"Dear Tang, it has been more than a year since we parted ways in the early summer of that year. You see, my beard has turned a lot gray!"
After being politely pushed away by Tang Dao, the middle-aged uncle held Tang Dao's hand with a look of true affection on his face.
"Mr. Rostav, I see that what you care about is not me as a person, but the beautiful sword in my pocket!" Tang Dao calmly understood the ambition in the middle-aged man's eyes when he saw him.
"Haha! Business is business, but my friendship with you, my dear Colonel Tang, will definitely last throughout my life!" Rostav laughed.
"For the sake of precious international friendship, how about a 20% discount on the goods I want this time?" Tang Dao smiled slightly.
"Dear Tang, you have to know that I have done a lot of work domestically for these heavy artillery pieces that you requested by name. The Japanese have basically signed a memorandum on joining the Allied Powers with the high-level officials of the empire. Once all the transactions between our company and you are
The Japanese intelligence agency knows that I am destined to be the scapegoat. With the personality of our head of state, life and death are just a matter of seconds." When Rostav heard about the discount, his face suddenly turned bitter.
Of course Tang Dao knew that what Rostav said was true, but the so-called fear for life was exaggerated. With the arrogance of the Germans, how could they take Japan, a small ally in the East, so seriously?
The Japanese have opposed the German Empire's import of weapons to China for more than a day or two. When did the Germans take the Japanese opposition to heart again? Not only did they sell weapons and equipment, they even sent military guidance groups to China, and indirectly
Participated in the Battle of Songhu!
Moreover, with Krupp's current position as an arms supplier in the German Empire, as long as it is not treason, the mustached head of state will never attack the senior management of Krupp. His primary target now is the Gallic Rooster that lies in front of him.
If Tang Dao's memory is correct, within a few months, on the Western Front, the crazy mustached head of state will deploy a staggering 3 million troops, which is 157 infantry divisions, 2,700 tanks, and 7,500 artillery pieces.
strength.
After launching its attack on Poland on September 1, the German Empire's explosives-laden tank has inevitably embarked on the road of conquest against the established Western powers.
The Germanic nation needs living space, and other nations also need it. War spreading throughout the world is inevitable.
"Whether there is a discount or not is secondary. When I come this time, in addition to paying for the 28 150-meter howitzers, I also hope that Mr. Rostav can sell me the equipment of another German weapon master." Tang Dao simply stopped.
Cut around the bush and state your purpose directly.
"However, the German armorer's equipment was ordered by Mr. Zhang from your country for General Wan. Although he cannot come to pick it up now, we Germans have always been about integrity. Since we have already received the deposit, how can I break the contract?
This time is not a performance. With the rigorous personality of the Germans, it is indeed difficult for them to do anything that violates the spirit of the contract, especially a small noble like Rostav who strictly abides by tradition.
"First of all, I did not ask Mr. Rostav to violate the contract. When Mr. Zhang ordered this batch of arms, he never expected that the war would develop so rapidly and that North China would fall at such a fast speed, causing the owner to be unable to pick up the goods.
If nothing else happens, even when the war ends, General Wan of the 53rd Army will not be able to come to Jincheng to pick up the goods in person, let alone pay the balance.
And now, there is also a Chinese army that can complete this transaction on its behalf. Perhaps when the time comes, this batch of weapons can be transferred to my friendly army that also belongs to the Chinese Army. Why do you think this violates the contract?
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Is the delivery to the wrong person? Or is the balance not paid in place?
Secondly, the weapons in stock have lagged behind your country's current military structure. Instead of spending energy on re-shipping and shipping them back to the country, it is better to sell them nearby at low prices in exchange for cash flow, which can also help your country manufacture more advanced weapons and equipment.
Mr. Rostav, you need to know that this time your country is facing the opponent who defeated you in the First World War. If you are defeated again, your country will have no chance of turning around in a hundred years." Tang Dao clasped his hands behind his back.
Standing in Rostav's small office, he looked at the map of Europe hanging on the wall.
A small piece of it has been painted red. It was the land that belonged to Poland and now belongs to Germany.
It can be seen that this senior executive of the arms company, even though he is far away in China, is still extremely concerned about the war initiated by his empire.
