Liu Fugui immediately smiled and said, "You can't blame me. This gun is still being improved. We have to give it to the leader after we succeed."
Jiang Cheng immediately said, I think since this gun is low cost and easy to produce, let's just get it done. John, I think we are fighting a full-scale war now. The characteristics of your weapon are what we need most. Can you simplify it a little more?
The lower the production cost, the better.
John immediately grimaced, and Jiang Cheng quickly said seductively: "Don't be nervous. If you can do it, I promise to give you a chance to produce a weapon that satisfies you."
Is it true, John said? After watching SKS, I am very interested in this weapon. In addition, I am also very interested in recoilless rifles. I want to study it. Is it okay?
Jiang Cheng looked at Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu smiled and said, I see nothing wrong with it. We are the Red Party and internationalists. Mr. John came all the way from Germany to China to help us. Naturally, we should also provide
You deserve the treatment. In this way, as long as you can... just call it a Sten submachine gun. The cost of this Sten submachine gun has once again been reduced to... Speaking, Mr. Zhu looked at Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng smiled and said lower it by one-third.
It’s good to reduce it by one-third. Manager Zhu said without thinking. After saying that, he felt something was wrong. He looked at Jiang Cheng and asked 20 Guanghua... is this too much?
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, I believe our Mr. John can definitely do it. I can give some suggestions to Mr. John. Don’t think about whether it looks good or not, what is cheap and easy to produce and what to use. The magazine should be universal. Also, I suggest that the
The naming rights are left to our John to decide.
Jiang Cheng doesn't want two Sten submachine guns to appear in the world. After all, this British weapon should also be on the research and development agenda.
John did not expect that the naming rights would be returned to him. He stroked the gun and said, just call it Ada. This is the name of a Chinese girl I met when I was in Germany.
Jiang Cheng and Boss Zhu looked at each other and smiled. Boss Zhu agreed that our submachine gun would be this Ada submachine gun.
After talking about the firearms, the artillery came next. The artillery was easily agreed upon. The mortars continued to use the Japanese grenade type 60 mortar 2b14 type 82 mortar as the mortar production direction, the 120 mm 2Б11
Mortars are the research direction. Artillery produces 75mm infantry guns and field guns, which are imitations of Krupp's ig42 infantry guns and lefk38 field guns. The production ratio is three to one, and then small-scale experimental production and research and development of 105mm howitzers
152mm howitzer.
Regarding the combat anti-cannon, it was unanimously agreed to produce the 37 combat anti-cannon. This time-tested combat anti-cannon is really hard to find fault with. Of course, the 74mm combat anti-cannon is also one of the targets for small-scale production and research and development.
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Anti-aircraft guns also unanimously agreed to produce the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun. This anti-aircraft gun has also been tested for a long time, and even gained the reputation of the anti-aircraft gun of all countries in later generations.
Finally, there is the development of armored vehicles. In fact, Yan'an has already begun trial production of mechanical products such as motorcycles. However, it will probably take a long time for armored vehicles and aircraft to be truly self-produced. The current mechanical force will still be in charge of Jiang Cheng
Provide weapons.
After the general direction was set, Jiang Cheng and Mr. Zhu, together with other military industry experts, prepared to change the military production line to new weapons. Unknowingly, a month passed. Bao Ruide and his colleagues were inspecting the border area.
Also returned to Yan'an.
Dear Sir, I am afraid no one knows what I have encountered this month. My mood is extremely complicated. I am extremely honored to introduce to you all this, a legendary story that happened in the ancient empire of the East.
After getting the order, I set off from Shanghai through a Chinese businessman and arrived at Lianyungang. What was unbelievable was that Lianyungang, an excellent deep-water port from my perspective, was actually surrounded by a group of Chinese red ships that could not even distinguish between battleships and cruisers.
