Chapter 192: Searching for "Suomi M1931" (2)

Finland is located in Northern Europe, between 60 and 70 degrees north latitude, and one-third of the country is within the Arctic Circle, because it is located in a high latitude region, with long and cold winters and short, warm summers.

The climate in the north is cold and snowy. In the far north, there are 40 to 50 days of sun-free winter and sunshine day and night in summer, while the southwest coastal areas and the south have mild climates due to the warm Atlantic current.

The white on the national flag symbolizes that most of the country's land area is covered by ice and snow, and now it is May, a few people have just entered from the warm Germany, get off the train, can't help but shiver, Tang Qiu is okay with them, Xiaoling can't stand it, a few people hurriedly called a taxi, and the wolf bèi fled to the hotel.

Fortunately, the heating in the hotel was very hot, Xiaoling held the radiator, and after half a day's effort, her face eased up, and she still had palpitations, although she was from Northeast China, but she didn't have the experience of wearing a skirt in such a cold day.

After settling down, the first thing everyone had to do was to hurry up and purchase clothes, the warmer the better, watching everyone busy buying clothes, Tang Qiuli was in his mind, constantly sorting out all the information about the Suomi M1931 submachine gun.

Suomi M1931 submachine gun, from the designer Aimo? Johannes? The hand of Leddy, who served in the Rychmenk quartermaster depot and later as an ordnance officer in a regiment, was very familiar with the German MPl8I submachine gun because of his work. After deeply understanding the shortcomings of the gun's combat power and lack of reliability, he came up with the idea of designing his own submachine gun.

When the prototype was designed, Leddy sent the 7.65 mm Barabylum pistol cartridge to the military for testing, but after the test, the military representatives rejected the good submachine gun, which was the predecessor of the Suomi M1931 submachine gun.

The 26-year-old designer, who was so devastated by the military's response that he quit the military and tried to set up a private business, but due to poor management, the automatic weapons joint-stock company, a joint venture between Leddy and three military partners, went bankrupt after only a few months, and Leddy had no choice but to return to the military.

In the early thirties, Rady launched another submachine gun based on the prototype, and in 1931 it was put into mass production at the Tikakoski Arsenal in Finland, and in the same year it was officially installed by the Finnish army and named the M1931.

Confident in his design, he even named his submachine gun after his home country, Finland ("Suomy" is derived from the Finnish word for "Finland"), and in 1930, before it went into mass production, he began to file patent applications in the United States and Finland, which were finally granted in 1932.

This new gun, only retains the detachable barrel and pull handle of the sample gun, the bolt is basically a new design, the length is shortened by four centimeters, the rate of fire adjustment mechanism is canceled, the maximum nominal firing range is 500 meters, and the front of the sleeve is designed as a downward slope to play a certain anti-jump effect, so that the weapon is more stable when shooting.

The wooden stock was also improved to make the flap more comfortable, and the ammunition was fed by a 25-round cartridge magazine and a 40-round drum, designed by Keskin, a friend of Leddy and one of the shareholders of the Automatic Weapons Company, and the ammunition was arranged in a spiral inside the drum, and later, the 70-round drum designed by Keskin also became the main ammunition for the Suomi M1931 submachine gun.

During the thirties, the number of Suomi submachine guns in Finland grew slowly, from about 1,000 in 1932 to 1,400 in 1934 and just over 4,000 in January 1939 when the Soviet-Finnish war broke out.

In January 1939, in the outbreak of the Soviet-Finnish war, the Suomi M193L submachine gun, shined, in the early stage of the war, the Finnish army was equipped with about one Suomi submachine gun for every 44 soldiers, and a limited number of Suomi submachine guns gave the Soviet army a heavy blow in defensive operations and jungle and mountain guerrilla warfare.

Almost every book published by the Soviet Union on this period of history gives a strong description of the Finnish units that repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Soviet army with the Suomi submachine gun and the use of the gun, and the prestige of the Suomi submachine gun is not only established in the battle on the battlefield, but also because of the Finnish army's use of submachine gun tactics, which left a deep impression on the Soviet army and had a profound impact on its equipment construction and tactical thinking.

The Suomi M1931 submachine gun, from the end of World War II, has been the standard equipment of the Finnish army, until 1985 officially retired from active service, the longevity of this gun should be attributed to accurate processing technology and excellent structural design.

You must know that long-lived light weapons are not uncommon, but most of them are constantly improved in the process of use to maintain their vitality, such as the M1931 Suomi submachine gun, which has not been improved, and there are indeed not many that have survived the wind and rain of 54 years.

It is precisely because of this that Tang Qiuli did not hesitate to travel to Finland, a small Nordic country, with its own troops, without strong military enterprises behind it, and the only effective way to pursue the service life and reliability of guns.

