1855 United States Tycoon

"Dad, such a calm analysis of the interests is not acceptable to the Prussians, but it is not impossible to let the German navy go to war." Greystone replied.

"What do you think?" Scrooge asked.

"Dad, I know that the German Army may be preparing for a large-scale offensive. This is not a big secret. You know that the prolonged war will be extremely detrimental to Germany, so the Germans will risk an attack anyway. Donald told me, In today's environment, the defensive side will have a very obvious advantage over the offensive side as long as the artillery firepower is not too far apart. Therefore, if the French and the British do not faint, I think the Germans The chances of winning are very small. Once the German Army is frustrated, we can use our relationship to ask in the German media: "What is our navy doing?"

"As far as I know, the Germans take the media very seriously." Scrooge said.

"I know, Dad, but there are still many media in Germany that are not very attractive. Moreover, they can solve many problems in the past." Greystone said with a confident smile, "Furthermore, the German Army will probably hope very much by then. Saw the navy going out for a battle."

Basically, as long as the world has a navy and an army, the relationship between the navy and the army does not seem to be particularly good. Not to mention that even the rifling directions of weapons (including artillery and firearms) in later generations of Japan must be reversed. The Japanese Navy and the Japanese Army have not been right in other countries, including the United States, the Navy and the Army. This can be seen from the caliber of the weapons. The navy’s artillery uses the standard imperial unit caliber, and the army uses metric units.

In fact, this kind of contradiction is very easy to understand, and the root cause is naturally fighting for military expenditure. The military expenditures of any country are limited. The more the army uses, the less the navy, and vice versa. Take Japan as an example. When the Japanese navy learned from the British navy and learned all about the afternoon tea from the British navy, and lived on the battleship like a luxury hotel, it still gritted its teeth and tightened the belt. How can the army of days not hold a grudge after seeing it? It is the same in Germany today. Because of the large-scale construction of the navy, the army’s expansion plan cannot be completed, and when this attack fails to work, even out of the instinct to shirk responsibility, the army will definitely say: “If we had given us the money for building the navy, we I've beaten France down long ago." And they must not tolerate themselves fighting hard in front and the navy watching the play behind them. Therefore, they definitely hope that the navy can go out and practice with the British. As for the outcome, could it be said that the navy stopped fighting because it failed to fight? What do you want the navy for?

"The people of the German Army are much more powerful than the navy." Greystone continued, "They would definitely like to see someone come out and force the navy to fight. So, make this voice in the German media. It’s actually not too difficult."

"Well, what you said makes sense." Scrooge nodded and said, "By the way, how many cars did the French order from us during this time?"

"Since the Battle of the Marne River, the French used a large number of taxis to transport troops to the battlefield to rescue them in an emergency, the French began to buy a large number of cars from us. Especially after the war lasted so long, they have a large production capacity. Affected, coupled with the deterioration of road conditions, the French are now more and more dependent on our pickup trucks. In the past six months, we have exported more than 5,000 Raptor pickup trucks to them, to the British. We also exported more than a thousand vehicles. It is said that because our pickups are reliable, they are easy to repair if they are broken, and their off-road ability is good, and they can run on even bad roads, whether they are used to pretend to be people or to tow French to imitate ours. It is very convenient to mount our .50-caliber heavy machine gun on the 75mm gun. Therefore, General Petain of France even proposed that a rapid response division based entirely on the Raptor pickup should be established for the weak at any time. The location provides support, or is used to expand the results after the formation of a breakthrough. It is said that this proposal has also received the support of many French soldiers. In addition, we have also exported various trucks to them in the past six months, and the total number has exceeded 5,000. Car." Gray Stone introduced.

"Pickup rapid reaction force?" The word "Pickup War" came out of Scrooge's head immediately. A group of black Uncles, sitting on top of Toyota pickup trucks, brandishing AK-47s...No, it should be a group of French soldiers in red pants standing in the truck's compartment, brandishing rifles, and shouting "For France". How can this style of painting be so...

