This is a difficult decision, Britain itself, 3,000 units, has been squeezed out of the teeth, and then China told the follow-up engines through secret channels, they can't afford it, or when the United States withdrew, the tanks were exchanged to the United States, which led to the following deal, the number of tanks put into Europe in the future will exceed 15,000, but unfortunately this is still not enough. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Britain is hesitating to tell the Americans what to say, but in the end, the British still didn't say what to say. The cost of one is as high as 42,000 US dollars, this price is quite high, if you add a little, 5,000 is 210 million US dollars, more, this money has been spent in the sea, there has never been an army weapon, will invest so much, even the British with deep pockets, some can not bear it, in the end, some losses will lose some, as long as the annihilation of these German living forces on the Bordeaux front, even if the number of tank losses is a little more, it is acceptable.

After the initial finalization, it was time to enter large-scale production, and Britain could only carry out small-scale production, and the real industrialized large-scale production was still placed on the side of the United States, and after the tank was finalized, the indicators of all aspects were sent to the United States, and with the support of the United States, the large-scale production of tanks began.

Most of the parts of the tank are newly produced and customized, but these parts are not a thing at all for the United States, a large country of industrial production, when the number increased to 12,000 vehicles, a large number of metal parts, a string of strings shipped from the United States, the United States produced 30,000 pieces of each of the large-scale spending, in case the transport ship was sunk, similar things are not unprecedented, under the premise that the German Navy has an advantage, Germany's blockade of the Atlantic Ocean is more strict.

But fortunately, these bulk metal cargo ships did not attract the attention of submarines and search fleets, after all, this is a batch of metal components, customs declaration is also made of materials to declare, successfully got over, this moment, the British are a little entangled, 12,000 is no problem, you can get all out, but the rest, a full 20,000 parts, can be spare for replacement, but not too much, the United States and British factories, or will continue to produce, these are not necessary.

Before, Britain was struggling with whether to increase the number of tanks, so that not only could they quickly gain an advantage, but also reduce losses, and when the number reached a certain level, the advantage that the Entente could obtain would be quite large, but now the opportunity was in front of them, how to tell the Americans.

I can't tell the Americans that 20,000 sets of things, put them on the engine and try it, and there is no suitable engine in the United Kingdom and the United States at present. The engines obtained from China, 10 in the United States and 10 in the United Kingdom, are all under study, and there is a certain inspiration, but the greater is confused, the engine made according to this inspiration, the structure is good, but the power has not exceeded 80 horsepower, a little higher will have problems, according to the engineer, it is a problem with materials, these materials can not withstand such a huge amount of energy, and it is not as good as those engines developed by Britain and the United States.

Continue to import, this point, has become the only idea, after all, 87 horsepower power, Britain and the United States can produce it, but they also need time, on the contrary, China, I don't know why China has such a strong production capacity, but at this moment, without the help of it, it can't be said.

The United States has a lot of money to get out 20,000 sets of spare parts, and it doesn't care too much about the engine, especially the United Kingdom also proposed that they will bear the cost of 150 million US dollars, which is no problem, the United States directly promised to add 20,000 sets of engines, and entrusted the United Kingdom to liaise.

The news came from the secret channel again, it was still 20,000 sets, 4,200 US dollars, which was another 100 million dollars, but the amount was a little too big, Shi Lei still submitted this information to Yang Yuanzhao, himself, I thought it was just a transaction of 12,000 sets, and after the transaction was completed, there was no Yang Yuanzhao who had the following, I heard that there were still 20,000 sets, and what else did not agree, even if it was the cost, 35,000 sets of tanks would occupy at least 1 billion funds, if this part of the funds had no effect and was destroyed to the front of the position, even if it was the United States, which had deep pockets, it might not be able to easily resolve it.

Besides, the transactions of secret channels are mainly based on gold and precious metals, and basically do not accept the currencies of various countries, for China, as long as gold is taken out as a transaction, the rest, there is nothing, 100 million dollars of gold, for China's support, far from 100 million can be compared, according to the issuance of leverage and trading leverage, China can print at least two times, at most 10 times the currency, to a certain extent, reduce the problem of insufficient Chinese currency.

