Chapter 59: All Profiteers (Revision)
With the addition of Wang Zhu, Ba Yuzao, and Wang Xiaofeng, Mike. Prince. The Merlin military-industrial complex, or the Chinese Renaissance Party, finally has its own aircraft designer.
And that night, Tang Yunyang called the three of them to listen, and his intention to talk to Cai Yuanpei and Li Shizeng was also very obvious. The reaction of the three designers did not disappoint Tang Yunyang, not only did they all apply to join the second-level party members of the China Renaissance Party, but at the same time, the three of them wrote letters separately and invited their classmates to come to Nancy, France.
For the future rise of China, create more technicians and design more aircraft.
With the increase in them and, under their call, the number of international students from the United Kingdom, the United States and other places, Mike . Prince. The design and production capacity of the Merlin Military Industrial Group has been further improved.
When Wang Zhu, Ba Yuzao, and Wang Xiaofeng saw the Benlei attack plane, they were amazed and had more ideas. As their vision came to fruition, a blueprint was quickly released and sent to Batavia with an airship that was constantly traveling across the ocean. This is because Tang Yunyang intends to rely on them to rewrite the outcome of a naval battle.
In Batavia, as more and more Chinese workers were sent by China on Dutch merchant ships, more and more production lines were completed, and the business of the arms company officially began.
Mike. Prince. The super-heavy "H-type" airship produced by the Merlin Military Industrial Group opened routes between Batavia and the United States and France. The number of airships has risen sharply as the airship factories in the United States, France, and Batavia are fully operational. However, according to the commercial agreement between the companies, for the time being, the commercial and freight work is only operated within the three companies that have a close working relationship.
Iron Wing's first business was a contract for 1,000 armored vehicles and 500 Benlei attack aircraft, which the Australian military had ordered to do so. At the same time, Australia's abundant resources provide the company with enough materials to enable them to produce at full capacity.
In order to show that she has done her job well, Nancy. Green, for his part, signed a contract for the supply of weapons with those sent by the Germans. The contract includes a large number of German-patented, MP-1 submachine guns, with bullet calibres in common to Mauser pistols, as well as a twin-engine Mosquito attack aircraft and a secret weapon called the Darts.
These weapons were very popular with the German army, which suffered a heavy defeat at Nancy during the offensive on the Western Front. After all, only they know that there is something terrifying about the mercenaries of Thunder International.
Now that they are finally willing to sell to themselves, this undoubtedly gives the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army at the front, Crown Prince William, a certain comfort in his heart.
In addition, when he heard that one of the other party's conditions forbade Germany to imitate a certain weapon on its own, he couldn't help but curse two words in his heart - profiteer. However, on the basis of his proposal, the Germans concluded a large number of orders with the Iron Wing Company and asked them to supply such weapons for a long time.
The Iron Wing Company issued a report to the German High Command at a high price to improve the means of defense on all German fronts, and as for the contents of it, I believe that everyone will understand it when the next major war begins.
Meanwhile, Mike of Nancy, France. Prince. Naturally, the production of the Merlin Military Industrial Group was also running at full speed, and the four-wheel drive vehicles registered with the name "Jeep" were welcomed by the Allied armies, including the French army, and orders poured into the company like snowflakes.
A new type of biplane fighter called the "Tomcat" was put into actual combat, and a considerable number of about 500 aircraft using a number of new technologies were purchased by the French army headquarters to replace the "Newburgh" aircraft, which was constantly being updated but was already significantly backward in just development.
As for the mercenary organization of Thunder International, because of the continuous replenishment of fresh blood from China and Chinese-Americans, it has now expanded to a whole division.
In the castle, in addition to the officers trained by Patton and Lee Erpole who have participated in actual combat and are maturing, a considerable number of full-time officers have the opportunity to enter the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy, which is as famous as West Point.
At the end of May, when the hot summer in France came, both the German, French, and British armies sniffed out the increasingly strong smell of gunpowder on the front line, and both sides were more active in deploying troops.
On the French side, it was naturally Schiffel's plan, and he hoped that this attack would not only relieve the pressure on the Russian army on the Eastern Front, but also allow the surprise attack in the Somme area, which the Germans feared, to go smoothly.
The smell of gunpowder on the Western Front With the completion of the "Pétain Line" established by the "fast front" from Verdun to Nancy, more French infantry was drawn out and prepared to participate in the offensive in the direction of the Somme.
At this time, the French First Army, which had been used for the offensive, consisted of 10 infantry divisions that had been reequipped. In each division, there was an assault regiment fully equipped with armored vehicles. Of course, the MPM tank in Tang Yunyang's hand has not yet come up with time, and even during the offensive operation in Nancy City, he once strictly ordered Li Erpole to pay attention to secrecy, especially when the French are present, he must not use the tank as an offensive force.
Therefore, until now, the entire French military has not known anything about this tank, which is called "oil truck". As for the German side, although some German officers and soldiers talked about this assault weapon. But due to the lack of physical objects, and because there were too many armored vehicles of the "Thunder International", this treasure was mistaken by them for a weapon like a 75-mm self-propelled gun.
In the intervening months, the assault regiments of the French infantry divisions have also been reequipped with light weapons. Among them, the assault infantry on the combat vehicle was equipped with Mike. Prince. Merlin Military Industrial Group Stern submachine gun, as well as imitation and improvement of the American shotgun and M1911 large-caliber pistol based on individual weapon systems.
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In order not to compete with them for the captured German weapons and ammunition resources, when supplying the French army, the caliber of the Stern submachine gun was also changed to 11.43 mm. This would make it easier to use the M1911 pistol cartridges equipped with the French troops, while reducing the pressure on logistical supplies and, of course, making the French spend more francs on their own companies.
As the weather got hotter and hotter, almost every French, British, and German mercenary, including the mercenaries of Thunder International, became restless. Almost everyone is restless and wants to work hard to compete for their own glory for their future.
At this time, history changed, and one person who should never have appeared in France appeared, and he was Erwyn, the desert fox. Rommel.
Like Patton, he was also a halfway tank warfare expert and an extremely good soldier. And the Nazi madman, who was supposed to be in the hospital because of poison gas, also crouched in the trenches, waiting for the arrival of the French infantry.
But no one expected that the decisive battle of this war would be fought from the sea, and the outcome of the war would become extremely unpredictable because of the emergence of a new weapon.