Looking at the signed telegram sent by Zhao Dongyun, Wang Shizhen fell into deep thought, when he received Wang Shizhen's telegram, he thought that Zhao Dongyun sent just an ordinary telegram, but he did not expect Zhao Dongyun to say on the telegram that the Soviet Department intended to transfer a batch of second-hand artillery to the allies, and the price was a part lower than the market price, and there were a lot of them, there were more than 30 guns, enough to equip two artillery battalions.

Who are the allies of the Soviet family? In fact, there are no allies, and the apparent allies are Wu Fengling and Wang Shizhen.

Zhao Dongyun's telegram said that the artillery was obviously to be transferred, but it also said that the transferred artillery was transferred to Wu Fengling and Wang Shizhen at the same time to help the allies improve their military strength.

However, Wang Shizhen read a different meaning from it, that is, he knew very well that this batch of artillery Zhao Dongyun was definitely specially prepared for himself, but it was not so easy to get this batch of artillery, and the price he needed to pay was definitely not as simple as money.

Is the Su Department short of money now? Lack!

Is there a shortage of guns that need to be sold for money? When pigs fly.

The artillery of this year is the absolute strategic material, although these more than 30 artillery pieces are second-hand Japanese artillery in the hands of the Feng army, it is a Japanese-made 31-year type field artillery, mountain artillery, the performance and the most advanced tube artillery can not be compared, but in any case it is a strategic support artillery, the rate of fire is a little slower, but the range and power are not bad, these more than 30 old artillery pieces are nothing for the Feng army, which has a big business and has hundreds of tube artillery, But for Wang Shizhen and Wu Fengling, who don't have dozens of artillery pieces in their hands, once they get it, they can definitely double their strength.

Normally, the Feng Department would not be so kind to sell their artillery, even if the performance is poor, but there is no problem in equipping the second-line troops, and now Zhao Dongyun said that he wants to sell these second-hand Japanese artillery, and the representative behind it must be Zhao Dongyun who needs Wang Shizhen to pay a certain price.

Wang Shizhen is not a stupid person, after looking at the domestic map carefully, when he noticed that the strength of the Southern Federation in southern Hubei had increased abnormally, he guessed a hint of taste, could it be that there was something unusual on the side of the Southern Federation?

When the Feng army and the Anhui army were engaged in a fierce battle, once the Southern Federation suddenly attacked the Feng army, then even if the Feng army was strong, it would be very uncomfortable, in this case, Zhao Dongyun was not surprised to think of himself, he sold these artillery pieces cheaply to himself, nothing more than to increase his strength, and then send troops to Wuchang to reduce the pressure faced by the Feng army in southern Anhui and Jiangxi.

The situation in contemporary China can be said to be transparent, as long as you guess others with the most vicious mind, then it will definitely be eight 'nine and ten.

Although Wang Shizhen guessed this, he found that his options were quite limited!

Because he really couldn't refuse the temptation of this batch of low-priced artillery, and since Zhao Dongyun was willing to sell all the artillery that he had not sold to himself, then the restrictions on other ordnance would definitely be more relaxed, although it was absolutely impossible to give it away for nothing, but there was also the opportunity to buy a large number of low-cost rifles, ammunition and machine guns and other weapons from Zhao Dongyun's hands.

As long as he can obtain a large amount of cheap arms, then Wang Shizhen is sure to improve his strength in a short period of time, if Zhang Zhidong really sends troops into Jiangxi to fight with the Feng army, then the troops in the direction of Wuchang will definitely be empty, and then he will not be able to break through the Yangtze River defense line of the Southern Federation in one fell swoop, and then go south to Wuchang and the entire southern part of Hubei, and even march into Hunan.

This is an opportunity for yourself, a chance to break through the current dilemma!

Therefore, although Wang Shizhen knew that Zhao Dongyun was uneasy and kind, and wanted to let himself and Zhang Zhidong go to war again, and then help Fengjun share the huge pressure, he still gritted his teeth and agreed, and not only agreed, but he also planned to take the initiative to do it.

On the same day, he replied to Zhao Dongyun with a telegram, saying that the Hubei side was currently in urgent need of all kinds of weapons and ammunition, and requested that the central side allocate some weapons and ammunition, and at the same time sent a detailed list, including 36 Japanese-made 31-year-old guns, 15,000 Type 88 rifle guns, 24 Type 01 machine guns, 36 light machine guns, 30 60 and 80 mm mortars, 20,000 shells of various types, and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition of various types.

This list can be described as a private opening, if Zhao Dongyun really sells it to him, it will be enough for Wang Shizhen to expand a main division.

However, along with this list, Wang Shizhen sent another secret telegram, on which he only said that the Hubei direction had prepared to launch another river-crossing offensive in the near future, and that it was necessary to take Wuchang and complete the great cause of the central government's unification of China.

No matter what thoughts Wang Shizhen has in his heart, since he sent these two telegrams to Zhao Dongyun, it is enough to prove that he is still loyal to the central government on the surface, and it also means that Wang Shizhen will cooperate with the Feng army to launch a corresponding offensive against Wuchang, Hubei, these two points are the most important to Zhao Dongyun.

