The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 292 MG34 and Six Zero Cannon
After He Wei finished speaking, Ding Lunshi fell into a dilemma.

Although he had a new understanding of He Wei's identity, he still did not immediately agree to his proposal to purchase arms. Instead, he quickly weighed the invisible and intangible deal in his mind with the unique cunning of a shrewd comprador. pros and cons of the arms business.

Ding Lunshi's first reaction was actually to refuse the deal.

As a comprador, his criterion for measuring whether a business can be done is the profit. What He Wei said was that he was purchasing weapons for He Shaozhou, the nephew of Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs. It is said that this batch of business is just to purchase some weapons and equipment for an infantry division, and its quantity and transaction amount are not very large.

However, Li He Yang, the company behind Ding Lunshi, is a giant in the industry. For He Wei to buy some unknown types of weapons for an infantry division, it is actually optional for Li He Yang.

However, Ding Lunshi also knows that He Shaozhou behind He Wei and Minister He behind He Shaozhou cannot be ignored at all. If he can do this business well, it will satisfy He Shaozhou, and then there will be further opportunities for cooperation and cooperation. An opportunity to build a good relationship with Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The current Sino-Japanese war is very fierce, and the Chinese military's equipment losses are very huge. With China's military production capacity, it is simply impossible to make up for the huge weapons and equipment gap on its own.

Therefore, it is inevitable for China to order large quantities of arms from abroad, and the arms outsourcing rights of the Chinese military are currently completely controlled by the Ministry of Military Affairs. If Ding Lunshi can establish a good relationship with Minister He, what will happen to the arms business in the future? Isn't it easier to do? Wouldn’t it be faster and better to make war wealth?

If you look at it from this level, this business is actually worth doing, even if you lose money, it is worth it. What's more, the arms business run by Lihe Yang Company cannot lose money at all. It is just a matter of more profits and less profits. .

In addition, although Ding Lunshi is obsessed with money, he still has a little conscience as a human being. If it were not for He Wei here today, he would probably end up being hacked to death on the street. Therefore, in the spirit of that With little conscience and gratitude left, after comprehensive consideration, Ding Lunshi still felt that this business was actually achievable.

After making up his mind, Ding Lunshi said categorically to He Wei: "Brother, this business is not impossible, but I still have to ask you first what kind of weapons and equipment are you buying for Mr. He?"

Seeing Ding Lunshi relieved, He Wei was also happy. It seemed that his deception was indeed effective.

As for the models of weapons and equipment to be purchased, he had already made a pre-selection in his mind.

Since the time travel, from the Battle of Xinkou to the Battle of Jinling, based on He Wei’s several months of combat experience with the Japanese army, in terms of the organization and equipment of the Chinese and Japanese armies, the firepower gap between the two sides is actually from the regiments and regiments Level one is starting to get bigger.

The Japanese army has a wing artillery squadron equipped with mountain artillery and a rapid-fire artillery squadron equipped with rapid-fire artillery directly under the regiment level. However, most regiment-level units of the Chinese army do not have artillery directly under the regiment at all. The artillery firepower gap between the two sides is huge.

But if you look at the units below the regiment level or the regiment level, the firepower gap between the two sides is actually not that big. The Japanese army's heavy firearms generally include heavy machine gun squadrons and infantry artillery squads, while the corresponding Chinese army is equipped with The overall gap between the heavy machine gun company and the 82nd mortar platoon is not big, but in terms of individual levels of firearms, the Chinese army still has shortcomings or even gaps.

He Wei's view mainly comes from his perceptual understanding during the Battle of Xinkou. There, he first served as a platoon leader and was promoted from platoon leader to company commander. He had a personal understanding of the firepower of the Japanese army and could It is said that in the comparison between battalion-level units and below, the Chinese army is not much worse than the Japanese army in terms of equipment and firepower. Even in terms of the performance of some equivalent equipment, the Chinese army is actually better than the Japanese army (light machine guns).

But there was a piece of equipment of the Japanese army that made He Wei very afraid, and this kind of firearm was completely unequipped by the Chinese army, and that was the grenade launcher.

The essence of grenade equipment is actually fifty-millimeter and sixty-millimeter light mortars. Light mortars of this level were still used everywhere even in the era before He Wei traveled through time. The armies of many countries are equipped with them, and He Wei himself has used light mortars made of special alloy materials.

