It was already completely dark, but the construction site was still the same roaring machine, and a high-power iodine-tungsten lamp emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the surroundings as if it were day.

In a large tent, three ceiling fans are buzzing, and the enlarged meeting of the management committee is proceeding in an orderly manner. First of all, Shen Xingshi made a brief work summary report on the occupation and reception of the county seat of Xin'an. Overall, the pay-to-output rate of the operation was satisfactory, with only a few litres of gasoline and a dozen rounds of ammunition consumed by the entire operation, and the human resources of a county were obtained, which was very important for the crossers who were in dire need of rapid development. Huang Fanding also praised the military units on behalf of the management committee and expressed the hope that the vast number of commanders and fighters would "carry forward the spirit of our army that is not afraid of hardship and death, and make new contributions to the great cause of the time-travelers to regain the glory of China in the new time and space." ”

The next speaker was Li Shanglong, who was in charge of collecting materials in the original plane. Li Shanglong, now in his Chinese New Year's Eve, used to be a sales executive of a company, usually likes to read some strategy books, and thinks he still has some strategic vision. Now he is self-recommended as the chief of staff of the army, and he also has the rank of major. "As of today, we have collected more than 400 tons of cement this week, as well as a large number of building materials such as prefabricated panels, floor tiles, and red bricks. Basically, the entire construction site in Baoan District, Nansan District, and Futian District has been emptied by us, and we plan to expand the scope of collection, not only in Shenzhen, but also in Dongguan, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and other places. Li Shanglong flipped through the materials in his hand, "In addition, we have also collected a large number of daily necessities and medicines, and I will not list the data one by one." According to calculations, these things are enough for all of us for three years. As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart, Li Shanglong's words were reassuring to everyone, so everyone spontaneously applauded.

After the applause subsided, Li Shanglong continued: "In the process of collecting supplies, we also rescued fifteen survivors. "Those who can survive in this crisis-ridden apocalypse, both intellectually and physically, are all strong, and there is no pressure on survival resources now, and human resources with modern knowledge are precious. One more person means more strength, and the great cause of revival has more possibilities for success. And so the applause rang out again.

"What about weapons? How many weapons have you collected? "The abundant harvest of supplies did not satisfy everyone, and some people asked their concerns. The questioner was a young woman of twenty-eight or nineteen, with willow eyebrows and starry eyes, a nose and thick lips, long black hair tied into a braid at the back of her head that reached her waist, a small black vest highlighting her plump breasts, camouflage military pants, high-top jungle combat boots, plus two pistols hanging from her belt and a red sharkskin sheath, which made people easily reminiscent of a familiar screen image. The young woman has a painful name: Nanren, a fitness instructor at a girls' club before the Cataclysm, teaches self-defense and kendo part-time, and ranks first among women in the safe zone in terms of strength. Even if you add men, they are in the top ten, and all the female fighters in the safe zone are under her control.

Whether facing mutants in the original time and space, or facing the Qing government and European and American powers in the new time and space, weapons are the confidence and guarantee of safety. Several military commanders are actually very concerned about this issue, and now that someone has raised it, Ma Angelica has also raised the issue that he has been worried about. The main battle weapon of the army is the Type 56 firearm, and there is also a small part of the Type 81 gun family, considering the combat intensity, the Type 81 gun family is equipped with the material collection detachment of the original time and space. The troops on duty in the new time and space are equipped with Type 56 guns, and there are very few heavy weapons, only two Type 57 heavy machine guns, two Type 67 general-purpose machine guns, six 60mm mortars, and bullets and shells are relatively sufficient, but the number of weapons is too small, and if they encounter a British warship, even a wooden sailing ship will not be able to fight back. And in the future, we will develop the army in a new time and space, and if you don't have a gun, you can't let the soldiers play with big swords and spears, right?! Even flintlock pistols that use black powder are unacceptable, and there is no "queue to shoot the party" among the traversers.

And now the weapons held by the traverser are slightly surplus after each person has one. However, the Military Council does not intend to equip the troops mainly composed of natives of the New Plane with these weapons, not to mention the maintenance of automatic weapons and semi-automatic weapons, and even the speed at which they consume ammunition is not something that the traverser can withstand. The management committee decided that bolt-action magazine rifles were the best choice, but unfortunately these old antiques were only found in various militia warehouses, and they were of various models and calibers, and could not be used as standard equipment.

Regarding the question of Angelica Ma, Li Shanglong had already prepared. He gave a few words to his deputy, a captain, who immediately came out of the tent and returned a short time with a soldier carrying a wooden box. The wooden box, which was more than a meter long, was placed on a table in the middle of the tent, and Li Shanglong opened the box with a smile and took out a rifle from it. This is an old-fashioned bolt-action rifle, well maintained, the barrel glows a faint blue shine in the light, the wooden body has begun to turn black because of long-term caressing, and a three-edged bayonet is folded upside down on the right side of the muzzle, and the shiny blade emits a penetrating cold light. Li Shanglong held the gun in his left hand and pulled the bolt with his right hand, and his crisp voice could not be heard at all.

