At the beginning of April, Beretta launched an improved version of the M/45B submachine gun to the market, as well as the company's main product, the M12 submachine gun, this time these two guns are not as underadvertised as in history, Beretta also specially made several hot models holding M/45B and M12 submachine guns promotional pictures published in magazines, using this eighteen forbidden way to advertise their submachine guns.

At the same time, Pietro showed his excellent nature as a lobbyist, using his political connections to be active among governments and militaries to promote his new submachine gun, and this time he was full of energy to completely destroy Albert's designs and seize the Western and Northern European markets.

Two arms dealers are at war against endless bullets, and what about two gunsmiths at war? The hole cards of the competition are excellent design.

However, unlike Beretta's menacing approach, FN and NORINCO did not move at all, just like Gao Leng disdained to fight a duel with Beretta, allowing Beretta to jump up and down like a clown, which made Pietro feel powerless to punch into the cotton. But this feeling also lasted only until the third day of the assassination of Greek Prime Minister Chaldaris.

The assassination of the prime minister of a country is simply big news, and almost at the same time the newspapers of various countries are overwhelmingly reporting on the incident, but they publish the headlines in the form of plain text, and only the major Belgian newspapers publish the headlines with pictures and texts, because they have all received an unsigned letter the day before, both containing two photos.

The Belgian daily newspapers did not report the news as usual, but kept exaggerating the danger of the assassination by saying that the terrorists had almost killed the Greek prime minister with a terrible submachine gun, and of course, the same was true for the SVD knocking out the Greek communist leader.

And the photo shows the Greek communist armed with a miniature Uzi submachine gun, as well as the paramilitary operatives of the Belgian company who armed SVD to kill the liberation-liberation-army, although it is slow for a long time, but how can this kind of exclusive information be let go, it is said that even the British Times has asked the Belgian daily newspaper to buy the right to publish the photo.

For a while, the two photos of the Greek Republic holding Uzi and the unknown soldier holding the SVD were widely circulated, and people speculated about what the short submachine gun and the long unruly rifle were, and the more discerning gunsmith pointed out that this rifle was likely a derivative of the AKM rifle.

As a result, everyone's eyes were focused on FN and NORINCO, they were all wondering if the Belgian prince had come up with some terrible new firearm this time, and even the Belgian Ministry of Defense couldn't help but call Albert to ask if this was a new gun he designed, and if so, whether it could be supplied to the Belgian army first, this kind of news had a much better effect than Beretta's painstaking propaganda.

At present, Beretta's painstaking management of the limelight has been stolen by these two guns, and Pietro, who wants to cry without tears, can only hope that these two guns are not products designed by Albert. But according to Murphy's Law, the less bad things you want to happen, the more it will happen.

"Ridiculous, this is simply a stain on the glory of Beretta." This time it was Pietro's turn to lose his composure, and he smashed everything he could to the ground to show his indignation. Because just yesterday he received an invitation from NORINCO to go to Belgium to attend the launch of the new gun. And the invitation also specifically pointed out that the new guns released this time are submachine guns and sniper rifles, and hope that Beretta can also bring a new submachine gun sample gun to participate in the press conference, isn't this a mockery of life?

Beretta was not the only one who received the invitation, but others as well, and although Albert had not yet said so, the fool knew that the firearm in the news picture was designed by Albert.

"These damn Belgians put us on the line." Pietro towards Tulio. "They knew we were going to develop a submachine gun, and they did it before we did, but these Belgians made us think they were specialized in assault rifles, damn it." ”

"What else can we do now, the submachine gun that has been developed with manpower, material and financial resources is impossible to discard, and I have spent a lot of money on those equally damned politicians." Pietro sat down, held his forehead and said, "Now we can only go down hard." ”

"The one who wields the sword will die by the sword, and it is ironic that this exhortation to my son has been fulfilled in me."

"With all due respect, Mr. Pietro." "We should stop the loss and stop dwelling with Albert, because guns and war go hand in hand, and his new guns deliberately build up a reputation for war, and there is no chance of winning compared to the guns that we have only been propagandized and have not participated in actual combat." ”

What Tulio Mangoni didn't say was to bring his products to the launch event, and if he was really slapped in the face, Beretta would probably become a joke in the industry.

"Who said there was no chance of winning." "I don't believe that his gun will be better than the M/45B or M12 I designed, this is our last chance, Mangoni, if NORINCO loses, they will be dead." ”

"What if we lose?" Tulio Mangoni pushed his glasses helplessly, and now Pietro couldn't listen to anyone.

"We're at the end of our rope anyway, aren't we? If you lose, you will lose a lot of market share, and Beretta will not go bankrupt, but if it wins, Beretta may become the largest arms company in Europe. Pietro misassessed the form, believing that it was still up to the present NORINCO company.

Tulio Mangoni knew that he could no longer convince Pietro to do so, so he had to follow his wishes, "I hope that the products of NORINCO are not as good as my designs in terms of performance." ”

"Not hopefully, but definitely!" Pietro roared hysterically.

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At the same time, at the Belgian Strategic Resources Cooperation Company, Colonel Franz met with Albert again, but this time he did not make an assertion of ideas, but came to discuss a large-scale order with Albert on the orders of the War Department. The Belgian Army originally wanted to replace the equipment in the hands of soldiers on a large scale, and after the AKM rifle became the standard equipment of the first-line soldiers, the military department planned to equip the second-line troops with a large number of miniature and miniature versions of the Uzi submachine gun.

After comparing several submachine guns, the Belgian military department came to the conclusion that the Uzi submachine gun was very cost-effective, its quality, range, and accuracy were far superior to the Stern submachine gun, and the price was much lower than that of the Thompson submachine gun, and the good performance of Uzi in the assassination of the Greek president was also the reason why the military department intended to adopt it. Because the assembly line has not yet been officially produced, the Belgian military department paid a deposit in advance.

Before the official release of the new gun, Albert had already won the first order for Uzi submachine guns, and the Belgian Ministry of Defense purchased 1,500 submachine guns to equip second-line troops and special forces. And the law enforcement department is also ready to consider purchasing Uzi submachine guns such a small thing to equip the police, after all, the small size and powerful firepower are very suitable for dealing with street violence, by the way, Belgium is also a country that legally owns guns, although it is not as exaggerated as the United States guns are proliferated, but the armed forces owned by the underworld - evil - forces cannot be underestimated.

After Albert signed the papers, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he waited for the old guy from Pietro to throw himself into the net at the new gun launch tomorrow, and then slap him in the face.

"That old fox came all the way to the press conference, and really thought that his design could win my Uzi? All he did was give his company the last straw that overwhelmed them. Albert enjoyed the feeling of making his competitors angry and helpless.