In the hands of party armed forces, I went to their military camp. Their weapons were extremely simple and were standard light infantry. There were few heavy artillery. Mortars and heavy machine guns were the real support for their firepower. A small number of anti-aircraft guns were theirs.
For air defense cover, their clothing is not worse than that of the Chongqing army, and their food is better, and the officers and soldiers are exactly the same. What I mean by the officers and soldiers being the same is that their marshals, generals and soldiers eat the same.
Only the sick and wounded were given special food, which made their troops extremely united. Well, there are too many things to say. I will leave the situation of their troops behind. I will continue to talk about my journey first.
After staying in Lianyungang for a few days, I took a plane to Taiyuan, Shanxi. Shanxi is the name of one of their provinces, and Taiyuan is the capital of that province, just like the capital of each of our states. Please don't wonder why they have planes.
You must know that these Red Party armed forces have regained a land larger than the entire United Kingdom. The area of the base areas they established, I mean including the so-called guerrilla zones, is larger than the entire France, and most of these lands were taken from the Japanese army.
I will discuss these issues later.
Indeed, there is too much to say. I met the deputy commander of their army and the former chairman of Shanxi Province in Taiyuan. The chairman's identity is very special. His name is Yan Xishan. He turned out to be the actual person in charge of the Shanxi army and government.
, and now, he is working for the Shanxi anti-Japanese coalition government that he and the Chinese Red Party established. Of course, I can see that his status is still very high. This is from the newspaper I saw on the street that still says Chairman Yan.
And it can be seen from its position ahead of everyone in Shanxi.
After going to Shanxi, I flew to Yan'an, the heart of the Chinese Red Party. My colleagues and I met with their top leaders of the Chinese Red Party, and Zhou Guansheng, the commander-in-chief of their army, who was said to be busy with something.
They did not come because of extremely important work, but this did not reduce their enthusiasm for us. After staying in Yan'an for a few days, we parted ways and went to the places we were interested in for in-depth investigation, so I am writing this article.
At this time, I have to mention my friend, Mr. Z. After all, I didn’t go to many places, and it was he who added the information.
Okay, I have finally finished briefly talking about my journey. Next, I will compare the situation of the Chinese Red Party and the Chongqing government from all aspects, and hope that these situation comparisons can provide you with the best judgment.
Let’s talk about the economy first. China is an agricultural country, and its industry is extremely backward. It can even be said that there is almost no industry. Their most important income is tariffs, agricultural taxes, and salt taxes. After the war broke out between the Chinese government and the Japanese government, Chongqing’s tariffs were almost all
After losing, and then losing large areas of land such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Hubei, agriculture was also extremely tense. Their currency almost collapsed due to these reasons. The legal currency that was still freely convertible in 1937 can now only be used in areas controlled by the Chongqing army, and there are
Many government officials and military officers also refused to accept these currencies. This can be seen from their tax system reforms. Their taxes have regressed back to the stage of collecting physical goods. In other words, Chiang's intermediary government in Chongqing has no control over its own currency.
Trust has been completely lost, but fortunately, they have basically curbed Japan's offensive momentum, which makes many people believe that their government can really protect themselves. After all, modern currency is a currency of trust. As long as there is trust, there will be money.
Has a certain value.
I have investigated the market in Chongqing. There are very few supplies in their market. This lack does not distinguish between agricultural products or industrial products. However, you can buy everything on their black market, even brand-new Soviet weapons. Logically speaking,
These weapons should be in the hands of a frontline soldier. Why they appear on the black market will be described in the military issue. I will not go into details first. Of course, these industrial products are not necessary for the people. What is terrible is that necessary agricultural products are not necessary.
There is an extreme shortage, and the price of food is rising almost every week. Although there have been rumors in the market that the government has enough food in hand and may release food to rescue the market at any time, this is only a legend at best.
Compared with the poor life of the people, the living standard of Chongqing officials is not bad. I saw many products here that are rare in New York, from perfume to stockings, from pianos to dolls, they always seem to have a way to get them
For these European and American products that should be difficult to import, I seriously doubt that more than just arms and supplies are being transported along that kilometer in the south.
