After coming out of the women's normal school, Zheng Weiguo was busy going to Chief of Staff Guo to discuss the matter of arms. Chief of Staff Guo smiled: "I know that you can't bear it." How about it, going to the women's normal to give a lecture went well, right? ”

Zheng Weiguo said lightly: "The process is a bit tortuous, and the ending is not bad." ”

Chief of Staff Guo didn't know that there was a major assassination case in Lu Dao, so he smiled, threw Zheng Weiguo a piece of paper, and said, "You take a look at this first, and we'll find a way to get some back if you like something!" ”

Zheng Weiguo took it and saw that it was a list of arms aided by the Soviet Union, which showed the dense number of arms and the unit price. After a cursory glance, he closed his mouth with joy and said, "There are so many!" Maozi is very righteous! ”

This batch of supplies is indeed a lot, a total of 82 T-26 tanks, 20 76-mm anti-aircraft guns with a full set of anti-aircraft equipment, 80 114-mm field guns, 160 76-mm field guns, 50 45-mm anti-tank guns, 80 37-mm anti-tank guns, 300 heavy machine guns, 1,600 light machine guns, and a large amount of ammunition, including 10 million rounds of rifle and machine gun ammunition each.

In addition to weapons, there are also a lot of auxiliary equipment, such as trucks, artillery tractors, tank repair vehicles, etc., and the most surprising thing for Zheng Weiguo is that it also includes 182 pairs of horse harnesses. (Note: The above data are historical facts, which are the first batch of arms aided by the Soviet Union, and the air force materials are not included)

Chief of Staff Guo smiled bitterly: "Many? You think it's all for the World War Zone! The equipment of the 20 divisions supplied by the USSR is all here! ”

Zheng Weiguo was stunned and said, "20 infantry divisions? The light infantry division is not only so heavily armed! Not to mention artillery, are there too few light and heavy machine guns? ”

The national army's heavy weapons have always been relatively weak, and it has always relied on the firepower superiority of light weapons to confront the Japanese army in some parts, and if it cannot even guarantee the superiority of light weapons, it will not be able to compete with the Japanese army at all.

Chief of Staff Guo spread his hands and said, "Who says it's not?" Our people negotiated with the Soviet side and asked for an increase in the number of machine guns, but Marshal of the Soviet Union Voroshilov said that modern divisions are small and flexible, and it is enough to have so many weapons! ”

Zheng Weiguo was so angry that he slapped the table and said angrily: "This old hairy man is really fucking hateful, it's not the Russians who dare to die!" ”

Chief of Staff Guo sighed and said: "Now that China is in a difficult situation at home and abroad, it would be good if the Soviets could sell us weapons." Other countries like the United States and Britain are watching the fire from across the strait, and they are more hateful than the Russians! ”

Zheng Weiguo said with some frustration: "With such a little weapon, can we still have our share?" ”

Chief of Staff Guo said: "If only it were impossible! The Military Commission was preparing for a general battle in Wuhan, and most of these weapons were to be shipped to the south. However, it's no problem to get a small amount, and the Eighth Route Army is said to be able to get a share! ”

Zheng Weiguo was in a slightly better mood and said, "Then I have to think about what weapons to pick!" Senza, can you take me to the arsenal? ”

Chief of Staff Guo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid this won't work!" The Central Military Commission attaches great importance to these weapons, and they are all handled by special personnel, and it is too taboo for us to force them together. Besides, in order to prevent the Japanese air raids, the weapons are scattered and hidden in various warehouses, so it is impossible to visit every place! ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Are there any people who are more familiar with this batch of weapons?" Let's come all the way, we have to pick something good to get back! ”

Chief of Staff Guo thought for a moment and said, "Hey! Don't say it, there really is one! ”

This person who is familiar with the inside story is Wang Guozhang, and he is a technical officer in charge of receiving arms from the Ordnance Industry Administration, and he went to accept the batch of arms aided by the Soviet Union. Coincidentally, he happened to be in Xi'an at this time, and under the introduction of Chief of Staff Guo, Zheng Weiguo quickly met this expert.

As soon as this Wang expert saw Zheng Weiguo, he was excited, saluted and shook hands, and his admiration and worship were like the water of the Yangtze River gushing endlessly, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control. Zheng Weiguo was inexplicable and confused, so he had to look at Chief of Staff Guo for help.

