Chapter XXVII. The so-called thrift business

A day after the official establishment of the 29th Military Academy Corps, Chu Tiange returned. He was joined by Chen Shaohua and Qiu Jian.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, in the southern suburbs of Tianjin, it was claimed to be the 25th Division Cadet Training Class, but in fact it had been renamed the station of the 29th Army Cadet Corps.

With the dissolution of the training class, Zeng Che's special training group has also lost its reason for existence, although Zeng Che and Liang Dawei have repeatedly retained, the students of the special training group still chose to return to the cadet corps. Under the influence of the aura of the "Anti-Japanese Twin Heroes", the cadet corps is certainly more attractive than the "Tianjin Anti-Rape Special Group"; in addition, in the two options of being a soldier in the open and being a spy in the shadows, it is naturally not difficult for the enthusiastic cadets to make the right choice.

Due to the agreement reached between Song Zheyuan and Guan Linzheng, Zeng Che and the others lost the support of the Hebei garrison, and they also lost the strength to capture Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange. In their opinion, Ouyang Yun is arrogant enough, and it is enough to announce the establishment of the Cadet Corps in front of them, and when he accepts Chao Hongle and others, he doesn't ask their opinions - he simply treats the secret service as nothing. When they left the garrison of the cadet corps in a gloomy manner, they couldn't help but think again: Everyone is an anti-Japanese devil, why is there such a big difference in treatment?

The rifles used in the training of the Cadet Corps were sent by Guo Biao last night, 50 brand-new Chinese guns plus 5,000 rounds of yellow and clear bullets. When Ouyang Yun checked and signed, he found that the envelope was marked with the words "Quartermaster Department of the 51st Army", and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, remembering that Qiu Jian once said that he would exchange "medium formality" for wine, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart: It can't be such a coincidence, right? Qiu Jian actually sold the gun to the 29th Army? It's ridiculous to think about it, it's all Chinese troops, but one is hungry and the other is full, and they actually play this kind of trick with each other.

And when Chen Shaohua, Qiu Jian and others saw these guns, from their looks, Ouyang Yun judged that this was indeed the case. Chen Shaohua was quite surprised, pointed at Qiu Jian with his finger and didn't say a word for a long time, and sighed heavily after the last sigh came to say that it was okay. Okay, what's okay? It's just that they weren't sold to the Japanese.

Qiu Jian was very embarrassed, but this old boy was thick-skinned, and he quickly covered it up with a sentence of "Little brother, old brother sees you coming". Then, he pulled Ouyang Yun to the edge of the school field, asked the guards to carry a box, and said: "Brother Zhilu Dao is promoted, there is nothing to send, the 29th Army is a poor place, these five machine guns are a little bit of our mind, accept it." ”

It seems that the affairs of the cadet corps have long been an open secret among these officers.

Chen Shaohua also walked over, looking at Qiu Jian's eyes with a very uncertain expression, and turned to Ouyang Yun's face with a little embarrassment, and said, "Ouyang, I haven't thanked you for the matter of Makqin, you can accept these five machine guns." By the way, don't you want to be in the thrift business? Our 51st Army is going to withdraw anyway, and we can't take a lot of things with us, so if you have time, let's go and take a look, it's easy to talk about the price. ”

Ouyang Yun looked at the five shiny Czech light machine guns, and was very moved in his heart, thinking about what he said to Chen Shaohua that day, it seemed that it was too much. He said to Chen Shaohua sincerely: "Uncle Chen, thank you very much, my words were too impulsive that day, don't be angry." ”

Chen Shaohua waved his hand and smiled bitterly and said, "We are old, and you young people will have to do things in the future." With a straight face, he said solemnly: "Ouyang, it's not Uncle Chen who sells old qualifications, your temper has to be changed in the army, hey, China's current status quo, it's not easy for everyone to mix, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Ouyang Yun nodded solemnly and said, "Thank you Uncle Chen for your teachings, I will pay attention." For the sake of old goods, I will go back to Beiping in the afternoon to withdraw money - Uncle Chen, can you lend me a car? After saying this, I silently remembered the Bodhisattva's blessing in my heart, and I only hoped that the money was still there, otherwise it would ......

