The brothers opened the box and counted all the family resources of Biao Ye, not to mention the old gold head and others, not to mention that the old gold head and others were stunned, even Song Biao did not expect it to be so strong.

The Russian Maozi really lost money this time, and the materials they hired the Hunjiang Horse Gang to transport to Shenyang included four Makqin machine guns, six boxes of ammunition using canvas chains, 4,000 rounds each, 400 Winchester M1897 shotguns, 40,000 rounds of 16-caliber ammunition, and 300 German wooden-handled grenades.

There are indeed silver dollars that the old gold head said, and there are four small sacks in a very messy manner, the number is exactly like the old gold head's previous estimate of about 40,000 pieces, including Mexican silver yuan, Russian silver yuan, and even the new silver dollar issued 20 years ago in the Meiji era. There was also a sack of paper and gold rubles, about 200,000 rubles, with a haphazard amount of tickets, apparently also improvised.

Among the supplies were military supplies such as bandages and hemostatic powder, as well as injectable morphine, all of which were imported from the United States.

Song Biao was quite surprised, he had known that there were Makqin machine guns in this batch of goods, and the materials that Tsarist Russia had delivered to Shenyang this time were basically based on them, and the rest were just supplements to some temporary surnames, compared to the 300,000 Russian troops stationed around Shenyang, 200,000 rubles and more than 40,000 silver yuan almost did not play any role, and the monthly salary was at least millions of rubles.

The money was supposed to be a temporary emergency for certain units, such as buying bandits in the vicinity, and the medical supplies from the United States showed another thing, that is, the transportation capacity of the Far Eastern Railway was really problematic, so that Tsarist Russia had to rely on foreign merchant ships in the Vladivostok region to provide part of the supplies.

What really surprised Song Biao was that Tsarist Russia actually bought Winchester M1897 shotguns, he really didn't expect it, because Russian [***] officers and soldiers can buy additional non-standard weapons on their own, and it is indeed possible that some non-commissioned officers want to buy Winchester, the role of this shotgun in the trenches is very obvious, especially for the enemy's bayonet charge, the effect is very strong, and extremely cheap.

Except for the four Makqin machine guns, which was a bit of a loss for Tsarist Russia, the rest were simply a drop in the bucket in the face of the huge military needs of the Tsarist Russian Empire, which is really not worth mentioning, you must know that during the entire Russo-Russian War, the military expenditure of the two countries was calculated in 100 million US dollars, and it took 20 years to pay off the debt, and Russia mainly solved the problem through domestic taxation, which also led to the rapid instability of the country.

After taking stock of his own family, Song Biao said yes, first let Zhao Tingzhu and Lao Jintou take out 4,000 silver yuan and distribute it, and everyone took this money as a settlement fee first, with an average of 100 silver yuan per person, such a windfall is more than everyone's annual income, which naturally makes every brother extremely excited.

When everyone was interested in sharing the money, Song Biao had to think about more problems.

In the end, the Russians were not able to equip shotguns on a large scale, at least not in some key areas, otherwise there would be no so-called world's largest bayonet offensive of the Japanese army, the Winchester M1897 pump-action shotgun has more fierce close-range fire than the submachine guns of the First World War, as long as 2,000 are arranged on a three-kilometer-long position, the bayonet offensive of the Japanese army is tantamount to a suicide offensive.

It is a pity that the comrades of Tsarist Russia did not carry this idea through to the end.

Song Biao asked everyone to elect Zhao Tingzhu, Yang Tiesheng, and Zhang Yahu by themselves, and then he personally led the team, equipped everyone with a new 30 rifle, re-taught everyone the basic skills and specifications of using rifles, and after comparing the differences between the two firearms, arranged for everyone to use the 30 rifles for shooting training, so as to save ammunition for Mosin's Nagant rifle.

Song Biao must not have made a thirty rifle before, he was a little curious, he himself took the lead in taking a thirty rifle, adjusted the ruler and then knelt to shoot, shooting a wooden pier and a steel lunch box at a distance of fifty meters.

Known as the Golden Hook Rifle Thirty Rifle is the predecessor of the 38 rifle, as a rotary pull-back type of front-end locking rifle, its design is the latest, the bolt design is also the most concise, the most convenient to make, after the modification to the 38 large cover rifle, in addition to adding a dust cover, the bolt design is further optimized on the original basis, that is, the hook design is abandoned.

From a purely bolt design point of view, the Thirty Rifle and the subsequent Three Eight Rifle are excellent, because of the reduced bullet caliber, their recoil is smaller than that of the Mosin Nagant rifle.

This is evident with just one shot.

However, both the Thirty Rifle and the Thirty-Eight Rifle adopted a straight-pull bolt design, which was a failure, and the overall operation was slightly clumsy, and the large rear pull was a uniform problem for the front-end locking rifles.