Tang Qiuli saw Aimo? Johannes? At the time of Leddy, the young designer who created a generation of bright guns, it was at a time when he was riddled with debt and poverty.

In the country cottage where he lived, Leddy looked shriveled and pale, without the radiant and complacent pride of a young talent.

For this Oriental who suddenly came to the door, in addition to being stunned, he didn't wait for Tang Qiuli to explain his intentions, so he unceremoniously turned him away, and the translator who came with him had to shrug his shoulders and spread his hands, looking helpless.

Tang Qiuli had no choice but to return to the hotel, from the translator's mouth, he roughly understood the recent situation of Leddy, this old man, although in terms of firearm design, can be called a genius, but, in terms of business, it is definitely a rookie level, he and a few friends in the army, set up an automatic weapons joint-stock company, although the product is excellent, helpless, but there has been no market.

Seeing that the first batch of products produced was backlogged in the warehouse and could not be sold, and the repayment date of bank loans and raw material suppliers was getting closer and closer, and all the start-up funds had become finished products, Leidi was at a loss and in a hurry.

He had no choice but to sell the company's shares, but as far as the company's operation was concerned, those shrewd businessmen and others knew that they would dare to wade into this troubled water, and their company's shares had been listed on the exchange for several days, and there was not a single transaction.

Reducing the stock price to one-tenth of its original value, almost like giving it away for nothing, now, no one has bought it, probably Finns and Chinese are similar, they have the heart to chase up and down, the company's shares, in this week, were rated as the worst junk stocks.

Leddy had no choice but to transfer all the partners' shares to his own name, although he had no cash, he finally didn't pull the partners who started his own business into the debt whirlpool, and he was a very kind person

Leddy knew very well that he would not be able to repay all the arrears when due, and he would face the prosecution of this creditor, and at that time, let alone fiddling with his favorite firearms, I was afraid that he would have to spend a few precious years in prison, in this case, how could he still have the heart to meet an Oriental.

After listening to the translation, Tang Qiuli moved in his heart, and a way came to mind.

The next day, he came to the stock exchange, and sure enough, the shares of the Leidi company, with a very low stock price, were at the bottom of the lonely place, Tang Qiuli estimated that all the stocks added up to a total value of only about 200,000 German marks.

At this moment, Tang Qiuli almost laughed out loud on the spot, according to his original estimate, the total value of the shares of Leidi Company must be above several million German marks, and he was ready to bleed heavily, and he did this vote, but now it seems that it is almost the same as picking it up for nothing.

It is no wonder that the Finnish businessmen did not have this kind of mind, under the circumstances of the time, who could have predicted that this company would be able to turn around and shine in the future, and the value of the company's shares was already tens of thousands of times that of the existing one, and it was difficult to find.

It's just that Tang Qiuli, a freak who crossed over, found pearls in the rubble, and others really don't have that ability, this is called having eyes and not knowing gold and jade.

Tang Qiuli immediately went to the trading window to go through the procedures for acquiring all the shares, the staff almost couldn't believe his ears, this junk stock has been suspended for several days, and it is preparing to be cleared out tomorrow, hanging in the exchange, which simply affects the image.

He asked suspiciously, sir, do you want to buy all the shares of the Leddy Company? After getting an affirmative answer, this trader still thinks that he is dreaming, strange things happen every year, and there are not many this year?

If it weren't for Tang Qiu's words and deeds and temperament and demeanor, of course, the most important thing was the check, he almost suspected that this young Chinese was a psychopath, although he was full of doubts, the trader still completed all the formalities with his hands and feet.

At the end, the trader was also humorous, Dear Mr. Qiu, you are already the boss of Leidi Company, congratulations, but Tang Qiuli always felt a little bit behind his smile, thinking that he was a brain-dead patient or mentally ill.

Tang Qiuli doesn't care about this, he picked up a big ingots today and made a fortune, so let these Finns regret going in the future, when the time comes, they won't be able to find a grave when they cry.

Back at the hotel, after a short rest, he called the translator over and announced that from today onwards, his remuneration would be tripled, and he would hold this honorable position permanently, and the translator was caught off guard, and he was stunned, and when he understood, he was almost moved to cry, this is a Nordic girl, by chance, learned Chinese, but unexpectedly, this specialty made her find a job that exceeded the average salary in Finland several times.

And it's a golden job, that is, as long as Leddy doesn't die, her work will never be worried, then Leddy is only in his thirties, isn't this a lifelong job? She adores her new boss from the bottom of her heart, and if necessary, she can promise to each other.

Tang Qiuli officially entered the company in the name of the boss of Laidi Company, and the employees of the company greeted the new boss of the Oriental face with complicated feelings.

(To be continued)