A brand-new Czech-style light machine gun with a shiny black luster lay quietly in the box, with two spare magazines and a spare barrel next to it.
Uncle Ma suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhou Wen, with inquiry, expectation, and even a little pleading in his eyes. Zhou Wen looked at him and nodded gently.
Uncle Ma squatted down, holding the box with both hands, tears streaming down his face, and finally started crying quietly.
Zhou Wen slowly walked away, letting this man who looked like a little old man vent his grievances and frustrations to his heart's content.
Uncle Ma's name is Ma Defu. He used to be a machine gunner in the Anhui Army. Later, he was ruthlessly abandoned by his superiors after being injured on the battlefield. It was Gao Xiaoshan's father who carried him behind his back to surrender to Wang Huzi. Wang Huzi was also kind and took him in and helped him heal his injuries. Later, seeing that his actions did not change, he was asked to help train the disciples.
However, he felt miserable! Since his leg became lame, the former dragon has turned into a reptile. I see myself becoming a burden, as if I am superfluous everywhere. My life becomes more and more cautious and frustrating, and my waist becomes more and more bent.
In fact, the man who is only in his thirties looks like a little old man.
The last time Zhou Wen heard Gao Xiaoshan say that his machine gun was accurate, he took it seriously. Gao Xiaoshan has a calm personality, and Zhou Wen believes in his words. And now the team is slowly taking shape, and the brothers have practiced their marksmanship and tactical movements well.
We have artillery support and long-range precision shooters, but we lack machine guns and machine gunners. It's not easy to train a machine gunner. You have to feed it with bullets, so the machine gunner in Zhou Wen's mind is Uncle Ma.
What does lameness have to do with it? It's not that they can't run. They usually carry machine guns and bullets on their backs, and they are all young men with the strength of an ox. When traveling for long distances, they would ride on horses and mules; when they couldn't climb mountains, they would be carried on their backs.
As long as the machine gun fires loudly and accurately, it will be fine. Besides, I still have Buddhist beads, and I will always get better with more massage.
The next afternoon, the guard company's competition ended, and Wang Beard and Old Uncle Wu also came to watch. Statistics show that no one in the entire 200-meter shooting company missed the target.
Gao Xiaoshan, the best scorer, hit the bullseye. One man and two men were shot four times. The two people who were shot three times were named Li Hu and Niu Bao.
Gao Xiaoshan ranks first in tactical actions. The second one, Sun Dazhu, is the muscular man who fought against Zhou Wen. The third place is Ergazi.
Fighting competition on the highest hill. The second Xu Dacheng. The third Sun Dazhu.
Zhou Wen sighed in his heart: "Brother Shan Zi is so strong, he deserves to be given a full body massage by me. He is the second shooter in the company."
I just didn't know that Ergazi, a fool, was very talented in shooting. Well, Sun Dazhu, Li Hu and Niu Bao are also good. I will also give them a complete set in the future. "Does this guy praise others or himself?
Then he strode up to Wang Huzi and saluted and asked for instructions: "Report to the leader, the guard company competition has ended successfully. Now, please give the leader a lecture to all the brothers in the company."
Wang Huzi was so moved! A machine gun bought the right to lecture. It's the group leader again. We have to seize this opportunity, and we won't be able to resist the machine gun until it lasts for an hour.
"Ah, this, the kids practiced well, practiced well! I am very happy to be the leader today..."
Zhou Wen was puzzled as soon as he heard this. How come the speeches of leaders in any era are the same? Is this part of traditional Chinese culture?
Half an hour later, Wang Huzi continued, "Shan Zi's performance was unusual when he was six years old..." Zhou Wen immediately thought of Gao Xiaoshan's eighteen years old, why didn't he talk about it until dark? He fell down with a plop.
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In August, Xuchang City is already extremely hot. For some unknown reason, a large number of soldiers were suddenly dispatched in the city in recent days to conduct house-to-house searches, which made people in the city panic and the weather was unbearably hot.
That morning, eight young soldiers on horseback escorted a carriage into Xuchang City.
The first one was Zhou Wen, followed by Gao Xiaoshan, Xu Dacheng and several other teenagers with good training results. The driver was old Uncle Wu.
It turned out that Uncle Wu was going to the city to buy oil and salt for the regiment headquarters. Even the guards needed a lot of pen, ink and paper to learn culture, so Zhou Wen decided to go to the city together.
I also want to see if there is any way to get some son playing. Because the drive was slow, we stayed in an inn near the city gate for one night before entering the city early in the morning.
After entering the city, I found that the atmosphere was a bit tense. There were many soldiers on the street holding guns and checking. Gao Xiaoshan asked someone to inquire, and they said that a monk from the Shaolin Temple assassinated Chairman Shi on the street three days ago. He was wounded by a gun and ran away.
Zhou Wen shook his head after hearing this and said: "I did it three days ago. I have run away long ago. Only fools would hide in the city." He knew that the Shaolin Temple was burned down by Shi Yousan during the Republic of China, and it was reasonable for the Shaolin monks to seek revenge from him. .
After entering the city, Zhou Wen asked Gao Xiaoshan to lead everyone to help Old Uncle Wu while he walked around first. The horses were stored at Zhumadian at the city gate, and someone helped feed them with grass and water.
Xu Dacheng also wanted to go with Zhou Wen, but Zhou Wen stopped him with one sentence: "They don't understand pen, ink or paper. Only you can go."
Zhou Wen has good intentions. There are many troops stationed in the city, so there will definitely be a black market for arms. Especially in the warlord army, there are many officials who make money by reselling guns and ammunition.