Among the current armies around the world, mortars of this level have not yet been equipped in large quantities by various countries. However, the Japanese army has realized the importance of this level of light deflection firearms ahead of time and took the lead in developing equipment for its troops. Currently, the Japanese army There are two main types of grenades equipped, namely the Taisho 10-year-old 50mm grenade and the 89-type 50mm heavy-duty grenade.

Among them, the older model of the Taisho 10-year-old grenade has a range of only 175 meters. It is too reluctant to call it a light mortar, but the other type of 89-type 50mm grenade is quite Terrifyingly, it not only increases the rifling in the grenade barrel, but also specially configures a special grenade with a brass belt. It has better air sealing when launched, and the range can reach more than 600 meters.

This strange light mortar developed by the Japanese will be very prescient and advanced to a certain extent. At least for now, among the armies of all countries in the world, the Japanese infantry squadrons and squads are said to have the most direct firepower. The strongest is not an exaggeration. The function of this thing in combat is to suppress and knock out the enemy's light and heavy machine gun fire, and eliminate enemy fire within a range of 500 meters in front of one's own front line.

Moreover, the grenade launcher developed by the Japanese is not only very advanced in terms of tactical thinking, but also has a large amount of equipment. Each infantry squad of the Japanese army has a dedicated grenade launcher unit, and each squadron is equipped with two to With four grenades, the equipment of an infantry squadron reaches six to twelve.

In short, the grenade can be said to be quite sharp, and it also caused great trouble to the Chinese army. It also left a deep impression on He Wei, who experienced the first battle in this era. During the battle, he witnessed one of his light machine gun groups being wiped out cleanly by a Japanese grenade. In subsequent battles, He Wei was also deeply impressed by it.

On the contrary, in the equipment sequence of the Chinese army, there is no equivalent firepower to grenade launchers. Therefore, when facing the Japanese army's grenade launcher firepower in battle, they can often only watch and have no way to fight back. Therefore, the Japanese army is equipped with a large number of grenade launchers. Grenades have become a nightmare for the Chinese army's light and heavy machine gunners.

He Wei finally had the opportunity to purchase equipment from abroad this time, so he naturally wanted to make up for this shortcoming of his own. However, He Wei did not want to spend money to buy grenade launchers from abroad.

Although He Wei was afraid and disgusted with the Japanese grenades, he also disliked this weapon.

The reason is naturally that the sight of this thing is a bit crude, or in other words, the grenade does not have a dedicated sight at all. The way to aim is to use the white line on the grenade barrel to align and calibrate it, and at the same time use the throw The horizontal bubble gauge at the bottom of the cartridge is used to maintain a standard firing angle of 45°.

Such a crude aiming device makes firearms such as grenade grenades extremely demanding for shooters' experience in actual combat. Because of this, He Wei doesn't like this kind of thing very much.

It's not like he himself has never used the captured grenade, but the experience of using it is not very good. Moreover, in view of the combat experience of frontline troops since the Anti-Japanese War, the arsenal of the national army is also developing and manufacturing its own grenade launchers, and will soon successfully develop and equip the troops.

The official name of this grenade is the 50mm grenade of the 27th year of the Republic of China. It is basically a copycat version of the old Japanese Taisho 10th year grenade. If He Wei really wants to equip his troops with grenade There is no need to buy cartridges. You can just wait for the national army's own arsenal to produce the equipment.

Of course, the performance of this domestically produced grenade cannot be complimented. The prototype is an old Japanese Taisho 10-year-old grenade, and its performance is very average. Historically, the Chinese military also evaluated this domestically produced grenade. not tall.

The volley-fire firearm that He Wei selected for his troops is a weapon that is not yet famous at this time, but will shine in the future - the Brand Mle 1935 60mm mortar!
The name of this firearm itself is not famous, but its imitations are. The US Army's M2 Type mortar in World War II is an imitation of this mortar, and China also imitates it in large quantities.

During the Anti-Japanese War, China's rear arsenal successfully imitated this French mortar in 1942 and named it the 31st Type 60mm Mortar of the Republic of China. The People's Liberation Army used this 31st Type 60mm Mortar Based on the 10mm mortar, the 1963-type 60mm mortar was developed and has been equipped and used until the 21st century.

