Chapter 68 You can’t just buy a machine gun and shoot it
The anxious Zhao Xin finally completed the registration procedures for a single shipping company. As soon as he obtained the procedures, he immediately found a freight forwarding company at the location of the cargo ship to expedite the shipping business operations.
In order not to arouse suspicion, he purchased 5,000 tons of grain as customs declaration goods and completed the pre-examination of goods for customs clearance in advance. The remaining inspection and quarantine procedures need to be completed within 24 hours before departure, otherwise he will not leave for more than 24 hours.
Hong Kong needs to be re-opened.
Zhao Xin found an agency, and directly hired twenty crew members of various types at high wages on the grounds that all of his crew members were overseas and had not returned home. Once the cargo ship was sailed to the overseas port, the work of these people would be over.
As an employee of the company, Deng Fei went to sea as chief engineer; as for Ding Guofeng, he was listed as a chef in the application materials.
After arranging all the procedures, Zhao Xin finally left the country with confidence.
He returned to the camp first and hurriedly took Wang Yuanfang and Wu Siyu away. Then he drove overnight to another port city more than 100 kilometers away.
This is the final docking place for his bulk cargo ship; Daniel and his weapons transaction will also be completed here. Zhao Xin has received notification from the other party that all the goods have arrived safely at the port and are currently parked in the dock yard.
inside.
One night later, accompanied by Andrew who arrived here, Zhao Xin and three other people completed the inventory and acceptance of weapons and ammunition in the cargo yard.
This batch of goods occupied a total of three high-container containers (volume 83 cubic meters, load capacity 28 tons).
The first high box contains various types of bullets and five NG7 7.62mm caliber machine guns equipped with optical sights and silencers; the second high box contains several sets of equipment for reloading bullets, primers, gunpowder,
C4 explosives, warheads, cartridge cases, and three small rifling machines; in the last tall box, in addition to one hundred Marlin 1894 CB 357 lever rifles and some .357 caliber Magnum bullets, there are ten M2HBs and a large number of 410
Stainless steel rod.
Yes, Zhao Xin is going to use the Marlin 1894 lever rifle as a template and let Zhao Liang try to make a few to see how it works.
Since the birth of the Winchester Model 1866, the history of the lever rifle has been nearly 150 years. Although it is not adopted by the armies of various countries, it has always been a weapon for gangs and cowboys in the West. Its production process has been
Very mature; a full set of process drawings and related tools are very easy to obtain.
The subsonic large-caliber .357 Magnum bullet has a very good stopping effect. What Zhao Xin is most worried about is the tigers and other large beasts around the new base. This kind of bullet can effectively resist the attacks of these beasts.
As for the effect on humans, the bullets can knock down tigers and black bears with one shot, needless to say.
After all the goods were inspected, Andrew stared at Zhao Xin and asked: "I'm curious how you will transport these out of customs."
"You don't have to worry about this. I have my own way. What you have to do is to complete the handover of goods between us as soon as possible."
After Zhao Xin finished speaking casually, he completed the transfer payment. For the sake of safety, he decided to use gold spot payment for his next transaction with Daniel.
After Andrew received a phone call from Daniel that he had received the payment, he shook hands with Zhao Xin and said goodbye. As for his personal transaction with Zhao Xin, it will be completed next month.
After the three of them carefully looked around the container, Zhao Xin entered the container. Three times, each time he came out a minute after entering. Wang Yuanfang and Wu Siyu immediately closed the container door and locked it.
When leaving the goods yard, Zhao Xin, who covered his face tightly, handed an envelope containing money to the security guard responsible for guarding the goods yard. The security guard took the envelope from the gap in the rolled-down car window and opened the door to let him go.
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From then on, there were three more containers in the port's cargo yard that no one would ever pick up. It wasn't until many years later that someone forced them open and found that there was nothing inside.
The three of them drove back to modern-day Bear Island overnight, and then returned to the eighteenth-century camp.
Early the next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, the welder Zhang Bo was called to the bay on the north side of the camp by Zhao Xin who suddenly appeared.
The seawater in the bay has not completely frozen due to the high salt content. But as soon as it leaves the bay and enters the ocean, a large area of frozen seawater will block the way forward, making it difficult to move forward without icebreakers.
Zhang Bo stared dumbfounded at the temporary dock built with plastic pontoons and the two patrol boats moored not far away. He was already asking questions, and then he remembered that Mr. Zhao beside him had "special powers."
Alas, this is a silly question. If you can bring people like yourself to the eighteenth century, getting two ships is not easy.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bo asked Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, what do you need me to do?"
"Let's get on the boat first." Zhao Xin waved his hand and took Zhang Bo onto a patrol boat from the temporary dock.
Zhang Bo entered the cabin and saw that Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang were already waiting here. There were some newly unpacked steel pipes and steel plates piled on the floor in the cabin, and there was also a big thing that looked like a receiver.
"What is this?" Zhang Bo looked at the big guy on the ground in surprise. He seemed to have seen this thing in a movie.
"The M2HB machine gun, but the barrel has not been installed yet." Zhao Xin said lightly, and then pointed to the hydraulic supports and steel plates on the ground. "Xiao Zhang, the three of you will discuss how to install this thing on the cockpit.
