Despite its shortcomings, although this gun did have some shortcomings for Wang Mingkun, he still couldn't bear to part with it, with a tangled look on his face.
Seeing this, Lin Mo smiled and said: "Don't worry! This issue has been taken into consideration and the repair shop will make some adjustments to the gun."
"That's a good feeling...but...don't affect the performance of this gun!" A somewhat worried Wang Mingkun made his request.
"Don't worry! I will let Uncle Wu organize the best design and technical personnel to do it. The performance may be improved again."
After chatting with Wang Mingkun for a while, Lin Mo was about to continue testing the gun when he was called over by Xu Guyu.
"This gun is good. Did you pay for the gun order yourself? How much is the total? I will go back and approve it for you."
"Section Chief..."
"So much?" Lin Mo said the order amount, which made Xu Guyu a little surprised and speechless. If Lin Mo hadn't said it, he would definitely suspect that the amount was a false report.
"Section Chief, in addition to one hundred Somi submachine guns, this order also includes other weapons, ammunition and other things. These were the things that Scott was fooled into ordering for us at the time, but those are just a fraction, and the bulk is still
Those one hundred Somi submachine guns.
Some of the core components of this submachine gun are made of expensive materials, require high craftsmanship, have a complex structure, have low output, and have a high ex-factory price. In addition, they are entrusted to Scott, who has found connections to order them.
Our expenses and profits are also counted on us, so..."
"It's worth the money. I approved the money. Alas... it's a pity. I originally planned to order more, but the price is really..."
Speaking of this, Xu Guyu was also a little helpless. The price was much more expensive. Even though the Intelligence Department currently had ample funds, it was okay to buy a small amount, but it was unbearable to buy more.
"Section Chief, the output of this gun is very low. Scott still has 60 guns yet to be delivered! You can consider additional orders after he has delivered them."
"Hmm..." Xu Guyu nodded, thought for a while, and asked: "Then if this gun is handed over to an armory to be copied, can you see if it can work?"
"Section Chief, I can only say that there is no need..."
After finishing speaking, Lin Mo explained: "Section Chief, the material used for the core components of this gun is extremely expensive. The price of importing it from abroad is not low. Even processing it may be a problem.
Moreover, this gun has a complex structure, high processing precision, and extremely high craftsmanship and technical requirements. Let alone whether it can be manufactured by repairmen, it is basically impossible to compare the performance with the original version.
After all this effort, the cost of manufacturing is probably almost equal to or even higher than the price we purchased, and the performance is still not comparable. What we paid for is the performance of this gun. Since it is not comparable,
Yes, there is no need to spend this money.
Since a gun is so expensive, we can only purchase a small amount of equipment and produce it ourselves. The estimated output cannot be increased, and the limited energy of the repair shop is wasted. Therefore, direct purchase is the most cost-effective option.
"
Lin Mo had already put it tactfully. In his opinion, not to mention the armory, among all the ordnance industry departments in the country, the least one could imitate the original products from Somi.
If the armory shop really had this ability, why would Lin Mo go to great lengths to get Suomi? He had a bunch of better options. Wouldn't it be better to build an assault rifle than Suomi?
After giving a bunch of general reasons, Lin Mo introduced the various technical difficulties, equipment and process requirements, materials, etc. involved in this gun to Xu Guyu in detail.
After listening to Lin Mo's explanation, Xu Guyu's idea of imitating this gun was already out of the question. What a joke, he's not blind? It's hard to see that Lin Mo was completely relaxed. Although he couldn't calculate the specific cost of imitation.
No matter how much he went, the number was definitely far beyond his imagination.
No longer entangled in this issue, Xu Guyu changed the topic and asked: "Only forty pieces were delivered this time, how do you think they should be divided?"
Hearing this question, Lin Mo thought about it and said, "Section Chief, I think this gun can be most effective only in the hands of the special operations team, so they should be given priority.
The special operations team currently has thirty-six official members, and each team of twelve has four three-person teams. Considering that this gun is not light, there is no need for the main and deputy snipers of the sniper team to equip it, but
Save six branches.
In fact, it stands to reason that the machine gunners in the cover team can also spare one, but currently we do not have a machine gun suitable for this position. We have to leave one of this gun for the opponent to let them carry out according to the mission.
Situation optional.
