In early June, the world-shattering news came that the Russian Pacific Fleet had been defeated and that the last hope of victory for the Russians was gone.

At the end of May, the commander of the Japanese Eastern Combined Fleet, Heihachiro Togo, led his Togo Fleet and engaged in a fierce naval battle with the Russian fleet in the Tsushima Strait.

The ships of the Japanese fleet were superior in numbers, firepower, and speed, and still waited for work, making a complete plan for an ambush at sea.

The Russian fleet, after 220 days of circumnavigation of the world, was very tired; At the same time, they do not pay attention to reconnaissance and do not know anything about the enemy; There was no battle plan, and the captains only knew how to concentrate firepower on the enemy's flagship, which could be described as extremely stupid.

The 2nd and 3rd Pacific fleets were wiped out except for three ships that fled to Vladivostok, with a total of 270,000 tons of ship losses, nearly 5,000 killed, and nearly 6,000 officers and men captured.

The Japanese side lost only 3 torpedo boats, with only 100 killed and nearly 600 wounded.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this war cannot be fought. The Japanese had the support of Britain and the United States behind them, and the Russians could not win in any way after they had no sea power.

If it continues to fight, it will become a war of attrition to compete for national strength. Of course, Russia is an old power, and its national strength is many times stronger than Japan.

However, the war broke out in the Far East, the Trans-Siberian Railway around Lake Baikal had not been completed, and there was a nearly six-week journey from Europe to the Far East, but only 2-3 military vehicles could be driven every day and night, and the logistical support situation was astonishingly chaotic.

Therefore, when this naval battle is over, it means that the war is about to come to an end, and the next thing is the contest at the negotiating table.

The big people have the things of the big people, and the small people have the interests of the little people.

Levravsky was only a major logistics officer at the railway station, and he didn't need to understand much, he only knew that after the defeat of Russia, it would not be long before he could stay here.

Will the weapons and equipment allocated to his private warehouses be brought back to Russia?

Russia is not short of his broken copper and iron, and he will have no buyers when he takes it back. And the Japanese have already won, apparently they will not buy. His choice was only the Qing government or some armed forces.

These days, he also tried to make eye contact with some officials of the Qing government, selling the Makqin heavy machine gun and the more than 100 rifles in his hand.

It's just that the situation is far from ideal, and these officials are not interested in these new weapons and equipment. They are only interested in money, and in the supplies that can be turned into money, and if the price is lower, they are happy to change hands and make a profit.

Levravsky threw away all the ordinary supplies in his hands, but the value of those things was less than one-fifth of the value of the arms in his hands.

Just when he was worried, Yuan Pengfei's greeting post was delivered. This is one of the high-quality customers he has tapped so far, and so far he has sold him forty water beads, making a net profit of two thousand oceans.

He has a hunch that whether this deal can be completed depends on this time.

The next day, according to the custom of the Qing people, Levlevsky set up a banquet and prepared his favorite vodka to entertain the guests.

When the maid came with the news, he immediately greeted him and said politely in stiff Chinese: "Yuan, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it very much." ”

He is also half of the Huaxia Tong, but the language is still a little too fluent.

Yuan Pengfei bowed his hand politely, and said with a smile: "Driver, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you too!" ”

The two sat down and exchanged pleasantries for a while, talking about the Russo-Japanese War, the stupid commander of the Russian naval fleet, and also about the attitude of Britain and the United States, and hated these two-stirring sticks.

There is no boundale to what is said, it is quite a bit of a national leader, as if they could do a hundred times better than these people if they were in that position.

However, Levravsky made such a show with a humble attitude, not just for the sake of small talk to deepen the relationship, he also had this imminent matter!

"Yuan, I have a batch of arms to sell, and the price is one percent cheaper than before, are you interested?"

Yuan Pengfei looked at him with a smile, "Driver, we are old friends, you can't live up to the feelings of old friends!" ”

"Of course, Yuan, I really want to tell you about this discount for the sake of my old friend's face, and I won't tell him if I change someone else." Levravsky said it in a serious manner, as if he had sold him a lot of face.

But in fact, he just thinks that Yuan Pengfei is rich, and it is no problem to eat most of his inventory at one time, and it doesn't matter if he gives a little discount, the important thing is to lure Yuan Pengfei to place an order.

But why did Yuan Pengfei come after hearing the news, it was not because of the good news that the price of arms could be greatly reduced, otherwise why did he come in a hurry, just because Levravsky could drink?

He pretended to be very unconcerned and said: "Old friend, I have exterminated a lot of bandits during this time, and I have a surplus of guns, so I am not in a hurry to buy arms again."

I do think that in a few months, after the armistice agreement between Japan and your homeland is signed, the price of arms will drop significantly.

At that time, weapons were the same price as broken copper, and I could buy a lot of weapons at a very low price, and that was the time of revelry.

Old friends, you can also consider buying some, maybe you can press for a month or a half, and you can make a lot of money when you change hands. ”

Yuan Pengfei didn't say nonsense, in the future of this war-torn country, if there is a gun, he will be the king of grass. When you get it right, you can definitely make a lot of money in the arms trade.

However, the major officer in front of him was definitely not among them, unless he was willing to give up his military post and stay in the Far East.

Levlevsky also heard the meaning of Yuan Pengfei's words, and knew that this was an extremely smart Qing man who had dabbled in the situation of all countries in the world, and he couldn't hide this thought.

He simply spread it out and said: "Yuan, my old friend, a hundred water beads, a Makqin heavy machine gun, 50,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, 80,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition, what kind of price are you willing to give?" ”

Yuan Pengfei didn't rush to express his position, and asked rhetorically: "My old friend, I can't bear to bargain, but it's too expensive for me to afford, why don't you tell me a price?" ”

Levslavsky was a little embarrassed, he didn't know how much Yuan Pengfei was willing to pay, it was easy to scare away big customers if he said too much, and he felt distressed when he said less.

Eight-fold seems to be insincere, and six-fold he feels a big loss.

Gritting his teeth for a moment, he made a look of vomiting blood for a big sale, and made a gesture of seven, "Old friend, I will give you a profit of thirty percent, as long as seventy percent of the original price." How's that, that's enough friends, right? ”