The journey starts from the Titanic

In the end, Ferguson still succumbed to Wall Street, but before that, it did not prevent him from assigning one of the fats to Robes Securities, (he can also drink soup from it, this is the key), not to mention Rob Ferguson had sufficient reasons to persuade London after this strong assurance that the U.S. government declared war on Germany.

Stuart believes that Morgan’s group has nothing to say. They have already made too much. Take this treasury bond sale as an example. Although Robles Securities ate a piece of meat, most of the meat went to Morgan. That group is in the hands.In terms of killing people, Morgan and Robles are no different, except that the size of the knife is different, and the cut meat is also different.

Those people also control a big killer called the Federal Reserve!Dollars are all stamped out in this big killer.After the United States entered the war, the government would borrow heavily from banks in order to collect military spending. A large part of these tens of billions of dollars of national debt would fall into the hands of Wall Street bankers.

This is a crazy era. There is nothing more profitable than speculative wars. Anyway, forehands are fast and slow. In order to grab a piece of the pie, Situ Nan and Robles had to venture into this big gambling.

"Come, a toast to our cooperation!" In the dark study, three embarrassed men toasted and drank.

Luminous glass of grape wine.Under the light, how did Situ Nan feel that the red wine in his hand looked particularly bloody?

Sure enough, things did not go beyond Situ Nan's expectations. A week later, good news finally came from London, and the deal was officially approved.

According to Situ Nan's idea, this matter should not be too public, lest Robes Securities becomes a target of public criticism.Even if you can't stop it, try to delay the announcement.But how can the shrewd British make Situ Nan and the others make money so refreshingly!

In order to put pressure on other banks on Wall Street, at Ferguson's request, Robes Securities had to announce the cooperation plan three days later.

Of course, the details of the contract should be kept confidential, especially the regulations on the exchange of national debt for materials, and it is not easy to make other companies jealous.As for Robes Securities’ commitment to the U.S. government to declare war on Germany, it can only be understood. It is impossible to include it in the contract.

Regarding this promise, Situ Nan is also untrue. It should be said that it is done, and it is cheaper to sell good ones, because even if Robles Securities does not spend money to invite people to lobby, the US government will still participate in the war, and time is already very long. Tight.

Now that the blood of both the Allies and the Allies is almost left, the U.S. industry is ready for war after more than two years of mobilization.

In the summer of 1916, the British offensive on the Somme in France became the bloodiest battle in history. Each advancement cost thousands of soldiers.On August 30, the first batch of 50 "Mark" 1 tanks were secretly transported to France by Britain.In early September, the helpless British general Haig believed that the deadlock in the trench warfare on the Western Front must be broken, and ordered the "Mark" 1 tank as a new weapon and equipment to be put into operation on September 13.

This is the world's first use of tanks for combat.The British army put a total of 49 "Mark" 1 tanks on the front.However, after the participating tank formation set off on September 13, before arriving at the frontline battlefield, 17 vehicles broke down halfway due to various reasons.In this way, nearly one-third of the armored formations lost their combat effectiveness before firing a shell.The remaining 32 tanks drove to a destination not far from the German position, dispersed on the 8-kilometer front, and began to bombard the German position with 57mm artillery.In order to achieve a surprise attack, General Haig ordered all tanks to break through the German positions in the early morning of September 15.

In the early morning of September 15, the battlefield was smoggy.The British "Mark 1" tank started crunching towards the German position and soon disappeared from the sight of the British commander.However, the 32 tanks had not yet reached the German position, and 14 more were lying down: either there was a technical failure, or they were in a quagmire, or they fell into a crater.In this way, only 18 vehicles were left to participate in the world's first tank battle.The tanks drove slowly towards the German positions like old scalpers.

The German soldiers who were waiting in the trenches suddenly heard a very strange metal noise coming from the direction of the British army's position, and they did not know the secret of the metal noise, and they all stuck out their heads from the trenches to spy.The German soldiers suddenly discovered that a strange-looking mechanical device had emerged from the no man's land in the mist and crawled straight towards the German position.Before the German soldiers had time to figure out what was going on, the "monster" suddenly breathed fire.Some German soldiers immediately fell into a pool of blood.The rest of the German soldiers fled the trenches in horror, rushing to the rear.As a result, the British army quickly occupied the trenches.British tanks began to pursue the German deserters.Three tanks advanced to a village, drove into the street, and destroyed several German fortresses.Nearby German troops fled.Just as the British tanks tried to move on, they ran out of fuel and had to stop.In this way, after the British tanks passed the German trenches and only advanced about 13 kilometers, they had to stop military operations.Therefore, although the British tanks broke through a section of the German line of defense, they failed to force the Germans to abandon the entire line of defense.

Encouraged by the success of the tanks for the first time, the British army began to invest heavily in tank operations, gradually changing the deadlock in ground combat.Due to the appearance of tanks, the trench warfare, which was popular in World War I, was gradually declining.At the same time, the German army, suffering from tank attacks, had to start thinking about new anti-tank weapons.

However, in the first battle, there were only two moves. The artillery bombed and the infantry charged, and then was killed by the opponent's machine gun, and the body was hung on the wire fence.

If the opponent's counterattack approaches one's own position, the opponent's soldier will be swept down by one's own machine gun.

A serious and protracted battle!

You punch me, and I punch you too. It depends on who has the hardest life, who has more blood, no technicality, it is really boring, and the two sides compete to see who has more people, more shells, more bullets, and persists. The end is victory.

Especially after a few cruel tug-of-wars, the opponent was so tired that he stopped to take a break and did not dare to attack easily.After all, flesh-and-blood bodies are no better than steel-made bullet cannons. In a positional battle, if the offensive team lacks assault power, their losses are much greater than those of the defense team.

