Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Pika: "It is said that it is because the heirs of the Jon family did not trust them. The Jon family originally established this firearms factory in partnership with the royal family. Therefore, without the consent of the patriarch and heirs, those confidential weapon information parameters and other information are very difficult for outsiders to It’s hard to get.”

"Yes, the difficulty is not that great. It is said that not only the Jon family, but also the Lint family, the Duke family and the Merrill family use the same protection facilities. It is said that the people who can enter inside, except their family Except for the heirs, patriarchs, and representatives of the King of Spain, there is no possibility for outsiders to come into contact with this sensitive information. Although I don’t know if this is true, but I guess it is not groundless." Leeson is also serious about protecting secrets like this. The level of secrecy in Spain has to be lamented.

As president, Armand is naturally more aware of this information.

"Even so, we can also dig out those technicians from the side. If it doesn't work, we will not hesitate to threaten them with the lives of their families." In the future, it doesn't matter if the means are ruthless to achieve the goal. In his opinion, France's Profit is the most important thing, everything else is secondary.

Pica and Lison looked at each other, and they both saw that the other party had different thoughts from their own. Lison just wanted to put pressure on Spain, while Pica was trying to prevent France from turning against Spain. Armand just stopped him. The feud in Spain is now being carried out in Spain in this way. Pica feels that this is actually very bad. In his opinion, this is a bit like Lisson who suffered a loss just now and is now making up for it. Armand's status in his heart suddenly dropped a lot. And similarly, this so-called balancing technique seemed so ridiculous to him. [

Although Lisson wanted to see France and Spain at war, to be honest, he didn't want to see it in this way. However, some things were just like this, and he had no way to stop it. Moreover, his mission was related to The results obtained now are considered similar, so he will not be stopped. In this way, the views of the three people are somewhat unclear.

"Your Excellency, is this secret really that important that you are willing to pay so much to expose the person we arranged there?"

"Yes, go all out." Armand said with rare solemnity: "Now if the most popular, popular and advanced gun in the world is to be found, then it must be the Mauser gun of the German Empire. Although we are enemies, I can't I don’t admire the beautiful and practical design of their firearms, especially the latest Mauser Type 98 rifle, which is even more powerful.

What many people around the world may not know is that the German Empire’s status as the most powerful country with guns may be about to change hands.”

"Could it be, Spain?" A look of horror appeared on Leeson's face. This secret was definitely very shocking. If it was told by others, it would be fine. After hearing this, many people would just pretend it didn't exist. After all, they would believe it. There are absolutely few people. However, now that Dix-Armand, the French president, is it necessary to lie to them? A catastrophe is naturally impossible. The questions and answers just now have made it very clear. Pica also knows about this, which makes Li even more confused. Sen's heart trembled. Could it be that he had been suspected? He didn't even know such important news. In fact, he had wronged Armand, because this information was just a few days ago. Armand only said it when Pica was in Armand's office when he told him about the Dokra family. Pica didn't "know" it before.

"Yes, I have confirmed that Spain has developed a new type of firearm, which is said to be very powerful."

Pika: "Is it better than Mauser?"

Armand: "So to speak"

Leeson: "How does a machine gun compare to a Maxim machine gun?"

Armand: "Although there is no comparison, different functions have different functions. However, the machine gun itself is limited in its large-scale use. Therefore, the rifle is more suitable for us and can be widely used in today's army."

"Rifle?" Leeson asked in confusion.

"Yes, it is said that Spain has named it a semi-automatic rifle. It is said that as the number of people increases, the power increases."

"It's so powerful?" Both Lisen exclaimed. Suddenly, Lison thought of a question.

"President, are you sure you are here? Is this just developed in Spain?"

"This?" Armand hesitated.

Seeing Lissen like this, he didn't know what it meant, so he said: "Could it be that this time Spain also deliberately gave us news?"

"Deliberately giving us news?" The other two people were not themselves, so they naturally figured out what Lison wanted to say.

Pica couldn't help but ask: "You mean, the other party is intentionally giving us information, and then, like the previous aircraft, it can bring a Spanish trend to the world's arms sales. But, if this is the case, this Spain is too scary, right?”

Armand also nodded in disbelief, but after thinking about it again, it seems that this statement is not unreasonable. After all, the whole world is now rushing to buy Spanish bombers, and now, in this hot time, if Spain is going to release this semi-automatic rifle, it will be like pouring water into a boiling oil pan. It's boiling. [

Spain's arms sales will also be more recognized by society. As we all know, in the world now, the largest arms sales countries are the United Kingdom and the German Empire, and Spain originally followed closely because of orders from several South American countries. Finally, if we add the recent aircraft and this semi-automatic rifle, the third place can definitely sit firmly. Even because of the emergence of this semi-automatic rifle, the Mauser 98 of the German Empire was suppressed and became the world's second military. sales position.

