Chapter 212: Picking up the rags

On the land of the Soviet Union, there was no shortage of warehouses for scrap weapons, and there were so many scrap weapons that they didn't even bother to build warehouses later, so they directly chose a random place to throw them away, and they became moldy and rusty in the open air. Of course, this situation is not very common now, and it is much stronger than the spectacular scene of various tank cemeteries, fighter cemeteries, nuclear submarine cemeteries, etc., after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It's not that exaggerated yet.

At least standing in front of the old warehouse, which was nominally managed by the Moscow Military District, Serov was already very satisfied with the security of the warehouse, and at least there were staff members looking at the warehouse, although there was only one person. Although the lock of the warehouse door looks a little old, Serov estimates that his big hammer can't smash this door, what else do you ask for, Serov is already very content with this kind of scene, after all, the Soviet Union has its own national conditions here, and the cost of recycling these waste weapons and re-refining them is higher than that of the Soviet Union to remake new weapons, so let it go......

"There are nineteen warehouses in this management area, and it is really hard for you to manage them alone!" Serov didn't know whether to mock or say with a wry smile, even if he didn't take scrap weapons seriously, this kind of management was too lax, guns would kill people, and it was better to strengthen management.

"Comrade KGB, it doesn't matter! There is a battalion of garrisons not far from the management area! And no one will steal such scrap iron, and the Motherland will not ban hunting rifles! No one ventured to steal military weapons! And it's still eliminated! "A manager ↗ in his thirties rummaged through a dozen sets of keys around his waist and finally found the key to the warehouse. Poked open the large copper lock, which was already a little green.

These three-pound large copper locks are estimated to be worth a little money in the Celestial Empire, but they are not treated as they should in the Soviet Union at all. Directly tossed aside by the administrator. Pushing open the heavy iron door with a creaky sound. Serov, who covered his nose, still stepped in, and the shelves were covered with thick dust, so you can imagine how long no one had come in.

"It's quite historical!" Shirekov walked to the bench and took out a Mosin Nagant rifle, skillfully pulled the bolt, Serov could clearly see the traces left by the previous owner, at least the name engraved on the large wooden butt Serov would not be mistaken.

Serov, who had been covering his nose, let go of his hand after a few minutes, adjusted his nose to the smell of the warehouse, and said as he looked at the dozens of rows of Mosin Nagant rifles in front of him while breathing hard. "It's such a waste, I really don't know how many such warehouses are still in our country, these weapons are left here to rust, it is better to take them out and let them continue to fulfill their mission......"

"According to the scale of the Red Army ten years ago, there should have been at least five million such rifles, but I don't know how many were scrapped, how many were rebuilt, and how many are left now! But even the rest is enough to deal with a low-intensity war! Shirekov was angry, he had also been on the battlefield back then, and naturally knew how common this rifle was in the Soviet Red Army ten years ago, from the German army on the Western Front to the Japanese army on the Eastern Front. I don't know how many people died under this rifle about the same age as Shirekov's father.

As for Shirekov's judgment, Serov is unreservedly convinced. Compared to other contemporaneous military rifles such as the Mauser and Lee Enfield rifles, the Mosin Nagant rifle had a more complex bolt design, a rough and outdated design, and an overall clumsy handling feel than these rifles. However, the advantage of the Mosin Nagant rifle is that it is easy to produce and use, simple and reliable, which is extremely important compared to the Russian ** team with a low industrial base and low education of soldiers, especially in harsh war times, it is necessary to increase the production of weapons to meet the needs of the front line, and a large number of supplementary combatants often have insufficient training time.

In Serov's opinion, the shoddy manufacture of the Mosin Nagant rifle is his greatest advantage, and it is easy to use and easy to maintain, which is most suitable for the kind of partisans who do not have a fixed base. What weapons maintenance do those African black uncles know? It would be good to know how to pull the bolt, it was best suited to use such a simple Soviet weapon.

"Oh, that seems like a huge bonus! Using this weapon to aid the liberation of the people of the world can also save our costs, after all, we are always allowed to bleed and feed those so-called revolutionaries, and we will not be able to bear it for a long time! Go and see the next warehouse, if there is no problem, contact the military immediately, and this batch of scrapped weapons will be handled by our KGB......" Serov walked forward cautiously, afraid of accidentally moving too much and stirring up dust.

In the following time, Serov and Shirekov walked around the warehouse, and Serov was quite satisfied with the small arms in the warehouse, as long as the bullets could be loaded and the bullets could be shot, Serov thought that it was enough. Uncle Black in that part of Africa isn't too demanding.

