Chapter 173 Arms Trading!
"Our Confederacy will definitely not be like you said!" President Davis retorted with a blushing face.∈↗
He can tolerate other things, but he can't stand it if you say that the country is about to be finished, he can't stand it. He is the commander.
However, Gatlin didn't care about this at all now, as if he was about to sagging Davis's other half of his face, and Gatlin took a sip of tea slowly.
"You..." Davis could hardly bear it!
Yes, in fact, the conversation has not collapsed yet, and Davis has not shown any extreme performance. So what does this mean?
Gatling felt it was almost done, and the guy smiled and said, "Mr. President, it's useless to be anxious now. You are unhappy with my words, either, because that's the case now! The soldiers of the Confederate were defeated in Gettysburg, the most tragic battle in the history of the American continent, which hurt the Confederate's vitality! Isn't what I said? I believe you know better than me!"
"..." Davis had no way to deny this.
However, Gatling's trip was not to anger President Davis. He just listened to him: "Mr. President, and I can help the Dixie people now!"
"Can you help?" Davis actually held this hope from the beginning, but he really didn't know who could help the South now.
"Of course! I came here to help the South!" Gatling's attitude suddenly became sincere this time. "Mr. President, the most obvious problem in the South is now, that is, the military disadvantage. How did this disadvantage cause this disadvantage? We cannot blame General Robert Lee, because without him, we lost the war early in the morning! In fact, we must not blame him. Because our disadvantages are actually multifaceted, and we must admit that in terms of strength, we are not as good as Yankees."
"..." Davis didn't say anything, because he knew about these things, and Gatling said 'we' at once. This...
Gatlin continued: "The most obvious thing is that in terms of industry, most of the weapons in our soldiers come from the north, and the things we produce ourselves are still very ordinary, but now, the Yankees have better guns. Mr. President, you must have heard of some Northern soldiers, 'They can fire for a week after they load', right?"
Can I get a week of loading?
Of course, this is an exaggeration. But in fact, this is what the Southern soldiers describe the northern troops they encountered, which are equipped with rear-mounted rifles. For example, Burnside rifles, Henry rifles, etc. These rifles can fire several rounds after loading, which is much stronger than front-mounted rifles.
"That idiot Burnside!" Davis cursed. The Burnside he mentioned was the guy who invented the Burnside rifle, that is, the unlucky guy.
Yes, the arsenal that Li Mengyang bought before was bought by Burnside. His invention was cheaper than Li Mengyang, but Burnside was not completely unlucky, because he was famous for this kind of rifle, and Lincoln appointed him as a senior official.
In the previous Battle of Furburg, Burnside was even the supreme commander. However, this guy was not bad to invent a weapon, but he didn't seem to have won the battle. Anyway, he had failed for several times.
However, Lincoln is also very interesting. This guy likes people who know how to do things and appointed these individuals as generals, and the other one is Dalgren of the Navy.
However, although Burnside himself suffered all his defeat, the rifles he invented were really helpful to the northern army. Even Burnside’s copycat products and Sharps rifles were very useful.
Why did Gatlin carry a gun?
He continued: "Yanks took advantage of weapons! And now because we consumed too much before, many soldiers came with new tricks, and their operation of rifles was simply not up to standard!"
Gatling is the truth. Davis knows that the current rifle operation is very troublesome, especially the mainstream equipment in the south, Springfield rifle. The fire cap of this rifle is very problematic and must be very accurate to actually shoot.
At this time, the rifles, especially the Springfield rifle, continued the previous fire hat design, and they became more and more complicated. The fire hat is a thing that ignites, but now they use a paper gun that Li Mengyang played when he was a child. It just hits and shoots it. However, Springfield's fire hat is a piece of paper, which is really a paper gun, but you have to be right and very accurate to inspire this paper.
This is why, in the Battle of Furburg, there were several rows of people on a position, and only the front row could fire the gun, while the people behind were loading bullets for him and aiming at the paper cannon, because this was efficient.
A few people serve a gun, but there is no way. This kind of gun is cheap, and this kind of gun is still traditional. You should know that the flintlock rifle is actually something made by watchmakers. Watchmakers, their skills are very outstanding, but the higher the things they make, the more complex they are.
