Life in the world of film and television

Chapter 417

The weapons that Li Mu currently purchases are all purchased from the international open arms market, which is similar to the channels used by small European countries to purchase weapons. They do not need to be reviewed by domestic departments, and they do not seem to have anything to do with Guofu. Chance.

In fact, the weapons purchased by the Guofu are so expensive, not only because others have raised the price on the ground, but also because of their own problems. After all, it is an old tradition to take kickbacks.

Not only weapons, but also cars.

According to Li Mu's understanding, for example, the current Ford car has two prices at home and abroad, 260 US dollars for a foreign car, and more than 800 US dollars for a domestic car.

This is not a price increase abroad. After all, they sell hundreds of thousands a year, and they don’t care about the thousands of units in China. It is not that the tariff is too high. During the Republic of China, the import tariff on luxury goods such as cars was only 20.00%.

The main reason is that domestic foreign firms and commercial firms have monopolized the purchase channels, and then increase the price layer by layer. The foreign sales are 260 US dollars, and the cost of shipping and customs duties is only more than 300 US dollars, but the domestic price is directly increased to more than 800 US dollars. It is just lying down to make money.

Moreover, this is not an isolated phenomenon, it is true in many industries.

It is said that some troops and warlords in the coastal areas often smuggle cars and other materials because of the huge profits.

As an important big city in the Republic of China, why did Guangzhou fall so quickly.It is said that there were smugglers leading the way. The little devil followed the army's secret smuggling route and went straight into the hinterland of Guangzhou, resulting in Guangzhou being breached in a very short period of time.

Of course, it was also a reason why the headmaster took many troops away from the vicinity to participate in the Battle of Wuhan.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Mu bought the six Bofors 75mm mountain cannons for $[-], and placed another order for [-] mountain cannons. He must build an artillery regiment anyway.

The shells were not cheap either, fifteen dollars a piece, a total of [-] shells in stock, $[-], all of which were taken by Li Mu.

After buying weapons, the next thing to buy is cars and trucks.

At this time, the foreign automobile industry was quite developed. Li Mu considered for a long time and chose to purchase Ford light trucks.It can carry a load of [-] tons, the price is cheap, and the quality is not bad.

This is not like purchasing in China, there is no tariff, and there is no price increase by dealers. You can directly get the goods from Ford's agents in Southeast Asia, which is not much higher than the ex-factory price.

However, the agent currently does not have a lot of goods in hand, only [-] of them, all of which were taken down by Li Mu, each for [-] US dollars, totaling [-] US dollars.

After looking at it again, I decided to purchase some heavy trucks, and finally chose the Mercedes-Benz L 6500 heavy-duty truck.

This car came out in [-]. It was originally a civilian truck, and its basic design was mainly for civilian use. However, after the outbreak of World War II, the car inevitably became a military vehicle and became one of the heavy transport vehicles of the German army in World War II. .

This type of heavy-duty truck is considered to be a very good civil heavy-duty truck in the current era. It is a two-axle truck with double tires on the rear axle and a wheelbase of 5.1 meters. It is equipped with hydraulically braked drum brakes.

The car is 9.45 meters long, 2.5 meters wide, and 2.42 meters high. The car weighs about 6.65 tons, with a maximum load of about 7 tons, a maximum speed of 75 kilometers per hour, and a fuel consumption of 38 liters per [-] kilometers.

Both the speed and the load are very good.Of course, the price is not cheap, at [-] US dollars, there are only ten sources of supply.

Li Mu thought about it for a while, and took it down. After all, the load of a light truck is only [-] tons. Some machines or weapons must be transported with heavy trucks.

It cost [-] US dollars to win these ten heavy trucks.

Li Mu originally wanted to buy some more Jeeps. This car is quite famous in later generations. Unfortunately, the Jeep has not yet been born, and it will take another two years.

The next step is to purchase a few cars for myself. The major well-known brands in this era have already come out.

Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Chevron, Chevrolet... Li Mu even found Rolls-Royce Phantom, Bentley and Lincoln. This is the Republic of China.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom I was developed by Ford Motor in 120. It can reach a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, but it is ridiculously expensive. At that time, there was only one in China, and it was driven by foreigners.

There is also the Bentley Blowe manufactured in 1929, with a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour, which can be called the fastest in the world.For no other reason, there were no roads in China at that time that could run such a car.

The luxury car that very few people in China can consume is only one Lincoln. The car brands that dominate the market are Ford, Chevrolet and Citroen. The sales of Mercedes-Benz and BMW, which are more famous in later generations, are very few at this time.

Compared with ordinary civilian cars, the prices of these luxury cars are also exaggerated, ranging from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands. This is an era when one dollar is equal to one gram of gold.

Li Mu bought some at random, including Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Chevrolet. Bentley and Rolls-Royce Phantom have no existing cars and need to be ordered.

Li Mu was quite curious about these two cars, and what they were like in the Republic of China, so he ordered two.

When you buy a car, you naturally have to buy gasoline.

