Chapter 1617: Purchase of Arms
The amount of money in the Baotou Special Economic Zone made Stalin feel at ease, but then he didn't expect everything, even if his estimate was high, he didn't expect the donation to be so enthusiastic, he estimated that it was similar to 12 Russian cities, after all, the relationship here is closer, many are comrades-in-arms, colleagues, and even friends, some are also related, and even a brother, making different choices, for these, it is no problem to pay more, and other places, the relationship is not so close, and there has been no contact for many yearsIf there is agitation from the Bolsheviks, it would be better to say that it is now propaganda from the Chinese side. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Stalin didn't know, if it was Bolshevik propaganda, maybe there wouldn't be so much money, after all, a small party in Russia that no one has ever heard of has never heard of, and how many people can be influenced, and even if it does, it is the bottom, but China is different, these captives who have been in China for the longest time have been in China for more than 6 years, and they have seen China's strength and integrity in their personal experience, and they believe what the government says, Since the Chinese government said that Stalin was to save the power of the Russian people, they also believed it, most of them got married, and even bought a house in China, it is impossible to be radical enough to devote themselves to the revolution, but it is still possible to invest part of the funds, some people took out their own salary for a month, and some people took out three months' salary, among which the salary is different, the most one month even has a salary of 3,000 yuan, and he is also the most donated among all people, He took out 12,000 yuan, or $6,000.
It is precisely because of the efforts of these high-income people that in the end, among the donations of 40 million Russians, it has reached a considerable height, and the money in the Baotou Special Economic Zone has been in place, and the donations have been continuously remitted to the Bolshevik accounts in the provinces, and the people sent by Stalin only need to collect money, no need to publicize, no need to collect, the money is not a lot at all, which is still good for the Bolsheviks, and they have no plans to do anything in China, taking root in China in the past few years. Let Stalin understand one thing, China is a powerful and invincible country, and I have long heard how powerful the United States is, but compared to rumors, China is the most terrible country.
China has the world's largest population, a huge territory, excellent industrial capacity, although the United States is very strong, to a certain extent, it has not been strong out of China, at least the population of the United States is not as desperate as China, it was close to 500 million before, and now it has almost reached seven or eight billion, even if some of them cannot be mobilized, it is at least 30 million to 40 million mobilization capacity, China has much more powerful industry than Russia, not to mention 30 or 40 million, and even more weapons China can also provide.
Because of this, Stalin is just a temptation, if China does not care, it is a sideline, now China has made it clear that the Bolsheviks are not allowed, then his purpose is only money, which is slightly different from his expectations, and he also wants his subordinates to use the Bolshevik spirit to influence a group, since China is strictly guarded, then it is not extraneous, money can be in hand, if you want to occupy Russia steadily, money is the most critical.
The money returned to Stalin from accounts in various places, and the final figure was very high, leaving aside the 7,800 US dollars in the Baotou Special Economic Zone, and the other provinces and regions did not even reach half of the Baotou Special Economic Zone, but a total of dozens of provinces and regions, the total number was very considerable, 680 million US dollars, which is equivalent to every Russian citizen outside the Russian city, on average, each person took out more than 16 US dollars, which is a large amount, and the final figure really surprised Stalin, With the previous 240 million, this means that 920 million US dollars has been raised in China in donations alone, which is a lot of money.
It has never been so generous, Stalin soon turned this money into all kinds of military supplies, what China gave, only the most basic, to be able to enter the Northwest Military Academy, contact with China's military field, Stalin of course knew that military supplies are not only these musts, but also others, such as field meal kits, which not only ensure considerable heat, but also very hidden, as long as there is water, it can be heated, for the soldiers on the front line, a hot meal a day, for the morale of the soldiers, Even combat effectiveness has no small benefits, as well as multifunctional military shovels, camouflage uniforms, field equipment, and so on.
These seem to have no direct effect on the operation, but they are the root of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, which Stalin originally did not have the funds to buy, but now he has purchased a batch, and the Bolsheviks have not yet been lenient enough to use these expensive consumables in peacetime, but at some specific times, in the field of fortification, it is understandable to use these.
