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    "Dad, those Prussians can't accept such a calm analysis of interests, but it's not impossible to let the German navy go to war." Graystone replied.  "What do you think?" Scrooge asked.  "Dad, I know that the German Army may be preparing for a large-scale offensive. It's not a big secret. You know that prolonging the war will be extremely detrimental to Germany, so the Germans will risk an attack anyway. Donald told me,  In today's environment, the defensive side will have a very obvious advantage over the attacking side as long as the gap in artillery firepower is not too large. Therefore, if the French and British do not lose their heads, I think the Germans will.  The probability of victory is very small. Once the German army is frustrated, we can use our relationship to ask in the German media: 'What is our navy doing that spends a lot of money? ', thereby creating public opinion and forcing the German navy to launch a large-scale attack.  I know that Germans take the media very seriously," Scrooge said.  "I know that, Dad, but there are still a lot of media in Germany that are not very trustworthy. Moreover, many problems can be solved in the future." Graystone said with a confident smile, "Besides, the German Army will probably also hope that  I saw the navy go out to fight. "Basically, as long as there is a navy and an army in the world, the relationship between the navy and the army does not seem to be particularly good.  Not to mention the Japanese navy and the Japanese army in later generations, where even the rifling directions of weapons (including cannons and firearms) must be reversed. In other countries, including the United States, the navy and army have always been wrong.  This can be seen from the caliber of the weapons. The navy's cannons all use standard imperial calibers, but the army uses metric units.  In fact, this kind of contradiction is very easy to understand. The root cause is naturally the competition for military expenditures.  The military expenditure of any country is limited. If the army spends more, the navy will naturally decrease, and vice versa.  Take Japan as an example. When the Japanese Navy imitated the British Navy, learned everything from the British Navy¡¯s afternoon tea, and made life on the battleship the same as in a luxury hotel, they were still gritting their teeth and tightening their belts to live in hardship.  How could the Army not hold a grudge after seeing this?  The same is true in Germany today.  Because of the large-scale construction of the navy, the army's expansion plan cannot be completed, and when this attack cannot be effective, even out of the instinct to shirk responsibility, the army will definitely say: "If the money for building the navy had been given to us, we would have  France has been defeated a long time ago. "And they will never allow themselves to fight hard in the front while the navy watches the show from behind.  Therefore, they definitely hope to let the navy go out to practice with the British.  As for the outcome, could it be said that because it couldn't win, the navy stopped fighting?  So what does the navy do?  "The people in the German Army have a much higher position of power than the Navy." Graystone continued, "They would definitely like to see someone come out and force the Navy to fight. Therefore, creating such a voice in the German media  "It's actually not too difficult." "Well, you are right." Scrooge nodded and said, "By the way, how many cars have the French ordered from us during this period?"  " "Ever since the French relied on a large number of taxis to transport troops to the battlefield during the Battle of the Marne, the French have begun to purchase large quantities of cars from us, especially after the war lasted for so long.  Capacity has been greatly affected, coupled with the deterioration of road conditions, the French are now increasingly dependent on our pickup trucks. In the past six months, we have exported more than 5,000 Raptor pickup trucks to them.  The British have also exported more than a thousand vehicles. It is said that because our pickup trucks are reliable, easy to repair if they break down, and have good off-road capabilities, they can run on no matter how bad the road is, whether they are used to transport people or are used to tow the French imitations.  It is very convenient to mount our 75mm cannon with our 50-caliber heavy machine gun on it. Therefore, General P¨¦tain of France even proposed that a rapid reaction division based entirely on Raptor pickup trucks should be established to provide emergency response at any time.  It is said that this proposal has also been supported by many French people. In addition, in the past six months, we have exported various trucks to them, and the total number has exceeded 100,000.  Five thousand vehicles," Graystone said.  "Pickup truck rapid reaction force?" The word "pickup truck war" immediately came to Scrooge's mind.  A group of black uncles were sitting on a Toyota pickup truck, waving AK-47s No, it should be a group of French soldiers wearing red pants, standing in the bed of the pickup truck, waving rifles and shouting "For France".  Why is this painting style so Scrooge shook his head and shook these boring things out of his head.  Of course he was happy to buy so many cars, but at the same time, having so many cars also made him a plan based on the judgment that Germany was bound to lose.The success rate of series strategies has become higher.  