Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

Looking at the scene on both sides of the road, Ma Hongwei remarked with considerable emotion, "These are armored vehicles and anti-aircraft guns; no wonder it's Peshawar!"

"This area is close to Afghanistan and is a border region. In the past, it was the rear area of ​​Afghanistan's war, providing them with a lot of guns and ammunition to fight against Soviet revisionism."

Xiao Zhong said, "During the Taliban era, many guns came from here, and the Taliban in Pakistan were dissatisfied with the local area and carried out more than two hundred terrorist attacks."

"We two Chinese people need to be careful here."

Their vehicles did not stop in Peshawar, but continued south.

Despite the fact that guns are sold everywhere in Peshawar.

However, urban areas have stricter regulations, and prices are also higher.

This is similar to the difference between a supermarket and a wholesale market.

Wholesale market prices are much cheaper than supermarket prices.

If you want to buy it in the city, the price will be 50%-100% higher.

Their destination was Dara Adhe, the town at the heart of gun production.

There are underground factories everywhere there that manufacture replica firearms. You can visit them directly to inspect the goods and test fire, and you can also rent guns.

Ma Hongwei's excuse for coming here was that he wanted to play with firearms.

You can touch a gun freely in the city, but you can't fire it in the street.

If you really want to shoot, you have to come to a rural place like this, where you can shoot as much as you want and nobody will care, as long as you don't aim at people.

"Hongwei, put this on!"

Xiao Zhong handed a hat and a robe to Ma Hongwei.

"The checks here are strict; the police might not let us in, so we'll have to do something disguised."

"Do we have to do this in this sweltering heat?"

Ma Hongwei gritted his teeth and insisted on doing as instructed.

The two quickly finished changing their clothes.

Wearing a hat, a mask, and a robe, if he added a headscarf, he would look just like Bin Laden.

Unless you look closely, you can't tell that the two people are foreigners.

The closer you get to villages and towns, the more rugged and uneven the roads become.

As Ma Hongwei drove near Dala Village, he heard gunshots.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Da da da da da!"

Down the hillside in the distance, some local buyers were testing guns.

On the country dirt roads, there are big beards everywhere carrying "truth".

Upon arriving in the villages and towns, one finds gun shops everywhere.

Even in places that aren't storefronts, there are posters advertising guns and bullets on the walls, along with contact numbers and email addresses.

Through the car window, Ma Hongwei saw some six- or seven-year-old children drying bullet casings on the ground in the streets and alleys.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhong explained: "There are more than 600 workshops that manufacture firearms and ammunition along the main roads of these villages and towns. They all have gun shops in the front and small factories for production in the back."

"In addition, in other more remote areas, there are more than 3000 families engaged in gun manufacturing."

According to official media reports, of the 11 people in Dala village, 5 are involved in gun making, including more than 7000 highly skilled gunsmiths.

"hiss!"

Ma Hongwei couldn't help but gasp.

As far as he knew, at its peak, the Huangyadong Arsenal only had 1200 gun manufacturing workers, with another 800 people in administration, logistics, security, and gun repair.

Compared to Dala Village, Huangyadong is rather small in scale.

Their vehicle stopped in front of a shop, and the driver specifically took a lock and locked the bottom, it was unclear whether he locked the accelerator or the clutch.

Then, the three of them got out of the car.

Xiao Zhong led the two into one of the shops.

Inside the shop, there was a middle-aged man with a full beard, wearing a white hat.

"Salamarekong, Soher Khan!"

Xiao Zhong greeted him with a smile in English, "Do you remember me?"

Soher Khan is the name of the Great Khan.

"Salamarekong" is the local greeting, meaning to wish the other person peace and safety, similar to the Chinese greeting "Ni Hao" (hello), and is specifically used to express respect and friendliness.

"Salamarecon, Johnny!"

Soheir Khan nodded and said, "Sure."

Xiao Zhong continued in English, "My friend wanted to play with guns here, so I brought him to find you."

"OK, that's easy to do!"

Soheir Khan glanced at Ma Hongwei and asked, "What kind of gun does your friend want to play with?"

He pointed to the description on the shop wall, while Xiao Zhong translated: "Here we have pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, short-barreled rifles, semi-automatic rifles, automatic rifles, shotguns, and light machine guns."

"Let's try them one by one!"

Ma Hongwei asked, "I wonder what the prices are for the firearms here?"

Upon hearing Xiao Zhong's translation, the shop owner, Soheer Khan, said, "A copy of the Soviet TT-33 pistol (the prototype of the Type 54 Black Star), 8400 rupees."

"8400?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Hongwei's eyes widened immediately.

He had already checked the exchange rate before he came.

The exchange rate between 1 RMB and the Pakistani rupee is approximately 1:39.

That is to say, a handgun costs only a little over 215 yuan.

Ma Hongwei recalled that in the video he saw, a handgun in a gun shop in Peshawar cost more than 400 yuan.

The price here is half the original price.

It's worth noting that in the Chinese shooting game CF, an AK Fire Kirin or an M4 Thunder God costs 888 yuan.

It's truly a virtual gun in a game, even more expensive than a real gun in the real world.

"What about this one?"

Ma Hongwei pointed to a replica Type 56 rifle on the wall and asked, "How much is this?"

"28000 rupees, standard package includes two magazines!"

Soheir Khan replied.

"Only 717.9 yuan?"

After Ma Hongwei did the calculations, he was shocked once again.

He originally thought it would take more than 14 million to buy 10,000 rifles.

I never expected to be able to buy it for just over 700 million.

Ma Hongwei thought that if the quantity was large, they could probably negotiate the price.

Then, he looked at a Mauser 98K and asked, "What about this one?"

"Same price!"

Soheir Khan answered.

"no!"

Ma Hongwei thought to himself, "This Mauser 98K is an old weapon from World War II, how come it's still priced the same as an automatic rifle?"

Logically speaking, shouldn't the more advanced ones be more expensive?

Ma Hongwei thought it was worthwhile to buy a batch of these.

The Mauser 98K entered service in 35 and was a standard-issue rifle of the German army, so it was not particularly conspicuous.

In addition, Ma Hongwei also saw the Lee-Enfield and the M1903 Springfield rifle.

These World War II rifles are all available for purchase; buy them in bulk.

Even if each buys 10000 units, it would only cost 2200 million.

However, Ma Hongwei also knew that it was impossible to buy 30000 directly.