Before June 1906, Zhang Hanqing wanted to see the real thing of the cannon as much as he could. Unfortunately, he was just a little kid. Who would let him see this?
There were often warships at the concession dock, but he couldn't go up. At most, he could only look at the appearance, but he didn't think much of warships from this period.
He had thought that he would be able to come into contact with more things in Shanghai. Unfortunately, it was still the fault of his age. Whatever he wanted to see, people would treat him as a joke.
There were too few things on the table. After all, weapons couldn't be placed randomly. He already had rifles and pistols.
The next step was to study the mortar. This was not difficult. The 60mm caliber was confirmed, and the shape could be sketched. The activation principle could be briefly explained.
Ever since the pistol and pistol bullets were developed at the same time, Zhang Hanqing wondered if Xiaomi could develop mortars and shells at the same time.
He was very satisfied with the result. According to Xiaomi, the principle of this weapon was very simple. The only difficulty was the barrel. At the moment, it was still unable to provide the barrel material. After all, it had not come into contact with smelting equipment.
Zhang Hanqing also made a rough estimate. If he were to form an army, what would the firepower configuration be?
The initial strength of a regiment was a teaching regiment, so they would use semi-automatic rifles as the basic weapons of the infantry. After that, they would need light and heavy machine guns.
Company-level units would be equipped with 80mm mortars, which could be developed next year.
The battalion-level units were equipped with 120mm mortars. Why were they all mortars?
Zhang Hanqing was actually very clear that in the future, he would need to equip the anti-tank cannon to the battalion level. However, he could not develop it now, so he could only wait until the future. However, the mortar was not bad either.
It could even be mounted on a truck for artillery fire and then driven away. This would be very simple for his regiment to train.
After all, the quality of the soldiers was definitely not good. It was better to focus on training mortar gunners and use a large number of mortars as heavy firepower.
It was also suitable for combat in a variety of terrains. However, he had a large number of mortars, so there was no need to keep it too busy.
Coupled with Xiaomi's research and development optimization, the performance must be even better.
The bald eagles actually didn't care about this kind of cannon. They were rich and powerful representatives, and they completely preferred large-caliber heavy artillery. This made the M1 75mm howitzer's service time not long.
Thus, a regiment would look like this. Furthermore, Zhang Hanqing would equip a large number of trucks to increase their mobility and transportation capabilities.
He was still waiting for the news of the Model T, but after he arrived in the Bald Eagle Country, these were no longer a problem.
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"Then what do you have in mind?" Zhang Hanqing asked.
"You should leave this country. This place can't satisfy you at all. I think you have good conditions. You can travel all over the world. I can give you a recommendation letter.”The principal looked sincere.
He was indeed sincere enough because Zhang Hanqing was the smartest student he had ever met. He had a photographic memory, and his understanding of all kinds of knowledge was also very fast.
His school no longer had the ability to continue teaching him, and he was still so young. He was only five years old!
"Oh, so what do you do now?”The principal was a little worried.
"Can you help me? I am very interested in weapons, but I have too little contact with them. Even if I have to take a look, the more the better!”
"Yes, my father was a soldier. I've always been interested in weapons!”
"I see!"
This was an opportunity. After all, his principal had a lot of connections in the International Settlement.
It shouldn't be a big problem to bring a student around.
"Of course!" Zhang Hanqing was not too anxious. He had no connections, so he could only rely on the principal.
The real time to use Thomas Williams would be around 1910, and that was under the premise of the rubber stock market crash.
The principal hesitated for a long time before finally agreeing. The first thing he brought him to visit was the warship.
Niuniu once again declared to the world that the navy was the strongest.
At this moment, the principal also got the chance to bring Zhang Hanqing onto a warship. They didn't have any guard up against a five-year-old child. The captain even gave some encouragement to Zhang Hanqing for wanting to be a ship designer in the future.
However, this kind of encouragement was very perfunctory. If it wasn't for the principal, how could a child from Braid Kingdom board a warship?
Unfortunately, this was just an old protective cruiser. However, at least Xiaomi had a preliminary understanding of ships.
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