400: Chapter 400 Zhao Fusu Wants to Participate in Military Operations

Zhao Fusu held high expectations for the Black Dragon Special Forces Brigade.

Therefore, he intended to equip the Black Dragon Special Forces Brigade with heavy machine guns.

Due to the Great Qin Empire's limited current productivity, it was impossible to produce overly advanced heavy machine guns.

The system was also aware of the Great Qin Empire's current productivity, so when Zhao Fusu signed in, the heavy machine gun blueprint he obtained was for the Type 92 heavy machine gun.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, even the entire Ninth Column had very few of these Type 92 heavy machine guns, which shows how scarce they were.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun was the main heavy machine gun of the Japanese Army during World War II; it was improved based on the French Hotchkiss machine gun and finalized in 1932, with a total production of about 45,000 units, of which over 30,000 were used in the war of aggression against China.

The Type 92 retained the gas-operated principle and air-cooled design of the Hotchkiss machine gun, but to adapt to the chamber pressure of the 7.7mm ammunition, it adopted a thickened barrel and dense cooling fins that accounted for 60% of the gun's total weight, causing the entire weapon, including the tripod, to weigh 55.3 kilograms.

Although the Type 92 was heavy, its barrel was covered with spiral cooling fins, eliminating the need for a water-cooling system and making it suitable for arid, cold, and water-scarce environments.

However, the Type 92 had limited cooling efficiency; after continuous firing, the barrel was prone to overheating and deformation, requiring professional tools to replace it with a spare barrel.

The Type 92's cooling design focused more on durability than sustained firepower, making it suitable for intermittent firing during defensive battles.

Of course, in the Great Qin, whether for close combat or shooting at long-range targets, it was a generational leap ahead!

The Type 92 heavy machine gun used a 30-round metal feed strip, had a relatively low jamming rate, and a rate of fire of only 120-200 rounds per minute.

This design stemmed from a philosophy of precision shooting; by lowering the rate of fire, accuracy was improved, with a hit rate of up to 70% at a distance of 200 meters.

It was equipped with an optical sight, such as the Type 96 telescopic sight, and combined with a weighted bolt, it could stabilize the center of gravity for firing, making it one of the most accurate heavy machine guns of World War II.

At over 800 meters, it could accurately engage and hit targets.

Equipping the Black Dragon Special Forces Brigade with the Type 92 heavy machine gun would greatly strengthen the brigade's firepower output!

Of course, it still had its drawbacks, namely that it was too heavy and not suitable for rapid movement.

Otherwise, Li Yunlong wouldn't have had to tearfully destroy the Type 92 heavy machine gun while retreating.

However, Zhao Fusu felt that, given that he monopolized firearms and others could only use cold weapons against him, the Type 92 heavy machine gun was definitely a lethal weapon!

Moreover, this Type 92 heavy machine gun was also suitable for city defense.

After taking down the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, it was absolutely impossible to assimilate them immediately.

It could only count as a military occupation.

By establishing military strongholds in the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions and placing Type 92 heavy machine guns on high ground, he could provide suppressive fire and greatly improve the security of the military strongholds!

Thinking about it this way, the importance of the Type 92 heavy machine gun was self-evident.

Zhao Fusu left all government affairs to the Congress.

He worked together with the military's R&D personnel to develop the Type 92 heavy machine gun.

Zhao Fusu didn't place much importance on government affairs; with Li Si there, he didn't need to worry much about the Great Qin Empire's administrative matters.

For Zhao Fusu, what he valued more was the Great Qin's military capability.

He would not forget how he had built his foundation.

Only with powerful military strength could he deter those with ulterior motives.

Inside the Great Qin Empire's military R&D base, Zhao Fusu led a group of top craftsmen and scholars, and after three months of arduous, round-the-clock research, he finally succeeded in developing the Type 92 heavy machine gun.

He looked at the Type 92 heavy machine gun with a satisfied expression.

This Type 92 heavy machine gun had an overall rigid and powerful appearance.

Its main body was crafted from high-quality steel specially made by the Great Qin Empire, with the surface finely polished, glistening with a cold and sharp metallic luster under the light.

The length of the gun body was moderate, the structure was compact and reasonable, and the connections between the various parts were seamless, demonstrating a very high level of craftsmanship.

The tripod design was ingenious and stable; it was made of high-quality steel, capable of effectively supporting the weight of the gun body to ensure stability during continuous firing.