The black market is usually located in a certain inn or hotel, where it is convenient to hide and inspect the goods. Zhou Wen went from house to house and walked around the streets and alleys of Xuchang City. On the way, I also bought a red headband for Hongxiu.
As I was walking, someone called me: "Brother Zhou, long time no see."
Zhou Wen looked up and said overjoyed: "Brother Zhou, why is it you?" The person who came was none other than Zhou Jinbao, who had pointed him out in Xinxiang County.
Zhou Wen is still very grateful to Zhou Jinbao. Without Zhou Jinbao's careful introduction and guidance, the situation of Zhou Wen and Xu Dacheng would have been very variable. It was hard to say whether the two brothers could be in the same army.
Zhou Jinbao returned to Xuchang for a temporary business trip this time, and he did not expect to bump into Zhou Wen by such a coincidence. When they met, they exchanged warm greetings and said goodbye to each other. Zhou Jinbao asked Zhou Wen's purpose and said: "The arms black market is not in the city, but outside the city."
Seeing that there was no place for talking on the street, Zhou Jinbao took Zhou Wen into a teahouse on the street and found a private room to sit down.
After Dr. Tea poured the tea and turned around to go out, he continued: "There are two black markets. One is in Lijiazhuang, thirty miles west of the city, and the other is at the Beicheng Inn outside the North City Gate." No wonder Zhou Wen couldn't find it after he searched all over the city. .
After finishing speaking, Zhou Jinbao looked Zhou Wen up and down carefully, gave Zhou Wen a thumbs up and said: "Brother Zhou is so clever. He confused everyone in the supply department and found a good owner for himself. ah."
"I really have to thank Brother Zhou for reminding me, otherwise the situation would have been difficult to explain." Zhou Wen thanked him.
Zhou Jinbao said with a weird and funny expression: "Brother Zhou has such a big reputation in the Supply Department now!" Zhou Wen was puzzled, can he still get a reputation after being hungry and beaten?
"The scum among the students, the scoundrel among the dandies. Everyone knows about the supply department. Does this count as a great reputation?" Zhou Jinbao burst out laughing after saying this.
Zhou Wen started to feel dazed after hearing this, and then started laughing. I really didn't expect this. It seems that I am really talented in acting.
The two of them chatted and laughed, and their relationship with each other invisibly got closer. Zhou Wen briefly introduced the current situation between himself and Xu Dacheng, and then asked: "Brother Zhou, what's the urgent matter when you come here this time? If it's not urgent, let's invite the Dacheng brothers to have a few drinks together."
Zhou Jinbao stopped smiling, thinking of his troubles, how could he be in the mood to drink, and then he declined: "Forget it about drinking. I accept your and Dacheng's wishes. Let's have a good drink again when we have the opportunity." .”
Zhou Wen was a discerning person, so he asked: "Brother Zhou, what's the problem? If it's convenient, you might as well tell me. As I said before about the current situation, there are also a few caring brothers in the supplementary group, who can If you can help me, I can help you; if you can’t help me, I can help you with some ideas, right?"
Zhou Jinbao felt something in his heart after hearing this. Yes, he was so busy chatting that he ignored the person in front of him. This brother is not a simple man. He is calm and clever, and he has become famous in less than a month. It's hard to say that it can really help me.
After sighing, Zhou Jinbao explained his situation.
It turns out that Zhou Jinbao used to be the deputy section chief of the ammunition section of the Supply Department. He was capable and a good person, managed the ammunition section in an orderly manner, and managed all aspects of the relationship between the upper and lower levels, winning the trust of the then section chief.
The current section chief, Fatty Zhao, was just a junior officer in the transportation team at that time. He was once discovered by Zhou Jinbao for reselling ammunition. Fatty Zhao's family spent a lot of money to protect him from military action, but the two sides also forged a rift.
Later, when Shi Youxin was transferred as the section chief, he changed all the section chiefs. Originally, Zhou Jinbao still had a chance to be promoted to section chief. After all, he was proficient in business skills. Anyone who became a boss would need subordinates who knew how to do things.
But after Fatty Zhao found out about Shi Youxin's lustful habits, he gave his sister to him as a concubine. Fatty Zhao was ugly and fat, but his sister was quite pretty. After Shi Youxin got her, she was extremely doting on her.
So Fatty Zhao became Section Chief Zhao, and Zhou Jinbao's hard days came. The position of Deputy Section Chief was also removed, and he was transferred to the Recruitment Department as an adjutant. Later, he was even sent to a remote recruiting office to live in ashes.
This time I took the opportunity to go back to the headquarters for business and wanted to move around a bit to see if I could be transferred back to the headquarters. As a result, he was scolded by Shi Youxin and ridiculed by Fatty Zhao, and he walked out in disgrace.
After hearing this, Zhou Wen also sighed for Zhou Jinbao, thought about it carefully for a while, and already had an idea, and said: "Brother Zhou, the focus of this matter is actually two people, one Shi Youxin and the other Fatty Zhao.
Shi Youxin has a high position and is Chairman Shi's cousin. It is impossible to move him.
The only thing we can do is to remove Fatty Zhao. If Fatty Zhao is removed, half of the game will be over. If Brother Zhou finds a way to make some contributions, the matter will basically be done. "
When Zhou Jinbao heard this, he admired Zhou Wen to the ground. His mind was originally a mess, but after listening to his simple analysis, it became clear and he had ideas for solutions. To untie the bell, one must tie the bell. I am really a fan of the authorities.
Immediately, he looked at Zhou Wen eagerly and said, "Good brother, I met you today under the guidance of God. Please tell me how to move?"
