Saeed Auto Repair Shop, Tripoli, Libya
Thanks to the short-term peace in Libya, the business of the repair shop has also improved, and many citizens even drove out the luxury cars left before the war for repairs. The small factory that was once half dead has regained its vitality and has grown into a large factory with more than 100 people. In current Tripoli, this is definitely a large enterprise, but no one would have thought that such a seemingly normal repair shop The ground has long been hollowed out.
At this time, in the huge underground workshop, Wang Yue was holding a strange-looking pistol and chatting with Said.
"Sayed, are you sure this thing can work?" Wang Yue looked at the weapon recommended to him by Said speechlessly - a single-shot pistol. It's just that this pistol is too rough and the material is ordinary steel. , the surface has not been treated in any way, not even polished. The dense car marks can be clearly seen on the body of the pistol. When you hold it in your hand, the rough wooden handle is a bit piercing.
Only one bullet can be loaded at a time, using the most common 7.62mm Tokarev pistol bullet. After the magazine is closed, the seal seems to be OK. The reed pushes the hammer and the bullet is fired directly by hitting the fire.
Suddenly, a word popped up in Wang Yue's mind - the only pout. Isn't this just a slightly better version of the only pout? My good subordinate actually used a CNC machine tool to build himself a unique butt.
"No problem, boss, the pistol you have can sell more than 100,000 units every year. If it couldn't be fired, the person selling the weapons would have died long ago," Said said nonchalantly, and Wang Yue offered to let him To help him get a particularly cheap pistol, he built it right away, using waste materials from a car repair shop. The apprentice operated a forty-year-old CNC machine tool and turned it out in ten minutes. , the only thing that counts as cost is the wear and tear of a few old-fashioned knife heads.
"How much does this thing cost at your place?" Wang Yue was a little curious. If his plan didn't require too many weapons, Te would definitely not ask Said to find a solution. Tasha had thirty dollars a piece. Isn’t a second-hand bolt-action rifle good? Even if it’s a pistol, isn’t a $50 TT-33 good?
"Five hundred rupees, but this kind of gun is mainly for export. The price I mentioned is the selling price in southern countries, which is a little more than six dollars in U.S. dollars." Said was still very conservative, because Due to the high wear and tear of this kind of pistol and the low manufacturing threshold, the annual market in a certain country in South Asia should be more than one million units at a conservative estimate. Even more, if you add some people's homemade ones, it will be even more. To put it bluntly, it is a pipe, a firing device, and a bullet. The most expensive one may be that bullet.
"What's the cost of ours?" Wang Yue looked at the gun now, and his eyes were full of love. He didn't consider anything else, as long as it was cheap enough.
"The current calculation should be around 4 US dollars. If it is manufactured in large quantities, it will probably cost less than 3 US dollars, and the quality is definitely the best among similar products on the market!" Said is very sure that even if it is broken again, he will use it himself. It's also made of steel, but their counterparts in South Asia simply use iron pipes, and with their favorite 7.7mm rifle bullets, they can fire dozens of shots.
"Very good, let's get 10 million first!" Wang Yue wanted to go to the Japanese-occupied areas for a long time, but the firearms in his hands were considered good weapons no matter how broken they were. After the Japanese troops confiscated them, there were still some The value of use is different, but the thing made by Said is different. Unless the Japanese army is crazy, they will never equip their troops with this thing.
But it is different for the vast number of ordinary people. No matter how broken this unique stick is, it is still lethal and can kill the devils. Faced with the oppression of the devils, at the critical moment, they also have the capital to fight to the death. , the Japanese army has scruples if they want to be tyrannical in the occupied areas, and can protect the people well. As for whether the Japanese will massacre because of this thing, it depends on whether the Japanese are strong-headed, as long as they can kill all As long as they are resisters, otherwise, there will always be people who will raise their guns against them, and they will fight to the death, endlessly.
"One thousand, ten million! So many?" Said was also frightened by Wang Yue's generosity. In fact, the audience for this kind of pistol is very limited, and the profit is not high. For a long time, only two countries in South Asia have produced this kind of pistol. You won't be able to sell 10 million pieces of this stuff, even if it takes decades, you won't be able to sell them all.
"No matter how many there are, just organize people to make them. Just follow this standard!" Wang Yue answered with a very positive attitude. If he were not worried about scaring Said, he would have made 100 million at one time. By then Let everyone in the enemy-occupied area have one. Will the Japanese dare to leave the camp with just one or two people? Maybe you could be killed if you went out on the street to tease a little girl.
When he thought of the Japs staying in the camp suspiciously all day and night, not even daring to go to the toilet alone, Wang Yue felt waves of anticipation in his heart.
