A brand new Czech light machine gun with a shiny black luster lay quietly in the box, with two spare magazines and a spare barrel next to it.
Uncle Ma suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhou Wen, with inquiry, hope, and even a little pleading in his eyes. Zhou Wen looked at him and nodded gently.
Uncle Ma squatted down, holding the box with both hands, tears streaming down his face, and finally started crying quietly.
Zhou Wen slowly walked away, letting this man who looked like a little old man vent his grievances and frustrations to his heart's content.
Uncle Ma's name is Ma Defu. He used to be a machine gunner in the Anhui Army. Later, he was ruthlessly abandoned by his superiors after being injured on the battlefield. It was Gao Xiaoshan's father who carried him behind his back and surrendered to Wang Huzi. Wang Huzi was also kind and took him in and helped him heal his injuries. Looking back later.
If his actions don't change, let him help train the disciples.
However, he felt miserable in his heart! Since his leg became lame, the former dragon has turned into a reptile. Seeing himself become a burden, he seems to be superfluous everywhere. His life is becoming more and more cautious and frustrating, and his waist is getting tighter.
Come more and more curved.
In fact, the man in his thirties looks like a little old man.
The last time Zhou Wen heard Gao Xiaoshan say that his machine gun fire was accurate, he took it seriously. Gao Xiaoshan had a calm personality, and Zhou Wen believed what he said. And now the team is slowly taking shape, and the brothers have practiced their marksmanship and tactical movements well.
Artillery support is available, and long-range precision shooters are available, but machine guns and machine gunners are missing. Machine gunners are not easy to train. They have to feed bullets, so the machine gunner in Zhou Wen's mind is Uncle Ma.
What does lameness have to do with it? It’s not that I can’t run. I usually carry machine guns and bullets on my kids’ backs, and they are all young men who are as strong as oxen. For long-distance raids, I ride horses and mules. When I can’t climb mountains, I have people carry me on my back.
As long as the machine gun fires loudly and accurately, it will be fine. Besides, I still have Buddhist beads, and I will always get better with more massage.
In the afternoon of the next day, the guard company's competition ended. Wang Huzi and Old Uncle Wu also came to watch. Statistics showed that no one in the entire company missed the target during the 200-meter shooting.
Gao Xiaoshan, who scored the best, hit the target all the time. One person who scored four shots and two Gazi. Two people who scored three shots, one is named Li Hu and the other is Niu Bao.
The first place for tactical moves is Gao Xiaoshan. The second place is Sun Dazhu, the muscular man who fought against Zhou Wen. The third place is Er Gazi.
The first in the fighting competition is Gao Xiaoshan. The second is Xu Dacheng. The third is Sun Dazhu.
Zhou Wen sighed in his heart: "Brother Shan Zi is so strong that he deserves to be given a full body massage by me. He must be the second shooter in the company."
I just didn’t expect that this idiot Ergazi is very talented in shooting. Well, Sun Dazhu, Li Hu and Niu Bao are all good. I’ll give them a complete set in the future.” Is this guy praising others or himself?
Then he strode up to Wang Huzi and saluted and asked for instructions: "Report to the leader, the guard company competition has ended successfully. Now please give the leader a lecture to all the brothers in the company."
Wang Huzi was so touched! A machine gun bought him the right to lecture. He was the regiment leader again. We must seize this opportunity. If we don't say it for an hour, we won't be able to resist that machine gun.
"Ah, this, the kids practiced well, practiced well! I am so happy to be the leader today..."
Zhou Wen was puzzled as soon as he heard this. How come the speeches of leaders in any era are the same? Is this part of traditional Chinese culture?
Half an hour later, Wang Huzi was still continuing, "Shan Zi's performance was unusual when he was six years old..." Zhou Wen immediately thought of Gao Xiaoshan's eighteen years old, why didn't he talk about it until dark? With a plop, he
fall down.
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It's already extremely hot in Xuchang City in August. For some unknown reason, a large number of soldiers were suddenly dispatched in the city in recent days to conduct house-to-house searches, which made people in the city panic and the weather was even more unbearably hot.
That morning, eight young soldiers on horseback escorted a carriage into Xuchang City.
The first one was Zhou Wen, followed by Gao Xiaoshan, Xu Dacheng and several other young men with good training results. The driver was Old Uncle Wu.
It turned out that Old Uncle Wu was going to the city to buy oil and salt for the regiment headquarters. The guards even needed a lot of pen, ink and paper to learn culture, so Zhou Wen decided to go to the city together.
I also wanted to see if there was any way to get some son-in-law. Because it was slow to drive, I stayed in an inn near the city gate for one night before entering the city early in the morning.
After entering the city, they found that the atmosphere was a bit tense. There were many soldiers on the street holding guns and checking. Gao Xiaoshan asked someone to inquire and they said that three days ago, a monk from the Shaolin Temple assassinated Chairman Shi on the street. He was wounded by a gun and ran away.
Zhou Wen shook his head after hearing this and said: "I did it three days ago. I have run away long ago. Only fools would hide in the city." He knew that the Shaolin Temple was burned down by Shi Yousan during the Republic of China, and it was reasonable for the Shaolin monks to seek revenge from him.
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After entering the city, Zhou Wen asked Gao Xiaoshan to lead everyone to help Old Uncle Wu, while he walked around first. The horses were stored at the Zhumadian at the city gate, and some people helped feed them with grass and water.
Xu Dacheng also wanted to go with Zhou Wen, but Zhou Wen stopped him with one sentence: "They don't understand pen, ink or paper. Only you can go."
Zhou Wen had good intentions. There were many troops stationed in the city, so there would definitely be a black market for arms. Especially in the warlord army, there were many officials who made money by reselling guns and ammunition.