This relatively clear-minded German must have understood that this war would have only two outcomes, either the empire would rule the entire Europe, or it would be ruled, and there was no third outcome.
"Dear Colonel Tang, although you are the wisest and bravest Easterner I have ever seen, you are still a bit alarmist. Europe is a civilized world, and war is only a means, not an end. We Germans just hope that no more
We are oppressed and rise up to resist. Even if we really fail one day, the civilized world will not carry out such an almost barbaric genocide against our people as you did in the East." Rostav tried hard to defend the war initiated by his empire.
At the same time, he also insisted on the so-called civilization he knew.
Tang Dao's mouth showed disdain!
Although Rostav is not a bad person, he still maintains the arrogance of humans in the so-called advanced civilized world in his bones. This has nothing to do with moral character. It is created by the times.
The so-called civilization is nothing more than a freak born out of rapid economic development. Just like the city people in the future will look down upon the country people, thinking that they will all be vulgar and scoundrels. If they have money, they will feel superior to others.
But is that really civilized? At least Tang Dao doesn't think so.
"Mr. Rostav, the European battlefield is far away from me. When I analyze this battlefield and judge its outcome, you may think that I am just talking on paper, so I will take this war that happened in our country as an example.
If one day, our country wins this war, brings the war to Japan, and wins the final victory, and I am the supreme commander, what do you think I will do?" Tang Dao asked with a calm face.
"Then based on what I know about Colonel Tang, you will?" Rostav's face turned pale slightly and he made a downward motion with his hand.
Tang Dao's name as the "Devil" has long been resounding to Japan's North China Front Army. When fighting with other Chinese troops, even if they were captured, they still had a chance to live, or they could be exchanged for prisoners of war or taken under guard and fed and served, but Tang Dao was the only one.
The Japanese troops who fought against them would suffer a large number of casualties in every battle, and the chance of becoming prisoners of war was extremely slim.
If you want to become a prisoner of war, you must first have no record of harming the Chinese people. Once you are reported by other prisoners of war who are trying to survive, your head will be immediately hung on the flagpole.
As for the Japanese troops who entered China in the early days, who didn’t make trouble for the Chinese people? Even if they didn’t want to, under military orders, their guns were pointed at innocent Chinese people!
Tang Tuanzuo's reputation for repaying blood with cruelty has long been known to the world.
If he becomes the supreme commander of China and lands in Japan that day, why not think about it? Maybe the white cherry blossoms on the Japanese island will be dyed red!
"Haha! It seems that Mr. Rostav still doesn't understand me very well. I will only point my guns at my enemies in China, and not at the innocent people who have been brainwashed by the Japanese high-level officials." Tang Dao laughed.
"But how can we allow others to snore under the so-called bed! The Japanese have plotted against me in China for more than a day or two. We can win this war. Who knows when the Japanese will come back next time?
The easiest way is of course to let this nation disappear from the long river of history. Such a thing is certainly not new to Mr. Rostav, who is familiar with our Chinese history. The Donghu in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Xiongnu in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties
The Turks were not powerful for a while, but where are they now? There may still be ethnic blood in your Europe, but do they know the glory of their ancestors?
If one day I invade Japan, I will divide the country into two and support two regimes. With Japan's current social class structure, one side will be civilians and the other side will be nobles.
Well! When I give them enough power and wealth, they will work hard to survive on that barren island for the group of people they represent."
Damn it! Rostav's mind was filled with these two words he heard from Tang Dao, and his eyes were staring at Tang Dao like a demon.
This army colonel is far more terrifying than the iron-blooded cruelty he displays on the surface.
If one day, he actually allows a nation to be divided into two factions to fight each other, let alone no longer able to fight outwards, I am afraid that under the cumulative consumption over time, this artificially divided nation will gradually disappear in the long river of history.
What does it mean to fight without bloodshed and kill people invisible? This is it!
Are there any smart people who realize this? Of course there are. The world lacks many things, but it does not lack smart people.
But who would give up the power and wealth that is close at hand to pursue the glory of the nation? After asking himself, Rostav knew that he would definitely not be able to do it, let alone the temptation to control a region and control the lives and deaths of tens of millions of people.
, even for the position of president of a company, he is willing to kill his own nephew.
