frightfiction Chapter 221 White Eagle Artillery's father, Schneider, a new
Chapter 221 White Eagle Artillery's father, Schneider, a new
In exchange for a batch of systematically repaired Japanese aircraft, Zhang Chi obtained Stevenson's promise to provide him with another 200 M2 105mm howitzers.
As for the M1 155mm cannon 'Long-legged Tom' and the M1 155mm howitzer that Zhang Chi requested (these two are not the same gun, as the author said in the picture).
Stevenson said that since the European counterattack was about to begin, all heavy weapons had to be supplied to the White Eagle troops in Europe first. He could only provide a small amount of these two types of artillery and a small number of spare gun barrels to Zhangchi's 1 to 2 battalions (12 guns per battalion).
As the White Eagle's new artillery, these two types of artillery have performance that surpasses similar products of the Japanese. In artillery battles, they can completely suppress the Japanese artillery of the same level or even higher level.
Especially the former M1 155mm cannon, which weighs 14 tons, is 7.336 meters long, 45 times the caliber, and has a maximum range of 23km, far exceeding the 18km range of the Japanese Type 89 and Type 96 150mm cannons.
至于毛熊的ML-20 152mm榴弹炮和国军进口的sFH 18 150mm榴弹炮更是分别只有17km和15km的射程。
As for the latter, the M1 155mm howitzer, which is currently the main force of the artillery brigades of the Anmin Army, weighs 5.8 tons and has a maximum range of only 15km.
Although this gun has a faster rate of fire and a longer range than the Japanese Taisho Type 4 150mm field howitzer with a range of 9km, it is obviously no match for the Japanese 155mm cannon.
Although it is said that the army is rustic, the navy is foreign, and the air force is a big rogue, but when facing the Japanese cannons and heavy artillery, we can't rely solely on the air force for help, right?
This doesn't conform to Zhang Chi's idea of building an army of 'I want it all'.
Zhang Chi was obviously not satisfied with Stevenson's reply. However, even when he offered extra money, Stevenson remained unmoved and even hinted that he could go to his "friends" in the Intelligence Bureau to find a solution.
Zhang Chi then realized that it was not that Stevenson was unwilling, but as the situation on the Qian Kingdom battlefield improved, White Eagle once again turned its attention to Europe, and Stevenson really had no more goods in his hands.
It is said that cannons are the courage of infantry. Since it is no longer possible to get heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 or above from Stevenson for free, Zhang Chi can only spend his own money to build it.
Fortunately, Bruce, the synthetic spy operating in Europa, soon sent good news.
The spy team of the 'Bat Cave' established by Bruce quickly contacted the country of Visifah and the local SS head. After some money was paid, they quickly negotiated the transaction of the production line of the Schneider Artillery Factory in Visifah.
For a price of $800 million in cash, the local SS leader would secretly dismantle part of the Schneider Artillery Factory's 105 and 155 gun production lines and transport them to the neutral Iberian Peninsula.
Afterwards, the Bat Cave purchased Italian transport ships at a low price from the Allied forces occupying Italy and recruited former Italian navy and sailors to transport these equipment to Asia.
The entire process is estimated to cost just over $1000 million to complete.
Cutting-edge artillery technologies, including electroslag remelting and barrel self-tightening technologies, which could not be obtained even with hundreds of millions of dollars in peacetime, were easily obtained by bribing the greedy SS leaders.
Even some of the Schneider 1917 155mm howitzers ordered by the military of the developing countries before the war were included in the transaction as extra items.
These semi-finished gun barrels, which were made because the French surrendered too quickly, lay quietly in the warehouse until they became loose objects.
除了白鹰M1式155毫米榴弹炮的‘亲爹’施耐德M1917 155榴，‘长脚汤姆’的‘亲爹’发国GPF155毫米加农炮的部分技术图纸自然也包含在交易中。
However, due to the somewhat "rough" nature of the SS occupation personnel, these technical drawings were incomplete.
Zhang Chi could only say that it was better to have it than not. Anyway, he had also brought in the Italian artillery technicians from the Ansaldo factory, plus the synthetic technicians provided by the system, to slowly research and restore it.
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On the other hand, with the eager expectations of the Texas arms tycoons, Jason from the Intelligence Bureau also approached Zhang Chi with a "big contract".
“全套.30-06（7.62x63）步枪弹和.45ACP手枪弹(11.43x23)的生产线，外加全套的M1897式75毫米野战炮与炮弹的生产线？”
"Yes, these are all top-notch stuff, all 90% new." Jason confidently handed a dozen technical documents to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi motioned Yu Jun, who was coming over for technical support, to take it and check it out.
Yu Jun stood up, took the stack of documents and began to look through them carefully.
The sound of turning pages was particularly clear in the quiet room, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on Jason's forehead.
Soon, the synthetic human Yu Jun finished reading the document at a glance, and whispered a few words to Zhang Chi next to him.
After hearing this, Zhang Chi's face suddenly darkened and he stared at Jason opposite him for a while, until Jason began to tremble and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face.
He slowly put down the teacup in his hand. The bottom of the cup made a slight sound when it touched the table, but it seemed to hit Jason's heart.
"Ninety percent new?" Zhang Chi's tone was thick with sarcasm. "Mr. Jason, these production lines are still steam-powered and belt-driven, right? It's 44 now, and everyone has already adopted electrification."
Zhang Chi sneered disdainfully: "Besides, my bullet production line has long been self-sufficient. Why do I still need these outdated things?"
His eyes were so cold that they seemed to freeze Jason:
"As for this M1897 75mm field gun... oh, the famous 'Miss Faguo 75,' right? It's a classic, but the problem is, it's from the last war. Tell me, can the equipment used to produce it be even 90% new? It's probably not even second-hand!"
Jason broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.
Zhang Chi's tone grew increasingly stern. "Also, the complete technical import and stock sale of the M1941 Johnson and Mondragon semi-automatic rifles... Do you really think I'd pay for these obsolete products?"
He leaned forward slightly, his tone low but undeniable: "Dear Jason, look into my eyes carefully, do I look like an idiot?"
Jason, overwhelmed by the terrifying aura, no longer dared to look Zhang Chi in the eye.
He just felt an invisible pressure on his chest making it hard to breathe.
I was wondering how this kind of junk could possibly fool Zhang Chi.
In other words, those greedy tycoons still thought that Zhang Chi was as easy to fool as other Qianren dictators, so they had to force themselves to do it.
Damn it, I won’t die here today, right?
At this moment, Jason no longer remembered that he came here to sell outdated garbage because he was greedy for the 3% commission.
"Commander Zhang, this... this may be a misunderstanding..." He stammered, his voice full of panic.
Zhang Chi interrupted him before he could finish. "Go back and tell those people behind you that I can buy this junk, but I'll only pay junk prices. If they really want to make a fortune, they should bring out the real stuff."
As he spoke, Zhang Chi took out a piece of paper and wrote on it a series of new technologies, including the R-2800 'Double Wasp' aircraft engine, new smokeless gunpowder, and petroleum catalytic cracking.
"Half of Bago's natural resources are waiting for me to liberate. Rubber, gold, oil. If the people behind you want a piece of the pie, they have to show sincerity."