Military procurement

The more than 30,000 elite troops of the Ninth Army were trained by Chief of Staff Jiang Baili personally, and Li Guosheng combined with the infantry training manual that had been completed in later generations as a reference. The commander Li Guosheng did not need to worry about the troops at all.

In terms of civil affairs, since a "big blood exchange" was carried out for all local officials in the SAR, coupled with the continuous advancement of land reform, all government officials in the SAR, led by Vice Chairman Mo Bin, are developing step by step in the direction that the people are looking for...

Li Guosheng, who has truly become a hand-off manager and has slowly become idle, finally has time and begins to think about his next plan. At the same time, based on his current strength, he determines his new journey in the future...

In order to give the Japanese army a thunder blow in the upcoming September 18th Incident... At the same time, in the future War of Resistance Against Japan, we can better preserve the vitality of the Chinese nation, end the war as soon as possible, and completely destroy the Japanese government, the mortal enemy of the Chinese nation. At the same time, in the future World War II, we will gain more benefits for the Chinese nation and determine the status of the Chinese nation's great power... Li Guosheng knew that if we wanted to accomplish all of this, there was a prerequisite, that is, we had a strong world army that could defeat everyone...

As of now, the Ninth Army commanded by him can be regarded as second to none among all the troops in the country in terms of equipment alone. However, even so, his army has a very huge disadvantage that may even take his own life, that is, there is no sufficient logistical support.

Although a large amount of ammunition was seized in the battle against Chiang Kai-shek, under the Ninth Army's live ammunition training, which was not consumed, even if the blood volume was captured, there were still times when the bottom was reached...

Just as Li Guosheng was thinking about how to develop the army and solve various disadvantages, Li Guanghua, an old partner in charge of logistics, quickly walked into his office.

"Old Li, what's the matter? I'm so anxious..." Seeing Li Guanghua panting in front of him, Li Guosheng asked.

"Military throne, the troops can no longer practice so regardless of consumption... If they continue to practice like this, no matter how much logistics reserves we have and how much ammunition we have, they cannot withstand the troops' consumption..." Li Guanghua complained directly, expressing his purpose of this trip.

Seeing Li Guosheng who had not yet understood it for a while, Li Guanghua continued to speak: "Military, the live ammunition training of the troops is really a waste of ammunition. The 30,000 army, even if no one consumes five rounds a day, all of them will have to use a total of 150,000 rounds of ammunition... and our logistics reserves are all added, and there are only less than five million rounds of bullets. Apart from the ammunition reserves that deal with possible wars in the future, we can mobilize only two million rounds of ammunition... So far, half of these two million rounds have been used... At most one week, our ammunition inventory will enter a state of alert."

"It's used so quickly..." I don't know, I was shocked when I calculated...

Five million bullets seemed to be very large at first. However, after actually reaching his 30,000 elites, each of them looked 160 rounds... Thinking of the huge base of more than 30,000 people, Li Guosheng's face instantly showed a sudden enlightenment.

After a brief contemplation, Li Guosheng asked with a solemn look on his face: "Old Li, in addition to the reserves for dealing with the war, how much ammunition can we use at most..."

"One million shots, this is already the limit of the limit..." Li Guanghua affirmed...

With one million bullets, Li Guosheng immediately thought of a specific response. He ordered Li Guanghua in a deep voice: "In this way, take out 500,000 bullets for the Chief of Staff to let the Chief of Staff take some attention... As for the rest, store them all. But don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get you enough ammunition in the shortest time..."

"In addition, after you go back, you will immediately report all the various ammunitions and the quantity of our logistics warehouse to me. I will be useful..."

"Military, what do you mean..." Li Guanghua's eyes lit up and he asked back.

"Military purchase..." Li Guosheng answered straightforwardly without hiding it.

"We don't have it ourselves, and when we cannot produce it ourselves, there is only one way to buy military purchases. We use the ocean to exchange the various equipment and supplies we urgently need from the arms dealers. Of course, if possible, when exchanged for supplies, we can directly purchase several ammunition production lines from abroad. We produce ammunition by ourselves, at least to the point where rifle bullets are self-sufficient..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng seemed to have thought of something. He asked Li Guanghua: "Old Li, if you want to purchase military affairs, sufficient funds are necessary. After so long, I don't know how much funds we have in our hands. Since we have already said this, you, the big housekeeper, let me first understand and make a conclusion in my heart..."

Speaking of funds, Li Guanghua's face just now became relaxed and said with a smile: "Military, when it comes to the funds we have, I can only use one word to describe, that is beyond your imagination."