In recent years, gasoline prices have been quite stable. In fact, during World War II, oil prices have been quite stable without any major fluctuations.

例如1939年原油价格为1.02美元/桶，到1945年价格为1.05美元/桶，期间最高的价格也只有1942年的1.19美元/桶。

This price lasted for a long time, and even in 1960, the price of oil was still $1.90 per barrel.

Until the outbreak of the Fourth Middle East War in 1973, oil-producing countries took measures such as production cuts, which caused oil prices to soar from about US$3 per barrel to about US$3 in less than three months, thus triggering the first oil price increase. crisis.The crisis led to the worst recession in the world since the war.

However, this is only the price of crude oil, not gasoline. Crude oil can only be made into gasoline after refining, and the price of gasoline is also much higher than that of crude oil.

At present, the crude oil measurement unit in the international market is generally "barrel", and 1 barrel is about 159 liters.Based on the world average proportion of Saudi 34-degree light crude oil, one ton is equivalent to 7.33 barrels.

具体说，由于桶的容积是固定的，一个桶的容量刚好是42加仑，因此：1桶=42加仑（美制）=158.97升。美制1加仑=3.785升。

Equivalent to a liter of crude oil, the price is only $0.0063.

Crude oil is refined into gasoline, which has certain costs and losses, plus some taxes and fees, so it is naturally much more expensive, but it is okay.

At present, the international general refined oil capacity is 200 liters, and it is stored in a round oil drum with a height of 930 mm and a diameter of 580 mm.

A barrel of 60 liters of finished gasoline costs US$80, don't feel cheap.Now one dollar is equivalent to one gram of gold, and a gram of gold in later generations has risen to more than [-] US dollars.It is equivalent to two hundred dollars for a barrel of two hundred liters of gasoline.Even though it's been seven or eighty years, the price hasn't really changed much in terms of gold.

Li Mu spent $[-] to purchase [-] barrels of gasoline, which he can use for himself or sell.

Due to the sharp reduction of import channels and the continuous war, the current domestic oil price is ridiculously high.Especially in the central and western regions, for the army and warlords, gasoline is a hard currency stronger than gold, and in some places the price has increased several times or even ten times.

The next step is to purchase power generation equipment. Due to the large demand for electricity in the future in Nanyang, those small and medium-sized gas and diesel generators are naturally excluded.

In the end, a coal-burning turbo-generator set was selected. The superheated steam generated by the boiler enters the steam turbine and expands to do work, turning the blades to drive the generator to generate electricity. After doing work, the exhaust steam passes through the condenser, circulating water pump, condensed water pump, Feedwater heating devices, etc. are sent back to the boiler for recycling.

Li Mu went to many commercial firms, none of which were in stock. The Far East Commercial Firm hurriedly contacted many commercial firms in Southeast Asia, and finally bought four turbo-generator sets.

Two of them are 500 kilowatt turbogenerators.The other two, one is a 1000-kilowatt turbo-generator set; the other is a 1500-kilowatt turbo-generator set.

A 500-kilowatt turbogenerator set, running at full power, can generate 1 degrees per hour and 1000 degrees a day; a 1500-kilowatt turbogenerator can generate [-] degrees a day; A [-]-kilowatt steam turbine generator set can generate [-] kWh per day.

It is said that the power generated by these four steam turbine generator sets is enough for the production and living needs of Nanyang area in the short term.

Still, it's a little sparse, and too piecemeal.

Li Mu thought for a moment, ordered two more 3000-kilowatt steam turbine generator sets, and then gave up.

Next, another batch of transformers and wires were purchased, and Li Mu began to purchase telephones and wired telegraphs.The wired telegraph has been around for nearly 100 years, and the wired telephone has been around for more than [-] years. These two technologies have actually developed very maturely, and have long been popularized in large-scale production abroad, and the prices of various equipment are naturally not expensive.

On the other hand, the wireless telegraph machine is still relatively new, and the price is a bit expensive, but Li Mu still ordered ten sets, and it will be indispensable in future wars.

In the end, Li Mu also wanted to build some fighter jets and form an air force. The European War did not break out, and the United States did not end. Many powerful weapons, including fighter jets, have not yet appeared.

Li Mu chose the taller one, and finally chose the Hawker 75 fighter. It is a relatively advanced all-metal low-wing fighter designed by Curtiss Hawker in 1936. It is an upgrade of Hawker 2 and Hawker 3. type.

On the eve of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he came to Jinling to do a promotional performance. Ms. Song liked it and bought it for [-] U.S. dollars. He gave it to Chennault, who formed the Flying Tigers, as his exclusive plane.

The maximum flying speed of this aircraft is 480 kilometers per hour, and the maximum flight range is 1300 kilometers. It is better than the devil's aircraft in all aspects.

For now, it's good for purchasing.

Li Mu thought for a moment, and placed an order for 48 planes, each for [-] US dollars, totaling [-] US dollars.

At this point, the procurement operation this time is considered to be over.

(End of this chapter)