It will take at least three months for the German weapons to arrive, and this batch of weapons is mainly light weapons, and the Germans did not refuse or agree to the latest 75mm Bofors mountain gun that Leng Feng wanted to buy from the Germans. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, the Germans are being cold by the desire to buy. Wangyu was frightened and demanded the purchase of a hundred guns in one breath, each equipped with at least two hundred shells.

A Bofors Mountain Cannon costs about $15,000, a shell costs $25, and if it's special ammunition, the price is higher, worth $20,000, for a total order worth $2 million.

(Readers who know the 75mm Bofors mountain gun know, this kind of mountain artillery is equipped in the country J, it is the best mountain artillery of World War II, with a long range, high rate of fire, and simple loading and unloading, ready to be put into battle, very suitable for operations in areas with complex terrain such as China, and I don't know where it is better than the Japanese mountain artillery.) But this mountain artillery is produced by Sweden's Bofors company, but it is the technical support of the German Krupp company, although Sweden is a neutral country, the sale of Chinese weapons is not restricted, but it is greatly influenced by Germany, if Germany does not agree to sell, Sweden can not sell, and the country J has purchased four regiments, 96 Bofors mountain guns, in Songhu and Nanjing, these series of battles lost almost half, the excellent performance of this mountain artillery is loved by Chinese J soldiers, Sweden also helped China to achieve the production of shells at that time, it will be said that after buying this artillery, the country can also afford the supply of ammunition, at least there will be no dilemma of having artillery but no ammunition)

The $2 million list is not small, and it seems that there are opportunities for follow-up cooperation, and Hans certainly does not let it go, once the transaction is successful, his commission is quite a lot.

Moreover, although Germany has formed an alliance with Japan, His Excellency the Führer still has a very high impression of China, and has said more than once that the Chinese and Germanic people are the best races in the world.

Besides, Sweden sells weapons, what does it have to do with Germany?

Hans was anxious to send an urgent telegram to Berlin through the German liaison in China, and at this time His Excellency also knew about the atrocities of the Japanese army in Nanjing, the capital of China, and was also somewhat dissatisfied with the Japanese government, although he discriminated against the Jews, but still agreed with the Chinese.

It is impossible for such a large amount of arms purchases to be carried out behind the back of the German government, and the Krupp company hastened to contact it, and what it got was tacit approval, but it could not let the allies find a way to protest.

The Krupp company is not a fool, it doesn't make money by putting it down, besides, this Bofors mountain cannon is produced by a Swedish company, and Sweden is a neutral country, and there is no obstacle to the export of Chinese weapons.

The problem is the problem of transportation and payment, in terms of payment, it must be paid, otherwise, there will be a situation halfway, the money is given, and the weapon is yellow, what should I do?

Sweden is not in a position to handle the transport, and Germany has to coordinate this.

It will take a month or two to produce 100 Bofors guns, and it will have to be coordinated in the middle, and this batch of guns will be shipped to China at least until the end of the year.

It doesn't matter if it takes a long time, as long as it can be transported, but Leng Feng is worried that the Japanese army may soon land from Qinzhou Bay and cut off China's access to the sea, whether this batch of artillery can be transported ashore, it is really hard to say, even if it is transshipped to Hong Kong, it is very difficult to transport it back to China, unless the transportation channel is changed, from the Indochina Peninsula, the variables are too great.

Leng Feng asked for the deal to be completed within four months.

After communication and negotiation, the German and Swedish sides agreed to deliver the goods around November, and the payment method was a cash transfer through Citibank in the United States, and the settlement place was in Hong Kong.

With such a large amount of arms purchases, Lao Chiang knew about it, and he was also red-eyed, but now that Germany has withdrawn the advisory group, it is about to end diplomatic relations.

If there is any arms purchase agreement with the Nationalist government, the mustache head does not want to have diplomatic disputes with his allies in Asia.

However, even if the transaction was made through proxy in private, the Germans were more worried about whether the Nationalist Government would have the ability to pay, and in case of future confrontations, the money would not be recovered.

Although Leng Feng was also a general of the Chinese army, he had the ability to pay, and in Hans's telegram to Berlin, he also secretly changed the concept to make the German high-level think that Leng Feng was just a newly rising warlord in China.

With a good reputation, and the mustache seems to have a little appreciation for Leng Feng, the arms purchase was unexpectedly achieved.

In addition, Leng Feng also spent $300,000 to buy an old production line and bullet production line for Mauser rifles, as well as a batch of steel for the production of guns and guns, and so on.

