry squad. At that time, Browning began to design the m1918, which met the needs of the infantry. However, this weapon  It's too bulky and has too much recoil. It's not used by ordinary infantry at all. It's just a machine gun.

    Therefore, Gardland accepted the request of the U.S. Army to trial-produce a semi-automatic rifle using 7.62mm bullets. After the experiment, the U.S. military felt that the recoil of this ammunition was too great, so they asked for a replacement with a slower burning rate.  Ammunition, this is the thinking of the Americans, they do not want to change anything else, the size remains the same, so they can only change the propellant.

    Well, Garland can only continue to change.

    At this time, Pedersen appeared. He felt that the problem was the ammunition. The recoil of the 7.62mm bullet was too great.  The problem was solved. Even the U.S. Military Department at the time thought the bullet was not bad, and indicated that Gardland's gun could also use this bullet.

    Later, a rifle using this bullet was designed, but some people were not happy.

    This person was MacArthur, the then Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He heard that the bullets had been changed, and he immediately slapped the table. There were so many 7.62mm bullets in the warehouse that he couldn¡¯t finish them. Now it¡¯s the Great Depression, how could it be possible?  With new bullets, this 7mm bullet came out, what about the logistics?

    As a result, this 7mm bullet came to an end without a problem, and Gardran had to use the original design and make changes to create the Big Eight.

    As for the Browning m1918, at present, it has been improved to?m1918a2, said to be called an automatic rifle, but it is equipped with a tripod and can only fire continuously. In fact, it is already a light machine gun. In fact, during the Second World War, the US infantry squad used this rifle as a squad  Used by automatic rifles.

    Such three weapons experts have all come here, so the purpose of these three people is very clear.  It must have been attracted by that bullet!

    Qin Baoshan guessed right. After these people shook hands with Qin Baoshan, the oldest Browning said, "A special automatic rifle produced by the Eighth Route Army. We want to take a look. I don't know how expensive it is."  Fang will not give us this chance."

    The last time Kromlin saw this weapon of the Eighth Route Army, he was very curious and wanted to ask the Eighth Route Army to take a look at it, but who would have thought that Qin Baoshan only showed him one bullet.  After returning, he told about the weapon and showed the bullet, which immediately attracted the attention of military experts, and the three most famous small arms designers in the United States all came over.  Now they just finished shaking hands, just like Qin Baoshan made this request.

    "Of course there is no problem." Qin Baoshan said: "It's just that the troops using this weapon are the elite troops of our Eighth Route Army. They have gone out to perform missions. When they come back, I will ask them to hand over their guns for everyone to see.  .¡±

    Qin Baoshan didn't say he wouldn't let them see it, but he had to delay them for a while.  If they get it directly like this, then they won't cherish it.  Anyway, the most important thing in this negotiation is to implement the matter of the US bomber base.  That weapon is another story.

    Hearing what Qin Baoshan said, the faces of the three Johns showed regretful expressions.  It's like someone likes something and can't wait to play it with his own hands, only to find out that he has to wait for a while, which will naturally be a pity.

    "Actually, there is nothing special about this weapon, it just uses the principle of air-guiding. The most important thing is the bullet." Qin Baoshan said to them.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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