When I opened the warehouse, I saw that the materials inside were piled up like a hill. However, the supplies were packed in wooden boxes, and the outside was covered with tarpaulin, so it was impossible to see what they were.

Chief of Staff Zhou was very happy to see this, and said, "Director Lu, you are handling all the materials here, why don't you explain it for the division?" ”

The chief of staff said this, in fact, it was a chance for Lu Zhan to show his merits. Although Director Lu is the director of political training, he is actually doing the work of the ordnance director during this time. Chief of Staff Zhou hoped to deepen the goodwill between the two, so as not to be uncomfortable in the middle.

Director Lu hurriedly said: "Be obedient!" However, there are so many kinds of materials here that I can't finish talking about for a while. Why don't you give the list to the teacher and the counselor first, how about you two explain while watching the lowly position? ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "So it's the best!" "This Lu Zhan is very careful in his work, and he has already prepared a list of supplies. Zheng Weiguo took it and couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although the materials in this were much less than what he had asked for, it was his sky-high asking price, and he didn't expect Shangfeng to allocate the full amount. After all, at this time, the three major battles of Taiyuan, Songhu, and Nanjing were all defeated. The government not only lost its soldiers, but also suffered serious losses in materials, and it was impossible to have as abundant as it was at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War.

The list reads as follows:

First, pistols: 200 10-shot barge guns imported from Germany, 30 20-shot fast and slow machines produced by Jinling Arsenal, and 1 German-made gold luger;

Second, rifles: 1,000 Mauser Kar98k rifles imported from Germany, 1,000 formal horse rifles produced by Jinling Arsenal, 100 formal long rifles produced by Gongxian Arsenal, 112 Czech ZH-29 semi-automatic rifles, and 1 Mauser heavy tube sniper shotgun imported from Germany;

Third, light machine guns: 50 LS/M26 light machine guns imported from Finland, 20 Czech ZB26 light machine guns produced by Gongxian Arsenal, and 12 Qilali machine guns imported from Switzerland;

Fourth, heavy machine guns: six Type 24 (imitation German MG08) water-cooled heavy machine guns produced by Hanyang Arsenal, six 30-section (imitation American Browning M1917) water-cooled heavy machine guns produced by Gongxian Arsenal;

Fifth, mortars: 16 Type 20 82mm mortars produced by Jinling Arsenal;

Sixth, anti-aircraft artillery: two Solothurn M30 (Suroton) 20mm anti-aircraft guns imported from Germany, two Breda 20mm anti-aircraft guns imported from Italy, two Madsen 20mm anti-aircraft guns imported from Denmark, and two Erikon 20mm anti-aircraft guns imported from Switzerland;

Seventh, mountain artillery: a Type 41 mountain cannon imported from Japan;

Eighth, helmet ......

From the eighth category onwards, there are auxiliary materials, and weapons are in the first seven categories. Zheng Weiguo pointed to the first item and said, "Director Lu, what's going on with this Jin Luge?" ”

Luger pistol is the standard pistol of the German army during World War I and World War II, and the shell gun was squeezed by it so that there was no market for it, so it had to run to China, which is enough to prove its excellence. However, this kind of pistol was not enough for the German army itself, and it was rarely exported, and most of it was scattered among the people after the end of World War I. The so-called golden luger is a high-end pistol made of gold and ivory, which is more valuable for viewing than for practical use.

Lu Zhan explained: "Shizuo, you originally asked for the German Luger P08 and the American Browning M1911, but China did not import these two pistols in large quantities and could not meet the demand. After learning about it, the head office contacted a familiar German consultant, hoping to get a batch of emergency help. But the consultant didn't do anything, and only gave the chief seat a golden pistol, or an ivory grip. The head seat had no choice but to order the change to a shell gun, and sent the gold luger with him. ”

As he spoke, he asked people to find the Jin Luger pistol and hand it to Zheng Weiguo.

