Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 328 Selling Weapons

In the afternoon, every household either pushed the food on wheelbarrows or carried it on their shoulders to the ancestral hall square.

Since they are all family members, there is no trick in collecting grain. One family just collected three kilograms more, which is considered as the village paying for transportation.

In fact, the extra three jins were mainly collected to cope with the fluctuation of the government's public scale. It is better to have a higher weight.

The next morning, more than twenty cows in the village and several mules of the Hou family left the small village in the corner of the mountain with more than 30,000 kilograms of grain taxes.

The food delivery team consisted of three people in each vehicle, each carrying a gun, and three of them were holding light machine guns.

This is the first time that Nanjiagou Village has paid public grain, so it is better to be careful and at the same time deter the township office.

But before going there, we have to wait for the other three villages. Everyone is bound to the Yanhuang Alliance. They prosper together and suffer together, so they are still very united.

As far as Hou Xiaoge knew, since the beginning of this year, the Nanjiagou Village had married at least ten wives from other villages, and of course, they had also married quite a few.

There were even people who took a fancy to Hou Xiaoge's elder sister Hou Xiazhu and second sister Hou Pandi, and asked them to act as matchmakers.

However, Hou Xiaoge told her cheap mother that she should try not to tell her two sisters about their relationship before they turned 18, as it is very dangerous for girls to give birth before the age of 18.

As they were all experienced people, Wang Maimiao agreed with Hou Xiaoge's suggestion.

Moreover, Wang Maimiao also had her own little thoughts. She wanted to keep her two daughters at home to help her for a few more years.

Although Hou Xiaoge's two elder sisters did not say anything about him, her eldest cousin Hou Chunhua did.

Hou Chunhua has been married, but he lives a good life in the Hou family and is well taken care of. He is not young anymore this year.

My uncle simply found a single young man for my eldest cousin so that she could be taken care of by her parents and would not be bullied.

After the busy farming season is over, my eldest cousin will get married.

……

After waiting at the intersection for about half an hour, the convoys from the four villages met.

Although these villages are composed of family members of Tianmen Group disciples, they do not have as many ox-drawn and horse-drawn carts as Nanjiagou Village.

However, these villages are large and populated, and dozens of wheelbarrows and carts follow the ox carts.

There were four villages with a total of five to six hundred people, each with a gun. Even the militia in the town would have to run away if they saw them.

After everyone arrived at the township office, the villagers had already seen what was happening, but they didn't dare to gather around and just whispered to each other.

"Big Head, which village is this? Why are there so many people? Everyone is carrying a gun.

Oh my god, look, that guy has a light machine gun in his arms and a grenade on his waist."

"Oh my god! Awesome, really awesome."

"This village is not easy to mess with. Let's try to stay away from it."

……

Everyone looked at the convoy with fear and curiosity.

When the government officials at the township office saw the people from Nanjiagou Village carrying food over, they hurried over to greet them.

"Brother Hou, Brother Wang, Brother Li and Brother Deng, you have put on quite a big show! Come on, I'll have someone weigh yours first." The village chief looked at the few people and came forward with a warm face.

He couldn't help laughing. These guys almost shot him to death last year. His legs trembled whenever he thought about that scene now.

After a round of greetings, it was time to weigh the items.

After weighing the grain tax in Nanjiagou Village, the township office discovered that the 300 acres of land in Nanjiagou Village actually produced more than the normal 380 acres.

"Brother Hou, does your village have a good harvest this year? Thirty percent is so much. Thank you for supporting your work." The leader of the township office said in surprise.

"There are many livestock in the village, and there is plenty of manure in the fields, so naturally the crops grow well." Hou Yangmin replied with a smile.

"That's great. From now on, if you guys come in so many every time, my work will be much easier." The village chief said with an apologetic smile.

After paying the grain tax, everyone returned to Nanjiagou with a relaxed look on their faces.

Hou Xiaoge planned to stay at home for two more days, and then leave after transplanting the seedlings to the fields.

It is summer now, so it is best to transplant the seedlings at night when it is cool or on a rainy day.

It was drizzling that day, and Hou Xiaoge and his family went out wearing straw raincoats and hats, carrying baskets and backpacks.

"Maimiao, why are you going out today if you're not setting up a stall?"

"Go plant some vegetables in the fields!"

When the villagers heard about growing vegetables, they suddenly realized that the land of the clan leaders had been left fallow and they really wanted to grow vegetables.

Braving the rain, several families worked day and night for three days and finally planted vegetables in all the fields.

When they saw that the tobacco seedlings in other people's fields had just sprouted, while their own fields were already a large green area, the comparison between the two made everyone smile.

After planting vegetables and resting at home for a day, Hou Xiaoge took the opportunity to ask his family to go out.

It was rare for Hou Xiaoge to stay at home for such a long time in the past two years. Now he wanted to go out, and Wang Maimiao did not stop him.

Although she was a peasant woman, she knew that a good man had ambitions.

"Everyone go back! I'll be back when it's time to interplant corn.

You should also pay attention to calculating the time, and when the flue-cured tobacco seedlings are one foot tall and have five or six leaves, they can be planted. ” Hou Xiaoge reminded several relatives and friends before leaving.

"Well! Go ahead, have a safe trip and be safe."

