Because trenches began to appear frequently and began to block the attacking side, causing the attacking side to pay a heavy price for the attack, everyone was eagerly waiting for an automatic weapon that could be used by a single soldier. Who could come up with such an automatic weapon?
Weapons may once again rewrite the model of war.
As long as the firepower is fierce enough, it can tear apart the opponent's trench defenses and win with less losses. So even if the price is expensive, everyone doesn't mind paying more gold coins.
Of course, in fact, the penetration rate of machine guns is very low now, and people will not actually equip expensive individual weapons such as submachine guns on a large scale. Compared with submachine guns, the armies of various countries are more willing to have more machine guns to enhance their own capabilities.
Firepower.
This is a very contradictory psychology. On the one hand, everyone hopes to be equipped with a large number of K2 rifles, or better individual soldier continuous shooting weapons, to end trench warfare.
On the other hand, everyone felt that they did not have enough heavy firepower to support their defense line, so they hoped to equip more machine guns.
There is only so much money, so which weapons to buy first has become a question that many military commanders have to make a choice.
After all, there are not many countries with deep pockets, and not many ruthless people like Tang Mo are prepared to equip their troops with a large number of submachine guns.
Moreover, Tang Mo did not plan to expand the production of automatic weapons immediately. He also planned to keep this weapon secret for a period of time to allow the battlefield to fully digest the existing weapons.
A large number of advanced weapons suddenly emerged in this world because Tang Mo was able to ignore the laws of development and forcibly develop some experience-based weapons that could only be tempered through war in the past.
He can be unreasonable and directly use mature weapons that will not take any detours. This is something that others cannot do.
But what he did also brought about a series of problems, that is, the entire battlefield presented a morbid and chaotic situation.
It's actually quite ridiculous to say that more than two years ago, most army commanders were still commanding their troops to rely on dense phalanxes to attack each other and use the tactic of lining up and shooting to determine the outcome.
Later, Tang Mo took out the breech-loading gun, and the battlefield situation began to change. The casualties of the phalanx shooting tactics skyrocketed, and both parties involved in the war began to be unable to bear such horrific consumption.
With the emergence of metal fixed-loading ammunition, trenches became a brand-new tactic, a tactic that others had never seen before.
Until trench tactics began to be frequently used in the wars around the Kingdom of Leyte, most commanders in other theaters had never seen what a machine gun was.
Naturally, new products like breech-loading guns are rare, and everyone is still trying randomly for no reason, trying some new tactics adapted to new weapons.
Graduates of Datang Military Academy accelerated the popularization of new tactics and weapons, but they also brought about a series of practical problems.
For example, when tank technology was not mature at all, the new concept of positional warfare appeared prematurely, which directly led to a linear increase in the cruelty of war.
In various fighting areas, there are often crazy behaviors like soldiers arranging in neat formations and attacking enemy machine gun positions.
Sit-down wars also began to occur in which both sides used trench warfare, neither took the initiative to attack, and both were afraid of heavy casualties.
Everyone is randomly trying new tactics and developing a lot of weird weapons, trying to use these weapons to end this chaotic state.
A large revolver capable of firing more than ten shots continuously appeared in the Poplar Kingdom. The troops of the Pinewood Kingdom purchased a large number of K2 lever rifles to solve the problem of insufficient close combat firepower.
The Kingdom of Leyte tried to rely on purchasing more artillery and manufacturing larger-caliber artillery to destroy the enemy troops hiding in the trenches.
The Kingdom of Dorne is even more interesting. Because of the lagging tactics, Burton and Strauss commanded the troops to attack, but the other side was still haphazardly organizing troops to form a phalanx for defense...
"What is this?" Weiss looked at this new weapon with a wooden stock and a metal body, frowned and asked.
His intuition told him that the new weapon in front of him was obviously a weapon that was very unfriendly to a man like him who liked duels.
Sure enough, Tang Mo smiled and grabbed the Thompson submachine gun from the tray, took out a magazine from the tray, and inserted it into the gun body.
Then he naturally pulled the bolt, pointed at the target in the distance, and pulled the trigger.
"Thud, tug, tug!" The intensive gunshots, accompanied by the faint smoke floating from the muzzle, startled Weiss, who was standing next to Tang Mo.
Metal bullet casings fell one after another at Tang Mo's feet, and the wooden target in the distance had been riddled with holes from the bullets fired by Tang Mo.
After firing all 30 rounds of ammunition in a magazine, Tang Mo raised the submachine gun and turned sideways to look at Weiss: "C-1 submachine gun! 30-round magazine or 50-round drum magazine.
