As the saying goes, pink is given to beauties, and swords are given to martyrs. No general does not like good weapons, and on the current battlefield, large-caliber heavy artillery is undoubtedly the most powerful killing weapon. Fengjun has since obtained some 122mm
After launching heavy artillery, he was already ecstatic. This firepower intensity has exceeded other warlords in the country.
But now they saw an artillery piece with a larger caliber and more power. Everyone couldn't restrain their excitement. They found enough people to drag the barrel out of the gun pile. After identifying it,
Everyone discovered that this was a 1914 Skoda medium-sized field howitzer, produced by the Skoda Arsenal in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The caliber was 150 mm, and the muzzle was so thick that it could fit a small watermelon.
Such a shell can definitely create a no-man's land of tens of meters, which is an out-and-out killer weapon. As a field gun, the caliber is at the 150 mm level, which is basically the peak. Of course
There are also larger-caliber artillery, but due to mobility, rate of fire, logistics and other issues, super-large-caliber artillery has been greatly restricted in war. Therefore, artillery of this caliber is the king in land warfare.
Feng Jun didn't have any of them. Now that they saw it, everyone couldn't help but be jealous. However, there was only one pity. This artillery had been damaged, and most of the base was missing. It seemed to have been damaged by enemy artillery fire.
"If this cannon is intact and equipped into the artillery, our firepower can be said to be the best in the world!" Zhou Zijian said excitedly.
"It's far behind." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Don't always look at the country, but look at the great powers. They also have piles of bigger artillery than this. We can't produce heavy artillery now, but we will definitely do it in the future.
Break through this technical problem and produce it yourself."
While talking, Zhang Tinglan carefully inspected the cannon. Then he said to everyone: "Look, only the base of this cannon is broken. The barrel is at least ** new. It must have only fired a few rounds. The aiming equipment is also intact.
It’s not damaged, just take it back and repair it and maybe it can still be used!”
"Commander, I'm afraid the parts we produce can't compare with those produced by the great powers!" someone raised a question.
Zhang Tinglan pointed at the pile of scrap metal in front of him and said with a smile: "Who asked you to produce it yourself? Why don't you find it here? demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall. You can always do it!"
The technical staff also suddenly understood and showed joyful expressions: "Please don't worry, sir, we can definitely do this well!"
"Not just the cannons, but also the machine guns and small-caliber artillery. We have sorted them out and repaired them as much as possible. Even if we don't use them, we can still sell them to others. Don't look at it as a pile of scrap metal. As long as we sort it out, it will be a piece of metal.
It’s a money tree, let’s all work hard!”
After inspecting this batch of things, Zhang Tinglan was still very satisfied. Many of the guns were only slightly damaged in parts. Some were not even damaged and were still brand new. However, the weapons of Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were of different standards, and they could not be used even if they were seized.
, the Russians can only treat it as scrap.
Now that it's in Feng Jun's hands, they are all treasures. A rough estimate is that from 10,000 broken guns, at least seven or eight thousand can be assembled, and the proportion of artillery is about the same.
In fact, Zhang Tinglan has calculated that even if he can only assemble 10% to 20%, it will be a huge profit. Now that he can assemble 70% to 80%, the profit is simply immeasurable.
After saying hello to Felix, the transaction between the two parties began. These scrap guns and cannons were all sold to Feng Jun according to their weight. About one kilogram of guns can be exchanged for three kilograms of flour. This method of trading is probably very common in Chinese history.
This is the first time in history that over the years, various arms dealers have taken advantage of the stupid and greedy characteristics of Chinese officials to sell some low-quality arms to China.
Of course, there are some of good quality, but the prices are as high as the sky, but you can only stretch your neck to be slaughtered. Who said you can't produce them. But now these guns are indeed sold at the price of scrap metal, and there is even no scrap metal.
The price is expensive and everyone is happy.
In fact, Felice also knew Fengjun's purpose for wanting these things, and he also understood that once they were handed over to Fengjun, Fengjun's firepower would inevitably increase greatly, and his military strength would expand greatly, but he had no other choice.
The long cold winter is still going on, but the Russian army's supplies have bottomed out, and soon the soldiers will starve. Once this point is reached, inevitable riots will occur.
Especially after getting Zhang Tinglan's information, he was determined to reorganize the Russian army in the Far East. Of course, if he wanted to reorganize the army, he had to have enough capital to appease the soldiers. Therefore, he urgently needed the supplies provided by Zhang Tinglan. He couldn't wait and could only focus on the immediate future.
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Therefore, the Russians could only watch as more and more scrap guns and artillery came into the hands of Feng Jun. After Zhang Tinglan got these things, he first classified them into categories. The rifles equipped by the Austro-Hungarian Empire were Steyrmann Lischal rifles, and Feng Jun had already
It was determined that Russian-made rifles would be used, so all of these rifles would be exported.
Among them, the newer and intact ones are all gathered together and can be sold directly as new guns. As for the old and damaged ones, they must be disassembled and reassembled. The Jilin Arsenal has sent more than a hundred workers. In addition, Zhang Tinglan has
Two hundred soldiers were mobilized and they worked together to deal with it.
Rifles are not Zhang Tinglan's focus. What he cares most about is large-caliber heavy artillery, especially artillery over 100 mm. If it can be repaired, he will repair it as much as possible. Even if it cannot be maintained, steel must be hoarded. This is full
Good steel. Fengtian is not yet able to produce steel for large-caliber artillery. If necessary, it can be re-melted and made separately.
And as the number of transactions skyrocketed, another weapon also attracted Zhang Tinglan's attention, that is, the Madsen machine gun. This was the world's first light machine gun to be equipped on a large scale with troops, and its performance was quite good. At the end of the Qing Dynasty,
, China has purchased some Madsen machine guns, and Guangdong and other places have also copied them, but the quantities are very limited.
