Zhou Baozhong was waiting for the arrival of the people from the Central Dispatch Regiment in the Soviet Far East Military District, and the materials were led by the Soviet representative Vasily and others to arrive at the North Manchurian base area first, at this moment, accompanied by Yang Jingyu, Meng Qingshan, who was inspecting the production status of the arsenal and the aid materials that had been transported to Jiangbei in the early stage, had a gloomy face, after a year of hard work, he was no longer a rookie who had just come to the battlefield, plus absorbing the ordnance industry in his mind, he already understood the performance and characteristics of the weapon.

"How about Sun Qian, can the equipment bought by Jiangbei be used?"

"The equipment that Commander-in-Chief Jiangbei brought this time can be used, but," Sun Qian touched the frame of his glasses and said.

"What does it look like, if you have something to say, just say it."

"Commander-in-Chief, but all of this equipment is second-hand, and none of it is newly manufactured."

"Comrade Sun Qian, we want to be content, Jiangbei can sell us some equipment, it's better than nothing! Besides, do you think they'll be kind enough to give us a new machine? Although our current environment is a bitter point, but one day we will develop this place into the country's largest arsenal, you must have confidence in yourself, half a year ago we did not have an arsenal, bullets can only be seized from the little devils, four months ago we established an arsenal, first to produce mines, and then gradually expanded and expanded to now be able to produce weapons and ammunition and mortar shells, and even to develop weapons, which is already very good, with this batch of equipment I believe that the future of the arsenal will be even better. Meng Qingshan said with a smile.

Sun Qian wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he shook his head, and led Meng Qingshan and the others to the equipment they bought from Jiangbei, and when they saw the equipment, Meng Qingshan and Yang Jingyu and the others were dumbfounded. And Meng Qingshan no longer has the mentality of being content just now, and at this time Meng Qingshan can't wait to tie up the gringo named Vasily. Ask them that these were bought for several tons of gold for the Anti-Union, and they are simply broken copper and iron. It's even worse than Meng Qingshan's current arsenal.

Although the maintenance of these machines is quite good, but the service life is definitely not short, and some of the machinery and equipment are still imported from the United States or Germany at the beginning of this century. There are even several machine nameplates clearly engraved with the dragon flag and the words Tianjin, Beiyang Machinery Bureau, etc.

When Meng Qingshan wiped the logo on the machine and saw these German-made nitrate drenching machines engraved with dragon flags and the word Tianjin, it was very likely that they were plundered by the Eight-Nation Coalition Army in the former Qing Dynasty Gengzi Year Incident, and Tsarist Russia plundered it from the Beiyang Machinery Bureau, the largest military factory set up by the Qing government in North China, but then he was too backward and threw it into the library for many years, and waited until the Anti-Japanese Federation needed support, and the Soviet Far Eastern Military Region half-sold and half-sent this group of garbage back to China.

Although he knew that in such a short period of time, Meng Qingshan knew that it was impossible for the Soviet Union to send some new machines from Moscow and other places to the Anti-Japanese Union. Meng Qingshan was ready to accept second-hand goods, but he didn't expect that he would actually get back a batch of old antiques. Originally, when he learned that the machinery and equipment had arrived, he was still very excited, and his grandmother's was not even as good as the machine in Meng Qingshan's current arsenal.

If he saw these second-hand equipment, Meng Qingshan could still hold back the anger in his heart. When he saw that Jiangbei's always stingy big brother had brought over more weapons and equipment than he had requested, Meng Qingshan's already gloomy face could almost wring out water. Although the number of these equipment has exceeded the number required by the Anti-United Nations. But its quality is absolutely inferior, and it is not to be complimented. If it were said that it was not a batch of munitions but a pile of foreign rags, I am afraid that no one would object.

Among this batch of weapons and equipment, in addition to the hundreds of Deshka anti-aircraft machine guns, which are eighty percent new, the three hundred Mosinagan sniper rifles requested by Meng Qingshan are still new. As for the rest of the equipment, it is all antiques produced during the First World War. Although these things are given away for nothing without asking for money, your sister's is simply sending away the flowers, just like giving a beggar a rancid steamed bun.

These weapons are of mixed caliber and old. Beyond Meng Qingshan's imagination, many of them he didn't know, but he had seen them in the Qing Museum in later generations. After Sun Qian's introduction, these are all weapons produced by the major countries participating in the world in World War I, and almost all of them can be seen here. British Enfield 77 rifles, bulky Lewis light machine guns. Vickers heavy machine gun.

The French M-1916 Lebor rifle, known as the most Shosha light machine gun in history, the M-1909 light machine gun, and the Hatch Chase heavy machine gun that is almost worn out.

Mauser Type 98 and Type 88 rifles and Maxine heavy machine guns produced in Germany during World War I. The Austrian Manlicia rifle. and the French-style machine guns produced by the Americans, which were changed to American 7.62 mm caliber and of course the Browning heavy machine gun.

