Chapter 17

There is no soldier who does not love guns, just as there is no rich man who does not love money. Guns are the second life of soldiers.When he was in school, Ouyang Yun saw such a big guy as the Maxim heavy machine gun in the Military History Museum. The generation of heavy soldiers who once shocked the World War I were enshrined like antiques for believers to look up to.Under the glass cover, the metal texture adds a lot of mystery to it.One classmate is a fanatical Maxim fan, with one face and two hands clinging to the glass cover, like a dog looking at a bone, eager to pounce on it and take a bite. He even said quite exaggeratedly: If you can touch it with your own hands, you will never die in this life. regret.Among the classmates, there are narrow-minded, flamboyant ones, who answer badly: it must be as cool as touching a lover's nipple.

To be a bit obscene, it is a classic metaphor to compare Maxim to a soldier in World War I.

Soldiers are the weapons of the country.Since gunpowder began to enter the battlefield, the dignity of life has become worthless.No matter how high-quality your soldiers are, if you don't have good weapons, you will die.

马克沁初现战场,于1893─1894年发生在南中非洲的一场战斗中,那一战罗得西亚一支50余人的英国步兵仅凭4挺马克沁重机枪就打退了5000多麦塔比利人的进攻,打死3000多人。

Then, in the Battle of Omdurman in Sudan in 1898, 2 Christian dervishes were massacred by the British invading army, and at least 15000 fell in front of the positions of Maxim machine guns.

Maxim's power is so obvious.

The warehouse of the Quartermaster Department of the 51st Army is located in an abandoned factory in the southern suburbs of Tianjin.Seeing that the defense is so tight, Ouyang Yun has a good impression of the 51st Army, and his impression of Chen Shaohua has also changed a lot indirectly—this place belongs to his territory, it seems that this person can only eat, drink and play, and treats the Military Supply Department as his own warehouse Major General is not useless.

However, what happened next was beyond his imagination.

The guards on guard were very energetic, standing at attention and saluting very professionally, but they were not even the slightest bit vigilant when they saw him, an obvious foreigner, because he was brought here by Chen Shaohua?
Just as he was feeling a little bit emotional, a truck with green paint rushed out aggressively, dragging up a vast amount of dust behind him, as if the military situation was urgent.At first he thought it was a military vehicle, and with a little respect for it, he stepped aside.The truck driver was quite high-quality, and he went straight to them, only to find someone, and stopped abruptly with a "squeak".Then, a young man in a suit and leather shoes jumped out of the car, his hair was combed brightly, he greeted Chen Shaohua very acquaintedly, and nodded to him with a smile on his face.

The carriage is full of iron bumps, many of which are shining with oil, and there is a seamless steel pipe similar to a gun barrel. Ouyang Yun glanced at it and immediately judged that it was a dismantled "munition". identity curious.My eyes wandered on the car again, and I saw a line of advertisements painted on the door: Maji Second-hand Goods Company, which specializes in recycling all kinds of scrap metal at high prices-I couldn't help being dumbfounded. Could it be that this car is filled with scrap iron? !

The young man's surname is Ma, and Boss Ma is really a collector of second-hand goods, so the car is naturally scrap metal.Ouyang Yun looked at the guards who were close at hand, each with a regular small chest; and the two dark muzzles of Ma Keqin; and then looked at the extremely harmonious eyes and smiling faces of Chen and Ma - absurd and sad , Ridiculous—these words suddenly entered his mind, making him feel as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly.

After a whisper between Boss Ma and Major General Chen, he jumped into the truck with a smile on his face and walked away.

After Chen Shaohua waited for the car to leave, he looked away and saw Ouyang Yun's ugly face, so he knew what he was thinking.Young people, who haven’t experienced the ups and downs of life, don’t know the complexity of society, are inevitably young, and find it difficult to accept some social phenomena. Why didn’t they do this when they were young, but what benefits did they get in the end?He said: "They are all waste products, and they can be sold to raise some funds for the military department." After speaking, he laughed at himself. This is almost a lie to a layman, but the young man in front of him is an expert.

Ouyang Yun grinned, disapproving at first, but a thought flashed in his mind, he immediately put on a face, pretended to be very embarrassed and said: "Uncle Chen, actually, I also do scrap business. But, the cost is a bit low. , but there is no way out, so he collects some rubbish. This horse boss is amazing, he uses trucks to pull goods, don’t laugh at it, my nephew’s men are all hand carts.”

Chen Shaohua actually looked down on second-hand collectors, and said with a sneer, "He didn't buy that truck from me, but—" Having said this, he realized that there was a second-hand collector in front of him, but, "The Anti-Japanese Two Heroes "Why did one of them suddenly become a second-hand collector?The gap was too big, too sudden, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt——

That's right, he, Chen Shaohua, was a moth in the 51st Army, but he hoped that the young man in front of him who slaughtered more than [-] Japanese invaders overnight was a pure young man with aspirations.Maybe, it's just because he saw the shadow of himself in them, he likes Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange, Qiu Jian and Chu Kuoji from the bottom of his heart, and sincerely loves them.So, he became inexplicably angry: "Nonsense, you are not young, how can you make a living like this?" It was flushed, as if, actually moved really angry.