Scrooge shook his head and shook these boring things from his head. Buying so many cars certainly made him happy, and at the same time, so many cars made his success rate of a series of strategies based on the judgment of Germany's failure to become higher.

Scrooge probably remembered that the Germans almost killed the French on two offensives in World War I, one on the Marne and one on Verdun. Now the Marne River has passed, and the process has been quite different from the original history. For example, the French did not only rely on taxi transport to block the Germans on the Marne River, but also rely on full-body defenses. The clothes and throwing mustard gas at each other blocked the Germans. As for the direction of the next German attack, whether it would still be Verdun, Scrooge really didn't know what to do.

"However, no matter where it is, the French have made a mistake. With thousands of taels of pickups, they should at least make up for the mistakes much faster." Scrooge thought.

...

Major General Petain had just left the front and went to the rear to accept the formation of a brand new force. This army was proposed by itself, based on the rapid force of the "Raptor Pickup" of the United States guys. The French plan to first form such three divisions and organize them into a fast army, and try to make it work. Volkswagen, as well as McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company, are providing assistance in the formation of this force.

Volkswagen’s "Raptor" pickup was originally designed to meet the needs of farmers in the Midwest. The name Raptor is of course derived from the Ford F-150 many years later in a certain time and space, but there is still a huge gap between this pickup of the United States Volkswagen and the Ford F-150 in this time and space. For example, although Volkswagen installed an oversized V8 engine with a displacement of up to 12 liters on this pickup, the horsepower of this car is still completely incomparable with the F-150, so its top speed It is only sixty kilometers per hour. And this speed is still a so-called "theoretical speed", in fact, no one has ever really driven this speed. However, the concept of insufficient horsepower and displacement is in the same line as the later generations of United States pickups.

In addition, the road conditions in the Midwest of the United States, especially the road conditions in the countryside, are basically a mess in this era. In addition, the farmers' uncles can't take care of them. In addition, the farmers' uncles buy it for rough work. Yes, sometimes, farmers still use it as a tractor. Therefore, when designing this "Raptor" pickup, the most valued performance is reliability first, reliability second, and reliability third. In order to enhance reliability, many other performances have been compromised for this purpose. This makes this car particularly capable of running bad roads, and super skinny. The towing ability is also top-notch, not to mention dragging a 75mm caliber gun, even dragging a 105 caliber gun, it can run very happily.

After the war began, Volkswagen bought this thing in France. The big guy that the French army sees at a glance, this car can easily be loaded with a squad of soldiers, and all their weapons and ammunition, and can also be towed with a cannon, or a trailer full of ammunition or other things. , And can run on all kinds of roads, including roads that have been blasted by artillery from both sides. This is much easier to use than a taxi.

Today, the main equipment of the army in Petain's hands is nearly a thousand Raptor pickup trucks. The McDonald Infantry Weapons Company also provides so-called "deep modification" for these pickup trucks very intimately. For example, install large-caliber machine guns that can be quickly detached, or vehicle-mounted mortars, and towed artillery for these vehicles. In addition, at the request of the French, they also tried to install bulletproof steel plates on this car, making it look like a self-destructed truck of a certain organization in a certain time and space. Of course, the windows of the car are blocked by steel plates. The driver can only open it with the periscope. The McDonald guys also installed a barbed wire cutter in the front of the car. As a result, these messy things are given to this goods. After being installed, the weight has increased a lot, the center of gravity is also a lot higher, and the driving field of view is also a mess. However, what is surprising is that this product can barely drive. Therefore, the French were very satisfied with changing dozens of them, and when they planned to get them on the battlefield to attack the Germans' machine gun positions. However, the engineers of McDonald's Infantry Weapons Company are not very optimistic about this magic modified model. According to him:

"This thing, the driving performance is too bad, if you are not careful, you will overturn. In addition, if you encounter a landmine or something, there is a dead end, and there is artillery fire on the front line. I am sure that as long as there is a shell exploding next to him, It can be overturned directly. But since the French have such a request, of course we must satisfy him."

After Petain took over the army, it took several months to finally make the army look like it. But he didn't expect that the first battle of this unit would come so quickly.

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