"Uncle Wu, do you know the origin of this batch of equipment? What role did Scott play in it? Do you have any other requirements?"
Wu Liangdong heard this and said: "The machines are second-hand goods made in Germany. According to them, they are generally 80% new, and many of them are brand new.
As for the origin, according to him, some of them were looted from Germany by the victorious siege after the end of the European War and resold to a small country.
The small country didn't say anything about it. It just said that the other country's business was not good and it didn't use it much. Later, it was deceived into buying a batch of new equipment and put them in the warehouse to collect dust.
During the economic crisis a few years ago, the factory closed down and was abandoned because the government had no money to invest. The equipment was packed up and sold on the black market.
The items changed hands several times on the black market, and ended up in the hands of an international smuggler. He was planning to sell them back to Germany, but the British realized they were being targeted and hurriedly took action.
Scott had a cooperation with the other party, and when he was looking for a buyer for it, he approached me. Judging from its performance, he wanted us to take over.
As for the other requirements, there is only one. We will need to import materials and other things from abroad to produce weapons in the future. As long as he has channels, he must be given priority."
After listening to this, Lin Mo thought about Scott's purpose. First of all, he was sure that if this business was completed, Scott would definitely gain a lot of benefits.
Secondly, it is Scott’s request. If the repair shop develops in the future, Scott will indeed be able to receive many large orders in the future. But the question is, the repair shop is still small now, is it worth investing in?
Finally, Lin Mo did not believe that Scott was simply engaged in the arms smuggling business, and that intelligence might be involved to some extent. Lin Mo was not sure whether this transaction had such a purpose.
However, after thinking about it, Lin Mo felt that there was a high probability that he would not suffer a loss, so he said: "If we only consider this batch of equipment, as long as the equipment is as described, there will be no loss if we buy it.
This fund is available in the office. After purchasing the equipment, even if we don't use it, we can give it to other arsenals, even private factories. After all, a lot of equipment is used by both the military and civilians.
It’s just his purpose, I’m afraid he’s not that simple. By the way, Uncle Wu, apart from this matter, has Scott talked to you recently about other things?”
"Well... yes..." Wu Liangdong nodded and said: "He recently talked with me about various accessories and accessories patents in the repair shop.
He said that he could help us apply for patents for these things abroad, and that he could act as a patent agent and authorize patents to make money. He also said that he could help us buy patents and technology. What, is this related to this matter? "
"Maybe..." Lin Mo nodded and explained: "This guy may be seeing the potential of our repair shop and the department is not short of money, so he wants to take this opportunity to expand his business."
"How do you say it?" Lin Mo said it so concisely that Wu Liangdong couldn't figure it out for a while.
"In our country, arms is definitely a huge market, but there are also many participants, such as regular foreign manufacturers, smugglers, domestic government-run arsenals, private workshops, etc.
There are many customers for arms procurement, including the government, local warlords, wealthy families, bandits and bullies, etc. However, the only ones that can provide continuous orders are the military forces.
But if the national government wants to make large-scale purchases, it can just choose domestic arsenals or formal foreign channels, and there is no need to go through arms smugglers.
If arms smugglers want to grow bigger, they must either have shipping channels and supply goods on a large scale, or they must cooperate with local warlords.
If Scott has a shipping channel, we will not be unaware of it at all. As for cooperation with local warlords, this is unlikely, after all, his scope of activities is in Nanjing.
Therefore, for Scott, his business as an arms smuggler was unlikely to grow very big after all, so he set his sights on repair shops.
He probably feels that the repair shop has certain potential, and wants to take a gamble on us and make a profit by providing us with raw materials and acting as a patent agent.
He was not wrong either, at least Uncle Wu, you do have the courage and have bitten the hook he threw.
Once you develop a repair shop to a large scale, you will inevitably need to import a lot of materials from abroad, and it will also generate a lot of patents. The benefits are enough to make it a risk."
"Hey..." Wu Liangdong said, "This guy has a lot of thoughts, but it seems to be good for us, can you do it?"
"It can be done..." Lin Mo nodded and continued: "But I have to change. I will set up a company abroad, put all the patents on it, and only authorize it to him.
In this way, if something goes wrong on Scott's side, it will not affect our patents and avoid some risks.
