The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

It was already early morning, except for Liu Banxia who fell into a deep sleep with an injury on his body, the three of them were not sleepy, so they simply lit the lights and talked at night to get to know each other better.Wang Ziping didn't want to boast about his glorious past, and Zhu Bin didn't want to ask too much. He told about Liu Banxia's story, but the outspoken Lu Zhida didn't hide his experience at all.

If you say that this guy has been a restless master since he was a child, his hometown and Wang Ziping's master Yang Hongxiu are in the same place. He was stronger than ordinary children since he was a child. He can eat and run. A good hand at making trouble, but he has laid a solid foundation.As the saying goes, if you are a half-baby, you will eat me to death. When you are 14 years old, the family will not be able to support him. Seeing that he is not suitable for Xiang Xue, let him go out to fight with others. Two years later, he joined Shandong. The troops of the warlord Zhang Zongchang served as soldiers for food.

At that time, Marshal Zhang's team was more bandit than bandit, and there were all sorts of filthy people. Needless to say, it was extremely bad. A boy like Lu Zhida who has a fiery temper and can't hide his thoughts is easy to suffer, so he is depressed. In 1927, Zhang Zongchang went south to help Sun Chuanfang, but was soon beaten by the Northern Expeditionary Army and fled to pieces. Lu Zhida took the opportunity to leave the army and stayed in Shanghai. A little bit of the origin of the previous generation was left behind, and he was cultivated as an outer disciple.

Wang Ziping actually had quite a headache for this guy, as Qiu Ba had developed a bunch of bad habits over the years, at least he didn't smoke opium, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to be saved.And he doesn't have the patience to learn more advanced medical skills——Although Wang Ziping is a master of martial arts, he is also very proficient in medical skills, but it's a pity that this guy is not a material for preaching. On 1.28, when the Japanese army started making trouble, this fellow couldn't sit still at home, and was gearing up to beat Dongyang Carrothead. Wang Ziping was afraid that he would suffer a disadvantage and would never agree, so this fellow kept getting angry, and treated patients with a black face.

Zhu Bin's arrival today gave Wang Ziping an opportunity. After a little thought, he pushed him out. Judging from the way he saw people half his life, Zhu Bin is worth entrusting. He is from a good background, rich and generous. , dare to fight, have a strategy, not a reckless person, who can make Liu Banxia, ​​the most tired and difficult Tianjin Qingpi, sacrifice his life, and Du Yuesheng and other big brothers will hand in the festival. Lu Zhida gave it to him and helped him a little, so he won't be neglected, maybe it's an opportunity to find a good future.

Under such mutual consent, good things hit it off.Lu Zhida was so happy that he grinned and laughed for half the night, and at dawn he couldn't wait to pack his bags and follow Zhu Bin.

Entrusting Liu Banxia to Wang Ziping's care, Zhu Bin returned to his residence early in the morning and found that there were a lot of people patrolling the house and the Green Gang around him, so he had to take care of it!Zhu Bin thinks this is a good thing. At least for a while, he doesn’t have to worry about people always thinking about his container. Although in this era, almost no one can destroy the box made of titanium alloy plates—unless they use infantry artillery to destroy it. Close bombardment, or blasting with a large amount of explosives.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Manager Ma Yi'er of Shenchang Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. couldn't wait to arrive with several trucks in person, and watched Zhu Bin bring out ten heavy metal boxes and load them on the truck with bright eyes.

The trucks of this era are very primitive. They still use wooden wheels. The pneumatic tires pioneered by Volvo have not yet been used. The load capacity is pitifully low. One ton of gold is divided into three vehicles, plus four guards with guns in each vehicle. Strict protection.

Speaking of it, a ton of gold is very small, that is, the volume of three pillows piled up, which can be converted into silver dollars, which is a considerable amount, a total of 500 million yuan!Just thinking about it is a huge fortune that makes people dizzy!Zhu Bin actually threw it out casually.Ma Yier accepted the gold in great surprise, but he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "This prodigal son!"

The global Great Depression has led to a sharp shortage of gold reserves in various countries. The price of gold in the market is high, and the black market is even more priceless. Not to mention foreign countries, just here in Shanghai. This war, the ratio of gold exchange rates has skyrocketed!Even if Ma Yier was killed, he would not pay it directly as money. This thing is absolutely hard currency, and it is very safe to hold it in the warehouse!

After preparing another large bag of special equipment, Zhu Bin took Lu Zhidahui and Wang Pingnan back to the Dachang station refreshed.Along the way, Lu Zhida hugged an M1917 Browning heavy machine gun with an air-cooled barrel in his arms and never let go. Just like holding his own daughter-in-law, he yelled, and Zhu Bin was so angry that he cursed for nothing!

What happened last night, Zhu Bin only briefly told Wang Pingnan, but Captain Wang was shocked!Such a big event happened to him. I really don't know whether to say that he was lucky or a bit of a loser, but in the overall result, the good side accounted for more. At least after the news media exposed it, Zhu Bin's reputation would definitely For the Volunteer Army, it is an excellent role model signboard.

