"It would be great if we could get some Type 3 and Type 4 for us. Who the hell wants this modification of Type 36?" Wu Mu looked at the situation on the training ground and was quite unhappy.
The training director didn't dare to answer the question. He knew that there was a big debate within the Senate about this matter.
In fact, the issue of pistols is quite annoying to the political security and police departments. Compared with the Fubo Army and the National Army, they often come into contact with and use revolvers. However, after several years of actual combat testing, the effectiveness of the 1630 version of the revolver
It has been widely questioned. These doubts focus on the power of the pistol. There are even reports that several rounds at close range failed to knock down enemy soldiers wearing thick cotton coats. It is completely unable to penetrate ordinary armor within 20 meters claimed by the weapons research team.
Effect.
However, the problem was delayed. The obvious reason is that pistols were not an urgent matter for the ordnance department. It was not until the sun umbrella project occurred in 1634 that the national police, the Political Security Bureau and the military criticized the existing military system during the subsequent review.
Police equipment, especially the Type 30 pistol, has raised many dissatisfactions. It is believed that not only is its ammunition weak in lethality, but its more fatal shortcoming is its slow reloading speed, which has caused heavy casualties to the operators and almost led to the failure of the arrest operation.
Due to the fierce pressure from the Senate, the pistol improvement project was quickly approved by the Planning Academy. In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, it was decided that the two groups would carry out the design work in parallel.
The final result is the production of two models, namely the 1630 modification - the so-called 1636 type they have just received and the completely reborn type 1634.
The design concept of the Type 1636 is still based on the "waste utilization" of the Planning Institute. In fact, there is not much change between the Type 1636 and the Type 1630. Only changes are made in the ammunition specifications and mechanical mechanism. Most of the pistols produced in the past are
The Type 1630 was recycled and modified. It is a completely non-stop attitude that will not squeeze out the remaining value.
As for the design of the second weapons team, it is more advanced because it was designed based on an all-metal cartridge case from the beginning. Although it cannot get rid of black powder, it has at least comprehensively improved the safety and ballistic performance of the ammunition.
Type 1634 is actually based on the S&W NO.3 pistol. It is equipped with a more reliable safety mechanism and optimized ergonomic design. The design of its open frame and automatic ejection rod greatly improves the speed of reloading and reloading.
It was very convenient, and the prototype gun quickly entered the testing stage. At the end of the year, it was finalized as the 1634-type revolver, referred to as the "Type 3-4 pistol".
The prototype of Type 3 and Type 4 pistol bullets is also the 0.44 Russian (11X25mmR) bullet. While ensuring the stopping effect, the recoil force is within an acceptable range, and the weight of the whole gun is relatively large. The controllability of the Type 1634 pistol is quite commendable. Among them,
An episode occurred: In order to save copper, the Planning Institute proposed to use paper-cased bullets similar to the 1636 type on the basis of continuing the inherent specifications of ammunition. However, the Navy and Marine Corps fiercely opposed this proposal, pointing out that paper-cased bullets were stored in pistol ammunition.
When nesting, it is more susceptible to moisture in the offshore operating environment. And the problem of preventing spontaneous combustion and loading speed have still not been solved. What is the point of installing another revolver?
In the end, the Planning Institute considered that the tight supply of copper materials after the monopoly on trade with Japan had been greatly alleviated, and continuing to use the old design in the past would also have an impact on the service life of the gun. Therefore, the Type 3 and 4 0.44 caliber pistol bullets were finally adopted.
Copper cartridge case, Boxer-type primer for easy reloading.
It is conceivable that Type 3 and Type 4 have not been widely equipped due to cost. The first batch to obtain the equipment were the General Reconnaissance Bureau of the Fubo Army and the General Bureau of Guards of the Senate. Later, they were equipped with officers and officers of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Some officers of the South China Army. As for the two departments of the National Police and the Political Security Bureau, what they got was this modified 36-style.
Naturalized civilian cadres generally do not dare to complain about the decisions of the Senate, but they are not shy about complaining among themselves. The training director himself has participated in many small arms shooting and tactical training hosted by the special reconnaissance team, and has seen many real
The "Australian product" also denounced modifications like the Type 36. Seeing the disgusted face of his superior, it was natural to understand his psychological activities.
A clerk walked over quickly and said to Wu Mu: "Director Wu, Director Yang is waiting for you in your office and will report to you if there is any situation." Wu Mu nodded and walked quickly to the office.
With a bang, Wu Mu pushed the door open and entered. Yang Cao and Xu Tong were already waiting in the room. When they saw him coming in, they bowed slightly and seemed to stand up. Wu Mu pressed down his hand to signal them to sit down, and then sat down.
Asked: "What's going on?"
Yang Cao said: "The things purchased in the city were sent away."
Wu Mu immediately became energetic: "Oh? Who picked up the goods?"
Yang Cao said: "It was a truck and people hired from outside. They unloaded the truck at a village twenty miles away from the city. They parked it for two days and were picked up after that."
Wu Mu said: "Did you find out where you were going?"
Yang Cao said: "It's difficult. Some of the recipients are local villagers who are very familiar with the local rivers and harbors. Our people have limited knowledge of the local river conditions and cannot follow them. In order to avoid exposure and for safety reasons,
Withdrew, but made a major discovery."
Wu Mu said: "Tell me a little bit."
