Chapter 217: The New Power of Chinese Artillery
Yaktoev is powerless to change the current outcome whether he is dizzy or not, you must know that once the embezzlement of fruits and vegetables shipped from China to the Soviet Union is poked out, he will be doomed in an instant, and in order to save his current status and even his life, he has to agree to Bai Yi's request. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Thinking of this, Yaktoev woke up without waiting for the first aid of the hygienist, so he and Bai Yi threw themselves into the next discussion with a more selfless work attitude, and the two sides reached a preliminary agreement on bartering between China's Ula grass and the Soviet BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launcher in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
When Bai Yi took Yaktoev's hand, like an old friend for many years, and sent it to the door of the office, and said goodbye here, the staff of the office woke up like a dream, so that many people subconsciously pinched their thighs and felt the pain, only to understand that all this was really not a dream.
There is no way, because the previous things are simply incredible, the plague-like Yaktoev bowed his head and didn't say anything, and actually sat down with Bai Yi calmly and talked about the follow-up arms trade issue, even if it was that, the most shocking thing was that the items used for exchange this time were not precious grain, precious minerals, fruits and vegetables that even he was reluctant to eat, but the Ula grass that could be seen everywhere in the Northeast Wilderness.
"500 tons of Ula grass in exchange for 220 sets of BM-13" Katyusha "rocket launchers! ”
If it weren't for hearing with their own ears the discussion between the two men on China, the staff of these offices would not have dared to believe that all this was true, that is, a full 220 sets of BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launchers, and if calculated according to the 24 rocket launchers of one battalion, that would be the establishment of three artillery regiments.
You must know that to this day, the artillery units of the Chinese army have not yet formed into a rocket artillery combat unit, of course, China at this time is not without rocket artillery, in 1948 located in North China directly under the arsenal, using the drawings seized from the Nationalist Government, began to develop its own rocket artillery.
At the beginning of 1950, the 102mm six-barrel rocket launcher was designed and finalized, and it was incorporated into the Volunteer Army to fight in North Korea that year, but due to the lack of relevant technology in China at that time, the industrial processing capacity was not up to standard, resulting in the extremely unstable performance of this type of rocket artillery, the range could not meet the requirements, not to mention, and there were often near-miss explosion accidents, coupled with the lack of its own production capacity, so this rocket launcher was soon classified as second-line equipment by the Volunteer Army.
It is precisely because of this that China has been seeking a rocket artillery with mature technology and great power to use as a fire suppression weapon for the Chinese People's Volunteers, so the BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launcher that the Soviet Union shone in World War II entered China's field of vision, so before entering the Korean War, China listed 50 sets of BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launchers in the list of weapons and equipment submitted to the Soviet Union.
But because Stalin is a lord who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, and he also wants to take advantage of this matter to involve the rights and interests of China's Northeast Railway and brigades~~! ~~Shun, big~~! ~~ Even the issue forced the Chinese side to make concessions, so it did not agree at the first time, even if the Volunteer Army won the second battle now, the Soviet Union only provided some light weapons and barreled artillery with a caliber of less than 122mm.
As for the BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launcher, which the Chinese Volunteers coveted, they did not even mention it, and for this reason, the Chinese Government applied to the Soviet Union several times, but the Soviet Government either prevaricated on the grounds of insufficient production capacity or used the current lack of time as an excuse to shirk it.
But he didn't expect that such a complicated and protracted road to purchase rocket artillery would be solved by Bai Yi lightly, and as for what he paid was only the Ula grass that can be seen everywhere in the northeast, what price was this, it was simply picking up 220 sets of BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launchers for nothing.
With the addition of this batch of rocket artillery, the strength of the Chinese artillery will inevitably increase exponentially, and when it is applied to the Korean battlefield, I don't know how many battles will be won, how many lives of volunteer soldiers will be saved, such a feat of extraordinary significance, how can we not excite these office staff, and how can we not make them crazy?
When I looked at Bai Yi again, there was no sympathy and sorrow for being degraded in the past, some were just deep admiration, and some people even began to wonder if Bai Yi's "depreciation" was deliberately done by the superiors.
"There must be a problem in this, there must be a problem!"
There are many people who have this kind of thought, and the most convinced of them is Tang Jixian, who was also degraded, just now Bai Yi's free performance he clearly saw in his eyes, admiration needless to say, from Lao Ge's time, Tang Jixian was full of admiration for Bai Yi.
But this time it was different, in addition to admiration, he suddenly felt that this time to Siberia may not be "exile" in the usual sense, but has a more important mission, especially in the process of discussion between Bai Yi and Yaktoev, his feeling became more and more intense, maybe it was the innate sensitivity of the soldiers, or the ambition to work hard after being degraded, in short, Tang Jixian felt that he should no longer feel sorry for himself!
"Don!"
Just when Tang Jixian was stunned, Bai Yi's words made him come back to his senses, but before he could respond, he saw Bai Yi suddenly smile meaningfully and continued: "Do you know? I'm really looking forward to this trip to Siberia! ”
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Three days later, the same words also came out of the mouth of the head of the General Logistics Department who returned to the capital, just like the staff of the office in Hubin City, when he learned that Bai Yi had exchanged 220 sets of Katyusha rocket launchers for the price of Wula grass, the head of the General Logistics Department could not believe that this was true.
It wasn't until Zuyev, counselor of the Soviet Embassy in China, hurriedly found him and put forward relevant intentions that the head of the General Logistics Department was sure that Bai Yi's kid had indeed done what these old guys had dreamed of doing, but the head of the General Logistics Department was not carried away by excitement.
After all, the Soviet Katyusha rocket artillery needs Stalin's personal instructions to be realized, and Zuyev and others obviously do not have this right, not to mention that the 500 tons of ula grass are not easy to explain, so the head of the General Logistics Department is only cautiously optimistic, but he did not expect that Zuyev, who visited again just now, brought him good news:
The Chinese ula grass is of high quality and is conducive to the development and utilization of rayon in the Soviet Union, so the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided that the bula grass can be used to compensate for the BM-13 "Katyusha" rocket launcher.
At this point, the rocket artillery trade between China and the Soviet Union was officially launched, just when the transaction between China and the Soviet Union was in full swing, Bai Yi and Tang Jixian had already set foot on the cold Siberian wasteland, and just settled down, Bai Yi received an urgent telegram from the head of the General Logistics Department, the content was very simple, just five words:
"Stalin is sick!"