In fact, when they first opened their mouths in surprise, they saw nothing.
A circle of people gathered around the iron plate that Boss Du had lifted up in an inconspicuous corner of the hall. Naturally, the first thing they saw was the storage room below. The entrance was not big, but as far as the eye could see, the storage room was huge.
Small.
When Boss Du calmly lit a candle and walked up the wooden stairs to the dark storage room, the dim light of the fire drove away the darkness, revealing a large enough storage room space.
Surprisingly, in this place where the 88th Division served as the headquarters for more than two months, there is still such a large secret room hidden.
The reason why the Sihang Warehouse is called Sihang is because it is the vault of the four major banks: Jincheng, Zhongnan, Continental, and Salt Bank. In other words, before the Songhu War, all the gold bars and cash stored in it were gold bars and cash. First of all,
Not to mention that the walls are all reinforced concrete structures with an average thickness of one meter and are extremely strong. In such an important location, Boss Du is able to quietly have such a large secret room here. Boss Du is truly worthy of being one of the best in Shanghai.
and other characters.
When Du Yuesheng beckoned Xie Jinyuan and other officers to go down to the secret room, the secret room was about 500 square meters in size and had a good ventilation system. It didn't feel any stuffy at all. It was not enough to make Lieutenant Colonel Xie, who was determined, lose his composure. With Boss Du
Since you want to build a secret room, you will naturally not suffocate yourself to death, right?
However, when he saw the supplies stored in the secret room, Captain Xie, whose eyes had only flashed with surprise before, finally couldn't help it this time and suddenly opened his eyes wide.
My heart is about to explode with joy.
This is not just a secret room.
This place turned out to be an arsenal. It contained the things he needed most.
The secret room was square, with supplies piled up on all sides against the wall. To the north where he looked, there were piles of rifles bundled like a pile of firewood. Xie Jinyuan, who was proficient in military affairs, could tell at a glance that it was the first
Equipped with German armorers, most of China's troops have not yet had time to install medium and formal rifles. If calculated based on a bundle of 8 rifles, there will be at least 300 rifles, and there will be no problem in arming an infantry battalion.
In addition to rifles, there are at least 100 MP28 submachine guns hanging in rows with a deep blue light hanging on the wall. Those things can form a death barrage within a distance of 100 meters, and are even more terrifying than light machine guns.
But the rifles and submachine guns alone would not make Lieutenant Colonel Xie's eyes pop out of his sockets. Placed against the other wall are mortars lined up. The model of the mortars is from the 88th Division of the Royal Forest Army.
Xie Jinyuan, the acting leader of the main force group, naturally recognized that it was not the 82mm mortar, the standard equipment of German gunsmiths. It didn't matter whether it was the 82mm mortar or not. The 81mm mortar manufactured by France Brand was no more powerful than the 82mm mortar.
The gun is small, and in practical applications, 81 mm mortar shells can be used as emergency shells for the two 82 mortars in the cannon battery.
The boxes of shells piled next to the mortars, measuring at least four or five meters in length and width, and as tall as a person, told everyone that not only were 12 French-made mortars provided here, but at least 12,000 French-made mortars were also stored.
Thousands of artillery shells.
Lieutenant Lei Xiong, who had just been knocked down by Chen Yunfa with an almost overwhelming advantage, couldn't care less about being ashamed at the moment. He also couldn't think of how awesome Fatty Liu was who could beat up Chen Yunfa every day in the Independent Regiment. The look in his eyes
, were all attracted by the machine gun placed on the other wall.
Twelve Maxim heavy machine guns made by the Third Reich were not enough for the infantry company commander to open his mouth enough to swallow Chen Yunfa's bowl-sized fist with a look of surprise in his eyes. Even with these twelve heavy machine guns,
The number has reached twice that of the six Maxim heavy machine guns equipped by their battalion firepower company.
Lei Xiong is not a country bumpkin. As the commander of the main infantry company of the German Arms Division, he has seen a lot of weapons. The 542th Regiment is the main regiment of the German Arms Division. An infantry platoon is equipped with 3 Czech-made light machine guns, one company has 9, and one
The infantry battalion has 3 infantry companies plus a machine gun company with 6 Maxim heavy machine guns and 2 82mm mortars. At the infantry regiment level, it has 1 mortar company with 6 82mm mortars.
, 1 small artillery battery and 6 20mm machine guns. The equipment is definitely the most sophisticated in China in this era.
However, he was still stunned by the arms stored in the secret room of the bank vault. In addition to the twelve Maxim heavy machine guns, six of which could be used as anti-aircraft machine guns at first glance, there were six more familiar ones next to them.
20mm twin Surotong cannon.
In addition to these heavy weapons, piles of ammunition boxes showed that in addition to guns, there was enough ammunition. Even in this desperate situation where all supplies were cut off, the ammunition was enough for half a month or even a month.
"Ri Nen is a good man, this is a heavy weapon that can equip a regiment!" Lei Xiong pulled out his eyes from the machine gun with a faint blue light with some difficulty, and glanced at the crowd of people accompanying Commander Xie not far away.
Boss Du, who had a calm face, was shouting crazily in his heart.
The strong smell of gun oil in the secret room shows that these weapons are not just put here and done with, but are also regularly maintained and maintained, and are ready for use at any time.
Did Boss Du, who built such an awesome arsenal, plan to start a war in Shanghai?
"Boss Du, thank you so much. These weapons are very important to us." Xie Jinyuan was the leader of the group after all. He pulled his eyes out of the sophisticated weapons and equipment and said with a grateful face.
As for what Boss Du wanted to do with this arsenal, Xie Jinyuan was very wise and did not ask. Because, what Boss Du did in Shanghai, did he need to explain to him, a young lieutenant colonel?