"No problem, I'll drive your car first."

"Thank you, Uncle Chen."

The three of them were chatting, Chu Tiange ran over, he was called platoon commander by a few students just now, and he couldn't adapt for a while, so he asked Ouyang Yun: "Big brother, why do they call me platoon commander?" ”

Ouyang Yun told him about the appointment with a smile, he touched his head and smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "This soldier didn't become a platoon commander for two days, isn't it?" ”

"What's wrong with it, it's just the acting platoon commander, if you are not qualified, I will withdraw you at any time."

As soon as Chu Tiange heard this, his waist straightened up, and his voice became louder: "Big brother, don't you worry, isn't it just a small platoon leader?" I'm confident that I'm doing a good job! ”

Qiu Jian laughed and said, "Stinky boy, I think you are so high, it turns out that you are also an official fan." Okay, we're just going to take a look and send some thoughts. Ouyang, do a good job, my brother is optimistic about you, if you have a chance, let's go to the battlefield together to kill little Japan. ”

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The return of Chu Tiange, Chao Hongle and others made the candidates sent by Ouyang Yun to Wanping to reconnoitre. Chao Hongle and others have been trained by Liang Dawei and can use pistols proficiently. Ouyang Yun distributed the pistols seized from Feng Shanpingzhi and others to Chao Hongle and Pang Wenju, and asked them to go to Wanping with Chu Tiange, especially taking care of them to pay attention to the movements of Shi Yousan and other traitors, and report any news immediately, and then hand over the training affairs to Chen Shichang and others, and he drove Chen Shaohua's Ford back to Beiping to get money.

In the afternoon of the same day, he returned to Tianjin from Beiping with two sacks of gold, and then went directly to the quartermaster of the 51st Army to find Chen Shaohua.

The talks between China and Japan have been going on for several days, and some of the agreed terms have more or less flowed into the ears of some high-ranking officials of the Chinese garrison in Hebei through various channels. After Yu Xuezhong learned that the 51st Army had to evacuate Hebei, he was very angry and at the same time, he had no choice but to let his subordinates prepare for the evacuation. When Ouyang Yun arrived at the quartermaster of the 51st Army, Chen Shaohua was leading people to count the inventory in the warehouse.

Now that the words have been made clear, and the two of them are not talking nonsense, Chen Shaohua directly handed him a few lists and said, "Look for yourself, what do you want?" ”

Ouyang Yun took a closer look, saw that there were eight military trucks on it, and asked, "Can you also want this truck?" ”

"Yes."

"What about mortars?"

"Okay, why are you kid talking so much nonsense, didn't I say it? As long as you look at it, you can do it. ”

"Ahh Ouyang Yun couldn't help but gasp, looking at the "75mm" mountain artillery, "105mm" mortar, Makqin heavy machine gun, and truck on the list...... There is a tendency to drool, "I want them all!" ”

Chen Shaohua glanced at him and said, "Yes, do you have so much money?" ”

Ouyang Yun pulled him to the side of the car, then opened the two sacks, looked at him and asked, "Uncle Chen, give me a happy word, what is enough to buy?" ”

Seeing so many yellow things at first glance, Chen Shaohua was used to seeing big scenes, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long time, he asked: "Good boy, where did you get so much gold?" No, no, I can't be the master of this matter, I have to ask the military seat. He can call the shots in small transactions, but the sum of these two sacks of gold is no less than 200 catties, and it is about 200,000 yuan when converted into silver dollars, and if he buys all the official rifles, he can buy almost 10,000 - this is really not what he dares to call the shots. (Note: At that time, 1,000 yuan could buy a good car, and 10,000 yuan could set up a printing and dyeing factory) Ouyang Yun didn't know anything about the gold exchange rate at this time, he was just afraid that it would not be enough, so he brought two sacks of gold like a little white. Now seeing Chen Shaohua's expression like this, he understands that he has picked up a treasure, it seems that there is definitely more than 5 million in this award, it is likely to be 50 million, or even more. Remembering that it would take a lot of money to set up a factory, he was a little reluctant to use it to buy "old goods", scratched his head and said: "Uncle Chen, I think so, I will report the items I want to buy to you, and you give a price, how about it?" ”

