This is a difficult decision. For Britain itself, 3,000 vehicles have been squeezed out of the gap between the teeth. They can't afford the subsequent engines that China informed them through secret channels. They still exchanged tanks to the United States when the United States withdrew, which led to the following transaction. The number of tanks placed in Europe in the future will exceed 15,000, but unfortunately this is not enough.

Britain was hesitating about what to tell the Americans, but in the end, the British still didn't say that after adjustment, the final tank cost up to 42,000 US dollars, which is quite high. If it is added a little more, 5,000 units will be 210 million US dollars. If it is more, the money will be spent. There has never been a military weapon that will invest so much. Even the wealthy British can't bear it. In the end, some losses will be lost. As long as the German lively forces on the Bordeaux front line are wiped out, even if the tanks are lost a little more, it is acceptable.

After the initial finalization, it entered large-scale production. Britain could only carry out small-scale production. The real industrialized large-scale production was placed on the United States. After the tank was finalized, all indicators were sent to the United States. 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 big deal for the United States, a major industrial production country. When the number increased to 12,000 vehicles, a large number of metal parts were transported from the United States in a series. Each of the United States' big deals produced 30,000 pieces to prevent the transport ship from sinking. Similar things have happened. Under the premise that the German navy has taken the upper hand, Germany's blockade of the Atlantic Ocean has become more tight.

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, and customs declaration is also made with materials. After successfully getting it over, the British were a little confused. There is no problem with 12,000 vehicles and can be made all of them, but the remaining parts of 20,000 vehicles can be spared for replacement, but there is no need for too many. The factories in the United States and the United Kingdom will still be produced continuously, so there is no need for this.

Before, Britain was struggling whether to increase the number of tanks, so that it can not only gain advantages quickly, but also reduce losses. When the number reaches a certain level, the advantages that the Allies can gain will be quite large, but now the opportunity is in front of us, how can we tell the Americans?

You can't tell Americans that you can try installing 20,000 sets of things. At present, Britain and the United States do not have a suitable engine. The engines obtained from China, 10 Americans and 10 British Americans are all under research and have some inspiration, but the greater is confusion. The engines made according to this inspiration have good structure, but the power has never exceeded 80 horsepower. A little higher will cause problems. According to what the engineers said, it is a problem with materials. These materials cannot withstand such huge energy, and are not as good as those engines developed by Britain and the United States.

Continuing imports has become the only idea. After all, Britain and the United States can produce 87 horsepower, but they also need time. On the contrary, China, I don’t know why China has such strong production capacity, but at this moment, it’s not reasonable to use it without using it for a while.

The United States has made 20,000 sets of accessories with great wealth, and doesn’t care much about the engine. In particular, the United Kingdom also proposed that they would bear 150 million US dollars in fees, which is even more problematic. The United States directly agreed to add 20,000 sets of engines and entrust the United Kingdom to contact us.

The secret channel once again reported news, 20,000 units, 4,200 US dollars, which is almost 100 million yuan. However, the amount is too large, Shi Lei still submitted this information to Yang Yuanzhao. He thought it was only 12,000 units of transactions. After the transaction was completed, there was no Yang Yuanzhao. He heard that there were 20,000 units, so he didn't agree. Even if it was a cost, 35,000 units of tanks would occupy at least 1 billion yuan of funds. If this part of the funds had no effect and were destroyed to the forefront of the position, even the rich and powerful United States might not be able to easily resolve it.

Besides, transactions through secret channels are mainly gold and precious metals, and basically do not collect currencies from various countries. For China, as long as gold is used as a transaction, there is nothing else. The support of 100 million US dollars of gold is far from comparable to 100 million. According to issuance leverage and trading leverage, China can print at least twice or up to 10 times of currencies, which to a certain extent reduces the problem of China's insufficient currency.

