Anxious Zhao Xin finally completed the registration procedures for a single shipping company. As soon as he got the procedures, he immediately found a freight forwarding company at the location of the cargo ship to expedite the shipping business.
In order not to arouse suspicion, he purchased 5,000 tons of grain as customs declaration goods and completed the pre-examination of goods for customs clearance in advance. The remaining inspection and quarantine procedures need to be completed within 24 hours before departure from the port. Otherwise, if you do not leave the port for more than 24 hours, you will have to go through it again.
Zhao Xin found an agency and hired twenty crew members of various types at high wages on the grounds that all of his crew members were overseas. Once the cargo ship arrived at the overseas port, their work would be over.
As an employee of the company, Deng Fei went to sea as chief engineer; as for Ding Guofeng, he was listed as a chef in the application materials.
After arranging all the procedures, Zhao Xin finally left the country with confidence.
He returned to the camp first and took away Wang Yuanfang and Wu Siyu in a hurry. Then we drove overnight to another port city more than 100 kilometers away.
This is the final docking place for his bulk carrier; Daniel and his arms deal will be completed here. Zhao Xin had received notification from the other party that all the goods had arrived safely at the port and were currently parked in the dock yard.
One night later, accompanied by Andrew who arrived here, Zhao Xin and three other people completed the inventory and acceptance of weapons and ammunition in the cargo yard.
This batch of goods occupied a total of three high-container containers (volume 83 cubic meters, load capacity 28 tons).
The first high box contains various types of bullets and five NG7 7.62mm caliber machine guns equipped with optical sights and silencers; the second high box contains several sets of equipment for reloading bullets, primers, gunpowder, C4 explosives, warheads, cartridges, and three small rifling machines; in the last tall box, in addition to one hundred Marlin1894 CB 357 lever rifles and some .357 caliber Magnum bullets, there are ten M2HBs and a large number of 410 Stainless steel rod.
Yes, Zhao Xin is going to use the Marlin 1894 lever rifle as a template and let Zhao Liang try to make a few to see how it works.
Since the birth of the Winchester Model 1866, the history of the lever rifle has been nearly 150 years. Although it is not used by the armies of various countries, it has always been a weapon used by various western gangsters and cowboys in group fights. Its production process is very mature; a full set of process drawings and related tools are very easy to obtain.
The subsonic large-caliber .357 Magnum bullet has a very good stopping effect. What Zhao Xin is most worried about is the tigers and other large beasts around the new base. This kind of bullet can effectively resist the attacks of these beasts.
As for the effect on humans, the bullets can knock down tigers and black bears with one shot, needless to say.
After all the goods were inspected, Andrew stared at Zhao Xin and asked: "I'm curious how you will transport these out of customs."
"You don't have to worry about this. I have my own way. What you have to do is to complete the handover of goods between us as soon as possible."
After Zhao Xin finished speaking casually, he completed the transfer payment. For the sake of safety, he decided to use gold spot payment for his next transaction with Daniel.
After Andrew received a phone call from Daniel that the payment had been received, he shook hands with Zhao Xin and said goodbye. As for his personal transaction with Zhao Xin, it will be completed next month.
After the three of them carefully looked around the container, Zhao Xin entered the container. This happened three times, and each time he came out a minute after entering. Wang Yuanfang and Wu Siyu immediately closed the container door and locked it.
When leaving the goods yard, Zhao Xin, who covered his face tightly, handed an envelope containing money to the security guard responsible for guarding the goods yard. The security guard took the envelope from the gap in the rolled-down car window and opened the door to let it go.
Since then, there have been three more containers in the cargo yard at the port that no one will ever pick up. It wasn't until many years later that someone forced it open and found that there was nothing inside.
The three of them drove back to modern-day Bear Island overnight, and then returned to the eighteenth-century camp.
Early the next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, the welder Zhang Bo was called to the bay on the north side of the camp by Zhao Xin who suddenly appeared.
The water in the bay does not completely freeze because of its high salt content. But as soon as we leave the bay and enter the ocean, large swaths of frozen seawater will block the way forward, making it difficult to move without icebreakers.
Zhang Bo stared dumbfounded at the temporary dock built with plastic pontoons and the two patrol boats moored not far away. He was already asking questions, and then he remembered that Mr. Zhao next to him had "special powers."
Alas, this is a silly question. If you can bring people like yourself to the eighteenth century, getting two ships is not easy.
Thinking of this, Zhang Bo asked Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, what do you need me to do?"
"Get on the boat first." Zhao Xin waved his hand and took Zhang Bo onto a patrol boat from the temporary dock.
Zhang Bo entered the cabin and saw that Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang were already waiting here. There were some newly unpacked steel pipes and steel plates piled on the ground in the cabin, and there was also a big guy that looked like a receiver.
"What is this?" Zhang Bo looked at the big guy on the ground in surprise. He seemed to have seen this thing in a movie.
"The M2HB machine gun, but the barrel has not been installed yet." Zhao Xin said lightly, and then pointed to the hydraulic supports and steel plates on the ground. "Xiao Zhang, you three, let's discuss how to install this thing on the deck above the cockpit. It must be strong. Don't let the lower frame collapse when the gun is fired at sea. What do you need? Just ask Liu Sheng for tools."
