Battle of the Third Reich

"This is our final bottom line, go tell them, you know what to say."

Xu Jun casually played with the brand new Mauser pistol in his hand, pressed down the insurance, and closed it again.

"Obey, my head of state. They will succumb, as can be seen from their performance in the negotiations over the past few days. They are under pressure from within the French parliament and they are eager to end this order. Feeling desperate for war."

Ribbentrop picked up the documents on the table respectfully with a smile on his face.

"We are the same, Ribbentrop. For every week of the French campaign, Germany will have to pay an extra 27 million marks, and the consumption of supplies is astronomical. We can’t afford to delay it, I don’t want to waste those precious resources and time in such a place."

Xu Jun opened the barrel of the Mauser pistol, and a shiny brass bullet jumped out of the magazine and fell on a table covered with green velvet cloth.

"I understand, my head of state. Please be assured that I will let them accept all our conditions before the deadline you give me."

Ribbentrop put away his signature flattering smile and said solemnly.

"Then so, Mr. Ribbentrop. I look forward to your success."

Xu Jun nodded, then lifted his chin towards the door.

"This is my glory, my head."

Ribbentrop bowed respectfully and turned back to the door before leaning back and walked out.

"My head of state, Marshal von Blumberg has arrived, are you going to see him now?" the handsome adjutant reported at the door.

"Oh, please invite him in."

Xu Jun put down the pistol and stood up to pull the shirt tightly.

"Obey, my head of state. General, head of state please invite you in."

With the sound of crisp leather boots, the former German army commander strode into the office.

"Good morning, my head."

Blumberg lifted the marshal's staff spiritedly to salute Xu Jun.

"Good morning, Marshal. Please sit here."

Xu Jun smiled and turned out from behind the desk and enthusiastically led Blumberg to the couch in the corner of the office.

"Eric, please bring a pot of tea. By the way, and chocolate, the kind you gave me yesterday."

Xu Jun turned back to the adjutant who was standing at the door waiting to be ordered.

"Follow your orders, please wait a moment, my head, Your Excellency Marshal."

Disenhau Finley turned and retreated.

"How did you rest this time, my marshal, I hope you have recovered."

Xu Jun smiled and said to Blumberg.

"The rest is good, my head of state. During this time I have traveled all over Paris. My condition has never been better. I am confident that I can complete any task you have given me." Blumberger smiled. Answered.

"That's really great. By the way, I heard that you and Marshal Brauchic often go fishing, and what happened."

Xu Jun opened the cigar box on the table and pulled out a cigar.

"Oh, yes, my head of state. I have found a very good pond with General Brauchich and General Bock, and we will go fishing there as soon as we have free time. Both Brauchich and I are experts and can often return fully. Bok is not very good at this, he has good marksmanship while hunting, and his fishing skills are far worse."

Blumberg diligently picked up the lighter on the table and lit Xu Jun's cigar.

"I really want to go with you, but unfortunately my work is too busy. Alas, time is too precious for me now. To be honest, I will soon forget when the last fishing was."

Xu Jun scratched his head with a wry smile, raised his face and spit out a cloud of smoke at the ceiling.

"My head, Germany will remember your hard work for her, and you will be recorded in history."

Blumberg solemnly said.

"Maybe, my marshal."

Xu Jun stood up and walked to the desk.

"I have a plan and I want to hear your opinion. By the way, have you seen Mauser's newly improved standard pistol?"

"No, my head."

Bloomberg stood up and answered.

"Please sit down, my marshal."

Xu Jun picked up a document at the table and the Mauser pistol and walked to Bloomberg.

"Very good improvement."

Xu Jun removed the pistol magazine and handed the pistol to Blumberg.

"I call it Mauser 1940 pistol, except for the key parts, most of them are changed to stamping parts. Mauser simplified his production process and used a lot of new alloy materials. This gun is now more than the previous model. It's more than a hundred grams lighter. And... you see here, they added a mechanical reducer to it. You have to open the gun handle to see it. Isn't it a clever design? I heard it is Spanish. I made it first.

Now the gun's rate of fire is automatically controlled at 320 shots per minute, which allows soldiers to better control the accuracy of hits in bursts. And if you look at its caliber, nine millimeters, use the Barabelum pistol. Although the penetration of the target is worse than the original Mauser pistol, the lethality is increased. And because it uses the same bullet as the mp38 submachine gun and p38 pistol we equipped, it can reduce the pressure on our logistics supply. "

Xu Jun explained to Blumberg with excitement, just like a child who wanted to show off after getting a new toy.

"My head, the tea and chocolate you want."

Disenhofen approached recently with a trolley.

"Just put it here, let me know if General Weiler comes."

"Obey, my head."

Disenhofen gave Xu Jun and Blumberg a cup of green tea each and then quit the office cautiously.

"Come on, my marshal, this is Chinese green tea sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I heard that they spent a lot of effort to get this. There is also this chocolate, which also tastes very good."

Xu Jun picked up the green tea in front of him and gently blew the tea leaves on the water.

"Thank you, my head of state. It looks good, it's a good gun."

Blumberg's attention had all been drawn to the pistol. He skillfully pulled the bolt, opened the insurance, fired a few times, and then took the magazine from Xu Jun and looked at it seriously.

"However, I personally think that this pistol is a bit larger as a gun, and I don't know how it will be used in actual combat."

"My Excellency Marshal is really experienced, and I have hit the point in one sentence."

Xu Jun took the pistol from Blumberg and installed the magazine.

"I have previously distributed my early Cyprus model Mauser pistols to the soldiers of the Cypriot legion. They used this pistol to participate in the actual combat in the late French campaign. From the perspective of the use in the battle, the Mauser automatic pistol basically played Good, the soldiers are satisfied with its single shot accuracy.

But, as you said, the soldiers felt that this pistol was too bulky, inconvenient to carry, and too heavy. Although the firepower of the automatic burst fire is very violent, but due to the high rate of fire and the limited amount of ammunition, it cannot maintain the durability of the firepower.

To this end, I had a meeting with several experts from the Mauser Ordnance Factory a month ago and put forward suggestions for improvement. So they made the pistol now. "

Xu Jun put the pistol on the table.

"Regarding the issue of the distribution of standard pistols for infantry, I and Minister Tot of the Ministry of Defence Needs exchanged views many times during this period. After drawing opinions from various quarters, I think Browning from Belgium The high-power pistol is more in line with our requirements. Todd’s side seems to be more inclined to p38, but he was finally convinced by me. Now the staff of the Ministry of Defense and the Quartermaster are consulting with Belgium on this matter. I hope that our soldiers will get the excellent military pistol as soon as possible."

Xu Jun said with a smile.

"My head, that gun?"

Blumberg asked doubtfully.

"This is for air force pilots and armored crews. They don’t need to make large movements and have enough space to carry this pistol. More importantly, they especially need a compact and powerful self-defense weapon. . We previously assigned mp38 submachine guns to tank drivers, but compared to tank troops, infantry forces have a more urgent need for submachine guns, especially when our submachine gun production is seriously insufficient."

"You are right, my head of state. I also think that the use of automatic weapons has a very important role in improving the combat effectiveness of troops."

Blumberg nodded and agreed.

"I am very pleased that you can have such a vision, my marshal. In contrast, the stone heads of the bureaucratic bureaucracy of the Quartermaster Department are almost desperate, and their performance has made me more and more disappointed."

Xu Jun strangled the cigar in his hand.

"It seems that we have a common language for automatic weapons, and I still have a lot of ideas in this regard, we can discuss it well."

Xu Jun picked up the file aside.

"Now let’s talk about the business, my marshal. How much do you know about China."

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