stonecrandall Chapter 415
Chapter 415
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“Mr. President, thank you for selling us the second batch of arms. This amount of arms is extremely important to us, so please allow me to express my most sincere gratitude to you!”In
October 1926, Berlin, in Mainz’s office.
Marshal Zhang visited Mainz again after two months. The purpose of his visit this time was the same as before, and he also came to purchase arms.
Up to now, both sides have been exhausted from the war.
Because of the sanctions imposed on the foot basin, domestic military factories could not operate at full capacity, so the production efficiency of weapons and equipment was greatly reduced. At this time, most of the weapons and ammunition they used were previously in stock, but as time went on, the pressure on their weapons and ammunition became greater and greater, and the production in the rear could not keep up with the consumption on the front line!
The situation in the Celestial Empire was not much better. Because Fengtian City was surrounded, the production of Fengtian’s arsenal was also greatly affected. The weapons of the more than 300,000 troops outside were The equipment cannot be replenished, and once it is used up, it is gone!
If Young Marshal Zhang had not imported a large number of weapons and equipment from Hans before, and quickly transported them to China through the railway in the Bear Country, I am afraid that the Northeast Army would have to fight with fire sticks at this time!
The war has been going on for more than two months, almost three months, and the batch of equipment purchased before is almost used up. The losses of firearms and artillery are not very serious, but the consumption of bullets, artillery shells and grenades is very large. Almost half of the troops on the front line lack sufficient weapons and ammunition!
If the situation of the people on the opposite side was not similar to theirs, the situation would probably be very difficult at this time!
It’s funny to say that neither side of the war was actually prepared for this war, so the war has been fought to this point. At this time , both sides were running out of ammunition and food.
The total number of troops on the front lines of both sides exceeded 800,000. This scale cannot be said to be small. Compared with the time when the war just broke out, it is obviously much larger.
But the strange thing is that at this time, the offensive of both sides on the battlefield is not fierce. Because of the lack of artillery shells, the attacks of both sides need to rely on the individual qualities of the infantry to fight.
Because there have always been warlords fighting in the Celestial Empire, and the Northeast Army has successively clashed with the Anhui warlords, the Zhili warlords and the Northwest Army, so their soldiers have extremely rich combat experience. The
Japanese army has basically not participated in any wars in recent years, and their soldiers have almost never been on the battlefield. However, because of their strong national strength and the strict training of these Type A divisions, the Japanese soldiers The shooting skills of the foot basin are much better than those of the Celestial Empire!
This is actually very easy to understand, because the steelmaking capacity of the foot basin is several times stronger than that of the Celestial Empire. With a large amount of steel, their production capacity of weapons and ammunition, especially consumables such as bullets, is much stronger than that of the Celestial Empire!
The quality of the soldier’s shooting skills depends on the number of shooting and training. The more shooting times, the better the shooting skills will be.
Although the foot basin is a relatively weak national power among the great powers, this comparison is with other great powers, not with the Celestial Empire. Compared with the Celestial Empire, the foot basin must have an overwhelming advantage!
Therefore, when the heavy weapons of both sides were consumed, and the battle mainly depended on the performance of ordinary infantry, this characteristic of both sides was reflected! The foot basin soldiers were well-trained and their shooting skills were extremely accurate, which caused the Northeast Army to suffer a lot.
And because the soldiers of the Northeast Army were rich in combat, they were very good at using the terrain and skillfully cooperating with each other. As a result, they often gained a great advantage in local combat, and the Japanese army with little combat experience paid the price!
Both sides relied on their own uniqueness to play their own advantages on the battlefield.
However, in the war, the main weapon that caused casualties to enemy soldiers was not the bullets in the hands of the soldiers, nor the casualties caused by machine gun fire, but the casualties caused by artillery shells!
But at this time, both sides did not have many shells, so the artillerymen had actually withdrawn from the battle. Without the cover and support of the artillery, it was difficult to push and occupy the light infantry alone!
