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After several months of recuperation, the military and civilians of Guangzhou gradually freed themselves from the shadow of war, but the dark clouds of war once again loomed over their heads.

1925, 1 February.

The 50,000 troops under the Guangzhou Revolutionary Base Camp swore to set off, and marched to the eastern Guangdong region controlled by Chen Jiongming in three routes, and Chen Jiongming, who was still strong, commanded the 60,000 troops to fight-for-tat and rise up to meet the battle.

At the end of the grand swearing-in ceremony, the Whampoa Army opened the school gate and began to board the ship and set off, crossed the Pearl River, boarded the Fangcun Wharf on the north bank to assemble, and then rushed to the battlefield by land.

On the cargo ship on the west side of the military academy wharf, Zheng Yi didn't have time to glance at the teachers, students and friends who were going to the battlefield, carefully reviewed the loading list of the second batch of military supplies, quickly took out a fountain pen, quickly wrote on the list in triplicate, and then signed his name.

Although Zheng Yi is still a captain, under the care and attention of the commander Yu Feipeng, he has been approved by the school committee to serve as the acting chief of the transportation section of the newly established Quartermaster Department, shouldering the heavy responsibility of transporting war materials.

In the sound of passwords one after another, President Jiang, Director Zhou and other more than ten officials stood silently on the high place of the dock, watching the childish but high-spirited students board the ship, Zheng Yi quietly walked behind Yu Feipeng and whispered: "The second batch of materials has been checked, but there are only twenty boxes of medicines and surgical instruments missing. ”

Yu Feipeng shook his head slightly: "This batch of medicines and two sets of surgical instruments have been intercepted by the Third Division of the Guangdong Army, and they can't be brought back, so notify the escort team to start the ship." ”

"Yes."

Zheng Yi returned to the requisitioned merchant ship without saying a word, conveyed the departure order to the escort captain, and watched the dilapidated 300-ton steam cargo ship leave the dock and sail to the opposite shore, and couldn't help but secretly worry about the school brothers who were about to enter the battlefield.

With the support of the Comintern, the young Whampoa army no longer lacked guns and ammunition, but there were only six artillery pieces used for attacking fortified positions, and they were all half-old and old infantry guns, and there was a serious shortage of shells, and there was an extreme shortage of drugs for battlefield treatment.

The young Whampoa Army also needs to use its own flesh and blood to establish its own status and establish its own dignity.

"Brother Zheng, what do you want? Is it that you can't go to the front line to make meritorious contributions, and you are unwilling? Principal Jiang's attendant Yu Jishi and the new guard captain Wang Shihe came to Zheng Yi's side.

Zheng Yi turned around and smiled, looking at the Bergman MP18 submachine gun on their shoulders: "Even if you have a conscience, you didn't take away all the guns I stole with great difficulty, and remember to leave five flower machine guns for our quartermaster department." ”

Wang Shihe laughed: "Speaking of which, I have to thank you, if the principal hadn't asked me to go to the quartermaster department to get a gun, I wouldn't have known about this batch of high-quality weapons that you quietly withheld...... Last week, we compared at the shooting range, this Czech flower machine gun far exceeds the original German flower machine gun in terms of accuracy and reliability, and the 30-round straight magazine set under the bolt is very convenient, but there are fewer bullets. ”

"I just sent you 20,000 rounds the day before yesterday, and I ran out so quickly?" Zheng Yi asked puzzled.

