afterglow

Chapter 149
It will be 37 years since New Year's Day, but in fact, many places in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty still follow the ancient calendar, and regard the New Year's Eve on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month as the watershed between the old and the new.

In a few days in the last ten days of the twelfth lunar month, four batches of weapons and equipment were transported over. The total ordnance received by the First Marine Regiment included:
400支试制三五式半自动步枪、60挺试制三七式重机枪、150具望远镜和炮队镜、5000顶新型的三六式钢盔、20台新型的三四式乙型电台、10台试制三六式无线电通话机。

Just from the pile of "trial production" words, we can see how luxurious the equipment of the First Marine Regiment is. Many cutting-edge equipment that have not yet been mass-produced have been allocated to the First Marine Regiment by the Ministry of War. It can also be seen that the navy's face is still not small.

The semi-automatic rifle was designed by the Wuchang Arsenal. It is a long-stroke piston gas-guided rifle, fed by ten-round magazines, and has an empty weight of 3.9kg. It is much lighter than the M1 "Garand". It is more suitable for Chinese use. It has a beautiful appearance and is a type of A unique weapon of the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called Ming feature is to pursue reliability and fierceness in design ideas, and at the same time try to be as beautiful as possible. As for precision and ease of production, this is secondary.

The trial-produced 37-type heavy machine gun is actually the authorized production model of the Vz.35 heavy machine gun of the Brno Arsenal in the Czech Republic. After improving the Vz.37 with certain shortcomings, the Brno Arsenal launched the Vz.[-]. The production license was immediately purchased by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of War.

The arsenals in Shenyang and Yingtian are responsible for mass production, and the current production line is still being established and debugged, so the 60 pieces allocated to the First Marine Regiment are only trial production.

In addition, the most high-end equipment is the 10 trial-produced 16-type radios, with a total weight of 3kg, adjustable amplitude, and shaped like a large iron box, which can be carried by one person like a schoolbag.Under standard conditions, the voice communication distance is 12㎞, and the code sending distance can reach [-]㎞.

This radio talker developed by Shanghai Yongchang Electric Co., Ltd. is still in the experimental stage. At present, there are problems such as low life of the electronic tube, large decline in communication quality in complex sites, and high weight. effective feedback.

Your troops are almost becoming new equipment testing units?
Zhou Changfeng didn't mind about this, good things would naturally play a greater role in a high-quality group, and the quality of his subordinates was definitely second to none in Ming Dynasty.

Because the new Marine Regiment was not a combat-ready unit, there was a holiday around the end of the year, and almost everyone from soldiers to officers left.

The huge Jiangxinzhou military camp suddenly became deserted, with only a few dozen officers and soldiers left.

A string of red lanterns hung high above the gate of the barracks. Zhou Changfeng gathered all the remaining officers and soldiers except the guards, and then set off firecrackers outside, which was considered a celebration.

Although the continuous crackling sound is a bit like the sound of guns to a certain extent, the peaceful scene in front of you is not at all related to the war-torn battlefield.

Zhou Changfeng stopped on a slightly higher soil slope next to the military camp, and lit a cigarette for himself which was rare.

The dark night sky is dotted with bright stars, and the south is the direction of the urban area. When the lights of thousands of houses are in full swing, there are constantly dazzling and fancy fireworks rising into the sky, and then blooming in the starry sky.

It was also at this moment that he felt how lonely he was—hey, he was a homeless guy.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and happily reported: "Sir! Someone from the village outside has come to deliver food!"

Oh open?

The excited Zhou Changfeng snuffed out half of the remaining cigarette, held it in his hand, and walked to the gate of the barracks.

Six or seven villagers in thick padded robes brought over a dozen baskets of steaming dumplings, stuffed with leeks, pork, and cabbage, led by the Baozhang.

If we talk about the fish and water situation between the army and the people, I’m afraid that’s not the case. The thoughts and intentions of the common people are actually very simple. They just hope to build a good relationship with these new “uncles”, so that if something disturbs the people in the future, they can go to the door to reason.

"So much? On behalf of the entire regiment, I thank you for your kindness."

This style is not small ah?Zhangkou is "on behalf of the whole regiment"?
Just when Bao Zhang was a little surprised, Zhou Changfeng ordered: "We have a lot of food in stock, and five hundred bars of chocolate, there are exchanges."

"Deling! Uh... Captain, do you want to bring the dry food inside as well?"

"Who is okay to eat that stuff? Those who celebrate Chinese New Year must eat sweets."

Hearing this conversation, the Baochang and the villagers realized that the person in front of them was actually the leader of this gang of "uncles"?

The Tuanzheng is basically a lieutenant colonel, and the lieutenant colonel is a serious military official of the fourth grade. In ancient times, he was a high-ranking official with the magistrate, and he should not be underestimated now.

Everyone came here to give dumplings because it was flattering. Who would have thought that the other party would send a lot of chocolates instead?
Although the world is still peaceful today, food and drink are easy to worry about, and food prices are not expensive, but they are not rich enough to eat sweets such as candy and chocolate casually.

Despite repeated evasions, under Zhou Changfeng's persuasion, the villagers still accepted the [-] bars of chocolate and left after thanking them repeatedly.

Out of basic security principles, the guards on duty don't eat it first, and the others share a few dumplings each.

In this way, this New Year's Eve is also complete.

But this night is destined not to be too dull?Because around midnight, Zhou Changfeng received an unexpected call.

"Geng character [-] unit, I am the chief officer, please tell me if you have anything to do."

"How was your New Year's Eve?"

When the female voice came out, Zhou Changfeng was taken aback and almost lost his grip on the microphone.

Tsk!How...how is she? !
"I... It's okay, let's set off firecrackers, and then watch the subordinates play cards and mahjong." Zhou Changfeng, pretending to be calm, replied.

Zhu Lingjing on the other end of the phone let out a chuckle, "Set off firecrackers? You still have a childlike innocence."

Since he didn't know what this strange princess wanted to do, Zhou Changfeng had to talk to her reluctantly.

After a while, seeing that he still didn't get to the point, he asked, "His Royal Highness, is there something you need to call at night?"

"I've already told you that nothing has happened recently. If there is something to do, why did you inform you like this?"

"..."

"Looking at your recent situation, I think you will issue a marriage letter and get engaged next year, right? I have prepared a gift money for you, which will be delivered in the next year, so don't make it public."

After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone without waiting for Zhou Changfeng to speak.

Hey, as expected, this woman must have sent someone to find out all the people and things around her.

As for the so-called gift money for the engagement, it was obviously just an excuse, but it was actually trying to buy people's hearts?

Feeling helpless, Zhou Changfeng stared at the phone for a long time, and finally shook his head while covering his forehead.

So far, I can't get off the pirate boat, so I can only bite the bullet and sit on the boat and drift far away.

Just accept the money, it's not that you're blind to money, it's just that you don't give face if you don't accept it.

(End of this chapter)