Zhang Tinglan also planned to equip a large number of light machine guns to form an effective cooperation with Maxim. However, since World War I had already broken out, there was no way to purchase them, and Russia did not purchase a large number of them. Therefore, the Feng army currently lacked light machine guns.
But there is no limit to the road ahead. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was equipped with a large number of such weapons, and they also caused serious damage to the Russians on the battlefield. Among these scrapped arms, there were many Madsen machine guns. Zhang Tinglan, of course
It was overjoyed.
He hurriedly ordered his men to select all such light machine guns, sort them out, and then add them to the army.
While Zhang Tinglan was busy cleaning up these things, Zhang Zuoxiang, who was in Jilin, couldn't sit still and rushed over after a long journey. Xiong Mengyuan, who was in charge of the arsenal, also brought a group of technical backbones.
After learning that Zhang Tinglan had obtained a larger-caliber heavy artillery, Zhang Zuoxiang felt as if he was dreaming. After calming down, Zhang Zuoxiang immediately felt the value of this weapon. Of course, it was not just as simple as increasing Fengjun's firepower. It was also a breakthrough weapon.
The key to the balance between the major factions of Fengjun.
At present, the Garrison Division and the 27th Division are almost neck-and-neck, but if equipped with larger-caliber artillery, the Garrison Division will definitely surpass the 27th Division in power and become the main force of the Feng army. Can Zhang Zuolin agree? Do you want to change this?
The artillery was also shared with Zhang Zuolin, and what conditions would be obtained from Zhang Zuolin after sharing. These must be carefully considered and weighed.
Even though Zhang Zuolin was the commander-in-chief of Fengjun, Zhang Zuoxiang still had considerable autonomy in his hands. Before he had thought through these things clearly, he could not leak the news for the time being, so Zhang Zuoxiang hurried to Fuyuan.
And since Xiong Mengyuan got a batch of machine tools last time, he got them all in the arsenal, and now they have started to use them. The production capacity of the arsenal is also rising. At this time, more good things have been shipped, and he is also happy.
Crazy, I came here with the boss this time. I just want to remind Zhang Tinglan, don’t focus on the guns, but also get more machines. This is the key!
"Idiot, tell me quickly, how many heavy artillery pieces have you obtained?"
"It's freezing cold here. You've come all the way here, so take a rest first!"
"You think I'm old. I tell you, no matter how far away I am, my health is fine." As he spoke, Zhang Zuoxiang showed a solemn look on his face and lowered his voice: "I can't tell you how important these weapons are. We must
I have firm control in my hands. Even if Yu Ting wants it, I have to come up with conditions in exchange. Otherwise, it won’t be in vain. I don’t trust you to handle this kind of thing. What should I do with Russia after I come here?
It's all your responsibility, I won't interfere, but we old buddies will discuss what to do internally, so don't interfere!"
Zhang Tinglan also knew that his father was worried that he would not be able to speak out due to human feelings. Since the old man was willing to take care of him, he was happy to be at ease.
"Dad, my son will listen to whatever you say, but let's see how many things we got first, and then discuss anything else!"
"That's right, let me open my eyes and see what kind of bezoar horse treasure you got!"
Zhang Tinglan sent a list to Zhang Zuoxiang and said with a smile: "Dad, this is the data compiled yesterday. Please take a look at it first."
Zhang Zuoxiang took it over and took a look. After just one glance, he couldn't help but rub his eyes. He looked like he couldn't believe it. The first item listed above was 57,000 Steyrmann Lixia rifles. The first item was.
Looking at the past, Zhang Zuoxiang thought it was because his eyes were dim, but after looking carefully several times, he saw this number, and he was completely shocked.
Nearly 60,000 rifles are enough to equip six divisions. This is too much. Looking at the second item, Zhang Zuoxiang was shocked again. There were a total of 463 Madsen machine guns!
This number is more than the total number of machine guns equipped by the Fengjun. Looking further down, Zhang Zuoxiang is already a little numb. There are mountain artillery and field artillery of various calibers, including those from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and some Russians.
There are all kinds of things, there are thirty or fifty doors in total.
And at the end are the two most critical things. One is the 150mm medium howitzer, a total of twenty-eight. There are also eighteen 100mm field howitzers and eighteen 100mm mountain howitzers.
Howitzers, these are the standard equipment of Austria-Hungary!
Zhang Zuoxiang stared blankly at these things, his eyes never leaving the paper. Looking at it, his mouth felt dry for a while. He grabbed the teapot and poured tea into his mouth. Zhang Tinglan was a little confused beside him.
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"Dad, this water is a bit cold, I'll change it for you to heat it up!"
"Sit down!" Zhang Zuoxiang held down his son and slapped the list in front of Zhang Tinglan: "Tell me the truth, kid, are the numbers on this correct?"
"It's not very accurate, because these are all temporarily cleaned up, and there are still many that haven't had time to be cleaned up!"
There are more! After Zhang Zuoxiang heard this, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
"I beg your pardon, do you know that these weapons are enough to re-equip Fengjun's entire army, and they are also quite wealthy!"
"Dad, this is not surprising. There are only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers in the army, and the battlefields on the Eastern Front often involve battles involving hundreds of thousands or millions of troops. There are too many damaged weapons! And you must pay attention.
At a glance, we obtained a lot of weapons, but the amount of ammunition was seriously insufficient. After all, after the Russians seized the ammunition, many of them were disposed of on the spot. The mainstream equipment of the Fengjun must be made in Russia. We can get the production line for this!
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"No matter what, this is an astonishing amount of arms. You must think carefully about how to use it!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!