HCB Chapter 241: Ordering Arms
Chapter 241: Ordering Arms
Liu Lihui finished chewing the rabbit head, took another sip of wine, and spoke at the right time:
"You two, listen to me. Mr. John's coming is not so much a request from the Fifth War Zone as it is a face-giving by the top leaders in Chongqing. In addition, Mr. John himself is also very curious about the captain. So with the efforts of all three parties, this visit was made possible. Chongqing knows that you are using German equipment, so they should give some explanation."
Before he finished speaking, Song Zihan's voice rang out from outside:
"Report! Call from Chongqing."
"Come in".
Song Zihan lifted the door curtain, came in and handed Chen Feng a telegram. Chen Feng read it carefully and handed it back to Song Zihan:
"Call back to express gratitude and say that the Yimeng guerrillas are very grateful."
"Yes"!
"Brother, what does that mean? What are you thanking and being grateful for?"
Chen Feng raised a finger:
"One hundred thousand. You should have received the telegram. We can order one hundred thousand weapons and equipment from Johannes without paying any money. Chongqing will approve it."
Shen Honglie slapped his thigh:
"That's so generous! Brother Lengqiang, I'm full. Let's discuss what weapons to order!"
Johannes slept in Chen Feng's cave until half past ten in the evening. When he woke up, he felt hungry again. Chen Feng was drinking at the table and saw Johannes wake up:
"Mr. John, are you hungry? If you are, come and sit down! We'll have something to drink."
Johannes saw that all the food on the table was what he liked, so he nodded and shook his head:
"Leng, I'm hungry. I can eat, but I can't drink. Let's talk about business first. I will go back with them tomorrow. You know, I have big business to do with them."
"Okay, then I won't drink. I'll give you the bill after we finish eating. You calculate the price and I'll give you the deposit."
"Leng, you underestimate me. No deposit is required. Have you received the news? You don't need to pay for arms within one hundred thousand oceans."
"Come, let's eat first! I received the message, but the things we want to order should be more than 100,000 yuan. Don't worry, eat first."
Johannes didn't hesitate to sit down and started eating the spicy rabbit meat.
After supper, Johannes began to calculate the value.
An MG34 anti-aircraft machine gun, with a special bracket, costs two hundred dollars each, and two hundred cost forty thousand dollars.
The MP38 submachine gun still costs dollars per gun, and of them cost dollars.
A Type 98k with a sniper scope still costs ninety dollars, and one thousand of them cost ninety thousand dollars.
In addition, Chen Feng also ordered 5,000 sets of special mechanical clocks and circuit boards. Johannes didn't know what they were used for, but he was not curious. He roughly calculated the cost and said that each set would only cost twelve dollars, and 5,000 sets would cost 60,000 dollars.
The three types of firearms were agreed upon by Chen Feng and Shen Honglie, but the clock and circuit board were added by himself. Chen Feng also ordered three million rounds of bullets of various types, spending another 180,000 yuan. The reason for ordering so much was mainly because anti-aircraft machine guns and submachine guns consumed too many bullets. Chen Feng did not intend to use all the anti-aircraft machine guns for air defense. This thing was used to deal with Japan's thin-skinned tanks, and one shot would make a hole in them.
The Battle of Wuhan would not last for more than a few months. Once the Japanese army launched a large-scale siege, the military supplies would not be able to be transported. A total of 410,000 oceans were spent, which was considered a big deal. Johannes generously rounded off the remainder.
Apart from the written-off 200,000 yuan, Chen Feng asked Johannes whether he should take the 200,000 yuan back tomorrow or give it to him during the transaction?
Johannes didn't want to bring the ocean back to Wuhan again, so he asked Chen Feng about the transaction location. Chen Feng said that he would open up a route east from Ju County, and it would be best to trade on the coast of Shijiu. The two sides hit it off, as trading in Qingdao was too dangerous. The Japanese could tolerate German merchant ships running around, but would never allow German merchant ships to trade arms with the Chinese.
At daybreak, Johannes borrowed a telegraph machine to send a telegram, and ordered spicy rabbit meat and spicy fried pork intestines. After breakfast, he said goodbye to Liu Lihui and left. Chen Feng led his men to the foot of the mountain. A command knife of Numata Toshishige made Johannes ecstatic. All other lieutenant commander's knives were given to Liu Lihui. This thing was of no use in actual combat, and it was more satisfying to chop with a broadsword.
Johannes was very satisfied with the lieutenant general's command knife, and he waved it in his hand and couldn't let it go:
"Leng, in your words, you are so righteous. This will be a family heirloom of my John family. Please rest assured that I will keep your arms in my heart and deliver them to you as quickly as possible."
After seeing off the guard regiment and Johannes, Shen Honglie asked Chen Feng how much money he spent.
"Four hundred thousand dollars. I ordered some gadgets myself and spent sixty thousand dollars. The rest we divided equally, three hundred and forty thousand dollars. After deducting the two hundred thousand that was written off, each party will pay another seventy thousand. Don't worry. We will pay you after the transaction is completed."
Shen Honglie didn't feel bad about spending the 70,000 oceans. He thought that what Chen Feng bought must be high-quality items. He was just curious about what kind of gadgets Chen Feng bought that would cost him 60,000 oceans. Seeing that Chen Feng didn't want to say anything, Shen Honglie was too embarrassed to ask any more. He secretly kept this in mind and would definitely ask about it when he had time in the future. The 60,000 oceans must have been spent on fighting the Japanese. He had to be close to the enemy.
"Brother Shen, let's go up the mountain. We have to discuss the issue of opening up the smuggling route. Damn it, smuggling on our own land, how ironic! Sooner or later we will sink the four islands of the Japanese."
On November 11, the Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division launched a joint operation, using Yishui City as a fulcrum and began to attack the Japanese troops in all the surrounding cities. In order not to arouse suspicion, they attacked Weifang in the north and Linyi in the south. However, the attack was much ado about nothing, and they would run away after breaking up the surprise attack.
But a squadron of Japanese soldiers defending Ju County suffered a great loss. Their sentry post was ambushed in the middle of the night, dozens of explosives were used to surround the military camp for directional blasting, and dozens of mortars opened fire at the same time after the explosion. After twenty rounds of rapid firing, the cavalry battalion began to charge, but it was a vain charge. After the double explosion in the military camp, there were few survivors.
After opening up Ju County, there were no large-scale Japanese troops all the way to the seaside. At that time, Rizhao was still under the jurisdiction of Jiaonan Road. It was not well-known, had a small population, and had not formed a large-scale city. The Japanese army did not look down on it for the time being. Even if there were Japanese troops, they were very small in scale. It was still early for the transaction, so there was no need to clean up first in case the Japanese guessed the purpose.
Bin Shanyuan was almost recovered from his illness. The headquarters also knew about the cold gun attack. It was not Bin Shanyuan's fault, nor was it Numata Tokushige's fault. They just sent a telegram to reprimand them. When Bin Shanyuan heard the news that the Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division were burning, killing and looting everywhere, he pretended not to know and had no reaction, letting them do whatever they wanted. As long as they didn't attack big cities like Linyi and didn't attack the Jinpu Line anymore, Bin Shanyuan felt that there was nothing he couldn't tolerate.