Zheng Weiguo took the trick and said with emotion: "The general seat is really affectionate to our 33rd Division. He treats me as a national soldier, and I will repay him as a national soldier! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said solemnly: "The lowly and others will also swear to follow the division to kill the enemy!" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded approvingly and said, "Okay, please encourage me!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou saw that there were still 100 medium-length rifles in the rifle category, and said curiously: "Director Lu, this long rifle is very inconvenient to use in the mountains, why do you need this kind of rifle?" ”

Director Lu said with a smile: "I have to ask the division seat to help solve the puzzle, because this kind of rifle is called by the division seat." ”

Zheng Weiguo explained: "Long-barreled rifles are good for long-range high-precision shooting, so I want to get a batch to be converted into long-range sniper rifles. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the division seat has miscalculated this time, the accuracy of this long rifle made in Gongxian is not very good, and even the carbine made in Jinling is not as good." ”

Zheng Weiguo was stunned, and said with a smile: "It seems that it is indeed a miscalculation, wait for the people from the repair institute to take a look." "Fortunately, there are only a hundred rifles of this kind, and even if they are bad, the loss is not big.

Director Lu said curiously: "I didn't expect the division to attach so much importance to sniper rifles. It's a pity that most of the sniper rifles imported by the Military Commission from Germany have been transferred to the Songhu battlefield, and the losses are already close. The stick on the list was kept as a sample. ”

Before the war, China imported about 100 Mauser shotguns from Germany to train sniper units. Unfortunately, almost all of this force was killed in Shanghai, and it was not until the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that China was able to redevelop snipers.

Zheng Weiguo sighed and said, "I estimate that the Japanese army will also be equipped with a large number of sniper rifles, so it's a big deal to grab some scopes and come back." ”

Director Lu's eyes lit up and he said, "There are quite a few rifle scopes here!" You look at the bottom of the list. ”

Zheng Weiguo looked at it and saw that one of them read: 1,000 Remington rifle scopes. He smiled and said, "Director Lu, you made a mistake here, it should be a hundred!" ”

Director Lu leaned over to take a look and said, "That's right, it's a thousand!" As he spoke, he asked several soldiers to bring several boxes, and when he opened them, he saw that they were full of scopes. Zheng Weiguo noticed that the box was written with aid supplies from Chinese Americans.

It turned out that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese in the United States donated a batch of weapons to the national army. This includes 1,000 Remington sniper shotguns and 1,000 riflescopes for the Nationalists to replace or install on other rifles. These rifles were also used on the Songhu battlefield, but due to the lack of professional training of the national army, the effect was not good. After that, no one wanted these scopes, and now they are all cheap Zheng Weiguo.

Zheng Weiguo closed his mouth happily and said, "Director Lu, you have made a great contribution this time!" When this battle is won, I will ask Lu Shangfeng for credit for you! ”

Director Lu smiled and said, "There is no need to ask for credit, and I didn't expect to be able to use it at the beginning." I just saw that the box said sniper shotgun accessories and asked for it. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou asked curiously: "Division, which guns do you plan to use these scopes on?" ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Pick a batch of good 79 bolt-action rifles and Czech-style ZH-29 semi-automatic rifles." However, the workers in the repair shop are inexperienced, so I will not be busy until I have time to teach them how to install them in person. "The school gun is a very troublesome thing, and after adding an optical scope, it is troublesome. At present, no one can help Zheng Weiguo in this regard, he can only do it himself.

Director Lu said: "I thought that the division wanted this kind of gun for the squad and platoon commander, so I didn't ask for more, and I would have gotten more if I knew the road." ”

Zheng Weiguoqi said: "Are there a lot of such rifles? I thought there were only over 1,000 in total. ”

Director Lu said with a smile: "I don't know how many lowly positions there are in total, but a thousand branches must be more than one." ”

The Czech semi-automatic rifle is the first semi-automatic rifle that China has equipped on a large scale. According to some sources, only more than 1,000 such rifles were imported, but in fact there are far more than that. More than 1,000 should be the number imported by the Northeast Army, and the Central Army imported even more, and a large number of guns were used for squad and platoon commanders of various units. Judging from the number of guns, the total number should be around 10,000, but over time, the specific flow of these guns is no longer clear.

Zheng Weiguo said happily: "Then please ask Director Lu to help keep some heart, and try to get as many of this rifle as possible in the future." ”

Director Lu smiled: "This is natural. ”

Zheng Weiguo looked down again, and said with some doubts: "I thought that the Finnish M26 would be more difficult to get, and the Cheerali would be easier to get, but I didn't expect it to be the opposite." ”