The inside of the concession and the outside of the concession are definitely two completely different worlds. Inside the concession, the girls are dancing and dancing, and there is a sense of wanton luxury amidst the tension and depression; The flavors are completely different, and ordinary people may not be able to adapt to the sudden change.

But when Lu Zhida smelled the smell of gunpowder smoke, his face was full of energy, like a fish in water.No wonder Wang Ziping can't train him well, this guy is born to be a killer!

After dark, Zhu Bin rushed to Zhabei with a team of troops to meet the Shenchang foreign convoy carrying the American flag to urgently transport a bunch of old-fashioned weapons he bought back to the station. Cheers!

These days, the most frustrating thing for the soldiers is that they don’t have enough weapons in their hands. The sixty or so rifles and more than 156 rounds of bullets allocated by the 1th Brigade are not enough for training alone, so they have to be replaced by wooden fake guns. This is quite unsatisfying!Well now, nothing is missing!

After tapping once, Chen Liuqing, the quartermaster, rubbed his hands happily, chasing after Zhu Bin happily and asked, "Deputy Zhu, where did you buy these American guys? They all look strange, but they are all Good stuff, it’s hard to buy with money! As expected of someone who came back from studying abroad, it’s worth it, it’s worth it!”

Zhu Bin waved his hand modestly: "Where is that, our volunteer army is upright, the captain has a lot of face, and the equipment that was laboriously raised by the bosses is not due to me alone!"

That being said, the details of Captain Wang Pingnan are not a secret, he is determined not to have the ability, and how could it be so coincidental, they are all old American products?It's just that Zhu Bin didn't want to take credit for it, and everyone didn't waste too much time talking about it.

This batch of munitions is not all that Ma Yircang has. Zhu Bin kept his eyes open and only got a batch. A total of 1903 m200 Springfield rifles, 1921 m100 Thompson charge flags, 1911 m20 Browning pistols, and m1917 Browning 7.62 Ning 6mm water-cooled heavy machine guns, 1921 M12.7 Browning 4mm water-cooled heavy machine guns, a total of 20 bullets, 2 mk500 grenades, 2 Davis recoilless guns, and the rest are not many, As for heavy weapons such as mortars and infantry guns, no.

It's not that Zhu Bin doesn't want to buy it. Ma Yi'er really doesn't have any in stock, but he has been asked to repurchase it from Xiang Lihe Foreign Firm. It's not certain how much he can get by then.

But these things have already made the volunteers so happy that they don't know how to show their favor, especially the ten heavy machine guns that are so enjoyable to look at, they are serious weapons!

Those four 4mm water-cooled heavy machine guns are very rare in China, and few people have seen them. At the time, Ma Yier didn’t know how to do it, so he got the original version of the anti-aircraft model. The whole machine gun and bracket weighed nearly 12.7 kilograms. Side-loading, when loading the bullet, you need to pull the barrel and the trigger together. If you are weak, you can't pull it at all!He didn't know about this problem until later, but it was too late!

This heavy machine gun was born at an untimely time in China. In 1921, although the warlords were in full swing, the situation of the 12.7mm heavy machine gun was extremely embarrassing.General military targets can be dealt with with cheap and high-quality Maxim. Larger armored targets are rare, and guns are generally used to deal with them. The price of this heavy machine gun is more expensive than that of small guns. Like water, one round of bullets is more expensive than several rounds of ordinary 7.92mm round bullets, which is not suitable no matter what.

As a result, no one wanted it.

This time it was finally thrown out, and both parties felt that they had made a profit.For Zhu Bin, it was a timely rain, which helped a lot. It was extremely difficult to get guns at this time, but ordinary bullets were useless against Japanese armored vehicles, but the 12.7mm bullets were just right!Whether it is the 6mm armor of the Davis tank, the 10-17mm riveted armor of the Type 17 medium tank, or the armor of the original French ft-[-] tank, they can all be worn through!Moreover, the bullet has a high rate of fire, dense firepower, and the machine gun itself is light in weight and easy to move. It is an excellent weapon to deal with little devils!

Four m1921 heavy machine guns, as four anti-aircraft guns, how good it is!

We have weapons, but usability is a big problem.The soldiers of the Volunteer Army can handle rifles well, but quasi-technical weapons such as machine guns are not very good. On the one hand, Zhu Bin entrusted Ma Yiman in Shanghai to find experienced American military officers as consultants. , first carry out assault training, learn the basic action essentials of loading bullets, adding water, aiming and shooting, and then use one method to get familiar with weapons as soon as possible-live ammunition shooting!

On February 2, more than 6 people from the No.12 Division of the Japanese Army reinforced Shanghai. It was a foregone conclusion that Kiichi Shiozawa was deprived of command. Yoshisaburo Nomura, who replaced him, took the 24th Mixed Brigade on the "Izumo" to catch up. Arriving in Shanghai, the battlefield is in a state of stalemate, and the war is about to face further escalation.

And in the stadium, the crazy training officially kicked off!

13!It's only a few hundred points away, brothers, try your best and kill it!