His gap was big enough, and Ouyang Yun couldn't get used to it anymore. He was taken aback for a while, not knowing what went wrong. After a long time, when his breathing gradually calmed down, he said slowly, "Uncle Chen, we have to eat too." , to survive.”

This is the truth, even though it is vulgar.Chen Shaohua was speechless. Thinking of the past, it was not because he was troubled by a few medicine money from his old mother that he was a hero. The bitterness in it is really not for outsiders, only those who have experienced it know .He looked at the young man in front of him, saw the slight melancholy in his eyes, sighed in his heart, and his feelings towards him changed again.It is rare to say in a fatherly tone: "Life is difficult, tell me that you are unfamiliar with me, then tell Kuoji, we will definitely try our best to help."

Hearing the sincerity and kindness of these words, Ouyang Yun was stunned. He didn't know what to say for a moment. The situation he had worked so hard for was about to collapse.Traveling here, this was the first time he was moved, and it was funny to say it. The person who moved him was obviously a scumbag, and he had been deeply spurned by him just now.Perhaps this is the multifaceted nature of human nature.He remembered a certain classic advertisement: Which side are you showing off today?Feel relieved - there are no purely good and bad people in the world, the key question is which side you want to show today.

For example, he is showing off a profiteer now, while Chen Shaohua is obviously showing off a dutiful elder.

"Uncle Chen, I still want to rely on myself." People from later generations will naturally have better acting skills, and the profiteers are very professional. Ouyang Yun said truthfully, "However, you need to take care of me."

Chen Shaohua shook his head, looking very disappointed and distressed: "Forget it, since your ambition is not here, it's meaningless to force it. Originally, I wanted to find Commander Yu to find you a good job."

"Uncle Chen, take me to the warehouse," the 51st Army was about to leave Hebei, and left the front line. What's the use of even the best errands?Ouyang Yun slandered, and quickly changed the subject, but thought in his heart, he will go to Chu Tiange when he turns around, and don't let Chu Kuoji poach him.

"Oh, I was so focused on talking that I almost forgot the business—go, Warehouse No. 3."

Warehouse No. 3 is full of old and damaged firearms. There is a small room at the door of the warehouse. There are three soldiers sitting in the room. The clothes on their bodies look like they have been rolled in oil, and they have not been washed for an unknown amount of time.

The three of them were sitting and chatting, when they saw Chen Shaohua, like a mouse seeing a cat, they stood at attention and saluted, "Hello, sir!" Then they began to fumble for the messy gun in front of them.

Chen Shaohua directly ignored them and brought Ouyang Yun inside.

At this time, his adjutant rushed in, shouted: "The chief is back," and turned on the lights.

The damaged Maxim was placed in the innermost part of the warehouse. Ouyang Yun didn't talk nonsense, just walked over and squatted down to get his hands on it.

The adjutant hurried over, handed over a pair of gloves and said, "Sir, the gloves are dirty."

He smiled and didn't take the glove, joke, put on the glove, how can he feel the feeling of touching his lover's nipple? !

When Chen Shaohua saw him touching this stick, feeling that stick, looking like he couldn't put it down, he felt confident and asked, "How is it? Can it be repaired?"

It's a good feeling to have a long-cherished wish, but it's a pity that I can't tell those two poor-mouthed classmates, it's a fly in the ointment.Ouyang Yun stood up and said: "I have to look again, Chen Chu, how do you think this is? First let people classify according to the type of damage, and I will come back tomorrow. There are only a few places where Maxim is prone to failure. As long as one case can be resolved, the next step will be easy.”

Chen Shaohua was overjoyed: "Sure enough, he is a master! Adjutant Ma, take Mr. Ouyang to Kuoji's place. Ouyang, I have something to do, so I won't accompany you there."

"You are busy."

Back at Chu Kuoji's place, Chu Tiange was playing with a "handle mine" with great interest in the yard. Seeing him come back, he immediately went up to show off and said, "My uncle just gave it to you. How is it?"

Ouyang Yun smiled: "The shooting range is too short, good self-defense."

"My uncle said the same thing, brother, is the gun repaired?"

"I just looked at it, and I will go there tomorrow."

"Then let's not go back tonight."

"Okay, your uncle didn't say anything to you?"

Chu Tiange was at a loss and asked, "What?"

Ouyang Yun was quite worried that he would be recruited into the 51st Army. This kid is a little silly, but he is absolutely reliable. He is a good partner and brother. "He didn't let you join the army?"

"No, do you want to join the army?"

"No, no, hey, I'm afraid you don't want to study anymore."

It’s fine if he doesn’t mention studying, but Chu Tiange’s face turns bitter when he mentions studying, and he said: “My father called my uncle and asked me if I came to his place, and wanted to arrest me and send me back to my hometown to study. Brother, You promised to help me study at Yanda University, did you forget?"

The thing he was worried about didn't happen, Ouyang Yun's hanging heart fluttered, and he said with a smile: "How dare you forget, we will go back to Beiping in a few days."

"But the Peiping Garrison Command is still waiting to arrest someone."

"Don't worry, it will be over in a few days."

"They will let us go?"

"En..." Ouyang Yun replied vaguely, not daring to say more.Exposing the "He Mei Agreement" in advance has already caused a lot of trouble. If the terms of the agreement are revealed again, who knows what will happen?

(End of this chapter)

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