? Wei Zhengmin and Yang Jingyu were discussing who Yang Zhen was in the southeastern mountainous area of Huadian, hundreds of kilometers away from Xingshan Fortress, but they did not know that they were accompanied by Zhang Zhenhua at this moment, inspecting the production status of the arsenal and the Jiangbei advance.
Yang Zhen, who had already delivered aid supplies, had a gloomy look on his face. "Registered members of Piaotian Literature recommend this work" Registered members of Piaotian Literature recommend this work.
After receiving this batch of equipment, the former director of the Eleventh Army Arsenal, who is now the director of the arsenal, told Yang Zhen and Zhang Zhenhua, who came to inspect the installation and debugging of the equipment, that all of the equipment was second-hand and none of it was new.
manufactured products.
Although the maintenance is pretty good, the service life is definitely not short. Some of the machines and equipment are imported from Tsarist Russia at the beginning of this century from the United States or Germany. Some of the machines even have the dragon flag and Tianjin and Beiyang machines clearly engraved on their nameplates.
Bureau and other words.
According to the factory director's inference, these German-made nitrifiers engraved with dragon flags and marked with the words "Tianjin" were most likely the result of the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of Beijing during the Gengzi Incident of the former Qing Dynasty, and the establishment of Tsarist Russia in North China from the Qing government.
The largest arsenal was plundered from the Beiyang Machinery Bureau.
Although he knew that it was not easy to assemble the military equipment he needed in such a short period of time, Yang Zhen, who had already prepared to receive second-hand goods, did not expect that he would actually get back a batch of old antiques.
When I found out that the machinery and equipment had arrived, I was still very excited and my mood suddenly became extremely bad.
If he saw these second-hand equipment, Yang Zhen could still hold back the anger in his heart. When he saw that Jiangbei's always stingy big brother had shipped weapons and equipment that far exceeded his requirements, Yang Zhen's already gloomy face could almost cry out.
Although the quantity of equipment has exceeded the quantity requested by the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army who originally crossed the river to ask for help.
But its quality is absolutely inferior and cannot be praised. If it were said that it was not a batch of arms but a pile of foreign junk, I am afraid no one would object.
Among this batch of weapons and equipment, which can be considered huge, except for the 150 Deshka anti-aircraft machine guns, which are 80% new, the 300 Mosin Nagan sniper rifles that I requested are still new products.
As for other equipment, they are all antiques produced during the First World War.
The variety of calibers and age of this batch of weapons exceeded Yang Zhen's imagination. Almost all the weapons produced by the major participating countries in World War I can be seen here. The British Enfield 77-caliber rifle, the bulky Lewis
Light machine gun, Vickers heavy machine gun.
The French M1916 Leber rifle, the Chauchat light machine gun known as the most deceitful in history, the M1909 light machine gun, and the Hotchkiss heavy machine gun whose rifling is almost worn out.
The German Mauser Type 98, Type 88 rifles, and Maxin heavy machine guns produced during World War I. The Austrian Mannlicher rifle, the American Springfield rifle, and the American ones produced with the American 7.62 mm caliber
Finally, there is the French machine gun with even better performance, and of course the Browning heavy machine gun.
In this batch of weapons, Yang Zhen even discovered the continuous-fire Murata rifle produced by Japan during or before World War I, as well as the predecessor of the Type 38 rifle known as the Golden Hook Rifle, the Thirty Years Type rifle.
Rifles. Some Murata eight-millimeter repeating rifles also have the production date during the Russo-Japanese War on their inscriptions.
The largest number of these machine guns, such as the French-made Leber rifle, reaches more than 2,000, while the smaller number of Mannlicher rifles produced in Austria is less than 200. Even some types of weapons, such as the German Type 88 rifle, have less than 100.
Remaining branch.
Moreover, some weapons, such as those Japanese-made Murata-style rifles, although there are many, reaching hundreds, do not even have a bullet. In addition to those without bullets, even those that provide bullets, there are also many on average.
The gun can't even reach five rounds.
Those weapons that are equipped with more bullets, regardless of the quality of the firearm itself, most of the bullets they are equipped with are close to scrap or have been scrapped due to poor storage. What's more, a considerable number of these weapons are rusty or even even damaged.
