Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

Done!

A faint smile appeared on Ren Zhong's face, then quickly vanished as he turned back.

Using the scrap metal market, Ren Zhong finally secured the purchase of the unspecified copper plates.

Based on his ability to move goods, Ren Zhong carefully negotiated and signed a two-year long-term purchase contract with this scrap metal recycling shop.

For the next two years, Ren Zhong guaranteed to purchase one ton of brass plates per month. The contract stipulated payment upon delivery, with the supplier cutting the large copper plates into small, portable 20cm*50cm pieces. Ren Zhong would then use his Wuling van to transport them directly to the rented farmhouse, a mere ton being no problem at all for the Wuling.

Taking advantage of this contract, Ren Zhong also finalized a purchase agreement for another metal, nickel plates, at 130,000 yuan per ton, purchasing one ton per quarter, with a commitment to purchase at least eight tons.

The young boss didn't expect to make such a big deal on the side, suddenly closing a deal worth over two million yuan with Ren Zhong, a major client. He insisted on treating Ren Zhong to a meal.

For Ren Zhong, he had also found a virtually unrestricted channel for purchasing metals. The scrap market shipped tens of thousands of tons of various metals each year, so Ren Zhong's few dozen tons of purchases wouldn't stand out at all.

"Old Ren, we've negotiated with Teacher Li. Detailed 3D design drawings for a product, in SW format, that looks like a real product, can be done for 80,000 yuan. However, she will only provide exploded views of each part, not an assembled view." On Ren Zhong's way back to the city, Zhao Lidong called to report the latest progress.

"As for production, it seems there are no restrictions in Luzon. If you don't have any special arrangements, I plan to go to Luzon for an on-site inspection."

"No problem, Brother Dong, you handle it yourself. I just hope we can get the product out as soon as possible." Ren Zhong was quite satisfied with Zhao Lidong's progress. "The MG3 machine gun is also very popular. Find a way to get the design data for this airdrop weapon and replicate it along with the SKS."

The MG3 general-purpose machine gun, its predecessor was the famous MG42 general-purpose machine gun, a legendary machine gun of World War II, far superior to the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun.

The MG3's caliber was changed from the MG42's 7.92mm to 7.62mm, firing NATO's standard 7.62mm rounds.

It weighs 10.5 kg empty, 11.5 kg with the bipod, is 1225mm long, has a barrel length of 566mm, a muzzle velocity of 820m/s, a practical rate of fire of 250 rounds/min, a magazine capacity of 50/100/120 rounds, and a range of 1200 meters, possessing excellent lethality and range.

If Li Yunlong's New First Regiment had 54 such machine guns, not to mention the artillery, they could directly beat the crap out of a Japanese battalion-level infantry unit!

Speaking of which, this number is not that many. The New First Regiment has 3 battalions and 9 infantry companies, with only 6 machine guns per infantry company, not even popularized to the squad level.

However, with the Eighth Route Army's current logistical capabilities, even if they could equip so many machine guns, they couldn't afford the ammunition. A general-purpose machine gun has a basic load of 4500 rounds. Even if Zhang Wanhe sold himself, he couldn't gather that much ammunition.

Even if calculated at a low limit of 800 rounds per gun, a regiment would need more than 40,000 machine gun bullets. How could the Eighth Route Army, with an average of 5 bullets per person per battle, endure this?

At the same time, lead-acid battery manufacturing technology is also a technology urgently needed in the Bright Sword world. When Ren Zhong solves the weapon problem, the problems of electricity and communication will become prominent.

Mechanical processing cannot bypass the supply of electricity, and the operation of communication equipment is even more inseparable from electricity.

Looking at the rapidly increasing technical requirements on the computer list, Ren Zhong couldn't help but sigh. It's really too difficult. One person has to do the work of a system, and there are too many problems to solve.

Just solved one problem, and before there is time to catch a breath, more problems涌过来.

However, this is the path Ren Zhong chose. Now, even if he has to crawl, he must continue.

"General Yang, I heard that your Lisai Battery is for sale. I wonder if the news is true?" After Ren Zhong finished running the waste market, he rushed to a lead-acid battery manufacturing plant that was listed online for transfer.

"Where did you get the information?" Yang Deming, the boss of Lisai Battery, looked at Ren Zhong's young face and asked hesitantly.

"General Yang, I don't think that's important, is it? If General Yang intends to transfer, then we can talk about the factory transfer next. To be honest, General Yang, I intend to acquire a lead-acid battery company to enter the electric vehicle battery market." Ren Zhong knew why the other party was hesitant. "General Yang, let me introduce myself. My name is Ren Zhong, Ren of responsibility, Zhong of importance. I am serious about acquiring a company. I have already prepared the money. If the price is right, we can reach a deal quickly."

Ren Zhong had already learned about the situation of Lisai Battery in advance. In the lead-acid battery industry, this is a typical micro-enterprise. It can't even reach an annual output of 50,000 electric vehicle lead-acid batteries, and it is difficult to reach the basic break-even point. Generally, in this industry, without a production and sales volume of 100,000 units, it is almost difficult to achieve break-even.

"Mr. Ren, frankly speaking, I hope to transfer Lisai out, but in terms of price, I hope to transfer it in the form of net assets." Yang Deming thought that there was no harm in talking, and finally straightened his attitude and entered the negotiation mode.

"As of today, Lisai has about 1.2 million in inventory, 3.4 million in factory buildings and mechanical equipment, plus some other assets. I hope the transfer price is 5 million."

"General Yang, I don't have too many problems with the principle of transferring in the form of net assets, but how much the company is actually worth now, I hope to see a financial statement, as well as a comparison table of financial items and physical objects. How about we ask an accounting firm to conduct a fair assessment later?"