Chapter 573: Charles Is Not a Lamb

Perhaps because of the urgency of the war, or perhaps because he knew that "Charle" also meant interests and wealth, Stokes took only two days to set up a laboratory for the development of special tank guns. He decided to use the French 75 Based on the gun, the breech block will be shortened, and if possible, the weight will be reduced and the service life will be increased.

Mathieu also put the "Char B1" tank on the agenda.

There are blueprints, engines, and the basis for producing tanks. They use off-the-shelf artillery, which can be pieced together almost like stacking blocks. Matthew estimates that a prototype of this new model will be produced in one or two months. The car enters testing.

Joseph was sent to the United States to develop business.

Joseph believes that with the help of FN Company, he is confident that he can quickly establish a foothold in the United States.

But these are actually not the point.

Although FN Company said that its cooperation with Steed Arsenal was based on Sharma's guidance, its branch was far away in the United States and not in Belgium.

Charles has absolute control in Belgium, and FN Corporation does not even have the capital to resist. They know that compliance is the only way out.

The branch in the United States is different. If Joseph opens an arsenal in the United States, it will even compete with it. It is only forced to help Joseph on the surface due to pressure from the head office.

What really played a key role was that Shire contacted Colonel Johnson of the US military, the head of the tank research laboratory, who had previously purchased the production license for the "Shire A1" tank from Shire.

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The Tank Research Laboratory is located on the north bank of the Potomac River in Washington, USA.

(Pictured above is Washington, D.C.)

Although the laboratory is called a "laboratory", it is actually more like a military camp.

The gates here are closed all year round and the walls are deep. There are patrols and sentries everywhere outside the walls, but "rumbling" sounds and shouts of soldiers can be heard from time to time inside the walls.

It was filled with barbed wire, trenches, and anti-tank trenches, just like a small battlefield.

Colonel Johnson is commanding America's first tank regiment in a simulated attack on "enemy positions."

He frowned, holding documents in his hand and constantly comparing them. Occasionally, he rudely shouted at the American soldiers who were slacking off on the field: "Put your legs up and follow the tank, you bastards, or I will exhaust the tank." Put it in your ass!"

The staff officer put away his telescope and reported helplessly: "Colonel, we can't pass through the anti-tank ditch. I think buying a bridge erecting truck from Shire is the only way."

Colonel Johnson shook his head slightly: "You don't understand, Ryan, there are too many things that need to be purchased."

Almost everything has to be purchased, armored reconnaissance vehicles, submachine guns, machine guns, and even helmets.

Although the United States has money, the point is that there is no pressure for war now, and Congress will not approve these funds. It took a lot of effort for the military to purchase the tank production authorization from Shire.

what to do?

Colonel Johnson fell into deep despair as he looked at the soldiers in front of him who were joking about the war.

The soldiers have no idea about the cruelty of war. In their eyes, 100,000 casualties a day is just a number, and they still have no idea about it in their minds.

One day, if these new recruits go to the battlefield like this, they will be so scared that they wet their pants immediately!

At this time, the Signal Corps sent a telegram to Colonel Johnson: "Colonel, there is a telegram from France. Charles said that he intends to open an arsenal in the United States. Do we welcome it?"

Colonel Johnson, who was looking at the training ground with a sad expression, suddenly turned around: "What did you say?"

Then, without waiting for the signal soldier to speak, he stepped forward and grabbed the telegram from the signal soldier's hand. After reading it back and forth twice to confirm that it was correct, he took a few deep breaths with a smile and exclaimed excitedly: "That's great. Yes, we are saved!"

Colonel Johnson waved his fist nervously, and at the same time pushed his butt forward obscenely a few times. He suddenly pointed at the signal soldier and ordered: "Call back immediately: You are very welcome. If you set up a factory in our country, the government and military will probably give your company The biggest preferential policy!”

As soon as the signal soldier turned around and left, Colonel Johnson turned to the staff and ordered: "Drive the car over and go to the headquarters immediately. General William will be very happy!"

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More than three hours later, Charles received the latest reply from Colonel Johnson: "I have contacted my superiors and the military welcomes you to set up factories in our country. We have secured a series of preferential policies for you, including real estate purchase subsidies and priority recruitment. Legal aid for workers and the military.”

The most impressive one should be "military legal aid", which means that with the support of the military and a military background, they will provide professional lawyers to protect Shire's factories all the way.

But Charles was still dissatisfied. He called back: "I still have concerns. As you know, the United States is not under war pressure, which means your purchase volume is not large."

Charles knows how to bargain.

This time it took a little longer and I didn’t receive a reply until the next day.

Later, Charles learned that this was the result of overnight negotiations between the military and the Federal Tax Service to secure interests for Charles:

"We can provide your company with tax exemption for three years. In addition, each equipment produced by your company is guaranteed to have a minimum purchase quantity. The specific quantity will be discussed in detail. Don't worry, General, we will not let you go bankrupt!"

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From the telegram, Colonel Johnson seemed to be more anxious than Charles.

Ciel had long expected such a result.

Although the United States was deeply influenced by the "Monroe Doctrine" and remained neutral behind closed doors, it has never been a country that is unwilling to lag behind.

At this time, the United States' industrial production capacity was the best in the world, even surpassing the United Kingdom, which was known as the world's number one, but its technology and military equipment were far behind those of European countries.

(Note: This has a lot to do with not participating in the war. Equipment and tactics were rapidly updated in battle, while the United States stagnated in peace.)

The United States tried to keep up with the world, so it bought the production license of "Char A1" from Charles before.

However, as the battle deepened, advanced equipment jumped out one after another, including grenades, mortars, light machine guns, fighter jets...

If you want to buy the production licenses of all these things, even the wealthy United States can't do it.

Now, Charles will actually set up a factory in the United States.

My God, this is simply a gift from God!

Workers will gain technology during production, and at the same time, they will cultivate a large number of productive talents for the United States, as well as equipment, concepts, and even tactics.

(Note: Military products are different from other commodities. When they are equipped to the troops, they are often accompanied by the condition that the soldiers must be trained to use them. Therefore, there will inevitably be tactical diffusion.)

Let’s take a step back and say that if the United States confiscates all these factories one day, Charles will have no way to deal with her.

So this is definitely a lamb delivered to the door, how can we not welcome it?

What the US military doesn’t know is that Charles is not a lamb, he is here to fleece the sheep!