The bolt cannot be pulled open. Only half of the rifles are equipped with bayonets, and many rifles do not even have slings.
Yang Zhen calculated that in this batch of light weapons, there were bullets but not bullets, usable ones and unusable ones. Adding them all together, there were nearly eight calibers that were incompatible with each other. Compared with the chaos of light weapons, the ones that were shipped together
There were a large number of sixty-four mountain cannons, but the calibers reached six kinds. Yang Zhen directly defined them as waste products that could only be recycled.
Among these sixty-four mountain field guns, there are not only 75mm popular caliber, but also 77mm and 88mm German calibers, as well as 69mm French and Austro-Hungarian calibers. In addition, the standard equipment of the Soviet Union
The 76.2mm mountain field gun is naturally indispensable.
However, the production date of sixteen of the artillery pieces with the standard caliber of the Soviet Army was that of Tsarist Russia. Some of them were even crudely made during the Soviet-Russian Civil War. Due to long-term high intensity, the rifling in the barrel was polished.
. An artillery regiment directly under Yang Zhen didn't dare to use it.
Even Ma Qichang, who was always known for his boldness and claimed that there was no artillery he dared not use, after looking at it, he shook his head and did not dare to use it. The shells of these artillery pieces were not fired, but they exploded first. Cannons are terrible.
It's not like a rifle, where the chamber explodes when the chamber explodes. It's not just one person who dies, it might be a group of people.
Not only are these artillery compared with light weapons, but the ratio of caliber to quantity is even more outrageous. Many of them are retractable artillery that is now comparable to garbage. And the ammunition is the same as that of light weapons. Many of them have cannons but no ammunition. Like that
Seven Austro-Hungarian Empire standard 69mm mountain guns, not even a single shell.
These are weapons and equipment. Some people believe that there is a large wholesale of scrapped weapons in Jiangbei. These junks are just thrown into the army that lacks the most equipment. I am afraid no one will want them. Anyone who wants a gun with an expanded barrel does not need to pull the trigger.
, a rifle that can slide out of the barrel along with the bullet case, or even a rifle that has no bullets at all?
Along with those machines and equipment, he paid a huge price of three kinds of weapons blueprints that were ahead of the times and a ton of gold, but he bought a bunch of junk. This really made Yang Zhen's mood almost extremely bad.
Forget about these garbage-like equipment, Yang Zhen never thought about it at first. But he was really angry to the extreme about those second-hand, or even unknown military production machinery and equipment. Especially those equipment, even if they were just a partner
, but it can’t be so deceptive. Can these weapons be used on the battlefield?
Looking at Yang Zhen's downcast expression, Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev, the staff officer of the Logistics and Supplies Department of the Soviet Far East Military District Headquarters, who was responsible for escorting this batch of weapons and equipment, naturally knew it well. This batch of equipment transferred to the Chinese comrades was the reserve of the Far East Military District.
During the civil war in the warehouse, equipment from Belarus or foreign intervention forces was seized.
After long-term use and poor maintenance in the later period, these weapons have basically reached the level of scrapping. Moreover, most of the weapons require imported ammunition that is scarce or even non-existent. In fact, Military Region Commander Abanashek
The general and the political commissar of the military region Ivanov also did not agree with handing over this batch of weapons and ammunition that were actually scrapped to the Chinese comrades.
Being on the front line of the confrontation with the Kwantung Army, they naturally have a good understanding of what the Chinese comrades really need. They are even more aware of the role of these Chinese comrades in the Far East Military Region. But this is an order from Moscow, and they dare not veto it. It is said that this is an order from Moscow.
This batch of weapons, which were actually worthless, was discounted by the NKVD to a full 200 kilograms of gold. It was also said that this was the price after half the discount.
The weapons blueprints provided by these Chinese comrades, which had been tested at the Far East Military Region's shooting range, were ahead of their time by a whole era, and were loved by the military's top brass, were only worth a hundred kilograms of gold. Undoubtedly, these weapons were used by the NKVD to provide
After purchasing the designated production line according to Comrade Stalin's advice, the Chinese comrade still paid more than enough gold to pay for it.
