Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Yannick went straight to William II's office with his confession.

Looking at his grandson walking in, William II was slightly surprised. "Yannick, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"

Yannick handed over the confession. "I just finished some things, grandpa, this is a confession."

William II took the document doubtfully. "Confession? What confession?"

"The confession of Voigt, the Minister of Defense Logistics Department, regarding G43."

William II raised his eyebrows slightly. "Voigt? You arrested him? G43? Is this the firearm you designed?"

Yannick shook his head. "He hasn't been arrested yet. I just asked the people from the intelligence department to invite him to talk for a while, but he was all ready. I let him go home. But he is smart enough and should commit suicide at this time. ."

Looking through the confession, William II's face became even more angry. "What a bastard! How dare you tamper with the test report just because the design of the G43 is so good, for fear of affecting Mauser's business?" The Minister of Logistics is not a bastard, even he can see the excellence of the G43, William II doesn't Now I know how to praise my grandson. At first I thought it was a joke.

Yannick took the opportunity to suggest. "Grandpa, this time we need to find someone who is loyal to the royal family to serve as the logistics minister."

As mentioned before, it took William II ten years to regain control of the army after the last defeat. This small matter is just a matter of words. "Then how are you going to deal with Mauser?"

"Grandpa, I won't say anything about this for now. You can send someone to show this confession to Mauser. If Mauser still doesn't understand, I will import the Ming Dynasty 1918 modified rifle from Daming. Although it is a replica of our 98, it can be Plus shipping costs are cheaper than 98. Without orders from the Wehrmacht, Mauser will be ready to close down.”

"What if they understand? What do you want? Or do you want 12% of the shares?"

Yannick said extremely seriously. "Grandpa, I never said I would take the 12% shares for free. I told them last time that I would get the design drawings in exchange."

William II could not help but be a little confused. "Aren't they already the design drawings for Walter's rifles and military pistols? You don't know how much pressure there will be on logistics if there are too many different guns in the army, right?"

Yannick couldn't help but feel a little depressed. "The craftsmanship of this G43 is still not as simple as that of a rifle, and the cost is a little more than twice that of a Mauser rifle. If you grit your teeth, you can still get all the current 100,000-thousand-thousand-strong National Defense Force to replace it, but in the future when the National Defense Force expands to several million, they will all be replaced. Well, forget it. So in the future, it would be good to equip veterans with good marksmanship with about three G43s in each class." In the original world of World War II, only the United States, with its deep pockets, equipped semi-automatic rifles on a large scale.

"Then the rest of the soldiers use Mauser rifles?"

"No, how is that possible? That's why I redesigned the light machine gun, a gun called an assault rifle and a new submachine gun."

"What do you mean, there are five types of guns in a class? Including pistols, it's six types? Don't you think these six types of firearms use different bullets?"

Wouldn't it be a logistical disaster? Yannick smiled. "Grandpa, how is that possible? Among the firearms I designed, the light machine gun, G43, and rifle can use the same bullet. The pistol and submachine gun use the same type, and the assault rifle uses the same type. So there are only three types of bullets."

William II nodded slightly and continued to ask. "What kind of assault rifle are you talking about?"

After thinking for a while, Yannick explained simply and clearly. "Well, to put it simply, this kind of firearm is neither a rifle nor a submachine gun. It is a firearm that combines a rifle with a submachine gun."

"What about its range?"

"This type of assault rifle is mainly used to suppress the firepower of individual enemy soldiers in battles at a distance of three to four hundred meters. The maximum effective range does not exceed 500 meters."

William II frowned. "That means the effective range is far inferior to that of a Mauser rifle?"

Yannick knew that when the original space-time assault rifle was first born, it was not accepted by Mustache, and he ordered a ban on production because he thought it was useless. As a result, the people below secretly gave birth. When a German army was surrounded on the Eastern Front, someone suggested airdropping a batch of these guns to try. As a result, the German army broke out from the Soviet encirclement with something that looked like an AK. As a result, Lao Xi was very happy when he found out about this and named it: assault rifle.

Now looking at William II's reaction, we know that he is also an old stubborn who advocates long-range shooting. "Grandpa, if we want to win the next war, we can only use new weapons and new methods of warfare, otherwise we will just repeat the same mistakes. Grandpa, to put it bluntly, you may not be alive by then. You too You don’t want to see me hiding in a dark basement and shooting myself in the head after being defeated, right?” If God allowed him to travel through time, he wouldn’t end up like Mustache again.

"Let's continue talking about this kind of firearm."

"What did I just say? This assault rifle is a rifle that can automatically load and eject bullets, and can fire bullets continuously."

"Isn't that a smaller version of a machine gun or an enlarged version of a submachine gun? Why not use rifle bullets or pistol bullets?"

"Because the barrel of this assault rifle is relatively short. Furthermore, if you use rifle bullets, you cannot effectively control the beating and recoil impact of the gun during fully automatic shooting. And if you use pistol bullets like a submachine gun, The power will be insufficient at medium and long distances. In order to solve this problem, I designed a short-cartridge rifle bullet to balance power and control shooting accuracy during continuous shooting.

If rifle bullets are considered full-power bullets and pistol bullets are low-power bullets, then this assault rifle bullet is an intermediate-power grabber. "

"Now it's time to talk about the Mauser Company. My request is very simple. Their rifles should change the caliber. The 92 Mauser bullets currently used have outdated design ideas, too high ballistics, poor accuracy, excessive power, and overweight ammunition. I'm going to change it to a more practical pointed bullet."

"Change the caliber?" William II frowned again. "If you want to change the caliber of a gun, the entire production line will need to be replaced, and all processes will need to be improved. Production materials, process equipment, inspection equipment, etc. will cost a lot of money."

From the perspective of a veteran and national military decision-maker, Mustache believes that the design concept of the STG44 assault rifle is advanced, but it must use new ammunition and cannot use the original large stockpile of Mauser rifle bullets.

The STG44 assault rifle can fire continuously. It can be predicted that its bullet consumption in actual combat is no less than that of a submachine gun, and its ammunition consumption will also be very alarming.

In a war, it is not an easy task for a country to prepare a complete set of new ammunition systems to meet actual combat needs. In a sense, if it is not handled well, it can even bring down the country's military-industrial system, leading to catastrophic consequences.

When the STG44 assault rifle first came out, Germany was already in trouble. A large amount of equipment and personnel were lost in the tug-of-war on the Eastern Front. It was already very difficult to make up for the losses on the front line.

If you insist on equipping the STG44 assault rifle, it will greatly increase the burden on the logistics system. From this perspective, it is not unreasonable for Mustache to deny the STG44 assault rifle.

Seeing William II's hesitation, Yannick had no choice but to continue persuading him. "Grandpa, now is the best time to change. Think about it, fortunately, the current National Defense Forces only have 100,000 people, so it is not difficult to change. If we replace them after the National Defense Forces grow to several million in the future, it will be a complete disaster. How much manpower, material and financial resources will it take to complete the disaster?”

After pondering for a long time, William II asked another question. "What about Mauser's inventory?"

Yannick has already thought of a countermeasure for this. "If there is still inventory after the replacement, then give it all to Ming Dynasty. After all, they have so many troops. Even if they are willing to change the equipment, it will not be done in a short time."

William II asked some more detailed questions, and Yannick also answered them fluently and missed nothing.

William II finally nodded. "Okay, then I'll talk to Mauser."