The journey starts from the Titanic

(At the same time, they are also the only country that does not have a war dividend. I wonder if it was because of this that they made more efforts to get it back?) As early as February, the once invincible Tsar Nicholas II announced his abdication, Romano The husband dynasty ended its rule in Russia, leaving a mess for the new Russian Provisional Government.

Well, this is a hodgepodge-style provisional government, which is a mess, filled with monsters, ghosts and snakes, and has no fighting power at all.And there is also a Soviet power in St. Petersburg!

In short, in this game the Russians are abolished.Before the Americans let go, the shrewd Germans secretly sent the leader of the Workers' Party Lenin back to Russia, and forced the revolutionary mentor to sign the harsh "Brest Treaty" that made him bear the stigma of his life.

The Germans can finally draw a large amount of troops from the Eastern Front to join the thin-line battlefield.They must defeat Britain and France in one go before the United States landed.

This is the last chance. The German army that withdrew its fists from the Eastern Front suddenly became stronger and more concentrated. This war has become more tragic. If you don't fight it, you will never stop.

When Britain and France learned that the Germans had withdrawn a large amount of troops from the eastern front and put them into the thin line, they had to greet the Americans more enthusiastically and must firmly withstand the German attack before the Americans arrived.

Woodrow Wilson’s voice immediately received positive responses from British Prime Minister Lloyd George and French Prime Minister George Clemenceau.

They immediately sent an ebullient telegram to the White House, highly appreciating the just decision made by the U.S. government for human democracy and freedom, and proclaiming that with the accession of the United States, the Allies will surely win the final victory.

The subtext behind it is actually very simple, that is: Have Americans watched the excitement enough?Don't come here soon?Can't come again, buddy is over!

It is a pity that the distant waters of the United States cannot save the near fires in Europe for the time being: since the declaration of war, the United States has only more than 30,000 armies. It will be impossible for American soldiers to fight the Germans for a while.

The expansion of the army, the training of soldiers, the training of officers, and the preparation of a large number of armaments and materials are all in a mess. Without months of preparation, the Americans will not have any practical actions in Europe.

After the two sides united, Britain and France generously sent a large number of military officers to the United States in an effort to make American soldiers qualified as cannon fodder.

At the same time, French advanced aircraft production technology and tank technology are also licensed to American companies for production.Sure enough, after Chrysler received technical support from France, with reference to the Renault F-17 tank, it began to design and produce a smaller tank.

Originally, this benefit was to fall on Ford, but after Chrysler’s struggle, coupled with Situ Nan’s good relationship with the French military, and in order to show the Americans the friendship of allies, France finally agreed to give Chrysler. Company technical support.

In fact, whether it was World War I or World War II, the French army’s equipment was advanced in the world, but unfortunately it was later defeated by the courage!

After the California Steel Company was merged into the Bethlehem United Steel Company, the original California Arms Company was also integrated into the Bethlehem Arms Manufacturing Company.

The mortar factory ushered in greater development, not only the British and French forces, but even the U.S. Army put forward more demands on it.

In order to expand the production of mortars by the US military, the mortar factory had to license the mortar technology to the two eastern arsenals under the compulsion of the Bureau of Industry during the War. Unfortunately, it only received a small amount of compensation. .

This is nothing, DuPont's smokeless powder factory is miserable!The US$20 million gunpowder technology had to be licensed to other gunpowder factories for only US$2 million, but they made money from a large supply of ammunition.

The California Arms Company did not suffer too much. They also obtained the m1903 rifle production technology and authorization that Situ Nan dreamed of from the military factory in the east, and they could fully produce this advanced rifle.

At the same time, in addition to the m1903 supplied to the US military, the California Arms Company's arsenal in California also produced Enfil rifles for the British, which was required by the British.

After a large number of merchant ships were sunk by German submarines every month, the shortage of raw materials caused a decline in domestic production capacity in the UK, and American companies had to produce weapons for them.

The California Arms Company, which has received technical support from Bethlehem Arms Manufacturing Company, shook, because they can now produce not only mortars and rifles, but also artillery.

The Bethlehem Arms Manufacturing Company also began to place more and more weapons production in California, so the machinery manufacturing industry in San Benati and other areas around the California steel production base in Tana quickly received a large number of weapons after the war. Arms orders have been transformed into military industries, and more and more hardware factories and timber factories have been incorporated into the production system of California Arms Company.

Situ Nan stayed in New York and couldn't see such a grand scene for a while, but his confidant, the vice president of Bethlehem United Steel Company, who specializes in western affairs, has news from time to time in New York.

Like the California Arms Company, the "bitch arch"-like legislation was thrown away, and American factories began to fully invest in military production. This finally gave Britain and France hope.

Although the army was unable to land in Europe at once, the U.S. Navy was well prepared. Their destroyers began to join the Royal Navy's escort team, but at the same time they faced the most craziest resistance by German submarines!

After the Americans joined, the battle on the Atlantic became more bloody, and the scope of the war also extended from the east coast of the Atlantic to the east coast of the Atlantic. In short, no sea is peaceful!

A deadly murderous opportunity is hidden under the calm!

Chapter 149 One Million Dollar Free Bond

The participation of the United States in the war brought the world war to a climax, and it also brought the US economy to a climax.Woodrow Wilson had not yet stepped out of Congress, and news of the declaration of war spread to Wall Street, and the New York Stock Exchange suddenly boiled over.