"Since our army was formed, there are several major sources of large funds: the first is the property of Sun Chuanfang that we accidentally seized on the battlefield in the bloody battle of Longtan last year... The second is the huge wealth of the Japanese army plundered by the local landlords and gentry in the four counties in eastern Shandong... The third is the property intercepted from the guard regiment and the spy regiment during the transfer of garrisons in the Northern Expedition Army and our army during a series of operations. The fourth is the property of the corrupt officials in eastern Shandong... The last is the property of the property of dozens of landlords and gentry in eastern Shandong a few days ago... "

"All these items are added together. In addition to the military spending this year, the huge expenses of redeeming land from the local area a few days ago, we still have 893 kilograms of gold, 35.43 million oceans, and a total of about 800,000 US dollars in various foreign exchanges... Of course, in addition to these real hard currency, we also have a large number of antiques and gold and silver jewelry that cannot be valuated."

Shocked, even though Li Guosheng came from later generations, he was deeply shocked after hearing this number. However, after the shock, a strong expression of surprise quickly enveloped Li Guosheng's face.

Strong funds mean that this military purchase has sufficient support to purchase various materials urgently needed in the entire Shandong Special Administrative Region. It also means that during this military purchase, I have enough trump cards to bargain with the other party.

Thinking of this, a specific idea of ​​using money immediately emerged in Li Guosheng's mind. He directly ordered Li Guanghua: "Old Li, gold, foreign exchange, antiques, these are the future development guarantees of our Shandong Special Zone, and we must not move... The ocean of more than 35 million looks a lot, but after the year of the special zone and the troops are really needed, plus some necessary emergency military expenses, there will be not much..."

"However, we are bound to win this military purchase again. So, my idea is to prepare 20 million oceans to deal with this military purchase..."

"Please rest assured, I will prepare immediately..." Li Guanghua replied very readily.

"Well, after going down, let Dean Lan of the field hospital come to my office. This military purchase, in addition to equipment and ammunition, medicines are also the focus of our procurement. However, we know nothing about medicines. In addition, Dean Lan is proficient in several languages. In order to achieve the smoothness of this military purchase, I plan to take Dean Lan to Qingdao to complete this military purchase..." Li Guosheng ordered.

A strange smile flashed quickly across the corner of Li Guanghua's mouth. He answered directly with a smile on his face: "Please rest assured, I will call my sister-in-law immediately..."

After saying that, before Li Guosheng could react, he walked out of the office...

Qingdao, as an important trading port, especially the experience of being rented by Germany for a period of time. The proportion of foreigners in the entire city is almost the highest in Shandong Province. The military purchase that Li Guosheng wanted to do was directly selected in Qingdao.

Although Qingdao is still in the hands of the Japanese army, as the war ended, the vigilance of the Japanese army left behind in Qingdao also decreased. In addition, there are a large number of foreigners in the city, especially the Germans. In the small Qingdao, except for the military ports under the scope of heavy military martial law in the Japanese army, almost all the remaining areas, including the entire urban area, are open to the public...

Under the protection of a whole squadron of the "Snow Leopard" special forces, Li Guosheng and Lan Ruoxin, who were dressed up as lovers, encountered almost no obstacles and directly moved into a hotel where a large number of foreigners gathered...

After the test of life and death in the war and the revealing of their feelings on the battlefield, neither of them showed any discomfort about their current identity as a couple...

In the hotel lobby, under Li Guosheng's special instructions, two people dressed as rich young men and ladies, were eating supper while paying attention to the foreigners chatting and laughing around...

It should be clear that at this moment, in the eyes of many foreigners, China is simply a country full of gold. Almost every foreigner who comes to China relies on his identity as a foreigner, almost all of them are doing very well...

So, looking around, the entire restaurant showed a hint of arrogant and excited expression on the faces of every foreigner unknowingly.

And among all the foreigners who were chatting and laughing, two Germans, less than ten meters away from them, attracted Li Guosheng's attention.7...

Unlike others, these two people were facing the two bottles of white wine on the table and silenced. It was obvious that the two people in front of them must have been greatly stimulated and were drinking to relieve their sorrows...

Just when Li Guosheng wanted to know the other party's identity and the reason for drinking to relieve his sorrows, one of them actually raised his voice and used the influence of alcohol to complain loudly to his colleague sitting in front of him.

"Jack, if next month, we can't get a big business and sell the batch of goods in our hands. We two will be fired by the head office... You said, what should we do next, where can we find such a big business..."

