Before the Russo-Japanese War, Wang Bin had already raised the importance of heavy machine guns, but no one paid much attention to them at the time, and it was not until the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War that heavy machine guns became more and more important.

After the importance of heavy machine guns was highlighted, the results were obvious, and in the Liaoyang battlefield, Russia was successively equipped with more than 300 heavy machine guns, and a large number of continuous trenches were built.

When the heavy machine gun became a weapon that played a pivotal role and could even determine the victory of the battle in a certain situation, the heavy machine gun had become the darling of the battlefield.

And the Russian army sent Vladimir again in order to get more heavy machine guns, and Vladimir didn't say too much nonsense like the previous meeting, and directly said the reason why he came: "General Wang, we want to get more heavy machine guns!" ”

Looking at Vladimir, Wang Bin smiled as he usually received Vladimir, Wang Bin and Vladimir have dealt with a lot of times in the past half a year, at first Vladimir was just a simple trader, but with the continuous contact between Vladimir and Wang Bin and Vladimir obtained a large number of arms and some related armaments and materials for the Russian army from Wang Bin, Vladimir's status in Liaodong is also constantly improving. By now Vladimir also has a certain status in the Far East.

Now Vladimir, as the top person in charge of the Russian army in charge of the transaction with Wang Bin, rarely comes to Jinzhou City to talk to Wang Bin face-to-face in person, unless it is to such a large arms deal, Vladimir will go to Jinzhou to meet Wang Bin in person.

Usually diplomats like Vladimir are often said in one sentence, but Vladimir has never spoken like this, preferring to point directly to the subject.

"General Wang, you should know that we are currently in a stalemate with the Japanese on the front line in Liaoyang, so we hope to get more heavy machine guns and bullets and shells from General Wang, and of course, General Wang does not have to worry about the price."

Wang Bin nodded after listening to Vladimir's words, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Vladimir, don't worry, as for this, we have time to talk about it." ”

Vladimir's request for more arms was basically the same every time he came to Wangbin, and this time it was the same, but this time the amount required was larger.

Wang Bin was naturally able to meet Vladimir's need for more machine guns, but he couldn't hand them over so easily.

Although Wang Bin's deal with the Russians was only to provide some ammunition at the beginning, it was only the beginning, and the subsequent trade in shells, bullets, cement, grain, and ordnance was the real big deal.

As for the heavy machine guns, in addition to Wang Bin's payment of more than 100 at a time at the beginning, Wang Bi still maintained the trading volume of dozens of heavy machine guns per month in the following months, and the number of heavy machine guns traded between Wang Binguang and the Russians has reached more than 200 from the beginning of the war to the present.

Some of these delivered machine guns were originally allocated to him by Yuan Shikai, some were imitated by the arsenal, and some were purchased, but more were copied by Wang Bin from his own mind.

However, with the course of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians and the Japanese were limited to their own limited production capacity, so they purchased a large number of heavy machine guns from Germany, France and other countries, in this case, the price of heavy machine guns has risen almost geometrically, especially in the Far East, the price of heavy machine guns is basically one price a day, the price of heavy machine guns is so expensive, the price of arms is naturally rising in a straight line, and the price of international arms is now nearly double the price before the war.

Therefore, for the current Wang Bin, the price of arms can no longer be sold so cheaply.

So Wang Bin spoke: "Mr. Vladimir, you should know the price of heavy machine guns in the international market recently, so it is difficult to get heavy machine guns, and besides, if you want to get a batch of heavy machine guns, you will have to pay a great price." ”

Wang Bin's words to Vladimir are in the ** naked to benefit, the price of this arms has increased the transaction price of the two of us, and we can't still maintain the previous price, right?

After listening to Wang Bin's words, Vladimir immediately spoke: "Of course, General Wang, we will not let you feel at a loss. ”

Since the initial production of this heavy machine gun began at the arsenal last month, this heavy machine gun can also be produced, but the number is still limited, and only about ten heavy machine guns can be produced per month.

"Mr. Vladimir, although he said so, the official really can't come up with so many supplies!" Wang Bin is no longer satisfied with the money transactions on the surface.

After listening to Wang Bin's words, Vladimir shook his head and continued: "General Wang, as far as I know, your arsenal has a full set of heavy machine gun production equipment, and in my opinion, if you want to produce it, then you can produce it in large quantities at any time. ”

Speaking of which, Wang Bin had to agree with what Vladimir said, if the Jinzhou Arsenal wanted to, it could indeed carry out large-scale production at any time.

However, there are too few low-level technicians in the arsenal below to be fully proficient in the use of the machine, even though there are special people under him who are responsible for training these low-level technicians.

After seeing Wang Bin's embarrassed look, Vladimir continued: "General Wang, we know your difficulties, so we will give the necessary help. ”

"Oh, Mr. Vladimir, what do you mean?" Wang Bin showed some inquiry.

Vladimir continued: "General Wang, I know that your arsenal lacks enough low-level mechanics, so we can send enough low-level mechanics for you, but one requirement is that General Wang's next heavy machine guns produced by your factory must be supplied to us." ”

The offer of Russian mechanics was somewhat attractive to capable mechanics, technicians, engineers, and scientists in this era, who were always the most valuable, and although Tsarist Russia was not an industrial power, it was nevertheless a great power.

After a moment of silence, Wang Bin thought that if he supplied all the supplies to the Russians, he would definitely offend the Japanese, but Wang Bin wanted to take care of it again in a blink of an eye, as long as he could make money.

After thinking of this, Wang Bin immediately said to Vladimir: "Since you are so honest, then this official is also very willing. ”

After listening to Wang Bin's words, Vladimir knew that this matter had been reached, in fact, before Vladimir came to Wang Bin, he knew that he would definitely succeed, and in Vladimir's serious Wang Bin is a money-first person, as long as there are enough interests, then he will definitely succeed.