It can be seen that the performance of the Brand Mle 1935 60mm mortar, which is widely imitated, is really excellent. Compared with the Japanese grenades, the range of this mortar exceeds one thousand meters. It is equipped with The types and power of ammunition are also stronger than those of the Japanese grenade launchers, and they are also equipped with complete shooting sights and gun mounts, which have unparalleled advantages over the Japanese grenade launchers.

If the French want to be number one in mortars, no one dares to be number two!
He Wei planned to use this 60 gun with excellent performance to make up for the shortcomings in direct firepower at the company and platoon level.

At the same time, he is also prepared to continue to develop his existing strengths. Compared with the Japanese army, the Chinese army actually has no shortcomings in machine gun firepower. The Japanese army is equipped with the Taisho 11-year-old crooked light machine gun and the 92-type heavy machine gun. The Czech light machine guns and Min-24 heavy machine guns commonly equipped by the Chinese army have no advantage in front of them. Machine guns have become one of the few equipments of the Chinese army that can regain ground in front of the Japanese army.

Regarding this rare advantage, He Wei is also planning to continue to carry it forward and see if he can get some machine guns from abroad. Since he met Ding Lunshi who is backed by a German foreign company, he must get some machine guns from Germany. If you want to buy something, just buy the latest and best, and the model is about to come out, naturally it is the German mg34 general machine gun!

But when He Wei reported these two types of weapons to Ding Lunshi, Ding Lunshi looked confused.

"Brother He, I have no impression of the two weapons you told me about. I'm afraid you have to wait for me to check."

Ding Lunshi scratched his head and said.

He Wei nodded with a smile and replied: "It should be so. These two weapons, the 60-gun is from France and the machine gun is from Germany. They are both cutting-edge models. I remember that this 60-gun was only developed the year before last. The French’s own army is not equipped with much equipment, and the kind of machine gun I want was only equipped to the German Army in 1935.”

Ding Lunshi nodded and said yes, but in his heart he was very strange about He Wei's habit of speaking "I remember" that he inadvertently revealed because of his status as a time traveler. He then said: "Brother, these two kinds of guns you mentioned Artillery, I have never heard of it. In the arms business I have dealt with, most of the goods sold to the Ministry of Military Affairs were rifles, pistols or light machine guns. What you want to buy is really strange. "

"I am working for Chief He Shaozhou. Chief He has been studying the latest military research and has been paying attention to the latest weapons and equipment in Western countries. The thing he wants to buy is naturally extraordinary."

He Wei boasted for He Shaozhou again, and when Ding Lunshi heard He Wei mentioning He Shaozhou, he agreed again with a flattering look.

"That's it, that's it. Minister He's nephew is certainly one of the best among men. Brother, how much is the approximate quantity of these two types of equipment you want?"

He Wei thought for a while and said, "Let's tentatively decide on 100 each for machine guns and mortars."

One hundred machine guns and one hundred mortars. This number is based on He Wei's current financial resources. With his current financial resources, he should still be able to afford one hundred machine guns and one hundred mortars. .

Hearing the number reported by He Wei, Ding Lunshi was actually quite dissatisfied, because in his opinion, one hundred machine guns and one hundred mortars were not much, that is, it was a small list that could be done or not.

However, considering He Shaozhou and Minister He behind He Wei, even though Ding Lunshi was a little disinterested in this list, he did not dare to show it. In order to further establish a good relationship with Minister He, this list not only had to be done , but also do it well and beautifully.

"Brother, to tell you the truth, the quantity of this order is not too large in my opinion, but the weapon model you reported is really strange. I can't guarantee that I will be able to accept this order. After all, this is not a formal trading channel. , Besides, some of the weapons you want are French, and it will take us some time to find them, so you have to ask me to go back and investigate first. I'm afraid it will take some time, but I don't know if Commander He Shaozhou is in a hurry? "

Dean asked.

Seeing that he agreed, He Wei felt happy and pretended to say: "Commander He's troops are being expanded and replenished urgently, and the weapons they need are urgent. Brother, you'd better do it as soon as possible. Of course, Well, if you can do this business, Brother Ding, we may buy more arms and equipment."

While He Wei urged Ding Lunshi to hurry up, he also gave him a blank check for increasing orders.

Ding Lunshi originally wanted to try his best to promote this deal that could open up the relationship, but the bad check thrown out by He Wei further added weight.

So, after thinking for a moment, Ding Lunshi said seriously to He Wei: "Brother, I will try my best to facilitate this business. Give me an address. I will contact you as soon as I have news!"

(End of this chapter)