In fact, the forces of the two sides are similar now, and no one can help each other, but the position of the Allied Powers is better than that of the Allied Powers. Geographically, Britain, France and Russia are like three fret-shaped knives that pierce Germany and Austria.

Therefore, it is necessary for the Germans to preemptively on the western front, but unfortunately their offensive momentum was curbed after the front was pushed to Versailles near Paris.

The Germans are somewhat comforted that they have pushed the battlefield into France, so their industry has not been destroyed. Unlike the French, the northern industrial areas have been beaten badly by both sides.

In his previous life, Situ Nan watched a movie called "No War on the Western Front". At first glance at the title, he thought that there was really no war. Who knew that after watching it, he would almost vomit. The battlefield is full of smoke. Don't cut the trenches and scattered His weapon parts, broken limbs, and dark red mud make people almost in hell.

In addition to constantly firing cannons on each other's heads, the infantrymen stayed in the trenches and prayed that God would not drop the cannonballs on their heads.

However, with the advent of Christmas, it is said that the smell of gunpowder on the front line has faded a lot.

"Let yourself live and let others live!"

This is a slogan, but also a kind of tacit understanding, a kind of respect for life.

Since Christmas in 1914, both sides on the front line will hold high the free card every Christmas, and the soldiers on both sides will even greet each other.This gave a touch of warmth to the cruel war.

Although it is short-lived, a touch of warmth will remain in the memory of those soldiers forever before the next more brutal battle begins.

Chapter 57 Thinking of the Treasury Bond Contract (Part 2)

The use of tanks was a highlight of World War I. After heavy casualties, the old-fashioned British finally used their secret weapon, the tank.

This is a weapon specially designed to break through the opponent's barbed wire position, the effect is not bad, finally there is a shiny debut.

However, the number is too small, and the current tanks have many technical problems that cannot be solved, and they are far from the spectacular scene of thousands of tanks charging during World War II.

World War I and World War II.The use of tanks is very different. The tanks of World War I were used as mobile firepower to cover the infantry occupying the opponent's position. To put it bluntly, they were infantry nanny.

After World War II, the Germans used tanks as an assault force on a large scale for the first time. They used tanks and armored vehicles to charge through the enemy's defenses and achieve the purpose of roundabout encirclement.

The tank is no longer the infantry nanny, but the boss with the infantry charge. After cooperating with the aircraft to suppress the opponent's artillery, the tank becomes an offensive weapon, like a hot knife through butter.

More than twenty years later, Guderian was one of the best. It is said that as soon as he commanded the armored division to charge, even Hitler didn't know where he went all of a sudden.

It’s a bit far, but the current tanks are really not very good. They run slowly, have thin steel plates, not enough firepower, and short trips. But just like that, the British tanks still scared the Germans to piss in the Somme.

Well, it's very powerful.

This thing of innovation actually appeared in the old-fashioned British, and it was the stubborn and reactionary Winster Churchill who was in charge of this plan?

Situ Nan remembered that if he was right, the tanks that Churchill invested in World War I almost scared the Germans to death, but N years ago, the Germans' tanks almost scared Churchill to death, if it weren’t for his life-saving efforts. "Operation Dynamo", it is estimated that more than 300,000 coalition forces including 200,000 British troops, 90,000 French troops and 30,000 troops in Dunkirk, Belgium, surrounded by German tanks, may be strengthened again. Serve it in one pot.

Is this a kind of retribution?

History is like this. Thinking back carefully, there are many interesting things.

Compared with tanks, armored vehicles have been around for a long time. In 1900, the British invested armored vehicles in the Anglo-Bulgarian war in South Africa.This thing is much simpler than a tank.

If you weld a few steel plates to a car and install a machine gun, wouldn’t it be an armored car?

Situ Nan thought that he had a car factory?Which car factory is half dead now, Situ Nan has no time to sort him out.If it can be used to produce armored vehicles and sell them to the British, the French would be good too!Let's train the workers!It doesn't matter if you don't make money.

I just don't know if the British want it?

It is necessary to convince the British to be talented in France. It is estimated that they are short of everything now. Will someone deliver it to the door?

Why did I also grow up under the Queen's banner? It is also necessary to give some strength to the British Empire.

Situ Nan thought to himself, I have to ask Charlie Ferrard about this matter, as long as I can impress this greedy fat man, I am afraid that there is no order!

Now the British are so poor that they have only money left, waving checks to buy supplies all over the world, there is nothing they don't need.

By virtue of the good cooperative relationship with the British military, almost all of Situ Nan's industries have become designated units for the supply of British military materials, and there is no problem in terms of credit.

For the British, cash is not the most important thing. Their purpose is to purchase American supplies.Finally, in order to increase Ferguson’s persuasive power, Robes assured that Robes Securities would invest a sum of money to lobby the U.S. government to declare war on Germany under Stuart’s hint.

This guarantee makes Ferguson as sweet as eating ginseng fruit. Now that the war is at a critical moment, the British and French are looking forward to the stars and the moon and hoping for the Americans to join their ranks, but the American profiteers simply refuse to make money by hiding on the other side of the ocean. The money of the Allies came without mercy.

It seems to be saying that the British and the French are actually good at fighting?

You guys beat up the German first, I will watch the show first with the small bench, and cheer for you by the way!If it's not working anymore, I'll sell you some King Kong Power Pills, which will help you rise, but the price is a bit expensive, you know, ha ha...

Robles’ decision to promote the United States’ participation in the war was undoubtedly a very big support for the British. Ferguson even regarded Robles and Stuart as his own.