Yang Cao said: "There are heavenly soldiers among those who receive the goods."
Wu Mu was surprised and said: "Heavenly soldiers?"
From this name, he probably knew that it was a Huidao Sect organization. The Political Security Bureau probably learned about some such organizations through its understanding of local social conditions, but the Huidao Sect organization has not been prosperous in Guangdong and Guangdong since ancient times, and is far less powerful than its northern counterparts. Because
The local clan power is very strong, and it is difficult for Huidaomen to win over the people at the bottom through "mutual assistance", so it is not successful.
Yang Cao said: "It is a local Taoist sect, called the Tianmen Taoist Association. It is unclear when it arose. It has existed in the countryside since ancient times and has been widely spread. The members call themselves Tianbing. When fighting, they wear red scarves on their heads, wrap their swords with red ribbons, and use red spears.
Ying, wearing a piece of homespun cloth with the words "Heaven and Earth Bless the Disciples of the Taoist God". Most of the members are Hakkas, households renting Shatian and farmless workers, craftsmen, etc. At first, they had the nature of unity and self-preservation. They shelled Guangzhou.
Later, bandits started to appear in droves. In the name of "defending the land and resisting the bandits," the Tianmen Taoist Association took advantage of the situation and became bigger. They successively defeated a pond wind, a mountain tiger, and a dragon's back. Three groups of dozens of bandits gathered together and became famous and attracted people.
A large number of people have joined, and they are an armed force of landlords in the hands of local forces. These people live and farm in the countryside on weekdays, just like ordinary people. They only gather when there is something wrong. So it is difficult to identify them on weekdays."
Wu Mu has already begun to have a headache, because this kind of organization is not a simple bandit. It has a loose structure and is very "popular". It is difficult to distinguish. If there is no criminal behavior, it is not easy to directly use coercive measures.
"... After we occupied Guangdong, they did not confront the Senate and cooperated with our local work. Therefore, their daily work did not touch their organizational activities."
Wu Mu waved his hand: "Do you have any specific structure and organizational information?"
"This is relevant information." Yang Cao handed over the prepared file. Wu Mu looked through it and found that the introduction to the Taoist sect was very brief.
"...The leader of the association is called the Tianmen Marshal, and internally he is called the Seat Marshal, also known as the helmsman, and the helmsman. The deputy position is called the Zhengyin, also known as the co-ruler, who assists in leading the congregation. There are eight sects below the leader, and each sect is called the Gongmen.
The leader is also responsible for the promotion and promotion of personnel; the rules and regulations of the punishment sect; the finance sect of the food sect; the general affairs sect of the rites sect; the rituals of the rites sect; the investigation of the wind sect; and the killings of the military sect. It has a certain organizational nature, but overall it is relatively simple.
It is loose. The leaders of each village basically do their own thing. They are very superstitious and rely on gods and ghosts to fool the people. The important positions in the meeting are basically held by important local figures. Rich households and gentry often serve as leaders in order to seek peace or expand their strength.
.The eldest disciples who are in charge of each sect are called disciples, and they must be cleared up and receive a great gift before they can officially assume the position in the association."
Judging from the materials, this organization has not committed any serious crimes, and even the scale of "money-making" that such organizations have always done is not large. The biggest problem is that it is often involved in local conflicts. And local conflicts are in conflict with local clans.
The contradictions between natives and foreigners are intertwined. It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong.
It is really strange how such an obviously low-level Taoist sect could collude with Liang Cunhou, an authentic local gentry.
"Liang Cunhou is likely to have made friends with some powerful local factions on the periphery of the local area through Wu Di, and the sects they control are the armed forces he covets. Since we implemented public security purges in Guangdong and Guangxi, after two consecutive phases of purges, the Pearl River Delta region has
Basically all the bandit and pirate groups have been eliminated. It is no longer feasible to build the armed forces through the traditional method of handing over bandits. That's why Liang Cunhou put his mind on them. Originally, their anti-imperial color was relatively weak, but in their bones they were still
I think the Ming Dynasty is orthodox."
Yang Cao paused and said: "But generally speaking, their organization is not very strict, and they are not monolithic internally. Many well-off households just want to organize young people to defend their hometown. They are afraid that other forces will intervene in the local area and increase the burden, so they are unwilling to go there.
The muddy waters of the anti-Song Dynasty gave us a lot of room to carry out our work. Some gentry in the countryside came to us in time and took the initiative to act as our eyes and ears. Among them, there are many disciples with Tianmen Dao. Let us
We can obtain some valuable information, which was provided to us yesterday by Li Baiqing from Laoliwei, Dongguan." After saying this, he handed a letter to Wu Mu.
Wu Mu took it and looked at it carefully. It was a cardboard post 8 inches long and 4 inches wide. The letter read: Gongmeng Baozha, and the middle letter read:
Appeal to the Emperor of Heaven
Summon generals to send troops
…
Heaven and earth are witnesses
By ghosts and gods
The following letter reads: On x day, x month, x year, x and land will meet to discuss plans. The leader of Tianmen Taoist Association: Xue Heyi will greet all the brothers.
Wu Mu looked over it several times: "Is this their internal meeting post?"
Yang Cao said: "Yes, and it is a formal announcement of the covenant. It is very rare. Unless there is a major matter, it will not be released lightly. This time, the capital of each county meeting received the announcement. This Xue Tu is the current chief helmsman of Tiandao Sect."