Chen Shaohua stared at the two sacks, a little distraught, and said, "Okay, okay." ”

Seeing him like this, Ouyang Yun couldn't help but be vigilant, after all, this is his territory, in case he sees wealth, don't even pit yourself with money. Thinking like this, he quickly tied up the two sacks, then pulled him in, and wrote down these items on a piece of paper with reference to the listβ€”15 Czech light machine guns, 10 mortars, 30 shell guns, 1,000 medium rifles, 5 Maxim heavy machine guns, five trucks, 15,000 light machine gun bullets, 500 mortar shells, 3,000 shell gun bullets, 50,000 rifle bullets, 100 heavy machine gun bullets, two lathes, three bundles of telephone lines, three transmitters, and a set of wired telephones. Then, he held the steel needle in the palm of his hand and looked at Chen Shaohua quietly - you can't have the heart of harming people, but you still have to keep the heart of defending people.

Chen Shaohua looked at the items he needed carefully, and smiled bitterly: "You are really a lion, and you need five trucks - well, what do you want a lathe for?" ”

"If you need to repair something in the future, it's convenient."

Chen Shaohua frowned and thought about it, asked him to wait, and then made a call. This phone call lasted for more than ten minutes, and after a while, his brows widened, and he said with a smile: "Ouyang, the military seat agreed, but let me remind you not to show it everywhere - well, you brought all this money back from the United States, right?" ”

Although he deliberately suppressed his voice when he called, Ouyang Yun still listened to a rough idea, and saw that there were no titles such as military seat and military commander on the phone, which couldn't help but be a little strange. Yu Xuezhong is a person, he knows a little bit through history books, and he is a very resolute generation of famous generals who resist Japan, and some can't believe that he will do this kind of business. However, he only wants to spend money to buy equipment now, and he doesn't want to get involved in other things, so he nodded and said, "Well, it's all donated by overseas Chinese-Uncle Chen, although rest assured, I know what to say and what not to say." ”

Chen Shaohua nodded, and then said with emotion: "It's rare, being in a foreign country and caring for the homeland, well, for the face of these overseas Chinese, I can satisfy you with what you want, but the price may be more expensive. ”

Ouyang Yun expressed his understanding and said: "Uncle Chen, you can rest assured about this, I also know that I want more, but there is no way, as Uncle Qiu said, the 29th Army is a poor place, I have to plan for the future, I can accumulate some more now, and I will have the confidence to really fight in the future." ”

"Well, this plan is as it should be, I'll calculate," Chen Shaohua said and took out an abacus, sat down, and said while playing with abacus: "The light machine gun is calculated as 300 yuan a piece, a total of 4,500 yuan...... 74,400 yuan together, Ouyang, simply, you can get some more bullets to make up 80,000, how about it? ”

"Okay." The more bullets, the better.

"Then add 100 heavy machine gun bullets...... If converted into gold, it is exactly 100 catties. ”

Ouyang Yun did the math in his heart, and it was about this number, so he said, "Okay!" He went to the car and took down a sack, put it on the scale in the corner of the office, weighed it, 60 kilograms is less, and he said: "Uncle Chen, 120 kilograms, you can check it." ”

Chen Shaohua untied the sack, took out a few pieces of gold and looked at it, and said, "What to test, I still don't worry about you, yo, this is twenty catties more." ”

Ouyang Yun despised him in his heart, and said in his heart: Isn't it a test just now? With a sincere smile on his face, he said: "No, no, if I have more than that, I will honor the three uncles, and I have come to Tianjin these days, and I have not bothered you less, hehe, talk about my heart." ”

Chen Shaohua's eyes lit up, he didn't expect this young man to be so sensible, and said with a smile: "This, then I will thank you on behalf of the machine and the drunkard Xie Lu, well, how can you transport so many things?" Why don't I get a few drivers to transport it for you? ”

"That's great, Xie Lu Xie Uncle Chen."

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