Greece’s Roman Road

After Scalloy went to Germany and invited Conrad to Greece with a lot of money, under his guidance, after three months of concerted efforts of the rapid-fire gun development team, in September 1989, Conrad successfully relied on Conrad's countermeasures. The patent for the recoil system produced a prototype of a 75mm rapid-fire gun.

After hearing the news, due to the need for confidentiality, Constantine only notified the Army Chief of Staff, Emmanuel, and the head of the Military Technical Office, Chaemies, to go to the shooting range on the outskirts of Athens to observe the new rapid-fire artillery for the first time. test shot.

The shooting range in the outskirts of Athens, standing behind the parapet where the sandbags were piled up, Constantine, Chaimiis, Scarois, and Conrad, with their telescopes on their chests, stared solemnly at the busy people twenty meters away who were busy around the artillery. Artillery team.

After the loader pushed the brass shell into the gun chamber, the artillery squad leader gave an order, the cannon roared, and the muzzle spit out orange flames.

The four people watching the test shot quickly took off the sight glasses on their chests, only to see the shelling target marked by a white line a kilometer away, raising smoke and dust into the sky.

The first test shot was successful!

I saw the round barrel of the cannon, which was first pushed back by the back force for a certain distance, and then returned to its position.

The four people who observed this phenomenon nodded to each other. Anyway, this reaction force system did work. Without manual intervention, the gun body of the artillery automatically returned to its original position, not as common in various countries now. Like the equipped cannon, the artillery must be manually pushed by the artillery crew to restore it.

This shows that Conrad's patent is indeed beneficial for increasing the rate of fire of artillery.

After the successful first test firing, the artillery roared continuously and fired three shells in quick succession. There was no abnormality in the experimental artillery during this process.

Even Conrad, who had already experienced several failed experiments in Germany before, was disheartened, and he felt uneasy at the moment, praying that he could succeed in the next test.

The artillery squad leader trotted to the front of the parapet, and respectfully reported: "Sir, both the burst and three bursts, the test-firing artillery is normal, please instruct."

"How is it, Mr. Conrad? Can we continue the test?" Constantine asked.

After getting a positive answer, Constantine instructed the squad leader in front of him: "The next test can be carried out, the limit rate of fire test."

After getting feedback, the artillery team in charge of the test first picked up the gun brush to clean the gun chamber. After everything was prepared and checked, the limit rate of fire test of the rapid-fire gun began.

Under the operation of the artillery crew, the artillery rumbled continuously and fired 30 shells in a row. After hearing the deafening sound of the artillery, everyone eagerly raised their wrists and looked at the watch on their wrists. It took only one and a half minutes!

Seeing this result, everyone was shocked. This rate of fire is several times that of the cannons that are commonly equipped in various countries today!

After continuing to design several cannonballs, the artillery suddenly stopped roaring, Conrad's expression changed, and he secretly asked: Is that really the case?

The squad leader of the test artillery team quickly walked to the bunker where everyone was, and said to everyone: "The test gun is abnormal, the hydraulic device leaks oil, and the recovery mechanism of the gun has failed, please stop shooting."

Although the test failed, everyone except Conrad was still very happy. It was really the performance of this gun's rate of fire, which was too eye-catching.

The fly in the ointment is that after a short period of full firepower, the artillery malfunctioned.

After Conrad's reaction force system technology proved its great effect on increasing the rate of fire of artillery, although there were still flaws, Constantine and Chaimies decided to buy the technology for 500,000 drachmas.

After witnessing the jaw-dropping performance of the rapid-fire guns in full force, with the full support of Constantine, Emmanuel and Chaemies, the rapid-fire gun research and development team received the unanimous support of three people, and the funding application Green light all the way.

The biggest difficulty faced by the R&D team is that the problem of oil leakage in the hydraulic system cannot be solved for a long time. The entire R&D progress is stuck here, and it can't go further. It seems impossible to break through the technical defects of Conrad in the short term. .

The development of rapid-fire guns inevitably slowed down.

When Constantine was troubled by the unfavorable progress of research and development, the Tatoi Palace welcomed two guests who Constantine was eager to see - Banning, the governor of the Congo, and the current main person in charge of Greece's military force in the Republic of the Congo - Cloth. Root.

In the garden of the Tatoi Palace, Constantine received two of his henchmen who were far away from Africa.

Looking at the two people who were obviously different in temperament and appearance, Constantine said in a sincere tone, "Thank you for your hard work."

To be honest, the two of them are extremely responsible for the current situation in Gang Guo.

From the very beginning of Constantine's plans for the Congo region, Banning has been by his side to advise him. After the Berlin Conference, he went to Africa to manage this resource-rich land of hope for Greece.

Under his own orders, Brut also traveled across the ocean to assist Banning in stabilizing the local situation in Congo.

It is thanks to the efforts of these two people that Congo can become a stable source of raw materials and some commodity markets for Greece.

"Banning~www.wuxiax.com~ Tell me about the current situation in Congo," Constantine asked impatiently.

Although Banning often reported government affairs to Constantine, the King of the Congo, through telegrams, it was only cold words after all, how could there be such detailed first-hand information.

"Yes, Your Highness, Congo has entered a stage of stable development. The annual import and export trade has reached 3,700 million francs, and the Congolese regional government has been able to make ends meet," Banning said proudly.

"Among them are mainly primary commodities such as gold, ivory, rubber, copper ore, palm, and opium, while the imported commodities are mainly industrial products from Europe and the United States, such as cloth, ironware, medicines, etc."

Since the news of the gold mines in the Congo region spread, Congo has also become a place where gold diggers from all over the world poured in. So far, many people in Greece have gone to the Congo colony under the temptation of gold, so that the original historical time and space Among them, the Greeks' eagerness to immigrate to the North American continent has been affected.

With the efforts of these crazy gold prospectors, the total amount of gold exported from the Congo region in 1888 reached a staggering 1,000 kilograms.

Among them, a considerable part of the gold was mined and dug privately without the consent of the Congolese authorities.

Moreover, the momentum of this kind of gold export is still increasing rapidly, and Constantine, out of the idea of ​​rapidly developing the economy of the Congo region, not only did not curb this serious gold rush, but secretly contributed to the flames.

Because Constantine understood that for Greece at this time, the most important thing was the threat from Europe. As for the disorderly mining of precious gold resources in the Kongo region, that is something that needs to be solved in the future.

As long as the gold flows out of Congo, the 10% tax is paid.

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