1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 112 Ammunition Reserve
For the Time Travel Group, the Hainan Island market and the mainland market are completely different concepts.The Yazhou market opened by the Traveling Group now has a population of just over 2, and the population of Hainan Island is more than [-].However, the population of Guangzhou is already several times that of Hainan Island. Even in this era when the population is not too large, Guangzhou has a population of nearly one million, making it one of the largest cities in the entire Far East.

A large population means a huge consumer market. In addition to high-end glass products, the Executive Committee believes that illegal salt, a daily necessities, can also obtain excellent sales.The wholesale price of private salt given by the Ministry of Commerce to agents is 50 taels of silver per thousand catties. This price seems extremely low, but as long as the shipment volume is large enough, the profit is also considerable.In Guangzhou alone, the annual salt business can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver. The executive committee will never let such a huge market lie in front of it and not occupy it.Moreover, the low wholesale price not only leaves enough profit margins for agents, but also leaves room for them to cut prices for competition. Powerfully beat your opponent.

"Furuifeng" packed a thousand catties of private salt, and just used this to test the waters. If "Furuifeng" really has the ability to operate private salt, then they will definitely return soon after they sell this batch of private salt. Come to buy again.And if the other party does not make another request for purchase, it means that the candidate for the agent needs to be considered again.However, the shopkeeper Li patted his chest and made a guarantee, saying that his boss was powerful and powerful in Guangzhou, and such a trivial matter as selling private salt was nothing to worry about.It's just that whether this business can go on for a long time, the shopkeeper Li said it still depends on the boss's decision. After all, this is not a legal business, and it would be a troublesome thing if it is caught by the Guangzhou salt department.

At present, the production process transformation of the Salt Field Commune is already in progress. Half of the locally produced soil and cement are transported to the salt field to build a large cement drying salt pond and crystallization pond.According to the work plan submitted by Anxi, the director of the Salt Farm Commune, as long as the technical improvement project goes smoothly, there will be no pressure to exceed the [-] tons of salt output originally estimated by the Executive Committee this year, and it is expected to increase by half of this figure. Complete the production of [-] tons of salt.And this output is already seven to eight times the total salt production of all saltworks in Hainan Island, and three times the salt demand of the entire Hainan Island. In addition to meeting the current local sales and chemical production needs, it has the ability to start Sell ​​to bigger and bigger markets.

Judging from the production level of this era, this output is already quite astonishing, but the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Chemical Industry know that this is far from reaching the upper limit.After the lifting and irrigation device is replaced with more efficient steam power later, the salt field commune's annual salt production capacity is expected to reach more than [-] tons per mu, and the production capacity of the entire commune will exceed [-] tons per year. This production is undoubtedly enough Frightened the adult of the promotion department of the Guangzhou Salt Department to piss.

Although the plan to buy a ship and hire a crew has not even been written yet, the executive committee can't wait to start preparing for the route exploration trip of Victory Port-Hongji Port.In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the fleet of this trip is still the two catamaran sailing ships "Flying Speed" and "Lightning". They are fast and have excellent stability at sea. Much more reassuring.

At the same time, the living conditions on these two ships are relatively good, and the crew can have independent cabins, which is definitely a very important enjoyment for people drifting on the sea.As long as they bring enough supplies, both ships can sail continuously at sea for more than half a month without docking for supplies.

The only regret is that the liquefied gas stove on the ship has become a decoration. If the crew wants to cook during the voyage, they can only use charcoal and barbecue stoves, which is obviously not easy to operate on the choppy sea. Carelessness may even cause a fire.

As for the selection of members for this special operation, the selection of all the members of the North American Gang seems uncontroversial. With the existence of six of them, the Military Police Department and the Shipping Department can take up a few fewer places and give up the limited number of members to mining exploration. , construction and logistics management professionals.Because this field trip involves the establishment of overseas bases later, the executive committee is also very cautious in selecting the members of the expedition team, which is even more rigorous than the teams sent to Yazhou the previous two times. After that, they will become the first batch of builders and garrison personnel of the sub-base.

In terms of material preparation, the executive committee also gave the expedition team a green light, almost responding to requests, providing unlimited supplies of various ingredients, vegetables and fruits.As for the most important issue of ordnance, the executive committee does not need to worry at all, because the ammunition reserves of the North American Gang are enough for them to start a small-scale war.

