Chapter 65: A Thousand Rifles
Getting rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army behind him, Ren Laifeng led the troops to turn around and get the thousand rifles. That's right, it's a thousand Type 38 rifles eliminated by the Kwantung Army, and 100,000 rounds of ammunition that are about to reach the end of their useful life!
Although this batch of munitions was about to be scrapped, it was still a good gun compared to the guns used by the army in some places in Guannai at that time. During the Battle of Xuzhou, there were once Sichuan soldiers who used Hanyangzao, whose rifling was almost smoothed, to fight with devils on the battlefield. The rifles eliminated by the Kwantung Army are much better in overall performance than those made in Hanyang decades ago.
The gun was hidden in a small mountain village called Gaoshantun. Gao Huaiyi, the big landlord of Gaoshantun, has a brick kiln under his name, and when he used to open the kiln to burn bricks, he supplied bricks for building houses in more than a dozen nearby villages, and transported them to Harbin City. Last year, the master who burned the bricks thought that Gao Laocai's wages were too small, so he went to the brick kiln in Linxian County, and the brick kiln in Gaoshantun was temporarily suspended and waiting for work.
Those 1,000 rifles are hidden in Gao Huaiyi's brick kiln! Ren Laifeng led the people and horses to inquire all the way to Gaoshantun, and in the midst of the barking of chickens and dogs, a patch of blue brick houses appeared in front of him. In the shade of Yang Huai Forest, it is Gaoshan Tun. What a paradise! Ren Laifeng urged the horses to come to the entrance of the village, and a few children who were playing at the entrance of the village saw the army coming, and immediately ran home shouting.
Ren Laifeng smiled slightly, urging the horse into the village, and the soldiers lined up to follow. As soon as the team entered the village, they saw more than a dozen old men with gray sideburns standing opposite. The leader was a tall and two-eyed old man holding a hoe and taking the lead in asking, "May I ask where the chiefs are from?" What are you going to do in our village? ”
"This, this uncle, may I ask if you are here in Gaoshantun? We have something to do with Gao Huaiyi, please inquire which house the Gao family is? ”
"Are you looking for Gao Huaiyi? Look, that three-story yard is their home. The old man pointed the way, and refused to say a word.
Ren Lai looked in the direction of the old man's finger, and sure enough, in a village full of low adobe houses, the three-story building in the courtyard with a flower wall on the left hand side was indeed a bit eye-catching.
Riding to the courtyard, two soldiers went over and knocked on the door, and Ren Laifeng entered the courtyard to see Gao Huaiyi and explained his intention. Gao Huaiyi didn't say a word, and led them to the brick kiln. He wanted to say something, but in the face of such a heavily armed army, did he dare to talk nonsense?
The brick kiln was outside the village, and two soldiers followed Gao Huaiyi to the entrance of the brick kiln, and the three of them went into the brick kiln and couldn't see a shadow. Ren Laifeng waited with a horse's eyes. After waiting for about ten minutes, the three of them walked out of the entrance.
"Yes, it's all there!" A soldier excitedly reported his findings to Ren Laifeng, "The rifles are much older, they are all in boxes, five in a box, and there are hundreds of boxes!" ”
Hundreds of boxes? I'm afraid that's going to have to be a bullet. Ren Laifeng waved his hand, and the soldiers dismounted one after another and went into the brick kiln to move their guns. Two people in a box, two people in a box to lift out, lifted to the outside neatly stacked. There were so many people that it was easy to work, and hundreds of soldiers took turns to move out, and it took less than an hour for all the guns and bullets to move outside.
The long box for rifles and the square wooden box for bullets are for bullets. According to the calculation of five rifles in a box, Ren Laifeng counted them next to each other, no more, no less, exactly a thousand rifles! A long wooden box was opened, and five rifles were neatly stacked inside. Pick one up and look closely, the gun is an old one, the signs of wear and tear are clearly visible, but it is well maintained and oiled before packing.
Yes, not to mention that this gun was sold to large landowners, even if it was used by its own troops, it was not shabby. Now that you've got your hands on it, let's load it up and take it away.
There are no cars, but there are war horses. If it were all horses, it would be estimated that on average each horse would have to carry two or three wooden boxes. It's no problem for the horses to move, but if you encounter an enemy or something, each horse carries large and small boxes, how can you fight?
At this time, Gao Huaiyi hadn't left yet, so Ren Laifeng asked the rich man, do you have a big car at home? Sell me a few and I'll give money. Gao Huaiyi cried and lost his face when he heard this, "There are big cars, but there are only three in our family, one is to pull grain, one is to do chores, and one is to sit on people, so they can't pull goods." ”
"Tsk, you're so unhappy! What is pulling people to pull goods, I give money, can't I buy yours? Stunned, take a few people home with Mr. Gao to pick up the car! ”
Ren Lai's face was flat, and Gao Huaiyi didn't dare to speak anymore. Stunned, he took a squad of soldiers on horseback and followed him back to Gaoshantun. Waited left and right, waited for more than an hour, and just when Ren Laifeng thought that there was something wrong in the village, he was stunned and finally came back with the car. Ren Laifeng looked at it, not three, but five big cars! This stunned, sure enough, will do things!
Stunned and brought the car over, Ren Laifeng asked, Gao Huaiyi's family really has three, and the remaining two are from the villagers.
Are the villagers willing to sell? Willing to do it, people give a lot of money! I was stunned to buy a big car and give the villagers one and a half dollars, or the price of a new car! The villagers took the money, and it was enough to add another donkey, who wouldn't want to do it?
Those who don't have a big car at home are still stunned, are you in a hurry? If you're not in a hurry, I'll send it to you at night, or not? This one also wanted to buy a big car in a neighboring village and come back to make a lot of money. If you don't know that time is tight here, five? He can buy fifty too!
Five is no less! Let the wind blow and let the soldiers load the car! One car can hold twenty boxes, and five cars are a hundred boxes and five hundred guns. The remaining 500 guns and bullets were loaded on war horses. In this way, even if there is an emergency, there is a mobile team that can fight.
As soon as the goods were loaded here, the dust rose in the distance, and a light cavalry flew in! When Ren Laifeng saw it, he immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle! It's too close to Harbin, and he doesn't dare to be negligent in the slightest!
The cavalrymen who came ran closer and restrained their horses. The leader is a person with wide robes and large sleeves, two small black mustaches on his lips, and his chin is cocked when he looks at people, looking like he is underbeaten. It was the Japanese ronin who stood in the way at the gate of the city when Ren Laifeng went out of the city!
At that time, Ren Laifeng shot him, but this guy actually made a lazy donkey roll and dodge, it seems that he has two brushes. Do you think that if you dodge once, my gun won't hit you? It's a laugh!
"Hehe, little devil, eat me one more shot!" Ren Laifeng raised his hand and raised his gun to shoot, but the Japanese ronin pulled the horse and jumped to the side and waved his hand again and again, "Stop, stop!" I won't fight with you! ”