Chief of Staff Guo explained with a smile: "Your heroic deeds in the War of Resistance in North China have spread all over the country, and Expert Wang admires you very much after hearing about it!" ”

Zheng Weiguo suddenly realized that his feelings are fans! Hehe, that's easy to do. His heart blossomed, but his mouth said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" Zheng has just done his duty as a soldier, and his little merit also depends on the soldiers' lives! Expert Wang rushed all the way to the Soviet Union to get back so many arms for the country is the hard work! ”

Expert Wang was full of shame and hurriedly said: "General Zheng has won the award, and Wang has helped to inspect the goods, but he doesn't dare to take credit!" General Zheng, you are a national hero, if you have any orders, Wang will do your best! ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "I won't tell you, I really have something to ask for your help this time." As he spoke, he made his intention clear, hoping to learn about the performance of this batch of Soviet-aided weapons from Expert Wang.

Expert Wang smiled: "This favor Wang can really help!" General Zheng, there are many types of arms in this batch, I wonder what weapons you want to know? ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Oh, I'm also black-eyed now!" Brother Wang, just pick up what you know and say! As long as it's good, we want it! ”

Expert Wang said: "If you want to talk about good things, there are only two things. First, the 76-mm anti-aircraft gun was equipped with a full set of anti-aircraft equipment, including an illumination lamp (an early name for a searchlight), a listening machine (an instrument for listening to the direction of the sun by sound), and other instruments. This cannon, I personally tested it when I went to the Soviet Union, and the hit rate is very high, and the performance is better than that of all kinds of domestic anti-aircraft guns at present......" He said while gesturing, eager to give Zheng Weiguo two shots on the spot.

When it came to technical matters, this expert Wang couldn't keep his mouth shut, and he was dancing with his hands and spitting all over the place. Zheng Weiguo hurriedly poured him a cup of tea and said, "That, Brother Wang, you speak slowly, take a sip of tea first!" ”

Expert Wang took a sip, and seeing that Zheng Weiguo was not interested, he said with some doubts: "Why, you are not interested in this kind of artillery?" Let me tell you, this cannon is really ......, and the conversation box is open again!

Zheng Weiguo listened to the sweat of his head, and hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, you listen to me." This cannon, I know it's good. However, this kind of weapon can be regarded as a strategic weapon in our country, and there are only 20 weapons, and it must be under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Commission. How can I have only one division in my hands equipped with such good weapons? Besides, our 33rd Division mainly engaged in mobile warfare and mountain guerrilla warfare in North China, and its air defense also mostly used mobile air defense, and antiaircraft artillery of such a large caliber was not very suitable. ”

Expert Wang patted his head and said, "Oh, General Zheng, I will understand as soon as you say that!" He sighed, even said that it was a pity, and then asked: "What do you think of the T-26 tank?" Although it is a product of the thirties, it is light in weight and has strong firepower, which is very suitable for the battlefield environment of our country, and its performance is also much stronger than that of the Japanese devils! ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly: "Although the chariot is good, I'm afraid it's not something we can touch." "Historically, all of these artillery pieces were equipped to the 200th Division. This division was the first mechanized division in China, and it had beaten the Japanese army at Kunlun Pass and northern Burma. But to be honest, the war was not fought well, mainly because the Chinese military top brass did not know anything about mechanized warfare. Like Bai Chongxi, known as "Little Zhuge ", he actually let the mechanized troops attack Kunlun Pass, which has no roads, and almost did not cripple the Fifth Army.

Expert Wang scratched his head and said with an embarrassed expression: "General Zheng, that, apart from these two, there is nothing else good!" ”

Zheng Weiguo was startled and said, "Not really! I see that there are also 114 mm heavy guns in the list! ”

Expert Wang slapped the table and said angrily: "Don't mention it, when I talk about this heavy artillery, I will have a fire in my belly!" Without waiting for Zheng Weiguo to answer, he began to pour bitter water, saying: "These cannons are old in style, cumbersome in structure, and the year of manufacture engraved on the cannons is 1890, which is nearly 40 years since we received them, and they are still things from the imperial Russian era before the First European War. The weight of the whole gun is extraordinarily large, the firing range is close, only more than 5,000 meters (not as good as a light mortar), it was originally pulled by 6 horses, but the Chinese horse body is small and weak, and the size of the harness that comes with the cannon is too large, and the Chinese horse body does not match, and it is difficult to use 8 horses to pull a horse. ”