The legs of the tripod were distributed in a triangular shape; this design greatly enhanced the stability of the heavy machine gun, allowing it to fire reliably in various complex terrains and harsh environments.

The tripod was also equipped with a flexible steering mechanism, allowing operators to easily adjust the firing angle and achieve precise strikes against targets in different directions.

Finally, the crucial moment for the Type 92 heavy machine gun's test firing arrived; everything was ready on the open test range.

Zhao Fusu personally arrived at the firing position, his expression focused, eyes fixed on the target ahead.

An ammunition feeder stood by, ready for action; after Zhao Fusu finished firing one feed strip, he would insert a brand-new 30-round strip into the slot, facilitating Zhao Fusu's next round of firing.

Zhao Fusu slowly gripped the handles of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, his finger resting lightly on the trigger.

Following a command, he decisively pulled the trigger.

In an instant, the heavy machine gun let out a deafening roar, tongues of fire spewed from the muzzle, and bullets shot toward the distant targets like meteors.

With every shot, the gun body would recoil slightly, but supported by the sturdy tripod, it maintained a good firing posture.

The ammunition feeder stared intently at the feed strip, and when it was about to run out, he immediately moved the new feed strip in his hand close to the gun body.

Once the bullets on the feed strip were exhausted, he pulled out the empty strip and inserted the new one, allowing Zhao Fusu to fire again.

During the continuous firing process, the Type 92 heavy machine gun demonstrated excellent performance.

Its rate of fire was stable and rapid, and the powerful firepower coverage left the distant targets riddled with holes in an instant.

At the same time, the precision was astonishing, with the vast majority of bullets accurately hitting the bullseye area.

As the test proceeded, Zhao Fusu and everyone present were full of confidence in the Type 92 heavy machine gun; they knew that this heavy machine gun would surely become another powerful asset to the Great Qin Empire's military strength!

After the successful development of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, Zhao Fusu realized that he had been neglecting hand grenades.

These hand grenades and fragmentation grenades had enormous lethality in close combat!

His special operations personnel in the Black Dragon Special Forces Brigade must be equipped with hand grenades.

Hand grenades were a branch of fragmentation grenades.

With the development of military technology, stick grenades were gradually being phased out due to their inconvenience in carrying—mainly because the long handle took up space—and modern armies were mostly equipped with handleless hand grenades.

Hand grenades were flexible and portable, small in volume, and light in weight, making them suitable for rapid throwing by individual soldiers, especially in close-quarters environments like street fighting and jungle warfare, where they allowed for quick reactions.

The shells of hand grenades were mostly made of cast iron or steel sheets.

The metal shell would be designed into a pre-fragmented structure, such as grooves or layers, which would be torn into hundreds of high-speed fragments by the explosive shockwave during detonation, reaching speeds of hundreds of meters per second, killing living targets through kinetic energy.

Zhao Fusu once again threw himself into the research and development of hand grenades.

After finalizing the hand grenade's shell and the gunpowder formula, the next step was the development of the fuze.

The fuze was a key component of the hand grenade, and its performance was directly related to the reliability and safety of the grenade.

The fuze adopted a trigger method combining mechanical and chemical means; after pulling the ring, the internal firing pin would strike the detonator after a certain delay, igniting the explosive.

To ensure the reliability of the fuze, Zhao Fusu conducted numerous simulated throwing tests, testing the triggering time and success rate of the fuze in different environments, and continuously optimizing the structure and parameters of the fuze.

After half a month of research and development, the first experimental hand grenade was finally completed.

Zhao Fusu personally picked up the hand grenade, pulled the ring, and threw it with force.

The hand grenade traced an arc in the air and landed accurately at the designated spot.

Following a loud bang, a powerful shockwave spread in all directions, a large crater was blown into the ground, and the surrounding trees were blasted with broken branches and fallen leaves.

"Not bad!"

After seeing this scene, Zhao Fusu revealed a satisfied smile.

Zhao Fusu decided to put it into mass production and quickly equip the Black Dragon Special Forces Brigade with it.

The corners of Zhao Fusu's mouth curled slightly; closing his eyes, he also knew that in the subsequent military operations to suppress bandits, the soldiers of the Black Dragon Special Forces Brigade, holding this new type of hand grenade, would unleash tremendous power on the battlefield.

He was wondering whether he should personally participate in the military operations.

One had to know that even though their weapons were excellent, in actual combat, there were too many variables, and accidents were unavoidable; it was still very dangerous.