Chapter 196: The struggle of Montenegro

Montenegro
Since the outbreak of the Near East War, this small projectile nation has boiled, and the country has been fully mobilized in the first place, and men, women, and children have joined the battle.
The people of Montenegro are proud. They are the only people in the Balkans who have not surrendered to the Ottomans. For centuries, they have rushed to the front line against the Ottoman Empire.
This is a country where all the people are soldiers. The government does not require the government to force it, and the people spontaneously took up weapons and returned to the establishment.
Skutai is right in front of me. I don't know how many times the Montenegrins hit here. This is different from the past. This will give them a great chance of winning.
Not long ago, they and Austria successfully joined forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The problem of restricting their weapons and ammunition was solved, and the combat effectiveness of the Montenegrin army increased greatly.
Montenegro Army Command
Commander-in-chief Mirkov said cautiously: "Just received a notice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Horstar Arsenal is coming to test a batch of weapons.
Russridge, you take a company with you to protect the safety of your Austrian friends. You must not let them make any mistakes. "
It is forbidden by Mirkov that every rifle and every bullet of the Principality of Montenegro is provided by Austria.
Austria has now replaced the Russians as one of their most important allies, none of them.
At this time, Austria required to test weapons on the battlefield, and they were naturally unable to refuse.
For Montenegro, a poor and poor country, it doesn't matter how well the weapon performs, as long as it is useful. Now testing weapons for Austria, you can earn a lot of weapons and equipment, in their opinion it is profitable.
As for the risk of using new weapons, is it possible to use cold weapons to fight Ottomans?
The number of equipment tested in actual combat is not small. For example, in this rifle test, the Hordas Arsenal directly shipped 500 new rifles. Equipped with two Montenegro infantry battalions, they will be put into this war for actual combat testing.
Lassridge said with a sad face: "The Austrians are here again. His Excellency Commander, can you change jobs for someone else, and I want to hit the Ottomans?"
Although Ras Ridge is only a regiment commander, the number of Montenegro troops is small, and he has become a high-ranking officer.
Watching his colleagues playing on the front line, he became a full-time guard of the Austrian delegation because he could speak German. He has sent three batches of weapons observation missions.
As a Montenegro, how can it be difficult to fight? After finally having a chance, the result was obscured by the unexpected weapon test.
Mirkov glared at him and said solemnly: "Don't talk to me about the situation, this matter has not been discussed. If the test is successful, we can pick up another 500 rifles and a batch of ammunition, which can save the country. Tens of thousands of shields. "
When it comes to funding, Russridge has nothing to say. Tens of thousands of Austrian guilders may not seem like much, but for Montenegro, this is their fiscal revenue for a month or two.
Weapon tests are not always successful. Many weapons and equipment are very superior in performance during the shooting experiments. Once they reach the battlefield, various problems are exposed.
In order to encourage domestic arsenals to develop new weapons, the actual cost of actual testing is now the responsibility of the Austrian government.
Austrian major arsenals took this opportunity to send a variety of weapons to the battlefield for testing.
Actual combat tests not only test weapon performance, but also include logistic maintenance, difficulty of weapon operation on the battlefield, and so on.
There are successes, but more failures. Many weapons have very high lethality, that is, the performance on the battlefield is not stable enough; or if the performance is stable, the maintenance cost is too high.
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Along the way, Holman-Styron was very shocked. The Principality of Montenegro is completely a soldier. With a promise of 20,000 troops, he can be sure that the Montenegrins have completed their tasks in excess.
Young and old, as long as they are active, are serving the war. He saw that the supplies to the front line were being passed forward from village to village, just like a relay race.
I can hardly see the young and strong, from the beginning to the end, by the old, weak women and children. The old ones are about to lose their teeth. The little ones are still a few years old and are busy.
"Mr. Rathridge, what about the young people in your country?" Holman-Stellen asked in confusion.
Lasridge took it for granted: "All on the battlefield!"
It seemed that Holman-Stellen didn't understand much, and Rusrich added:
"This is our homeland. There is no danger. The logistics are all transported by the people. After another period of time, we can see our army."
Holman-Stellen didn't say anything, but just silently wrote down what he saw in his notebook and moved on.
After arriving at the front, Holman-Styron also found a female soldier. Apparently for this war, the Principality of Montenegro has bet on the National Games, and they have all the chips.
This Near East War was just a cheap local war for Austria. The final result of the war was nothing more than the gains of Austria. Anyway, the Ottomans dare not retaliate.
For the Russians, it is only a strategic battle, and it is not enough for life and death. The Russians have not reached a desperate level.
After losing for a few more decades, the Russians lost a lot and the Russian-Turkish war fought so many times.
Only the Principality of Montenegro gambled on the National Games. Victory develops and grows, and defeat loses everything.
Holman-Stellen understands the Montenegrin approach, and their hatred with the Ottomans is inexorable. For hundreds of years, this was their closest to victory.
The Ottoman Empire was declining, and now it was at war with Austria and Russia at the same time. If it were not for British and French intervention, the war would be over.
