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- ?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. However, they did not know that at this moment, accompanied by Zhang Zhenhua, they were inspecting the production status of the arsenal and the Jiangbei advance. Yang Zhen, who had already delivered the 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, its service life is definitely not short. Some of the machinery and equipment are American or German goods imported from Tsarist Russia at the beginning of this century. Even the nameplates of some of the machines are clearly engraved with the words "Dragon Flag" and "Tianjin, Beiyang Machinery Bureau".
According to the factory director's inference, these German-made nitrate spray machines 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. Tsarist Russia set up 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 learned that the machinery and equipment had arrived, I was very excited and suddenly became extremely unhappy.
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 was almost boiling. Although the quantity of this 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 the 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 Nagant 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, and the Vickers heavy machine gun.
The French M-1916 Leber rifle, the Chauchat light machine gun, the M-1909 light machine gun, and the Hotchkiss heavy machine gun whose rifling is almost worn out are known as the most deceitful Chauchat light machine guns in history.
??Mauser Type 98, Type 88 rifles, and Maxin heavy machine guns produced in Germany during World War I. The Austrian Mannlicher rifle, the American Springfield rifle, and the French machine gun produced by the Americans that was changed to the American 7.62mm caliber with even worse 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 and the predecessor of the Type 38 rifle known as the Golden Hook Rifle, the Thirty Years Type rifle. The inscriptions on some Murata eight-millimeter repeating guns also have the date of production during the Russo-Japanese War.
The number of these rifle machine guns is as large as more than 2,000 Leber rifles made in France, and as small as the Mannlicher rifles produced in Austria, there are less than 200. There are even less than a hundred types of weapons such as the German Type 88 rifle.
And some weapons, like those Japanese-made Murata rifles, although there are many of them, reaching hundreds, do not even have a single bullet. In addition to those without bullets, even those that provide bullets, there are also many that can't even reach five rounds of bullets per gun on average.
Those weapons are equipped with more bullets. Regardless of the quality of the firearm itself, most of the bullets they are equipped with are close to being scrapped or have been scrapped due to poor storage. What's more, quite a few of these weapons are so rusted that they can't even pull the bolts open. Only half of the rifles were equipped with bayonets, and many did not even come with slings.
Yang Zhen calculated that among these small weapons, whether there were bullets or not, and whether they were usable or not, there were nearly eight calibers that were incompatible with each other. Compared with the chaotic small weapons, there were a lot of 64 mountain field guns with six types of calibers that were shipped together. 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 calibers, but also 77mm and 88mm German calibers, as well as 69mm French and Austro-Hungarian calibers. In addition, the standard 76.2mm mountain field gun equipped by the Soviet Union is naturally indispensable.
There are only sixteen Soviet artillery pieces of standard caliber.The production date of the logo is that of Tsarist Russia. Some of them are even crudely made during the Soviet-Russian Civil War. Due to long-term high intensity, the rifling in the barrel has been worn away. One of Yang Zhen's direct artillery regiments didn't dare to use it.
Even Ma Qichang, who was always known for his boldness and said that there was no artillery he dared not use, after looking at it, he shook his head and did not dare to use it. These artillery pieces failed to fire the shells, but they exploded first. A cannon is not like a rifle, which explodes when its chamber explodes. It's not just one person who dies, it might be a group of people.
"Not only are these artillery pieces compared with light weapons, but the ratio between caliber and quantity is even more outrageous. Many of them are retractable artillery pieces that are now comparable to trash. Ammunition is the same as light weapons. Many of them have guns but no ammunition. For example, the seven Austro-Hungarian Empire standard 69mm mountain cannons did not even have a single shell.
¡°These are weapons and equipment. Some people believe that they are wholesale of scrapped weapons from Jiangbei. These rags are just thrown away to the troops who lack the most equipment. I'm afraid no one will want them. Who would want a rifle whose barrel expands without pulling the trigger, and the bullet can slide out along the barrel with the cartridge case, or even a rifle that has no bullet at all?
Along with those machines and equipment, I paid a huge price of three weapons blueprints that were ahead of the times and a ton of gold, but I bought a bunch of junk. This really made Yang Zhen's mood almost extremely bad.
