After the lively banquet dispersed, An Yi and his entourage, who had sent off Liu Zhi and his entourage, returned to the lobby to drink tea and chat.
After the brothers dispersed, An Yi, who had noticed some signs, returned to his small living room alone, waved his hand to the orderly to go down to rest, made himself a cup of fragrant tea to relieve the hangover, sat down, lit a cigarette, and savored the feast.
As the senior brothers made funny jokes, I suddenly felt helpless and upset. I regretted that I showed too much strength in today's drill and spoke too honestly during the banquet.
While he was feeling annoyed, Huzi, Yin Jinan, Xia Jian, Gu Laoer, Yang Bin, Ye Cheng and Qu Muchen entered An Yi's small living room one by one and sat down casually, automatically lighting cigarettes and pouring them.
Tea, it suddenly became lively again.
An Yi raised his head and glanced around: "What's going on? Everyone is smiling so ambiguously. Is it because they haven't used up all their strength after the forced training, and they want to go to Xiaoyao Building to have flower wine together? Lao Yang, don't be fooled by them.
What a shame, although it is said that the young man has the ancestral skill of curing Hualiu syphilis, it would be very uncomfortable if he were to contract it. He would have to move slowly with duck steps, which would be embarrassing and painful!"
"Xiao Yi, you are very easy to beat when you are not serious, did you know that?"
Yang Bin, who was strict and self-disciplined and always maintained a pure military ethos, glared at An Yi angrily. Yin Jinan and Ye Cheng also laughed and cursed in low voices, while the bearded men laughed happily.
Qu Muchen turned to Xia Jian, who was blushing and becoming more and more mature: "Xia Jian is very happy. He has been so happy since he received the news that his wife was pregnant. I heard that he paid for it out of his own pocket a few days ago.
He treated all the brothers in his battalion to a hearty meal, and it was obvious that this boy was extremely happy about his success in sowing seeds in Guangzhou."
The brothers laughed again, Xia Jian raised his proud head and said loudly:
"Laoqu, don't laugh at me, brother. One day it's your turn and you'll know what's going on, haha... Brother, our batch of equipment will arrive tomorrow with Peng Jianqing and the others, right?"
An Yi nodded: "The teacher said this morning that the transport convoy of the headquarters and our military department has arrived in Zhangshu and will arrive in Nanchang early tomorrow morning. We have a complete set of firearms repair equipment, forty new machine guns, and a thousand German-made machine guns.
Materials such as engineering shovels, fifty pairs of telescopes and ten pairs of rifle scopes are all loaded in two trucks from the military headquarters. When they arrive at the Nanchang military headquarters, they will drive directly to us to unload the goods. This batch of goods is nominally designated as a gift by Mr. Ou
The principal has given instructions to us that no one dares to touch it.
Those forty machine guns are the new Type 26 light machine guns that Hans worked so hard to get back from the Czech Republic. The bullets fired are the same as our 7.92 standard rifle bullets. They are said to be durable and simple in structure, but they are too expensive.
It costs 590 yuan per gun. It is estimated that this type of light machine gun will be cheaper when it enters our country in large quantities in the future.
The scopes used by snipers are very expensive. Three scopes are almost as much as the price of two new machine guns. We finally entrusted Hans to buy ten of them this time. They are all exported to European and American countries by the German Zeiss company for those rich people.
I got a four-power scope mounted on a shotgun for hunting. Hans wrote that it was exactly the same as the German military ZF39 scope, but with a different trademark. The lens base matched our Mauser 98. He also said that the installation method was very simple.
Once it's fixed on the receiver, it's ready for use. We won't know how to do it until it's shipped back tomorrow.
It's a pity that I couldn't buy the latest air-cooled heavy machine gun produced by the Americans this time. In order to squeeze into our country and get a piece of the pie, the stubborn Americans took the lead eight years ago and joined forces with the great powers to attack us.
Implementing an arms embargo, but using domestic and foreign profiteers to quietly smuggle in and sell shiploads of backward weapons, they are the same as the other great powers, worse than the people in front of them but the ghosts behind their backs.
