The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 570 Because We Are the Eighth Route Army
"Of course!"

Kong Jie knew all too well the potential value of the deposit drawings he had prepared.

The excitement John showed at this moment was all within his expectations.

"It's just, John, I think you didn't see clearly just now, this is only one third of the design drawings."

"Besides, no matter how much munitions you send over this time, I will pay you an additional price at the time of handover."

"As for the full version of this blueprint, I think John, you know its value very well. If there is not enough price, it will be difficult for me to promise you."

John, however, was holding only one-third of the design drawings in his hand, and nodded repeatedly: "Of course, Xu, don't worry, as long as you are willing to hand over the design drawings to me in full, I will definitely pay for it." The price you are satisfied with."

"Then let's talk about it now, John, how much ammunition did you bring me this time?" Kong Jie asked.

John smiled apologetically, and said, "Xu, this is the first attempt after all, and I was worried about arousing the suspicion of Japan on the way, so I didn't bring much ammunition, only 1917 M200 rifles and light machine guns. 5, 2 heavy machine guns, 2 M60 3mm mortars, and 10 Springfield bolt-action sniper rifles. Each rifle is equipped with 150 bullets of the corresponding caliber, and the machine gun is equipped with 1000 bullets. There are a total of 180 shells with a base number, and there are also some other types of guns, grenades and the like.”

The monk on the side secretly admired it. As expected of the head of the regiment, these Yankees sent such a large batch of equipment just by talking about it.

Kong Jie was not satisfied, "John, these munitions are far from the list I sent."

John hurriedly said: "Xu, please don't worry, next time I will definitely send you this batch of munitions, or even double it, no, it will be tripled, as long as it can be hidden from Little Japan's detection, as long as there are enough arsenals , I will send it to you."

Kong Jie's big appetite surprised John very much.

Not only did he charge as much as the arms, but he also agreed to buy the factories in China of the surrounding American businessmen under his own name without blinking his brows.

Coupled with this potentially valuable design drawing sent by Kong Jie.

John is now afraid that his big money maker will run away.

Therefore, the two discussed the next cooperation, where, when, and how to hand over the first batch of munitions.

After these discussions, Kong Jie proposed to discuss some important matters with John alone.

Qiao Fusi and the monk left from the private room and waited vigilantly outside the restaurant.

The secret conversation between the two lasted for more than 20 minutes before they walked out of the private room together. Like old friends, they put each other's shoulders on each other's shoulders, talking and laughing happily.

Finally, the two parties bid farewell and left separately.

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After returning to the hotel, Joe Fuss finally couldn't help the doubt in his heart, and asked: "Boss, what is that blueprint before? Is it really of great value?"

John nodded and replied: "That is the design drawing of a new submachine gun. The design of the drawing itself is quite exquisite. I can guarantee that with this drawing as a reference, this submachine gun can be produced smoothly."

Joe Fuss wondered: "Submachine gun? We have the best Thomson M1 submachine gun, isn't that enough?"

John said: "The performance of the Thomson M1 submachine gun is very good, and it has always been favored by the troops, but its structure is too complicated, the cost is high, and it is bulky, such a weapon is not good. It can’t be sold, and it can’t supply troops in large quantities. If a war breaks out, this submachine gun won’t be of much use at all.”

"However, Mr. Xu gave the design drawings of this submachine gun, and the designed submachine gun was introduced in detail in the previous part of the design drawings.

The entire casing is stamped from steel pipes. It only needs to install the basic recoil machine, recoil spring, and barrel and firing pin to form a simple submachine gun. It also fires 11.43×23mm Colt pistol bullets. , using a 30-round magazine for ammunition.

Its structure is simple, durable and reliable.

Compared with the Thomson M1 submachine gun, its performance in all aspects is not bad at all. The most important thing is that it is cheap, can be mass-produced, and can quickly supply a large number of troops. "

"What does this mean? This means that if we have a complete set of design drawings for this submachine gun, we can completely monopolize the market for this low-cost submachine gun."

