Kong Jie understands the potential value of the deposit drawing he prepared very well.
John's excitement at this moment was completely unexpected.
"It's just, John, I think you didn't see clearly just now. This is only one-third of the design drawings."
"In addition, no matter how much arms you send this time, I will pay you the price when handing over."
"As for the complete version of this drawing, I think John you know its value very well. If there is not enough price, it will be difficult for me to agree to it."
But John held on to only one-third of the design drawings in his hand and nodded repeatedly: "Of course, Xu, don't worry, as long as you are willing to hand over this design drawing to me in its entirety, I will definitely pay the price."
The price you are satisfied with."
"Now let's talk about it, John, how much arms did you bring to me this time?" Kong Jie asked.
John smiled apologetically and said: "Xu, this is my first attempt after all. I was worried about arousing suspicion in Japan on the way, so I didn't bring much arms. I only brought 200 M1917 rifles and light machine guns.
5, 2 heavy machine guns, 3 M2 60mm mortars, and 10 Springfield bolt-action sniper rifles. Each rifle is equipped with 150 rounds of corresponding caliber bullets, the machine gun is equipped with 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and the mortars are equipped with a total of three
A basic number of shells, a total of 180 rounds, as well as some other types of guns, grenades and the like."
The monks on the side secretly admired him. As expected of the leader, these Americans sent such a large batch of equipment with just a few words.
Kong Jie was not satisfied, "John, these weapons are far from the list I sent."
John hurriedly said: "Xu, please rest assured, I will definitely send you this batch of arms next time, even double, no, triple, as long as it can be hidden from Little Japan's detection, as long as the number of arms in the arsenal is enough
, I will send it to you."
Kong Jie’s huge appetite surprised John.
Not only did he receive as much arms as he wanted, but Kong Jie also agreed to acquire the factories in China owned by his own name and those of nearby American businessmen without blinking an eye.
In addition, Kong Jie sent this design drawing with amazing potential value.
John is now afraid that his big benefactor will run away.
As a result, the two discussed the next cooperation, as well as where, when and how to hand over the first batch of arms.
After these discussions, Kong Jie proposed that some important matters should be discussed with John alone.
Joe Fus and the monk left the private room and waited on guard outside the restaurant.
The secret conversation between the two lasted for more than 20 minutes before they walked out of the private room together, like old friends, putting their hands on each other's shoulders and chatting and laughing.
In the end, both parties said goodbye and left.
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After returning to the hotel, Joe Foss finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked: "Boss, what exactly is that drawing from before? Is it really of great value?"
John nodded and replied: "That is the design drawing of a new submachine gun. The drawing itself is quite exquisite. I can guarantee that with this drawing as a reference, this submachine gun can be produced smoothly." p>
Joe Foss wondered: "Submachine gun? We have the best Thomson M1 submachine gun. Isn't that enough?"
John said: "The performance of the Thomson M1 submachine gun is very good, and it has always been favored by the troops. However, its structure is too complex, its cost is high, and it is bulky. Such a weapon is not good.
It cannot be sold, and it cannot supply troops in large quantities. If a war breaks out, this submachine gun will not be of much use at all."
"But the design drawing of this submachine gun given by Mr. Xu, the designed submachine gun was introduced in detail in the previous part of the design drawing.
The entire receiver is made of stamped steel tubes. It only needs to install the basic recoil mechanism, recoil spring and barrel and firing pin to form a simple submachine gun. It also fires 11.43x23mm Colt pistol ammunition.
Use a 30-round magazine to feed ammunition.
Its structure is simple, durable and highly reliable.
The performance in all aspects is no worse than the Thompson M1 submachine gun. The most important thing is that it is low-cost, can be mass-produced, and can be quickly supplied to a large number of troops."
"What does this mean? It means that if we have a complete set of design drawings for this submachine gun, we can completely monopolize the market for this low-cost submachine gun."
"Once a war breaks out in the future, this new submachine gun will become the standard for a large number of troops. This will not only help our motherland, but also bring us immeasurable wealth."