A new weapon that can fire continuously after loading once!"
In fact, the drum magazine is not a reliable way to feed ammunition. Its structure is too complex, it is easy to malfunction during the ammunition supply process, and its reloading is very troublesome.
Therefore, on the battlefield, magazines are the more reliable way to supply ammunition, but drum magazines are still welcomed by many soldiers. After all, sometimes more ammunition is more secure.
However, Tang Mo, who pays more attention to portability, prefers to equip his Thompson submachine gun with magazines instead of the more famous and crude drum magazines.
"It can quickly sieve the target, or everyone in the target area! Don't doubt it, it is a real killer!" Tang Mo said as he handed over the submachine gun with the barrel still warm.
A stunned Wes.
"It uses the same bullets as the S4 pistol, so it is quite powerful... As long as you pull the trigger on the target, all your troubles will be solved! It's convenient and quick..." Tang Mo looked at Weiss who subconsciously took the submachine gun, and then
He took out a new magazine from the tray and handed it to the other party.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Under Tang Mo's guidance, Weiss removed the empty magazine, then reloaded the new magazine, pulled the bolt, and completed the loading action.
Then, at Tang Mo's signal, he put the butt of the gun against his shoulder and pulled the trigger at a new target.
A series of intensive gunshots rang out again, and bullet casings fell to the ground like raindrops, making a pleasant crunching sound.
Then, the target dozens of meters away in front of Weiss was shattered by the dense ammunition, leaving only one third of it, and it was still standing there.
"It can be said to be the king of melee combat." Tang Mo said, patting Weiss on the shoulder with a smile: "My guards will give priority to equipping this weapon! How about it?"
"What can I say? Whoever offends you will not end well." Wes looked at the submachine gun in his hand, and suddenly felt that he was old and could retire.
He was already trying hard to catch up with Tang Mo and adapt to Tang Mo's newly developed weapons - to be honest, after he saw the revolver, he knew that the fighting skills he was originally proud of were almost useless.
However, he still mastered the shooting skills of a pistol and learned how to kill enemies more efficiently.
As a result, now, when he finally felt that he had mastered the pistol shooting skills, Tang Mo developed an even more powerful weapon!
"Don't be so depressed! In fact, it also has shortcomings." Tang Mo comforted Weiss with some regret.
"I don't see any shortcomings in it..." Wes said depressingly, staring at the rapid-fire weapon in his hand that could fire dozens of rounds of bullets in an instant.
"Yes. Yes!" Tang Mo said quickly.
Then, he gestured and said, "Don't you think it's... too big?"
"It's not easy to carry and can't be put in your pocket like a pistol." Tang Mo gestured to the length of the gun with his hand, and was very unhappy that he couldn't choose the MP-38 submachine gun with a folding stock: "There's no way to carry it.
Entering the banquet... isn't it?"
After hearing Tang Mo's explanation, Weiss laughed. Indeed... this weapon is a bit too big, and it is really not suitable for many occasions.
However, for Datang Group's security forces, factory patrols, and other special occasions, this weapon is so powerful that it can be described as unbelievable.
"Your troops will be assembled first! Don't worry!" Tang Mo saw the desire in Weiss's eyes and said directly: "You can also come and practice more. Anyway... we are not short of bullets."
Datang Group has begun mass production of .45 bullets. After all, the S4 pistol, also known as the M1911 pistol, has also begun mass production.
At the same time, the PPK pistol, as a new self-defense pistol, has also begun mass production and is equipped with a large number of agency personnel and intelligence personnel of the Datang Group.
In order to simplify his product line, Tang Mo has shut down all production lines related to needle guns and retractable guns.
The equipment was disposed of or moved away. Buners no longer produces needle guns, and Northridge no longer produces the weapons.
The current flagship product of Beiling's firearms factory is the K3 bolt-action rifle, which is the Mauser KAR98K rifle.
The production lines of Datang Group's K2 lever rifle have all been moved to the outskirts of King Leyte City. After all, Datang Group no longer likes this kind of weapon.
Similarly, the technology of tube-retractable cannons has actually been diffused by Datang Group. Now 75mm-caliber tube-retracted cannons can be produced in Beiling and Leyte Kingdom, but this production is still under the supervision of Datang Group.
Unknowingly, Datang Group has transferred many downstream production projects to other regions, driving the industrial development of these regions.
Datang Group also consciously began to put its most high-end technology in Longdao, a base camp that is more suitable for confidentiality and development.