69novels Chapter 577
Chapter 577
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: 0.068s Scan: 0.347sWhen the representatives of the foot basin arrived at Hans, Hans was in the final negotiation with the Eagle Sauce people. The two sides had a fierce negotiation on the price, delivery time and payment method.
Of course, Mainz and Roosevelt would not deal with such matters personally. If they were asked to negotiate, it would be too cheap.
After Ribbentrop met with the representatives of the foot basin, Mainz was listening to the latter’s report.
“The people of the foot basin spoke in a roundabout way and refused to tell the truth, but I tried to figure out their intentions by asking them indirectly!”
Every time Ribbentrop dealt with Orientals, he felt very painstaking.
Orientals don’t speak as directly as Westerners. They are more euphemistic and always like to express their meanings in an obscure way. This is basically the same for both the Chinese and the foot basin people.
So dealing with these people is really not easy.
“Oh? What are their real intentions?”
Mainz looked at Ribbentrop with interest and asked.
Just now, Marshal Zhang came to him on behalf of the Northeast Army and tried hard for several days. Finally, he met Mainz, and then cried and complained that their army lacked weapons. He hoped that Hans could urgently provide them with a batch of weapons. He also said that they would never forget Hans’s great kindness and would definitely open the door to Hans’ various interests in the Celestial Empire in the future!
Mainz did not directly agree to Marshal Zhang’s request, but said that he would consider it.
After all, the war in the Celestial Empire has gradually stopped. With the arrival of winter, both sides are exhausted and can’t fight. At this time, although the two sides did not start ceasefire negotiations, they tacitly stopped military operations, licking their wounds, and accumulating strength to prepare for the next year!
Because in a short period of time, both sides There is no fighting, so Mainz is not in a hurry to sell a large number of weapons to the Northeast Army!
After losing the Northeast, the status of the Northeast Army in Mainz’s eyes has declined a lot. The
Northeast Army used to be at its peak. They defeated the Zhili warlords and moved into Peking. They were the strongest in the country and had a tendency to unify the world.
But after the invasion of the Celestial Empire, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Now the Northeast Army can’t even unify the country. It’s a problem whether they can survive and make it through next year.
The reason why Zhang Shaoshuai is so anxious is because he knows that the situation of the Northeast Army is worrying. If they can’t get Hans’s help, the Northeast Army will be finished!
Hans really has no shortage of weapons and equipment.
After they annexed Jake, Jake’s Skoda Arsenal became their military factory. The firearms of this arsenal are very famous. The famous Czech-made light machine gun came from here.
The production capacity of this factory has not yet reached its limit. If Goints needs it, this factory can quickly increase their production capacity from the current 2,000 guns per day to 500 rifles and 500 machine guns in a short period of time!
Moreover, Hans currently has more than one arsenal.
After they occupied Gaul, many military factories in Gaul also fell into the hands of Hans.
The production lines of these armies are currently being transformed so that they can produce weapons and ammunition that match the German equipment.
The munitions they produced before and the large amount of munitions in stock, including the weapons seized by the German army from 2.
5 million Allied prisoners, are piled up like mountains and all piled up in Hans’ warehouses.
The calibers of firearms in countries around the world were not unified at this time, so Hans could not directly use the calibers left behind by the Allies. These weapons!
Not to mention that the performance of these weapons is far behind Hans’ existing equipment, just talk about their messy specifications, 6.3mm rifles, 8mm rifles, 7.62mm rifles and other types of bullets are all available!
If the German army equips the troops with so many types of firearms, they will be exhausted by the logistics alone!
In addition, these weapons are all behind the weapons currently equipped by Hans, so Mainz doesn’t like these equipment at all. After these equipment were sealed in the warehouse, they were basically not moved.
He originally planned to have people sort out these specifications of firearms, classify the firearms with the same specifications as much as possible, and then equip them to the vassal states that followed Hans as military assistance to them, so that they can help Hans take on some work of maintaining law and order and dealing with guerrillas.
Hans’ current weapons and equipment are already developing in the direction of automation. In addition to the Mauser 98K rifle, their individual weapons also include some STG4 assault rifles, some MP40 submachine guns and some Mauser sniper rifles.
The performance of these firearms is a full generation ahead of the firearms currently equipped by various countries, and the bullets used by these firearms are basically universal. Except for the MP40 bullets, which are small-caliber bullets, the calibers of other firearms are 7.92 mm, the same as the bullets of the MG34/42 universal rifle.
On the battlefield, logistics support is very important and difficult.
According to the combat experience of the armies of various countries in later generations, the types of weapons in the army are simplified as much as possible, so that the calibers of various weapons are the same, the bullets are universal, and even some parts of each firearm can be replaced with each other.
This is very helpful for simplifying the logistics system, reducing the difficulty of logistics support, and improving combat efficiency!
Therefore, Mainz could not give these messy weapons and equipment to the German army itself.
Even if all the armies of the vassal states in Europe were added together, there would probably be no more than 2.5 million people. At this time, the number of equipment left in the German warehouses from the original Allied forces and various countries exceeded 4 million pieces. In the warehouses of Jake alone, weapons and equipment sufficient to arm more than 1 million troops were found!
The warehouses in Gaul were also well stocked, and with the equipment of 250,000 people they had seized, it was more than enough to arm the vassal armies of various countries.
So Mainz agreed to sell arms to the Celestial Empire. Of course, he would not continue to provide Hans with his own equipment, but would export these messy equipment of the Allied Forces. If the Northeastern Army wanted them, they could take them away at a low price.
If they didn’t want them, don’t blame him for not helping.
When Zhang Shaoshuai first heard this condition, he was a little embarrassed.
He had led soldiers before, so he knew very well what the consequences would be if the weapons and equipment were not matched.
Most of the weapons in the hands of the Northeastern Army were German equipment. If they were asked to use the weapons and equipment of the Allied Forces with completely different specifications, it would be equivalent to giving up these German equipment in their hands.
Although most of these German equipment were second-hand goods they bought, they spent real money on them!
The quality of Hans’ weapons and equipment is very good. Although they are second-hand equipment, their performance is still excellent, and the failure rate and damage rate are not high. Most of the guns are intact. The only regret is that there are no bullets!
Therefore, Zhang Shaoshuai hopes to purchase more bullets!