Before leaving, Serov also rewarded the managers who had accompanied him for a day, throwing down a few packs of cigarettes and a few bottles of vodka, which had nothing to do with the bribe, at most it was a benefit to this person, and Serov paid for it out of his own pocket.

Two hundred rubles is just the money for a pair of leather shoes, and Serov is not distressed, he communicates with the Red Army to dispose of the waste weapons, and there is an opportunity to bury himself with money, this contrast between sesame seeds and watermelon makes it easy for Serov to make a choice.

The difficulty lies in the agreement between the KGB and the Red Army on the distribution of spoils, no, it is that the benefits of cooperation are not well distributed, and there is still no problem at present, and when the gains are huge, the Red Army will definitely go to the KGB to discuss the proportion of the spoils between the two sides, and then it will be a matter between the KGB chairman and the military marshals.

At least now Serov can transport all the weapons in these warehouses from the Red Army as long as he says hello, because no one has noticed the huge profits of the arms business yet, and Serov's normal mind can already deduce that because he has the support of the entire Soviet Union with used weapons, he can definitely beat up private arms dealers and his grandmother does not know him.

"Anyway, it's quite boring in China, I should go to Africa for a walk!" Serov, who came out of the administrative area, said to Shirekov, "Algeria seems to be very lively at the moment, I don't know what our French comrades think of Algeria, is it like the ordinary French, who think that Algeria should be equated with the French overseas provinces and cannot allow its independence!" ”

"This question may have to be asked to our comrades in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I think that France should be the same as the average Frenchman! This kind of problem mainly depends on how ordinary people in France look at it......" Shirekov said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"Hmm!" Serov agreed absentmindedly, not knowing what he was thinking, and looked out the window without focus.

"General, are you going to send this batch of obsolete weapons to Algeria?" Shirekov's eyes lit up.

"The key is whether they have money or not, this issue will be considered later!" Serov replied indifferently.

When he returned home in the evening, Serov took a document from Algeria by the way, Algeria is the closest colony to France, and France and Britain have different attitudes towards colonies, although Britain was the victorious country after the end of World War II, but it was hit hard by Germany like the Soviet Union, and unlike the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union had a large population and a large enough territory, and under the strong reversal of the Stalin model, a five-year plan was restored to the pre-war level, and some industries were slightly exceeded.

This is incomparable to the British, France was a second-hour killer in World War II, there was no continuous blood loss, so the population did not suffer much loss, and the army was there except for one prisoner of war camp. Unlike Britain's attitude of accepting fate, France also wants to keep its colonies and maintain its status as a great power, and can act as a third force between the United States and the Soviet Union, so once the following colonies want to become independent, the first reaction of the French is to fight first and then talk about it, and they can't fight the matter of talking about independence.

"I've worked so hard today, and I bring my documents with me when I get home, which is really rare!" Valya looked at Serov in a weird way and said, the protagonist is naturally not in the mood to get a long-haired woman with short knowledge, and replied non-questioning, "Algeria has a population of 15 million, including more than 2 million French expatriates, the rest of the population is aborigines, 60% of the population is Arabs, 20% is Berbers, and the rest are minorities!" ”

"What, you, the KGB, are ready to support the Algerian partisans?" Valya, who knew a lot about KGB work, opened her eyes and changed her face in an instant, "Is your General Administration going to let you go abroad again?" ”

This is what I want to go to myself! However, Serov did not have the courage to say this, and pretended to be impatient and said, "There is no such thing, and besides, I don't want to go abroad!" How nice it is to watch the goddess at home every day......"

Serov's performance can be regarded as a success in nipped the impending disaster in the bud, in the eyes of Valya, Serov continued to look at his documents, the current French army in Algeria has a total of 600,000 people, seeing this Serov's face is incredible, 600,000 troops can't even handle the guerrillas? Isn't this nonsense, you must know that Algeria has no frontal battlefield, there are only one guerrilla after another, and the 600,000-strong army only needs to encircle and suppress a small number of guerrillas. If this had been replaced by the ** team, all this group of guerrillas would have been driven to the Mediterranean Sea and buried, and it would take a few years to fight.

"I don't know if there are any soldiers who have returned from Vietnam in this 600,000-strong army! It stands to reason that the French soldiers who have passed through the Vietnamese partisans should easily clean up this group of unprofessional guys......" Serov pursed his lips and said that he could not understand the incompetence of the French ** team. (To be continued......)