Chapter 72 Thompson Submachine Gun
Yan Xishan returned to Taiyuan City and was furious. He not only cleared out the people in his secretariat, but also arrested Yang Jindong's family who failed to escape in time.
Everyone, from top to bottom, was calling for silence on what happened at the Taiyuan city gate.
Chu Tianshu ran up to Zhou Xiaoshan happily.
"Commander Qin went to Chongqing several times, but the weapon repair shop refused to sell us submachine guns. We bought ten on the black market, but we dared not buy any more. But this time, our old man Yan sponsored a reinforced company!"
"My dear brother Chu, the products of this old man Yan Baichuan are just like everyone else, extremely selfish. When he was in Shanxi, he was particular about something different. Not only did his railways use narrow gauges, but even his pistols and submachine guns were 11.4 caliber. This kind of bullet is unique in China?"
"Doesn't the Thompson 1921 submachine gun use Mauser pistol bullets?"
If the Taiyuan Arsenal was making a slightly modified Thompson and a modified box gun, then the submachine gun made by Liu Xiang in Chongqing was a modified Thompson, using 7.6 Mauser pistol bullets and equipped to Pan Wenhua's direct line.
In Tucheng, Guo Xunqi made the Red Army suffer badly. Who would have thought that not only Guo Xunqi's brigade, but also another brigade under Pan Wenhua, one-third of the 1.4.7 squads were equipped with Sichuan-made rifles, one-third of the 2.5.8 squads were equipped with submachine guns, and when it came to the remaining one-third of the 3.6.9 squads, they actually used mortars!
This is unreasonable.
You can imagine the tragedy and shock of the extremely exhausted and poorly equipped Red Army as it risked its lives for the first time against warlords equipped with this type of equipment.
Why don't you just call your portable machine gun brigade the pistol brigade? You would make your intelligence officers cry.
In fact, the original manufacturer uses a caliber of 11.2, which is closer to Yan Xishan's. Although the reliability is average, the bullets can be used interchangeably.
"The box gun made in Jin is called the big box gun. It is also 11.4. The bullets bounce too much when fired. Their Taiyuan Arsenal even made a wooden handle and installed it. The people of Tiger were stunned. It looked like a submachine gun. The reliability is simply unspeakable!"
Not only Chu Tianshu, but also several officers from the special forces battalion present had a look of being screwed.
After seizing so many submachine guns, they also told the special forces battalion's commandos to change their equipment and replenish their ammunition. They only got this much at the city gate. They can just launch a small raid and the battle will be over!
During the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army fought better than the Central Army in the Battle of Xinkou, all thanks to this submachine gun.
The elite standing divisions of the Japanese Army often disguised themselves in bayonet fighting and used flamethrowers when they rushed forward.
The poorly equipped Sichuan Army and Northwestern Army suffered the greatest losses.
The main force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was equipped with two submachine guns in each squad, which was an extremely effective way to deal with the Japanese tactics.
After the fall of Taiyuan, some of the arsenal's equipment was moved out and broken up, resulting in a lack of ammunition supplies. Yan Laoxi could no longer afford to use the gun himself, so he gave it away to people everywhere.
Even the guards at the Eighth Route Army headquarters used the Thompson 1921.
The army relied entirely on Yan Xishan for ammunition donations, but he was a stingy man and didn't even have enough bullets of his own.
You can imagine that holding it in your hand is like holding a fire stick.
"Do you think Yan Xishan is selling this gun and bullets?"
"He also sells. The Japanese are dumping arms seized in the Northeast to attack the underground arms market in North China. The arsenal is having a hard time. The prices of his guns are very low. Unfortunately, he is the only one in China that can produce the bullets that go with this kind of gun. The Americans are limited to the agreements with the Japanese and the British to restrict arms sales to China, so they have to resell through third parties. This guy took the opportunity to raise the price, and the price is more expensive than foreign goods!"
"Fuck, Shanxi people know how to do business from birth."
Watching Chu Tianshu firing his map cannon, Zhou Xiaoshan smiled and revealed his white teeth.
Not only was he laughing, but Chang Desheng and a few others who were listening with great interest were also laughing.
The 66th Division had a weak foundation and was too close to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.
I still have a lot of work to do, otherwise when the Anti-Japanese War breaks out and I enter Shanxi, I don’t know how much loss I will suffer from this old man Yan.
When Deputy Director Li of the 66th Division who had left Shanxi saw the handwritten edict from Yan Xishan, he felt a little regretful and decided to follow this guy out of prison!
Zhou Xiaoshan not only asked him and Chu Tiange to bring a radio and a platoon to Jinan to meet Han Fuju, but also to give the distribution rights of the glass and food canning factories in Pingjin to Shandong merchants, but also to bribe Han Fuju with agency fees if the Pinghan Line railway transportation was not smooth.
He also asked Chu Tiange to use the name of Zhou Xiaoshan, Liu Xiang's adjutant, to lobby industrialists in Jinan and Qingdao to move to Sichuan at the time specified by him, based on telegrams, when necessary.
Chu Tianshu and Deputy Director Li were a little hesitant, thinking that this arrangement was inappropriate, but after reporting it to Feng Tiankui, Feng Tiankui called back soon.
Ever since Feng Tiankui and Huang Yumin received the telegram that the special forces battalion had kidnapped Yan Xishan, the Yongzhou City Defense Command has been in chaos!
The telegraph was constantly communicating with Liu Xiang and the special forces battalion.
Until the matter was peacefully resolved, the two men still felt uneasy. They lived in the headquarters for the past few days and ordered the communications office to be on duty 24 hours a day and to deliver telegrams from the special forces battalion immediately.
Upon learning that Chu Tianshu and Zhou Xiaoshan had a disagreement, Feng Tiankui frowned, listened to the telegram, and said a few words in reply!
Do as Zhou Xiaoshan says!
"Captain Chu, Director Li, this warrant from Yan Xishan is actually useless. At least this time when we come back, we must not go through Shanxi!"
Zhou Xiaoshan was really afraid that the two were unwilling to leave and would not work hard in Shandong, so he patiently explained to them!
"Why? Could it be that the imperial edict of the King of Shanxi is so worthless?"
"When Yan Baichuan wrote the letter, he must have meant it sincerely. His adjutant led the team to escort us out of Shanxi. The news hadn't spread yet, so other people wouldn't make things difficult for us! But when we go back, that may not be the case. There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. There was such a big commotion at the gate of Taiyuan City. Even if Yan Xishan was afraid of losing face and kept silent, the people below would know about it sooner or later. Don't forget, we opened fire at the gate of Taiyuan City and kidnapped the King of Shanxi, which has already slapped the face of the entire Shanxi Suiyuan Army!"
Anyone who can be sent out by Feng Tiankui is not a fool.
Even the group of soldiers under his command, after listening to Zhou Xiaoshan talk for several months about celebrities of the Republic of China, which was mixed with a lot of background information, had their own understanding of this era.
"I see. Xiaoshan is right. The generals below are using the excuse of helping Commander Yan to avenge himself to seize all the goods we brought back. Even if we take the case to the Nanjing government or Marshal Liu, it may not be effective!"
Director Li nodded first, and Chu Tianshu also understood. The two felt that Zhou Xiaoshan handled decisively and appropriately, and resolved a real crisis in the special forces camp.
If they were really taken to the police station by that bastard Yang Jindong, they would have Red Army uniforms in their car.
That's what yellow mud falling into your crotch.
