mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 131 Replenishing the Arsenal

Time passed quickly, and even the Japanese-Russian naval battle of Tsushima was decided.

So far, although the Russo-Japanese War has not been officially declared over, the result has already come out.

Russia was completely defeated.

Zhao Chuanxin has a sense of urgency about this.

This time he sent Liu Baogui to Tianjin to pick up the second batch of weapons and ammunition.

Liu Baogui took 50 silver dollars and left.

Sprinkle money all the way.

He is different from Zhao Chuanxin. If anyone wants Zhao Chuanxin's money, he will fight with him desperately, unless he is willing to pay for it himself.

Liu Baogui took money all the way to clear the way, first spent a fortune in Liao, and asked Du Lisan to connect with the upper-level generals in Shanhaiguan, opened up the relationship, and directly dumped [-] silver dollars.

If you find a foreign comprador, you don't even have to ask for a counter-offer when you buy weapons.

A "filial son" is born with a lot of money, regardless of whether he is an official or a foreigner, he is used as a father.

After a month of no use, Liu Baogui came back with weapons and ammunition.

Although she has lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot, Liu Guigui is full of energy.

According to his words: "It's a time to experience being a master!"

The insurance team has come, looking at the boxes of goods in the arsenal.

There are 200 horse brand luzis and 20 rounds of matching bullets.

200 Lee Enfield magazine-type short rifles, equipped with 20 rounds of ammunition.

96 Mauser C200 pistols with 20 rounds of ammunition.

There are 30 Madsen machine guns and some ammunition.

There are 20 German Maxim machine guns and some ammunition.

A bunch of guns stunned everyone.

Shuangxi rushed to Ma Keqin's side, patted the gun body and said: "This gun is so aggressive that you can't even move it. It must be very powerful."

Liu Baogui said: "This is a gun that was called for by the salary. You can't guess how much it is. A heavy machine gun of this kind costs more than 300 pounds, and the combined silver dollar is almost 4000 yuan."

Everyone took a deep breath.

4000 yuan for a gun?
Crazy?
刘宝贵神秘一笑：“还没说完，这枪1分钟，都有表知道1分钟多久吧？1分钟最多能打600发子弹。也就是说，1分钟就要打掉50块大洋。”

hiss……

Shuangxi pinched his fingers and calculated: "Then fighting for an hour, wouldn't it cost a heavy machine gun?"

Zhao Chuanxin laughed: "Don't talk nonsense, the barrel of the barrel is scrapped after one hour of continuous shooting. And the theory fires 600 rounds per minute, so it doesn't mean that it can be fired. But anyway, this is the battlefield harvester. That's for sure."

When everyone saw the long 250 metal bullet chain, they all felt their scalps tingling.

If one's own troops encounter this thing on the battlefield, a large number of them will die if they sweep it away.

Gao Li picked up the Mauser pistol and asked, "Is this a pistol? It's so big?"

Zhao Chuanxin explained: "Mauser C96, we generally call it a box gun. Ten rounds of ammunition are loaded, the rate of fire is fast, and the power is great, but the disadvantage is obvious. The recoil of the shot will make the barrel float upwards, and the bullets float. Great. Installing a wooden stock can overcome this shortcoming, but it has no advantage over the range of a rifle. If you fire at a short distance, you will lose accuracy. You can try it when the time comes, but I don’t recommend it.”

The "mirror box" at the moment is not fully automatic, and cannot be used as a submachine gun.

The reason why he bought it was that Zhao Chuanxin wanted to give it to some heroes who threw their lives and blood for this nation in the future.

Er Fatty picked up the Lee Enfield magazine-style short rifle and took a look: "Don't we have water dripping? There are still thirteen rings in the warehouse."

Zhao Chuanxin also picked up one, and pulled the breech bolt: "Look, this thing loads and reloads faster. It can hold ten bullets at a time. The firepower output is strong. The magazine can be disassembled, but it is easy to break. But it doesn’t matter, you don’t disassemble it when you practice the gun, but you dismantle it casually during the war, as fast as you can. You can use this gun instead in the future.”

In the end, it was Liu Guigui who took off his hat and scratched his head: "It's understandable if you ask me to buy another gun. Why buy this Madsen machine gun?"

After running outside, I didn't even speak "I".

In fact, many people have already learned from Zhao Chuanxin and started to change their mouths.

It's just a habit.

The three eastern provinces of later generations will not know me.

Zhao Chuanxin easily picked up about 40 kilograms with 10 rounds of magazines installed, and it was still shaking in his hand, which was just right for his strength.Caressing the blued gun body like a baby, he said: "This already belongs to the category of light machine guns. You may feel that it is heavy to carry a heavy machine gun, but this one can barely reach shoulder shooting. Hold the trigger and shoot 40 bullets. Think about it, if you use this thing to hit Japan, can you also wipe out a piece of it?"

As soon as he explained, everyone looked eagerly at Madsen's machine gun.

Shuangxi was the first to pick up one: "My good fellow, isn't this light? On the battlefield, carrying such a large piece of iron bumps, I'm afraid you can't even run?"

He tried it on his shoulder, but it was really reluctant.

Er Fatty has a lot of strength, so he tried it and found it to be okay.

Zhao Chuanxin opened the support, and he didn't think the ground was dirty, so he lay down directly: "Look, isn't there a support here? This is for positional warfare. It's not like we ride a horse and shoot and run. If you shoot on the ground, sweep it It's over!"

"This is powerful, no one can beat us, no Russians, no Japanese, no soldiers from the Qing court!"

"I think I should look for the nearby locks..."

"I'm afraid it won't work nearby, why don't we go to Harbin to try our luck?"

Zhao Chuanxin was speechless: "Okay, okay, as long as it is not a vicious bandit, we have to forgive others and let them go. If they don't harm the common people, let them go. Little Japan has won the Russo-Japanese War, and the next thing is to Negotiate with the Russians, and then carve up the Northeast. After that, huh, little Japan will come, and you may not be able to fight if you want to."

"Don't be afraid, it's over!"

"How many balls does Little Japan have?"

"Sweep these bastards to death!"

Zhao Chuanxin asked them to take their guns to the shooting range to practice and get used to it.

He put some of the guns and ammunition directly into the secret pendant in case of emergency.

After leaving the arsenal, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly turned his head and asked Li Guangzong who was waiting outside: "How about the helmet made by Guo Blacksmith?"

Li Guangzong seems to be able to remember everything: "Still working hard, the progress is very slow."

"Then how is my sister-in-law's tailor making the leather armor-lined hood I want?"

"This one will be finished soon."

Liu Baogui waited for him to finish speaking, stepped forward and said: "This trip may be a bit expensive, and the arms accounted for most of it. There are also some people who bribed local officials of the Qing court along the way for convenience, and according to what you said, entertained Ma Kuaiban in Tianjin City ... and gave Zhang Zhankui some money to climb up the ladder, and the 50 yuan was not much left..."

"It's okay, just reconcile the account with Guangzong, and just remember it. The province should spend money."

He put a nail in Tianjin City, which is Zhang Zhankui.

It is impossible to have a successful official career just relying on the reputation of martial arts.

It can be foreseen that without Zhao Chuanxin's intervention, the leader of his Ma Kuai class will basically be the upper limit for the next few years.

He must be given a push, as there will still be places where he can use it in the future.

(End of this chapter)