In February 1917, the turning point of World War I came. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This month, the Chinese and the Entente finally agreed that they would send troops to fight in Europe! Although the Chinese were still very weak, and although the quality of their army was not as good as that of the Germans, nor of Britain and France, the British military experts believed that they were certainly much stronger than the Italians. So for the Entente, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops will be a vital force on the future European battlefield.

What needs to be paid is nothing more than the equipment of 500,000 people.

The British and French, who had already broken the jar, did not care, they turned around and transported two ships of gold to New York, deposited them in the vault of the Huntelaar Bank, and then used the huge dollar loan to order the weapons and equipment needed by 500,000 Chinese from the Huntelaar consortium, including 400,000 rifles, a large number of machine guns, mortars, heavy artillery and tanks. At the invitation of the Chinese government, Britain and France also sent a team of up to 600 advisers to China to help train more soldiers......

China's resolute entry into the war immediately caused an uproar in Japan.

Just when the Japanese were immersed in developing their own army, looking for aircraft and tank technology all over the world, and preparing to do their best to build a force that could overwhelm the Beiyang Army, they never thought that the Chinese would really join the war! And after the intelligence officers went to great lengths to get that agreement, the faces of the Japanese top brass turned green.

What is this?

Without Japan's consent, the Chinese intend to take back all privileges and concessions? Have you asked us Japanese? Are the British planning to abandon their traditional friendly relations with Japan......

However, after coming to their senses, the Japanese fell silent.

They were one of the first Asian countries to declare war on Germany, and as early as August 1914 they began planning to attack Qingdao. But what they also know is that Japan's goal is only to take advantage of the opportunity of the European war. So when the time came to 1917, no matter how Britain and France urged, Japan never sent troops to Europe, and in their opinion, the longer the war in Europe, the better it would be for Japan, otherwise how did Japan, which was a debtor country before the war, become a creditor country?

But this time, China has actually sent troops.

Not only did they send troops, but they were an army of millions as soon as they struck! Even with China's huge population, it will certainly not be easy to gather this million young adults, let alone the Japanese. But after reading the agreement, the Japanese were even more silent - China only sent people, and all weapons and equipment were provided by the Entente countries, and they could be brought back after the war......

When I think of the return of the Chinese army after the war, many Japanese high-level people are trembling!

For a time, there was a lot of controversy in Japan about whether to send troops to Europe for reference. Those in favor believe that now that the Chinese have decided to send troops, they will inevitably get great benefits after the war, and they will also be able to obtain countless sophisticated equipment, and then Japan's dream of westward expansion may be shattered. But the opponents are also full of reasons, after all, Japan is not as large as China, and now it only has 300,000 troops. And now the advantage of the Germans in Europe is still there, what if there are heavy losses?

In the midst of one quarrel after another, time passed like this......

On February 3, 1917, the Russian Revolution broke out! The February Revolution in history refers to the Russian calendar, the Gregorian calendar is in March, and in this world it is a whole month earlier!

John, who received the news, was naturally surprised.

Amazed at how much he had changed the course of history, John immediately ordered the final throw of another new generation of tanks and planes, and then voluntarily cut off contact with the Germans - for he knew very well that the Americans were about to enter the war!

For the sake of profit, the Americans must personally end up.

As the war progressed, the Allies were buying more and more supplies in the United States, and the number of loans was increasing dramatically every day, and the Americans could not afford to watch the Allies lose their money. The same is true of the Huntelaar consortium, which was the biggest beneficiary of the war, and the Huntelaar Bank was one of the largest creditors of Britain and France. Therefore, John could not be clearer about the changes in the domestic situation in the United States, and even the Huntelaar consortium is one of the "culprits" who pushed the US government into the war!

And......

The Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in February, and the Huntelaar consortium was also the biggest sufferer.

As the world's largest shipping company, Huntelaar Shipping has not been taken care of by the Germans, losing many ships almost every month, and as the Germans' disadvantages at sea become more and more obvious, they have almost no chance of dealing with the Huntelaar consortium. So for Johan, the last use of the Germans was gone.

So after the severance of diplomatic relations, on March 9, 1917, the United States rolled up its sleeves and went down.

Wilson, who shouted for keeping the United States away from war during his re-election campaign last year, has now become a driving force for the war, and his speeches on various occasions and his work in Congress have finally made the US government decide!

For John, of course, this is a great thing.

As the largest capitalist in the United States, John and the other consortium have the same interests. He wanted to make sure that his loans were safe and secure, and he wanted to continue doing business with the Entente. You know, the later the war, the greater the Entente's need for external resources, which John would never allow to miss.

And......

Since it was decided to enter the war, the United States naturally wanted to expand its army and buy weapons on a large scale, and in 1917, what kind of weapons manufacturing company could be better than the machine guns and cannons of the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company? What company can gunpowder be more powerful than Huntelaar Chemical? What company can produce fighters, bombers and tanks? What other company can build a super-battleship as strong as the Germans and the British?

Don't even think about it, it's just Huntelaar!

In the next two years, the number of US Army personnel will grow from 100,000 to nearly 2 million. You must know that in addition to aircraft, tanks, heavy machine guns and bullets, Britain and France rarely purchase weapons from the Huntelaar consortium, but the US military has no way, unless they are willing to use inferior products, otherwise the weapons and equipment are almost covered by the Huntelaar consortium!

Not to mention that in addition to conventional weapons, there are also planes, tanks and artillery!

Since the Americans with deep pockets decided to enter the war, they were absolutely not stingy with money, and they soon submitted an order to the Huntelaar Aircraft Manufacturing Company for 3,000 aircraft of various types, as well as the first batch of 2,000 tanks and 1,500 artillery pieces. Of course, a huge number of light and heavy machine guns and rifles, as well as a large number of bullets, military uniforms, tents and other types of supplies, suddenly made the Huntelaar consortium have enough to eat.

Luckily, these orders aren't meant to be fulfilled right away.

It takes a lot of time to recruit soldiers and train them, and the U.S. military will go out at the end of the year or early next year at the earliest, and the Huntelaar consortium has strong enough production force to produce these weapons and supplies. Therefore, after brazenly rejecting the demands of other consortia to try to get a piece of the pie, the major companies are firing on their firepower and starting to fight desperately......