"Armored vehicles are still not suitable for equipping combat units, poor mechanical reliability, weak firepower, poor protection, almost no cross-country capability, and our lack of tools, ships and vehicles to transport them means that we cannot quickly deploy armored units around the world, and rapid deployment capability is extremely important for us, so I prefer to wait a few more years until this new weapon becomes more mature before it is incorporated into the combat units of mercenaries - but now, We still need to form a small-scale training unit, experiment with the formation, organization and tactics of armored forces, train crews of armored vehicles, and by the way fulfill the contract ...... of the Russians"

The military advisers asked a question, and Qin Lang answered it—but he knew that it wasn't their real problem, or rather, their attitude. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

They oppose the formation of armored units, not only in combat units, but also in the security sector. Their reasons included both those he had already mentioned, the various defects of armored vehicles, and those he did not mention, the high price and maintenance costs of such vehicles, and the deep-seated and forward-looking concerns of a few advisers from the cavalry corps about their former profession - their fear that armored vehicles would eventually lead to the disappearance of cavalry from the battlefield.

Qin Lang could feel this thought, quite clearly, even if an advisor had never mentioned it to him. O'Connor liked to discuss military issues with him, and then use what he heard in his discussions with his advisers, so that the advisers had a little understanding of the shape and direction of future warfare, and some of their own predictions. It is only for this reason that they are more aware than others of the value of armored vehicles and the threat to traditional arms, and then they develop strong feelings of unease and resistance.

However, such thoughts and emotions are too far ahead of their time, and at this time, people should be suspicious and disdainful of armored vehicles, and do not believe that these rudimentary steel monsters can play any role in warfare. But it arises, perhaps the only problem is that there is a certain level of blind trust among advisers in the military views of their bosses.

Of course, it's not a complete blind trust, and people always like to stubbornly fight against the new for the sake of the old they like - even if they know it's an irresistible direction of development - otherwise they won't even question it at all.

Qin Lang secretly shook his head, sighed, and shifted his energy to the questions that the advisors did not raise.

“…… But, gentlemen, despite all those problems, armored vehicles are quite suitable for the security forces, which perform the tasks of guarding and suppression, mainly in towns and cities. They have enough firepower to destroy most targets, they are also resistant to small arms fire, and despite their poor mechanical reliability, they are easy to solve - at least much easier than in a harsh field environment, and in towns where roads are relatively good, armoured vehicles do not need to have very good cross-country performance. When these factors are taken out of the equation, you will find that the high cost of procuring and maintaining such weapons is simply not worth mentioning compared to the important role they can play. ”

Pausing for a moment to rest and for the advisers to think about it, he continued: "According to my conservative estimates, a combat squad of four armored vehicles would be enough to disperse a thousand armed workers. In the past, we needed at least a hundred trained mercenaries for the same mission, and it took much more time. ”

Silent. After some time, one of the advisors cautiously asked, "Is this one of the reasons you decided to lay off employees, sir?" Because you intend to replace a whole squad of mercenaries with a small number of armored vehicles? ”

"In a way, yes." Qin Lang happily admitted, "Based on this factor, I decided to lay off employees and at the same time disperse most of the mercenaries transferred to the security department to each factory. ”

"You're going to equip the security guards of each factory with armored vehicles, eventually?"

"Maybe." That wasn't a bad idea, but it wasn't in his plans right now. "In the near future, as you've just heard, we're only going to build an armored mobile unit in addition to that experimental training unit."

"On a large scale, sir?" Another advisor asked.

O'Connor answered the question in place of Qin Lang. "After most of the mercenaries have been dispersed, there are still 800 mercenaries left in the security services who can be deployed on a mobile basis."

"A battalion."

"A battalion, I hope you can come up with a specific preparation plan as soon as possible." Qin Lang said. Although he knew more about the various formations of the armored forces than any of his military advisers, he decided to leave the task to them and to have the final say. However, he also retains the power to make recommendations. "It's just that I personally believe that this unit should be divided into five tactical detachments."

"Why?"