Scrooge roughly remembers that there were two German offensives in World War I that almost killed the French, one on the Marne River and one on Verdun.  Now that the Marne River has passed, there are many differences between the process and the original history. For example, the French not only relied on taxis to transport troops to block the Germans on the Marne River, but also relied on full-body chemical defense.  The service plus throwing mustard gas at each other kept the Germans at bay.  As for which direction the Germans would launch their next attack, and whether it would be Verdun, Scrooge really had no idea.  "However, no matter where it is, even if the French made a mistake in judgment, with thousands of taels of pickup trucks, they should at least make up for their mistakes much faster." Scrooge thought this way.  ¡­Major General P¨¦tain has just left the front line and went to the rear to accept the formation of a brand new force.  This army was proposed by himself as a fast force based on the Yankees' "Raptor Pickup Truck".  The French plan to form three such divisions into a rapid army to see if they work well.  Volkswagen, as well as the McDonald Infantry Arms Company, are assisting in the formation of this unit.  Volkswagen¡¯s Raptor pickup truck was originally designed to meet the needs of farmers in the Midwest.  Of course, the name Raptor comes from the Ford f-150 that was produced many years later in a certain time and space, but in this time and space, the pickup truck of Volkswagen of America and the Ford f-150 are still very different (this chapter is not finished, please turn the page).  For example, although Volkswagen installed an oversized V8 engine with a displacement of up to 12 liters on this pickup truck, the horsepower of this vehicle is still completely incomparable to that of the F-150, so its top speed  It's only sixty kilometers per hour.  And this speed is still a so-called "theoretical speed". In fact, no one has ever actually driven at this speed.  However, when it comes to the concept of making up for insufficient horsepower and displacement, it is in line with the American pickup trucks of later generations.  In addition, the road conditions in the Midwest of the United States, especially the road conditions in the countryside, are basically a mess in this era. In addition, the farmer uncle does not know how to maintain it carefully. In addition, the farmer uncle bought it to do rough work.  , sometimes, farmers uncles also use it as a tractor.  Therefore, when this "Raptor" pickup truck was designed, the most valued performance was reliability first, reliability second, and reliability third.  Many other performance compromises have been made to enhance reliability.  This makes this car particularly capable of rough roads and super tough.  The towing capability is also top-notch. Not to mention towing a 75mm-caliber artillery, even a 105-caliber artillery can run very happily.  After the war started, Volkswagen bought this thing in France.  The French army spotted the big guy at first sight. This vehicle could easily carry a squad of soldiers and all their weapons and ammunition. It could also drag a cannon, or be loaded with ammunition or other things.  The trailer can run on various roads, including those damaged by artillery fire from both sides.  This is much easier to use than a taxi.  The main equipment of the army now owned by P¨¦tain is nearly a thousand Raptor pickup trucks. McDonald Infantry Weapons Company has also thoughtfully provided so-called "deep modification" for these pickup trucks.  For example, these vehicles can be equipped with quickly detachable large-caliber machine guns, vehicle-mounted mortars, and towed artillery.  In addition, at the request of the French, they also tried to install bulletproof steel plates on this kind of vehicle, making it look like a self-destructing truck of a certain organization in a certain time and space.  Of course, the windows and everything were blocked by steel plates, so the driver had to rely on the periscope to drive. The MacDonald guys also installed a barbed wire cutter in front of the front of the car. As a result, all these messy things were given to this guy.  After installing it, the weight has increased a lot, the center of gravity is also a lot higher, and the driving field of vision is extremely small. However, what is surprising is that this thing can barely be driven.  Therefore, the French were very satisfied and modified dozens of them, planning to take them to the battlefield to attack the German machine gun positions.  However, engineers from McDonald Infantry Weapons Company are not very optimistic about this magically modified model.  According to what he said: "The driving performance of this thing is already too bad. If you are not careful, it will overturn. In addition, if it hits a mine or something, it will be a dead end. There is also artillery fire on the front line. I am sure that as long as there is one  A shell exploding next to him can knock it over directly. But since the French have such a request, of course we must satisfy him." After P¨¦tain took over the army, it took several months to finally get the army in general.  It has a look.  But he didn't expect that the first battle of this army would come so quickly.  (End of this chapter)
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