Chapter 123 Artillery Development Successful
Hearing what Arthur said, Benz and Diesel nodded with relief, no longer worried as before.
The issue of funding doesn't matter. They just hope that the car they jointly invented can go to the world. At least in the history of cars, they can leave a big name. This is also their desire to do scientific research.
Doesn't a pure scientist just want to make some contribution to mankind and the world, and at the same time leave his name in history and be remembered by future generations?
This is exactly the case for Benz and Diesel. They don't care about their own interests and funds. What they care about is whether they can produce research results and whether they can have no regrets in their research career.
Moreover, it is Arthur who holds the most shares in the automobile factory. After the automobile factory gives up part of its profits, Arthur will naturally suffer the most losses.
Arthur didn't care about the loss of his own profits, so what did Benz worry about?
Anyway, Arthur will provide normal research funds. His net worth has reached hundreds of thousands of pounds, and he has an income of hundreds of pounds every month. What else does Benz have to worry about?
Although they want to share their technology, the inventors and owners of the technology are still Benz and Diesel.
As long as the ownership of the core technology of the car is still in his own hands, Benz has no problem.
After returning from Benz Automobile Factory, Arthur was planning to send people to the United Kingdom and Germany at some point to unite local noble forces and even the royal family to directly finalize the matter of the United Automobile Factory.
Unexpectedly, another thing happened, that is, experts from the military factory and German military industry experts spent more than six months to finally figure out the technology of the M1897 automatic artillery, and they have already copied two artillery pieces and are waiting for them. Take Arthur to inspect.
The M1897 automatic artillery is one of the best-performing artillery pieces of this era, and it is also one of the main artillery pieces widely equipped by the Australian army.
Being able to master the technology of the M1897 automatic artillery and successfully copy it is good news for the German Empire and Australia.
After all, this is a product of France and the main artillery of France. Germany's ability to master its performance and data will also be helpful in future wars.
Needless to say, Australia will naturally become the second artillery piece in Australia to master automatic technology, and it will be far more powerful than the CA-1 machine gun.
The CA-1 machine gun is more likely to cause damage to soldiers and troops, and at most it can only threaten positions and facilities with weak protection.
For those fortresses made of reinforced concrete, the power of the CA-1 machine gun is pitifully small. Even if hundreds of artillery bombardments are fired continuously, it may not be enough to shake a solid fortress.
The M1897 automatic artillery can make up for this shortcoming to a certain extent and can cause damage in a wider range and with greater power.
Of course, what can really restrain those solid fortresses are the large-caliber howitzers and giant artillery produced by Germany.
Although such artillery is not good-looking in terms of hit rate, its actual power is very effective. As long as it is not a few fortresses with abnormal protection, it can effectively destroy others.
After receiving the news, Arthur drove to the military factory, intending to see the power of the imitation artillery in person.
At the entrance of the military factory, Australian experts and German experts stood in two rows and had been waiting for some time.
The Australian experts were excited, and the German experts were also smiling. It was obvious that they were satisfied with the success of the artillery imitation.
After a brief chat, Arthur took everyone to the barren hills behind the arsenal. This large mountainous area has been designated as the scope of the military factory, and its actual function is to test the power and performance of the weapons produced by the military factory.
Of course, in order to ensure that no accidents occur, the barren hills are inspected every time before conducting experiments to ensure that no Australians have sneaked into them.
As for the wild animals on the mountains, we can't control them. Anyway, Australia is vast and sparsely populated, and there are plenty of wild animals.
In the temporary artillery position, a total of three artillery pieces stood quietly in the position.
The one in the middle is the original M1897 automatic cannon, and the ones on both sides are imitation cannons.
The Australian expert introduced: "Your Highness, the two artillery we have imitated so far are identical in appearance and design to the original M1897 artillery. Even the two kinds of ammunition that the artillery comes with, 5.3kg high-explosive shells and 7.24kg We have also imitated fragmentation shells. At present, the power of the two imitation artillery shells is basically the same. As long as we are sure that there are no problems with our imitation artillery, we can officially enter the production stage." Arthur nodded and said:
" Are you ready for the experiment? If you are, let's start!"
"Yes, Your Highness."
The artillerymen stepped forward and began to operate the artillery skillfully.
It can be seen from their proficiency that they already had sufficient understanding of the operation of this artillery before this experiment, so that accidents could be avoided.
Following an order, the three artillery pieces fired at the same time. Even though the artillery reloading speeds were almost the same, the three artillery pieces actually maintained a relative balance, loading shells and firing shells at exactly the same frequency.
This is still rare for imitation weapons. After all, they are imitations, and there will often be differences in performance, especially the first generation of imitations.
The two artillery imitated by the military factory can now achieve the same output frequency as the original M1897 artillery, which is enough to show how successful this imitation is.
Arthur is not so arrogant as to think that this is all the work of Australian experts. Even if there are Australian experts involved, at least half of it is due to German experts.
"It's incredible. The imitation artillery is basically the same as the original artillery. You did a good job!" Arthur said to all the military researchers.
"Whether you are Australian or German scientific research experts, you have all made huge contributions to Australia. Naturally, the royal family will not treat you heroes badly. Later, each of you will receive a check from the Australian Royal Bank. This is a tribute to you. The reward for these six months of hard work." Arthur said with a smile.
Using a sum of money to exchange for the goodwill of all experts and the complete technology of the M1897 automatic artillery, this transaction is profitable no matter how you think about it.
What's more, Australia will also directly master the technology to produce this artillery, which is much faster than using its own technology to research production methods.
Hearing Arthur's words, smiles appeared on everyone's faces again.
Although we are all scientific researchers, there is no reason to refuse the free money. What's more, as the Duke of Australia, Arthur's rewards will naturally be huge.
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