How vicious!”
The brothers were quite surprised to hear An Yi say such a lot of complaints, but when they thought that An Yi's huge investment was for the entire collective, it could even be said to be for the revolutionary cause and the early reunification of the country, no one dared to joke easily.
It's just that the temptation of these new weapons is too great, and the brothers in each battalion and company all paid attention with bright eyes.
Gu Laoer had his own ideas. He thought for a moment amidst the discussion of the brothers, raised his head and said loudly to An Yi:
"Boss, among the more than 240 light machine guns in our regiment, at least one-third will not be used for long. Why not take advantage of the good opportunity now that used light machine guns can be sold for 400 yuan to sell the remaining ones on hand?
Dispose of a batch of old light machine guns? Anyway, so far, most of them have not been registered, and only half of the quantity was reported in this establishment declaration. It would be no big deal to quietly sell the other half."
"This won't work! All these equipments have been accumulated by the brothers through hard work. They have developed feelings after fighting all the way, and they will be needed after marching into Zhejiang. We can't be such a spendthrift."
Yin Jinan was the first to object, and the brothers immediately started arguing and soon divided into two opinions. Ye Cheng and Qu Muchen, who were both prudent in the old city, naturally sided with Yin Jinan.
Beard finally expressed his opinion: "I think Hutou's suggestion is feasible. During this period of time, I have been wandering around in various companies. I know that many light machine guns are firing too much and are starting to be difficult to serve. Although it looks very glamorous on the surface, in fact
A large part of them were overused during the thirty-five days of intensive training. Some were damaged due to excessive shooting and failure to replace the barrel in time. Some were caused by the training team and guard company shooting for a long time during training and teaching.
, in this case, if it can be sold, basically the money obtained from the three old guns can be used to buy two new guns. After a little calculation, it seems to be a good deal.
If you can't bear to sell it now, after our army captures Nanjing, you probably won't be able to sell it even if you want to.
Besides, if we continue fighting along the way, we will be able to seize some points. If we are lucky, we may even be able to seize the enemy's arsenal. This time Ding Zhicheng and Dou Fang came back and quietly said to me, if we did not strictly abide by the special warfare disciplines.
, they each came back at least on a horse carrying a batch of guns."
Yang Bin nodded and agreed. The brothers looked at An Yi and waited for his decision, but An Yi said that it would be better to wait until he got the new gun.
The brothers put the matter aside for the time being, and under An Yi's guidance, gradually changed the topic from tonight's banquet to the brothers' group and the reaction of the camp chief. After listening to An Yi's words, the brothers also felt that something was wrong.
, successively expressed his feelings and recounted the sour words he heard during the banquet.
An Yi immediately understood that he was not neurotic, but that there was really a lot of jealousy and comparison in the heads of the regiments and battalion chiefs, so he analyzed his own analysis of the stimulation of each regiment by this exercise and the possible consequences in the future.
Talk about the impact and other issues, discuss them one by one with the brothers, reflect carefully, and finally the brothers reach a consensus:
Adhere to the principle of hiding things and being secretive about getting rich. Give in when you should, and never compromise when you shouldn't. As long as it is not a critical moment when the entire division is facing life and death, everything should be based on the interests of your own team. You can never do it again.
It's a stupid thing to stick your hot face on someone else's cold ass.
The sincere Yin Jinan said happily, fortunately we only used half of the advantageous equipment for the exercise, otherwise I don't know what the senior brothers would say when they saw it.
An Yi didn't have much reaction. After talking about the matter, he told the brothers that they could reduce the training intensity as appropriate and do as much as possible for the people in the area in the next week. He ordered the engineering companies of each battalion to go to Ramie in the west of the city starting tomorrow.
Go to the textile factory construction site and assist the Old Nanchang Chamber of Commerce in completing the wall construction and pouring cement roads as soon as possible.
As soon as the brothers heard this, they knew that their troops were preparing to leave, so they each returned to their respective stations at night.