Of the remaining ten, two will be given to the repair shop for research, and two will be given to the boss, one original and one modified. By the way, section chief, would you like to collect one too?"
Xu Guyu was a little moved by Lin Mo's suggestion. He was a man and a soldier. Who wouldn't like a good gun? But just think about it.
"I won't use them anymore. There are only six left. Let's use them! Just keep them in my hands, just as decorations."
"Yes..." Lin Mo responded. He naturally saw that Xu Guyu liked him, but according to Xu Guyu's temper, he would not accept it no matter how much he tried to persuade him, so he thought about sending the goods after the next batch of orders arrived.
give him.
"Section Chief, I'm going to put the remaining six weapons in the second group of weapons warehouse after the transformation is completed. Anyone who needs them can use them and put them back after use."
"Well..." Xu Guyu is self-righteous. As for good things, he must take care of himself first. Don't say that he got the things from his side. Even if it is not from him, he will fight for it for himself.
After sending Lin Mo away, Xu Guyu continued on the shooting range, preparing to have his fill of fun. The more he played with it, the more he liked it, and he regretted not leaving one for himself.
Lin Mo approached Wu Liangdong, who was currently dismantling several Somi submachine guns for study with the few people he had brought.
"Uncle Wu, I just heard that you also brought some things over. What are they?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Liangdong reluctantly put down the parts in his hands and replied with a smile: "Some newly designed muzzle parts, pistol kits, some police gun samples and shortened rifles, bring them here to try, let you help
Make suggestions.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The police gun was ready so quickly?" Lin Mo naturally didn't forget what happened to the police gun, but he didn't expect that Wu Liangdong and others would be so
It came out quickly, and I couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Hehe..." Wu Liangdong smiled somewhat complacently and said: "The current repair shop is no longer what it used to be like.
Those two guns are not difficult for us now. They have been out for a while, and we have selected a police station and carried out experimental equipment."
"Even the gun barrels have overcome the previous technical problems and can they be produced by themselves from scratch?" Lin Mo felt that it was necessary to understand the situation at the repair shop first.
"Bring the guys here..." Wu Liangdong dismissed the young guys he brought with him and led Lin Mo to the corner.
"Recently, the department has issued a strict order requiring us to keep confidentiality. There are some situations that are not easy for them to know." Wu Liangdong explained.
"Uncle Wu, I understand. We have the same requirements here. Just pick up what you can tell and tell me."
Wu Liangdong waved his hand and said: "I have nothing I can't say to you. I need your help to feel my pulse and give you suggestions on how I want to go from here."
The main reason why I am cautious is that currently, there are too many new people under my command, and I still know too little about them. I am afraid that some of them may have impure intentions, and I am also afraid that someone’s bad words will spread to the outside world.”
"Hmm..." Lin Mo nodded, acquiescing. The repair shop is a key part, and Lin Mo can't really let it go.
"Uncle Wu, if you don't want to talk about this, let's continue with the previous question!"
"Okay..." Wu Liangdong nodded, no longer thinking about it, and said: "The time is too short, and it is definitely impossible to produce the gun barrel completely by ourselves, but there are not many problems in importing seamless steel pipes from abroad.
At least for the two types of weapons used as police weapons, the barrels we produce are sufficient. For other pistols and rifles, they are definitely not comparable to foreign ones, but they are still barely usable."
"Is that so..." These were beyond Lin Mo's expectations. Although he wanted to find out the situation, he still had to ask questions one by one.
"Those police equipment has been trial-equipped. What is the feedback so far?"
"The response has been very good. The police in Pukou were testing the equipment. Two days ago, they encountered a group of gangsters who came to sell their dirty goods. The police equipment we provided has done a great job.
It is said that five or six people came, all of them were good players in the gang, and one of them was a well-known master in the world. After a firefight, only one of the policemen was slightly injured, and all the gangsters were shot to death with shotguns. At present,
Some branches in Nanjing have already called us to speed up production."
"That's good..." Lin Mo nodded and said, "But when new weapons are released in the future, after you complete the preliminary testing, you should send them here to the training people for trial first.
Firstly, we need to be familiar with the use of various weapons, so we just want to complete the training while trying them out, so as not to spend more money.
Secondly, most of the people on our side are elites in the military. They have no shortage of battlefield experience and can provide suggestions for the improvement of new weapons. Moreover, they are all our own people and we don't worry about spreading the news.
