Chapter 124 Visiting the Military Factory
In fact, just as those military industry experts expected, Arthur's reward was very generous, and everyone received a check of two thousand pounds.
Although this also includes outstanding talents and researchers like German experts, their salaries are also very generous, and their annual income can reach hundreds or even thousands of pounds.
But this doesn’t mean that these people don’t like money, not to mention that they still get several years of salary in vain?
Needless to say, Australian military industry experts, although many of them came to Australia from the United Kingdom, their salaries are not very high, with an average income of only more than three hundred pounds. A check of two thousand pounds is of great benefit to them. That’s six or seven years of income.
In fact, Arthur does not need to give so much. He can give different bonuses to German experts and Australian military experts.
But Arthur didn't do that. First of all, a check of two thousand pounds per person is not too much. Even if all Australian military industry experts are included, the reward will not cost more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Secondly, both German and Australian experts have put in a lot of effort and effort in imitating the M1897 automatic artillery, and it is impossible for Arthur to treat them differently.
Furthermore, these German military experts will return to Germany once the time stipulated in the aid treaty has passed. There are only a handful, if not none, who can continue to work in Australia.
But these Australian experts are different. After they came to Australia from the UK, they can already be regarded as real Australians.
They serve Arthur and Australia and are the future hope for the rise of Australia's military industry.
Satisfying them and gaining their allegiance was what Arthur really wanted. After the German military industry experts leave, these Australian experts will be the real backbone of the Australian military industry.
Now Arthur has high hopes for what these Australian experts can learn from German experts.
If we can learn some of the essence of German military industry from German experts, Australia's military industry will also have hope of rising.
After the check distribution that made everyone happy, Arthur and the military industry experts came to the military factory to visit the manufacturing process of the replica M1897 automatic artillery and at the same time look at the simple production line that the military industry experts had already built.
"So now we have fully mastered the imitation technology of this artillery, right? Both its design principle and construction technology have been fully studied and mastered?" Listening to the introductions of these experts, After a long time, Arthur asked aloud.
"For now, yes, Your Highness. After disassembling the artillery and its ammunition, we have basically mastered the design principles and construction process of the artillery. The two imitation artillery were built one to one. It is precisely because of this that the imitation artillery can achieve the same output frequency as the original artillery, which is basically the same." The German expert nodded and replied.
Arthur turned his head and looked at the Australian expert. After receiving a confirmed answer from the Australian expert, Arthur continued to ask: "What is the production speed of this production line now? How long does it take to produce a cannon?"
Now that we have fully mastered the principles and construction technology, and have conducted experiments on the imitation artillery, and have determined that the imitation artillery has no problems with firepower output and stability, the next step must be mass production and deployment into the army.
The M1897 automatic artillery is one of the artillery with the most powerful firepower output at present, and it is also the crystallization of French artillery technology.
Arthur would like to see the troops equipped earlier, especially under the important joint that the Australian army has just been reorganized. "Your Highness, the current production method requires a lot of manual participation, and even a large number of experts are involved. This has greatly reduced the production efficiency of the artillery. In order to produce these two artillery pieces, we used more than a dozen experts to participate. Here In each case it took nearly a week," the German expert explained.
"So if we want to mass-produce artillery, we have to wait until we establish a complete artillery production line. This time will not be too long, but it will take at least about a month."
After hearing the explanation from the German expert, Arthur nodded to express his understanding.
"Is there still room for improvement on this artillery? Can such semi-automatic technology be applied to other artillery?" Arthur asked with a little curiosity.
The French are ahead of the world in automatic artillery technology. Even though many of the military experts in Arthur's arsenal came from the UK, the most advanced automatic artillery technology they had was only the CA-1 cannon on a 37mm gun.
Although this small-caliber automatic artillery fires very fast, it can even reach the terrifying sixty rounds per minute, which is one shell per second.
But it also has a very big shortcoming, that is, it is only suitable for killing facilities and troops with simple protection, and is not suitable for capturing cities and fortresses.
This kind of machine gun generally has two important uses. In addition to being used for defensive position warfare, it is also used to install on aircraft that have not yet been born to enhance the lethality in the air.
Arthur's intention was exactly the same. Installing small-caliber machine guns on bombers would become a nightmare for ground troops.
The artillery that can truly equip the army and become a killer weapon must be large and medium-caliber artillery.
The power and lethality of large-caliber artillery are not only suitable for defensive position warfare, but also suitable for siege and land siege.
Perhaps the only thing that can deal with a solid shield like a fortress is a sharp spear like a large-caliber howitzer.
If automatic artillery technology can be applied to medium-caliber or even large-caliber artillery, it will be a huge improvement in the firepower of the artillery. It will also be possible to use fewer artillery to form an artillery unit with more powerful firepower.
Just imagine, if large-caliber artillery can use automatic artillery technology, ten giant artillery guns that can fire ten rounds per minute are enough to exert the power of dozens of large-caliber artillery jointly fired.
Not only can fewer artillery units be used to produce more powerful fire suppression, but it is also a devastation to the enemy's military morale and belief.
Nowadays, the cost of each artillery piece is high. Being able to use fewer artillery pieces to produce more powerful fire suppression is also a relief for the finances.
These saved military expenses can also be used in other aspects, and purchasing more other equipment can further enhance the combat effectiveness and morale of the troops.
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