When Yuan Su heard this, he felt a little embarrassed. He thought that Yuan Shikai didn't understand these "more advanced" military management concepts, but he didn't expect that the other party had heard others talk about this matter earlier. But that's all.
During this moment of confusion, he was gradually able to guess the person who proposed these contents to Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai was still smiling, and then said slowly: "I didn't expect you to think about it together with Cai Songpo. Even the day before yesterday, Cai Songpo also mentioned to me a set of theories on the so-called military systemization, and what he said was better than yours.
Okay, but there are still many aspects that require in-depth thinking and discussion. But no matter what, since you two can think of it and both think it is a top priority, I will naturally not ignore this matter."
The person Yuan Su was guessing was also Cai E. With Cai E's military research, he must be aware of many major shortcomings in the current Chinese army. He said with some emotion: "There really are no
I didn't expect that my nephew would coincide with General Songpa. I think General Songpa has introduced this aspect to my uncle in more detail, so my nephew doesn't dare to do whatever he wants to do."
Yuan Shikai continued to look at the drawings for a while, then asked: "Ke Li, tell me, what are the advantages of this new rifle? According to your wishes, you naturally hope to promote this new rifle as the standard of our army.
Rifle. But this rifle is not as long as an ordinary rifle and is easy to engage in hand-to-hand combat, nor is it as short, light and easy to carry as a cavalry rifle. What is the advantage of it and why should it be used as a standard rifle."
Yuan Su immediately described some of the data of this new rifle, and then introduced the real advantages of the cavalry rifle. As the saying goes, it solved some of the disadvantages of rifles and cavalry rifles, absorbed the advantages of both, and of course had some of both.
The disadvantages are tasteless. However, the reason why we believe that such a rifle should be promoted as a standard weapon is not the gun, but China's current national conditions.
"From a general strategic perspective, China currently does not have enough military strength for external operations, which means that in the general direction we should adopt a strategic defensive posture. The biggest advantage of rifles and cavalry is that they can be used in trench warfare
It has the advantages of combining cavalry guns and infantry guns into one, while avoiding some major shortcomings of cavalry guns and infantry guns. As the current mainstream defensive strategy and tactics, trench warfare is exactly suitable for the strategic defensive posture adopted by China," he said.
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As we all know, launching a foreign war requires strong industrial and economic support, and these two things are exactly what China does not have at present. China's current situation is almost such that fighting a civil war is a luxury, let alone going abroad to fight.
. Even the participating armies that were trained to participate in the world war did not actually participate in the world war in the end.
Throughout China's modern history, most of the battles took place on the mainland. Therefore, at this stage and in the next few decades, as long as China can complete its defense on the mainland, it is considered very good.
Yuan Shikai himself was not unaware of this, but he had never organized what he thought into detailed words. So after hearing what Yuan Su said, he immediately felt that it was indeed reasonable.
"However, Keli, you just said that this is just a conjecture from an international perspective. However, even if there are no standard weapons, given the current international situation and the diplomacy of various countries towards China, it is not likely to cause greater disputes.
.On the contrary, the biggest dispute in China right now is the various contradictions in various provinces in the country." Yuan Shikai said with profound meaning.
"Yes, yes, we can use diplomatic means externally, but we need to use real swords and guns internally. If all the problems are mainly defensive, how can our Beiyang Army eradicate those domestic forces that support their own troops?"
Yuan Keding on the side thought he understood what his father meant, so he followed closely and echoed.
"Haha, in comparison, our armed military forces across China don't even know what standardization is, let alone care about the distribution, management and combat application of weapons. To take a step back, even if they need to be more detailed,
However, this new rifle cannot be judged from conventional combat, performance, quality, or specific tactical application. In fact, it has advantages over the Hanyang-made rifle. For example, the Hanyang-made rifle is longer than this new rifle, but it can
There are very few troops in China who really know how to use hand-to-hand combat, or can organize hand-to-hand combat well, so the Hanyang-made rifles have no advantage at all compared to the new rifles." Yuan Su made the decision unhurriedly.
explain.
Yuan Keding was slightly startled. Naturally, he didn't know much about military affairs, and he didn't know what Yuan Su meant, so he could only pretend to be surprised and nodded.
Yuan Shikai thought about it carefully for a while, and then slowly nodded in agreement.
