Seeing the puzzled expression on Yang Zhen's face, Ma Chunsheng said bitterly: "Commander, have you heard or remembered the Middle East Road incident in the autumn of 29 that caused heavy damage to the entire Northeast Army? That's right.
That incident that made the little devil think he had figured out the true combat effectiveness of the Northeastern Army, and dared to launch the September 18th Incident with a mere 20,000 troops in the face of hundreds of thousands of Northeastern Army?"
Seeing Yang Zhen nodding slightly, Ma Chunsheng pointed to the supplies in the cave and said: "All the supplies here were taken out from the Northeast Arms Warehouse under the personal order of the young marshal when the incident occurred, and were prepared to be rushed to the place where the incident occurred.
The Fujin and Tongjiang areas, the main battlefields on the Eastern Front, are intended to be used by local self-defense groups and the formation of new provincial defense forces."
"It's just a pity that Fujin was lost before this batch of supplies arrived. [.Com text] Because this place is very close to Fujin and Tongjiang, which are the main battle centers, and Luobei is not safe. And the original Xing
There are many Japanese people in Shanjie, which is Heli now. So this batch of supplies was temporarily stored here."
"After the September 18th Incident broke out, everyone who knew about it had withdrawn from the customs. However, the former head of the Eastern Province Special Administrative Region, Zhang Jinghui, who was responsible for negotiating with the Soviets at the time, although Marshal Zhang Jinghui seemed to have a high regard for him on the surface, in his heart he was
I'm very disgusted with it. In order to prevent these veteran guys from having any rebellious intentions, I didn't let him know about this batch of weapons at all."
"I stayed in the Northeast and did not evacuate. Of course it was because of my family's burden, but in the final analysis it was also because of this batch of supplies. After the September 18th Incident, a platoon of the guards here blew up the entrance of the cave here and joined General Li Du.
The volunteer army later withdrew to the Pass via the Soviet Union along with General Li Du."
"Because the young marshal had previously ordered that no one could use this batch of supplies without his own orders, so the garrison platoon leader did not tell the volunteers the true situation here. Because I am an old acquaintance with the garrison platoon leader, and we can be considered irreconcilable.
After I was unwilling to be a traitor and left my job to go home, he risked his life and sneaked into Jiamusi to find me and told me the truth here."
"He told me that he had too many scruples at the time, and he regretted not being able to hand over the supplies here to the Volunteer Army. But the Volunteer Army has failed, and even if it is taken out now, it cannot save the overall situation. He hopes that I can help when needed.
He took out this batch of supplies and handed them over to the anti-Japanese troops because he believed that even though they had withdrawn, there would still be people who would stand up and continue to fight to the end."
Speaking of this, Ma Chunsheng pointed to the piles of supplies in the cave and said: "All the weapons and equipment here are the latest equipment imported from abroad by the old commander before he was killed in the bombing of Huanggutun. Some of them are from Fengtian.
Weapons and ammunition produced by the arsenal before the fall."
"Although the calibers and types are a bit mixed, the ammunition is sufficient. The ammunition stored here is enough for these equipment to be used for two years. I don't know if the young marshal made this decision to fight against the Soviet Union in the future, or to fight against the little Japanese.
What a bad premonition, but I know the equipment here is enough to sustain our troops for two years."
"There are 12,000 Italian-made Carcano rifles here. Each rifle is equipped with one thousand rounds of ammunition. In addition to the standard quantity of each rifle, there are also corresponding spare ammunition. Although these rifles are from the Republic of China
It was purchased fifteen years ago, but it has never been used as it has been kept as a spare piece of equipment, and it has always been well maintained."
"Not counting these Italian-made rifles, there are also a batch of Russian-style water rifles made in the United States, about 6,000. They are all new guns that have not been used. These weapons were originally ordered by Russia during World War I.
, when we were preparing to deliver it, we didn’t expect that a revolution broke out in Russia.”
"Neither the Americans who made them nor the French who paid for them wanted this batch of weapons to fall into the hands of the Red Soviet Union. Except for the weapons that were handed over to the Belarusian armed forces, the rest were stored in the United States or sold to
It was given to the Japanese who wanted to take advantage of Russia and fish in troubled waters."
"Lao Shuai purchased a total of more than 30,000 rifles of this kind through the Japanese. This batch of rifles was part of that batch of firearms. Originally, Lao Shuai planned to sell these rifles, although they were produced for many years, but had never been used.
, the well-maintained rifles were handed over to Marshal Zhang of Shandong Province, but before he could implement it, the dog-meat general was defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army. This batch of weapons stayed in the Northeast."
