Chapter 41: The Grenade
Xiaoqingshan Barracks. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
After the "Flying Shuttle" leak incident, Zhang Feng clearly realized after careful thinking that the situation he currently has should be only the most superficial thing.
In this incident, the Xu family is only a supporting role at most, and may not even be a supporting role, according to the strength of the Xu family, it is impossible to establish a factory larger than the Oriental Textile Factory in the suburbs of Suzhou.
After the last cotton hoarding incident, the Xu family suffered heavy losses, and now it is estimated that it is the limit to be able to come up with 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver, and it is impossible to establish such a large textile factory.
There are too many things hidden behind it, Zhang Feng believes that the first priority is to investigate, grasp the intelligence, dig out the things behind it, and finally adopt a strategy.
After having such a plan, Zhang Feng came to the Xiaoqingshan military camp.
The feeling of entering the barracks is different, on the training ground, a loud voice came, what "stand upright", "turn back", "walk in unison" and other sounds continued to drill into Zhang Feng's ears.
Zhang Feng felt as if he was in a modern military camp, and the only thing missing was modern things such as tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery.
Wang Chaoyong was on the training ground, and when he saw Zhang Feng, he immediately trotted all the way over, stood upright, rested, saluted, and said loudly: "Lord Commander, we are conducting daily subject training, please instruct!" ”
Don't look at Wang Chaoyong's hippie smiling face when he came out of the barracks, there is nothing righteous, but in the barracks, in front of his subordinates, he is very serious, serious, and formal.
Zhang Feng said: "Battalion Commander Wang, don't be so serious, go and call the 'spirit mouse', I have a task arrangement." ”
At present, there are 20 or 30 members of the intelligence team, all of whom have been selected, and are mainly responsible for the collection of various intelligences, the investigation of some affairs, and so on.
And "Spirit Mouse" is the nickname of Guan Peng, the captain of the intelligence team, Guan Peng is only thin and thin, his appearance is not good, and he will not attract much attention if he is thrown among the crowd, and if he looks at his appearance, it is very ordinary.
In Zhang Feng's view, Guan Peng, this kid is simply a genius who engages in intelligence, and he is very valued by Zhang Feng.
Coincidentally, Guan Peng happened to be in the barracks, and immediately trotted over, Zhang Feng said: "Captain Guan, how is the investigation of the Qinglong Gang?" ”
Some time ago, the main task of the intelligence team was to secretly monitor the Blue Dragon Gang and investigate the Blue Dragon Gang.
Guan Peng said: "Commander, we have basically investigated the matter of the Blue Dragon Gang, the organizational structure of the Green Dragon Gang, the main members, as well as their industry, and some criminal evidence, etc., have all been investigated clearly, but the protective forces behind it seem to be hidden very deeply, and there is no breakthrough." ”
I have to say that Guan Peng is very powerful, and he has touched the Qinglong Gang to the bottom of the sky, and the organizational structure, main members, and industries involved have been investigated clearly, which is not easy.
Guan Peng knew that Zhang Feng was most concerned about the protective forces behind the Qinglong Gang, Guan Peng said: "Chief soldier, although the protective forces behind the Qinglong Gang are very hidden, we also have some discoveries, the one-eyed Qinglong occasionally goes to the Songjiang Mansion Guard. ”
This is an important piece of information, the boss of a gang, what does he occasionally go to Songjiang Wei to do, Weihe Institute is a local military organization, belongs to the regular army, a serious official army, an official, a thief, how can the two come together.
Wei is the abbreviation of the Wei Command Division, which is divided into 1,000 households and 100 households. In the process of unifying the whole country, Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, abolished the Yuan Privy Council, Pingzhang, Marshal, Governor, Wanhu Zhuguan, 5,000 people in the branch department, 1,000 people for 1,000 households, 100 people for 100 households, 50 people for the general flag, and 10 people for the small flag.
In the first year of Hongwu, the army was established to defend the law, and the troops were set up in the tun to control the key points, and a county (government) was set up to set up a station, and even a county (government) was set up to guard, and Songjiang Mansion had a guard command and envoy.
The scale of the Songjiang Prefecture Guard is not small, the official establishment is 5,600 people, with one commander and four ranks, two commanders and four commanders, and four commanders and five ranks.
Of course, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was corruption and darkness, and the phenomenon of Songjiang Fuwei eating empty salaries was serious, and in fact there were far less than 5,600 people, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, one or two thousand people would be good.
However, even so, it is not comparable to Zhang Feng, the general soldier of the regiment, not to mention that the commander of the guard is a fourth grade, and the same level as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, in addition, the people represent the imperial court, and behind it is the state machine, Zhang Feng absolutely can't afford to provoke.
Zhang Feng said: "Guan Peng, follow this clue and investigate secretly, maybe there are some amazing discoveries." ”
Guan Peng said: "Commander, I think so too. We'll definitely follow this clue. ”
After thinking about it, Zhang Feng said: "You must pay attention to concealment, don't startle the snake." ”
Guan Peng nodded.