It was not until recently that the Executive Committee learned that not all the arms purchased by the North American Gang with self-funded funds were transported to the No. 4 Base for unified storage. Most of the ammunition has been used by the North American gang in the bottom of the hold as ballast.A full two tons of ammunition, including nearly 67 rounds of various firearms and bullets, dozens of kilograms of C16 plastic explosives and detonators, a small amount of American-made M1 grenades, police flash grenades and smoke grenades, etc.In their ammunition depots, there are even several M[-]A[-] anti-personnel mines.

One of the conditions for joining the North American gang was that the executive committee recognized their private property and would not requisition their private property without consent, which included two catamaran sailboats and the munitions they purchased themselves. Inside.After the crossing, the two sailboats have been used as tools of the military and police department almost all the time, and the North American gang has also moved most of the firearms into the arsenal of the No. [-] base, so no one raised the issue of the North American gang holding firearms. objection.But when the ammunition reserves of the North American Gang were exposed, it caused a small shock in the Military Police Department and the Executive Committee.

Due to various reasons, although the time-traveling group purchased 56 Type [-]s overseas, there were only more than [-] rounds of ammunition. After each battle, it took a lot of time to count the ammunition and recover the shell casings, so that it could be used in the technical field. Carry out bullet reloading when the conditions are ripe.But when it was revealed that the ammunition reserve of the North American gang was several times larger than that of the military and police department, it made some people feel a little restless-holding a large amount of ammunition, it is difficult to guarantee whether any of them will have a different heart, after all, everyone We all know that there will be some psychopaths who massacre innocent civilians with guns every year in the Lighthouse country.Of course, in the eyes of some well-known elites, this is at least a massacre of "democracy" and a manifestation of "freedom".

The news spread more and more, and then a lively debate was set off on the forum, from the contention of ammunition reserves to whether the crossing group should adopt the development route of military expansion, and finally to the killing of enemies during World War II. The ratio of numbers to ammunition consumption, anyway, keyboard military strategists don't care whether there will be battles of the intensity of combat in World War II in this era, and give examples to prove that their opinions are correct and the other party is purely underdeveloped. most important thing.

This debate lasted for more than half a month, and the saliva of the pros and cons was enough to set off a tsunami in Victory Port.In the end, the North American Gang had to hold an on-site defense meeting to answer questions from various gods.That's why everyone knew that the real situation of ammunition reserves was announced by North America for themselves. Their purpose of doing this was not to show off their force, but to let those who have been worried about the lack of ammunition reserves in the military and police department after crossing a little bit relax. Be careful, at least until the military industry department can mass-produce flintlock guns, the army has enough ammunition reserves to support several small and medium-scale battles.

Perhaps the North American gang had other ideas for not reporting the situation to the executive committee at the beginning of the time travel, but that has become irrelevant.It has been nearly a hundred days since time travel to this era, and everyone realizes that in order to survive well in this era, it is the best choice to be attached to the powerful collective of Time Travel Group.Even if they are as strong as these people in North America, they also know that if they leave the time-traveling group, at best they can become a pirate leader in Southeast Asia, but it is absolutely impossible to establish a modern industrial system.Without the division of labor and cooperation of hundreds of people, it is difficult to support a reasonable social structure to achieve various construction goals.

After the defense meeting, in order to reassure the travelers, the North American gang still moved most of the ammunition reserves into the arsenal of the No. [-] base, and accepted the unified management of the military and police department.However, according to the prior agreement they reached with the Executive Committee, this part of the ammunition is still the private property of the North American gang, and they can still use these ammunition freely, of course, the premise is that they must inform the Executive Committee of the reasonable use in advance.

This route inspection operation has a certain degree of danger, so the Executive Committee does not impose any restrictions on the amount of ammunition used by the North American gang. Therefore, in addition to the configuration of automatic rifles and pistols, the armed personnel in the inspection team also have Equipped with an M249 squad machine gun just in case, and Morgan, who has better marksmanship, picked an extra M200 sniper rifle as a supplementary firepower.This sniper rifle with a capacity of only 7 rounds is very accurate and has the longest effective range among all modern sniper rifles. Its actual combat capability far exceeds that of the more famous Barrett and AWP sniper rifles.Of course, the price of the M200 with such a powerful capability is also high. At the beginning, Morgan spent a total of [-] US dollars to purchase this treasure painted in desert camouflage on the black market. Not necessarily willing to take it out to see the light.

(End of this chapter)