These are consumables, in the case of the Bolshevik army is not much, even if it is fully equipped, there is not much, let alone the key equipment, it only cost tens of millions of dollars to put it in place, the real big deal, is the weapon, Stalin entered the Northwest Military Academy, for some of China's advanced weapons, still know some, aircraft carriers, because of the relationship of secrecy, the ordinary army does not know much, but some high-power weapons still know a little, first of all, is the universal machine gun, which Stalin values the most.
Universal machine gun, born from the AK11, on his basis, increased versatility, the exchange ratio of various parts is as high as 6 percent, just by adding different parts, you can become, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, submachine guns, assault rifles and anti-aircraft machine guns, it can be said that it is very professional, the most important thing is the weight, light machine gun state, The weight of the empty gun is only 7.5 kg, and the total weight is only 10.2 kg, even if the parts of the heavy machine gun are added, the entire weight will not exceed 12 kg.
Makqin air weight is higher than this full weight, plus after water cooling, it is extremely inconvenient to move, basically a fixed position or pillbox, once discovered, it is easy to be destroyed by light artillery or mortars such as war defense artillery, but this, after providing a certain amount of support firepower, it can be decomposed, carried, and quickly transferred, this machine gun is also the main machine gun of the Chinese field army at present.
Such weapons, of course, could not be given free support to the Bolsheviks, and the weapons given to the Bolshevik army were all Japanese and Russian weapons, and it could not be said that they were behind this era, and the main European army was a little worse, that is, the gap of a generation, not so big, and now the Russian regular army also uses this, and the weapons used by Japan and Russia are not small differences from those used in China, and there is also a huge difference in price compared with real weapons that dispose of waste weapons. Continue to buy those cheap, a Japanese or Russian rifle, those things are cheap, the price of a rifle is only 6 dollars, a Makqin is only 350 dollars, not necessarily new, but it has been proofread and repaired, and it is the same as a new gun. Stalin also went to inquire about the price of rifles in China, which cost more than $120 for a rifle and $1,800 for a general-purpose machine gun, which was almost several times more expensive.
Before the fundraising, Stalin only had more than 500 million in his hands, and he had to arm hundreds of thousands of troops, for the sake of the future, especially for continuous spending, a penny should be divided into two halves to use, and he did not consider these, but now, for the time being, the continuous donations have exceeded 900 million, maybe a little more for the first time, and it will be halved every year in the future, but at least 400 million yuan of income per year is enough for Stalin to do anything, he naturally reequipped the most elite Bolshevik 1st Division, and the weapons they replaced, It will be stored as a strategic reserve, ready to be replenished when the weapons are exhausted, and there are many similar strategic replenishments, about the size of 12 divisions, and one division of the 1st Bolshevik Division has been added.
In China's view, in a certain number of armies, the reorganization of a combat effectiveness of the troops, this is the best practice, whether it is Britain, France, the United States, or Germany are doing this, under the premise that the European war has been fought for so long, which division is the ace division, is the main division, it is clear, as soon as they see the number of this division, they will treat it differently, or take the initiative to retreat, or let the ace division deal with them.
Stalin's move is also a crooked attack, this fully armed and super-effective unit will become a sharp knife of the group army, or even the super-group army, and the slightly weaker troops, against them, will not be an opponent at all, in the encounter and the battle of breaking through the defensive line, a little bit will be broken through, and the follow-up work will be much easier. The formation of an ace division is also a way to improve the combat effectiveness of the Bolsheviks, not to mention that it is only a small amount, and even in a certain sense, he is still weaker than the Chinese field infantry, let alone the armored troops, so as long as it is not on the classified list of equipment, it is almost open to supply, from the Type 15 squad machine gun, to the 60 mortar, and then to the ultra-light 75 rapid-fire gun, in terms of light weapons, it is not much different from the Chinese field army, and at Stalin's strong request, China also formed a heavy artillery regiment for him, Equipped with 18 108 mm guns, 9 125 mm guns, and the most elite 4 155 heavy guns, 108, 125 is also down, 155 is the elite artillery of the Chinese field army, and it is also arranged for the Bolshevik division, the overall firepower is only about a quarter of the Chinese field army, but in terms of artillery capacity, this Bolshevik division is basically more than 5 times as much as before, in a sense, it is equivalent to being armed to the teeth. (To be continued.) )