As for the issues that Shi Lei was worried about, in Yang Yuanzhao's opinion, there was no problem. China has provided Germany with enough bazooka, 350,000 bazooka, and several times of rockets. This has huge lethality for tanks with a speed of less than 30 kilometers per hour. Especially the Chinese bazooka is not the kind that just born. Explosions are divided into two modes. In one mode, with the help of the powerful penetration power of gunpowder, they pass through the armor and then enter the internal explosion. For a closed weapon like a tank, the effect is much greater than that of other weapons. Because of this, Germany has also given some data on tanks. As long as the Germans are careful and do not lose their vigilance, there will be no problems with Germany. Who can't make money? By the way, do you want more?

Now, Britain and the United States were confused. The United States quickly thought of the result. They could increase it to 50,000 units, and they could take time to continue producing these components. As for the time to retreat and attack, there was no need. 35,000 vehicles, as long as they were transported to the European battlefield, it should be useful.

In this summer of 1916, the European battlefield was not as lively as before. In order to prepare for the war, both sides maintained relative restraint, and the tank components produced by the United States were also assembled in the United Kingdom. Although Britain was not as convenient as Germany and could obtain labor sent from China, to a certain extent, Britain had the largest colony in the world, and it was very easy to get people from colonies, recruit from vassal states and the Commonwealth.

The tank assembly line sounds very generous, but in the era when tanks just appeared, it was nothing. A tank was just an engine, chassis, transmission device and outer armor. As long as the assembly line is arranged and enough personnel are added, it is not slow to assemble. A factory with a large enough area can ensure that at least 500 vehicles per day. In this way, 20,000 to 30,000 vehicles are arranged, which is more than a month.

It takes not too long to make all tens of thousands of tanks, but for the Allies, it is easy to produce them, but to send them to the battlefield, the assembled tanks must be transported to the European continent.

In fact, for the Allies, the United States not only has the largest industrial production capacity, but also has a huge labor force. Tank assembly is the best choice for placement in the United States, but in the United Kingdom, because the British territory is a little narrower, it is not the best choice. However, the reason why it is placed here in the end is that the finished tanks are inconvenient to transport.

If it is in the form of accessories, as long as it is designed and properly packaged, it can be intensively sent to the ship. A ten-thousand-ton cargo ship can be equipped with at least 8,000 to 9,000 tons of tank parts. If it is converted to each tank, it will be about 300 vehicles. However, if it is a finished product, it cannot be installed so many.

A tank with a capacity of more than 25 tons and a 10,000-ton cargo ship is only loaded with 80 vehicles. It is not that it cannot be carried, but the tanks are slightly larger in size. In this case, 80 vehicles are good at one time. In this case, if it is transported in a whole vehicle, the transportation capacity from the North American continent through the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom is almost four times that of the past. Even if the wealthy and powerful United States faces the crazy attack from Germany, it is impossible to draw such a large capacity for tanks alone, and it can only be carried out in the United Kingdom. Now, the things have begun to be produced, and the daily output is still quite large. It is time to transport it to the European continent.

The English Channel is only more than 30 kilometers wide, and even from the UK to Bordeaux, it is not far away. In this way, British transport ships began to operate again. Britain has a huge fleet, and the English Channel is relatively narrow. If the merchant ships are high-speed, they can reach the other side in 2 hours. In the dark, German ships have little chance to stop them. Even the merchant ships can travel at least twice in the whole night.

Germany has already restricted the transportation of the English Channel as much as possible. 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 is only a little more than 16 knots. Most fast merchant ships can have such speed. At such speed, it will only take more than one hour to cross the English Channel, less than two hours.

To a certain extent, Germany has achieved a daytime blockade, 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 would not be possible to stop this in the night. Instead, there would be a series of dangers. Therefore, Germany only blocked the daytime and let it go at night. Britain took this opportunity to transfer tanks in the night. A large number of merchant ships were concentrated, and only 80 were loaded with 10,000 tons. At least 20,000 vehicles were transported in a short time. The time required was not a little, and there were a lot of resources to be mobilized. (To be continued.)
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