Of course, what really made cold sweat break out on Rostav's forehead was not what Tang Dao wanted to do to his enemy the Japanese, but what he thought about his own country.
If someone is defeated in the war and treats his country like this, will his nation ever be able to turn around?
In the past time and space, if the Woolly Bear Empire had not become terminally ill and turned into the sunset, the nations that had been separated by a thick Berlin Wall would never have been able to merge into one. And even if they finally merged, the different thoughts and ideologies deeply rooted in their bones
It still deeply affects everyone.
If the German Empire wanted to rise again, a hundred years would be too short.
In order not to evolve into what Tang Dao described, the German Empire must win this time.
Otherwise, it will be doomed!
"Hehe! In order to repay Mr. Rostav and the friendly attitude of the Germanic people towards our country in recent years, I can provide your company with a design of a weapon that can destroy tank armor at close range for your company's reference. It may be able to provide your country with the current
The armored group advance tactic adds some new ideas to the tactical thinking." Tang Dao looked at Rostav, whose eyes were dull, and threw the last straw that broke the camel's back, and handed over a drawing he had drawn.
past.
"Oh! God! What the hell kind of weapon is this?" Rostav was stunned as he looked at the crude design with a large warhead and thin steel tube.
The design drawings Tang Dao gave him were none other than the first-generation 'Iron Fist' anti-tank rocket launcher developed by the Germans in 1942.
In the early days of World War II, the German Empire's blitzkrieg quickly swept across Europe, conquering Poland, France, Belgium and other countries. The main force of the German Empire's blitzkrieg was armored troops and a large number of motorized infantry, plus air force support.
In actual battles, the German Imperial Army also encountered strong resistance from Allied tank troops, such as the Matilda infantry tank of the Imperial Army on which the sun never sets. The German Imperial Army's infantry anti-tank weapons at that time were only anti-tank weapons.
Grenades and the Park 37 37mm anti-tank cannon can be used. These anti-tank weapons can also deal with light tanks. However, for tough tanks such as the Matilda infantry tank, 88mm artillery needs to be transferred to superiors for support.
However, the HLL anti-tank grenade used by the soldiers of the German Empire must be attached to the tank for use. In layman's terms, this is a scum weapon that sacrifices the lives of infantry in exchange for destroying armor. It may be useful on the Chinese battlefield.
It can still be regarded as a treasure, but in the European battlefield, the infantrymen wanted to smash it on the commander's head when they saw it.
When the German Army attacked Mao Xiong in 1941 and encountered Mao Xiong's T34 tank, the German Imperial Army's anti-tank grenade was upgraded, but it still needed to be thrown at the tank from a distance of 20 meters. At this time, the German Imperial Army felt that it was in urgent need of a grenade.
A new effective, high-penetration individual anti-tank weapon, which gave birth to the later famous "Iron Fist" anti-tank rocket launcher.
The principle of "Iron Fist" is to install a large armor-breaking projectile into a steel tube with a built-in propellant, a launching device and a scale. In use, the propellant fixed inside will push the large armor-breaking projectile at the front end.
The projectile is launched, and then the tail flame generated by the propellant is discharged directly from the rear end of the steel pipe. This can push the armor-piercing projectile to 30 meters away, and has the armor-breaking capability of 30 mm armor.
This was just the first-generation product. By 1943 and 1944, when the second-generation Iron Fist and the third-generation Iron Fist were launched, they already had a 100-meter range and an armor-breaking capability close to 140 mm of armor.
Of course, with Tang Dao's personality, he will never get it right in one step. This picture that Tang Dao drew completely based on his memory is the first-generation Iron Fist plan that Schneider Company, which specialized in developing armor-piercing projectile technology before the war, won the bid.
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Tang Dao didn’t draw its internal structure and various parameters at all. Firstly, he couldn’t remember this old antique at all. Secondly, even if he remembered Tang Dao, he didn’t intend to give it. Although the Germans couldn’t really conquer Europe with just one picture,
But Tang Dao can't let them go too smoothly.
Even Tang Dao currently needs this kind of weapon that is destined to be developed by the Germans.
The purpose of this map given by Tang Dao is actually not complicated. The European battlefield has little to do with China, but it is needed on the anti-Japanese battlefield. After the Western world fully goes to war with the Axis powers, in order to contain the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield
The main force, a large amount of aid, will be continuously transported to the country through the southwest.
