Chapter 241: AV7 Tank (Today's Explosion Asks for Encouragement)
After watching the tank drill, Ambassador Baslober asked Major Hubberts privately. "Are you sure?"
In the face of the ambassador's inquiry, Major Hubberts knew that whether or not he could get the technology for the new tank weapons was related to the impact of the war situation in Germany. After all, Germany does not have a very good way to deal with this new weapon, so starting with Romania will speed up their tank research and development ideas, and strive to come up with a tank that can compete with Britain as soon as possible.
"Obviously, I don't know yet, I need Berlin to send the information of these military managers, and I need to see the information to know if it's okay."
Ambassador Baslober was the right thing to do for Major Hubberts, but he still wanted to urge. "We need to hurry up on this matter, and the military is desperate for information on this new weapon."
"Don't worry, Mr. Ambassador, I am an officer and I know very well what this technology will do to the military."
As soon as Major Hubbartz returned to the embassy, he sent the names of the four Romanian officers serving in the tank battalion to Berlin, and asked the government to send all the information about these officers in Germany. It was mainly these officers who were most concerned about the attitude of Germany towards Major Hubbards, which would determine the success or failure of whether the tank information was available.
Berlin replied quickly, sending the officers details of their presence in Berlin in the evening of the same day. All of the above are the school's evaluations during their studies.
Major Hubberts compares the details sent to him, and he has to pick the best person to contact, because this will increase the success rate of acquiring the technology.
Eventually, an officer named Florenza was chosen by him, because in a telegram from Berlin, Florenza showed great admiration for Germany at school, and talked about it more than once in school that Romania needed to learn from Germany in order to be truly strong.
In fact, this was not the main reason why Major Hubbartz chose him, what really made him choose was that the Florenza officer graduated and returned home in 1914. German intelligence also suggested by telegram that the Florentza officer should be the main point of breakthrough. And to think that two years is not enough time to change one's senses of something, including, of course, the worship of Germany.
This suggestion of the intelligence services was also in line with Major Hubberts's point of view, so in the end the Florenza officer was chosen. In addition to Florenza's first target, Major Hubbartz also chose an officer named Galabet as an alternative. This Garabette also has the same German complex as Florenza, but there is one thing that does not prevail, that is, it has been four years since he returned home, so Major Hubberts listed him as an alternative.
Major Hubbartz rushed to Constanta as soon as he had chosen his target, and this time he was going to do it himself.
In the immediate vicinity of the Constanta armored battalion station, there is a small town called Adami. There are several small bars in the town, more than half of which are new in the last two years, and of course their main targets are the officers and soldiers of the nearby armored battalion. There are even two warbler places in the town, which are also prepared for the officers and soldiers of these stick guys. So when it's time for the officers and soldiers to rest, the town is very lively, and you can see soldiers relaxing everywhere.
Major Hubbartz had been here for two days, and after all this time of inquiry, he received exciting news. Lieutenant Florentza served as deputy company commander of a maintenance company in the armored battalion, and this news pleased Major Hubberts. If there is any position that can get the most accurate data on weapons, it must be the maintenance officer. Now Major Hubberts is ready for the arrival of Lieutenant Florentza, because tomorrow is the rest day of the armored battalion. The bar he likes to go to, Major Hubberts has already set a location.
By the next morning, the town of Emmida was bustling with activity. The officers and men of the armored battalion poured into the town in large numbers, and they took advantage of their rare rest time to relax. Alcohol, tobacco, and sex are the things they seek to relax, and of course officers and soldiers who drink too much sometimes get into fights. However, at this time, the military police who were specially sent came into play, and they always met a few officers and soldiers who had drunk too much and were not sober on their days off, and brought back cold water to clear their minds, locked up for three days, and canceled a month's vacation, which was enough to make these people who drank too much regret it the next day.
Major Hubberts had been sitting at Papa Hugo's bar for almost five hours, but the person he wanted to wait for hadn't shown up. This made Major Hubbartz a little anxious, and if he didn't come out, he would need to come over next week. Fortunately, Major Hubberts' prayers were heard by God, and in the afternoon Lieutenant Florentza finally appeared.
Lieutenant Florenza has been very busy lately, and even on his days off, he needs to finish his work before he can come out to rest. Because he is one of the few all-round technical officers in the armored battalion now, he can repair both wheeled armored vehicles and tanks with ease, so he has always been so busy. It's the same today, wearing clothes that smell of oil. The fact that he did not have a single garment that did not smell of pungent oil made Lieutenant Florenza very impatient.
Lieutenant Florenza had just taken a seat at his favorite Papa Hugo pub when a word came from behind him.
"Bring my good friend Lieutenant Florenza a Munich beer, he likes this one the most."
Lieutenant Florentza, thinking it was his colleague, turned his head to see that it was a stranger, so he spoke in a cold tone. "Excuse me, I don't know you?"