"Our factories are spread across a wide area, from Milwaukee to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, so we need to deploy some of our tactical detachments close to those factories. At the same time, as a security service company, we often get employment contracts from other companies to help them solve all kinds of accidents and troubles, and I don't want to go out to fight troops to fulfill those contracts. Five tactical detachments, gentlemen, we need at least so many executive units. ”

The advisers discussed for a while, and then the question arose: "So how many armored vehicles should be included in each tactical detachment?" ”

Qin Lang smiled. "Gentlemen, this is one of those problems that you need to solve. And as I have already said, as soon as possible. We don't have time to waste. ”

"We don't have experience dealing with this kind of problem, Mr. Qin." The advisers protested that "there are people from the infantry, some from artillery, some from cavalry, and some from engineers, but none of them know how to organize and use an armored unit......

"Then you should know them deeply, it's your job."

"Mr. Qin?"

"Gentlemen, if I did everything myself, what else would I need from you?" Qin Lang's smile became kind, and everyone knew that this was not a good sign. "If it's just to manage and train mercenaries, I need a bunch of sergeants, not a few majors and captains."

The atmosphere became awkward, bringing a long silence, which was finally broken by Qin Lang. "I advise you to forget about your resistance to armored vehicles and think about it seriously." He slowed his tone, "Trust me, this is an opportunity to create a new military doctrine, and you won't want to miss it." ”

With that, he walked a little away to give the advisors room to discuss. O'Connor immediately followed.

"Do you want to lay off some of the company's military advisers as well?" He whispered, admonishing, "You know, we need these military advisers to bring us closer to the military." ”

"War Department, Admiralty, West Point, Annapolis Gang, Military Aristocrats, Sean, you can't expect a bunch of majors and captains to bring us closer to them, that requires more senior officers." Qin Lang shrugged his shoulders, but hid his true thoughts. O'Connor's ideas lacked foresight, believing that UMBRELLA should maintain a close relationship with the military, but his plan was to take the form of the opposite, allowing the military to maintain a close relationship with UMBRELLA on its own initiative.

He's going to turn that into a reality, when UMBRELLA becomes a real consortium.

Shrugging his shoulders again, he continued, "However, I have no intention of cutting the number of military advisers. I'm just asking them to learn something they don't want to know. ”

"How to group and use armored forces?" O'Connor wasn't quite sure, "You once said that it will take more than a dozen years for armored vehicles to basically mature—"

"You can't wait until it's mature to start working on how to group and use armored forces, that means we're going to be on the same starting line as other countries, and we have to maintain our tactical lead." Qin Lang glanced at the advisors who were discussing in a low voice, "Of course, I can also instill my thoughts into them, but I'd rather let them explore on their own." It's good for the whole company. ”

"What's the benefit?"

"You'll see, Sean."

"Is it mysterious and ineffable? All right. O'Connor knew that Qin Lang would never leak any news to him, so he could only show a helpless smile and take the initiative to change the topic to a new topic. One thing I didn't figure out, why did you increase the number of mercenaries in charge of VIP security services to two thousand? ”

"You think it's a bit much?"

"It's not 'a little', it's too much."

"Because we need so many people to be in charge of that business." Qin Lang explained, "VIP security service is not just about providing a few personal bodyguards to our customers, Sean-"

"I know that it also includes the provision of perimeter vigilance, operational planning...... Wait a minute. O'Connor lowered his voice and exclaimed, "But all of this adds up, and we don't need two thousand mercenaries for this job." After all, most of our clients only need to provide a few personal bodyguards. ”

"This will pass soon, I promise." Qin Lang said solemnly, "Soon, we will be able to sell our security service packages to government dignitaries of various countries." ”

"They won't—"

"They will take it," he reminded, "Sean, think about it, how did Empress Elisabeth of the Austrian Empire die?" ”

Empress Elisabeth died in an assassination attempt in Geneva, Switzerland, by the Italian anarchist Luyd. Lucheni was stabbed to death with an awl. This was in 1898, not news, let alone a secret, Qin Lang knew, and of course O'Connor knew.

He was a little surprised. "You're going to use her as promotional material?"

"There's a lot of promotional material, Sean. You know, two American presidents have already died in assassinations. And soon there will be a third U.S. president to die in an assassination attempt, William Brown. McKinley, the time is 1901, and the murderer is also an anarchist - in fact, Qin Lang originally planned to wait for this important historical event to happen and then use it as a propaganda point, but when you think about it, he has to wait another year, which is not a good thing - and now he has new plans.

He lowered his voice. "If there are no surprises, we will soon have a sensational promotional material." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )