American businessman

Smith was simply a little surprised. He remembered that Wu Shaoting was studying in Germany, so why did he know so well about American rifles? He couldn't help but feel embarrassed. It seemed that he couldn't underestimate this young man, and he had to come in real life. He calmed down and took out a relatively new rifle from the long wooden box and handed it to Wu Shaoting.

"Okay, my friend. If you are not satisfied with this one, I really have no choice. This is the latest rifle in the United States of America, and also the standard equipment of our United States Army, the Springfield M1903 rifle." He introduced, showing a bit of pride.

Wu Shaoting took the rifle and finally showed a look of satisfaction on his face. This rifle was indeed a US military standard equipment and was even used until World War II. It was not until the release of the Garland M1 semi-automatic rifle that the m1903 gradually retreated to the second line, but it was not completely determined.

In fact, the m1903 still imitates the German Mauser K98 rifle. Although it has slightly improved on the barrel and bullet, it is strictly speaking the enhanced vest of the k98 rifle.

Most of the Chinese teams are equipped with Chinese rifles and Mauser K88 rifles, which are of course not enough in front of the m1903. Therefore, if the price is appropriate, it is a good thing to buy a batch of m1903s.

"Great, I like it." Wu Shaoting exclaimed and pulled the bolt to check.

"General Wu is indeed very eye-catching, haha. But there is one thing I have to explain in advance. This rifle is the latest model and the price may not be so ideal." Smith said with the foreshadowing.

"No problem, let's sit down and talk about the price later." Wu Shaoting said readily.

"It's very good. If General Wu bought a large amount, I could even give me some sighting instruments. It's this thing." Smith pulled out an eighty-centimeter-long copper tube from the bottom of the long wooden box.

Wu Shaoting took it and looked in front of him. It was indeed an early sight.

The early sniper rifles did not have any high-tech factors, and they used glass lenses and glass to mark the cross-centered heart. Take the current telescope for example, which is composed of a telescope, which is bulky and inaccurate.

Wu Shaoting knew that in 1904, the German Carl Zeiss company had developed more professional, better and more strategically used scopes. Of course, he also knew that Smith would definitely not sell himself such advanced things. For current China, the old-fashioned sights were enough to deal with them.

Afterwards, Smith introduced other rifles. He no longer used those backward rifles to fool Wu Shaoting, and tried to recommend some internationally advanced rifles.

In addition to m1903, Wu Shaoting also took a fancy to the Winchester M1897 shotgun, which was later called the "trench sweeper". When he was still at the back of the whistle, he had seen Winchester fire guns continuously, but the model of the back of the whistle was very backward and used lever loading. (That is, the loading method of Schwarzenegger riding a motorcycle in "Terminator".) Winchester M1897 is a front gun loading method, a pump-acting shotgun with five-shot tubular cages. In the era without submachine guns, a short-barrel pump-acting shotgun became the only weapon for combat in trenches. This advantage can be seen from its nickname "trench sweeper".

Wu Shaoting believed that if this gun could be introduced, the troops he led would definitely become a legend in positional warfare.

In addition, Smith also brought some pistols, such as Browning M1907 and Colt revolver. When he recommended to Wu Shaoting, he said that if the Guangzhou Army could form a pistol team, its role on the battlefield would be irreplaceable.

Wu Shaoting was funny. Smith was a businessman rather than a soldier. The pistol team was indeed very useful. Whether it was supervising battles, spies, raids, or infiltrating, they could be used. However, what the pistol team needed was a pistol with a large ammunition compartment, so that it would not be replaced frequently during combat. Browning had at most nine bullets, and the maximum capacity of Colt revolver was seven, and it was a big bullet nest, which was inconvenient to carry.

The Chinese Pistol Team was equipped with two Mauser pistols until the end of the War of Liberation. Although the Mauser pistol has a large recoil and low accuracy, it can be equipped with multiple ammunition compartments, with a maximum ammunition capacity of twenty.

"Mr. Smith, as for pistols and mines, I don't need them for the time being. But if possible, I will consider buying some Colts as military guns. Of course, it depends on whether you can give a discounted price by Mr. Smith." Wu Shaoting said with a smile.

"No problem. What about the heavy machine gun? This guy is a ground killer. A Maxim heavy machine gun can block a company's troops!" Smith walked to the front of the third box and reached out to pat the heavy machine gun's water-cooled bag.

"Very good, I will definitely consider heavy machine guns. But the problem is that my troops need training in this regard. Apart from the six towns in Beiyang, there are few troops equipped with heavy machine guns in China at present." Wu Shaoting nodded and said.

"This is easy. As long as General Wu buys more, I can arrange for training heavy machine gunners voluntarily." Smith said with a deep face. Heavy machine guns are the most profitable thing. The price of heavy machine guns in the Chinese market is three times that of internationally. Everyone likes to make a lot of money from these yellow people.

"Then let's find a place to sit down and talk about it in detail." Wu Shaoting said.

"It's just my wish," Smith said.

Wu Shaoting found Wu Guangting and asked Wu Guangting to arrange a place for him to meet with Smith.

Wu Guangting immediately cleaned an office at the dock and gave it to Wu Shaoting and the foreigners. He also ordered a few men to cut watermelons and pour cold water to enter.

Wu Shaoting told Wu Guangting again that if those who came to make trouble came, they would come in and notify him immediately. Wu Guangting was waiting for this sentence, and immediately agreed repeatedly, and then retreated.

Most of the talk with foreigners was bargaining. Smith was a complete businessman. Even if Wu Shaoting was introduced by Zhang Zhi, he had to guarantee his maximum interests. In fact, from the beginning, he could see that he used those outdated rifles to fool Wu Shaoting. However, Wu Shaoting was not a vegetarian. He understood the manufacturing cost of these guns and the situation of other countries competing with the US-based fire merchants, so he did not let Smith take advantage of it.

Wu Shaoting mainly deals with two aspects. On the one hand, he deliberately pretends to be familiar with the arms market, and on the other hand, he plays a favor card. He told Smith that the reason he bought American equipment was to give Zhang Zhi a face. If Smith had to pay such a high price, Zhang Zhi would definitely lose face. Zhang Zhi would not introduce customers to trade in the future.
Chapter completed!