"Once a war breaks out in the future, this new type of submachine gun will become the standard for a large number of troops. This will not only help our motherland, but also bring us immeasurable wealth."

"So, although this is just a stack of drawings, the potential value contained in it is quite amazing."

"But what surprised me even more was that Mr. Xu could easily produce such exquisite design drawings. The wisdom of the Chinese people is unimaginable."

"In addition, Mr. Xu told me that he even has blueprints of Japanese Zero fighter jets. Obtaining such blueprints may not be of great benefit to us, but it is too important to our troops. That means This means that in future air-to-air operations, we can even rely on our familiarity with the structure and performance of the Japanese Zero aircraft to gain absolute air superiority."

"Using this to make a big deal with the military, why not do it?"

Joe Fuss was also full of emotion, "It's incredible, there are too many incredible things about Mr. Xu."

"Boss, what did Mr. Xu talk to you about later?"

John said: "This meeting and discussion once again proved that Mr. Xu is by no means a simple businessman. Communication equipment of some telecom companies."

"Now it is absolutely certain that the people who robbed the small Japanese bank and treasury outside the concession not long ago should be people arranged by Mr. Xu. He even has many bearer bonds of the company in his hands."

"Mr. Xu said that if I want some of the bonds, I can also use them as funds to buy factories and arms."

"Boss, what do you decide to do?" Joe Fuss asked.

John thought for a while, spread his hands helplessly, and replied, "What else can we do? We are not as powerful as Mr. Xu, so we can't learn how to rob the Japanese army's bank vaults, right?"

"Facts have also proved that with the funds of those banks and treasuries as background, Mr. Xu does have the financial resources to carry out the cooperation he promised with us."

"Then cooperate with him, this is our big customer."

In addition, there are some things that John did not say, which belonged to the secret discussion between him and Kong Jie.

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On the other side, Kong Jie was also explaining to the monk.

After hearing this, the monk suddenly realized: "Commander, it turns out that this small submachine gun has such great potential value, and it can even change the course of a war. Blueprints for those Yankees?"

Kong Jie thought for a while, then gave an example and said: "Monk, let me ask you, if you have a priceless treasure in your hand, but you can't find a place to exchange it into money, the only thing you can see There is only one steamed bun shop, and you are already starving at this time, if you don’t eat anymore, you will even starve to death, let me ask you, would you trade this treasure for some steamed buns?”

The monk thought for a while, then nodded: "I'll change it, everyone is dead, so what's the use of having a baby?"

Kong Jie said with a smile: "In the same way, even if we have this design drawing, we don't have enough technology and equipment to produce this submachine gun, let alone mass production. This blueprint will not be of much value in our hands. .”

"So, it's better to exchange it for more benefits from the Yankees."

The monk nodded cheerfully, "Head, I understand."

As for the design drawings of the submachine gun that Kong Jie showed John, it was actually the Gade M3 submachine gun developed by the United States at the end of World War II.

Anyway, if Kong Jie doesn't give the blueprint, the Yankees will develop it sooner or later.

The factories of the Eighth Route Army did not have this production capacity.

It's better to get it out in advance and get more benefits from the Yankees.

When the Pacific battlefield broke out, he suddenly faced a Yankee equipped with a large number of M3 submachine guns. Thinking about the kid's bewildered expression at that time, Kong Jie was quite looking forward to it.

In addition, he used the series of coaxing and deception, and added some alarmist words, as if he mercifully agreed to John to buy American and British businessmen's factories in China from him.

It seemed that he had suffered a great loss, and that John had received a great favor from Kong Jie.

In fact, Captain Kong was secretly happy for a long time.

In fact, he was taking advantage of the fire in disguise, but it was much better than the ugly little devil.

When all the production factories of these American and British businessmen are acquired, the independent group's external business channels can be further expanded.

This is of great benefit to breaking the economic blockade of the Japanese army.

Of course, in order to ensure safety, Kong Jie must have asked the Soviet businessmen to come forward for the acquisition of the factories of these British and American businessmen in China and the subsequent operation and management.

Anyway, the Soviet-Japanese neutrality treaty has been signed, so the banner of the Soviet businessmen is not in vain.