The payer is a "cool" company in the United States, and as long as it does not have a relationship with the Chinese authorities, the Germans really do not scare the Japanese, and they don't care if the weapons are sold.

Although the "cool" company in the United States has only been established for a short period of two months, it has already flourished in the US stock market and securities circles, and under the covert guidance of Leng Feng, it has used the money defrauded from the Japanese to launder it and put it into the stock market and securities, making low inflows and high outs.

In just two months, the capital has risen from tens of millions of dollars to 50 million dollars, and the eyes are simply creepy, and what to buy is to rise, as if it wants to become a mythical company in the field of financial investment on Wall Street.

In addition to the financial field, the industrial field, "cool" companies are also aggressively acquiring some potential small companies, small factories, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars, generally holding but not interfering in the operation, these small companies get the "cool" company's financial support, that is to burst out of strong development potential.

This is where Leng Feng's domineering confidence lies in buying arms, you have no money, you want to buy something, who is looking at you?

"Junzao, we sent to Lanzhou to receive a call from the technical team of Soviet Russian equipment, saying that the equipment aided by Soviet Russia, except for light weapons, other weapons are old products that were eliminated from the Tsarist era, and they were shipped over after being refurbished, and some of them can't be used yet, do we still need this?"

"Yes, don't don't spend money in vain, besides, we don't need it, we can equip the garrison brigade, the local defense can still play some role, it's better than nothing."

"Okay."

"However, the number they promised is at least thirty percent less than the number given to us......

"Tell Lan Shouqing that the things will be pulled back first, and the account will be calculated later, there is no need to quarrel with people anywhere, and remind them to pay attention to safety, this road is not smooth."

"Yes."

Leng Feng knows that even if Lao Jiang is generous, the people below will try to get you stuck, although he is not the kind of little daughter-in-law who is willing to be angry, but his own people are on other people's territory, and if they really make trouble, they still suffer a loss.

There is a saying that doesn't say that a gentleman takes revenge, it's not too late for ten years, there is always a chance.

Although the weapons aided by Soviet Russia are good, only when weapons and ammunition cooperate with each other can they exert combat effectiveness, and although combat effectiveness is obtained by relying on the assistance of others, this is not a long-term solution.

Leng Feng has basically stopped fighting the Japanese army now, and he is equipped with Japanese weapons, and the ammunition does not match the production of the Nationalist Government Arsenal, especially rifle bullets.

The Type 38 rifle is a point 65 caliber, so it is urgent to get a bullet production line, even if it is a reload, at least it can be replenished by itself.

Arsenal is not something that anyone can afford, it has to have money, machines, and talent.

Leng Feng ordered the logistics department to purchase production machines through various channels while sheltering civilian gun repair craftsmen, and set up a gun repair factory in Xinxiang.

He successively purchased some scattered civilian machines, gathered some craftsmen who made firearms, and hired an engineer surnamed Liu from the original Gongxian Arsenal with a high salary.

In this way, the Xinxiang Gun Repair Factory was established.

At present, the firearms repair factory is mainly divided into two large departments: the repair department and the ammunition department, and the repair department is divided into gun-making, cannon repair, carpentry and model tools and other departments.

The ammunition department is divided into four divisions: guns, shells, grenades and pyrotechnic fuses.

The main thing is the reloading of bullets, as well as the manufacture of grenades with wooden handles.

With the machines in place, in addition to reloading bullets, the future gunsmith will be able to independently produce Type 38 rifle cartridges, as well as some mortar shells, and so on.

The raw materials required for production were purchased through the Dadong Industry and Trade Company in Hankou (a subsidiary of the Rongjun Company) and transported to Xinxiang by train and other means of transportation.

China's current industrial production and technological level are too low, so many raw materials can only be imported, and the price is naturally quite expensive.

There is no way to do this, and even if we start to solve it now, it will take three to five years to see results.

And now, if you want to get a stable replenishment, you can only buy it, and some of them have even bought a lot through Sato's line, and through various means, they can accumulate war materials.

After the "Second Five-Year Plan" rent reduction policy was publicized in the early stage, it has been carried out on a trial basis in the villages near Xinxiang, and the peasants obviously support this policy very much, because this policy will increase their annual grain supply by 25 percent.

With this 25 percent of the grain, the whole family will not go hungry, and in addition to reducing rents and interest rates, the taxes levied on the peasants have also been lowered, and the taxes levied on the peasants have been reduced and the taxes are levied according to the acres of land.

