Next was the rifle that Liu Bi was most conflicted about. Single-shot rifles were once the object of Liu Bi's disdain. Their firepower was too poor, but before the appearance of assault rifles, it was not the time to eliminate single-shot rifles. After all, rifles had a long range and were accurate. They covered the needs of medium, long range, and close combat. If they didn't need rifles, the logistics couldn't keep up, the enemy had already rushed up, and so on, when they needed to fight in close combat, or when the enemy was far away in the open, the infantrymen with submachine guns would be at a loss.
Considering the current road coverage and the lack of supply vehicles, Liu Bi did not dare to form a bullet-eating unit with only submachine guns and machine guns. Even if the ammunition production could keep up, transportation was also a big problem.
Therefore, the production of single-shot rifles was still ongoing. Liu Bi was influenced by the later games and chose the 98K directly. Anyway, this gun had been used up for the entire World War II, which meant that there was no need to improve it. The 7.92mm rifle bullets could also be used with machine gun bullets. No matter which single rifle it was, the range and power were now excessive. Generally, they had a range of five to six hundred meters. In fact, other than sniping, 99.999999% of the time, the distance of the battle was about 300 meters. Any further was a matter of artillery and heavy machine guns.
As an old product from the same era, the 98K was also very cheap. There were four of them, and it took 20 seconds to mass produce every four of them. If they did not need the bayonet, there would be no price reduction, but the production time would be reduced by two seconds.
Liu Bi wasn't in a hurry. He decisively chose the bayonet and placed an order for 200 pieces, spending 50 dollars. Then, another production line began to produce rifles…
Next up was the pistol. There was no need to choose. It was the box cannon that everyone in China was familiar with, the Mauser C96 continuous firing version. It had a range of 150 meters. It was awesome. Other than the fact that the magazine was too long and it was difficult to pull out the gun quickly, the other problems were not a problem in the hands of the Chinese. One was worth five yuan, and Liu Bi placed an order for 500 more. He spent 100 yuan to get one for each person.
Next was the machine gun. The MG34 was a new weapon that had just been released, so there was not much discount. It cost 100 yuan for one, and it took 30 minutes to produce. It was given a spare barrel and a 75-round empty drum. It came with a light machine gun stand, and other accessories such as a tripod for heavy machine guns, spare barrels, and so on needed to be produced separately. The effective range was one kilometer, and the firing rate could be adjusted. It could fire 600-1000 rounds per minute, and it supported canvas chain bullets.
This was the only light weapon that cost more than three digits. Liu Bi, who only had a little over a thousand dollars, decisively produced six of them. He wanted to make them one by one first.
Next was the heavy machine gun, which was considered a heavy weapon. It could not be mass produced cheaply, so it had to be produced one by one. The MG-34 could be used for both light and heavy purposes, so adding the MG-08 water-cooled heavy machine gun, which also used 7.92mm bullets, seemed a little redundant. Although the MG08 was not expensive, it was also an old product from the First World War. Each one was worth a lot of money, but it weighed 40kg. Coupled with the wheeled gun rack, it would require a few people to take care of it during the march. What Hou Yi's army lacked right now was manpower.
After spending a large sum of money and 3 minutes to build one for training, Liu Bi no longer paid attention to the heavy machine gun. Since he needed a few people to help him, he might as well build a cannon.
With a flash of inspiration, Liu Bi decided to replace the heavy machine gun with a high and flat dual-use machine gun.
Of course, Liu Bi was most interested in the Bofors 40mm dual-use cannon. It weighed 380kg and came with a four-wheeled carriage. The four wheels were all high-end goods with tires. It was easy to tow in non-mountainous areas and could be pushed by one person on flat ground. The magazine had a capacity of 8 rounds, and it had three types of bullets: high explosive, penetrative, and solid armor-piercing. It had a fast firing rate, a fast initial velocity, and strong penetrating power. It had a complete range of bullets, and it could even take down a 2000-meter plane in the air. With a penetrating power of 45 millimeters, it would be easy to penetrate a small tank from the Wei Nation. (The hardest shield of the Type 97 cannon in the Wei Nation was only 25mm thick.）
Since it had only been around for seven years, the discount wasn't too great. The single edition was 280 dollars, and the twin edition was 400 dollars. However, Liu Bi estimated that a twin edition could unleash the firepower of the entire Hou Yi Army. Since he didn't have much cash on hand, he put it aside for the time being.
The cheapest was the ancestor of the high-level dual-purpose machine gun, the Beck 20mm machine gun. It was three dollars a piece and was shaped like a large machine gun. It was especially light and only weighed 35 kilograms. Later, it was used by the people of Dé on airplanes. However, the bullets were only solid armor-piercing bullets and white phosphorous armor-piercing incendiary bullets, so they had no choice but to give up.
The best compromise was the Olikong 20mm cannon. The empty cannon weighed only 68kg, and the anti-air cannon frame with wheels was less than 100kg. It had 75 rounds, and its firing rate was 450, which was slightly slower than a heavy machine gun. The range of the solid bullets was 980 meters in direct fire mode, and the effective range of the high-explosive grenades was 4300 meters. That's right, it was a grenade. In curved fire mode, it could be used as a continuous grenade launcher...
" Interesting..." Liu Bi smiled when he saw the parameters of the Elikon 20mm machine gun. He had always thought that the specialized grenade launcher only appeared in the later generations of the war between Iraq and Iraq. He did not expect to find a cameo version here. The explosive power of the 20mm Howitzer was about the same as that of the wooden grenade. It was not particularly powerful and there were not many shrapnel. However, it could not withstand the rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute. It would definitely blow up a large area... The Japanese were in trouble.
Liu Bi decisively chose the Elikon Four-wheeled Air Defense Cannon Mount. It cost 30 dollars and took 15 minutes to build. He directly installed ten of them, which was more than machine guns.
At this point, Liu Bi had basically decided on the weapons for the early stages. The Mauser C96 pistol, MP-28II submachine gun, MG-34 machine gun, 98K rifle, and Olikon machine gun. Five production lines were occupied.
The remaining three production lines were used for ammunition. Interestingly, the production of ammunition could be divided into two modes. One was the ammunition box mode, and the other was the magazine mode.
7.92mm rifle bullets. If he chose to pack them in an ammunition box, each box would cost 1000 bullets. It would take half an ocean to produce a box, and it would take one minute. However, if he chose to pack them in a canvas chain, half an ocean would cost him to produce three chain belts. Each chain belt would have 330 7.92mm bullets, which could directly feed the machine gun. That was equivalent to 990 bullets for half an ocean. The price remained the same, and ten bullets were deducted. However, it saved the step of loading the chain of the machine gun.
As for the rifles, during the training period, each person would be given a machine gun ammunition chain and they would have to dig it out themselves. It was faster to dig it out than to install it. When there was a spare production line, they would produce a five-round magazine packaging version of the rifle.
7.63 It was the same for handgun bullets. There were two packaging modes, box mode or MP-28II's 31-round drum mode. Liu Bi directly chose the drum mode. As for the bullets for the handgun, as usual, each person would be given two drums, and he would take them out for the handgun. Anyway, the handgun was just an emergency. Under normal circumstances, a full magazine would be enough for self-defense. There was no need to specially produce handgun magazines.
As for the 20mm cannonballs, the armor-piercing bullets were not in high demand at the moment. Liu Bi simply used the remaining production line to accumulate high-explosive bullets.
As for grenades and other weapons, they could only wait until there was a spare production line.
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