Many ordinary people may only know that Boss Du is the boss of the Shanghai Youth Gang. His businesses are spread all over Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. He is powerful and wealthy, and he is a member of the upper class of society. But only those who truly belong to the upper class understand that Boss Du
In fact, he is not the upper class in the eyes of ordinary people. He should belong to the top class of that era. Xie Jinyuan is a senior officer in the Royal Forest Army, but he heard about his origins from his own generals, division commanders and army commanders.
In Shanghai, anyone can be offended, but not him.
In fact, this guy is really good at being a good person and has too many friends. If he offends him, even their lieutenant generals and generals will probably be in trouble. Who are the friends of Boss Du? They can make him the number one person in the country.
The most trusted lieutenants and generals of the Royal Guards all had headaches.
Just like Boss Du appears here today, "Let others do the icing on the cake, I only do things that help when times are right" is his life motto.
After the September 18th Incident, the powerful Marshal Zhang lost the Northeast without firing a single shot. In the hearts of all Chinese people, he was a sinner. Those who wanted to assassinate the "traitor" were lined up, and among them were axes.
Gang boss Wang Yaqiao. This man has assassinated the Zhili warlord Songhu Police Department Chief Xu Guoliang, and the Songhu Investment Promotion Bureau General Office Zhao Tieqiao. If saying that department-level cadres are small scum is not enough to reflect this outstanding person, then his assassination list is even
There are also the names of the President of the Executive Yuan and the CEO. Even the Japanese in Songhu were afraid when they heard his name and called him "the devil on earth."
But Lao Du was even more awesome. Facing Marshal Zhang who had nowhere to go, he only said, "Come to my house and stay in peace." The young marshal who everyone wanted to beat lived in Du's mansion, and he was safe and sound and still succeeded.
Quit smoking. In 1923, President Li Yuanhong was ousted from power. Wherever he went, the world was bleak and everyone shouted for beatings. When he arrived in Shanghai, Lao Du personally greeted him and guarded him day and night.
Lao Du, who "others save money, I save friendship", was known as "Chun Shen has three thousand guests, and Xiao Du's city is five feet south".
If you say that this is just a Jianghu person with a bit of loyalty, and most of the people he helps are those who have lost their power, then you really underestimate this big boss Du. In 1931, the Du Family Ancestral Hall was built, and famous Peking Opera masters
Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Gou Huisheng, Shang Xiaoyun and other 57 actors from three generations gathered in Shanghai. This was the only time that famous Peking opera stars appeared on the stage at the same time. Even Cixi, the old lady who loved Peking opera most, had never enjoyed this kind of treatment.
Historically known as "the best church in the world."
Not to mention, Zhang Taiyan, a mad scholar of the Republic of China who wrote a preface to his family, said, "Mr. Du Zhi and Emperor Yao, there will be a lot of trouble in the summer!" He directly promoted his family to Emperor Yao... Send a plaque
The big shots formed a long queue. The bald boss, Marshal Zhang, General He, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, Lin Hui, the Minister of National Defense... This man took it all in the cultural, opera, business, and political circles.
Is it any wonder that such a person stores heavy firepower weapons that can be equipped for an infantry regiment? Moreover, at the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, in order to prevent the Japanese navy from attacking the inland river, he vigorously responded to the call of the government and was the first to do so.
At that time, all the ships of his company, large and small, were scuttled in the Yangtze River waterway. He was also a famous patriot.
"Haha, Captain Xie is serious. These arms should be able to be used by nobles!" Boss Du, who was wearing a long robe, showed a strange look on his face that was difficult for everyone to understand, and asked in a somewhat confusing manner.
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"Of course, no matter whether it is heavy machine guns, machine guns or mortars, our officers and soldiers have received this training and can operate them skillfully, including these Zhongzheng rifles. Although we also have guns, it is inevitable that some of them will be damaged. Just so.
It can be replaced. This batch of arms is really important to our army. I am fully confident that we can hold on here for a week or even more than half a month, unless the Japanese dare to mobilize heavy artillery for bombing." Xie Jinyuan said decisively.
"no problem?"
"Absolutely no problem!" Xie Jinyuan looked at Boss Du with some confusion.
This is, why do you still want to collect some money?
Of course it's not that Boss Du wants to collect money, he just wants to make sure.
In fact, it was not only the guards who had seen the world who were surprised, but also Boss Du, who in their eyes had great hands and eyes in Shanghai and was still calm, didn't feel like him at this time.
His face looked so calm, but it was full of turmoil.
Although most of these weapons were secretly transported into this secret room through his hands, apart from rifles, the weapons did not come from the national army's arms channels. Whether they were mortars, heavy machine guns, or machine guns, they were all from these sources.
In recent years, we have adopted the import channel.
With the increasingly close cooperation with Huashang Group, he has some understanding of Huashang Group, a newly rising business upstart. All along, he just thought that this was Liu Lang's retreat or weapon for Huashang Group in Shanghai.
Transshipment place. Otherwise, there is no reason to spend a large sum of money to invest in the Salt Bank and occupy this large area not as a vault but as a warehouse for important supplies.
But until today, until this moment, he finally confirmed that this secret room and these weapons were actually for this isolated national army. The fat man who was brilliant in business and on the battlefield, actually, from four years ago
He was making preparations to fight the Japanese in Songhu, and even expected to use this place as a base.
It was even expected that elite national troops would be stationed here.
How can his wisdom be described as almost demonic?
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PS: Congratulations to the book friend who left a message yesterday. You guessed it right, but you only guessed the beginning but not the ending. It took me a chapter...but I didn't want to either.