The black market is usually located in a certain inn or hotel, which is convenient for hiding and viewing goods. Zhou Wen went from house to house and walked around the streets and alleys of Xuchang City. On the way, he also bought a red head rope for Hongxiu.
As I was walking, someone called me: "Brother Zhou, long time no see."
Zhou Wen looked up and said overjoyed: "Brother Zhou, why is it you?" The person who came was none other than Zhou Jinbao, who had pointed him out in Xinxiang County.
Zhou Wen is still very grateful to Zhou Jinbao. Without Zhou Jinbao's careful introduction and guidance, the situation of Zhou Wen and Xu Dacheng would be very variable. It is difficult to say whether the two brothers can be in the same army.
Zhou Jinbao returned to Xuchang for a temporary business trip this time, and he did not expect to run into Zhou Wen by such a coincidence. When they met, they exchanged warm greetings and said goodbye to each other. After Zhou Jinbao asked Zhou Wen's purpose, he said: "The black market for arms is not in the city.
, outside the city.”
Seeing that there was no place for talking on the street, Zhou Jinbao took Zhou Wen into a teahouse on the street and found a private room to sit down.
After Dr. Tea poured the tea and turned around to go out, he continued: "There are two black markets, one is in Lijiazhuang, which is thirty miles west of the city, and the other is at the Beicheng Inn outside the North City Gate." No wonder Zhou Wen couldn't find it after shopping all over the city.
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After finishing speaking, Zhou Jinbao looked Zhou Wen up and down carefully, gave Zhou Wen a thumbs up and said: "Brother Zhou is so clever. He confused everyone in the supply department and found a good way for himself.
Home."
"I really have to thank Brother Zhou for reminding me, otherwise the situation would have been difficult to explain." Zhou Wen thanked him.
Zhou Jinbao said with a weird and funny expression: "Brother Zhou has such a big reputation in the supply department now!" Zhou Wen was confused, how could he still have a reputation after being hungry and beaten?
"The scum among the students, the scoundrel among the dandies. Everyone knows about the supply department. Does this count as a great reputation?" Zhou Jinbao burst out laughing after saying this.
After hearing this, Zhou Wen started to feel dazed, and then started laughing too. This was unexpected, and it seemed that he was really talented in acting.
The two chatted and joked, and invisibly got closer to each other. Zhou Wen briefly introduced the current situation between himself and Xu Dacheng, and then asked: "Is there any urgent matter for Brother Zhou to come here this time? Otherwise, we will call our brothers to host at noon.
Dacheng and his brothers have a few drinks together."
Zhou Jinbao stopped smiling, thinking of his troubles, how could he be in the mood to drink, and then he declined: "Forget it. I accept your and Dacheng's wishes. Let's have a drink again when we have the opportunity."
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Zhou Wen was a discerning person, so he asked: "Brother Zhou, what's the problem? If it's convenient, you might as well tell me and listen. As I said before about the current situation, there are also a few caring brothers in the supplementary group, who can
If you can help me, I can help you; if you can’t help me, I can help you with some ideas, right?"
After hearing this, Zhou Jinbao's heart moved, yes, why were he so busy exchanging greetings that he ignored the person in front of him. This brother is not simple. He is a calm and resourceful man, and he has become famous in less than a month. It's hard to say that it's true.
You can help yourself.
After sighing, Zhou Jinbao explained his situation.
It turns out that Zhou Jinbao used to be the deputy section chief of the ammunition section of the Supply Department. He was capable and a good person, managed the ammunition section in an orderly manner, and managed all aspects of the relationship between the upper and lower levels, which earned him the trust of the then section chief.
The current section chief, Fatty Zhao, was just a junior officer in the transportation team at that time. Later, he was discovered by Zhou Jinbao for reselling ammunition. Fatty Zhao's family spent a lot of money to protect him from being dealt with by military law, but the two sides also forged a rift.
Later, when Shi Youxin was transferred as the section chief, he changed all the section chiefs. Originally, Zhou Jinbao still had a chance to be promoted to section chief. After all, he was proficient in business, and whoever became his boss needed subordinates who knew how to do things.
But after Fatty Zhao found out about Shi Youxin's lustful nature, he gave his sister to him as a concubine. Fatty Zhao was ugly and fat, but his sister was quite pretty, and Shi Youxin actually doted on him after she got it.
abnormal.
So Fatty Zhao became Section Chief Zhao, and Zhou Jinbao's hard days came. The position of Deputy Section Chief was also removed, and he was transferred to the Recruitment Section as an adjutant. Later, he was even sent to a remote recruitment office to languish.
This time I took the opportunity to go back to the headquarters for business and wanted to move around a bit to see if I could be transferred back to the headquarters. As a result, I was scolded by Shi Youxin and ridiculed by Fatty Zhao.
After hearing this, Zhou Wen also sighed for Zhou Jinbao, thought about it carefully for a while, and already had an idea, so he said: "Brother Zhou, the focus of this matter is actually two people, one Shi Youxin and the other Fatty Zhao.
Shi Youxin has a high position and is Chairman Shi's cousin. It is impossible to move him.
The only thing we can do is to remove Fatty Zhao. If Fatty Zhao is removed, half of the game will be over. If Brother Zhou can find a way to make some contributions, the matter will basically be done."
When Zhou Jinbao heard this, he admired Zhou Wen to the ground. His mind was originally a mess, but after listening to his simple analysis, it became clear and he had ideas for solving the problem. To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. He is really
The authorities are obsessed with it.
He immediately looked at Zhou Wen eagerly and said, "Good brother, I met you today as God guided me. Please tell me how to move?"