kingnovel Chapter 237 Hunter and Prey
Chapter 237 Hunter and Prey
Lu Cheng had plenty of gold bars, so he didn't feel bad about spending some of them. What's more, what he spent now could be earned back sooner or later.
In other words, the Japanese have not yet reached the other side of Zenda. Otherwise, Lu Cheng could go directly to the Japanese position and pick up what is ready. There are guns, cannons, food and drinks. It is definitely the best logistics supply station.
There is a song that goes: "If we have no food or clothes, the enemy will provide them for us. If we have no guns or cannons, the enemy will make them for us..."
It’s a pity that one of the reasons why Zenda was able to gather so many defeated soldiers was because there were no Japanese invaders nearby and it was relatively safe.
After some careful selection and bargaining, when Lu Cheng left the pawnshop, he took away five Zhongzheng rifles of good quality, two Jinyang-made ten-shot box cannons, and the corresponding bullets.
When Lu Cheng returned to the shelter with the guns, all the defeated soldiers gathered around him and looked at the guns in Lu Cheng's hands excitedly: "Sir, you are really amazing. You actually got so many guns."
"Sir, give me a gun, I can shoot accurately."
"Sir, don't listen to his bragging. His shooting skills are not as good as mine. Give it to me, give it to me."
"Stop, don't forget what we said before, whoever trains well will have the gun. Practice hard these two days, and we will take the test in three days. However, since I have nothing to do at night, I will teach you how to maintain the gun..."
Most of these deserters had never been to school and had little education. They did not know how to maintain their guns, and their shooting skills had not received any professional or systematic training. They still had a lot to learn.
What Lu Cheng wants to do now is to train a group of capable veterans to serve as squad leaders in the future so that he can quickly form a structure when gathering more defeated soldiers.
Therefore, Lu Cheng taught very attentively and passed on all the skills that should be learned.
Among these defeated soldiers, Meng Fanle's quality is indeed outstanding. After all, he has received higher education and has strong learning and acceptance abilities.
Not spicy, snake butt, spicy, kangya, etc. are all good.
In the next two or three days, these soldiers trained more diligently in order to get the guns, and no one tried to fish in troubled waters or cheat anymore.
In the past two or three days, Lu Cheng went to the black market again, found a few gun dealers, showed him his shining gold bars, and wanted to buy two more pistols.
When the gun dealers saw the gold bars in Lu Cheng's hand, they were more excited than seeing their own mother. They took out their own stocks and let Lu Cheng choose.
Lu Cheng picked around and found that the pistols in the hands of these gun dealers were basically imitation box guns made by domestic arsenals, and the quality was not very good.
Occasionally there would be one or two turtle boxes, but Lu Cheng would just skip them.
The Japanese Turtle Box can be said to be the worst of all the large-scale equipment pistols during World War II. The design is flawed, the firing pin is easy to break, the magazine is easy to fall off, the accidental discharge rate is high, the accuracy is extremely poor, the jam rate is high, etc.
Even the Jin-made box gun is much better than the turtle box.
Seeing that Lu Cheng looked around and didn't buy any guns, one of the gun dealers couldn't help but ask, "Sir, what kind of gun do you want? Just tell us and we'll see if we have it or if we can get it for you."
"I want any German-made box gun, as long as the rifling is not worn out, ten or twenty rounds, I want them all. If you can get a variety of pistols, I will also consider it."
One of the gun dealers said, "Originally, the commander wanted the imported ones, but they are not cheap. This Jin-made box gun only costs 150 or dollars. The German-made ones cost more than dollars. As for the pistols, they are not cheap either."
Lu Cheng laughed: "As long as you have good stuff, I have plenty of gold bars here."
As he spoke, Lu Cheng casually reached into his arms and pulled out another handful of gold bars.
The glittering gold bars made the gun dealers unable to take their eyes away, and some of them even revealed their undisguised greed in their eyes.
Lu Cheng took the looks of these gun dealers into consideration but didn't take them to heart at all.
If it were an ordinary person, they would still pay attention to not showing off their wealth. But for Lu Cheng, it would be like Jiang Taigong fishing.
"Sir, if you can afford it, I can get you a German-made 20-shot cassette."
"Yes, I have a few guns here, too. There are flower-mouthed guns and dog-tag guns. How about we arrange a time and place? How about paying and receiving the guns?"
"Yes, sir. These rare goods are very expensive. They are not easy to get and are easy to be targeted by the higher-ups. We dare not sell them here. If you are willing, we can meet outside the city."
"No problem. How about tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the small woods ten miles west of Zenda City?"
"It's a word."
After everyone made the appointment, Lu Cheng turned and left.
The gun dealers did not disperse immediately, but split into two groups, gathered together and whispered about something.
"This major looks delicate and tender, he is probably a rich young man who just started to make a living."
"I see. He actually brought so many gold bars. If we just beat him up, we'll be rich."
"But he is a major after all. Who knows if he has any background?"
"We'll just run away after we finish this job. In this chaotic situation, who can catch us?"
"That's right. For safety's sake, how about we do it together?"
"Of course, then should we take those guns he wants?"
"Bring them all with you. If this guy brings people with him and we can't defeat him, we can trade honestly."
"Yes, just in case, we have to prepare for both situations. Brother Ma is really smart."
On the other side, after Lu Cheng walked a distance away, he glanced at the figures of the gun dealers gathered together as shown on the radar, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It seems that I can save the gold bars this time.
The next afternoon, after Lu Cheng completed the training with the group of soldiers, he ordered them to return to the shelter and assigned a task to Meng Fanle, to teach those soldiers who could not write to write their own names.
Meng Fanle's leg injury has not healed completely yet, so he is unable to participate in training for the time being. This is a good opportunity for him to make use of his strengths and serve as a private tutor for these soldiers.
After making the arrangements, Lu Cheng went alone to the place he had agreed to meet with the gun dealers. On the way there, Lu Cheng turned on the thermal sensing radar in advance to detect the situation ahead.
When he was about two or three hundred meters away from the agreed location, Lu Cheng noticed that there were 12 people lying in ambush in the woods ahead. Four of them were hiding behind shelters on both sides, two of them were climbing up trees, and the remaining six guys gathered together, waiting for Lu Cheng's arrival.
After discovering these people, Lu Cheng did not show any abnormality. He still carried a heavy bag and walked "unguardedly" towards the ambush circle set up by the gun dealers.
When Lu Cheng was about a hundred meters away from the group, one of the guys who had climbed up the tree put down his binoculars and said to the people behind him, "The major is here, alone, and he seems to be carrying a lot of gold."
"Hehe, it looks like we're going to get rich today."
"What a foolish fellow. I hope he can be smarter in his next life."
Lu Cheng on the opposite side had already figured out their location clearly through the thermal sensing radar, and smiled slightly in his heart: "It seems that I will make a small fortune today..."