"To be honest, I really don't like Italian rifles, they are small in power and average in accuracy, I think the German ones are better than the Italian ones, and even the Austrian ones are better than the Italian ones......

When Italy participated in World War I, it was the Manlicia-Carcano M1891 rifle, which used 6.5mm bullets, and only Japan and Italy used this caliber when the major powers at that time, and the rest were basically 7.62mm or 7.92mm, in the eyes of Contini, whether it was power or accuracy, it was not the opponent of the German Mauser G98 rifle, even if the overall performance of the Austro-Hungarian M1895 Steyr-Manlicia rifle (8mm bullet) was better than that of the Italian rifle.

"At present, the War Department is planning to dispose of these captured foreign products, and I am more than willing to use German goods, and I even plan to tell His Excellency Diaz that all the captured German-made weapons are good, so that the War Department will not pile up there and mold, anyway, they will not be able to get new spare parts and ammunition replenishment, so it is better to hand them over to me for waste use."

In fact, in the war, Italy did not capture many German weapons by virtue of its ability (there were quite a few Austrian weapons captured), but Italy was the victorious country anyway, and the Entente did not satisfy Italy in other interests, and Italy did not make less effort in collecting German surplus arms, especially those medium and large caliber artillery, and as for the infantry light weapons, it was completely a grass and a rabbit - by the way.

Old Chiano was defeated by his son's high arguments, and shook his head helplessly: "I don't argue with you about the performance of the rifle, although I am in the navy, I have also played with guns, and in my eyes Italian weapons are not as bad as you say." But you still didn't tell me, what do you want so many weapons for, the ghost believes you use them to make civil aviation guards! ”

Contini thought to himself: If I tell the truth, you won't hack me to death? Although you have to tell a lie, at least it seems that you have to stand on the surface, otherwise you will not be able to convince old Ziano.

He grinned and asked, "Father, I wonder what you think of Giovanni Messer as a person?" ”

Old Chiano's face was full of shock: "You are eyeing those brave people? ”

"Brave" is the most elite mountain infantry commando formed by Italy in World War I, its commander and founder is Giovanni Messer, in Contini's view is the predecessor of the special forces, before crossing he often argued with his old friend Hoffmann about the Italian brave and the German storm commando (also formed in the First World War) which is better, and finally the two sides reached an agreement: under the same weapons and equipment, the battalion level battle must be the storm commando is powerful, and the company-level battle is equal on both sides, but on the squad and platoon level, That is, the brave who emphasize more personal force and individual combat should be tough, because the brave are based on mountain training, while the storm commando is based on trench warfare training, and the logical starting point is different.

In Contini's eyes, Giovanni Messer was the best Italian army commander in World War II, not only familiar with infantry tactics, but also a rare talent for Italian armored combat, and currently serving as Emanuel III's attendant military attaché, he was not a figure in the fascist faction, so he was not very powerful for the time being. The most elite group of brave men were of course retained by the army after the war, but because the Italian Army itself was going to be downsizing after the end of World War I, and more than 4 years have passed since the end of World War I, many veterans in this group of mountain troops have stumbled down like this, and life is very unsatisfactory.

"I know my father will understand."

"What the hell do you want to do?" Old Chiano suddenly felt a burst of **** boldness in his heart, but he didn't expect to be so bold, and he wanted to reach out to the army before the milk smelled dry, he lowered his voice and said, "Are you crazy?" Is it possible to raise a private soldier? Do you want to rebel against the leader? The leader started the revolution and has an unusual sensitivity to force, you are trying to kill me, I won't say that you will kill you, but you will also kill your mother and the whole family......"

"Father, where do you want to go? How can it be so serious? Contini's face was full of astonishment, "I have more than 200 security guards, and I don't have any heavy weapons, how can I become a private soldier?" According to this, my civil aviation threat is even greater, there are more than 200 pilots plus a group of ground crew, mechanics, and the teacher is half-joking, half-seriously saying that this will be the second air force of Italy in the future, according to your logic, I not only raise private soldiers, but even private troops! ”

"What do you mean by the Second Air Force?"