Yu Jishi explained: "During this period of time, we are preparing for war, we are no exception, three target shots consume nearly half a bullet, you know, the trigger pulls thirty bullets and it is gone, our guard is equipped with ninety-five, and it takes at least three thousand rounds to hit a target, how can the little bullet you send is enough?" Today, only three of my six spare magazines are full. ”

Zheng Yi thought for a moment: "The caliber of the Czech improved flower machine gun is different from the German MP18, and the imitation of the flower machine gun from the major domestic arsenals is also different, this gun uses nine-millimeter Mauser pistol cartridges, this kind of bullet is very common in Europe, but there are not many of them in our country, and the nine-millimeter pistol cartridges of several foreign companies in Shamian have basically been bought by me, and the Belgian foreign companies still have tens of thousands of rounds in stock, but they are all stored in the Hong Kong transit warehouse, and it will take three or five days to buy them, if you are in a hurry, I will first send you the 10,000 spare by our quartermaster department." ”

Yu Jishi and Wang Shihe were very happy to hear it: "It's too timely, I'll go to your place to move later, maybe we will follow the main force in the afternoon." ”

Zheng Yi thought for a while and suggested: "If the guards want to prepare more bullets, make a report to our Chief Yu as soon as possible, as long as it is approved, I will handle it immediately, and strive to send it to the front line with the batch of British grenades that were stored yesterday and hand them over to you." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Yu Jishi took the initiative to take it: "I'll write the report, I'll ask the principal to sign it, and I'll hand it over to you at noon." ”

Zheng Yi nodded, and saw Yu Feipeng not far away waving to him, hurriedly hurried over, took the note handed by Yu Feipeng and retreated to the side, and couldn't help but secretly complain after reading it.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zheng Yi drove a small speedboat borrowed from Taikoo Shipyard, took two plainclothes guards and two boxes of oceans, and rushed to the special pier of the concession.

The Indian soldiers guarding the pier saw the British rice flag fluttering on the speedboat and the familiar Zheng Yi, saluted and immediately let them go.

Zheng Yi left the guards and Dayang on the dinghy, and went directly to the German Lu Phosphorus Foreign Company, which deals in chemicals and medicines, and waited upstairs under the polite guidance of the comprador.

After about half an hour, the blonde, blue-eyed, tall, thin, and shrewd manager Huddle came quickly, and stretched out a big hand to Zheng Yi from three meters away:

"My friend, it's been a long time since I've played football with you, I remember the last time I fought against you was on that terrible grass behind the Taikoo Shipyard, and I haven't seen you since, and if your revolutionary army doesn't start a war, I'm afraid you won't come to visit me, right? Ha ha! Sit down, coffee or tea? ”

"Coffee bar." Zheng Yi said with a smile.

Huddle snapped his fingers at the female secretary, lit a cigarette and took two puffs, and put the cigarette and the delicate windproof lighter in front of Zheng Yi: "Say, my friend, what can I serve?" ”

Zheng Yi, who started smoking half a month ago, lit a cigarette: "Mark, I need your help, I need two sets of surgical instruments and a batch of medicines for battlefield first aid, and the medical equipment and medicines produced in Germany are the best in Guangzhou and even in China." ”

Huddle frowned slightly, and the dark blue eyes under the high brow bones rolled a few times: "Please forgive me, dear Zheng, although I have the goods you need here, but I can't sell them to you, you should know that now not only the merchants in Guangzhou are boycotting you, but all European and American companies are also unanimously boycotting you, and weapons and equipment and medicines are at the top of the prohibition list." ”

Zheng Yi said "thank you" to the female secretary who brought the coffee, turned to Herder, and asked in a low voice, "Dear Mark, who do you think will win this war?" ”

Hurdle put away his smile and thought seriously: "I beg your pardon, I still don't think well of you, your coalition forces are very disunited......"

"As far as I know, the Cantonese army under the banner of your commander Sun has the largest number of troops and the most effective combat, but the senior officers of the Cantonese army have never severed contact with your enemy, and the envoys of both sides have secretly exchanged very frequently, and neither the Yunnan army nor the Guangxi army that once supported your commander Sun in occupying Guangzhou will fight against General Chen Jiongming's army......"

"People from all over the world are well aware of these situations, and it is estimated that your senior generals also know about them."

Zheng Yi had a headache for a while.

