Just remembered a story regarding cosmoline (I don't know when it's invented,
I assume it's cosmoline).
August 28 of 1928, Shanghai communist special operation group planned to
rescue their captured leader Peng Pai (nick name "King of Cantonese Peasant
Movement") by ambushing at a bridge when he would be moved from one jail
to another. Unexpectedly, the newly bought Mauser Broomhandles from a French
dealer were cosmoline covered and they had to spent more than an hour to
clean up. When they finally arrived at the bridge, the police truck had
passed. On August 30th, Peng was executed by police. Another version of
the story says the rescue team indeed arrived the bridge on time but found
the weapons were unusable because of the "thickly covered gun grease".
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