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The 106th chapter trip to the Far East (12)

ps: The first update today, try to make another post later...

After the telegram was sent to Contini, he was also stunned: Is this going to be a painting circle in Southern China? But this matter is always a bit funny and unpleasant. Isn’t this 60 years ahead of schedule? [Traveling to the Far East 10-11, see the author’s name> His subordinates also advised him not to do this. 10 million oceans equals 50 million lira, not a small amount. It is not a good place, just a blank space, and it has to be built with all your efforts. Isn’t this throwing money into the water in vain? If it is rented land, it’s okay that Italy can build it, but to put it bluntly, it is a commercial special zone. The civil regime needs to share with China, and there is almost no military power. Even Angnes felt it was incredible. The Chinese want us to help develop a commercial special zone? This is not crazy, we haven’t invested enough money in our own place!

However, Contini has seen the prosperity of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and knows how important this place adjacent to Hong Kong is. To be a joke, when he traveled through time, he used the price of the land and residences he had drawn in his hand to buy the whole of Italy with the price of the whole of Italy. So he smiled and said, "It's okay, this place is not bad. We have an exclusive dock and port, so we don't have to crowd with others... It's big enough for me to toss. You all know that I don't like stingy places."

"What about security and military?"

Contini pointed to the telegram: "First, China recognizes our appropriate and necessary security forces; second, allowing the Italian Navy to enter this is a treasure house."

Navy? A group of naval officials thought about it and thought it was strange that the navy could not go ashore. With the size of Italy, it seemed impossible to maintain a force in China that competes with the French Far East Fleet or the British Far East Fleet. What's the use of a navy?

"You guys, your mind is not as open as the Chinese." Contini said with a grudge, "What is the navy? The navy is an all-round armies. There are warships in wars, ships in transportation, Marines on the shore, naval aviation in the sky, and submarines under the water. Have you forgotten that the president also has a floating sea airport, a submarine under the sea special sightseeing boat and a special Mediterranean transportation boat?"

He almost said the special cruise ship of Aida. He remembered that Aida was still next to him, so he hurriedly kept silent.

"oh!"

"In addition, the president also has United Airlines, water speedboats (torpedo boats), United Samurai (black paratroopers), and special guards (oil guards). These are all company property and civilian organization, and they have nothing to do with the Italian Wehrmacht. Why can't they settle in?"

Everyone burst into laughter, and then everyone realized that although the president's force was small in scale, it was complete in all categories and there was no shortage of everything. Even the uniforms were particularly black uniforms, which were obviously energetic, and were not the same routine as the police officer Annan and the Indian San.

"Besides, the president of Okinawa can afford to pay 10 million. Isn't it just a little scrap steel? Go back and ask Ansaldo and Bereda to get more new products..."

The Guangzhou government does not want to spend money on scrap steel for cash, but it has added conditions to scrap steel, giving more difficult terms such as high-grade scrap steel and consumable scrap steel, which are all created by Italians, and now it has become common to the great powers: low-grade scrap steel contains wood impurity rifles, medium-grade machine guns, high-grade artillery, and consumable scrap steel ammunition.

So Lao Shuai is a good friend of the United Group. When he fought and demonstrated in the north, he felt the urgency of upgrading in the south. Especially the giant cannon. Faced with the reality that the tall and strong Xi'an city wall was broken, everyone realized the importance of the giant cannon.

These giant cannons were drawn from the Italian Army's active equipment, and sold to the Far East in the attitude of replacing them if possible. Because these are not new goods or even goods from World War I, most of them were built in the years after the Battle of Aduva, and it has been nearly 30 years since now. Although the power is still huge, it is too heavy after all and it is not very useful during World War I. So Contini fooled the army to replace these master cannons with train cannons, and also required the integration of the army and navy artillery.

Italy is a little better. All medium and large caliber artillery are produced by Ansaldo, so there is no need to give the army a set for the competition for business, and a set for the navy. Ansaldo himself hopes to promote the integration of heavy, especially super-heavy artillery in the army and the navy, so that it can further reduce inventory, and also sell 20 artillery, 10 naval and 10 army. If it does not match, it may require 20 replacement tubes. If the caliber of both sides is unified, then only half of it is enough. Contini sees Italy's problem very clearly. Italy's technological content is not low, but productivity is a problem. If there is a lack of a clear understanding in this case and blindly pursues more, a more complex equipment system is completely putting the cart before the horse.

So he used the Army's military fund sponsorship as an identity and gave the Army a complete set of solutions. In the field of light weapons, it was mainly equipped with 1926 rifles, 1926 light machine guns and Browning heavy machine guns. At the same time, he urged Ansaldo to speed up the development of mortars. Of course, it is necessary to strengthen the production of Ansaldo Company. On the one hand, it is necessary to vigorously expand the production of Ansaldo Company, and on the other hand, it is necessary to reduce the army's equipment models of the central lightning, similar to 210mm heavy howitzers and 280mm siege howitzers. Contini wanted to use train guns to repel them all, with the focus on strengthening howitzers with 105mm and 155mm caliber, of which 155 is division-level howitzers and 105 is regiment-level howitzers. As for the army, he never was optimistic about the establishment of such a system in Italy.

In addition to towed artillery, he is also preparing to increase the number of mobile artillery. Although Professor Goddard, introduced from the United States, has just started in the field of liquid rockets, he has achieved certain success in the field of solid rockets. This small rocket that can fly 2-3 kilometers is the favorite of the President. After cleaning up, you can dress up as a rocket launcher. At that time, you can put it behind the joint truck or load Christie's newly developed M-type tank, that is, the Italian organ may be named. Someone may call the President's organ...

"Send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Jiang. In principle, I agree to these terms. The fleet also brought some scrap steel and can be delivered after the contract is signed. However, will the terms be slightly changed and the two small islands at the estuary of the Pearl River also be assigned to us Qi'ao Island and Neilingding Island. The president is willing to add another 2 million oceans for this!" Contini told Huang Xin National Highway, "Tell them that I will not build military facilities such as forts on it. I hope to develop it into an industrial and tourist resort. You know, I originally wanted to develop Bali..."

Because the names of Qiao and Neilingding Island are difficult to describe for Italy, they changed to a simpler name: the big one is called Angnes Island, and the small one is called Aida Island...
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