Sickert soon left, and although the two sides did not sign a single bilateral contract, Contini knew that the matter was finalized, and immediately recruited his men to prepare for joint defense.

Hearing that Contini was about to launch the 98K, the combined 1926 semi-automatic rifle (Garand Italian type), the combined 1926 light machine gun (No. 2 Czech type), the joint 1926 heavy machine gun (Browning heavy machine gun) and other models, Antonio was also stunned, and said with a young lean: "Young master, although we can dig some technical and production engineers from Germany, we don't have any foundation ourselves, do we need to be cautious?" If these weapons could not be adopted by the Italian military, the Germans alone would not be able to absorb so much, and more importantly, Germany itself would manufacture them, so there was no need to purchase them from here. ”

"So we must take the road of win-win cooperation." "I intend to speak to the people from Breda tomorrow and, if appropriate, I don't mind injecting some of their money into them, on the condition that they obey the unified arrangement of the United Group," Contini said confidently. ”

Breda is a well-known Italian military company, located in Milan, mainly involved in small and medium-caliber machine guns, machine guns, and some aircraft manufacturing, sadly, it was originally developed as a subsidiary company of Fiat, and its business scope also overlapped with Fiat, so it was often suppressed by Fiat - especially in peacetime.

Hearing that Antonio was going to talk to him, Giovanni Breda, the boss of the Breda company, thought at first that he was going to buy arms from him, and he was very excited - the news of the establishment of an oil guard had spread in the circle, and everyone knew that the United Group was going to make a big deal in Africa, but when he heard what he meant, he seemed very unhappy, but Antonio was higher than him in the circle, and Contini, the president, was notoriously difficult to mess with, so he still patiently explained: " The company has no idea of increasing capital or shares or introducing strategic investors for the time being, and we appreciate your kindness. ”

"Now we can have ......," Antonio smiled, handing over several photos, "This is our new military product with full patents, and we hope to work with your company to produce them." ”

Seeing the Czech, Breda nodded: "It's a bit like our Model 1924 ......"

Seeing Browning, he nodded again: "This seems to be the American Browning heavy machine gun, and you got the patent?" ”

"I bought it, the young master likes this heavy machine gun very much, and thinks it is much better than the Fiat heavy machine gun currently used by the Italian army."

"In fact, you don't have to spend this unjust money, buy some and hand it over to us, we can completely imitate it - you can rest assured of the company's technical strength."

"I know, but time can't wait...... North Africa was about to go to war, so this time not only the patent was purchased, but also a batch of prototype guns were purchased. Antonio laughed, "Do you think Breda needs these orders?" ”

"I ......" Breda knew very well that if he wanted these orders, he would have to accept the request of the United Group to take shares, which made him feel very embarrassed.

"And ......," Antonio said with a smile, "We also plan to recommend these two light and heavy machine guns as official equipment of the army, and you must also know that at present, we have a very heavy weight in the military, and if they are verified in actual combat, it will be more certain." ”

"This ......" Breda was a little moved, but still gritted his teeth, "I have to see the sample gun first, and then decide on cooperation." ”

"If we cooperate, we intend to order 1,000 light machine guns, 300 heavy machine guns."

Breda was taken aback: "Can you place an order for the War Department?" ”

"It's not the War Department, it's the United Group that wants to use it itself."

"Crazy!" Breda exclaimed, "Do you know what the concept of 1,000 light machine guns and 300 heavy machine guns is?" Enough to equip 100,000 army forces, and the United Group has 100,000 troops? ”

"Don't worry, just look at this." Antonio unhurriedly took out a photo of a light machine gun mounted on a combined force sidecar motorcycle from his bag, "I think you know very well that we have signed a contract with the army for the supply of 1,000 motorcycles, and some orders will be transformed into this, do you think you need such a quantity?" Of course, not all of this order is yours, we will also take a part of it ourselves, and the construction of the United Defense has already begun. ”

"Got this company?"

"Yes! The 14th member of the United Group......"

Antonio is really not bragging, the 12th business segment of the United Group is United Finance, the 13th is United Energy, the 14th is naturally United Defense (including the Roman Warrior Club), and then there are United Power, United Airlines, United Vehicles (motorcycles, automobiles), United Construction, United Real Estate, United Electric (radio, household appliances), United Media (newspaper, film, IBC, printing one-stop, by Goebbels in charge), United Chemical, United Metallurgy (steel, aluminum, etc.), United Shipbuilding and Joint Services (Commercial Real Estate, United House, City Line) ......

"Then if appropriate, a capital increase of $12 million, 10% of the shares."

"$30 million, plus the patents for these products just now, and ask for a 25% stake!"

Breda smiled bitterly: "Our family has more than 30% of the shares, and after dilution, it is almost 26-27%, and you take 25% in one go, do you want to buy us in the future?" ”

"I don't have this idea, the young master just hopes to be able to run the Breda company better, don't forget, in addition to guns, we also have to enter the field of aircraft manufacturing, which will cost a lot of money." Antonio smiled, "After the shareholding, you are still the head of Breda, and we will not interfere with your management of the company......"

"You're going to have to let me think about it."

The young master also promised that if he became a shareholder according to this standard, Breda would be a core member of the United Group...... The city line can be extended to your company, and the relevant workers can also enjoy the relevant salary, treatment and benefits, and the application qualifications of the workers' new village are open at the same time. Antonio's smile was seductive, "These extra costs are recorded in our accounts, and if you are worried about the opposition of the workers, we will communicate with the union in due course to get them to understand." ”

"Don't, don't...... We are good to discuss, good to discuss! Breda was anxious when he heard this, and quickly shook his head to stop it.

What are you kidding, now the workers of the United Group are treated well, and the whole of Italy knows that everyone sharpens their heads and drills into it, and what communicates with the workers, which is clearly a signal to the workers - at that time, if you dare to refuse to buy shares, you will be scolded by the workers for keeping them!

Three days later, the board of directors of Breda decided to accept the United Group's offer of cooperation, which was already very good, and Breda was valued at less than $100 million.

Two weeks later, the United Group did the same, and used $25 million to take over the three arsenals that mainly produce M91 Carcano rifles, Terney, Brescia, and Torre Annon Ziata, and merged them to form the Joint Firearms, which directly hollowed out the cards of the War Department's Small Arms Committee. Now no one tosses the 7.35mm Carcano rifle, either the 98K or the 7.92 Italian Garand rifle, of course, in the spirit of respecting history, Contini made a small opening, and the 7.92mm Carcano rifle was produced first during the transition period, and the 98K can be put away, anyway, there are many goods in Germany. Everyone still understands what the president means - the 1926 model of the semi-automatic rifle is the direction of development, and the manual rifle is casual.

The officers of the Small Arms Commission, who had limited options, handed over their reports in a huff, and when they arrived at the desk of the Minister of War, General Diaz, it turned into a cloud of waste paper: Contini had already checked the source, and in addition to the two points of oil in Libya, His Excellency Diaz had received an additional 500 lire of original oil shares—the same thing as Mussolini, which was now worth more than 16 million lire.

Any fool knows which one to choose, and besides, the 7.92mm caliber is not bad, at least the Austrians, Germans, and Czechs are using it, and it is better than the 7.35mm that has never been proven, right? Anyway, it's quite easy to use a combined force motorcycle with a light machine gun.

Thinking of this, he wrote down his criticism: "I order the committee to send observers to North Africa to inspect the use of new weapons and provide advice on the next step in the selection of new weapons......