"Since the beginning of the Westernization Movement, China has not had specially designed standard weapons. This rifle was specially discussed and predicted by my nephew, and he personally communicated with the designer. Finally, he took into account all aspects of China's situation and customized it.
A new rifle. Just imagine, once such a standard rifle is popularized by all members of the central army, its frontal combat effectiveness will be enough to overwhelm any local army that has no concept of standardization, and the overall strength will naturally be greatly improved."
Yuan Su added.
"What you said is very good. So, Keli, do you have any expectations in terms of investment in production?" Yuan Shikai asked. Of course, he would not think that this new rifle is good just because of Yuan Su's brief introduction, but
Deep down in his heart, he deeply realizes that standardized weapons do have very important strategic significance. The Chinese arsenal currently does not have the ability to develop new guns. If this new rifle is really cost-effective, it can consider adopting the standard weapons for the central yang army.
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"This new rifle adopts the design idea of German weapons, so it is quite delicate in structure. But it is precisely because of its fineness that it can have superior shooting stability and shooting accuracy. My nephew has already done some budgeting.
, If imported raw materials are used for production, in order to achieve the highest configuration performance, the production cost will be approximately 95 yuan; if domestic raw materials are used for production, it will cost 50 yuan." Yuan Su said. He
He deliberately increased the cost price by a few dollars. After all, he also needed to make money from this arms deal.
Although this is a major matter of national defense, people in this era will not be punished for their own sake. Furthermore, it is precisely because Yuan Su is thinking about major matters of national defense that he only increased the amount by five yuan. If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid it might have been much more
It costs ten or twenty yuan.
"Ninety-five yuan? This is too expensive. The Ordnance Department of the Army Department ordered Mauser rifles made in Germany for only more than eighty yuan. The rifles we produce ourselves actually cost ninety-five yuan?
"Yuan Keding exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, the cost is really too high." Xia Shoukang on the side also sighed.
On the other hand, Yuan Shikai didn't say much, he just thought about something silently.
"Uncle, the structural diagram of the rifle is here. No matter whether the uncle is looking for someone to check it or personally investigating the prices of imported raw materials, the budget made by my nephew has nothing to hide. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Germany
The reason why weapons are expensive is because of their good workmanship. What's more, this is a new rifle. The birth of a new rifle means moving in the direction of leading advancement. More advanced weapons will inevitably appear in the future, but
The manufacturing price will only be high and not low, this is a very simple truth." Yuan Su expressed a sincere attitude and said meticulously.
"It's just that the cost is so high, it also puts a lot of pressure on the government." Xia Shoukang said.
"I believe my uncle is a sensible person. Once centralization of power is promoted, national taxation is standardized, and the national treasury is gradually enriched, this little money will be nothing. In today's situation in China, military power is equal to real power. This is something my uncle once mentioned.
My nephew's words. Only strong military power can truly guarantee and defend the central government." Yuan Su said impassionedly.
Yuan Shikai took a deep breath, followed by a lengthy groan. He naturally knew the importance of military power, but he was by no means a person who acted on impulse. When considering issues, he must still act based on the actual situation.
Decide.
Seeing that Yuan Shikai was still unable to express his position, Yuan Su immediately added: "If the financial burden is really considered, the equipment of new rifles can be divided into subdivisions. As long as the main force of the Central Yang Army is equipped with imported materials as much as possible.
new rifles, while secondary units are equipped with new rifles made of domestic materials. What's more, the standardization of weapons is not a matter of a day or two. Even if all factories are put into production, it will take three to five years at the fastest, and even eight or nine years if it is slower.
Weapons standardization needs to be implemented stage by stage."
After hearing this, Yuan Shikai nodded slowly and said: "What Ke Li said is reasonable. In this way, it is impossible for me to answer this matter immediately. I will arrange a special trip for you in a few days.
I met with Cai Songpo and the others and saw you young people discussing this issue together, maybe there will be more benefits."
Yuan Su has long had such an expectation. After all, the advancement of standardized weapons is a huge military engineering project, which must go through a series of reviews, reviews, discussions, and actual operation drills. He proposed this plan to Yuan Shikai today.
, and it was already a good start to make his uncle Yuan Shikai become interested. Immediately, he sincerely expressed his willingness to jointly plan this matter with Cai Songpo and contribute to the establishment of a new powerful Beiyang army.dd