Tang Dao believed that with the mind of the man in Yamashiro, this kind of 'artifact' that could defeat the armor of Japanese tanks within a distance of tens of meters was equipment that had to be imported in large quantities.
The reason why Tang Dao is so sure is because there is an identical blueprint in Tang Dao's luggage. That blueprint will be given to the little foreign girl and will definitely be placed on the desks of the American cowboy and military experts.
With the thinking of arms dealers like the United States, let alone that they will eventually participate in the war, even if they do not participate, they will find ways to manufacture them and sell them to the world.
Who can have trouble with money? Especially the American conglomerates whose concept of money has been deeply rooted in their bones.
As for the warring parties that will suffer more casualties because of the early introduction of this weapon, it is a matter of Tang Daoqiu. In the past, China and its Chinese nation lost more than 40 million compatriots in this war.
In the Western civilized world, apart from reading this number coldly, who else would show any mercy to this ancient country?
Even before China began to rebuild on the ruins, they began to gather heavy troops and stare at northern China. The Chinese, who had not yet recovered from the pain of the war, had to take the huge risk of the nation sinking into darkness again.
Load your gun, bid farewell to your wife and children, and cross the green river.
I don’t know how many people, even if their bones have turned to ashes, have not yet returned to their hometown!
Tang Dao didn't want to wait until the future to avenge this revenge, so he avenged it now.
In the face of national interests, warmth does not represent civilization, but ridiculousness!
"Dear Don, you win!" Rostav looked at the design drawings for a long time, and finally gave in. "But I will not sell this weapon to the Chinese battlefield, otherwise the Japanese will definitely doubt us."
"It doesn't matter, I can give you the design, and I will also conduct research and development myself. Maybe before you use it, our regiment will have already equipped it to make it look good to the Japanese." Tang Dao looked calm.
"However, in view of this, 50% off the 28 150-meter howitzers captured from Austria and the German armorer equipment I mentioned is my bottom line.
Otherwise, I will look for a buyer again, Mr. Rostav, as you know, my contacts are not only in your company."
"Deal!" Rostav no longer hesitated and once again took the initiative to extend his hands to Tang Dao.
The American Rockefeller Foundation's business in China has increased significantly in the past year, and its Far East head Laura Rockefeller has also gone deep into the Chinese war zone and had contact with Tang Dao. Tang Dao's terrible personal charm could not even help him, a middle-aged uncle.
Stop it, let alone that woman in her prime.
After what Tang Dao said, he was even more convinced that the two of them must have an affair, and that affair was quite exciting.
But no matter what the relationship between the two people is, he must first hold this large arms order.
The 28 150-mm howitzers captured from the Austrian army were a completely costless transaction. The purchase price of Krupp from the military was only a quarter of its cost. Now it can be sold for 5
, excluding transportation and other expenses, the net profit also tripled.
And that complete German armorer equipment that has been in stock for almost two years is almost hairy in the warehouse. Even if it is shipped back to the country, it can only be disposed of at a low price to the military to strengthen the militia equipment, even if it costs 1 million US dollars.
It’s also a loss. If it is sold to Tang Dao now, there will be at least 1.2 million U.S. dollars in profit. It would be a fool not to sell it.
The reason why he started to be pretentious was that the spirit of contract was only one of them. The more important reason was that he was afraid that Tang Dao, who knew the inside story, would lower the price.
Originally, his bottom line was a 20% discount, but now that Tang Dao was sold at a 50% discount, why didn't he quickly confirm it?
Smart people, but more money, this is Rostav's definition of Tang Dao.
As everyone knows, Tang Tuanzuo is now so poor that all he has left is money.
The Rockefeller family has earned him nearly tens of millions of dollars in the past six months. If he doesn't spend it, this thing is just a pile of meaningless paper.
If the 28 150mm howitzers are a sap prepared by him to deal with the Japanese attack again, then this will be the equipment of the 683 brigade, which now has four main regiments of 5,000 people.
Tang Dao prepared a large, shining guillotine for Duo Tianjun.
If you dare to come, it would be strange if I didn't beat you out of the air!