Ma Angelica stood up, took the rifle from Li Shanglong's hand, also tried the bolt, looked at the ruler again, tried to aim, opened the bayonet and looked at it, and finally handed the gun to Shen Xingshi, who was eager to try it next to him. Then he asked, "This should be a Type 53 rifle, right?" ”

"Yes, this is the first standard equipped by the People's Liberation Army after the founding of the People's Republic of China - rifle Type 53 rifle." Li Shanglong replied, and then began to popularize the knowledge of firearms. "The Type 53 7.62 mm rifle is an imitation of the 1944 rifle of the former Soviet Union, and it is the first standard rifle equipped by our army. The gun is a manual single-shot rifle with bolt direct action and rotary locking. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) alone had dozens of types of firearms and equipment, and standardization was very urgent. However, this was not done due to the mistakes of the military industry policy at that time. When the Korean War broke out, it was discovered that the troops participating in the war had a variety of weapons, and each army had nearly ten kinds of rifles, so before and after the troops entered Korea, they urgently signed a contract with the Soviet Union to purchase 1891/30 rifles. In addition to importing Soviet light weapons, at this time domestic arsenals also began to copy Soviet firearms, at this time the Soviet Union was dismantling the Mosin-Nagant rifle, so it sold the production tools and technical data of the Mosin-Nagant M1944 carbine to China, which was finalized as the 1953 rifle rifle in China, and began to equip the troops in 1954, the price of which was about half of the imported Soviet guns. The production of the Type 53 was discontinued in 1960, and the troops began to be replaced with newer weapons, but many 5 1944 differed, and 5 1944 differed. The caliber of the gun is 7.62 mm, the total length plus the bayonet is 1020 mm, the barrel length is 520 mm, the total weight is 3.92 kg, the muzzle velocity is 820 m / s, the effective firing range: 400 m, the magazine capacity is 5 rounds. ”

"How many?" Huang Fanding asked eagerly.

Li Shanglong didn't sell it, and directly reported the figures. "457."

"Oh——!" Hearing this number, everyone cheered, with this batch of guns, at least a team of 500 people could be pulled, and the atmosphere in the venue was a little boiling for a while.

"Machine guns? Is there a cannon? Ma Angelica asked again, obviously this bit of weapon was not enough to satisfy him.

Li Shanglong nodded to his deputy, who came out of the tent again, but this time the number of people carrying things increased to four. Everyone looked at the big guy on the table and spoke for a long time.

There are still remnants of a blue water jacket, a thick tripod, and a heavy receiver that looks like it, and it can be seen in countless Chinese and foreign war films. This is the world's military history, the first truly automatic weapon - the Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun.

Ma Angelica touched the water sleeve and tried the gun mount again, the rotation was very flexible, it should have been oiled. "Where did you find it?"

"Found in the warehouses of the People's Armed Forces Department in several towns over there in Longgang, there should have been some Type 56 weapons, which may have been taken by others." Li Shanglong said with some regret.

"Didn't you find the cannon?" Ma Angelica is still obsessed with heavy weapons.

"I found two Type 55 anti-aircraft guns." Before everyone could get happy, Li Shanglong poured another basin of cold water down. "But there were no shells." Then he explained, "These two cannons were found at the Municipal Meteorological Observatory, and they should be used for low-altitude blasting operations such as artificial rain and hail prevention, so there were no shells, only a dozen boxes of rain bombs were found." These shells are not anti-personnel shells for combat use, the warheads are modified non-metallic shell warheads, which are specially made special rain-boosting shells with silver iodide particles in addition to a small amount of explosives. This thing will explode when hit, but it's not very powerful, and it can only be used to scare people. ”

Although it is a pity that there are no shells, everyone is very satisfied with the work of the material collection detachment, and it is believed that as the search range expands, more weapons will be found. In Chairman Huang's words, "There will be artillery, and there will be planes and tanks!" ”

The meeting continued, and Luo Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the construction of the base project, reported the construction progress of the project to everyone. The traverser's command thinking at this stage is the nine words that Liu Bowen said, and the material collection work is regarded as "accumulating grain", and the construction of the base is "building a high wall". The overall planning of the base is to build the area south of Sin'an Fortress and east of Namsan Mountain into the political and economic center of the traversers, and it is also the main living area of the traversers, and the corresponding supporting facilities are also very complete. Therefore, its defense system is also huge, not only all kinds of clear and dark forts, but also to rebuild several abandoned Qing army forts. The object of reference is the famous Lushun Fortress in later generations, I believe that the firepower of the traverser must be stronger than the Russian army in the future, and there is no modern army in the current time and space that can be comparable to the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in 1904.

At the same time, Luo Yuan also raised his own difficulties, that is, the lack of manpower he mentioned to Ma Shen and others. In fact, there was also a shortage of migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta in the original time and space, but it was in a society with a high speed of personnel circulation, and many effective methods may not work in the new time and space. In clan societies, especially in the countryside where the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, poor peasants, hired peasants, and tenant peasants had a great personal dependence on the landlords, which made it more difficult to recruit freelance workers. "Let's just recruit Ding." Zhang Bin, who used to work in human resources in the original time and space, proposed, "According to the size of the village and town, let them directly send Ding, and we will only be responsible for food and wages." Originally, the government had the right to conscript, and now that we have taken over the administration of the government, we should make use of this power. ”

This is the only method that can be used at present, and several members of the Standing Committee of the Management Committee agreed to this method after only a few simple consultations. As for how to proceed, it is necessary to gather the opinions of experts and formulate an effective rules and regulations.