An Yi left Gu Laoer behind and whispered a few words in his ear. Gu Laoer nodded excitedly and turned around to go out. After a while, he quietly brought in the two captains of the special team, Ding Zhicheng and Dou Fang. An Yi and Yin Jinan,
Beard was already pointing and talking in a low voice around the map spread out on the Eight Immortals table.
"Come and sit down."
An Yi poured a cup of tea for Ding Zhicheng and Dou Fang, put down the thermos and sat down slowly: "Dou Fang, are you familiar with Anfu County, 240 kilometers southwest of it?"
"It's familiar. I've been there five or six times."
Dou Fang realized that An Yi would have an important task for him, and his slightly sunken eyes were shining brightly as he looked at the map.
An Yi pointed to the Hukeng on the edge of Anfu County and whispered: "This place is an important tungsten mineral producing area in western Jiangxi. The black tungsten concentrate smuggled out every year accounts for one-third of the total in western Jiangxi. A week ago, I was at the headquarters from a
A big brother from Ji'an learned that Luo Xiliang, the county magistrate of Anfu, sent a bribe of 1.5 million yuan to a boss of the Second Army, so that he could serve as county magistrate in Anfu for three years.
Before our army entered Jiangxi to fight, in order to save his life and property, this man went to the French Concession in Shanghai with a huge sum of money to buy a foreign-style building worth 800,000 yuan. After our army captured Nanchang, he cleared up the relationship and came back.
And he continues to be his county magistrate, continues to occupy rich mining areas with his family, and continues to smuggle increasingly expensive refined tungsten to the British, so I speculate that this person's net worth is definitely over ten million."
Ding Zhicheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Boss, do you mean we should kill him?"
"That's right!"
An Yi smiled and continued: "At the latest the day after tomorrow, the reinforced regiment of the Second Army stationed in Anfu County will go to Zhejiang to fight side by side with us. The supplementary division of the Second Army staying in Ji'an has been upgraded to an independent division of the Second Army.
A battalion will be sent to Anfu when the Anfu garrison leaves. The handover will definitely be chaotic. In addition, the first section of the Third Army stationed in Pingxiang will pass through Yichun, north of Anfu, and head to Jiujiang. We will be doing a job at this time.
It's time to vote. If it succeeds, maybe we will get a few million more military resources. If it doesn't succeed, it doesn't matter. If you see that the situation is not right or it is difficult to start, don't touch him. You two lead the brothers back quietly and treat it as a long-distance attack.
Just the training.”
"Dry!"
Ding Zhicheng and Dou Fang answered in unison, with excitement in their eyes.
An Yi nodded: "The principle is that if you can do it, do it, and if you can't do it, go back. It's no big deal. In the hearts of me and Hu Hu, Ji Nan, your lives are far more than a few million, and the role you will play in the future may be worth it.
Thirty-five million or even hundreds of millions, do you understand?"
Ding Zhicheng nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, boss, my brothers and I will keep your repeated instructions in mind. We will never violate our oaths and military regulations. If it doesn't work, we will give up. Xiaodouzi and I will never let our brothers get involved."
risk."
"Brother, don't worry!" Dou Fang also expressed his position in a low voice.
An Yi nodded: "The specific action plan will be formulated by Hutou and Hutou through consultation with you. Hutou has been escorting escorts all year round when he was young. Hutou traveled all over the country and often did this business to find money for drinks. They know the virtues of local tyrants and bullies and wealthy people, but Hutou
I have to watch a few camps with Ji Nan. Hu Tou's goal of becoming a powerful person in Jiangxi is too big now, so he can only attend the thank you banquets from all walks of life with me in the next few days, drink and talk business with some wealthy businessmen and celebrities in old Nanchang and Nanchang city.
.Okay, the task has been assigned, and I don’t have the ability to help you, so I’m going to sleep first, and you can chat slowly, haha!”
Ding Zhicheng and Dou Fang stood up with a smile, bid farewell to Yin Jinan and watched An Yi walk into the bedroom. Then they sat down and gathered with Huzi and Gu Laoer under the lantern to discuss nervously.