Oh, by the way, the design drawings of the Gade M3 submachine gun that I promised to sell to John, can I get another copy and sell it to the Soviets!
Anyway, it's all the same thing, our head Kong doesn't know what a patent right is or is not a patent right.

Near noon, the monk and Kong Jie returned to the base smoothly, and even caught up with the regiment's lunch.

Li Wenjie, who was waiting for the news at the regiment headquarters, breathed a sigh of relief, and was always worried about Kong Jie!
Seeing Kong Jie and the two returning with a smile on their face, Li Wenjie asked: "Head, looking at you, it went smoothly this time?"

Kong Jie laughed and said, "That was quite smooth. Wenjie, look, if this line goes smoothly, our independent regiment, and even the entire Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area, may undergo earth-shaking changes."

After all, ignoring Li Wenjie's shock, Kong Jie immediately arranged a team, and according to the time agreed with John, he was going to receive the first batch of munitions and equipment sent by John first.

The next morning, the equipment handed over at night arrived at the regiment headquarters compound smoothly.

Looking at the American equipment here, the eyes of the battalion and company commanders who heard the sound all glowed green.

"Hey, Commander, this is the American Enfield M1917 rifle we saw in the picture, right?"

"According to the performance introduced in the book, this gun is much more powerful than the devil's [-] rifle. It can hit farther, has better performance, and is more accurate. If we can all use this gun to fight devils, then why don't we beat the little devil? Do you have to scream?"

Tao Shunmin, commander of the seventh company, said, lovingly touching this and looking at that.

Thanks to the military education within the Independence Regiment, various books are open, and many are translated Japanese books, which introduce many weapons.

Therefore, the cadres are no strangers to the American equipment in this place.

"Good guy, this is the American M2 60mm mortar! I have also given a lot of shells, more than 100 rounds! This thing is much more powerful than the devil's grenadier. In addition, it is light in weight and powerful. We usually carry the bulky 82mm mortar and run all over the mountains and plains, it is too light.”

"This is very suitable for our cold artillery combat. As a hidden firepower attack, the little devil is not directly stunned by a sneak attack?"

"My God, the scope of this sniper rifle is too exaggerated, bigger than the quadruple scope, right?"

In the midst of exclamation, Shen Quan, the commander of the Second Battalion, set his sights on a unique shotgun that was not very eye-catching.

"The American pump-action shotgun is almost invincible from 20 meters to 40 meters. It is simply the king of melee combat. It can even fire incendiary bombs. It is definitely the best weapon for trench warfare. If you hit a few incendiary bombs, there is How many devils will reimburse him!"

After the introduction, Shen Quan felt a little emotional.

"Captain, you said that if our team can be equipped with such weapons, it will be his turn to run wild all these years?"

A group of cadres nodded in sympathy, and then recalled the situation of weapons and equipment in the regiment a year ago, full of sadness.

Kong Jie said: "I don't want to hit you, but I still have to let you know the facts. The American weapons you see before your eyes are weapons that Yankees are about to eliminate, and they don't even look down on them."

"The standard weapons equipped by the elite army troops of the U.S. military are much better than this."

"The most we can get from the Yankees are these guns, but we have nothing to do with the real battlefield meat grinders, tanks, planes, and heavy artillery."

"Well, this is really more popular than people!"

First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu couldn't help cursing.

Kong Jie reassured in turn: "Of course, fortunately, the equipment of our opponent, the little devil, is not much better."

"With these guns equipped, it is enough to deal with little devils."

"More importantly, what kind of troops are using such weapons. The same weapon is placed on different troops, and the power it exerts is completely different."

"You just give all the most advanced weapons of the United States to the national army, can they win this war?"

In the yard, the cadres were stunned for half a second, and then there was a burst of echo:
"Captain, what you said is too good. Even if it's millet with a rifle and a little devil with a plane and a cannon, can't we still fight it?"

"Why? Because we are the Eighth Route Army!"

What proud words, all the soldiers subconsciously straightened their chests and raised their heads...

(End of this chapter)