The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"Mr. Colonel, I don't understand why the most advanced weapons of the empire should be given to these people, who seem to have neither a full-fledged industrial system to guarantee and maintain them, nor a lack of knowledge about them, and it seems to me a waste to give them these weapons!".

Corporal Dietrich was very puzzled by Colonel Mainz's decision, especially when he saw that the tank he had driven was also among the donated munitions.

During the First World War, the sun never sets was the first to bring tanks to the battlefield, when the British tanks appeared in the Battle of the Somme, it did bring a lot of shock to the German army, but the German army inherited from the Prussian era, still adhere to its glorious tradition, the acceptance of this new weapon is not high, and their arrogance caused the German army to lag behind Britain and France in tank development.

Compared with the British and French armies that began to produce tanks early, the first domestically produced tank of the German army did not roll off the assembly line until 1918, and at the end of the war, the German army only had more than 20 tanks, and during the First World War, the scale of the German armored forces was very small, with only one regiment, and most of the time it was not yet formed!

Because of the lack of production capacity, the largest number of equipment in the German tank troops was not their own domestic tanks, but tanks captured from the British and French armies, among which the French Renault light tanks were the most common.

During the First World War, the quality and quantity of French tanks were very good, especially the Renault tank, compared with the British Mark tank and the French army's own Schnader tank, the Renault light tank was simpler in structure and more ingenious in design, this tank creatively had the first generation of turret that could rotate 360 degrees, and the crew of the tank was generally only 2-3 people, a driver and a gunner.

Renault tank size is relatively small, at that time the engine is generally not advanced in the case, relying on not high propulsion power can still reach a relatively fast speed, this tank was born immediately after the replacement of the Schnader tank position, and began mass production, at the end of the First World War, the French army has produced more than 3200 units!

Compared to the pitiful A22V tanks of the German army, the number of Renault tanks of the French army can only be described as terrifying.

It is precisely because Gaul invested a large number of Renault tanks in the war that many of these tanks were captured by the Germans during the battle, and at this time Mainz took out a batch of captured Renault tanks for sale.

Although Mainz intends to sell the surplus arms in the country, the small number, large size, and heavy tonnage of A7V tanks are not suitable for export, and these tanks have long been targeted by the Allied armies, and they have even sent people to destroy these tanks.

The German army has a small number of tanks, a relatively unique appearance, and a high degree of recognition, if this kind of tank is exported to the outside world, it will soon be discovered by the people of the Entente countries, which will cause unnecessary trouble, and the export of Renault tanks will not have this problem, anyway, the French army produces enough of its own tanks, and they themselves will export to the outside world, so even if they find that the Northeast Army is equipped with Renault tanks, they will not suspect the head of the Hans.

Corporal Joseph Dietrich was one of several members of the group who accompanied Mainz, and the other was a fellow Dietrich countryman, Heinrich Himmler, also from the Duchy of Bavaria.

Himmler is only 19 years old this year, and he is still very young, so he knows that his identity is not in the right place to speak at this time, so he consciously closes his mouth and just eavesdrops intently on the sidelines.

"The tank is a weapon that the Treaty of Versailles expressly prohibits our army from equipping and producing, and it is useless for this kind of thing to remain in the country, and once it is discovered by the people of the Entente countries, it will inevitably be confiscated or destroyed

"Moreover, we need to develop the economy and people's livelihood for a long time in the future, and the land of the world has been almost divided, and the raw materials we need for production can only be imported from the areas controlled by Britain and France and other countries, if we can't expand the import channels, Britain and France and other countries only need to limit the amount of iron ore we import, and our industry will be finished!"

The biggest loss for Hans in World War I was that not only did he not win more colonies, but he also buried all his colonies in Africa.

Africa is currently the main source of raw materials produced by the industry of European countries, and the resources here are very rich, so Britain and France attach great importance to Africa, and as soon as the war ended, they began to secretly discuss the division of the colonies of the Second Empire, and because of this matter, Eagle Sauce was greatly dissatisfied, because Britain and France in order to prevent Eagle Sauce from setting foot in Africa, which they regarded as the back garden, when discussing the division of the colonies of the Second Empire, Eagle Sauce was completely excluded.

Colonies were very important to all European countries because they were important sources of resources and dumping markets.

The reason why the Sun Never Sets Empire can dominate the world with a small land area of more than 200,000 square kilometers is because they have a large number of colonies in the world, especially the Asan region in South Asia, which is regarded as the pearl in the crown of the Queen of the Sun Never Sets Empire, and is the most important piece of the many colonies on which the Sun never sets!

Not to mention anything else, the huge market of more than 200 million people alone can provide a guarantee for the sales of industrial products of the empire on which the sun never sets.

Moreover, during the war years, the Sun Never Sets Empire could also pull up a large number of troops from Ah San and other colonies at a low price, and let these people fight in their place

The reason why the Second Empire started a world war is because after their industrial strength surpassed that of Britain and France, they faced a very embarrassing situation, that is, the products they produced did not have enough markets to digest, and if the products produced could not be sold, then they would not be able to make money, and if they wanted to sell, they had to pry open the door of the colonies of Britain and France, which would naturally cause dissatisfaction in these two countries, so the world war finally broke out!