Both of these problems were the same on the Mosin Nagant rifle at this time.

Song Biao fired two shots in a row to hit the target very accurately, and the difference with the Mosin Nagant rifle is that the bullet is soaked into the surname is larger, directly piercing the lunch box, and the damage stress caused on the lunch box is obviously small.

After the addiction, Song Biao stood up and gave up the external position to others, still according to the way yesterday, everyone aimed and shot in front of his eyes, and he also adjusted everyone's shooting movements one by one, teaching them how to use the ruler and more accurate aiming.

After everyone has finished five rounds of ejaculation, this morning's training is temporarily over, and everyone goes out to do something according to the team, and they have to find a way to block most of the hole, and everyone shiveres in the cold wind of last night.

Zhang Yahu and Yang Tiesheng both led the team out to shovel snow and collect trees and stones for building snow gates, while the others followed Lao Jintou to continue to repack the counted goods.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Tingzhu and Li Ergou took thirty rifles to ask Song Biao for advice, and after chatting for a while, Zhao Tingzhu and Song Biao asked: "Master Biao, are you saying that it is better to have water beads or the golden hook of Xiao Yueben?" ”

This question is still quite interesting.

Song Biao didn't answer immediately, but asked Zhao Tingzhu, "What do you think of yourself?" ”

Zhao Tingzhu had been in contact with rifles before, but he hadn't practiced them often, so he immediately said: "I think Xiao Yueben's golden hook is better, the sound of its shot is smaller, and the recoil is smaller, which is good." ”

Song Biao noticed that Zhao Tingzhu had the idea of making a suggestion, and said: "Small caliber, high precision, this is a good design logic in itself, the problem is that the power of the golden hook rifle is probably a little low, the penetration is too high, and the destructive power is insufficient, which is still very fatal." If we only discuss the level of bolt design, the Golden Hook rifle is the latest to appear, and it is relatively smarter to fully summarize and improve the shortcomings of the former. ”

Zhao Tingzhu said: "Big boss, we have a lot of golden hook rifles in our hands, and there are enough bullets, so why don't we let the brothers use this rifle?" ”

Song Biao didn't answer this proposal, but just patted Zhao Tingzhu, a rookie, on the shoulder and said, "You will understand later!" ”

Zhao Tingzhu also hurriedly smiled: "The big boss knows a lot, you must have your reason, we are talking nonsense, don't take it to heart!" ”

Song Biao responded indifferently: "If you prefer to use the Golden Hook Rifle, then you can also use it first." ”

Zhao Tingzhu didn't know what to do.

Song Biao continued: "I mean seriously, Xiao Yueben's rifle has its unique advantages, practice brings true knowledge, you can understand the real advantages and disadvantages of the two rifles after a while of time." ”

Zhao Tingzhu hurriedly agreed: "Then let's listen to the orders of the big boss and take a period of time to see the effect." ”

Song Biao snorted, there was an inexplicable coldness in his expression, he stared at the wind and snow outside the Erwolf Cave with a slight frown, thinking in his heart, as if he was reading the strength of this small force, more like a special pillar of some mysterious belief and religion of this small army, and the new comrades-in-arms were particularly enthusiastic and confident because of his existence.

Manpower is limited, everyone is actively and busy trying to transform the Erwolf Cave into a small village, the wounded must be taken care of, Song Biao heard that Yang Sangui had been an apprentice in the medicinal herb shop in Tonghua County for several years, so he picked him out to be a military doctor, and taught some simple basic first aid knowledge alone so that he could concentrate on taking care of the wounded and Lao Guotou.

The heavy snow and cold wind outside became more and more violent, and there was a horse that was injured by the explosion and did not survive after all, although these brothers of the horse gang were very sad, but they still slaughtered the horse, chopped meat and cooked soup, and made up for Lao Guo Tou, to see if they could help Lao Guo Tou get through this hurdle.

The body of Guo Erdong, the second son of Lao Guo Tou, has long been frozen, and it is unlikely that the body will be transported back to his hometown for burial.

Song Biao and Li Dahan were cooking horse broth by the fire, basically Li Dahan was busy working alone, this person didn't know whether he was born to kill pigs, and this technique of slaughtering livestock was extremely good.

Song Biao sat idly next to the fire and returned the ammunition of a thirty rifle and a Mosin Nagant rifle, dismantled all the parts to study the bolt structure, in fact, he was still very curious about these two rifles, and he had never touched them before.

Which of the Mosin Nagant rifles, Mauser rifles, and 38 Dagai rifles is more suitable for the use of Chinese troops is a very tangled topic, and if you want to consider factors such as production and supply, there are even more entanglements in it.