Su Lan's LS/M26 light machine gun is the most accurate machine gun in World War II, single shots, continuous shots are very accurate, and people are killed within 400 meters, which can be called the artifact of that era. In the Soviet-Finnish Winter War, this weapon inflicted huge casualties on the invincible Soviet army. The Military Commission originally expected to import 5,000 units, but due to Japan's intervention, Finland terminated the arms sales contract ahead of schedule, and only about 1,000 units actually arrived.

There are more Keirali KE7 light machine guns imported from Switzerland. In 1928~1939, the Nationalist Government purchased 3,025 from the Swiss government, which once became the main light machine gun of the Chinese army. It's just that later, the national army focused on the purchase of Czech ZB26 light machine guns, and Kelari gradually gave up the position of the main force. But in any case, the number of Cheerari in the Chinese army far exceeds that of the M26, and it is really puzzling that there are more M26s now.

Director Lu explained: "Because there are rumors that this Finnish machine gun likes to jam, everyone is vying for the Czech light machine gun, otherwise it would have been divided long ago. Although the quantity of imported Qilali is large, there are no new arrivals for the time being, so they can only be exchanged at various units. He found that many of the machine guns in the army were badly worn, and felt that it was too cost-effective to replace them with brand new Czech ones, so he only replaced them with these 12. ”

During the Soviet-Finnish Winter War, the M26 really liked to malfunction, and the Finnish soldiers even gave it the nickname "Stuck Shell-26". However, in the cold and snow of Finland, it is not surprising that rifle bolts are frozen, and machine guns jam. Historically, after the machine gun was exported to China, there were no complaints from users that it was prone to malfunction. It can be seen that its stuck shell has a lot to do with the harsh environment.

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "So that's the case. However, Czech light machine guns are more common, and they are easier to capture on the battlefield. The M26 and Kelari can only be replenished by the Military Commission. I have a lot of use for these two machine guns, and I will try to get as many as I can in the future as long as there is news. ”

Director Lu said with some embarrassment: "Master, machine guns are in demand at the moment, and it may not be easy to get more in the future." This time, it was the head office who spoke, and Commander Fu also made great efforts to get so much from it. ”

What Commander Wei obtained for the 33rd Division was the establishment of a finishing division, which was supposed to have more than 300 light machine guns. However, due to the sudden outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the national army did not have time to prepare so many supplies. In addition, there were successive heavy defeats in several battles, and the armaments were greatly damaged, and it was almost impossible to achieve full strength. As a newly reorganized 33rd Division, it is already a miracle that it can get so many materials, Zheng Weiguo always thought that Chief Wei was blue-eyed, but he didn't think that Chief Fu also made a lot of efforts from it.

Zheng Weiguo said in surprise: "Commander Fu of the 35th Army? ”

Director Lu nodded and said, "Yes!" Chief Fu has now been promoted to commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army in the Second World War Zone. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said: "Hehe, I didn't expect that there is still Chief Fu's favor here, and I have to thank him well when we meet him in the future." ”

Director Lu also smiled: "Yes! In addition to this batch of Czech light machine guns, two of the eight anti-aircraft guns, Su Luotong and two Erlikon, were also allocated by Commander Fu from the troops. This is a great favor! ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said, "When I was in Taiyuan, I took a fancy to those Su Luotongs, but I never had the opportunity to ask for them. I didn't expect Chief Fu to be so willing. Fu Zuoy probably thanked Zheng Weiguo for his virtue of going thousands of miles to help, so he sent such a big favor. Of course, it may be out of apology, after all, after breaking through to Xishan, the early withdrawal of the 35th Army is somewhat unjust.

Director Lu said: "Yes, these machine guns and machine guns are all imported, and ordinary people are reluctant to do so!" ”

Hearing the imported goods, Zheng Weiguo looked at the list and said strangely: "But this one is made by Jinling Arsenal." Oh, I guess it's a mistake, it seems that the Jinling plant has not yet mass-produced Czech machine guns. ”

The Jinling factory produced a large number of Czech light machine guns after moving westward, and had been using medium formal rifles and 24 heavy machine guns as its main products.

Director Lu leaned over to take a look and said with a smile: "Oh, this is a trick played when distributing materials in the first place. When I was transcribing it, I accidentally copied it. In fact, these Czech machine guns were imported. ”

It turned out that all the armies were staring at the imported Czech machine guns, which made it difficult for the logistics department to distribute them. Some people deliberately changed to domestically made weapons to reduce the pressure. In fact, at this time, the arsenals produced very few Czech models, because there were no drawings, they were all self-explanatory through reverse engineering, the quality was uneven, and the spare parts could not be used.