Since ancient times, China has been collecting Ding tax, and then in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng reformed, spread Ding into the mu, and then to the Qing Dynasty, the gentry paid the grain as a messenger, although the gentry had their own ways to evade taxes, but it was finally progress.

The most fatal thing for these landlords and gentry in the "Second Five-Year Plan" rent reduction is not how much rent to reduce, but to re-measure the acres of land and set the grade.

This is no longer under their own control, false reporting and concealment are basically impossible, and the working group is all assigned from above, and has nothing to do with the local authorities.

These people were trained not to favor the landlords and gentry, nor to the peasants and tenants, so that you could not find anything wrong.

And there are soldiers with loaded guns to accompany you to protect, dare to try it?

If there is no force to protect them, I am afraid that the working group will be driven away by these local snakes in various ways before they reach the ground, and even so, the situation is still frequent.

There are those who pretend to be ghosts to scare the working group, and there are those who throw snakes in the room where the working group rests in the middle of the night......

There were girls in the working group, and all of them were scared and cried on the spot.

However, these small actions will not stop Leng Feng's determination to carry out the "Second Five-Year Plan" rent reduction, and those who dare to obstruct and sabotage will be severely punished.

Leng Feng used tough measures to implement the "Second Five-Year" rent reduction policy, and some landlords and squires felt that their interests had been damaged, and they dared not speak out.

The "Second Five-Year Plan" rent reduction reduced the taxes of farmers and tenants, and the people at the bottom also benefited, and quickly won the support of the people in northern Henan.

With the implementation of the "Second Five-Year Plan" policy of reducing rents and interest rates, Leng Feng's prestige has become higher and higher among the people in northern Henan, and the number of young people who have signed up to join the army at recruitment points in various places has also increased rapidly.

According to the new tax policy, the peasants in northern Henan generally reduced their burdens by more than 30 percent, while the landlords and gentry in northern Henan suffered considerable losses.

Of course, their losses were only based on the exploitation of the peasants, and with the rent they now collected, they were able to live quite well.

As for those who concealed and omitted to report the acres of land, they had already missed taxes before, and it would be good that Leng Feng didn't hold them accountable for their previous mistakes, if they didn't know what to do, then don't blame the knife in his hand for not falling on his own people's heads.

Leng Feng did not extort arbitrarily, on the contrary, he also exempted some unreasonable taxes, especially in order to support industry and commerce, some messy expenses were all exempted in paper, a move that made business people very happy.

The enthusiasm of the business people was high and prosperous, and the peasants were benefited, and everyone except a small group of people benefited.

However, in the areas where the "Second Five-Year Plan" has been implemented, the tax revenue (grain and industrial and commercial taxes) has not only not decreased, but has increased.

In particular, the collection of grain tax, just after the summer grain was harvested, it was the time for tenants to pay rent and collect summer grain, and after the implementation of the "Second Five-Year Plan" rent reduction policy, the peasants enthusiastically handed over the summer grain.

In the past, it was very difficult to collect summer grain, and it was already very good to be able to collect 50 or 60 percent, but this year it is different, according to the policy, the collection will be halved, and the landlords will also have to halve, so that the peasants' enthusiasm has risen.

After a few days' effort, almost 50 or 60 percent of the harvest had been collected, and after the landlords had re-measured the acres of land and set the grade of the acres, they still handed over the summer grain tax in accordance with the new policy under the policy of halving the summer grain collection.

After this calculation, in fact, counting the acres of land that were concealed and omitted, in fact, the summer grain handed over was not much, and the loss was 25 percent of the rent that the tenants should have paid.

The Xinxiang area is already in full swing, and although other areas are a little slower, when the farmers taste the sweetness, it will naturally spread.

The tenants, who did not know the policy, had already paid the landlord's rent, and beat their chests with regret, but soon they were happy again.

The working group told them that this year's summer grain rent must be paid in accordance with the newly formulated "Second Five-Year Plan" rent reduction policy, and if they pay more this year, they can pay less next year.

In this way, the tenants still do not support the new policy of the Northern Henan Administration?

"This Leng Guoguang really dares to do it, and he has done what those of us want to do but haven't done." Zhang Yuejun, who once promoted the policy of "rent reduction and interest reduction" in Zhejiang, saw the newspaper report about the new policy in northern Henan, and couldn't help but sigh with a long sigh.

"Because he has a gun in his hand." The secretary told a truth.