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

"Used guns manufactured in-house?"

Ma Hongwei was taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this an old guy from decades ago?"

He recalled that the 56-inch model ceased production in the 1980s.

More than forty years have passed since the 1980s.

The bearded officer replied, "They're old stuff, but they've all been repaired and refurbished; they're perfectly usable."

"Then I'll take all of these."

Ma Hongwei said, "1200 TT-33 and 1200 Type 54 pistols each!"

He asked something he was particularly interested in: "By the way, how many original machine guns do you have here?"

大鬍子军官拿着平板念道：「原厂RPK有97挺，原厂PKM通用机枪38挺；原厂M249有51挺；原厂白朗宁M1919有29挺；原厂德什卡12.7毫米高射重机枪8挺。」

"I want them all!"

Without blinking, Ma Hongwei said generously, "In addition, bring 103 counterfeit RPKs and 100 counterfeit PKMs."

Machine guns are heavy firepower and play a significant role on the battlefield.

The Eighth Route Army was severely lacking in machine guns.

The three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army combined only had 98 heavy machine guns and 344 light machine guns.

Division Commander Liu and his 129th Division only had 29 heavy machine guns and 93 light machine guns.

This time, Ma Hongwei bought 37 heavy machine guns, eight of which were anti-aircraft heavy machine guns.

This machine is five times more powerful than the PKM general-purpose machine gun and nine times more powerful than the AK.

If it landed on anyone, it would cause limbs to break and the body to be torn apart; there would be no minor injuries.

Ordinary earthen trenches, sandbags, and even airplanes are simply no match for the bullets from this machine gun.

Even 40-centimeter-thick concrete walls and 60-centimeter-thick rammed earth walls will be breached.

With these eight machines, the Eighth Route Army could directly penetrate the Japanese army's brick and stone pillboxes and bunkers, shoot the personnel inside, and destroy the firing ports.

Even the Japanese army's poorly armored tanks could be directly penetrated by this machine.

It can be said that, in the face of this machine gun, all light tanks and armored vehicles of World War II were just paper shells, capable of replacing small artillery.

If crossfire is deployed in strategically important locations, the entire area will be sealed off.

As for the 138 PKM general-purpose machine guns, if they are mounted on bipods, they are light machine guns; if they are mounted on tripods for fixed deployment, they are heavy machine guns, which are more flexible and versatile than ordinary heavy machine guns.

Anyway, there are quite a few light machine guns. If they are used as heavy machine guns, then there are 175 heavy machine guns.

This number is already six times the number of heavy machine guns possessed by the 129th Division.

Ma Hongwei believed that the leaders would be very happy after he brought these machine guns back.

Seeing that Ma Hongwei was asking for more and more weapons and equipment, the bearded officer couldn't help but smile broadly.

These heavy weapons are worth much more than other weapons.

Although the quantity is small, it is very valuable.

"that……"

Ma Hongwei then asked, "Do you have any artillery?"

"Yes, we have artillery!"

The bearded officer nodded and said, "But we only sell mortars. We have 60mm mortars, 82mm mortars, and 120mm heavy mortars."

"Are there artillery pieces?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Hongwei's face immediately lit up with joy.

He had only asked casually, but he didn't expect the other party to actually have it.

The Eighth Route Army had more artillery than machine guns.

It should be noted that in 37, the Eighth Route Army had a total of four to five hundred light and heavy machine guns across its three main divisions.

However, it only had 16 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars.

The entire army has less than 270 mortar shells in stock.

The 129th Division, for example, only had five mortars.

If I were to buy the artillery, Commander Liu would be overjoyed.

Ma Hongwei took a deep breath and asked, "I wonder, what are the prices of those mortars?"

"60mm light mortar, brand new replica, priced at 3600 yuan."

The bearded officer explained, "An 82mm mortar, original complete set price: NT$10800, brand new replica price: NT$5400."

"As for the 120mm heavy mortars, they are all refurbished second-hand items captured on the battlefield. The price of the whole set is 57500 yuan."

「炮弹的话，60毫米迫击炮弹100发以上36元一发；82毫米迫击炮弹180元一发；120毫米重型迫击炮弹720元一发。」

"hiss!"

Ma Hongwei gasped, thinking, "These are truly artillery; they're incredibly expensive!"

The price of a 120mm heavy mortar is equivalent to roughly 80 rifles.

Even the price of an artillery shell was equivalent to that of a rifle.

If you fire 10000 shells, wouldn't that be equivalent to throwing out 10,000 rifles?

No wonder there used to be a saying that "when cannons roar, gold flows in like water."

Ma Hongwei inquired, "How many original factory mortars do you have?"

"There are 33 guns in the 82mm range and 9 guns in the 120mm range."

The bearded officer said, "The rest are all copies; there are 375 60mm mortars and 102 82mm mortars."

"Okay, I'll take them all!"

Ma Hongwei waved his hand.

These artillery pieces are the key. We can reduce the number of AKs that consume a lot of bullets, but we can't do without the artillery.

Ma Hongwei said, "Let's start with these and calculate the price!"

OK!

The bearded officer took out his phone and began to calculate.

"A total of 22805 rifles of various types were sold for a total price of 16371709.5 yuan."

"A total of 2400 handguns were sold for a total price of 516000 yuan."

"The price of the original RPK is the same as that of the counterfeit PKM. There are 197 units in total, with a total price of NT$1697155."

"There are 51 original M249 units, with a total price of 784635 yuan."

"67 original PKM general-purpose machine guns and Browning M1919s, total price: 1683576 yuan."

"Eight original DShK 12.7mm heavy anti-aircraft machine guns, total price 280000 yuan."

"Replica RPK103, total price NT$221759."

"33 original 82mm mortars, total price 356400 yuan."

"Original 120mm 9-door, total price 517500 yuan."

"375 60mm mortars were manufactured, with a total price of 1350000 yuan."

"A replica of 82mm 102 doors, with a total price of 550800 yuan."

"The total price of all guns and artillery is 24329534.5 yuan."

Upon hearing the other party's offer, Ma Hongwei could hardly believe it.

He requested over 20,000 guns and cannons, but it only cost him a little over 24 million.

It's cheap, incredibly cheap!