As for the problem that Shi Lei is worried about, in Yang Yuanzhao's view, there is no problem, China has provided Germany with enough bazookas, 350,000 bazookas, and several times rockets, which is a huge lethality for tanks with a speed of less than 30 kilometers per hour, especially China's bazookas, which have just been born, and the explosion is divided into two modes, one mode, with the help of the strong penetration of gunpowder, through the armor, and then into the internal explosion, for the tank This kind of closed weapon, The effect is much greater than that of other weapons, because of this, Germany was given some data on tanks, as long as the Germans are careful and do not lose vigilance, there will be no problems on the German side, who will not make money, by the way, how much more?

At this moment, Britain and the United States were entangled, and the United States quickly thought of the result, if it wants, it can be increased to 50,000 sets, they can take time out to continue to produce these components, as for the backward attack time, then there is no need, 35,000 vehicles, as long as they are transported to the European battlefield, it should be able to play a role.

In the summer of 1916, the European battlefield was not as lively as before, in order to prepare for war, both sides maintained relative restraint, and the tank parts produced by the United States were also assembled in Britain, although Britain did not have the convenience of Germany, and could get labor from China, but to a certain extent, Britain had the largest colony in the world, whether it was to get manpower from the colonies, or to recruit from the vassal countries and the Commonwealth, it was very easy.

The tank assembly line, it sounds very atmospheric, but in the era when the tank just appeared, it is nothing at all, the tank is an engine, chassis, transmission device and outside armor, as long as the assembly line is arranged, plus enough personnel, the total assembly is not slow, 100,000 people of the factory, large enough area, can ensure at least 500 or so per day, so down, twenty or thirty thousand, that is, more than a month,

It doesn't take too long to make all the tens of thousands of tanks, but for the Entente, it is easy to produce them, but to send them to the battlefield, they must transport the assembled tanks to the European continent.

In fact, for the Entente, the United States not only has the largest industrial production capacity, but also has a huge labor population, tank assembly in the United States is the best choice, on the contrary, in the United Kingdom, because the British territory is a little narrower, not the best choice, but in the end the reason is that the finished tank is inconvenient to transport.

If it is in the form of accessories, as long as the reasonable packaging is designed, it can be intensively sent to the ship, a 10,000-ton cargo ship, at least 8000 tons to 9000 tons of tank parts, converted to each tank, is about 300 vehicles, but if it is a finished product, it can not be loaded so much,

A tank of more than 25 tons, a 10,000-ton cargo ship, is only loaded with 80 cars, not that it can't be carried, but the volume of tanks is slightly larger, in this case, 80 at a time is good. In this case, if it is a vehicle transportation, from the North American continent through the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom, the required capacity is almost 4 times that of the past, even if the United States, which has deep pockets, is facing the crazy attack of Germany, it is impossible to transfer such a large capacity for tanks alone, which can only be carried out in the United Kingdom, and now, things have begun to be produced, and the daily output is still a lot, and it is time to transport it to the European continent.

The English Channel is only more than 30 kilometers wide, even if you add from the British to Bordeaux nearby, it is not far away, just like that, the British transport ships have started to run again, Britain has a huge fleet, plus the English Channel is relatively narrow, if the merchant ship is high-speed, 2 hours, you can reach the other side, in the dark night, the German ship, there is not much possibility to stop, and even the whole night, the merchant ship can go back and forth at least twice.

The German side has been restricting the transportation of the English Channel as much as possible, but unfortunately the English Channel is too narrow, more than 30 kilometers, if the transport ship uses a speed of 25 kilometers, or even 30 kilometers, 30 kilometers on the ship, but a little more than 16 knots, most of the fast merchant ships can have such a speed, at such a speed, full force to cross the English Channel, it will only take more than 1 hour, less than two hours.

To a certain extent, Germany achieved a blockade during the day, but before dusk and dawn in the afternoon, this is the territory of the British, they can easily use the night to send supplies and some supplies to Europe, even if Germany risked the loss of battleships and transferred the high seas fleet, it is impossible to prevent this in the night, but there will be a series of dangers, so Germany just blockades the day, and let it go at night, Britain is taking advantage of this opportunity, in the night, The transfer of tanks began, a large number of merchant ships were concentrated, and only 80 vehicles were loaded into 10,000 tons, and at least 20,000 vehicles were transferred in a short time, which took not a little time, and mobilized a lot of resources. (To be continued.) )