Originally, in accordance with the wishes of the commander of the military region and the order of Comrade Stalin, after selecting the old weapons in the military region's inventory, French and British weapons with better maintenance and relatively sufficient ammunition were selected and transferred to the Chinese comrades free of charge. However, after the transfer
Two days before that, the NKVD suddenly intervened.
The NKVD not only used planes to transport a large number of previously collected and scrapped weapons and equipment to the Far East Military Region as quickly as possible, such as those Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher rifles captured by the Tsarist Russian army in World War I. It also forced the Far East Military Region to transfer all the weapons and equipment in stock.
Recharge all scrapped weapons.
Not only did they disobey Stalin's order to transfer them free of charge, but they also checked all these rifles one by one. Even if each one was scrapped, they had to participate in the discount. After all the weapons were accounted for, the NKVD shipped the Chinese comrades to the original
More than half of the gold that was to be handed over to the central government was directly withdrawn as cost.
Like those old antiques, they had long since been scrapped because they did not have similar bullets. However, the Murata-style rifle that had not yet been destroyed was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Far East Military Region who was ordered to personally pick it up from the arms warehouse.
These days, the NKVD is an extremely terrifying organization. After being taken away by it, many high-ranking officers either died inexplicably or never came back.
Even though he deeply trusted Comrade Stalin, General Abanashek, who was very vocal in the military region, was extremely wary of him. If he did not want to repeat the mistakes of his two predecessors, Marshal Blyucher and General Stern, here he would
In fact, all I can do is remain silent.
There are just some things that Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev cannot say clearly. The NKVD’s spies are too powerful and their noses are more sensitive than military dogs. Who knows if there are any informants among these Chinese comrades? Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev does not want to return home immediately.
, he was invited to drink tea by the NKVD. Many marshals and generals with great military achievements have been shot, let alone a small lieutenant colonel.
Although some words cannot be said clearly, some necessary explanations must be made. After accompanying Yang Zhen on his inspection, Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev, who is proficient in Chinese, went to great lengths to use the reception banquet to convince the internal affairs staff around him.
After that, he used the opportunity of pretending to be drunk to find an opportunity to have a private conversation with Yang Zhen, who did not attend the welcome banquet because he was in a low mood.
After the private meeting, Kovalev, who was also the personal representative of General Abanashek, first apologized for the trouble these things had caused to Chinese comrades. He hoped that Yang Zhen would not affect his relationship with the Far East Military Region because of such things.
In fact, cooperation has been established.
Looking at Kovalev with a sincere face, the anger in Yang Zhen's heart dropped a little, but he still said in a stiff tone: "Comrade Kovalev, you also saw it today. These weapons are not loaded with ammunition.
It’s so rusty that you can’t even pull the bolt of the gun open. Are you going to let us use such a weapon to fight bloody battles with the Japanese and puppet troops who are armed to the teeth?”
"Okay, even if we are begging for help, we have paid a considerable price. Tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers in the army scrimped on food and clothing, and even when they were hungry, they did not use even one tael of gold. But you do this?
Exchange such a pile of junk for our gold and new weapons?"
"Comrade Kovalev, we are poor, but we are not rag collectors. Forget about the weapons. We did not apply for those weapons, you took the initiative to give them to us. Okay, since you have become a beggar, don't worry about the weapons.
We can ignore it. But those machines and equipment, second-hand goods are all new."
"Can such a pile of rags be worth a ton of gold? You guys are too shady. Or do you think we are fools who can be fooled by just giving us some rags? We are not easy to fool. We are not selective. As long as we can get our hands on it, the National Government will be fine. Give us some.
Ruins can cover up the past. We can be self-reliant, but we can't live without you. Before, we didn't even have a penny of foreign aid, but we still won the war?"
At this point, Yang Zhen was so angry that he said eloquently: "We treat you as our trusted friends and treat them like big brothers. But this is how you treat us? Just bring this pile of junk.
Fool us, you are really treating us like beggars and second-guessers."
"Let me tell you, you can digest this pile of rags wherever you like, and give them to whomever you like. I am not a rag collector, so I have no place to pile this garbage."
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