In this batch of weapons. Meng Qingshan even discovered the repeating Murata rifle produced by Japan during or before World War I, as well as the predecessor of the Type 38 rifle, known as the Golden Hook Rifle, the Thirty-Year Rifle. Some of Murata's eight-millimeter repeaters also have inscriptions that bear the date of production during the Russo-Japanese War.

The number of these rifles is more than 2,000 rifles, such as the French-made Lebor rifle, and the few Austrian-made Manlicia rifles are less than 200. There are even some varieties of weapons, such as the German Type 88 rifle, and the number is less than 100.

That is, those weapons that are equipped with more bullets, regardless of the quality of the guns themselves, most of the bullets they are equipped with are also close to scrapping or have been scrapped because of poor storage. What's more, a considerable number of these weapons are so rusty that they can't even pull the bolt open. Only half of the rifles were equipped with bayonets, and many did not even have a gun strap.

Meng Qingshan calculated that among this batch of light weapons, there were bullets and no bullets, and those that could be used and those who could not be used were added together, and there were nearly eight calibers that could not be used with each other. Compared with the chaotic light weapons, the number of cannons transported together was sixty-four, but the caliber reached six kinds of mountain artillery, Meng Qingshan directly gave a definition, all of which were waste products that could only be recycled.

Among the 64 mountain field guns, there were 75 mm mass caliber, 77 mm and 88 mm German caliber, and 69 mm French and Austro-Hungarian caliber. In addition, the standard 76.2 mm mountain artillery equipped with the Soviet Union is naturally indispensable.

It's just that sixteen of them are Soviet standard caliber guns, but the production date is Tsarist Russia. There are even a few that are shoddy during the Civil War in Soviet Russia. Due to the long-term high intensity, the rifling in the barrel of the cannon was polished, and what shocked Meng Qingshan the most was that there were still several iron cannons from the Qing Dynasty, and even Meng Qingshan found that there were several cannons of the Ming Dynasty, is this teasing me?

Meng Qingshan and Yang Jingyu glanced at each other, speechless and didn't know what to say, "Director Sun, sort out these weapons that can be used, and dismantle all the weapons that can't be used and recast them!" Meng Qingshan thought for a while and said, through this one thing, Meng Qingshan understood the lyrics on the Internationale, there has never been a savior, and you have to be your own to strike iron, and you have to rely on yourself to appease Sun Qian, who was flushed with a red face, Meng Qingshan first asked Lieutenant Colonel Vasily, who was responsible for escorting this batch of weapons and equipment, to be the staff section of the Logistics and Quartermaster Department of the Headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District of the Soviet Army and the captain of the Soviet instructor.

And Meng Qingshan hurriedly went to the logistics department to check the materials bought from the Soviet Union, these weapons were half sold and half sent by the Soviet Union, Meng Qingshan should buy scrap iron, he had always thought that his strategy would be very successful, and it was indeed successful, but the aid in exchange for drawings was simply not in comparison, but there was a mistake in the materials such as food and cotton clothes, and there was no hope for the cotton clothes and food of tens of thousands of ordinary people in the Hormozhin Fortress, this is a major matter of human life, and Meng Qingshan had to pay attention to it.

When he arrived at the logistics department and saw Ji Qing, the logistics minister who was leading the logistics personnel to count the materials, Meng Qingshan walked over and asked: "Comrade Ji Qing, there is no problem with the food bought from Jiangbei!" ”

"One hundred and ten, one hundred and twenty, three hundred and fifty." Ji Qing took the pen and counted back and forth, but did not hear Meng Qingshan's question, the logistics staff next to Ji Qing hurriedly stabbed him, and Ji Qing reacted and saw Meng Qingshan and others coming, and hurriedly saluted, "Good commander-in-chief, good Deputy Commander Yang." ”

"Comrade Ji Qing is good."

"Is there anything the Commander-in-Chief is looking for me? You can just send someone to call me on such a cold day, why bother to come all the way to this place. Ji Qing said, you must know that Meng Qingshan of the logistics office is built in the mountains, so that it is for insurance, second, it can also avoid the bombing of the Japanese air force, and third, it is easy to store.

"Comrade Ji Qing, the commander-in-chief and I are here to ask you if there is any problem with the grain we bought from Jiangbei?"

"There is no problem, I have carefully checked every bag, except for half of the old grain, the rest is the new grain that has just been laid this year, and I have sent people to the garment factory to send cotton clothes and cloth and cotton from the Soviet Union."

Hearing that the Soviets did not pit people on the grain, Meng Qingshan nodded and asked Ji Qing to transport a batch of grain to the people in the Khormozhin Fortress first, at this time Xiaohuzi told Meng Qingshan that Vasily had arrived at the headquarters, and Meng Qingshan instructed Ji Qing to continue to light the supplies and return to the headquarters with Yang Jingyu. (To be continued......)