Anyone who can train here in the future can be trusted, um... Uncle Wu, if you bring people here in the future, be more careful and only bring reliable people."
"Don't worry, I understand. The few I brought here this time were also carefully selected. I avoided them just as a precaution."
"That's good..." Lin Mo didn't explain too much to Wu Liangdong, but instead asked: "Uncle Wu, you said before that the armory is not what it used to be. What's the situation with too many new people?"
Wu Liangdong heard this and said with a smile: "The repair shop has recently expanded and recruited a large number of people. The current number is nearly three hundred. When all the people are in place, I estimate there will be at least six or seven hundred."
"So many? How can you find so many people? How are these people's skills? They are not just trying to make up for the numbers, right?"
Lin Mo asked a series of questions. The number of people really surprised him. Lin Mo didn't know exactly how many people there were in the Military Affairs Office, but there were definitely no more than a thousand people in the establishment.
Of course, there must be a lot of unorganized people, and they are not the rickshaw pullers or gangsters controlled by the second group, but those who have been placed or developed in the military, police, government departments or other official, semi-official and private sectors to specialize in intelligence.
Members of the activity are absolutely indispensable, but they do not have the official establishment of the Intelligence Division due to their own reasons, those of the Intelligence Division or other reasons.
Lin Mo asked so many questions, and Wu Liangdong was really hard to answer. He pondered for a while before he could organize his words.
"I won't answer each question one by one. I'll just give you a general overview of the situation. If you have any questions, I'll answer them later."
"Okay..." Lin Mo said nothing and nodded in agreement.
"At present, the national government's military industry strength is not very strong. The peak period of China's military industry in modern times was from the late Qing Dynasty to the period of Beiyang and the warlords' melee. Of course, this is relative.
During that period, domestic arsenals were able to produce large-caliber artillery, and the performance was pretty good at that time, but now it seems that it has lagged far behind the world, so it is relative.
During that period, the domestic situation was relatively chaotic. The talents trained by the arsenal were living outside the country due to various reasons. Some continued to work in the same business and privately manufactured weapons among the people. Some relied on their skills to find jobs in some private factories, and some
living in a foreign country, etc.
After the department asked me to expand the scale of the repair shop, I started targeting these people. Some were arrested for making weapons privately, some were still making weapons privately after the intelligence department had information, and some were found through some information channels.
There are quite a lot of people living among the people, and it didn't take much effort to find a large number of them.
These people include highly skilled masters from arsenals in the late Qing Dynasty, some of whom even participated in the counterfeit design of firearms and even cannons, as well as senior technicians and even core technicians and even weapons experts from warlord arsenals in various places.
For example, I found a weapons expert who once worked in the military industry department of the Northeast Army. He has participated in the imitation of many rifles, mortars, and mountain guns made in Liao, including the ZH-29 and this time the ZH-29 short model.
, it was only with the help of the other party that it was done so quickly.
He left the Northeast with the Northeast Army when it withdrew in September 18th. However, after leaving the Northeast, the Northeast Army basically lost its military industrial capabilities. He left Nanjing in despair. I found him through the intelligence in the office, and it was just the right time.
It's appropriate, their house has almost run out of pots, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy to invite them.
Moreover, through him, I also learned the whereabouts of a group of technicians from the Shenyang Arsenal, and now he has agreed to recruit foreign technicians who were at the Shenyang Arsenal for us, which is a big unexpected gain."
Lin Mo naturally knew the name of the Shenyang Arsenal. It was the largest arsenal in China during the Republic of China. At its peak, there were more than 25,000 factories, more than 8,000 machines of various types, a daily output of 300,000 rounds of ammunition, and a monthly output of more than 4,000 rifles. , can independently produce and manufacture flat-fire cannons, Japanese field guns, Austrian field guns, Japanese howitzers and corresponding shells. This alone is not comparable to what the current Nanjing National Government can match.
"Uncle Wu, are you planning to recruit technicians from the Shenyang Arsenal who were living among the people?"
"Yes, is there any problem..." Wu Liangdong frowned. To be honest, after learning about the glory of the Shenyang Arsenal from that person, he had the idea of those technicians and gave up for no reason. He was really a little uncomfortable. Agreed.