By the way, the company cannot be listed under the name of the intelligence agency, registered as a private person, apply for a patent in the name of a repair shop, and then transfer it to the company in the name of sales.
We belong to an intelligence agency, and it is not appropriate to do these things abroad in the name of the intelligence service. It is convenient to avoid some troubles.
Of course, the specific operation must be reported to the boss first, but if you explain the reason behind it, the boss should not be stuck."
"Oh..." Wu Liangdong nodded and said excitedly: "Wang Sheng, so you agree with my idea?"
"That's not true..." Lin Mo nodded, somewhat dumbfounded: "Uncle Wu, what I'm talking about is just a patent matter.
I just asked about personnel and equipment, now I want to ask, Uncle Wu, are you planning to develop the repair shop into a weapons company or an arsenal?"
"What difference does it make?"
"The difference is not small..." Lin Mo responded and explained: "The arsenal is to make money by producing weapons.
Weapons companies, on the other hand, combine production and research, and make money by producing weapons and selling patents developed for research and development."
"Hmm..." Wu Liangdong pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go in the direction of the weapons company! After all, what I want to do is research.
Besides, you just said that we are not a military industry department, so we need to limit the scale of the factory and it is not appropriate to develop it in the direction of an arsenal."
Lin Mo nodded and continued to ask: "Uncle Wu, have you decided which weapon to start developing?
What is the purpose of research and development? Is it imitation or fully self-developed? Which model should I imitate for imitation? What should I do if it is fully self-developed?"
Listening to Lin Mo asking a bunch of questions, Wu Liangdong was stunned for a moment and then said: "I plan to start with a pistol, using the M1911 as a template, imitating it and developing it myself, to develop a new pistol.
The purpose of research and development is to serve as a new generation standard pistol for the Intelligence Department. I feel that the various pistols currently equipped by the Intelligence Department do not meet the needs.
As for more details in the pistol research, they have not been considered yet, and I also want to hear your opinion in this regard, I don't want to make mistakes the first time."
Lin Mo heard this and said: "It is really appropriate to start with the pistol first. On the one hand, it has the corresponding experience, and on the other hand, it also meets the needs of the Intelligence Department. We will act to meet the needs of the Intelligence Department first, and then go further when the time is ripe."
The research and development of any type of gun is not a problem, but production should pay attention to the three types of rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns. It is best to only produce in small quantities or modify them to satisfy personal use or sell in small quantities.
Again, we are not a military production department, but an intelligence department. It is better to avoid taboos and avoid touching the basic equipment of these troops.
As for other weapons, we don't have to worry too much. After these three guns are developed, we can authorize and provide technology to domestic arsenals to prevent them from targeting us.
This, coupled with the patent arrangement, should make it impossible for those who want to pick peaches. As for the details of the gun, I have to think more about it before I can give you an opinion."
"Huh..." Wu Liangdong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "So, you agree!"
"Yes! But I don't agree with it. The boss has to nod. Uncle Wu, please carefully summarize our conversation today and ask Section Chief Xu to help you submit it to the boss.
Try to be as detailed as possible and write down all the details so that the boss feels that you really want to accomplish this and have made sufficient preparations, and that's pretty much it."
"Okay! I'll take care of it when I get down. By the way, are there any other arrangements here? If not, will you go back first?"
"It's not urgent..." Lin Mo waved his hand and said: "This is just one of the places where we will take action today. There are other strongholds outside the city where we will take action at night.
That should be their transfer station, and there should be a lot of weapons in it. Uncle Wu, you can follow us to see what is useful, and we can talk about guns on the way."
Wu Liangdong nodded and said: "Okay, then you can go do it yourself first! I'll do it myself."
Lin Mo said hello and returned to the warehouse. At this time, the first warehouse had been opened and Yang Haicheng was opening the door of the second warehouse.
Xu Guyu and Wei Daming were talking to one side. When he saw Lin Mo coming, he motioned for him to come over.
"Section Chief, is something wrong?"
"Hmm..." Xu Guyu nodded, pointed at Yang Haicheng and said, "Director Wei saw that Haicheng has good ears, and wanted him to go over and help. I would like to ask if you can move around Haicheng's back?"
Hearing this, Lin Mo pretended to think for a moment and said, "Director Wei, once Haicheng has finished unlocking the locks, there will be no further actions that he has to take part in, so I'll ask you to look after him."