The stocks of arms companies have soared like aphrodisiac. In particular, DuPont Gunpowder Company has made Wall Street investors unanimously optimistic, because this company monopolizes the US smokeless gunpowder technology and is also the largest US gunpowder company.

From bullets to cannonballs, DuPont Gunpowder is almost everything.Without the gunpowder it produces, most of the weapons of American soldiers will be "impotent."Therefore, gunpowder production is the foundation for the survival of the DuPont consortium, and it is the true king of war.

In addition to DuPont Gunpowder Company, steel companies have also become the target of investors.US Steel Corporation, the largest listed company in the United States, is still popular.On the day of the declaration of war, U.S. Steel's stock price rose by several percentage points.

President Albert H. Gary managed the company well. Last year, in 1916, U.S. Steel released data showing that the company’s annual sales revenue reached an astonishing $1.23 billion, and profits exceeded 200 million dollars!

1.2 billion dollars!This figure is higher than the normal taxation of the federal government.Situ Nan holds a small portion of the steel giant's stock and received a lot of dividends last year.While he was happy, he also had unspeakable envy-the guy Morgan was really lucky, they made money!

Now that the United States has entered the war, this super steel giant has undoubtedly ushered in a new development opportunity, so Wall Street investors almost immediately snapped up the stock of US Steel.

The war is fighting steel production. The U.S. Steel Corporation accounts for more than 40% of the steel production in the United States. The merger of Bethlehem United Steel cannot shake the dominance of U.S. Steel Corporation.

Fortunately, the current Bethlehem United Steel Company is not bad. Its armor plate technology is the best in the United States. The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company is also the largest shipbuilding company in the United States. After the war began, it received additional orders from the Navy.

After passing the Admiralty's acceptance last time, Roosevelt sent a large number of orders for warships to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, and Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company then transferred some of the orders to Francis Shipbuilding in San Francisco and San Diego Shipyard in San Diego.

The excellent performance of Bethlehem United Steel made Situ Nan's jealousy of U.S. Steel a little less.

The United States' participation in the war is actually fighting the production capacity of several major steel companies such as the United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

Taking advantage of the good market conditions, the Hanniper Fund of Robles Securities Co., Ltd., which had been prepared for a long time, began to slowly sell out the 2% of U.S. Steel's stock it held.In just three months, more than 50 million US dollars of funds were taken away from the stock market.

In order to raise more funds, Stuart sold a small portion of the shares of Bethlehem United Steel Corporation to the stock market through Robes Securities after selling shares of U.S. Steel Corporation. After some operations, he successfully cashed out two thousand dollars. The more than ten thousand dollars of funds, plus the funds raised from other companies, add up to a good one hundred million dollars.

"What? Are you going to spend 100 million dollars to buy free bonds?"

Robles on the other end of the phone listened to Situ Nan’s plan. He had a big head. It finally took a whole year to digest the US$300 million in national debt from the British. Now Situ Nan wants to buy another one. Billion dollars in free bonds.

"The war free bonds are not as easy to sell as the U.S. national bonds. Don't read the newspapers every day calling out to kill the Germans. But once the people are asked to spend money to buy the free bonds to pay for the war, they will hesitate. In a few days, the sales of Freedom Bonds are not satisfactory. Would you like to wait first?"

Robles on the other end of the phone tried to persuade him.

For a whole year last year, Robles Securities went to various banks in the east and west of the United States, selling U.S. Treasury bonds everywhere, and was so busy. It was only a few days after coming back to rest. Now it is going to do the same thing again, which is unavoidable. but.

Although I have done it once and I am familiar with it, and the sales network has been established, Robes prefers to stay in the comfortable New York. After all, the booming stock market now gives Robes Securities many opportunities.

"The sales of free bonds in New York are cold these days, and some have to be sold at low prices." Robles reminded Situ Nandao.

"I know. If people abandon me to take it, these bonds will appreciate sooner or later. They won’t be so cheap if they don’t sell it now. Take it down and talk about it. As for sales, the western market can be done by Wells Fargo. I believe It will not be long before these bonds will be sold to farmers in the west." Situ Nan explained.

"Okay! You are always right anyway." After receiving Situ Nan's order, Robles set about buying a large amount of the first batch of free bonds issued by the Ministry of Finance.

Therefore, after the money collected from the stock market finally flowed into the account of Robles Securities, it was soon transferred to the account of the U.S. Treasury Department in exchange for a large amount of free bonds.

On April 24, 1917, the U.S. Congress passed the First Emergency Loan Act, authorizing the Treasury Department to issue the first batch of US$500 million bonds at 3.5% interest.

In October, a second free bond with an interest rate of 4% was issued for another 300 million US dollars.

In April and September of 1918 the following year, in order to increase the people's desire to buy, the interest on the third and fourth batch of war bonds was increased to 4.25%, the amount was 300 million US dollars and 600 million US dollars respectively.

A total of US$2.3 billion worth of war bonds were issued in the two years. In addition to the US$3 billion worth of US Treasury bonds purchased by the Americans from Britain and France in the previous two years, the Americans paid directly for the bonds alone. With a huge sum of five or six billion U.S. dollars, it can be said that the United States used money to cooperate with the Allies to defeat the Germans.

In fact, the United States paid far more than this for this war.The sales of the first batch of free bonds were not good. When they were first issued, there was very little enthusiasm among ordinary people except for the major banks and financial institutions.

The transaction amount of many bonds is lower than the denomination issued, sometimes as low as 5% off!When Situ Nan just heard Robes' report, he couldn't believe it.