"There are also some eight-millimeter rifles made in France. There are only about 2,000 of them, which is not as many as those made in Italy and the United States. Although the number is not large, these rifles have plenty of ammunition. The ammunition here, in addition to
In addition to meeting the needs of French machine guns, it is enough to last these rifles for twenty years."
"Except for rifles, there are not too many light and heavy machine guns. There are only 500 French-made 1922 light machine guns purchased through Italian middlemen, and 100 French-made Hotchkiss 8mm heavy machine guns.
.In addition, there are 500 Browning pistols used to equip officers and agents."
"In addition, there are one hundred and fifty French-made 81mm mortars, twelve Schneider 1923-type 75mm mountain guns, twelve Austrian 100mm light howitzers imitated by Fengtian Arsenal, Liaoning
There are twenty-four Type 14 37 level guns. In the Middle East Road Incident that year, the Northeast Army suffered enough losses from Soviet tanks, so when allocating weapons and equipment, they specially allocated twenty-four level guns."
"Also because we suffered enough from Soviet aircraft, here we also have twelve of the latest 20mm anti-aircraft guns that were just introduced from Switzerland at that time. And twenty-four French-made Hotchkiss thirteen-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns.
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"In addition to these imported weapons and equipment, there are also 3,000 Liao 13-type rifles made in Fengtian, 200 65-caliber Type 14 light machine guns, and 100 Type 13-79 heavy machine guns. In addition, there are
There are 200 portable machine guns made in Belgium, 500 Thomson portable machine guns imported from the United States, and 120 Spanish Astra Type 02 imitation Mauser fully automatic pistols."
"In order to expand the army, the old commander was hungry for weapons and equipment. From the eleventh to the fifteenth year of the Republic of China alone, he purchased more than 200,000 rifles. Among them, he purchased rifles from Norwegian businessmen once in the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, with a total weight of 12
Nineteen thousand kilograms, and thirty-seven thousand kilograms of pistols.
"This does not include the 80,000 Czech-made rifles purchased at one time and the 40,000 Czech-made rifles imported in the 17th year of the Republic of China to resist the Northern Expedition. As well as the large number of Type 38 rifles purchased from the Japanese over the years and various
Cannons of various calibers. There are also tens of thousands of various light and heavy weapons redeemed from Belarusian exiles in the Northeast."
"In the beginning, in addition to Japanese equipment, Lao Shuai, like the Beiyang government, valued Italian equipment and purchased a large amount. Because after the end of World War I, although most Western countries were dumping so-called surplus materials from World War I, but
However, because of the domestic warlords’ melee, an arms embargo was imposed on China.”
"Except for the Japanese who dared to blatantly violate regulations and sell weapons to various Chinese warlords, only the Italians dared to secretly traffic weapons to China. The old commander, who had long seen the Japanese ambitions towards China, did not want to be too restricted by Japan.
They also imported weapons and equipment made by Western powers, especially Italy and France, through the Italians and Norway."
"Later, after I was able to buy the 79 rifles made in the Czech Republic, Belgium, and Germany with better quality and greater power, I started to look down on the Italian rifles that used 65 bullets. In addition, the Italians often cheated.
That's why we no longer purchase large quantities of weapons through them."
"It was not until before and after the Northern Expedition that Fengtian Arsenal's Liao 13-type rifle production was fully sufficient to replace the previously used miscellaneous equipment, and then it completely stopped importing weapons and equipment from Italy. The main objects of outsourcing were changed to those that could be used with the Liao Dynasty.
Type 13 rifle is a German rifle that uses 79-caliber bullets."
"This batch of Italian-made rifles is part of the last batch of Italian-made weapons imported by Lao Shuai. Because the Liao-13 rifles had already begun mass production at that time, they have not been used. However, although the import of Italian-made weapons and equipment has stopped,
Moreover, Italian-made equipment and other off-brand equipment have been gradually eliminated from the main force of the Northeast Army."
"But because many of these converted rifles have been transferred to local forces or private armed forces such as self-defense groups, ammunition is still being produced. It's just that the quantity is not large."
"The ammunition for the Italian, French and Russian-caliber water rifles here is almost all the ammunition produced by the Fengtian Arsenal before the September 18th Incident. Although the output over the years has not been large, the ammunition imported before has not been used up.
Combined with the amount of ammunition accumulated in the arsenal over the past few years, it is still enough for us to use for a while."