When the Second Empire was strong, they failed to complete their dream of redividing the world, and at this time they were all defeated, so naturally it was even more hopeless!

Since there is no way out by force, it is only possible to use peaceful means for the benefit of the empire!

Europe and the United States and other places are now generally industrialized, not only do they not need Hans's industrial products, but they will even export to Hans in turn, squeezing the living space of Hans's factories, and Africa and South Asia are the sun never sets and Gaul's forbidden territory, Hans can't intervene here, then the world is left with the market that has not been completely divided, only the Celestial Empire in the Far East is left!

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But here in the Celestial Empire, Britain, France, the United States, Japan and other countries have already intervened, each with its own sphere of influence, and it is difficult for Hans to change this situation in a short period of time, so he can only come little by little.

The population of the Northeast is much smaller than that of the inland areas, with a population of only 20 million, far less than the 200 million in the south of the Yangtze River and the 180 million in the Central Plains and North China.

At this time, the woolly bear had no time to take care of anything else because of the civil war, and there was only one foot basin in the northeast, and it was better to compete with the emerging countries that had only risen in the last ten years than with traditional powers such as Britain and France.

And the foot basin is currently mainly supported by the Anhui warlord Duan Qirui, the degree of attention to the Northeast is not high, their purpose is to invade the Northeast, naturally it is impossible to vigorously support Zhang Zuolin, in this case, Hans meddling in the Northeast is the lowest cost, the most beneficial behavior.

And the Northeast is rich in natural resources, in addition to iron ore and coal, there is a billion-ton level of large oil fields under the ground in Daqing, if the First World War is a war of coal and steel, then the Second World War is a war of oil, Mainz as a traverser, knows the importance of oil in the future better than anyone else, and the distribution of oil in the world is determined, Hans can cooperate with the object in addition to the woolly bear, there is only the Celestial Empire!

Mainz can't explain these strategic problems in a short period of time, and he only hopes that when these people look at the problems, they will not weigh the pros and cons by temporary gains and losses, but must look at them from a higher perspective.

Supporting the warlords of the Feng clan at this time is not only an investment in the future, but also a big gamble, if the warlords of the Feng clan can be more powerful, then they will inevitably be more advantageous in the warlord melee of the Celestial Empire, and then their demand for arms and other products of the German army will be greater, which is very beneficial for Hans's products to open up this vast market.

Moreover, if the warlords continue to expand, they will inevitably hit the forces supported by other countries, which will bring losses to other countries, and Mainz is naturally happy to see this kind of thing!

From a heart point of view, Mainz was actually reluctant to give up these tanks, although the Renault tank was only a light tank, compared to the later tanks, this tank was very backward in performance.

But in this era, this tank is still very advanced in terms of design ideas, and there are many things to learn from.

If he could, of course, he would like to keep all these tanks and use them to train the Germans and gain experience for the German armored forces.

After the large-scale disarmament of the German army after the war, all that remained were elites, and if these elites could not absorb new knowledge and learn new tactics and tactics, then they could only waste time and energy in the old and outdated tactics, which was obviously fatal to the German army.

No matter how well they studied the outdated tactics, the huge disparity in strength between the two sides would still render the Germans useless when facing the Allies.

So, Mainz was eager to start building and training German armored forces now, but he knew that this was unrealistic!

Before 1922, the Allies had always been very strict in restricting and guarding the Weimar Republic and the German army, and in the past few years, it was completely impossible to develop weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles in the eyes

of the Allies

There is not much they can do, except to hide from the outside and use the opportunity of cooperation with other countries to secretly develop these weapons, all they can do is wait patiently!

Hearing Mainz's words, Dietrich opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Although I don't want to admit it in my heart, what Colonel Mainz said is the truth, these things can't be kept in the country at all, and it's better to give these things to others as favors than to cheapen the bastards of the Entente for nothing!

"There is an old saying in the Celestial Empire, called throwing bricks and leading jade, the quality of China's weapons and equipment is very good, but the reputation in the international arms market is not very loud, if we want our weapons to sell, and they can sell better, then we need to provide them with a chance to try, let them feel the excellent quality of Hans's products, only in this way, can we help us open up the market, for the future sales of other weapons to create conditions!"

Mainz said earnestly: "The Far East is one of the few regions in the world that is still in chaos, the land of Africa has been divided, the war in Europe has ended, the Far East will be the object of the next period of competition among the great powers, so I am afraid that the war here will last for another twenty or thirty years, a huge battlefield with a population of 400 million and 13.5 million square kilometers, how big do you think there will be a large arms export market here?"

Dietrich was silent when he heard this, but Himmler's eyes lit up, and he began to understand the colonel's intentions.

PS: Thank you very much for the comment of a book friend in the book review area.,This chapter wasn't written in detail before.,Because a chapter was blocked before, I don't dare to write.,After omitting a lot of content, the protagonist has a bit of a mental effect.,So the omitted part is added.,The number of words has increased from the previous 2000 words to 4000 words.,Everyone, please read it again!