Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

(Thanks to Smart QG for the reward and update 2/2)

Li Xiao gently folded the double-barreled shotgun in his hand, and two gray-black bullet shells popped out automatically.

He took out two bullets from his bag, stuffed them into the chamber, swung the gun upwards to reset the short double-barreled shotgun, pointed the muzzle at the people from Xiao Liangshan who were lying on the ground and wailing, and pulled the trigger.

This short double-barreled shotgun is a new product that Dajiba has recently come up with. It is the first firearm in which 1% of the parts are made of No. 90 ceramic steel.

This gun is made entirely of ceramic steel from the barrel to the grip. The only thing about the gun is that it has two wooden grips on the grip to enhance the feel. The trigger assembly and hammer assembly are non-ceramic steel.

Even the bullet casing of this gun is made of ceramic steel, the primer used is the rifle primer found in the Fengtian Arsenal, and the ammunition fired is steel balls rubbed out of railroad tracks.

This gun has no rifling. Because No. 2 ceramic steel is not wear-resistant, the rifling will be quickly worn out. A smoothbore gun that does not require rifling can reduce wear resistance and greatly increase the durability of the gun.

The cost of this gun is extremely low. Metal parts such as the hammer and trigger can be rubbed by hand. If a stamping machine is used, nearly a hundred pieces can be produced a day. If the production is expanded, the cost will not even cost a dollar.

However, whether ceramic steel guns are effective still needs to be tested in actual combat, so the first batch of more than 1 smoothbore rifles were handed over to Li Xiao's people to use, to see if they could find ways to improve them.

The crackling gunshots lasted less than three minutes, and everyone in Xiao Liangshan was killed, except for the skinny guy with glasses. This guy had a look of horror on his face and lay on the ground without daring to raise his head.

Li Xiao walked over and helped him up, but the guy's legs went weak and he slipped back to the ground, screaming like a frightened bird.

Li Xiao winked at his younger brother next to him, and the two of them rushed into the hotel. Ignoring the waiter's confused look, they took two stools and placed them between the corpses.

Li Xiao sat down on the stool and crossed his legs. His younger brother helped the limp man with glasses up and made him sit on the chair opposite.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, sir. My Axe Gang believes in distinguishing between gratitude and resentment. You don't have a knife in your hand, so you are not our enemy. Don't worry, we won't harm you."

Wu Yong nodded tremblingly, but the panic in his eyes showed that he did not trust Li Xiao.

In response, Li Xiao just smiled.

"Sir, I just want to ask you a question, and I'll let you go after you ask it. Who is the umbrella on Xiaoliang Mountain?"

Wu Yong shuddered all over, and subconsciously wanted to keep his mouth shut, but the smell of blood and the occasional gunfire made him feel uncomfortable...

Xiang Haigui, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Chongqing, was approached by a businessman named Li some time ago, who wanted to buy one of his properties.

The property remained in his hands for several years, and the machines inside were all broken. If the businessman named Li had not come to him, he would have forgotten that he had this property.

Based on the principle that it would be useless if he kept the property, he decided to sell it to make some money. But before the businessman left, he asked what the other party wanted to do with the land. The other party said that they wanted to reopen the steel plant and produce some handicrafts in Chongqing for sale.

Xiang Haigui laughed at that time. A steel plant could not be built without tens of millions of silver dollars. How could this unknown small businessman do it?

He thought the businessman surnamed Li was crazy, so he didn't pay any attention to it. Recently, there were some conflicts between his immediate superior Liu Xiang and his uncle, and there was a risk of a war, so he had to focus all his attention on mobilizing supplies.

But not long after, he was surprised to find that the businessman named Li had actually opened the steel plant. Not only that, he also made bicycles, with daily sales of thousands of dollars. The profits generated were so great that even he, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, was astonished.

He immediately wanted to take over the Julong Company, but when he found out from the newspaper that the Julong Company had an American background, he gave up the idea of ​​seizing the company by force.

Of course, he did not give up, but instead took all of it and added a share.

His idea was to have Julong give him 50% of the shares, and then he would give the green light to Julong's business activities all the way.

Well, his support is worth so many shares, not even a single share less, even if you have an American behind you!

Sichuan is not close to the sea, so it is impossible for American warships to bombard them? They did not rob them but exchanged them. If the Americans knew about it, they would not turn hostile, right?

He immediately sent out his black gloves to rob the Julong Company's bicycle store, hoping that Julong Company would be sensible and take the initiative to come up to negotiate. It would be good for everyone, and we can make money together!

What he didn't expect was that while he was sleeping soundly at home tonight, a burst of gunfire broke out in the city, which scared him out of bed. He thought that Liu Wenhui's small-scale troops had entered the city to cause trouble.

He immediately arranged for his men to find out the news, and it turned out that it was not Liu Wenhui who attacked, but that all the people in Xiao Liangshan were slaughtered.

According to nearby residents, nearly a hundred men in suits surrounded the Juyi Hotel, each with a large gun, with which they shot and killed more than 50 people in Xiaoliang.

Nearly a hundred guns? Killings in the city?

Xiang Haigui was instantly sweating profusely, he knew that he might have made a big mistake this time!

Now Liu Xiang is busy confronting his uncle. If Liu Xiang knew that he, the Minister of Industry and Commerce who was in charge of the rear, had angered a group of unknown forces with nearly a hundred guns in order to rob and plunder, he would probably be furious and remove him from his position.

The main reason was that he had done this many times, and each time he did it very badly. Liu Xiang's patience with him had reached its limit, and this was the worst. He had never expected that a small Julong Company would have nearly a hundred people and nearly a hundred guns, and would have the guts to kill people in the city! The situation was out of control!

"Damn Julong Company! How could you mess things up like this! Why didn't you come to talk to me? Why did you resort to shooting and killing people to make things like this? Wouldn't it be fine if you just handed the filial piety to me? Don't I just want 50% of your shares? Is it necessary to kill people?"

Xiang Haigui gritted his teeth and cursed Julong Company a hundred times!

Although the detective was not sure who the murderer was, he was very sure that the 100 people were the thugs of the Dragon Company.

"Damn it! You are so powerful, why didn't you tell me earlier? You caused me to make a wrong judgment! Dragon Company! You deserve to die!"

Xiang Haigui got out of the luxury car cursing. It was already past 4 a.m. After Li Xiao and his men killed someone in the city, the police immediately rushed to the scene. Xiang Haigui also rushed to the scene as soon as he received the news. He used his connections to define the incident as bandits from the mountains coming down to seek revenge.

Normally, these people in Xiao Liangshan do a lot of bad things and have many enemies, so it is reasonable to do this. The main thing is that Xiang Haigui has to suppress the matter quickly. If Liu Xiang, who is in the army, gets to know about it and becomes unstable, he will be in big trouble.

Li Xiao could never have imagined that after they killed Xiang Haigui's people, Xiang Haigui would have to clean up his mess.

Xiang Haigui had been busy until now and could only go home. He rubbed his sore eyes and entered his luxurious villa. All he wanted now was to have a good sleep, right now.

Pushing open the door of the villa, Xiang Haigui took off his suit and threw it on the sofa. He was about to walk upstairs to the bedroom when suddenly, there was a crisp click and the sound of a flip lighter being lit was heard.

Xiang Haigui looked in the direction of the sound in confusion, and saw a white-haired old man sitting on the sofa in his house, lighting a cigarette with a lighter.