Chapter 42: Gun

Wang Maoru listened to his opinion and said, "Okay, let's replace the weapon first. In fact, I have already purchased the weapon and put it in a foreign company. It is an e1 rifle produced by the United States East Arms Company, with a 77-caliber and ten-round magazine-type automatic ammunition supply, but it needs to be manually retracted."

Officer Liu Jian suddenly shouted: "Captain, is it the fire refining beads used by the model regiment?"

"Fire Pearl?" Wang Maoru said strangely, "What Fire Pearl?"

Liu Jian immediately showed his knowledge of weapons and said, "This fire bead refers to the American 77 rifle, also called the e1 rifle, and everyone also called it the Mei 77. However, many people call it the fire bead, because the gun has a continuous fire gun and has a small recoil. Veterans can fire thirty guns in a minute, and the gun is rarely stuck. After bayonets, the entire gun is more than any standard rifle of the Beiyang Army today. The model regiment highly respects this gun." Liu Jian said enthusiastically: "The last time I went to the model regiment to see my fellow villager He Anding, I touched the gun. I didn't expect it was our turn to use the fire bead this time. It was so good, so good." He rubbed his hands while talking, with his face full of eyebrows.

Wang Maoru nodded and said, "Indeed, it is the standard rifle of the Model Group. After training tomorrow morning, everyone will hand over the old rifle and replace it with the e1 rifle."

"Okay!" Everyone applauded and shouted.

Wang Maoru said again: "Although our garrison is to supervise the airport in advance, and the places we pass are basically occupied by the Beiyang Army, in order to prevent accidents, we should also strengthen our firepower. What is this Liu... Liu?"

Liu Jian quickly stood up and saluted, "As a subordinate Liu Jian, from Licheng, Shandong."

"Well, after listening to your speech, are you familiar with weapons?"

Liu Jian immediately said: "I am not as good as others when it comes to training, and I am not as good as others in culture, but in terms of weapons, I know more than everyone else."

Wang Maoru said: "Okay, for your confidence, I will form a Maxim heavy machine gun firepower squad next, you are the squad leader of the firepower squad."

Liu Jian opened his mouth in surprise, his tone trembled, and he said for a long time: "Okay... OK... Yes!" He saluted another salute before sitting down.

Wang Maoru said again: "When the army set out, not only needs a firepower squad, but also a reconnaissance squad. Who is willing to serve as the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad?"

Several officers looked at each other and thought to themselves that the reconnaissance squad was a bit unlucky. The reconnaissance troops have always been the most dangerous troops.

A pretty and handsome officer immediately stood up and said, "Captain, I am willing to serve as the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad."

Wang Maoru thought about it carefully and said, "Your name is Gong... Gong..."

"The small flag of the Beizhi Palace." said the officer.

Wang Maoru asked, "Ming Xiaoqi, by the way, can you ride a horse?"

Gong Xiaoqi said: "The man who is good at riding a horse."

"Okay, you and your squad are now in the reconnaissance squad. The reconnaissance squad is prepared by one person. What you have to do now is to make everyone in your squad ride a horse." Wang Maoru said.

The others felt a pain in their liver after hearing this, and they suffered a great loss. One person and two horses, what a... what a great deal.

As for engineers and logistics, now there are no combat tasks. Engineers and logistics are combined into one, and the rest of the soldiers serve multiple positions.

That night, Wang Maoru took out all the e1 rifles in the foreign store warehouse. These days, more than 100 e1 rifles stored in Jardine Mai have been bought one after another, and they were sold to the landlord Laocai for guarding the house. In the Republic of China, the government will issue gun certificates. It is said that this gun should be very easy to sell, but the price of a 150-yuan Eagle Yang made many landlords and oldcai discouraged. Wang Maoru worked as a part-time teacher in the Model Corps, so he decided to trade the model regiment standard rifles. Although the military academy students of the Model Corps kept talking about this gun, 1,700 rifles cost 250,000 Yingyang, which was worth 150,000 taels of silver. This made many people in the Ordnance Bureau of the Army Department so angry that they would put on his shoes later.

The next day, the entire army gathered after the morning defensive drill. The squad leader brought two soldiers to collect the guns. Some soldiers who didn't know were very curious. Why are they collecting the guns? Could it be that they wanted to catch people? I wanted to communicate with people around me, but when I thought of the strict military discipline, I still held back and forth. After a while, the guns were handed over, Wang Maoru stood on the rostrum and waved his hand. An American Ford truck drove in backwards. The guards were all from Baoding, Hebei Province. They were tall and stubborn, and were full of martial arts. They were wearing double box cannons on their backs. They looked murderous.

After the car stopped, the guard captain Ergen and several guard members moved the box from the truck, which was full of foreign characters, like ghostly talismans.

Wang Maoru shouted on the rostrum: "Two months ago, I asked for hundreds of guns from the Army Department. The Ordnance Bureau gave us all singles that others didn't need to hunt. I know that my brothers were resentful. At that time, I advised everyone to calm down and we would have good guns. Now, it's time for my turn to fulfill my promise. Next, our standard rifle is the e1 rifle, which has another name, called Fire Refining Beads. Now, the squad starts to teach guns! Starting from squad one, the squad leader!"

"arrive!"

"Take your class and pick up the gun."

"yes!"

The box was opened, revealing the pure black paint unique to the e1 type, exuding the smell of gun oil. It was held in the hand, heavy, slightly heavier than a single, and the triangular bayonet of the e1 type rifle was also received. Each class was taught guns one by one, and after thirty-six classes were replaced, Wang Maoru shouted on the rostrum: "Get the bayonet!"

The soldiers reacted mechanically and immediately took the bayonet. In the sun, the silver bayonet was standing up with a terrifying light. Everyone in the gun forest suddenly had a special feeling, as if they could destroy everything, and they were truly strong soldiers. Some people thought that murderous aura, yes, it was murderous aura!

Wang Maoru saluted and said, "You are very good, I am proud of you, my soldiers! I am proud of you! You are the best soldiers! You are the best soldiers in the whole of China, and all the enemies standing in front of you, tell me, what should you do?"

The soldiers raised the steel guns in their hands and shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill!" For a moment, everyone was excited, including the military academy students, and they also raised the command knife in their hands and shouted with the soldiers.

After the gun-teaching ceremony, Wang Maoru asked Niu Delu if he could get sixty war horses. Niu Delu laughed and said, "Why are you confused? War horses can be bought with money, but they are not high-headed horses in the East, and Mongolian horses are all. Zhangjiakou, ten taels of silver per Mongolian war horse, how much does it cost. Wang Maoru laughed and said that he forgot, so he sent Zhao Jiacheng to Zhangjiakou to buy horses. Then he came to Jardinet Foreign Company. He had business contact with Jardinet Foreign Company, and this time he came to buy five horses.

The comprador of the foreign company laughed and said that there were five Maxim, but the price was not high, 20,000 Eagle Yang, but we have other new machine guns here. Should we see if we have any new machine guns? Wang Maoru asked what gun, and the comprador said that it was a Hatchais machine gun. Wang Maoru was surprised. There was a Hatchais machine gun here? Isn't the Hatchais machine gun an active machine gun in France? The comprador said that as long as you have money, not to mention the active machine gun, you can buy even an uninstalled machine gun. We Chinese say that money can make the devil push the mill, and the same is true for foreign men.
Chapter completed!