It must be made strong on the deck. Don't let the lower frame fall down when the gun is fired at sea. If you need any tools, just ask Liu Sheng."
"Okay, Mr. Zhao, don't you just install a steel frame?" Zhang Bo was full of confidence. Facts have proved that he made this matter simple.
While purchasing weapons, Zhao Xin also purchased the matching MK93 ship defense system produced by CRS. To put it bluntly, this thing is a set of integrated armor shields that can be installed on ships and fortresses. The complete system consists of a front and rear
It consists of the machine gun mount of the pitch machine and a bulletproof steel plate shield.
When Zhao Xin bought these two official patrol boats, he already requested that the upper deck be strengthened and a layer of steel plates be laid on the original fiberglass structure.
All Zhao Liang and Zhang Bo had to do was install two sets of MK93 systems.
The two of them fiddled with the product manual for a whole day before installing the bracket and shield steel plate. Next, they installed the machine gun and tested the effect.
The next morning, Liu Sheng, Zhao Liang, and Zhang Bo first installed the M2HB gun body on the MK93 bracket and fixed it. Then Liu Sheng carried the one-meter-long barrel and prepared to start the installation.
Since no one was familiar with this kind of machine gun, according to the instructions, Liu Sheng first asked Zhao Liang to pull the bolt to the end, then turn the barrel to the right a few times to tighten it slightly, and then took out a bunch of keys-like things and started.
adjust.
This keychain-like thing is called a "plug gauge" and is composed of three gauges of different thicknesses. Due to the installation method of the M2 barrel, it cannot change the barrel as quickly as the MG machine gun. In this case, a special gauge is needed
"Plug gauge" is used to adjust the gap between the bolt and the barrel. If the gap is too far or too close, it will not be possible to fire.
First, pull the bolt back about one-sixteenth of an inch (1.5875 mm), and then insert the thickest gauge into the gap between the barrel and the gun body in front of the receiver; if it cannot be inserted, you need to adjust the rotation slightly again
Barrel. Repeat this until the center of the gauge is completely inserted.
The next step is to remove the rear plate of the receiver, adjust the timing wheel inside, and turn it counterclockwise 15 times; then put another thinner gauge into the gap between the bolt and the barrel, and push the bolt until the gauge
Tighten it. Then adjust the trigger lever until it makes a soft "click" sound.
The third step is to insert the thinnest gauge and adjust the trigger again until a soft "click" sound is heard.
At this time, the rear plate of the receiver can be installed back.
(Now you know how troublesome it is to replace the barrel of this big guy like M2HB every time. It can’t be used by unscrewing it, replacing it with another one and then screwing it back on.)
Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang, who were exposed to the M2HB for the first time, struggled for a long time before completing the installation of the barrel. Zhang Bo, who was impatient to wait, was already staring in the cockpit below.
The two men then hung the ammunition box containing 50 rounds of bullets on the left side of the machine gun, loaded the bullets, and closed the receiver cover; then they set the button in the middle of the trigger button to fully automatic mode and pulled the bolt twice.
Liu Sheng asked Zhao Liang to stay away, and then leaned over to look at Zhang Bo who was snoring. He smiled evilly, pointed the muzzle of the gun at the sea, and then pressed the trigger.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!!!" The recoil of the gun caused the hull to shake slightly.
As soon as the gunshot rang out, Zhang Bo, who was sleeping soundly in the cockpit, suddenly jumped out of his wits. He turned over from his chair and fell to the ground. He lay on the floor covering his head and waited for a long time before he heard Liu Sheng and Liu Sheng's snickering coming from the deck.
Voice.
So he stood up and cursed at the hatch of the ship: "Gui Sun! I will be scared to death by you!"
"Why don't you sleep? Get up HIGH." Liu Sheng greeted loudly.
"Come on, Xiao Zhang, let's have some fun with a couple of shots." Zhao Liang also smiled and called Zhang Bo up.
Twenty minutes later, Zhang Bo, who held down the trigger and fired more than a dozen bullets, was extremely satisfied.
After a while, Zhao Xin, who heard the gunfire, came with several people.
Looking at the big thing installed on the patrol boat, everyone was amazed. For modern people, this thing has only been seen in TV movies before, and never seen in real life; but for Sheng Haizhou and the others, it is even more
Needless to say.
So at the strong request of Hong Tao and Liu Zheng, Zhao Xin asked everyone to line up and take turns to get rid of the gun addiction. He used the limited number of bullets as an excuse and arranged that each person could only shoot twenty rounds.
Liu Siting pursed her lips and muttered: "Really stingy."
Zhao Xin rubbed his numb arms from the shock and said with a bitter smile: "Director Liu, you are having a great time. This machine gun really doesn't have many bullets. Do you think this thing can be sold open and open like Chinese cabbage?"
At this moment, Zhao Xin suddenly thought, can Andrew provide .50 bullets? I must ask if I have time.
After installing the MK93 and machine guns on the first and second patrol boats, it took half a day to install them.
As for the remaining eight M2HBs, Zhao Xin plans to install them all on both sides of the bulk carrier. This thing is equipped with .050 M8 armor-piercing incendiary bombs. Within 1500 meters, it will definitely ravage the Qing Dynasty’s fleets and island country Anzhai.
The ship's weapon.
As for land warfare, using this thing is such a waste!