"This time we were able to storm Badajoz thanks to General Ciric's men. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info"At the base of the Condor Legion, Ciric received the group as they arrived.

This time, it was Franco who led the team, and he personally came to commend Ciric, this time, thanks to the Condor Legion!

First hit Merida, cut off the back road of Badajoz, and then, sent tank troops to help, the Italian army could not attack for a few days, in front of the tanks of the Condor Army, it was suddenly overwhelming.

This made Franco quite surprised, and also had a high interest in this kind of tank made in Germany, and this time he came to the Condor Legion, not only to accept Ciric's invitation, but also to celebrate Ciric's victory, but also to see these tanks.

Behind Franco, followed by José, the commander of the Central Army, and now José, his face was still full of excitement.

Jose is really lucky, he believes that this is the luck that Ciric brought him, originally, he thought that he could only succumb to the bottom, who would have thought that he would now become the commander of the Central Army! This is Franco's vigorous promotion, and at the same time, it is also the luck of Ciric.

He remembered very well that Ciric had said that he would definitely soar, and now, it had been verified.

"We just did what we were supposed to do." Ciric said: "It is just in time that the supplies have arrived, otherwise, we would not have achieved such a great victory, and at the same time, it is also a tacit understanding of other fraternal troops." ”

Other troops! Although the national army has a high will to fight, their weapons are still too backward, and as for the noodle army, there are a lot of people, but they don't have much combat effectiveness!

Franco came to the front of the Panther 2 tanks and looked at these tall and powerful tanks, quite interested.

"This is our newest German vehicle." "The production is very small, only the elite troops on the front line can be equipped, and the cost is also very high, each tank has 200,000 Deutschmarks." ”

Ciric deliberately doubled the cost, and now, with the development of streamlined production, the production cost of such a tank has been reduced to 70,000 Reichsmarks.

200,000 DM! The cost of such a tank is enough to buy a dozen light tanks of the Italians!

Franco climbed up with great interest, looked inside the turret, looked at the cockpit in front of him, and kept asking something.

"How is there a hole here?" Franco said, looking at a small pit in the armor in front of him.

"In this battle, we encountered the opponent's anti-tank gun, but the opponent's bullet only made a small hole in our armor, and our current tank armor is 50 millimeters thick, which is not at all penetrated by ordinary anti-tank guns." Ciric said.

Secrets cannot be hidden, in the Spanish battlefield, not only to test their own equipment, but also to expose a lot of technical data, for example, the frontal armor of this tank, about 50 mm thick, will definitely be known by the Soviets.

In this case, the Soviets should be complacent, thinking that their existing anti-tank weapons are more than enough against German tanks! The development of new anti-tank weapons will also be abandoned.

They certainly don't know that their own tanks can easily add additional armor, and that German tanks are made of much better steel than the shoddy Soviet tanks.

In later history, the Soviets had this confusion, for example, their armor-piercing shells could penetrate their own 80 mm thick armor, but could not penetrate the German 80 mm thick armor! It is incorrect to say in general terms about the penetration capacity of armor-piercing shells, and it is necessary to specify the armor steel and the process.

"This tank, it's really good." Franco looked him up and down, and then said to Ciric: "I really hope that our Spanish national army can also be equipped with such a chariot. ”

"General, let's go to the conference room and talk." Ciric said.

Franco, who is always unfed, wants everything! And now, if he wants to, he needs to take action!

"Although the war has only been going on for a few months, we have already provided you with a lot of assistance." "I have a statistic from Seymour here," said Ciric. ”

A few days ago, the heads of the two companies were called over, and Ciric asked them for a detailed bill, and now, this bill, through Ciric, was put in Franco's hands.

So far, the German side has spent 90 million marks; The supplies provided to Spain were additionally valued at DM 70 million. If the cost of maintaining the Condor Legion is also included, the personnel costs so far amount to 75 million marks.

Ciric's bill, of course, has moisture, and it can be said that it is about twice as much as it actually is.

From Berlin to Spain, of course, there is overtime pay, and the salaries of the personnel have to be doubled!

Germany was not a Comintern, it didn't want anything, it volunteered to help Franco, regardless of the political purposes, at least, Franco had to be reimbursed for the expenses of sending troops.

Moreover, after these victories, it is not just a few bottles of wine that can be solved, and you have to give a reward!

Franco took the bill in his hand, took a cursory glance, handed it to the person next to him, and said, "I already know about this matter." ”

Is this just a matter of knowing? It can't be that you want to repay your debts, right? Ciric continued: "General Franco, we hope that you will be able to return some of our expenses, our expenses are too great. ”

Franco spread his hands: "Now, I don't have any money in my hand, and when Madrid is defeated, there will be at least six hundred tons of gold in Madrid, and when the time comes, it will be enough to pay you and Italy." ”

The 600 tons of gold have long been gone, and Ciric couldn't help but think in his heart that the Soviet Union and the Madrid government could really calm down, and they didn't even talk about this kind of loss, and they suffered a dumb loss.

"No, no, we're hard to support now." "We hope to get some compensation now, so that Berlin can take the pressure off and continue to send supplies to Spain," Ciric said. You should know that we are expanding our army in China, and the expenses are also very large. ”

After a pause, Ciric continued: "Originally, it was said that the Italian army was responsible for the ground, our Condor Legion was responsible for the sky, and the armored unit we came was originally just to protect the safety of our base, but as a result, I sent it out, you don't know, for this matter, the Führer also scolded me, telling me that if there is a next time, he will not give me weapons and ammunition." ”