"In addition to the huge amount of weapons and ammunition, there is also a complete set of infantry carrying equipment that is enough to equip four divisions according to the old Fengjun organization. Among them are a full set of armed belts, ammunition bags, water bottles, leggings used by infantry, and even
Even the engineer's shovel is configured one-to-one according to the rifle. These are all imported goods."
After hearing that Ma Chunsheng actually held such a huge secret in his hands, Yang Zhen could hardly believe his ears. There were so many weapons and equipment, not counting various so-called portable machine guns, also known as submachine guns, but only the Italian-made rifles among them.
As well as French-made light and heavy machine guns, plus light and heavy artillery, it is enough to equip an entire army.
Although the calibers of the weapons are a bit more complicated, the rifle ammunition alone includes Italian 65 caliber, Russian rifle 7.62 caliber, and French 8mm. But the advantage is that the quantity is sufficient, and the ammunition reserve is enough to last for several years. It’s just that
He was a little confused as to why Ma Chunsheng would rather leave these weapons and equipment here to rot slowly instead of handing them over for use against the enemy.
Perhaps seeing the confusion on Yang Zhen's face, Ma Chunsheng looked at no one around him and said with a bitter smile: "Because during the Middle East Road Incident, the whole country was denouncing Soviet Russia, but you ** were the only ones who supported Soviet Russia.
So I didn’t have a good impression of ** before.”
"And through several contacts, I have also seen that although the Anti-Japanese Alliance is tenacious, it is still too far behind the Japanese army in terms of tactical literacy and combat effectiveness. And most of the time, just relying on tenacious will and passion is enough.
You can't win a war."
"When most of the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Northeast were defeated or disbanded, the Anti-Japanese Alliance would rather stick to the mountains and forests and starve to death or be trapped to death than surrender. I admire their will, but I don't know whether they can support the Northeast Anti-Japanese War.
Flag, but I still don’t quite believe it.”
"Their strength was too weak. Even during the peak period of 1937, they could only use harassment tactics against the Japanese and puppet troops. Once the Japanese army concentrated their forces and carried out a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign, they would have almost no power to fight back. This batch of weapons and equipment is in their hands
, although it can make them stronger for a while, but it is very doubtful how much effect these weapons can play before the tactical quality of the entire army is fundamentally improved."
"Commander, we are all soldiers. We will not tell lies in front of real people. Do you think that relying on their small-scale sneak attacks and ambush-based guerrilla warfare can drive the Japanese army out of Northeast China? When I first came into contact with them,
At that time, I also hesitated. Why would I rather keep these weapons and equipment rotting and watch my compatriots rely on simple, worn-out weapons to fight against the well-equipped Japanese and puppet troops than hand them over?"
"But after thinking about it for a long time, I still decided to observe it for a while to see if they have this real strength. But after last year, I was very disappointed. Even if I handed over this batch of weapons to them, their tactical literacy has not been fundamentally improved.
Before improvement, the role it can play is limited. And many weapons and equipment, such as those artillery, even if they are handed over to them, how many people will use them?"
"So after a long period of hesitation, I decided not to hand it over for the time being and wait to see if more powerful people or weapons have not appeared yet. Fortunately, Commander, you did not let me down. Otherwise, these weapons,
It’s really going to slowly rot here.”
Although he finally understood the reason why Ma Chunsheng did not join the Anti-Japanese War and was determined to be a traitor, his explanation still made Yang Zhen quite dissatisfied and even a little angry.
Yang Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "I really don't know whether I should thank you or shoot you. Just to find out your so-called answer, you watched helplessly as your compatriots were short of guns and ammunition and armed to the teeth.
You fought bloody battles with your opponents, and you just stood idly by? You are really a complete bastard."
After that, Yang Zhen stopped Ma Chunsheng's attempt to explain. He was silent for a long time before sighing: "That's it for now. You won't mention it to anyone else in the future, including the political commissar and chief of staff."
Inside. When we get back, tell us that we discovered this arms warehouse by accident when we returned. Remember, we discovered it by accident."
Ma Chunsheng is not a fool. As soon as Yang Zhen said this, he immediately understood Yang Zhen's true intention. He knew that he had a large number of weapons and equipment in his hands. Once word spread that he did not hand over the weapons and equipment when the Anti-Japanese Alliance was at its most critical, everyone would
What kind of impact will this force with the number of the Anti-Union Army, and many people even come from the Anti-Union Army, and what kind of outcome will he face? Ma Chunsheng, who also knows that Yang Zhen is trying to find a way to protect him, solemnly
nodded.
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