Then let me talk about the Chinese Red Party. I have to mention that when I first came to their border area, this place really shocked me. I read in the Westward Journey that Shaanxi’s agriculture is extremely backward.
The farmland here is sloping, and there are even layers of ravines in the cracks in the ground. There are few livestock but many wild animals. The transportation is backward and the culture is backward. It is like a corner forgotten by God. But when I arrived at the place controlled by the Red Party armed forces, I found that
Totally different from what I imagined.
Let’s talk about the countryside first. After all, most of China’s population is in the countryside. Most of the rural areas in the areas controlled by the Red Party’s armed forces have established cooperatives to coordinate production with each other. The Chinese Red Party knows very well what class the source of their power is. Their power has nowhere to go in the countryside.
No, there are armed militia organized by them in the countryside. This is to prevent bandits. It is said that there used to be a lot of bandits here, but unfortunately I didn't see any of them. They were either wiped out or surrendered or fled in the past few years.
In the countryside, I saw a lot of advanced agricultural production technologies. The farmers here were very enthusiastic about the construction of public water conservancy roads and public buildings under the organization of the local Red Party. Although the agricultural harvest here was not good due to natural disasters, the local
The farmers are not worried about this problem at all. They all firmly believe that as long as the Red Party is here, they will be able to overcome this difficulty. I even heard in the countryside that they want to donate food to the front line, and they also have slogans about eating less and providing relief to the occupied areas.
They seem to naturally believe that the Chinese people in the areas invaded by the Japanese army are their brothers and sisters and should get their help. This makes me feel the power of this country. It is difficult for such an awakened nation to be conquered by external forces.
Good organization and advanced tools and production methods have enabled local agricultural production to enter a healthy development, and the towns and villages here have also established many small factories or workshops by raising funds. 51% of the shares in these factories are owned by the local Red Party government township government.
The remaining people are subscribed by the factory managers. They already have an audit system. As long as the factory makes money, everyone in the local area will benefit. This makes the local people very supportive of these factories. The industrial power gathered by these small factories does not
Not small. But what’s even more surprising is that I also saw a large modern factory here.
This is simply a miracle. I saw steel plants, machinery plants, and chemical plants. They can produce modern weapons and other industrial products on their own. Their industrial strength is constantly growing. Of course, many American workers and workers from other countries have arrived.
This is also one of the main reasons. I asked specifically that most of these workers entered China before the war started. At that time, the Chinese Red Party used all the precious metals to ask several Chinese businessmen to go abroad to help them recruit technicians. At that time, they did not even have a meal.
This is an unimaginable vision. In comparison, I think Chongqing’s industrial level has lagged behind Yan’an, and Chongqing does not seem to be interested in heavy industry, which is difficult for me to understand. This makes me think that the Chongqing government
It seems that there is no courage and ambition to be a big power government. Of course, this may be related to the Soviet government's emphasis on heavy industry.
As proof of their industrial level, they have been able to produce most of their own light weapons. I saw rifles, machine guns, mortars with their factory marks, and even sharp weapons such as anti-tank guns. This also explains from the side why
The Japanese army always did not have many ways to deal with the Red Party armed forces. They were not an isolated army, but a force with complete logistical support.
Finally, in terms of currency, due to the agreement, the Red Party armed forces do not have their own bank, but the Guanghua stores they opened throughout North China gave them another solution. It seems that the Guanghua stores where you can buy everything have a kind of voucher.
This kind of voucher is the most useful currency in the Red Party base area, even better than gold and silver. As I just said, there is no margin when they issue this kind of voucher, which is almost impossible in finance.
Scientific, but this is the fact. The result of our final discussion is that the Chinese Red Party has completely gained the trust of the local people, and this trust is the certificate for them to issue currency. To be continued...