"So, although this is just a stack of drawings, the potential value contained in it is quite amazing."
"But what surprises me even more is that Mr. Xu can easily produce such exquisite design drawings. The wisdom of the Chinese people is really unimaginable."
"In addition, Mr. Xu told me that he even has the drawings of the Japanese Zero fighter. Obtaining such drawings may not be of great benefit to us, but it is too important for our troops. That means
In future air combat operations, we can even gain absolute air superiority by relying on our familiarity with the structure and performance of the Japanese Zero aircraft."
"This is a great way to make a big deal with the military, why not?"
Joe Fusi also sighed with emotion, "Incredible, there are so many incredible things about Mr. Xu."
"Boss, what did Mr. Xu talk to you about later?"
John said: "This meeting and discussion once again proved that Mr. Xu is by no means a simple businessman. He has a huge appetite. Not only our factories and arms, he even wants to contact us through us."
Communication equipment of some telecommunications companies."
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"It is now absolutely certain that the people who robbed the Little Japan Bank and the treasury outside the concession not long ago should be the men arranged by Mr. Xu. He even had bearer bonds from many companies in his hands."
"Mr. Xu said that if I want some of the bonds, they can also be used as funds to purchase factories and arms."
"Boss, what have you decided to do?" Joe Foss asked.
John thought for a moment, spread his hands helplessly, and replied: "What else can we do? We are not as powerful as Mr. Xu, so we can't just imitate the Japanese army and rob the bank vault, right?"
"Facts have also proved that, with the funds in those banks and treasury as a basis, Mr. Xu does have the financial resources to cooperate with us as he promised."
"Then let's cooperate with him. This is our big customer."
In addition, there are some things that John did not say, which were secret discussions between him and Kong Jie.
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On the other side, Kong Jie was also explaining to the monk.
After hearing this, the monk suddenly realized: "Captain, it turns out that this small submachine gun has such great potential value, and can even change the direction of a war. This is amazing. But, we really need to use this design
Are the drawings for those Americans?"
Kong Jie thought for a while, gave an example and said: "Monk, let me ask you, if you have a priceless treasure in your hand, but you can't find a place to exchange it for money, the only thing you can see is
There is only one steamed bun shop, and you are already hungry at this time. If you don’t eat anymore, you may even starve to death. Let me ask you, will you trade this treasure for some steamed buns to eat?"
The monk thought for a while and nodded: "I'm sorry, everyone is dead, so what's the use of having treasures?"
Kong Jie smiled and said: "For the same reason, even if we have this design drawing, we don't have enough technology and equipment to produce this submachine gun, let alone mass production. This drawing will not be of much value in our hands.
."
"So, it's better to use it to get more benefits from the Americans."
The monk nodded cheerfully, "Captain, I understand."
As for the design drawings of the submachine gun that Kong Jie showed John, it was actually the Gade M3 submachine gun that was only developed by the United States at the end of World War II.
Anyway, if Kong Jie doesn’t give you the blueprints, the Americans will develop it sooner or later.
The Eighth Route Army's factories do not have this production capacity.
It's better to get it out in advance and get more benefits from the Americans.
When the Pacific battlefield broke out, he suddenly faced Americans armed with a large number of M3 submachine guns. Thinking about the bewildered look on the kid's face at that time, Kong Jie felt quite expectant.
In addition, he used a series of coaxing and deception, and added some alarmist words, as if he was mercifully agreeing to John to buy from him the factories of American and British businessmen in China.
It seemed as if he had suffered a huge loss and John had accepted a huge favor from Kong Jie.
In fact, Commander Kong had already been secretly enjoying himself.
This is actually robbery in disguise, but it's much better than the ugly little devil's appearance.
When all the production factories of these American and British businessmen are acquired, the independent group's foreign business channels can be further expanded.
This will go a long way in breaking the Japanese military's economic blockade.
Of course, in order to ensure safety, Kong Jie must have asked Soviet businessmen to come forward for the acquisition of these British and American businessmen's factories in China and the subsequent operation and management.
Anyway, the neutrality treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan has been signed, so the flag of the Soviet businessmen will not be used in vain.