All of these situations that Huddle said existed, and he also knew about it from his casual chat with Yu Feipeng a while ago, and he also knew that the revolutionary army had won the battle in the end, but now the battle has not been fought, and all signs are unfavorable to the revolutionary army, and no one wants to hear him say that the revolutionary army is the winner in the end, at least Hedr in front of him will not believe it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zheng Yi decided to change the way: "Mark, if I personally drive a speedboat to your Hong Kong warehouse to pick up the goods, and buy another 1,000 mauser.?" C96 9mm caliber pistol, 100,000 rounds of matching ammunition, are you willing to reach this cooperation with me? ”

"You know very well that I have a check from the head office of HSBC in Hong Kong, and the credit rating is not lower than your Lulin company, or even higher."

Huddle was silent, thinking about it, he was really reluctant to trade a thousand Mauser pistols and 100,000 rounds of ammunition, he knew very well that Zheng Yi was a rich man, and he had made a lot of money by cooperating with Wright, the owner of the Guangzhou branch of Swire Pacific, on several mechanical and electrical invention patents, even if Zheng Yi bought the equipment of an infantry division, there was no difficulty in paying.

Zheng Yi was not in a hurry, extinguished the cigarette butt, picked up the coffee and tasted it slowly.

After Herd finished smoking the second cigarette, he really couldn't give up the high profits, and he was even more unwilling to be tied to the hostile British and American countries: "The Mauser C96 is not on the arms embargo list, I can promise you, but I only have 7.63mm caliber ones in my warehouse, which cost $32 each, and the bullet specifications are the same, $65 per box, and the quantity of each box is 2,000 pieces, if you must need a nine-millimeter caliber one, you can only wait patiently for three months." ”

"Twenty-five dollars per C96 and fifty dollars per box of bullets, it can't be higher." Zheng Yi is very aware of the price of weapons today.

Herder stood up excitedly: "Oh no! Don't forget that I am taking a huge risk, you cunning fellow, that if you let the insatiable hypocrites of all countries know that I have sold you precious medicines, guns and ammunition, I will be unanimously condemned and squeezed out by them in all their ways! ”

"And not only will I not let you venture to my warehouse docks in a runabout, but I will be like a thief to deliver to you what you need on a cold and lonely night, otherwise the whole of Hong Kong will know about it and understand how hard it is for me to pay? My friend! ”

Zheng Yi admired Herder's eloquence, put down his coffee cup and said solemnly: "Mark, since the end of the world war, Germany has lowered its proud head, and under the continuous rhetoric and humiliation of the British and American Jewish consortiums, the whole world has become Germany's enemy. ”

"However, I know that Germany will rise again, because there are still countless patriotic soldiers in the great Germany who have not fallen, and more than 50 million hard-working and brave people who have not yielded, and there are still countless upright people like me in the world who feel sorry for Germany and are willing to see Germany stand up again!"

"Dear Mark, in the face of a Chinese soldier full of respect and good wishes for Germany, can you bear to earn nearly five times more than the normal profit? Don't you hate the Jewish profiteers who spend their lives sucking blood on Germany and pushing Germany into the abyss? ”

Huddle was stunned, and the plump and beautiful female secretary behind him also opened her sexy mouth and couldn't close it for a long time.

Ten seconds later, Heder, whose face was full of pain, finally relented: "Well, Mr. Diplomat, oh no! Mr. Politician, you have impressed me and dear Jenna, the C96 is twenty-eight dollars each, only 7.63 calibers, and fifty-five dollars per box of bullets, which is the lowest price. Battlefield surgical instruments and medicines are subject to a 10 per cent increase in normal prices, with only US dollars and British pounds charged. ”

Zheng Yi stood up and handed his hand to Hurdle: "I'll give you the list later, thank you Mark!" It's a pleasure to work together and I believe this is just the beginning. ”

Huddle relaxed and held the hand handed by Zheng Yi: "The delivery location can only be the downstream wharf along the river." ”

"Then let's be at the dock of our Whampoa Military Academy, can it be done in three days?" Zheng Yi asked.

Huddle shook his head: "Five days, at least five days, you come again the day after tomorrow, and I will tell you the exact delivery time." ”

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