"Okay, Mr. Zhao, isn't it just a steel frame?" Zhang Bo was full of confidence. It turned out that he had made this simple.
While purchasing weapons, Zhao Xin also purchased the matching MK93 ship defense system produced by CRS Company. To put it simply, this thing is an integrated armor shield that can be installed on ships and fortresses. The complete system consists of a machine gun mount with front and rear tilters and a ballistic steel shield.
When Zhao Xin bought these two official patrol boats, he had already requested that the upper deck be strengthened and a layer of steel plate be laid on the original fiberglass structure.
All Zhao Liang and Zhang Bo had to do was install two sets of MK93 systems.
The two of them took the product manual and fiddled with it for a whole day before installing the bracket and shield steel plate. Next, it’s time to install the machine gun and test the effect.
The next morning, Liu Sheng, Zhao Liang, and Zhang Bo first installed the M2HB gun body on the MK93 bracket and fixed it. Then Liu Sheng carried the one-meter-long barrel and prepared to start the installation.
Since no one was familiar with this kind of machine gun, according to the instructions, Liu Sheng first asked Zhao Liang to pull the bolt to the end, then turn the barrel to the right a few times to tighten it slightly, and then took out a bunch of keys-like things and started. adjust.
This keychain-like thing is called a "plug gauge" and consists of three pieces of gauges with different thicknesses. Due to the way the barrel of the M2 is installed, it cannot be replaced as quickly as the MG machine gun. At this time, a special "plug gauge" is needed to adjust the gap between the bolt and the barrel. If the gap is too far or too close, you will not be able to fire.
First pull the bolt back about one-sixteenth of an inch (1.5875 mm), then insert the thickest gauge into the gap between the barrel and the frame in front of the receiver; if it cannot be inserted, you need to adjust the rotation slightly again barrel. Repeat this until the center of the gauge is fully inserted.
The next step is to remove the rear plate of the receiver, adjust the timing wheel inside, and turn it counterclockwise 15 times; then put another thinner gauge into the gap between the bolt and the barrel, and push the bolt until the gauge Push tight. Then adjust the trigger lever until it makes a soft "click" sound.
The third step is to insert the thinnest gauge and adjust the trigger again until a soft "click" sound is heard.
At this time, the rear plate of the receiver can be installed back.
(Now you know how troublesome it is to replace the barrel of this big guy like M2HB every time. It can’t be used by unscrewing it, replacing it with another one and then screwing it back on.)
Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang, who were exposed to the M2HB for the first time, struggled for a long time before completing the installation of the barrel. Zhang Bo, who was impatient to wait, was already staring in the cockpit below.
The two men then hung the ammunition box containing 50 rounds of bullets on the left side of the machine gun, loaded the bullets, and closed the receiver cover; then they set the button in the middle of the trigger button to fully automatic mode and pulled the bolt twice.
Liu Sheng asked Zhao Liang to stay away, and then leaned over to look at Zhang Bo who was snoring. He smiled evilly, pointed the muzzle of the gun at the sea, and then pressed the trigger.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!!!" The recoil of the gun caused the hull to shake slightly.
As soon as the gunshot rang out, Zhang Bo, who was sleeping soundly in the cockpit, suddenly jumped up, turned over, and fell from his chair to the ground. He lay on the floor covering his head and waited for a long time before he heard Liu Sheng and Liu Sheng snickering from the deck.
So he stood up and cursed at the hatch of the ship: "Son of a turtle! I will be scared to death by you!"
"Why don't you sleep? Get up HIGH." Liu Sheng greeted loudly.
"Come on, Xiao Zhang, let's have some fun with a couple of shots." Zhao Liang also smiled and called Zhang Bo up.
Twenty minutes later, Zhang Bo, who held down the trigger and fired more than a dozen bullets, was extremely satisfied.
After a while, Zhao Xin, who heard the gunfire, came with several people.
Everyone was amazed when they saw the big guy installed on the patrol boat. For the modern public, this thing has only been seen in TV movies before, and has never been seen in real life; for Sheng Haizhou and the others, let alone it.
So at the strong request of Hong Tao and Liu Zheng, Zhao Xin asked everyone to line up and take turns to get rid of the gun addiction. Citing the limited number of bullets, he arranged that each person could only fire twenty rounds.
Liu Siting pursed her lips and muttered: "You're so stingy."
Zhao Xin rubbed his numb arms from the shock and smiled bitterly: "Director Liu, you are having a great time. This machine gun really doesn't have many bullets. Do you think this thing can be sold open and open like cabbage?"
Zhao Xin suddenly thought at this time, could Andrew provide .50 bullets? Be sure to ask when you have time.
After the first one was installed, the MK93 and machine guns on the second patrol boat took half a day to be installed.
As for the remaining eight M2HBs, Zhao Xin plans to install them all on both sides of the bulk carrier. Paired with .050 M8 armor-piercing incendiary bombs, this thing is definitely a weapon that can wreak havoc on the Qing Dynasty's fleets and island country Anzhai ships within 1,500 meters.
As for land warfare, using this thing is such a waste!