As for what Wang Shizhen is plotting behind him, Zhao Dongyun knows very well, but he doesn't mind, what Wang Shizhen wants is nothing more than Hubei and even Hunan, and he has confirmed his name as a patrol envoy in Huguang, and what he wants is similar to Wu Fengling, which is just to expand his territory.

However, Zhao Dongyun doesn't care, he only needs Wu Fengling to help him drag Zhao Erxun and help him drag Zhang Zhidong, then Zhao Dongyun will be sure to control the follow-up situation, and when he completely cleans up Duan Qirui and takes Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong, can Wu Fengling and Wang Shizhen still turn the tables, it is nothing more than choosing to give in or resist to the end.

Zhao Dongyun, who was not too worried about Wang Shizhen's expansion of the army, waved a large number of materials from the major military warehouses of the Soviet Union, of course, he would not sell these weapons and ammunition to Wang Shizhen at one time. If you want to buy cheap weapons and ammunition, you can, but you also have to take practical actions to express your sincerity, and two telegrams are not enough to completely reassure Zhao Dongyun.

Soon, a train was carrying a large number of weapons and ammunition to the south, this batch of ordnance included eight Japanese-made 31-year-old 75-mm field guns, another 8 57-mm mountain guns produced by Han-made and other domestic factories, and a batch of German-made original 88-type rifle guns used by the military, and heavy machine guns were 16 Russian-style Makqin heavy machine guns, as well as some mortars, light machine guns, and ammunition.

Except for the ammunition is brand new, these ordnance weapons are basically second-hand goods that Fengjun himself has used or captured, this is not that Zhao Dongyun deliberately sold second-hand goods to Wang Shizhen, but because it was explained from the beginning that the batch of ordnance that supported Wang Shizhen was second-hand, and Wang Shizhen didn't mind, reason? It's cheap!

Not to mention artillery, whether the advanced tube annealed artillery is directly imported from Germany or Japan, or the 75-mm field guns produced by the Fuchang and Jiangnan Arsenals, the price is dead expensive, plus the attached shells, this has to be equipped with a 16-gun artillery battalion, and it is impossible to take it without 5 or 600,000 yuan, but those second-hand old frame artillery guns are much cheaper, even if the price of domestic ordnance is inflated today, but to get a battalion of 75 mm field guns, at most two or three hundred thousand, directly less than half. If it's a fifty-seven-mm rack, it's cheaper.

The same is true of the rifle, there are about three kinds of rifles widely stored in China, one is the Fengjun, the Anhui army, and the Southern Federation are widely used in various versions of the 88-type rifle gun, including De, Hanyang, Jiangnan, Jinling, Guangdong, Fu, Sichuan, etc., the other is the Japanese 30-year style, the Japanese 38-year style, the source is mainly imported from Japan, Yuan Shikai of the old Beiyang era, Wang Yingkai of the direct army, Duan Qirui of the Anhui army, Duanfang of the Southern Federation, Xiliang, Zhang Zhidong and others are large-scale purchases of ordnance rifles from Japan, of which the 30-year style is the main, and the 38-year style is less, which used to be mainly concentrated in the Anhui army, and now there are also some in the Feng army.

The remaining one is relatively unfamiliar in contemporary China, that is, the Russian M1891 Mosin Nagant, the use of this rifle is quite limited, mainly concentrated in the Shaanxi and Gansu Army in the Southern Federal System, that is, the troops under Zhao Erxun, the famous Nineteenth Town is all M1891 Mosin Nagant, and there are also a small number in the hands of Wu Fengling Jin Army and Zhao Dongyun Fengjun, and the M1891 Mosin Nagant in the hands of the Jin Army Needless to say, they were all captured from Zhao Erxun's hands, and the number is small and not large.

The M1891 Mosin Nagant in the Feng army was purchased in 1906 when the Feng army was in the large-scale stage, when the artillery guns were collected everywhere, and the number was not large, only a few thousand, and it was not equipped with field troops, mainly assigned to several patrol infantry regiments stationed in the Mongolian direction.

Of course, in addition to these kinds of rifles, there are still many types of rifles in the hands of the major warlords in China, and the British, French and even American rifles can basically be found, but they have not formed a large-scale scale.

However, no matter what kind of rifle, the price of the new gun is not cheap, although Wang Shizhen wants a new gun, but even if the price is relatively low, the price of a brand-new rifle gun is at least forty up, but if it is those used second-hand 88 type rifle guns, especially the old sleeve type 88 type rifle guns, basically about 20 yuan can be taken down.

Wang Shizhen was trapped in the northern part of Hubei, he didn't have much money in his hands, and he wanted to get a large number of arms from Zhao Dongyun.

Anyway, if you fight, the new guns and the old guns are not the same, and Wang Shizhen's Hubei army is not yet as extravagant as the Feng army, and even the patrol infantry regiment is equipped with a brand-new rifle.