John knew Roosevelt's intentions. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The undersecretary, who was bent on establishing U.S. maritime supremacy, first issued an order to prepare the Navy for war after the Maine was silenced. After the incumbent president acquiesced to this, Roosevelt was not even satisfied with being in the rear, but directly pulled up a team and ran to Cuba to fight the Spaniards.

What exactly happened, John didn't know the truth.

However, Roosevelt's entry into the war gave him enough political capital, so two years later he became the vice president of the United States, and then, as most people know, this guy became the president of the United States, and served two terms. One can imagine how important the Spanish-American War was to Roosevelt!

For the Huntelaar family, it is also important to have a youthful appearance!

John didn't tell old Huntelaar about his own private arrangement, because he didn't want the old man to bother with it, but on Roosevelt's side, John also thought it was worth the bet! He knew that his little butterfly wings were not hard enough, at least not hard enough for now, so Roosevelt's presidency was definitely a high probability event, and in that case, why not invest more? Counting the time, it will be three or four years before Roosevelt comes to power!

At John's insistence, old Huntelaar agreed.

Perhaps the investment would be large enough to make John feel distressed for a night, but as one of Roosevelt's main supporters and financiers at the moment, John could not help but invest this money. Because he knew that if Roosevelt came to power in three years, as in history, it would benefit the Huntelaar family immensely! Not to mention the other aspects, just after Roosevelt came to power, he built warships and formed the Great White Fleet, which was enough for John's shipyard to obtain unimaginable benefits!

After all, it's not money!

So in his heart, John sent a telegram to Roosevelt that he would fully support him, and prepared a huge amount of dollars! And in order to support Roosevelt in forming the so-called Volunteer Army soon after, John also informed Browning that they would step up production and prepare enough weapons and other equipment for Roosevelt!

And......

The next day John went to the weapons company and sent Browning a few drawings: "I call this a mortar, it's lightweight, and when it is disassembled, one or two people can carry it on their backs." Moreover, the firing range is short, and it can carry out curved fire on shielded targets, which is definitely a sharp weapon to supplement traditional artillery...... This thing is a blueprint for a grenade...... I know that this thing is not used much by the army now, but you see, it is small in size, light in weight, and very easy to carry and use, if it is powerful enough? ”

To put it mildly, John persuaded Browning.

After promising an additional $10,000 in research and development, Browning took on the task of developing the two small arms. It's just a pity that the time is too urgent, and Browning doesn't have enough manpower to study, so this Spanish-American war will definitely not be able to catch up, and another big war next year is very likely......

After coming out of Browning's place, John turned around and went back to his chemistry lab.

In order to prepare for his own pharmaceutical company, John asked the elder Huntelaar to recruit a large number of chemists, and for so many years he insisted on sending people to Germany to study, and the time was more than three years. Over the years, Johan's staff has produced hundreds of excellent chemists - perhaps they are still far from the Germans in terms of groundbreaking research, but in terms of experimenting or improving processes, these people are really not bad!

At least in John's opinion, he was still happy with them.

In these years, the most important job of the chemistry laboratory was to assist Errich and Heinz in the research and development, with the help of these people, Errich's drug research proceeded quite quickly, and Heinz Pharmaceutical found several sulfonamides that could be put into practical use, which other competitors have been trying to follow. Although they also copied the original products of Heinz Pharmaceutical, it was difficult to catch up in terms of cost and process, and Heinz Pharmaceuticals kept launching new products, so the competitiveness was simply not worth mentioning......

Uh, it's far away again.

John has always been in charge of his chemistry lab, and has signed a well-paid but demanding contract with every chemist he joins. Because at the end of last year, John handed over the formula of ****** explosives and the key points of the ammonia synthesis process to them!

Either way, it's going to be a super gold mine!

Explosives are actually just that, but the ammonia process is too important. This can be understood by looking at other time-traveling novels, so John waited patiently for several years to really understand the situation of several core chemists before throwing out this process. Of course, he is not a real chemist, but he only knows a general key point, such as catalysts, such as the recycling method, etc., and the other details will naturally be realized by these chemists!

For these two new technologies, John invested $200,000 at once!

And in addition to the investment of money and the strict confidentiality contract, John also had to come up with real money, so he signed a contract with the participating chemists, they will enjoy a certain stake in the future Huntelaar Chemical Industries, to ensure that they can continue to make a steady stream of profits in the future, reducing the chance of them secretly selling to Morgan's guys......

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In the spring of 1898, the United States was in a state of restless restlessness.

The country is just too young and developing too fast. Even if they had fought two battles with the world hegemon before, it was a war of independence on their own soil, and it was impossible for the British to really go out and sell iron and the Americans. But this time, the Americans are really facing a war, and the other side is Spain in Europe!

Spain in this era has undoubtedly gone into decline.

The vast empire of those days was already weakened, the armies in the colonies were old, sick and sick, and the fleet was a joke. So when war was imminent, the Spaniards panicked, and few would think they could defeat that huge country.

But even in the face of such an adversary, Americans, who have almost never experienced war, remain terrified.

Although the US Navy in this era was already very large, its warships were backward and its experience was seriously insufficient. As for the outdated army, it is not worth mentioning in the eyes of the European powers. Americans also lack confidence in this, especially when they are facing an old powerhouse, Spain. Therefore, when the news of the departure of the Spanish home fleet came out, a war panic suddenly arose on the east coast of the United States. People spread hearsay everywhere, and there was chaos. The people demanded a response from the Army, demanded the distribution of guns like the Revolutionary War, demanded that all rivers and ports be mined, and even neurotic financiers relocated 50 miles inland out of fear for the safety of their investment bonds!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company also made a fortune.

As soon as the rifles were polished, they were bought by anxious citizens, and in just one month, New Yorkers bought thousands of Browning rifles!

For John, a traverser, it was definitely a scene that made him laugh.

But John also understands that this is a mess that must be experienced before the rise of a world power. The United States has already occupied the first place in the world in industry and economy, but this young country has not adapted militarily and politically, and it is still 108,000 miles away in terms of mentality! And the victory of the Spanish-American War marked the rise of the United States as a major military power, and for the Americans themselves, this war marked its greater participation in world affairs!

John, who was well aware of this result, did not hesitate to increase his investment in Roosevelt.

Therefore, when Roosevelt left his office in Washington and announced that he would form a volunteer cavalry regiment to go to Cuba, the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company immediately announced that it would provide them with 2,500 of the latest Browning rifles and 2 million rounds of ammunition free of charge. At the same time, the Huntelaar Insurance Company announced that it would insure Roosevelt's First Cavalry Regiment, and that the families of volunteers killed or injured in the war would receive a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $1,000...... (To be continued.) )