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "I see, everything is really learned!" Director Lu, since you know this well, you will also serve as the ordnance director of our division in the future! ”

Director Lu was surprised and said, "How can this be done? ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said: "You just do it boldly, those who can work hard!" He paused and said, "Wait a minute, I'll ask the Finance Department to approve a sum of money for you, and when you ask Lu Shangfeng for weapons in the future, you will spend money on what you should spend, and you will spend money on what you should do, and you will want as many weapons as possible." ”

Lu Changchu smiled: "It's still the master's seat!" When Staff Officer Han came back from Ping'an County last time, he did a lot of things up and down, otherwise no matter how much the head seat took care of it, no matter how much Chief Fu helped, he wouldn't be able to get so many supplies. ”

Zheng Weiguo was a little surprised when he heard this, he gave a large sum of money to Staff Officer Han at the beginning, but it was for him personally. I just hope that Staff Officer Han can help say some good things in front of the Wei Chief and get more supplies. I didn't expect him to spend all this money on the military supplies of the 33rd Division. Listening to Director Lu's statement, not only did he not collect this money in his private pocket, but he was afraid that he also posted a lot of it. It seems that this Han staff officer is a good man and is worth befriending.

Looking at the list, Zheng Weiguo asked again: "Director Lu, are these twelve heavy machine guns equipped with anti-aircraft gun mounts or Gaoping dual-purpose gun mounts?" ”

Director Lu said: "The 30-section heavy machine guns are all ordinary tripods, and the Ningzao 24 has a high-level dual-purpose gun mount. Is the division seat trying to use these heavy machine guns for air defense? ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said: "Yes, the Japanese army now occupies air superiority, and the planes can wreak havoc on our heads at will, and those eight 20 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns alone are definitely not enough." Fortunately, I just brought twelve anti-aircraft gun mounts, but there are a few heavy machine guns, and the air defense is still insufficient. ”

After the construction of the arsenal in Mingren Village, a batch of high-level dual-purpose gun mounts was made, which were mainly used to replace the tripods of some old heavy machine guns. Pure anti-aircraft gun mounts are made less, because this requires more steel.

Zheng Weiguo planned to equip each company with four heavy machine guns, all of which used Gaoping dual-purpose gun mounts, strengthened infantry firepower in peacetime, and organized anti-aircraft shooting when encountering Japanese air raids, so as to make up for the lack of antiaircraft artillery firepower. If there were plenty of heavy machine guns, he also wanted to equip each regiment with an anti-aircraft fire company, using a special anti-aircraft gun mount, which would have a wider firing range and a faster response. However, the number of heavy machine guns is insufficient at the moment, and this plan can only be postponed.

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "Director Lu, there is a shortage of heavy machine guns, can you apply to Lu Shangfeng for some more allocations." After all, according to the establishment of our division, we can get 24 strong. ”

The Li Jiayu Division of the Sichuan Army, which was the poorly equipped in the Second World War Zone, also had four heavy machine guns per regiment. The establishment of four or five regiments of the 33rd Division should be 16 to 20 to the least. With such a small allocation, it may be that there is a shortage of weapons in the Second World War Zone or that Shangfeng thinks that the 33rd Division has a large number of captures.

Director Lu said: "Don't be in a hurry to sit in the division and the staff, there is a Czech heavy machine gun and it is almost there." As long as our division behaves well, there is a good hope that we will win this batch of weapons. ”

The Czech heavy machine gun is the ZB37 heavy machine gun, which is a brotherly relationship with the ZB26 and is produced by the Czech Bruno Arsenal. This machine gun is fed by a metal bullet chain, the barrel can be quickly replaced, and the performance is reliable, which is the best heavy machine gun during the Anti-Japanese War. Unfortunately, the number was too small, and it was only after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War that I thought of buying them, and in the end only 850 units were shipped from Hong Kong and Yangon.

Zheng Weiguo was overjoyed and said, "That's a good dare!" When the time comes, try to ask for as many as possible, and if necessary, you can exchange two old scalpers for one ZB37. ”

Lu Zhan said with a smile: "The division has a good calculation!" But at the moment, everyone is vying for the Czech style, and there will definitely be a battle as soon as the goods arrive. ”

Zheng Weiguo said magnificently: "Don't be afraid, when the time comes, when others spend one stick, we will give out two, and we must ask for a batch from the Military Commission." ”

Lu Zhan said with a smile: "I will definitely go all out at that time." Everyone in the room laughed too.

Zheng Weiguo said: "However, far water cannot save the near fire, so for the time being, we can only use existing weapons to organize air defense." Director Lu, do the eight anti-aircraft guns have the corresponding technical personnel? ”

Director Lu said: "Yes, they are all fresh graduates of the artillery department of the Central Military Academy. ”

Zheng Weiguo was overjoyed and said: "That's good, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion will be down!" ”