XIX arms sales

Kane sent electricity to Xi'an in Xuzhou, let the machinery factory produce at full capacity, first to maintain the output of bullets, the rifle production line was stopped first, and the limited raw materials were used to produce light machine guns first, because he knew that there were not many domestic rifles now, and what was lacking was automatic firearms and artillery, and the cannon itself did not have it, but the 50 small cannon did not have much technical content. Of course, what is more important is the output of ammunition, sure enough, as soon as I arrived in Xi'an, I learned from Li Meide, who came to pick him up, that Lao He personally came over, dropped a large check, and took away all the 79 bullets and 79 caliber 36 light machines in the inventory of the Xi'an sales department, and even hundreds of 50 small guns were pulled onto the train, of course, whether it was 79 bullets, barge gun bullets, or small grenades, there was not a single grain left, all of them were pulled into the car.

Kane looked at the check and was speechless, this is all fighting, what's the use of asking for money? What is missing now is the raw materials, right? This country too, knowing that there is going to be a war, does not prepare to store ammunition in advance! Fortunately, looking at the numbers, I didn't suffer a loss, and I bought them all at the market price. However, he quickly asked Li Meide to spread all the money and buy raw materials everywhere, whether it was copper coins, copper plates or copper Buddhas, of course, iron ore, lead ore, etc., as long as he could pull over the full deposit to buy. And let it out, whoever wants to buy bullets in the future will have to take half of the ore. 20% off the price of all ores!

The whole of North China was in chaos, the training courses of the two apprentices were also completed in a hurry, most of the personnel were incorporated into the army, leaving only some people as instructors, as for the next batch, I don't know when, the fat man and the four eyes also returned to Xi'an. Kane gave the production to his two apprentices, while he devoted himself to the development of new weapons.

Hurry up and hurry, continuous production for more than two months, seeing that the raw materials are about to bottom out, the Eighth Route Army came, everyone carried or picked a large frame, and at the same time there were a lot of former migrant workers, Kane was moved to tears, holding the head of the Lin Division and said, "Thank you to the comrades of the Eighth Route Army, if you don't come again, we will be interrupted" Lin Division said, "I also want to thank American friends, you can take a look, are we enough materials for exchange?" ”

Kane saw that these iron ores, zinc ores and other products were in good condition, and most importantly, he actually saw that the Eighth Route Army also brought some gasoline and diesel! This is a baby, gasoline Xi'an is a little, but diesel is basically invisible. At the moment, he waved his hand and said, "Eighty discount, according to what we proposed earlier, we will give you eight percent discount" In fact, the price of Yang Shen Machinery is more expensive than elsewhere, so it is the same as the outside.

When I saw that the rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were half incomplete, I asked Commander Lin why he didn't have all the equipment he bought last time, and learned that he had to leave some troops in northern Shaanxi, so he began to sell "The 79 rifles in the inventory a while ago were all pulled away by Lao He, but we found inspiration from the M1916 semi-automatic rifle and produced a 6.5mm semi-automatic. Then he took out another machine gun, "This is a 7.7mm Brown type, which is common to the devil's machine gun bullets, and it is light and durable, and we have some 50 grenadier canisters, all used to counteract these ores, I don't know if it will work?" Commander Lin was also very generous, "It's okay, our army has tried all your firearms, they are quite strong, not afraid of falling, and accurate, that's all, right?" We're going to do it. ”

The ore was analyzed, the content was quite high, and after being converted into fiat currency, there were not enough weapons, so Kane had to add a large number of grenades to complete the exchange of this batch of materials. When he turned around, he ordered everyone to work in three shifts and be sure to get the bullets out. Let the fat man take a few mechanical and electrical students from Peking to start the radio, with ready-made assembly drawings, Kane on the side of the criticism, soon, a light and durable radio station came out, the shell is pressed with aluminum plate, because there is no need to report the form, so it is very small, only about 20 kilograms, plus the hand-cranked generator is only 30 kilograms. The knobs on it are all made of bakelite, and the tubes are imported from Germany, which can be used for more than 100 hours longer than those from other countries under the same conditions. Each knob and jack is marked in Chinese, and this radio station is much easier to learn than foreign countries, because you don't know English or German. There are all kinds of accessories, soldering irons, welding wires, tools, and common parts and tubes in the small accessories box, and the fat man exclaimed, "Head, in this way, one radio station is worth two radio stations in other countries using "Kane Road" behind enemy lines, not to mention the tube, you don't even have a small resistor to buy it."

Kane still overestimated his own output, not long after, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army passed by, and brought a variety of ores, Kane took his apprentices to test and was surprised, what are they, some contain chromium, some contain nickel, and some contain molybdenum, I really don't know where they found it, but Yang Shen Machinery pays attention to Tong Suo in business, and in the end, it is not enough to move out the inventory, so he has to use radio stations and shoddy gas masks to fill the number, and this still owes a foreign debt. In order not to be in debt, Kane began to sell his latest product to the Eighth Route Army - manual bullet reloading machine, as long as two or three people, it is not a problem to make hundreds of rounds a day, the logistics minister of the Eighth Route Army Ye is a little embarrassed, the price of this machine is not expensive, but where to find propellants and primers on the front line? In the end, Kane couldn't help it, and sold a lot of propellants and primers. As soon as I turned around, I regretted it, if it wasn't for the fact that bullet production couldn't keep up, who would want to sell semi-finished products?