"United Aviation's all-meritant military aircraft, retired soldiers, officers and supporting ground crews, is there a purer military establishment than this? The teacher also said that it is necessary to make effective use of the platform of civil aviation, and in the case of insufficient national military spending, it is necessary to combine the military and the people, the military and the people, and integrate peacetime and wartime, so as to preserve this group of experienced troops, and in the event of a large-scale war, the members of civil aviation can immediately transfer to resume the establishment of the air force. As for the pilots, how much do you think there is a difference between them flying a civilian aircraft and flying a bomber? ”

Perhaps afraid that the old Ciano did not understand, Contini said in a serious and sincere tone: "I have written this method in the report of the Ministry of Aviation, not only the teacher agrees, but the leader also applauds, and specially added a comment, thinking that it is a good way to expand the air force without increasing the financial burden of the state, and it is the only way for Italy to become an air power, and it must be properly taken care of." We have set the rules for civil aviation in the future to be very strict - militarized management, regular operation, and commercial financing. Now that you are the Minister of Transport, you must know that there is a role of national defense representative in the railway, and if you used to be in the navy, you must know that many officers and men of the Royal Navy of Great Britain are usually trained on ocean-going ships, and they can quickly pull up a reserve team to replenish the battle losses on the front line at critical moments. I use civil aviation to support so many people, once the country needs it, it can be quickly transformed, usually does not cost the country a penny, but also for the army to save a lot of money for training, placement, employment, etc., I feel that I have sacrificed the boss, if it were not for the teacher's face, the title of assistant to the Minister of Aviation, I would not be too lazy to care...... But then again, it was because your son had so many ideas that the leader agreed to United Airlines' big deal, giving the abandoned military airfield and a large amount of surplus supplies......"

was fooled by Contini like this, the old Chiano also accepted it a little, and felt that this routine was really good, and the second air force was not able to make the current strength stronger than the air forces of other countries other than the first-class European powers - at least Spain, Portugal and other countries have not yet exceeded 200 air forces, as for the story of the Royal Navy's soldiers in the people, he has also heard it, it is really not fabricated or exaggerated, it is just less and less now.

"You have made sense of the Second Air Force, but what is the matter with the guards? The staffing of 240 people is required...... Not 24! ”

"With the Second Air Force, I also have to provide one-stop service......," Contini said triumphantly, "Your son has such a big business now, it is not too much to need 20 bodyguards or guards, right?" United Airlines has several airports, each of which needs 30-50 people to guard the standard, right? I also have an aeronautical club, a youth aviation school, a shooting range in Rome, and it makes sense to have dozens of instructors, training supervisors, and security forces. ”

"I will open a high-level military club, which can meet all the military needs of men except for formal joining the army, you can come here to shoot targets with rifles and pistols, you can come here to learn airplanes, you love to fly fighter jets, you love to fly bombers and bombers, you can also learn to parachute, you can also learn to jump and experience the excitement of falling from the sky; If possible, tanks, armored vehicles, and motorcycles will be thrown into it to carry out motorized off-road assaults; If you go hunting and skiing in the Alps, it is very suitable and stylish to have mountain infantry escort as a chasper, right? When the time comes, buy a little more or build a batch of motorized speedboats, and if it is possible to introduce another 1-2 sightseeing submarines, the army, navy and air force will be ready! Hunting, sea fishing, exploration, travel and so on are not easy to catch, all in all, only you can't think of it, there is no service that I can't provide, and it is most suitable for those who have excess energy and do not lack lira. ”

"Hunting, sea fishing, exploring, traveling?" Old Chiano had an extremely complicated look on his face, and his facial muscles twitched, and the ghost believed that his son was engaged in a military club for these purposes, but at least it was really evil to say it to the outside world.