As for first, some of the warships in Spain are now built in the UK, not to mention that almost all large warships in Japan and other European countries are built in the UK. Today, the only countries that can build large warships themselves are the UK, the German Empire, France, the United States, Spain, Italy, and Japan are just eight countries that have adopted British technology. Among them, British shipbuilding technology is the most developed. Because of this, even countries such as Spain, Italy, and Japan are still in the United Kingdom. Order the Dreadnought there. However, the construction cycle of a Dreadnought ship generally takes more than one year. Including water testing and commissioning, it will take at least one year in total, which means that it takes two years to get one. Now France can only purchase and build at most two ships a year, and they are built for itself. Spain can no longer build only two ships. Others, Japan and Italy, even took longer to build one.

It is precisely in this way that the violence of Britain's warship business has made Britain's world arms sales occupy the top position in the world, which is difficult for other countries to shake.

"President, tell me, Spain, are there any other weapons that have not been announced?" Lisson's words made Armand completely speechless now, because he even felt confused. Spain, are there really weapons that have not been announced? He looked to the north instead of the south, because today, Alfonso XIII has boarded the only Spanish dreadnought ship Alfonso XIII to visit Copenhagen, Denmark, to attend this world-famous meeting of European royal families. meetings between.

April 1909 is a year worth remembering, because in this month, many shocking things happened in the world. For example, the most sensational thing in the East was that Shanghainese Huo Yuanjia defeated the strong men from the West. event.

The famous Western strongman Opiyin came to Shanghai to perform his skills and declared that he would compete with the Chinese. Newspaper disclosures caused "an uproar in Shanghai", and then some martial arts colleagues immediately sent a letter inviting Hebei martial artist Huo Yuanjia to compete in Shanghai. Huo brought his student Liu Zhensheng to Shanghai, and made an appointment with Opiyin to set up a stage competition at Zhang's Shuanwei Garden on Jing'an Temple Road, and signed a life-and-death document with him. As the game approached, Opiyin quietly escaped and disappeared. At this time, two other boxers wanted to fight Huo. Huo Xianling competed with Liu Zhensheng, and the result was a win and a draw. The next day, Huo personally fought and defeated the boxer who was tied with Liu Saicheng. Later, he defeated a Japanese martial arts master living in Shanghai in a row, and Huo's reputation became great. In order to retain Huo's masters and apprentices to teach skills in Shanghai, martial arts enthusiasts planned to establish the "Jingwu Gymnastics School" in Huangjiazhai, Zhabei, with Huo as the chief teacher and Liu Zhensheng and Zhao Hanjie as teachers. Therefore, the Jingwu Sect was established. It has become the latest situation in the Far East that the world has paid attention to.

In the world, April 6, 1909 is also a memorable day for mankind, because on this day, American Arctic explorer Peary successfully reached the North Pole and became the first person in the world to reach the North Pole. . The North Pole is located in the middle of the Arctic waters of the Arctic Ocean. It is cold all year round, all types of ice floes are spread over a wide area, there is a lack of species and quantity of marine life, and the living environment is very harsh. It is precisely because of this that it attracts many explorers from around the world.

In addition to these, Spain participated in the war in the Arabian Peninsula and the world's first military aircraft appeared in Madrid. But just when everyone thought that April was coming to an end and could only wait for the European royal family gathering to be held in Benhagen, the capital of Denmark, on May 1st, unexpectedly, the world was shocked again. .

Because, it was at the original aircraft proving ground, April 29, 1909, the second to last day of this month. Spain has once again invited the world's media and ambassadors from all over the world in Madrid to participate in their military performance. At this military performance, Spain once again showed off their new weapon, a type of semi-automatic rifle that does not require Like a non-automatic rifle, you fire once and pull the bolt once.

It is not like a semi-automatic rifle that uses part of the gunpowder gas and recoil to eject the shell, automatically load the gun, and prepare to shoot again, but only one shot can be fired each time the trigger is pressed. It is a self-loading rifle. Its appearance temporarily even surpassed the appeal of the European royal meeting that was about to begin. In particular, it attracted governments and militaries of various countries as well as military enthusiasts and political enthusiasts. gaze.

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