Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Assault Rifle Enters the Battlefield

Karl was the first to strode into the reception room, and before anyone could enter his loud voice, a Swedish phrase that Bai Wanrou could not understand: "Miss Bai, welcome to our Bofors again!" ”

While pushing the door into the room, Carl stretched out his enthusiastic right hand and shook it with Bai Wanrou's jade hand, Lin Qiuyue hurriedly translated Carl's words into Chinese, and Bai Wanrou said coquettishly: "Mr. Carl is really a busy man!" We waited for an afternoon, but luckily, we finally got you there! ”

Lin Qiuyue's translator kept translating on the side, skipping and not mentioning it. After hearing this, Carl hurriedly apologized: "I'm really embarrassed! Kept the distinguished guests waiting so long! But, Miss Bai, who do you see this person is? ”

Bai Wanrou had already seen Philip who was following Carl, but she was embarrassed to catch up with Philip in front of so many people, fortunately Carl said this, Philip also took the opportunity to come to the stage, walked up to Bai Wanrou and stretched out his big hand, and happily greeted in Chinese: "Wanrou, long time no see, you have cleared!" ”

Looking up at the handsome Philip, Bai Wanrou said with some resentment: "Really? But someone is still beautiful! Maybe I've forgotten about them a long time ago!"

Seeing that there were Carl and the others around, Philip didn't say much, so he had to smile wryly: "Wanrou, I'm very happy to see you!" We'll talk alone in the evening. For now, let's get down to business. What is the important thing about you coming to Stockholm this time? ”

Seeing that Philip was able to communicate with Bai Wanrou in fluent Chinese, and there seemed to be a little inexplicable relationship between the two, Carl said in surprise: "Philip, when did you learn Chinese?" ”

Messerschmidt was also so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth and looked at Philip with a complicated gaze.

Philip smiled embarrassedly: "No way, who made my language talent so strong!" If you two are interested in Chinese, I can be your teacher, hehe! ”

Carl squinted his eyes and said, "Okay, I'm just trying to learn some commonly used Chinese, so that I can communicate with Miss Bai without obstacles." Now that you're talking, let's sit down and talk. Thomson, you go arrange dinner, and we'll talk while we eat. ”

Thomson replied with relief: "Yes, BOSS, I'll do it!" Then he turned and walked away. He prefers to arrange specific affairs than to receive foreign clients, because Thomson has always had a sense of pride in being Germanic, and he has an innate sense of superiority over people from other countries, especially the yellow race.

After everyone sat down, Carl turned sideways and smiled at Bai Wanrou: "Miss Bai, how do our company's products work in your China?" If there is something you are not satisfied with, we can also improve according to your requirements. ”

Bai Wanrou looked at Philip and said, "We are very satisfied with Bofors's Gungnir assault rifle, and of course the 75mm mountain gun is not bad!" The Gungnir assault rifle was well received by soldiers in the army, and now it has become the most desired weapon for commanders, not one! It's just that our country's financial resources are really limited, and there is no way to equip more Gungnir assault rifles, and it can't afford to consume so many bullets! ”

Philip said suddenly: "We got the news from the newspaper that not long ago, that is, on September 18, the Japanese created the Wicker Lake incident in Northeast China, I don't know what the situation is now?" ”

Bai Wanrou stretched out her jade hand and brushed the hair on her forehead, and sighed: "Don't mention it! Our army did not put up any strong resistance at all, and the Japanese occupied Shenyang almost effortlessly. Of course, this is an internal affair of the Northeast Army, and they are carrying out a policy of non-resistance, and it is no wonder that those soldiers are not to blame. Of course, there were still quite a few soldiers who completely ignored the orders from above, rose up to resist the Japanese invading army, and achieved some good results. The Gungnir assault rifle has also shown its great superiority and power in battle. ”

Philip asked eagerly, "Oh, tell me what the hell is going on?" We're all curious to see how the Gungnir assault rifle performs on the battlefield so we can improve it further. ”

Carl also looked at Bai Wanrou intently, and said loudly: "Yes, Miss Bai, tell me quickly!" ”

Bai Wanrou sorted out her thoughts for a moment and said calmly: "In battle, the most unexpected role of the Gungnir assault rifle is to provide assault and cover fire for the soldiers. Compared to those bulky machine guns, the Gungnir assault rifle is not only lightweight, but also has the firepower of a machine gun, which makes soldiers love it. Especially in the street battles in Shenyang, the Gungnir assault rifle caused the Japanese to suffer a lot. Our soldiers fired Japanese fire from Gungnir assault rifles, but the Japanese commanders still fired machine gun fire. They immediately fired desperately at our lines, trying to find the position of our machine-gun positions, of course, their efforts were in vain, each frenzied fire of the Japanese consumed at least tens of thousands of rounds, and we were unscathed, because our soldiers had Gungnir assault rifles in their hands, which were easily hidden in the trenches. ”

"It's a pity that the resistance of the Northeast Army is too little. And the armament of the Gungnir assault rifle is also very small and will not radically change the outcome of this war. Therefore, we came to Stockholm to meet you this time, hoping to further deepen the cooperation between the two sides. We want to introduce some advanced technology and equipment to produce relatively powerful weapons in our country. Bai Wanrou said so much in one breath, and her mouth became a little dry.

Philip also exclaimed: "What a pity! In my opinion, the Chinese army is fully capable of stopping the Japanese aggression, but in fact, Japan does not have enough national strength to invade the whole of China, and its economic scale, industrial structure, political system, degree of mobilization, and military capability are impossible to support a large-scale war, or even a long-term local war. The Great Tokyo Earthquake of 1923 and the worldwide economic crisis of 1929 were successive blows. Throughout the 20s, Japan had to reduce military spending, and even reduce the army. Due to the contradiction between Japan's financial capabilities and aggressive and expansionist ambitions, the contradictions between the military and the government intensified, and there were repeated incidents of government overthrow, mutiny, and assassination. In 1930, the Japanese Navy killed Prime Minister Yukio Hamaguchi due to the Hamaguchi Cabinet reducing naval military spending and signing the Treaty of London, which agreed to limit the size of the Japanese Navy. ”

"The essence behind the political turmoil is that the Japanese chaebols have changed the direction of their investments. For their own benefit, the chaebols always invest in industries with low risks and high profits. This war of aggression will enable the Japanese chaebols to change their old method of relying mainly on commodities and investment to plunder China's wealth to relying mainly on the means of war and plunder. They will invest heavily in the military industry economically, which is an indispensable political and economic preparation for Japan to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China. This was just another gamble on Japan's aggressive expansion. If it occupies the three eastern provinces, Japan will gain huge wealth, resources, labor, and commodity markets, and help Japan get out of the world economic crisis! Philip analyzed slowly.