……

There has been a lot of buzz recently about the Yanhuang Alliance getting weapons, but there has been no news for half a month, which surprised all parties who were eagerly waiting.

"Alliance leader, you're back! Have you brought back the weapons?" As soon as Hou Xiaoge returned to the Tianmen Group headquarters, Wen Jun, who was in charge of the business here, couldn't wait to ask.

"Well! You have to be careful when transporting the weapons. They are brought back safely. Nothing has happened between Tianmen Group and Myanmar recently, right?" Hou Xiaoge asked after taking a sip of tea.

“Everything is stable in the country, except that the Red Army and the National Government come to inquire about the purchase of a batch of arms every day.

As for Burma, things are not going well there. Recently, John Bull has been strongly supporting the local natives and fighting against Burmese immigrants and Chinese from India.

The other hall masters in the alliance have been in charge there recently, so you have to go there in person to find out more details." Wen Jun briefly explained the situation.

"Okay, then, tell me about China first! I'll go to Myanmar and Southeast Asia in person when the time comes. It's quite chaotic there recently, so you shouldn't go there.

If you have any problem, just contact the Southeast Asian Self-Defense Army and ask them to bring an aircraft carrier over and go directly to America." Hou Xiaoge said with concern.

"Ok!"

Wenjun smiled and nodded.

Then the two talked about the domestic weapons needs of both sides. The Kuomintang government hoped to get some large-caliber artillery and tanks.

The Red Army wanted to buy some small-caliber artillery, anti-aircraft machine guns, and mainly some bullets. It would naturally be better to have guns.

Based on the situations of both parties, Hou Xiaoge nodded in approval.

The National Government has no shortage of light weapons, and now America is strongly supporting the National Service. Although it is difficult to transport large objects on the Everest route, it is still very simple to transport guns.

Therefore, what the national server lacks is heavy equipment that can make the final decision. Large-caliber artillery and tanks are naturally their favorites.

Needless to say, the Red Army usually engages in guerrilla warfare, so heavy equipment is of little use to them. It is inconvenient to carry, and they cannot withstand the consumption of heavy weapons.

On the contrary, what they are most in need of are light mortars that can be carried for mobile combat and anti-aircraft machine guns that can be used for defense.

Especially the anti-aircraft machine guns. With the dissolution of the Red International, the Kuomintang government could no longer tolerate the Red Army. Air bombing was inevitable. With this, Yanzhou could be better defended.

There is a song that goes: We don’t have guns or cannons, but the enemy will make them for us.

Due to the lack of a complete logistical supply chain, the Red Army had only its old weapons, and the rest of the weapons were captured on the battlefield.

Therefore, even in 44, the gun ownership rate of the Red Army's basic regiments did not exceed %. Many soldiers did not have guns, but only carried javelins and swords.

The guns were all captured, not to mention the bullets which are consumables.

During a war, each person has at most three or five bullets, so they can only wait for the enemy to get close and then charge and fight with bayonets.

So compared to the mortars and anti-aircraft machine guns mentioned above, what the Red Army values most is bullets.

"You can promise them that I will send someone to escort the Red Army when the time comes. The National Government will ask them to send someone over and I will talk to them." Hou Xiaoge said after thinking for a moment.

Now that there are more weapons, Hou Xiaoge is naturally not stingy in supporting the war of resistance.

Needless to say, the red side should maintain good relations and look at long-term future development.

Another main reason for selling weapons to the National Government this time was that the Japanese invaders attacked Henan Province.

Since the beginning of this year, the Japanese may have realized that they are powerless to turn the situation around and have started to make a desperate attempt.

The most terrifying thing is the dying struggle. In the past few months, the Japanese invaders have invaded many other provinces, forcing the Nationalist government to retreat step by step and killing countless civilians.

The Henan Province, the hometown of Hou Xiaoge's original body, was the first to be hit.

Henan Province is located in a plain area with no natural defenses, and has been ravaged by the Japanese invaders in the past few months.

Some time ago, Nanjiagou was busy with farming, and the villagers couldn't help crying when they heard the sad news that their hometown of Luoning had fallen. This is also the reason why they were so active in paying grain taxes.

"Director Wang, I agree to provide you with heavy weapons, but I hope you can deliver these weapons to Henan Province.

Many of our Yanhuang League's middle and high-level officials are from Qinyu. If our hometown is destroyed, we will be in trouble. This is our condition." Hou Xiaoge said to the official from the National Government Procurement Department who came to negotiate.

"Of course. This is the front battlefield of our government. We are about to launch a campaign soon. It would be even better if we could have the heavy weapons of your alliance to support us." The director of the government said seriously with joy in his heart.

"Okay, I won't make any money from you on the price of this batch of goods. Just give me the factory price." Hou Xiaoge nodded and returned the favor.

"Then Alliance Leader Zhou, can you tell me the number and types of weapons?"

“20吨以内的轻型坦克15辆，30吨以上重型坦克10辆，战车5辆。

200毫米榴弹炮5门，152榴弹炮15门，107加农炮13门，高射机枪炮100架。”侯小歌翘着二郎腿看似随意的说出这些数字。

"hiss!"

When the two Kuomintang officials on the opposite side heard the number of tanks and heavy artillery, their bodies could not stop shaking.

With such firepower, even a Kuomintang army group does not have such a configuration. It is simply terrifying.