Chapter 934: Europeans Are Really Wealthy

"But before that, I hope that your country can provide 150,000 trained or reserve soldiers to participate in a campaign we will launch in three months. This campaign will not be fought on the Western Front." Campbell is already preparing to pull the Japanese into the future The Battle of the Dardanelles!

"And this fleet must be transported by the Japanese navy. This is our bottom line. It cannot be changed or discussed. There are only two options: agreement and objection." Campbell stared at the other party, his tone unusually firm!

"Okay, let's settle it like this first." After hesitating for a few minutes, Katsura Taro finally nodded and agreed. As for the subsequent formulation and signing of the treaty, he did not need to interfere. When he thought of the Japanese Empire during his tenure, The territory has more than doubled again! Katsura Taro felt a little elated. "It seems that I am the one who will bring the empire to its peak." After the meeting, Katsura Taro wrote unabashedly in his diary.

For more than a month, the Japanese army on the front line in France has not been so relaxed. Even though there are many veterans and officers who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, there are even officers who participated in the offensive and defensive battle of Lushun. These people, who were quite conceited before landing on European soil, now realize that they are Tucson Po! On the truly world's top land battlefield, the Japanese discovered that the first-class European powers had become accustomed to using steel tonnage and firepower to "communicate." The so-called "Yamato Soul" is worthless in front of the firepower like a volcanic eruption! Of course, the process of understanding this is very painful.

"The French are pretty good. Although we are guest troops, the infantry weapons given to us are still very sophisticated." Playing with the 1911 Chaucha light machine gun in his hand, Juichi Terauchi was very satisfied with his officers. said.

The father of this Japanese major was a member of the Meiji Order, and his father Masaki Terauchi was once the governor-general in Korea. With the power of their family, he could definitely seek a high position step by step. However, the eldest son obviously did not want to do this. After fighting for it, Juichi Terauchi, who had graduated from a university in mainland Japan, got an opportunity to come to the European battlefield. But this time, for him, it was just a curious baby who came to the Grand View Garden. The moment he set foot on French territory, he How terrifying it is to discover the accumulation of hundreds of years of European powers!

Although the Japanese Army tried its best to strengthen the firepower of infantry machine guns during the Russo-Japanese War, in general, an infantry company only had less than 2 machine guns! And now? After arriving in France, the French representative first said very apologetically that due to the shortage of supplies, there would be fewer machine guns and other continuous-firing weapons, and asked in a tentative tone how about equipping each Japanese company with 6 light machine guns... .....

"Hmm, 6 guns?! 6 guns!" Terauchi Shouichi never imagined that one day his army would have such powerful firepower! You know, a Japanese infantry squadron has 180 people, which is about the strength of a company. By the time of World War II, an infantry squadron only had 6 machine guns, and a 54-man squad only had about 2 machine guns. And now it is even worse. Even the most naughty existence of the Guards Division, which is a company with three light machine guns and a squad with one, but the French actually gave them more than double the machine guns! This is despite the insufficient number of machine guns.

What a wealthy person this person is!

What is the actual situation? The French did skimp on arms, because in a normal French army company, a company is equipped with 12 Chauchat-type light machine guns (this is a historical fact). In theory, one squad can have one... . In fact, no matter in terms of equipment or tactics, the French offensive infantry in this plane has begun to revolve around machine guns!

In terms of heavy machine guns, the Japanese also abandoned the Maxin machine guns previously used in the Russo-Japanese War. The French Hochisky m1911 heavy machine gun was also chosen. The reason is very simple, because they found that the Maxin machine gun originally used in China requires a large amount of cooling water when used. According to Japanese experience, on average, one liter of water will evaporate out of thin air after firing 200 bullets. Although there is a condenser tube for Collecting fresh water can be reused, but this is too tedious. And even if there is a condenser pipe, additional cooling water still needs to be continuously added. Sometimes there are even two machine guns firing continuously, and then a company of soldiers collects water bottles to deliver water...

And the Japanese suddenly discovered that the French machine guns could continue shooting without cooling water! This was perfect for the Japanese, although the French told the Japanese that this machine gun could only be cooled without water at a rate of 200 rounds per minute. But the Japanese didn't care. After all, historically they deliberately lowered the rate of fire when imitating the Hochisky machine gun.

(Historically, the rate of fire of the French Hotchkiss machine gun in World War 1 was not low, with a rate of fire of about 400 to 600 rounds. Although bullet plates were also used to feed ammunition, several bullet plates were also used to connect them. The 250-round semi-movable ammunition belt is fed. Therefore, it is not a big problem for Hotchkiss to reach this rate of fire. However, its Japanese imitation only has elastic plates for ammunition, and the actual rate of fire is less than 300 rounds. .)

Moreover, another advantage of the Hotchkiss machine gun that the Japanese value is that it is stable and durable. During a firepower display, Juichi Terauchi saw with his own eyes that a Hotchkiss machine gun fired a full 1 round at a rate of 150 to 200 rounds per minute. For more than an hour, I fired more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition without any malfunction! The Japanese, who had rarely seen good things, immediately became excited. Terauchi Touichi shouted to his colleagues next to him: "Yes, it's him. This is the weapon we dream of! A weapon that can shoot continuously at an appropriate speed!"

The only thing that made the Japanese feel dissatisfied was that the weight of this French machine gun was too much. The weight of the strong body is 24kg, and the weight of the huge French tripod is 30kg. Not counting bullets, it’s 55kg! The French did not deduct the machine gun batteries assigned to the Japanese.

An infantry battalion can be assigned a heavy machine gun company, which consists of 2 officers, 10 non-commissioned officers, 180 men and 60 horses. It is equipped with 8 Hotchkiss M1911 heavy machine guns. Among them, there are 5 personnel responsible for the machine guns and one team leader, who is responsible for commanding the entire machine gun team and setting up positions. The main shooter is naturally responsible for fighting, and the three assistant shooters are assistants and substitutes. In addition, a large number of ammunition hands are needed.

Under normal circumstances, the French suggested to the Japanese that an infantry battalion be equipped with three infantry companies and a heavy machine gun company. In other words, a Japanese infantry battalion can have 8 Hotchkiss machine guns and 18 Shosha light machine guns!

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