This is indeed a very bad weapon, which Stalin specially scooped out of the old warehouse. Historically, after this kind of artillery was brought back, it took a lot of time to clean and refurbish it because the cannon was too old. Due to the difficulty of movement and the short firing range, the artillerymen did not dare to use it, so the 80 imported guns were basically regarded as decorations. In the history of the Anti-Japanese War, there is no record of the participation of the 114 howitzer.

Expert Wang said excitedly: "General Zheng, you understand artillery!" Think about how dangerous it is on the battlefield for this kind of artillery, which is difficult to enter positions, difficult to move, and has a very close range! And such an old artillery will explode if it is not done well, in my opinion it is simply a pile of scrap metal! ”

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but say: "Since that's the case, why buy it back!" "Soviet aid is different from the later US aid in that it is paid, and it needs to be exchanged for grain, furs, ores and other materials.

Expert Wang said angrily: "Maozi is too cunning! What they showed us was not the same thing as what they were selling, obviously there were new goods, but also a lot of used old goods. But right now, they are willing to sell it to us, and we can only pinch our noses and admit the old goods. ”

Zheng Weiguo was so angry that he scolded a few words, and then said dejectedly: "Hey, I can only scold two sentences to make my heart happy, in vain!" Or do you talk about the 76-mm field artillery? ”

Expert Wang said: "This batch of guns is relatively new, a little better than the 114 mm heavy artillery, but it is also the first European war, which was used by Tsarist Russia and then eliminated by the Soviet army, and it has been 30 years ago." Performance will inevitably decline in all aspects. In addition, the Russian goods are stupid and black, and although this cannon is a little lighter, it is still very difficult to pull it with 6 horses. ”

During the Third Battle of Changsha, the barrel of a Soviet-made M190076.2mm field gun was burned red, causing a bore explosion accident, but fortunately, no one was injured, and at the same time, the German and Swedish artillery that participated in the shelling did not have the same problem! The only thing worth being happy about is that the range and accuracy of the gun are still okay, and it can compete with the Japanese field artillery, and it is not obviously at a disadvantage.

Zheng Weiguo laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Forget it, it seems that large-caliber artillery can't be counted on." Fortunately, there are not many places that can be used on the battlefield behind enemy lines. Brother Wang, let's talk about other weapons! ”

Specialist Wang also introduced 37 mm and 45 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, as well as various types of light and heavy machine guns. Among them, the 45-mm anti-aircraft gun and the turntable machine gun are not bad and relatively new, and the rest of the weapons are either old or cheating, and the price is not cheap. Like the 45mm battle defense gun, the price is 7,000 dollars, which is simply an open robbery!

After listening to Expert Wang's speech, Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but say: "Why do I think we are being cheated by Maozi!" ”

Expert Wang said angrily: "Isn't that what? In my opinion, Soviet Russia and Imperial Russia are both hairy, the same wolf ambitions! ”

Zheng Weiguo scolded: "It's not as good as the Germans!" At least the Germans didn't sell us defective products! ”

Expert Wang said: "The Germans are not a good thing either!" According to him, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the Germans deliberately changed the sealing materials on the shells of the anti-Japanese guns, resulting in the explosion of many artillery pieces, which seriously affected our armament warfare. Later, the Mauser rifles sold to China were also unqualified products for military inspection, that is, defective products were sold to China.

In the end, he concluded with many years of experience in receiving arms that none of these Westerners had a good thing! The Germans were treacherous (referring to Germany's interruption of cooperation with China and supporting Japan instead), the British fell into the trap (referring to the fact that Britain obstructed China's war of resistance in Shanghai and Hong Kong, and once blocked the Yunnan-Burma Highway and cut off China's foreign aid), the Russians took advantage of the fire to loot (referring to Russia's use of old weapons to exchange China's grain and minerals, making a lot of war profits, causing a large number of Chinese people to starve to death), and the Americans added fuel to the fire (referring to the fact that the United States imposed an arms embargo on China and Japan, but bought a large number of strategic materials to Japan). ）