Zhang Feng asked, "Guan Peng, when did Miss Yuanyuan leave the Zhong Mansion?" ”
Zhang Feng still couldn't let go of Chen Yuanyuan in his heart, so he assigned a task to Guan Peng, sent someone to secretly pay attention to Chen Yuanyuan, and immediately reported to him if there was any major situation.
Guan Peng reported: "Commander, the day after the Zhongfu birthday banquet, Miss Yuanyuan left and went directly back to Suzhou Taohuawu, which has been in Taohuawu for a period of time. ”
In Zhang Feng's mind, Chen Yuanyuan's shadow appeared, and he also remembered the second half of the poem, and for a long time, Zhang Feng didn't speak.
Guan Peng asked softly: "Commander, call me over this time, is there any task to be issued?" ”
Zhang Feng came back to his senses, his face was straight, and he briefly said the matter of the leak of the shuttle, and then arranged for Guan Peng to secretly investigate and investigate the matter clearly.
Guan Peng took the order and left immediately, and Zhang Feng was very relieved that Zhang Feng was relieved that there would definitely be a major breakthrough in a few days.
Guan Peng's figure walked away, and Wang Chaoyong said: "Boss, you see that our recruit training has been for a while, are we ......?"
Of course Zhang Feng knew what Wang Chaoyong meant, Zhang Feng knew that Wang Chaoyong had long wanted to make a move on the Qinglong Gang, and now that the situation of the Qinglong Gang had been basically investigated, Wang Chaoyong wanted to do it as soon as possible.
Zhang Feng groaned and said slowly, "Wait a little longer." ”
Zhang Feng is waiting for an opportunity to do something, in addition, Zhang Feng has a faint hunch that the forces behind the Blue Dragon Gang are not simple, and it is best to figure out who is the umbrella of the Green Dragon Gang.
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A few days later.
Some intelligence and information are coming in a steady stream, I have to say that Guan Peng is simply a genius, and the investigation of the time of the shuttle leak is basically clear, and sure enough, as Zhang Feng expected, Xu Shun is just a supporting role, or not even a supporting role.
In addition to this intelligence and information, there is also good news from the arsenal that several samples of the grenade designed by Zhang Feng have been produced, which is the first grenade in the world.
On the shooting range.
Zhao Zuolin brought a wooden box with two people, and behind Zhang Feng stood Wang Chaoyong, Zong Dechao, Liu Yiping, Wu Dingkun and others.
Before the grenade was manufactured, Wang Chaoyong and the others had already heard of this new and strange thing, and they had long been very curious, and they had long wanted to see it.
The flintlock musket is also designed by Zhang Feng, Wang Chaoyong and others have long been deeply fond of the flintlock musket, and similarly, for the grenade designed by Zhang Feng, Wang Chaoyong and others are curious and also like it very much, knowing that they will soon have a second weapon.
The wooden box was opened, and everyone gathered around, and there were more than a dozen grenades neatly placed in the wooden box, which was a wooden handle grenade, which was a bit similar to the wooden handle grenade during World War II.
But there is also a big difference, this grenade is significantly larger than the grenade of World War II, this is because the grenade uses black powder, and the power of black powder is naturally not as good as smokeless powder, and the quality is not comparable, so make up for it from the weight.
Although this grenade is not as light as the grenade of the Second World War era and appears to be thicker, the charge is several times that of the grenade of the Second World War era.
In order to increase the power, not only the amount of charge was greatly increased, but also a lot of small iron beads were placed in it, which ranged from the size of mung beans to the size of soybeans, and a grenade was enough to have hundreds of small iron balls.
This wooden-handled grenade uses a cast iron projectile body, with a total weight of about 1,000 grams (about 600 grams for modern wooden-handled grenades) and 350 grams of black powder.
The wooden box was opened, and when he saw the grenade inside, Wang Chaoyong said happily: "Commander, this is a grenade, let me play with it first." ”
The first test firing of the flintlock musket last time was also Wang Chaoyong, this time, Wang Chaoyong also couldn't hold back, Zhang Feng smiled and said: "Okay, let you play first." ”
After speaking, Zhang Feng took out a grenade from the wooden box, and felt the weight of the grenade, although it was a little bulky, but it was still handy, Zhang Feng nodded with satisfaction.
Zhang Feng began to teach everyone how to use the grenade, and Zhang Feng unscrewed the lid on the wooden handle as he explained, revealing the fire rope inside.
Zhang Feng said: "Do you see it, this is the fire rope, use the fire fold to light the fire rope, and then throw it out hard, pay attention, don't hesitate after ignition, throw it out decisively, count five after ignition and it will explode." ”
Wang Chaoyong couldn't wait for a long time, and immediately said: "Commander, I know, this is very simple, I'll come, I'll try it first." ”
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