"No problem, boss, I will help you make the weapon as soon as possible!" Said responded excitedly. Ten million seems to be a lot, but in fact, dozens of CNC machine tools are spread out. It is difficult to make such a simple weapon. It is still very easy to use weapons. Although I work for others, I still get business bonuses. With a business of tens of millions of dollars, the bonuses are quite gratifying.
"Sayed, find someone to design a usage diagram. Use the simplest picture to explain how to use it. No text. The other step is to customize a batch of cloth bags and put the instructions, pistol, and three bullets in it." Wang Yue continued to explain while thinking. Considering the illiteracy rate there in 1940, he decided that it would be better to use pictures to explain. As for why there were three bullets, it was really unnecessary. If this thing was really used, it might only be A chance to inspire, too many bullets means nothing.
"Boss, what standard bullets are you using?" Said asked. There are so many tricks about bullets. They come from big factories, small factories, and small workshops, expired ones, new ones, steel shells, copper ones. There are differences in shells, charges, warhead materials, etc. Bullets of the same model have hugely different prices.
"What's the cheapest bullet?" Wang Yue had previously thought of using the bullets in his hand, but from what Said meant, it seemed that he had something else to say.
"Peshawar's lead-tipped black powder reloadable bullets are very cheap because they have low power and wear out the barrel. You can buy twenty rounds for one dollar," Said explained.
"It's really cheap, then use this kind of bullet." This is the first time Wang Yue knows that there are such cheap bullets. This is 2023, a bullet costs five cents, which was only the same over there in 1940, and this kind of bullet Even if it is captured by the Japanese, it will still be of no use.
"Boss, you have to know that even in Peshawar not every family has the ability to produce firearms, so there are still many families that specialize in producing low-end products. This is how this kind of reloading bullets come from, and the sales are basically the same. They are our two neighboring countries in the north and south." Said saw that Wang Yue seemed to be very interested in this matter, so he explained.
"Since Said is like this, let's first collect a batch of these lead-tipped black powder Tokarev pistol cartridges for later use. Let's get 500 million rounds first. You can just watch the purchase." Wang Yue felt that in 1940 there The war has to be fought. In this case, it is better to hoard some more, even if it is used to give away, it is good, and there is not much money left. 33
"Okay, boss!" Said responded with some gratitude. The people who make this kind of bullets in Peshawar are the poorest families. There really is such a big order, enough to feed thousands of families. A lot of bullets. Purchasing it for yourself can also stabilize the market price, prevent the price of this type of bullet from continuing to fall, and at the same time increase the price of bullets at other price points.
"Sayed, I heard that many businessmen in Peshawar went bankrupt because of the end of the Northern War. Is this true?" Wang Yue looked at Said and asked, Tasha still has weapons channels. Yes, but according to the current war situation, he was worried that something might happen, so in addition to increasing the stockpile of weapons during this period, he was also thinking of other ways.
"Boss, there was indeed a period of time like this before, but many people, like me, went to other countries to make a living, and not many of them really stayed in Peshawar." Said felt a little embarrassed when Wang Yue asked him. Isn’t it because the war in the northern neighbor ended and people lost their jobs? Even in the country of Libi, the factory had to be sold due to the confrontation between the east and west forces.
"There are still some. In this case, please contact me. I hope to expand our 45mm grenade production as soon as possible." Wang Yue frowned, but explained.
The Eighth Route Army's arsenal is now fully engaged in the production of 45mm mortar shells. Even the production of 82 mortars has been suspended, but it still cannot meet the ammunition consumption of thousands of 45mm mortars.
This thing is really easy to use, light weight, high accuracy, easy to use, easy to transfer, and low cost of use. It is even easier to use than the 82 mortar in many battles, especially in squad-scale conflicts, against Japanese troops. A crushing trend was formed.
Brigadier Chen had mentioned it to Wang Yue several times about the artillery shells. If he couldn't think of a way to help solve the problem, he would be a little embarrassed. Originally, he wanted to throw the raw materials over and let the Eighth Route Army assemble it by themselves, but the Eighth Route Army had There are really too few technicians. If they are expected to assemble it by themselves, it will not be as fast as Said's production speed.
"Boss, three thousand rounds a day are not enough?" Said felt that he had a toothache. The output of three thousand rounds a day was not enough. How intense must this conflict be? He would not throw this thing into Eastern Europe. Let's waste it on the battlefield.
"It's not enough. I hope to have a production capacity of 10,000 rounds per day by the end of the year. In addition, we will also produce supporting low-price mortars." Wang Yue said proudly.
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