"No problem, no problem..." Wei Daming nodded with a smile and added: "I just found a code book in the communication room.
However, that one is just an ordinary encrypted one and should be used for daily communications. According to the equipment in the communications room, this can be regarded as a small reception desk, which may be the headquarters of these Japanese spies.
So I suspect that there should be a codebook with a higher encryption level here. Please pay attention to it for me. This is very important to us."
"Understood..." Lin Mo nodded and said: "Don't worry, Director Wei, we didn't give these people time to react during today's operation. As long as there are things, they will definitely be there. Even if the restaurant is turned over, we will find them for you."
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The few chatted for a while, and Liu Zhenshan came back from outside. Lin Mo took the opportunity to retreat and approached Liu Zhenshan.
"Captain, how's it going? Are the operations going well in the other two places?"
"Not bad..." Liu Zhenshan nodded and replied: "Zhongzhai has been successfully captured, even though all the people were killed. Xiao Rui also led people to control the small stronghold outside the city.
It’s just that the Zhongzhai is quite big, and there aren’t enough team members left to search it carefully, so we may have to bring someone over to help later.”
"No problem..." Lin Mo responded. Yang Haicheng had already opened the door. The two stopped communicating and followed the others inside.
As soon as he entered, Lin Mo noticed that this secret room was different from the previous one. The lights were dim and the temperature felt a little low.
Lin Mo reminded Yang Haicheng and the team members who were about to unlock the door, telling them to be careful and to immediately make a sound if they noticed anything was wrong, and then exit.
Xu Guyu and Wei Daming were also invited out by Lin Mo. Lin Mo and Liu Zhenshan stayed behind, keeping an eye on them.
Yang Haicheng fiddled with it for a while, put the password back in place, and was about to insert the key, but Lin Mo rushed to the side and carefully opened the door of the safe himself.
As soon as the door opened, the first thing that came into view was stacks of file bags, stuffed into the safe, and each bag was bulging.
These were not Lin Mo's primary goals, so he did not move. He continued to check and found something strange at the top.
Lin Mo didn't take action immediately. Instead, he checked other places and found no problems before moving a stool, looking for a flashlight that was about to run out of power, and stood on it to carefully remove the file bag outside.
A thin thread was connected to the button of the file bag. Lin Mo checked it and cut it gently with a knife before looking inside.
What comes into view is a pile of ampoules, which are fused-sealed glass bottles filled with liquid medicine. They are only many times larger than those used for medical purposes. Inside, there is a light yellow-white translucent solid substance, which glows light green under the dim light.
Phosphorescence.
Lin Mo didn't move. He picked up his feet and looked inside along the cut thin wire. He saw a fixed military green tube with a pull ring on it, connected to the thin wire, and wires.
After careful inspection, Lin Mocai took out an ampoule, inspected it carefully, and handed it to Yang Haicheng.
"Find the box, put it carefully, and then send it out of the basement. Be sure not to break it. The things inside are very dangerous."
When Liu Zhenshan saw it, he stopped the other team members who were unlocking the door and came over to help. He said softly: "What is inside?"
"It's most likely white phosphorus, which is very dangerous, especially in the basement. There is a small explosive device inside, which should be ignited.
A double detonation was set up, and the pull ring was connected to the file bag with a wire, and there were also wires connected to it, which should be on the switch that was found in the reference room."
Lin Mo said as he carefully removed all the white phosphorus. Only then did he realize that there were holes in the partitions of the safe. There was also a hole as big as a fist where the wires passed through. Lin Mo reached out and tried it.
Next, you can feel a slight movement of air.
"How about it? Do you need to find a team member who is good at blasting to eliminate it?"
Hearing this, Lin Mo shook his head and said: "No need for now, the explosive device is not big and should not have much power. It is only used to blow up the glass device.
The Japanese have deployed two kinds of detonating devices in succession, which shows that they attach great importance to it. Now there is no guarantee whether there are still traps. Everything should be dealt with after the things are taken away."
Lin Mo said and had already come down. Seeing Lin Mo's cautious look, Liu Zhenshan asked in a low voice: "Lin Mo, seeing how cautious you are, is this white phosphorus very dangerous?"
Not only is it dangerous, especially since the Japanese arranged it like this, they obviously wanted to bury the people in the secret room with them.