As a result, the war situation in the Northeast began to fall into a stalemate. Neither side had the ability to break through the other side’s defense line, so they all tacitly began to dig trenches and fight trench warfare!
This is simply a replica of the First World War ten years ago, and it has been eight years since the First World War. Countries have also had their own research and summary on the performance of trench warfare in the First World War, and know how to resolve the impact of trench warfare.
So, both sides thought of a weapon: mortar!
This time, a large part of the munitions that Zhang Shaoshuai came to purchase were mortar shells!
The Celestial Empire can manufacture mortars by itself, and their army has a large number of mortars. In addition to the 80mm medium-caliber mortars, they also have 10mm large-caliber mortars. This type of mortar is very powerful and is very suitable for dealing with enemies in trenches!
“In view of the good relations between our country and your country, and the fact that I have always opposed the unjust act of unilateral invasion of your country by the foot basin, we are very happy to lend a helping hand to help your country get out of the current predicament!”
Although the superficial polite words are boring, this scene still needs to be said. Sometimes, it is easy to gain the favor of others by saying some nice words and then making corresponding statements.
Of course, when helping others, you must also carry out certain publicity. If you don’t publicize, others may not know that you have provided help, and then they naturally won’t be grateful to you! The reason why Mainz is willing to help the Celestial Empire, in addition to the fact that he was a Celestial Empire in his previous life, there is another reason: that is, in the process of helping the Celestial Empire, Hans can also gain benefits!
It is precisely because this is a win-win deal that Mainz is happy to do this!
“That’s great. Thank you so much. I just don’t know if this time can be as good as last time.……”
The weapons that Zhang Shaoshuai purchased last time were not the latest weapons, but the old weapons discarded by the German army. Although these old weapons are not as good as brand new weapons, the performance gap is not big, and because they are second-hand goods, they are very cheap, which is very suitable for the relatively poor Chinese army!
After all, they don’t have enough funds to purchase all brand new German weapons!
After tasting the sweetness, Zhang Shaoshuai also wanted to do the same this time and buy a batch of old equipment. What he was more worried about was whether Hans was willing to sell it, and whether Hans really had so many obsolete old equipment!
“You should talk to Speer about these things. I won’t be personally involved in the specific arms transactions. If you want second-hand guns and artillery, I think we should have quite a few in stock, but I’m afraid we don’t have many shells and bullets, so we should buy new ones!”
Mainz didn’t want to talk to Zhang Shaoshuai directly about this, but after seeing the other party’s disappointed expression, he revealed some information, which made Zhang Shaoshuai’s heart full of hope again!
“Thank you very much!”
After receiving this answer, Zhang Shaoshuai left Mainz’s office with satisfaction.
As soon as he left, Himmler came in with a piece of intelligence.
“President, our people have discovered that the Foot Basin people are secretly conducting transactions with the Sun Never Sets, and the location is in the Sun Never Sets’ colony in the Far East – Lijiapo!”
Mainz raised his eyebrows. The Sun Never Sets is an ally of the Foot Basin. It is not surprising that the Sun Never Sets would help an ally in trouble. But he did not expect that the Sun Never Sets would be so impatient and take action so early.
The Foot Basin is not at the end of its rope yet. If it takes action at this time, would it be a little too early?
“What are they mainly delivering?”
Lijiapo is the base of the Far East Fleet of the British Empire, which controls a very important strait – the Strait of Malacca!
The Far East Fleet is stationed here, on the one hand, to intervene in the affairs of Asia, especially East Asia, and on the other hand, to guard the gate of the Indian Ocean and prevent external forces from entering the Indian Ocean.
For the British Empire, the sea control of the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean is vital to them, so the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Malacca were all controlled by them early on. In order to control these places, they did not hesitate to send troops to attack Banya and the Pyramid Kingdom many times, and finally succeeded and controlled these strategic roads!