Gatlin naturally knows this kind of gun very well. He is a weapon expert himself, but today he is not only complaining about old weapons.
"Mr. President, you may not know how unproficient soldiers on the front line are in operating rifles. I have a report here, you can read it, and after reading it, you should understand."
"Report?" Davis looked confused. As the president of the Southern government, did he not understand anything about the Battle of Gettysburg?
Gatling took out a piece of paper. The document seemed to have little content, just a piece of paper. However, when Davis took it and looked at it, his face changed drastically!
What is written on it?
In fact, it is some undetailed data, but only these data are too amazing!
"In the post-war cleaning of Gettysburg, more than 37,000 rifles were found, most of which were lost and discarded by the Southern Army. Among them, there were 24,000 rifles, including bullets, including about 6,000 rifles with one warhead, and 12,000 rifles with two warheads. The largest rifle was stuffed with 23 warheads..."
Yes. It's such a report. This should be the report of the victorious Northern Army when they were cleaning the battlefield. As for the numbers, it's normal, because from the perspective of time, if you can get such a report at this time, it must be the initial report, which means that it's naturally impossible to be too accurate, but...
Davis's old face turned pale and blushing, sometimes red, and finally purple... At first he was angry, then turned into shame and anger. In the end, I really didn't know where this face was put!
Yes, the quality of soldiers in the south is too poor, right? They can actually compete with 23 warheads in one gun. What are such a guy thinking? Who are they?
To be honest, Davis has already praised God in his heart, and the Confederacy has not been defeated today. It is really not easy, and this is definitely God's blessing!
However, Gatlin could actually get such a report. This guy...or the rebels behind him are very powerful!
Davis is worthy of being the president, he is not an idiot.
As for this report, it was naturally obtained by the New Tang Empire in the United States, and it was also some of the personnel who remained in the east by Li Mengyang. Of course, the deaf people at the Galaudett School were deaf people, and they also participated in the civil war. In many cases, they had almost no defense against them, so it was naturally not difficult to get a battlefield report.
Gatlin's trip was naturally Li Mengyang's instruction, but he obtained this report later. He was supposed to send it to the empire, but he took it first.
Because this report is really helpful to Gatling's mission on this trip!
He only heard him say, "Mr. President! We should not blame our soldiers! They are brave enough to kill the enemy in front of us, and they have contributed a lot! We should blame those weapons manufacturers! They have not designed a qualified and convenient weapon!"
"..." Having said this, Davis naturally understood everything, "So, Mr. Gatlin, do you have a good weapon?"
Davis is not stupid. He knows what this guy Gatling does, and he has ruined so many lips and tongues. Do you still understand the purpose? However, until now, Davis seems to have no other way. Why not just listen to Gatling's advice.
"Of course!" Gatlin no longer concealed his feelings at this time. He said everything he should say. Now it depends on the real thing. "I don't know, can I demonstrate it for Mr. President?"
Because it is a weapon, it is still the residence of a president of a country, so it is not easy for you to bring it in directly.
"No problem!" What else does Davis disagree?
Not long after, Gatlin asked his servant to bring a long box, which was opened and a rifle appeared in front of Davis.
It is the revolver that Li Mengyang created!
"Sir President, you see, just stuff the bullets we produce from this place, it's very simple, and then turn on the insurance. Well, you can aim and shoot whatever you want, absolutely means shooting wherever you want... Of course, after all the bullets are exhausted, you have to pour out the shell inside, use force and force, see, it's out?"
The operation of this rifle is naturally simple and clear, and has been improved several times. It can be said that it is already an excellent weapon.
"..." Davis just operated it a few simple times, and then he sighed very emotionally: "You guys won New York with this thing back then?"
"That's right!" Gatlin did not shy away at all. "This kind of rifle was invented by His Majesty Clint. Li. It can be said that even children can operate it. It is convenient and simple, light and easy to carry..."
Gatlin has become a salesman, and he is talking about the advantages of this weapon.
"But..." Davis still struggled a little, "If we in the South do this business with you, then..."
But, this is the problem.
Gatlin said: "Mr. President, I am from the South! Moreover, our business can pass through a middleman..."
"Intermediate?" Davis's pupils have become bigger. If there are intermediaries, then this transaction is OK! (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!