This kind of opportunity, of course, Montenegrins have to bet. As a Balkan nation, if you dare not gamble on the National Games, is it still the Balkan nation?
The only pity is that Montenegro's population is too small. If there are 10 million people, not only 5 million people, they can drive the Ottomans out of the Balkan Peninsula and build their empire.
Thinking of this, Holman-Styron smiled slightly. If Montenegro had such a large population, they would not be allies of Austria.
The entire Balkan Peninsula has a population of more than 13 million, and a small portion of it is in Istanbul.
The remaining areas have two million in Bulgaria, nearly one million in the Kingdom of Greece, more than 900,000 in Serbia, more than one million in the two Principalities of the Danube, more than one million in Macedonia, hundreds of thousands in Albania, and BiH Hundreds of thousands of regions.
No matter how hard the Principality of Montenegro works, their population limit determines their upper limit of development.
Impossible to be a threat to Austria, then everyone can be good friends. For example, support the development of the Principality of Montenegro to the Albany region, support a nail, and prevent the Balkans from being unified.
Holman-Styron shook his head and dispelled those thoughts. This is a question that politicians should consider. He has considered this as a weapon designer, and has already caught the world.
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The war soon began, and Holman-Stellen and his party watched in the telescope as the Montenegrin army launched an attack on the Ottoman positions.
The fire was roaring and flesh flew.
These Holman-Styrons didn't bother to pay attention, he was observing the actual combat ability of the new rifle, and smiled from time to time.
When the rifle is fired, the casualties of soldiers equipped with these new rifles are obviously much smaller because they can be loaded upside down.
Although the combat lethality is slightly lower, the advantage of higher hit rates in close combat makes up for this shortcoming.
As long as you hit the enemy within effective range, you can achieve effective killing. This is not a sniper rifle. The chance of hitting the enemy from a long distance is too small, and the lethality is not important.
The first round of testing was considered a success, and Holman-Stellen was relieved. As long as the standards were met in the subsequent maintenance, even if the requirements were initially met.
Compared to Holman-Stellen's satisfaction, Lasridge next to him frowned. With more contacts with the Austrian Weapons Test Mission, he also inevitably learned some professional knowledge.
"Mr. Holman, is the ammunition consumption of this rifle too large? Have you noticed that its high hit rate is actually based on the ammunition consumption."
Holman-Stellen involuntarily asked, "Is the ammunition consumption high?"
Russridge replied affirmatively: "Of course, the ordinary rifle usually fires two or three rounds per minute, and this rifle can shoot ten or so rounds per minute.
In other words, the ammunition consumption has increased several times, but the hit rate has only increased slightly. Of course, our casualties have decreased a bit.
Such a gun is too expensive to use, anyway, we can't afford it. I am afraid its manufacturing cost will not be low. "
Holman-Styron nodded, and recorded all of this in his notebook. The ammunition consumption is too large and it is very deadly in the war, which means that the logistics supply is more difficult.
For the Principality of Montenegro, such rifle rifles are too expensive, and they cannot afford to support them, whether they are financial or industrial, and they are not equipped.
However, it is not necessary for Austria. The consumption of ammunition of this strength has not exceeded the limit.
The birth of the rifle also meant that the cost of war had increased, and the power gap between the industrially powerful and the weak countries had been widened again.
Without strong industrial power, it will simply not be able to support the consumption of terrorist ammunition in future wars.
If the warring parties replaced the rifle in this war, the Russians would not be able to sustain it.
Putting it all together, Russia and Austria are not really rivals of Britain and France. It is still able to bear, in addition to preparing in advance, there is also the ammunition consumption of the rifle is not so large.
"Mr. Russridge, I can see that you are very experienced in weapon testing and have no interest in joining our team. The salary will definitely satisfy you." Holman-Stellen invited
Testing weapons on the battlefield is a high-risk job. In this job, I don't know when, I will be hit by a stray bullet that doesn't know where to come from.
High risk is naturally accompanied by high income, at least several times higher than the salary of the head of the Principality of Montenegro, Ras Ridge.
No, it could be dozens of times. Due to financial difficulties, the officers and men of the Principality of Montenegro are treated very low, and most of the time they are not leading the army.
This is not coercion, but the voluntary abandonment of the army. Unless the family really can't make it through, they usually give up their salary.
Lasridge refused with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Holman. But I don't think so, it's not a question of money.
There are many things in this world that are more important than money. Now that my country is fighting the Ottomans in blood, hundreds of years of shame require us to wash with blood.
For me, to defeat the Ottoman Empire is the goal of my life. If this goal is achieved, I will reconsider life. "
Holman-Stellen bowed and said, "Mr. Rasridge, please forgive me for taking the liberty. You are a real soldier and you should not be insulted by money."
At this moment, Holman-Stellen really recognized Russ Ridge, or the Montenegro.
Maybe they are not strong enough, but their spirit of unwavering faith for the sake of their nation and the Ottoman Empire has been worthy of everyone's respect.
After the vignette, Holman-Stellen and his party changed their views on them. There is no longer the pride of the past, and the relationship between the two sides is much better.
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