Kane regretted it not long after, the reloading machine was simple and strong, and a large number of copycat products soon appeared in the world, so angry that he no longer produced them, specializing in selling molds. Of course, this is a later story, and now Kane has decided to upgrade the current gas mask, the original one is too ugly, with an activated charcoal cake sandwiched between two layers of iron mesh, surrounded by a pack of iron sheets, and the back is oily paper to cover the nose, and the cloth strips behind it are tied, the sealing effect is not very good, and the eyes are not protected. It's just that now there is no elastic band, he first made a whole with transparent celluloid, but as a result, he covered his face, and after a while, his vision was obscured by the exhaled heat, and he had to change. In the end, it was changed to fit the face shape of the Chinese, the edges were thicker, the sealing effect was good, and the simple periscope-style glasses were connected with the underneath, which was also tied with a belt. Haha, Kane laughed, or Brother Kai was smart, but unfortunately his words were quickly defeated by himself, everyone can use it, but Kane himself can't use it, just because of his nose!

The news from the front is that the north has lost all the way, and the blood has been shed all the way, and the south is still fighting bloody battles around Shanghai, but it is a pity that the national army has suffered losses in heavy artillery, as long as it is within the range of the Japanese naval guns, it has suffered heavy losses, and often a single shot is down, and a company is gone. The planes in the sky bombed like flies all day long, and the Sichuan army, the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Yunnan Army all marched forward bravely and stopped the pace of the devils.

Kane finally waited for the last group of troops to go to the front line, it was already October, many of them were still straw sandals, and the bolts of their guns were tied with ropes, Kane even doubted whether there was rifling in their guns, but everyone carried a burden of greater or less, and it seemed that it was more important than their own lives.

These burdens were piled up into a small mountain, and after opening it, the fat man and the four eyes shouted that they were rich, and Kane was so angry that they each gave a little, "Do you think people don't know the price of these medicinal materials transported to the Central Plains?" Remember, deception and business to be governed can only be done at most once, and it will attract hatred, we Yang Shen want to do business for a long time, go, find more of the big pharmacists and old men in Xi'an City. ”

When more than a dozen herb merchants and Lao Langzhong saw the medicinal herbs, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they picked them up one by one to observe carefully, gritting their teeth and smelling them, Kane was anxious, "Tell me what these are?" Is it useful, is it worth the money? One of the old men waved the medicinal herbs in his hand, "What, do you think these are worth anything?" Tell you, you can't buy it with money, it's cordyceps, you know? Seeing Kane nodding, he picked up another piece of black bark, "Iron mistletoe, musk, Sichuan Wu, gastrodia, Sichuan fritillary, snow lotus, Sichuan saffron, which of these is not a treasure?" There are one or two kinds of ordinary pharmacies that can be used as treasures of the town, and you have so many? It's amazing, no, I'm going to sell all the land and buy more good medicinal herbs.

A chubby pharmacist stepped forward and said, "Come on, Zhang Yiti, how much can you buy for a few acres of land?" "Turn around and hug your fist at Kane" This foreign adult, these stone mistletoe are old, how about five dollars a tael? A skinny pharmacist said, "I'll pay eight yuan a tael," the fat pharmacist said, "Five yuan is the highest price on the market," "Do you see if there are such good goods on the market?" It's called priceless, right? Kane saw that the two of them were carrying it, and the people on the side were also eager to try, so he stopped them at the moment, called Zhang Yitie to the front, and asked him to estimate the market price of all the medicinal materials. In the end, Kane raised the list and said, "Everyone, please report the names of the medicinal materials you need, I, I will not raise the price, just according to the above, if there are five people who want the same medicinal materials, they will be divided into five parts" "Good, good, good, foreigner benevolence" There was a voice of praise below, Kane said again, "What about this money, I don't want you to give it, I just want to ask you to make more Chinese patent medicines such as Huo Xiang Zhengqi Water, Banlan Root Powder and Artemisia Pills, after all, there is no Chinese medicine on the front line", but this time no one praised Kane, One by one, he stepped forward and asked what Artemisia Pill was, Kane was puzzled, "You don't know this either?" Isn't it just to squeeze the artemisia grass into juice, then dry half of the water and add flour and the like to make balls? Zhang Yi said, "But it's used to treat malaria?" "Yes, it can cure eighty percent, but you must use Artemisia annua." One by one, the Chinese medicine doctor nodded, this has been used by someone for a long time, so let's try it.

Not to mention, a large number of newly produced quasi-steel core bullets, light and heavy machine guns, grenadier canisters, and gas masks were all taken out. Of course, the most is still the grenade, this is an offensive type filled with yellow explosives, more than 80 pieces of ductile iron prefabricated projectiles are exploded, and there are countless small iron particles that have collapsed, and there are no people or animals within a radius of 15 meters! Although the exterior is not oiled or painted, it is a little rusty, but who cares? There are a lot of medicinal materials, and after buying weapons, Kane still owes a lot of goods, so he had to put thirty of the latest radio stations on the line, and add a large number of cloth shoes, compressed biscuits, canned food, etc., and finally wrote an IOU of one million, the old Deng repeatedly shirked, Kane insisted, "Mr. Deng, I am an American, we have a creed, called business is business, Yang Shen Machinery pays attention to Tong Suo is not deceitful, genuine, although our trading methods are more flexible, I will not be less than a bullet that should be shipped, but not out of any party, I won't give it to anyone for nothing, so please keep this piece away, and we will make up for it with firearms and supplies in the future. Lao Deng held Kane's hand and said, "It's superfluous to say anything, our Sichuan army will use these advanced weapons to kill the little devils!" ”