Forget about these junk-like equipment, Yang Zhen never thought about getting them at all. But he was really angry to the extreme about those second-hand, or even unknown, military production machinery and equipment. Especially the equipment, even if it is a match, it cannot 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 equipment captured by Belarus or foreign intervention forces during the civil war that the Far East Military Region had stored in warehouses.
After long-term use and poor maintenance in the later period, these weapons have basically reached the level of scrapping. Moreover, for most weapons, the required imported ammunition is scarce or even non-existent. In fact, the commander of the military region, General Abanashek, and the political commissar of the military region, Ivanov, did not agree to hand over this batch of scrapped weapons and ammunition to Chinese comrades.
They are on the front line of the confrontation with the Kwantung Army, so they naturally have a good understanding of what the Chinese comrades really need. The role of these Chinese comrades in the Far East Military Region is even more clear. But this was an order from Moscow, and they did not dare to veto it. It is said that this batch of weapons, which were actually worthless, was discounted by the NKVD for a full 200 kilograms of gold. It was also said that this was the price after a half discount.
"The weapons blueprints provided by these Chinese comrades, which have been tested at the Far East Military Region's shooting ranges, are ahead of their time by an entire era, and are deeply loved by the top brass of the military region, are only worth a hundred kilograms of gold. Undoubtedly, these weapons were used by the NKVD to pay the Chinese comrades for the one ton of gold they purchased for the designated production lines in accordance with Comrade Stalin's advice.
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 handed over to the Chinese comrades free of charge. But two days before the transfer, 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 replenish all scrapped weapons in stock.
Not only did they disobey Stalin's order to transfer them free of charge, but they also checked all the rifles one by one. Even if each one was scrapped, they had to participate in the trade-in. After all the weapons were accounted for, the NKVD took away more than half of the gold that the Chinese comrades had brought to the central government as a cost.
Like those old antiques, they have long since been scrapped because there are no similar bullets. However, the Murata-style rifle that has not yet been destroyed was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Far East Military Region who was ordered to personally take it out of the arms warehouse.
¡°The NKVD is an extremely terrifying institution these days. After being taken away by him, many high-ranking officers either died in unknown circumstances or never came back.
Even though he deeply trusted Comrade Stalin, General Abanashek, who always spoke in the military region, was extremely wary of him. If he does not want to repeat the mistakes of his two predecessors, Marshal Blucher and Admiral Stern, he can only remain silent on this matter.
There are just some things that Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev cannot say clearly. The NKVD¡¯s eyeliners are too powerful, and their noses are more sensitive than military dogs Who knows if any of these Chinese comrades have their informants. Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev did not want to be invited to tea by the NKVD as soon as he returned home. Many marshals and generals with great military exploits have been shot, not to mention a small lieutenant colonel like myself.
Although some words cannot be said clearly, some necessary explanations must be made. After accompanying Yang Zhen on his inspection, Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev, who was proficient in Chinese, went through a lot of troubles and used the reception banquet to convince the Ministry of Internal Affairs personnel around him. Only then did he use 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 is also the personal representative of General Abanashek, first apologized for the trouble these things have caused to Chinese comrades. He hoped that Yang Zhen would not affect the de facto cooperation with the Far East Military Region because of this kind of thing.
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 rusted that we can¡¯t even pull the bolt open. You¡¯re going to let us use this weapon to fight 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 this pile of junk for our gold and new weapons?¡±
"Comrade Kovalev, we are poor, but we are not rag collectors. Forget about 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 be dissatisfied with the weapons. We can¡¯t ignore that, but those machines and equipment are all new.¡±
"Can such a pile of rags be worth a ton of gold? You 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, hungry and greedy, as long as we can get our hands on the National Government, give us some Ruins can cover up the past. We can be self-reliant. We can't survive without you. We didn't even have a penny of foreign aid before, but we still won the battle?"
At this point, Yang Zhen was so angry that he said eloquently: "We treat you as your trusted friend and treat us like a big brother. 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.¡±
"I 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, and I have no place to pile this garbage."
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