Oh, by the way, we can get another copy of the design drawings of the Gade M3 submachine gun that we agreed to sell to John and sell them to the Soviets!
Anyway, it’s the same thing. We, Captain Kong, don’t know what patent rights are and what they are not.
Near noon, Monk and Kong Jie returned to the base area smoothly and even caught up with the regiment's lunch.
Li Wenjie, who was waiting for news at the regiment headquarters, breathed a long sigh of relief. He had been worried about Kong Jie!
Seeing both Kong Jie and Kong Jie returning with happy faces, Li Wenjie asked: "Captain, seeing how you look like this, it went smoothly this time?"
Kong Jie laughed and said: "That's quite smooth. Wenjie, look, if this line goes smoothly, our independent regiment, and even the entire Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area, may undergo earth-shaking changes." Having said that, ignoring Li Wenjie's shock, Kong Jie immediately arranged a team and prepared to receive the first batch of arms and equipment sent by John according to the time agreed with John.
The next morning, the equipment that was handed over at night successfully arrived at the regiment headquarters compound.
Looking at the American equipment here, the eyes of the battalion and company commanders who came after hearing the news started to glow green.
"Hey, Commander, is this the American Enfield M1917 rifle we saw in the picture?"
"According to the performance described in the book, this gun is much more powerful than the Japs' 38 rifle. It can hit farther, has better performance, and is more accurate. If we could all use this gun to kill Japs, why not beat up the little Japs?
Do you have to howl?"
Seventh Company Commander Tao Shunmin said, touching this and looking at that.
Thanks to the military education within the independent regiment, various books have been opened to the public, and many of them are translated Japanese books, which introduce many weapons.
Therefore, the cadres are not unfamiliar with the American equipment in this area.
"Good guy, this is the American M2 60mm mortar! I've also been given a lot of shells, more than a hundred rounds! This thing is much more powerful than the Japanese grenade, plus it's lightweight and powerful.
, it is much lighter than the heavy 82mm mortars we usually carry all over the mountains and plains."
"This is very suitable for our cold artillery operation. As a hidden fire strike, a sneak attack with one shot will make the little devils confused?"
"Oh my God, the scope of this sniper rifle is too exaggerated. Is it bigger than a quadruple scope?"
Amid the exclamations, Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan set his sights on a unique shotgun that was not very eye-catching.
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"The American pump-action shotgun is almost invincible between 20 meters and 40 meters. It is simply the king of close combat. It can even fire incendiary bombs. It is definitely a weapon for trench warfare. If you hit a few incendiary bombs, you can
How many devils have reimbursed him!"
After the introduction, Shen Quan felt a little emotional.
"Captain, do you think that if our team could all be equipped with such weapons, how would it be his turn to be so rampant in these years?"
All the cadres nodded with deep sympathy, and then recalled the situation of weapons and equipment in the regiment a year ago, and their hearts were full of sorrow.
Kong Jie said: "I don't want to hurt you, but the facts still have to be known to you. The American weapons you see in front of you are weapons that Americans are about to eliminate and even look down upon."
"The standard weapons equipped by the elite army units of the US military are much more sophisticated than this."
"The most we can get from the Yankees are these guns, but there is nothing we can do about the real battlefield meat grinders, tanks, aircraft, and heavy artillery."
"Damn, this is really irritating!"
First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu couldn't help but cursed.
Kong Jie in turn comforted him: "Of course, fortunately, our opponent's equipment is not much better."
"With these guns and equipment, it is enough to deal with the little devils."
"More importantly, what kind of troops are using such weapons? The same weapon will exert completely different power when placed on different troops."
"If you give all the most advanced weapons in the United States to the Chinese army, will they be able to win this war?"
In the yard, the cadres were stunned for half a second, and then burst out in response:
"Captain, what you said is so good. Even if it's millet, a rifle, and an airplane or a cannon, can't we still hit it?"
"Why? Because we are the Eighth Route Army!"
Such proud words, all the soldiers straightened their chests and raised their heads subconsciously...