The teacher and student followed Federer's car to the city center and finally stopped at the entrance of a small auto repair shop with a small area.
Under the leadership of Federer, the group of three people went to the innermost room of the auto repair shop, and then they were able to see the whole picture of the gun modification studio.
This room with an indoor area of three to four hundred square meters is filled with all kinds of machining equipment with no apparent purpose. In the center of the room, there are two rows of glass display cabinets illuminated by spotlights. In the far corner
At the same location, there were several attentive middle-aged people busy doing something in front of the machine.
Professor Alexey swept around without leaving any trace, and deliberately asked in a louder voice, "Federer, what is the most expensive pistol here? How about taking it out and showing it to me?"
"Do you really want to buy a gun?" Federer asked with raised eyebrows.
"Of course, of course I want to buy a gun, otherwise why would I come here?" Professor Alexei deliberately patted his shoulder bag while speaking, "Take out the best pistol, I have brought enough money this time.
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A trace of imperceptible schadenfreude flashed across Federer's face. He raised his hand to call a beautiful girl in overalls and said something to his ear. The latter nodded immediately, turned around and took out a metal gun from a metal cabinet.
The box is placed on the glass counter.
"This pistol should be considered one of the most expensive pistols we have here."
After Federer finished speaking, he nodded towards the girl in overalls, who dutifully introduced, "This pistol is based on the P09 service pistol produced by the Czech company CZ and was rebuilt by the Swiss Sphinx Company. In addition to using
In addition to the higher-quality barrel and snakewood handle patch, most of the remaining parts are made of high-quality titanium alloy produced by our company and assembled by Sphinx's senior gunsmiths themselves. The most important thing
Yes, it uses a full-length slide rail that the original didn't have and..."
"Okay, how much is it?" Professor Alexey had already opened the zipper of his satchel as he spoke.
Federer pushed the gun case in front of the professor and said calmly, "Because of our previous cooperation, this pistol only costs $25,000."
"Only 20,000...US dollars? US dollars?! Such a broken pistol?!" Professor Alexey's hand that had already reached into his bag suddenly couldn't take it out. He didn't know that a broken pistol could be sold for so much.
expensive!
Federer concealed his ridicule very well and said matter-of-factly, "The price is not expensive. If you want to buy something more cost-effective, you can check out the original P09 pistol. The cheapest one is less than 500 US dollars."
"Since you said so, then I want the original version."
Professor Alexei gave up decisively. He would not be stupid enough to spend so much money just to buy a useless piece of iron... titanium lump.
"sure"
Federer waved his hand indifferently, and the girl in overalls also took out a plastic gun case, opened it, and pushed it in front of Professor Alexei.
After happily settling the money, Professor Alexey pretended to be casual and asked, "Federer, for the sake of the fact that I bought a pistol from here, how about you do some free maintenance on my gun?"
The best gunsmith you have here."
Glancing at the PPK pistol that Professor Alexey pulled out, the girl in overalls couldn't help but remind her, "Sir, this is just a PPK pistol."
"Don't underestimate it"
Professor Alexei pretended to show off and talked about the origin of this pistol. At the same time, he glanced at a middle-aged man with gray hair who was attracted.
By the time Professor Alexey finished telling the story of the gun, the gray-haired middle-aged man had already taken off the cowhide apron around his waist, and then stretched out his hand stained with metal scraps and a little oil towards Professor Alexey.
, "I'm Alexander, Federer should have told you about me."
"Federer has always told me that Mr. Alexander is a very sentimental and patriotic collector."
While Professor Alexei stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party, a series of free flattery came out of his mouth. As for the plastic gun case and the PPK pistol on the table, they were no longer there.
Mentioned something.
Unlike Ilya who bought those negatives, the steel tycoon was not interested in Professor Alexei's flattery at all. After letting go of his hand, he said with a smile, "Professor Alexei, why don't we find a quiet place?"
How about we talk alone?”
Professor Alexei regained his gentle manner in school, "It's my pleasure, Mr. Alexander."
"Follow me, and pick up that PPK by the way." After Alexander finished speaking, he had already pushed open the wooden door of the inner lounge.
"wait a minutes"
Professor Alexey picked up the plastic gun box on the table and patted Wei Ran's hand, "This is a gift for you, a gift worth 500 US dollars. Victor, you go back first, and remember to help me and
Your aunt is asking for leave, and you can try to find clues from the anti-tank gun first."
Before Wei Ran could say anything, Professor Alexey took the PPK pistol on the glass display case and followed Alexander into the inner lounge.
"It's rare for your teacher to be so generous."
Federer suppressed his laughter and said that the old guy was willing to spend 500 US dollars to buy a pistol, which is definitely a big investment. And he wanted to get closer to his boss. Federer naturally saw it when he took out the PPK.
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"Don't say that"
Wei Ran replied seriously, "My teacher Mr. Alexei is the most generous person on both sides of the Volga River. He will definitely not feel sorry for that little money."
"I hope so," Federer said with a joking smile on his face, "Remember to remind your teacher that we do not accept returns here."
"He will definitely be sad when he finds out the news."
Wei Ran made fun of his teacher, left the auto repair shop accompanied by Federer, and drove back to the studio following the trailer transporting the anti-tank gun.
After a lot of troubles, he sent the artillery into the studio. After Weiran closed the rolling shutter door, he did not rush to summon the cowhide notebook. Instead, he meticulously followed the method taught by Professor Alexei and analyzed it step by step.
The origin of this artillery.
According to the remaining business card on the gun mount, this artillery was produced by Arsenal No. 92 in Gorky City in May 1942, using a model with simplified gun locks and control devices.
This bit of information can at least push its entry into the war to after May 1942, but even so, the scope to be searched is still too wide.
Moreover, at least more than 40,000 of this gun were produced before the end of World War II. They were widely distributed on almost the entire Eastern Front battlefield. Trying to find the one in 40,000 combat experience from such a large base is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