The stranger did not pay attention to Lieutenant Florenza's tone, he spoke enthusiastically. "Don't we know each other? Let me introduce myself, I am a good friend of your teacher, Birdneman, and my name is Hubbartz. ”
Major Hubbartz's words softened Lieutenant Florentza's tone considerably. "What are you looking for me?"
Major Hubberts explained. "It's nothing, I'm here to buy some supplies to ship back to China, I happened to arrive in Constanta, I heard your name, so I want to get to know ......"
Lieutenant Florentza's expression of continuing to make up made Major Hubberts speechless.
Seeing that Major Hubbartz was not talking, Lieutenant Florentza spoke casually. "Do you know how many voyeurs our armored battalion has caught lately?"
Lieutenant Florentza then replied himself. "During this time, a total of six were arrested, which is more than in the previous year."
Seeing Lieutenant Florentza's teasing eyes, Major Hubberts decided not to pretend. "Well, I'll be honest. My name is indeed Hubbartz, and I am currently the military attache at the German Embassy. Boynemann is indeed a good friend of mine, and I have come here mainly to find out something about you, would you like to accept the request of Germany? ”
Major Hubbartz's words made Lieutenant Florenta's thoughts collide fiercely in his mind. Looking at the hesitant Lieutenant Florentza, it was time for Major Hubberts to add. "Rest assured, we will not use what we get from you to endanger your homeland, I swear in the name of God."
Major Hubbartz's last words made Lieutenant Florentza finally decide. He glanced at Major Hubberts and said to him. "Let's talk somewhere else."
Then the two of them found a private room, and this is when Lieutenant Florenza spoke. "Mr. Hubbartz, you have to show me your papers."
"No problem."
Lieutenant Florentza, after examining Major Harberts' military ID card and diplomatic documents, questioned him. "What do you need to know?"
Major Hubberts spoke most urgently to Germany at the moment. "We need the structure of the chassis, the configuration of the engine, the layout of the weapons, and the structure of your turret."
Hearing the words of Major Hubbartz, Lieutenant Florenza spoke. "You need a lot of them, and if you add some drawings that can give you a whole car."
Major Hubbartz continued to play the card of suffering and affection. "Lieutenant Florenta, now in the German army, is being slaughtered by British-made tanks, and we urgently need to find a way to deal with it. At present, you are the only one who can solve this problem, are you willing to help the suffering German soldiers and civilians? ”
Sure enough, Major Hubbartz's card was played well, and Lieutenant Florentza had always admired Germany. Although he had been relieved in the past two years, he had always been proud of Germany's military victories. Hearing that British tanks were slaughtering German soldiers and civilians, the German officer, who was entirely Romanian, could not sit still, he told Major Hubbartz. "Come next week, I need to do some preparations."
"There is no problem, the German government will remember your kindness."
"Wait"
Major Hubbartz was about to leave, but then Lieutenant Florentza stopped him.
"Florenza, is there anything else?"
Lieutenant Florentza spoke to Major Hubbartz. "This is the first time I have helped you, and it is also the last, and we have no next chance."
Major Hubbartz replied indifferently to Lieutenant Florenza's words. "No problem."
Major Hubbartz has seen too many of these situations, and if there is a first time, it will be much easier to do it later.
A week later, Major Hubbartz received the drawings he needed from Lieutenant Florentza, and returned to the embassy overnight to arrange for a special person to be sent back to Berlin.
The drawings were sent to engineer Joseph Volmer, who was working on a German tank. For the technology of the Romanian tank, Joseph Volmer was greatly surprised. To do this, he made drastic revisions to his design based on Romanian drawings. And on January 28, 1917, the first German tank was developed. This tank was still called the AV7 by Germany, but compared to its predecessor, it was not a 32-ton monster, but an 18-ton sophisticated tank (relatively speaking).
Relying on Romanian drawings, this AV7 tank has a strong Romanian pedigree. Compared with the Romanian tanks, Germany was much better equipped with weapons. Historically, Germany has had a high interest in loading artillery into tanks, and this time the AV7 was also equipped with a Russian 57 naval gun, this time on a turret. Unlike Romania, which had only two machine guns, Germany installed four Maxim machine guns (one turret, one on the front and one on the left and right. )。
In terms of power, compared with the two 80-horsepower diesel engines in Romania, Germany directly uses the two Daimler in-line 4-cylinder water-cooled gasoline engines in the original history, with a maximum power of 100 horsepower. This gives it a speed of 15 kilometers per hour on the battlefield and 25 kilometers per hour on the road. The historical AV7 was no match for it at all, and the German military was quite satisfied with it.
The German government has not forgotten the heroes of this incident, Ambassador Baslober and Major Hubbartz, who were awarded the Order of the Red Eagle of the Second Class to express their merits. In the eyes of the German government, the merit of the two men is sufficient to meet this standard.
Of course, the two people who were awarded the medal were very excited, and Counselor Masno, another official of the embassy, was not envious, because his big fish was about to be caught.
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