Zhang Mingyu handed over the troops to Zhang Biao, and he took the guard company all the way to the northwest, the purpose of his trip was to go to Ningxia to find Ma Hongkui, Ma Hongbin cooperated, from Ma Hongkui's resolute resistance, and Ma Hongbin's dispatch of troops to Suixi to resist said, "Ma Jiajun" is still resistant, at least they are patriotic!

This time, Zhang Mingyu wanted to discuss with Ma Hongkui about setting up an arsenal in Ningxia to produce weapons and equipment by himself. Originally, Zhang Mingyu planned to cooperate with Yan Xishan, but most of Shanxi had fallen, and Yan Laoxi's Taiyuan Arsenal could be said to have existed in name only. Yan Laoxi's own territory is gone, how can he cooperate? So Zhang Mingyu set his sights on the Ningxia warlord Ma Hongkui.

At this time, the equipment and workers and technicians aided by the Soviet Union have been delivered, and the Sino-Soviet border is waiting for news from Zhang Mingyu's side, Zhang Mingyu can put it into production as long as he finds a good site!

Zhang Mingyu walked with the guard company for three days before entering the Ningxia area, and the news that Zhang Mingyu was coming to Ningxia had already been notified to Ma Hongkui, and when Zhang Mingyu and others had just arrived at the border with Ningxia, several trucks sent by Ma Hongkui had been waiting for a long time!

Zhang Mingyu and the guard company, got on the truck, the truck drove until dark, after the break, the truck went for nearly a day, and finally arrived at Yinchuan, the provincial capital of Ningxia, Ma Hongkui took a group of officials in Ningxia to greet him, after meeting, a middle-aged man with a beard about forty years old with a thick **dialect accent, stepped forward to hold Zhang Mingyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Welcome to Ningxia!" ”

Zhang Mingyu hurriedly said: "Chairman Ma has won the award!" Mingyu just does what every Chinese should do! After some shabby, Zhang Mingyu and the guard company were arranged at the Yinchuan Hotel.

After the dinner, Ma Hongkui invited Zhang Mingyu to a separate guest room, dismissed everyone, and then Ma Hongkui asked straight to the point: "I don't know what General Zhang is doing here?" Could it be that Chairman Chiang sent you? Ma Hongkui thought that Zhang Mingyu was President Jiang's confidant, and he was afraid that he would come to Ningxia to grab his territory.

Zhang Mingyu said directly: "Chairman Ma, don't misunderstand, Mingyu came here this time to discuss cooperation with you to establish an arsenal!" ”

"Arsenal?" Ma Hongkui asked puzzled.

Zhang Mingyu knew what Ma Hongkui meant, and he explained: "Chairman Ma, what I mean is that you and I will work together to build an arsenal in Ningxia, and the weapons and equipment in the production department will be used to fight devils!" ”

After Ma Hongkui's small eyes rolled around, he asked, "What kind of cooperation method?" ”

Zhang Mingyu continued: "That's right, I have advanced tank drawings, and the Soviet Union has already provided me with workers and technicians, as well as production equipment, you only need to provide land and invest part of the funds!" Our arsenal can produce rifles, machine guns, mortars, mountain artillery, and heavy artillery! In the future, it will be possible to produce fighters, bombers, and if we develop the oceans in the future, we can also produce warships! ”

Hearing what Zhang Mingyu said, Ma Hongkui's eyes were green, his Ma Jiajun equipment was really dirty, and he could buy some equipment from Yan Laoxi before, but now Yan Laoxi's territory has been lost, where can he sell his own equipment, the national political axe promised to give Ma Jiajun equipment and materials, but the veteran only made a verbal promise, and he didn't see a single piece of equipment Mao said after fighting the War of Resistance for so long.

If you really have an arsenal, then the combat effectiveness of your troops will be greatly improved, and you will no longer have to worry about the little devils swallowing up your own territory, and you can be the king of the northwest with peace of mind! Thinking of this, Ma Hongkui asked: "Then may I ask Brother Mingyu, if the arsenal is completed, how will we divide these weapons and equipment?" ”

Zhang Mingyu heard that Ma Hongkui's name for himself had changed, and he knew that there was a way to do this, so he said: "Then it depends on how much you invest, Brother Ma, after all, the technology and workers are all from me!" ”

"Then how much does Brother Mingyu think I need to invest?" Ma Hongkui asked.

Zhang Mingyu replied: "We can only produce rifles, machine guns, and artillery of various calibers, tanks and airplanes in the early stage, and we have insufficient capacity at present, so we have to produce them later!" If you only produce guns and ammunition, then you need to invest..."

"A million oceans?" Ma Hongkui asked.

Zhang Mingyu shook his head.

"Ten million oceans?" Ma Hongkui said reluctantly.

Zhang Mingyu shook his head again.

Ma Hongkui's lips trembled and said, "100 million oceans? ”

Zhang Mingyu nodded.

Ma Hongkui shook his head and said, "No, no, I can't take out so many oceans at all!"

Zhang Mingyu smiled strangely and said: "Brother Ma doesn't have so much money, he can use things to pay for it!" And it's not that Brother Ma needs to invest so much at one time, the first phase only needs to invest 20 million oceans! "Zhang Mingyu is still blacking Ma Hongkui, obviously the workers and material production equipment were all given to him by Stalin free of charge! He was fooling Ma Hongkui here at this time.

Ma Hongkui gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, the resources for the production of equipment will be provided by me, and the foster care of your soldiers will also be provided by me, and I will only invest 50 million oceans, do you think it's okay?" ”

Zhang Mingyu thought for a while and said: "In this case, I still have to lose a lot, you must know that investing in the arsenal requires a lot of funds, but Brother Ma is so affectionate and righteous, just follow what you say, Brother Ma!" ”

"Then how are we going to divide these supplies and equipment?" Ma Hongkui asked again.

"All the guns and ammunition, we are three or seven, you are three and I are seven!" Zhang Mingyu said.

Ma Hongkui thought for a while and said, "Brother, why do you have to split the account with so much money and materials for me to invest?" ”

Zhang Mingyu said: "No, I have already suffered a lot, if it were five or five points, I would not even be able to pay the salaries of those Soviet technicians, I think Stalin would definitely not be willing, you must know that without Soviet assistance, even if we have more money, it is useless!" ”

"That's it, I'll be four and you'll be six!" Ma Hongkui thought about it and said.

"Brother Ma, you must know that with the expansion of the arsenal in the future, the equipment you get can also be sold to the Gui Department, the Dian Army, and Yan Laoxi's Jin Sui Army, which can bring a lot of profits, and the money you invest now will be able to earn it back in less than half a year!" Zhang Mingyu then flickered.

Ma Hongkui said: "Although Brother Mingyu, what you said is very good, but you must get four or six points, otherwise I really can't agree!" ”

Zhang Mingyu saw that he was really flickering, so he sighed and said: "Four or six points is four or six points, but there is one thing, Brother Ma has to allow me to recruit troops to fight devils in the Ganning area, otherwise it will be useless if I have more equipment." ”

Ma Hongkui thought for a while: Ganning is my territory, you are just a lieutenant general, at most you can bring a reinforced division of 20,000 or 30,000 people, I have more than 100,000, I am afraid of a ball! So he promised, "That's fine!" ”

Ma Hongkui asked again: "Then when can we start construction of this arsenal?" ”

Zhang Mingyu replied: "At most one can start construction." ”

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