Rebirth of the National Marshal

Chapter 327 Dealing with Inventory

The Chinese people are not happy with the Soviet Union's statement. It is obvious that you people are of no use and were killed by our people, and now you come up with this kind of excuse. If it was the Germans who defeated you, you would not make any excuses. It is just that you see that we Chinese are not capable enough and you feel ashamed of your failure at our hands.

The central government was also very passive. At the beginning, Mao Yuanshan directly declared war on the Soviets and the central government wanted to drag Mao Yuanshan over and chop him into pieces to feed the dogs. This guy did not discuss anything with the central government and just did it directly. But later, when it was heard that they had captured nearly 40 Soviet soldiers, the central government immediately changed its attitude and said that this matter was done under the leadership of the central government.

Mao Yuanshan did not say anything about the central government's attitude. Originally, he wanted to drag the central government into this. If he did this alone, it would be a bit unreasonable. It was a bit like using a big banner to cover up something important. Chairman Chiang also looked very happy. On the one hand, he was happy about the honor, and on the other hand, about the 40 prisoners. Of course, he was not interested in the people, but the equipment. Now the fighting in the Yangtze River Delta was fierce, and these equipment were absolutely needed. The army was continuously transporting them, but he did not have so many weapons and ammunition. The equipment for 40 people was not a small number. He knew what weapons the army of the Chahar local government used.

They definitely would not look down upon these Soviet weapons. These things would rust if left in the warehouse, so they would definitely be transported directly to their side.

Ever since Mao Yuanshan reported the great victory over the Soviets, the central government could no longer sit still. Everyone from the central army to the local army set their sights on those equipment that could not be afforded. Later, we heard that several large warehouses were discovered there, filled with Soviet standard equipment. These things may not be valued by your Chahar government, but we really need them here.

Although warlords from all over the country were envious of the equipment of the Chahar local government, they could only look at it. Those things were not something we could equip. Let's take the Garand rifle for example. The semi-automatic firing of that thing was really good. It could beat the Japanese devils so badly that they couldn't find their way, and they wouldn't even have the ability to react. For every shot you fired, we could fire several shots, which could make up for our marksmanship problems.

But the biggest problem is that we don't have that many bullets. If a soldier uses the Hanyang rifle, dozens of bullets a day are basically enough. But if he uses the Garand rifle, the problem becomes serious. Hundreds of bullets a day are not enough. When the war starts, the bullets spent are like water. It looks like bullets, but in fact they are dollars. Where can we get so much money!

Another thing was the German machine guns they saw in the Chahar local troops. Hundreds of rounds of bullets were fired every minute, and the supply of several soldiers was not enough to cover the use of one machine gun. Boxes of bullets were transported up and they were all used up before they could even start to bubble. This made them feel that this machine gun was indeed powerful, but we couldn't afford it. We also wanted to use such weapons to fight the Japanese devils, but who would give us so many bullets!

For Mao Yuanshan's security team, these Soviet weapons have shortcomings everywhere. For example, the Soviet weapons have a slow firing rate. But for local warlords, we need this kind of weapon with a slow firing rate. If you really give us your machine gun, we really dare not take it. The most important thing is that we don't have that many bullets.

For Mao Yuanshan's security corps, the Soviet mountain artillery had a too small caliber, all of which were 75 mm, and were not of much use. But for the central army and local warlords, we didn't even have such artillery, and we had no use for such shells. As long as you send them to us, we would have gone from zero to something. This was a leap forward. We absolutely liked such mountain artillery, even if it had many shortcomings, we thought it was a great thing.

There are about fifty Soviet planes left. You may look down on such things, thinking that their biplanes are not very good in terms of speed and firepower. But for us, they are good things. We don’t even have planes here, but you have some better planes in your Chahar army. Look at your good planes, they require too much fuel, weapons and ammunition, and we can’t afford them at all.

These Soviet aircraft are suitable for our taste. They are powerful, and they don't use a lot of materials. What's wrong with wood? If you don't like us, you can use them. Just ship them to us. The most important thing is that this kind of weapon is relatively cheap. After the war, no one has surplus food at home. That kind of aircraft costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. How can we afford it? Only such aircraft can be afforded. The cheap price you give us is only 5 dollars, right? This is still affordable.

Mao Yuanshan was speechless about the people in the Central Government's Equipment Department, including the officers under him. They wished they could give all these Soviet weapons to you. My soldiers looked at such things as garbage and few were willing to use them. But for the officers in the Equipment Department, their eyes lit up. These things were too good for us. They would definitely be several times better than what we are using now.

The two sides quickly agreed on the price of these weapons and equipment, and were also prepared to trade with things like food. The main reason was that the southern warlords did not have much money, but the agricultural and sideline products they had were still relatively good.

Mao Yuanshan's army was not really short of money. What they lacked were some things to improve their daily lives. For example, they ate canned beef. No matter how delicious it was, they would not want to eat it again if they ate too much. They also wanted to eat some fresh meat so that they could trade with the warlords in the south. They did not have dollars, but they had a lot of such things.