On the morning of that day, Yuan Qiliang, the commander of the baggage battalion of the New Army, and Xu Xiaogang, the commander of the artillery battalion, led more than 100 officers and men to drive dozens of horse-drawn wagons to deliver more than 20 old guns and more than 3,000 broken guns to the Huaxi Group Iron and Steel Plant outside the north gate.

During the delivery process, Yuan Qiliang, who graduated from Baoding Crash School, did not feel sorry, but Xu Xiaogang, who came back from his studies at the Non-commissioned Officer School, was full of reluctance, touching this cannon and brushing that cannon, and he was so distressed that the employees of Huaxi Company on the side couldn't bear to drag him away like this.

Two hours later, 1,650 selected rifles of the 30-year-old model were transported to the processing workshop of the metal products company in the city, and Xiao Yimin and several German engineers and technicians picked up the guns and talked in a low voice.

Max, the director of the factory, said that he would deal with it:

"It is estimated that three-quarters of this batch of guns can be selected to be refrigerated, this kind of 30-year-old rifle has a thicker barrel, the material is also very good, and the caliber is 6.5mm, there is no problem at all with the 7.92 caliber Mauser barrel, the bolt can be used to polish and refurbish, and if it can't be used, it can be directly replaced with the secondary bolt in our inventory, and then equipped with accessories such as rulers and butts is a brand-new Mauser gun, but the service life of the whole gun will be greatly shortened."

The second-stage bolt is a bolt made of scrap steel retraining materials, and the quality is certainly not as good as the new material, but it is not inferior to the self-produced steel of the Hanyang factory.

"How much can be refurbished?" Xiao Yimin is most concerned about this issue.

Senior Technician Howill is fast:

"Excluding the defective products that cannot be avoided in the processing process, it is conservatively estimated that we can obtain about 1,150 to 1,200 pieces, and if we start tomorrow, it will take only two weeks at most. It is better to remove all the barrels of other partially damaged guns, although it is not possible to replace the barrel of the C96 military pistol, but as long as it takes a little time, our skilled workers can produce about 2,000 Colt M1903 barrels, the same disadvantage, as Max just said, the life of the whole gun will be reduced a lot. ”

"It's okay, just do it, but the new pistols processed with this batch of barrels must be marked with a special letter to distinguish them from good guns."

Xiao Yimin was very happy and wanted to shout the slogan that knowledge is money.

Max agreed, carefully wrote down Xiao Yimin's instructions in his notebook, and then asked Xiao Yimin's opinion in a low voice:

"Xiao, the batch of old guns sent to the steelmaking plant has been inspected, and I personally think that three to four of the Krupp 75mm guns can be repaired, because those barrels are still very good, the rifling is still very clear, and the dirty and scratches on the appearance are completely the result of rough use without maintenance, just remove those damaged parts and broken bases, and after measuring, we will take out the drawings and guide the casting workshop and forging workshop of the steelmaking plant to imitate, and the assembly is a good gun, I am confident that the repaired artillery will be as good as the newly bought."

Xiao Yimin was pleasantly surprised, this is a field cannon worth 10,000 yuan each: "Max, how can you let me thank you?" ”

Max smiled: "Xiao, we are very happy working here, and we are very satisfied with our income, not only have you allocated each of us a beautiful villa, but our wife has also become a well-paid teacher in the school, and the children have received a good education, we are very grateful to you, so I hope that in the future there will be no more rewards than the value of our work, it will be very embarrassing." ”

"Yes, Xiao, these are our jobs, you don't have to worry too much." Designer Watts also laughed.

Xiao Yimin nodded gratefully:

"Good! It seems that I, the capitalist, have not exploited you enough, and in that case, when all this is done, I will give you a few research projects to squeeze you arrogant Germans. ”

The crowd burst into laughter, provoking all the workers of the cycle to look at it

Half a month later, people from various political parties, literati and artists, shopping mall partners, and officers at all levels in the New Army in Chengdu could not find Xiao Yimin "drinking".

"Lord Xiao has been ordered to escort supplies to the Ya'an camp, saying that the war in Kangzang is urgent, and I don't know when I will be able to come back."

Everyone was very disappointed, no matter what kind of purpose they had to find Xiao Yimin, they couldn't see him in a short time. Many people thought of the North School Field, but when they ran to take a look, they still looked like the old grass warbler flying, the first floor of the guard tower had just been repaired, and the arsenal surrounded by ponds in the depths was also repaired and stopped, no matter how it looked, it looked like a half-dead decay, only the western section of the completed Hanjiang Avenue showed some vitality, but there were still no people on both sides of the avenue.

The decadence of the North School Field, the grinding of foreign workers at several construction sites, and the intensification of the war in Kang-Tibet made many generals in the new army come to such a conclusion:

Xiao Yimin is not having a good time, I'm afraid he won't be able to pull a decent team within the year. If the former governor hadn't incorporated the arsenal that could only be repaired in an unknown year into the Zhenzi camp before leaving, leaving 180,000 yuan for Xiao Yimin's use, I am afraid that his 200-man guard and the 500-man engineering team composed of beggars and Ganshan refugees would have had a problem eating.

The air in the ancient city of Chengdu became more and more eerie, and rumors of the Manchu court taking back the Sichuan-Han Railway without compensation in order to borrow money from foreign powers grew, and countless people who had poured their money into buying railway stocks were terrified, and thousands of people ran through the streets and alleys every day.

Chengdu City is like a huge iron pot that is slowly heating up, and the people shuttling through it are like ants that are beginning to be heated, restless.

At this time, Ya'an, 300 miles southwest of Chengdu, is another look, the thousand-year-old city is quiet and quiet, the people's smiles are still sincere and peaceful, and even every tree and river is full of vitality.

At the foot of Baita Mountain, six miles north of Ya'an City, a military base hidden between the Longxi River and Baita Mountain is bustling with activity.

The four Krupp 75 field guns brought by Xiao Yimin and his guards from Chengdu have been neatly placed on the temporary gun emplacements, and the five veteran gunners urgently transferred from the border army are imparting knowledge to more than 100 recruits.

Near the side of the Longxi River, two German technicians were disassembling two MG08 heavy machine guns, and the young Chinese interpreter was translating the technician's words aloud without missing a word, and the nearly 100 soldiers sitting on the ground in front of them listened attentively, and the literate soldiers took notes.

In the middle of the field, three hundred recruits were practicing in a queue to the sound of officers' slogans, and a long line of rifles was erected on the side of each group.

It looks like the new rifles are the refurbished guns that Xiao Yimin just brought from Chengdu, and these guns will remain at the training base and become special rifles for recruit training.

The rows of brand-new barracks built along the eastern foothills, which make good use of the terrain, are all hidden among the tall trees and cannot be seen unless you look closer.

In front of the barracks, Xiao Yimin and Ya'an battalion management led Qi Luo, adjutant Zheng Changze, guard captain Zheng Yi, and the three captains of the training base, Wang Jian, He Qiwu, Xie Mingyang, and more than ten other people sat in a circle, everyone's head was covered with dust, and the muffled sound of explosions was heard from time to time in the mountain behind the barracks.

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