"It's all the damn Japanese and Chinese security guards. If it weren't for their war, with the Jiaoji Railway that runs through the entire Shandong, many people would have to rush to get the weapons and ammunition in our hands. However, since the Jiaoji Railway was cut off because of Champa, our weapons could never be transported out..." The German named Jack, sitting directly opposite, complained with a bad speech.

"Can we really wait to be fired by the head office... This job was found by me with great difficulty. If we were fired like this, we would definitely be ridiculed by our family after returning to China..." The German, who had just spoken, continued with a embarrassed look on his face.

"Tom... In Chinese terms, this may be the fate of both of us... And now, what we are facing may be destined..." Jack, with an embarrassing face, replied directly with a frustrated expression.

After recruiting a waiter, after a brief inquiry, combined with the other party’s conversation just now, Li Guosheng directly affirmed that the two Germans in front of him were the ones he was looking for...

With the end of World War I, the demand for weapons in countries around the world also suddenly decreased. The war-torn China undoubtedly became the weapon dumping place for countries around the world. As Germany's number one arms company, Knuber, of course, the focus of weapons dumping was shifted to China. At this moment, whether it was Shanghai or Guangzhou... all trading ports that once opened along the coast of China have set up branches that Knuber used to dump weapons and equipment. The two Germans in front of us happened to be the general manager and deputy general manager of the Qingdao branch...

In the past, before Li Guosheng officially entered Shandong, with the chaotic Shandong, whether it was warlords of all over the country or the powerful men who wanted to buy weapons and equipment, they were the best customers of these two people. In other words, the weapons in the hands of the two people did not need to worry about sales at all.

But now, with his arrival, with the fact that Shandong Special Zone has completely become its jurisdiction, the weapons and equipment in the hands of the two people have no sales and become unsold products...

As a sales manager, if you can't sell the goods in your hands, then there will be only one result waiting for him, and you will be directly dismissed by the head office...

Thinking of the losses caused to the other party by a gun ban order, Li Guosheng immediately showed a strange smile on his face. He spoke to Lan Ruoxin beside him: "Ruoxin, come here and wait for me, and I will go back..."

When Li Guosheng walked to the two, the two Germans still frowned, drinking to relieve their sorrows...

Li Guosheng smiled and said to the two of them: "Two gentlemen, I don't know if I can sit here... Of course, I'm not in vain. I will pay for everything on your table today..."

"Sit......" Although the two were so arrogant, at this moment, the two people who were already a little poor, of course they would not refuse the meal given to him by Li Guosheng for nothing, and they directly agreed...

Because what the two of them were talking about was not a secret, they still had no scruples when facing Li Guosheng sitting beside him. They continued to complain to each other in front of Li Guosheng...

When they learned from the two people that there were more than a thousand rifles in their hands that were not sold, Li Guosheng directly interrupted the other party's complaint and said, "Sir, if I want to buy the weapons and equipment in your hands, I don't know if you can give me a discount..."

"What, you buy weapons... How is it possible? As far as I know, the entire Shandong Special Zone has begun to implement the gun ban order. In addition, Qingdao is just surrounded by Shandong. Even if you buy weapons from us, it is impossible to transport them out..." Jack's face showed a sarcastic smile and said.

Li Guosheng smiled and shook his head, and continued to speak: "What this gentleman said is very correct. If he is an outsider, even if he buys weapons, he will not be able to pass through the defense zone of the Ninth Army... But if the buyer who buys equipment from you is the actual control of the Ninth Army in the Shandong Special Zone..."

"The Ninth Army... What you mean is that the Ninth Army of the Chinese Northern Expedition Army wants to buy weapons from us..." A hint of excitement flashed quickly on Tom's face, and he was about to scream. However, after looking at the dense crowds of people around him, he directly held back his voice. He asked in a low voice with expectations.

"Of course, otherwise what do you think I'm here to do?" Li Guosheng smiled and nodded with a smile under the expectant gaze of the two.

"Jack... It seems that we are really lucky, haha, in the Chinese words, God will pay off the hardships... This gentleman, I don't know if you are the representative of the Ninth Army of the Northern Expedition Army. If so, we can discuss the specific transaction content now..." Tom asked excitedly.

Li Guosheng nodded by default, then waved his hand and suggested, "Of course, but do you think the hotel is a suitable place for us to trade... Two gentlemen, I have already booked a room upstairs of the hotel. I don't know if you can come to my room and then discuss it in detail. After all, the equipment needed by our Ninth Army is not a small amount. I believe that after the transaction is completed, the rewards that you can get will be very generous."

"Of course, we are just thinking about it..." Hearing the generous reward, the two of them seemed to see handfuls of dollars shaking in front of them, and nodded directly with their eyes lit up and expressed their agreement. (To be continued...)
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