Chapter 728 Germany and Italy Directly Intervene in the Civil War

After the meeting, other shareholders filed out, leaving only Li Zitao and Watson sitting in their original positions.

In the end, half of the projects were approved at the meeting. As for who stayed and who was passed, the right was returned to Li Zitao.

"Charlie, I hope our goals are the same." The meeting room was quiet, and Watson stood up from his seat.

"Of course, we are all for a brighter future for IBM, but in different ways." Li Zitao smiled and nodded in agreement.

"That's good... for the new laboratory, we will invite public bids, I don't think you will mind." The proposal of the new laboratory was approved by the board of directors after discussion.

This was part of the VAM agreement. Li Zitao firmly stuck to this point with the terms of the agreement. The environment in Santa Barbara was better, and it would be difficult to complete without the assistance of the skunk. Watson and the others simply could not refuse.

It sounds like those who make cards and stat machines have something to do with those who make planes, but the two do have a lot in common.

Especially on the point of turning machinery into electronic equipment, skunks can provide IBM with a lot of experience and experimental data.

Many times, seemingly different things often play an extraordinary role.

Intel "s-IBM, the new laboratory project is officially established, and then the IBM headquarters will invite bids to see who can win the construction project bid.

As for why it is called Intel"s, the answer given by Li Zitao is; I like it.

Such a straightforward and self-willed answer makes people speechless. It's just a simple liking. Is there any problem?

"BOSS, what should I do about the project in the laboratory?" Of the 13 projects, only 7 were able to pass, which made Tia feel worried for the boss.

"Hehe, why worry, our goal has been achieved." Li Zitao smiled lightly, looking at the barn like a matchbox in the distance, his eyes were full of irony.

Soon, rumors began to spread within the company about what happened on the board of directors.

Mr. Watson, the chairman, only agreed to pass two project quotas. It was the newcomer Charlie Lee who questioned the chairman and fought for them with 7 quotas under pressure.

Although there are other versions that are not quite the same, the key points are the same.

Mr. Charlie Lee withstood the pressure of the board of directors and won 7 free projects for them, and said that he had the right to support these projects and not allow anyone to destroy them.

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Africa, North Atlantic.

A freighter was mooring on the sea not far from Agadir, Mexico, and two fishing boats slowly approached the majestic and huge freighter.

A rope was thrown down, and soon men in dark green clothes descended along the rope, with backpacks on their backs.

During the rappelling, everyone turned their heads upwards, stepping on the hull of the boat and sliding down, without the cool tricks shown on TV.

The so-called head-down cable drop is purely for exaggerating effects, and no one will use it in actual combat, especially in the case of carrying a load, head-down will only die faster, other than that, it has no effect .

The soldiers who first landed on the fishing boat kept their weapons on board, jumped into the water with their rucksacks on their backs, and waited while holding onto the side of the boat with one hand.

Soon the fishing boat was full of hands, and the boat was full of people, slowly approaching the shore of Agadir.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the coast was full of similar-looking fishing boats, except for a few with dim yellow lights, no one could be seen anymore.

The fishing boats gradually sailed into the many awning boats, and they could no longer tell each other apart.

The people lurking beside and on the boat disappeared under the cover of night, and only the footprints on the beach recorded their appearance, but they were quickly covered up by the waves and strong wind.

The Strait of Gibraltar is now back under the control of the Republic.

At the beginning of the rebellion, although the Republic was caught off guard, about 80% of the army participated in the rebellion.

But the air force and navy remained loyal to the government of the Republic, which allowed them to quickly regain control of the Strait of Gibraltar,

Cut off the rebels.

The rebels in Morocco could not return to the country, and the rebels in the country were quickly surrounded by recruits recruited by the Republic. The situation began to become unfavorable to the rebels.

In the southern Spanish province of Andalusia, rebellions in large cities such as Malaga and Seville have been completely wiped out and suppressed.

But there are still rebels fleeing outside the city, and the navy blocked the Strait of Gibraltar, leaving the rebels without a source of strength.

On land, the Air Force assisted the Army of the Republic in hunting down and suppressing the rebels. For a while, the rebels in Spain were in a precarious situation.

At this time, the worse news came that Sanjurho, who was really in charge of the rebellion, fell to his death in a plane crash on the way back from Portugal.

The leader brought about the support of Germany and Italy, but before he could enjoy the results, he followed the crashed plane to heaven.

As his deputy, Franco, who held an important position in the rebel army, immediately took over all command.

And his performance was even more astonishing. He communicated with Berlin and Rome as quickly as possible, urged Germany and Italy to take aid actions, and directly intervened in the Spanish Civil War.

Both the FXS regime, neither the little man in Germany nor Mussolini in Italy is willing to sit back and watch the rebels now belonging to Franco be defeated.

The strategic position of Spain at the western end of Europe is extremely important. It guards the strategic route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and borders Germany's old enemy France.

If the FXS regime wins in Spain, it will greatly enhance the strategic advantages of the FXS countries in Europe, and will be able to contain France and other Western democracies.

For FXS Italy, their established goal is to establish hegemony in the Mediterranean region, and the appearance of rebels belonging to FXS is a godsend opportunity for him.

The two quickly communicated and decided to jointly intervene in the Spanish Civil War and provide assistance to Franco's FXS rebel forces.

"Spain now is the most authentic high school of war. I want you to record everything that happened on the battlefield in your mind, and bring it back safely to teach more people. Long live FXS." At the airport, the soldiers who are about to go out are encouraged.

This direct participation in the Spanish Civil War will not only verify Germany's new weapons, but also allow his officers to gain valuable experience.

At the beginning of the month, 30 German Junker transport planes landed at the Spanish Morocco airport, followed by 20 transport planes sent by Mussolini.

At the same time, on the sea, the transport ship sent by the German army was approaching Spanish Morocco.

The blockade of Gibraltar began to show loopholes. With Spain's current naval strength, it was impossible to carry out a complete blockade. They could only keep patrolling the sea.

But even if the transport ship was found, most of the navy just shot and pretended to let them fight the German ship, and the government of the Republic was still hesitant.

By this time, the President of the Republic, Manuel, still harbored the illusion that Germany and Italy could be negotiated to abandon their intervention in their own civil war.