Chapter 592 Arms Trade
"The experimental data is complete!" Sheffield took a sip of the juice from Natalia and went off topic. "Honey, the coffee should be cooled down. You don't need to put the juice in the refrigerator."
Back to the point, the data on mustard gas damage in my hand can be said to be quite perfect. The quantity is there, and the differences are there. The only shortcoming is that Sheffield frowned and said, "Make a batch of poison gas bombs immediately and go to Latin America to test the effect. Another point is that if it appears, how can we defend ourselves? The best result of weapons is that we have them and others don't. This is true for any weapon."
"The reason why white people are rampant all over the world is certainly not because we are really superior. In fact, in the agricultural era, Europeans were often beaten by West Asian civilizations. Our military innovations played an important role in surpassing other races. Intuitively speaking, our weapons are more advanced than those of the other side. Since we have manufactured them, we should be able to defend ourselves. Just like the longbow is so powerful, the plate armor should also be thicker. We need to think of a way in this regard."
When did the European army not become inferior to the armies of other civilizations? For a long time after the Roman Empire, Europe could only defend itself against the attacks of the Pacifists. The expansion route of the Arabs proved this. The overtaking should be around the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, when the armor forging technology in Europe made great progress. But at that time, the European army could only say that it did not have to worry about being surrounded by the Pacifists like in the Middle Ages.
The predecessor of plate armor had already appeared, but it was still unable to offset the numerical advantage of other civilizations. When the Ottomans fought against the European army, there was no such thing as a small number defeating a large number. If the European army was defeated, the Ottoman army would also suffer heavy losses. But gradually, the Ottoman army became more and more difficult to face the European army.
But until the 19th century, large-scale armies were still useful in fighting against European armies. They could achieve victory, but no one denied that the European armies at that time were already in a situation where they could not fight without a 10-fold advantage in strength. The Ottoman Empire witnessed this from beginning to end and understood the process of switching between offense and defense best.
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was still a period of technological explosion, and poison gas bombs appeared. For industrial countries, this was not a difficult thing to do. Sheffield could manufacture it, and other countries could also manufacture it.
This is unstoppable. As long as the poison gas bomb is exposed, other countries will be able to manufacture it immediately. But for a while, no one will think of how to protect themselves.
Sheffield actually knew how the gas mask came about. After Germany began to use poison gas on the battlefield, Britain and France sent dozens of their best scientists to the areas that had been fumigated with chlorine gas by the Germans to conduct investigations and research. They were surprised to find that a large number of wild animals on the battlefield, including birds in the woods, dormant frogs and exposed insects, had been poisoned and died one after another. Only the local giants, wild boars, survived unharmed.
Through research and experiments, scientists have found that wild boars particularly like to use their powerful long snouts to dig up the soil to find the roots of plants and some small animals in the ground. When they smell strong irritating odors, they often use digging to avoid them. When the German army released poison gas to attack the Allied forces, the clever wild boars dug their snouts into the soil and escaped the disaster. After further scientific analysis, it was concluded that because wild boars used their snouts to dig the ground, the soft soil particles absorbed and filtered the poison gas, which saved them from disaster.
Sheffield almost told John Connor that if the experiment was successful, he would better make a gas mask for him. At the same time, the experiment could not be stopped. Mustard gas was only a very low-power poison gas, and there were theoretically more powerful chemical gases.
"You take this so seriously, is it something very important?" Natalia looked at her man, who was giving instructions to the person who came to report the news, and was becoming more and more verbose. She knew that this matter was extraordinary!
"It's neither important nor unimportant. It's more important now." Sheffield looked at Natalia's eyes full of curiosity, thought about it seriously in his mind, and gave a very vague answer.
The research on mustard gas is considered cutting-edge now, but it is uncertain in the future. The Manhattan Project is something that is truly worthy of attention. For Sheffield, as long as the nuclear bomb appears, he will never have to worry about the appearance of the mob again.
The slave owner is a very realistic person. He will not be as naive as the Soviet map head. If there are unruly people in the United States who are dissatisfied with democracy and freedom, he will not hesitate for even a second and will definitely smash the nuclear warheads on the heads of these unruly people to wake them up.
The United Company has not given up its investment in the military industry. Is it to make money? Making money is only part of the reason. The slave owners are mainly for maintaining stability. At present, civilian guns are still very threatening, so the United Company must continue to invest in the military industry, so that more and more advanced weapons will appear, and eventually make the guns of the civilian class useless.
Eventually, civilian guns will no longer be a threat to people like Sheffield, but he will never ban guns. No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, so the more it can be sold, the better. Citizens can kill each other with guns. How interesting that is.
"After we have dealt with all the anti-American elements in Guantanamo Bay, how many are left?" Sheffield put the experimental data away and asked at the same time, "Deal with them immediately."
"There are less than 2,000 people!" The man was silent for a moment and asked, "Are we still following the previous process?"
"I like the word process. It reflects the division of labor in industrial society. But we have the experimental data, so we don't need to go through so much trouble." Sheffield suggested with a frown, "Just find a scrapped ship, put the remaining people in it, weld it shut, set a time bomb and drive out. Drive south. We can see that they are anti-government armed forces in Latin America, secretly killing innocent residents. It will be easy to frame them. Don't drive north and cause trouble for me. Doesn't it cost money to deal with the Coast Guard?"
Natalia felt a little reluctant when she heard these words, and said, "Let's not do it. We still need to make gas masks. These people can be useful if they stay."
"Did you hear what the lady said? Let's do it." Sheffield muttered, "If you don't do evil things thoroughly, you will be punished. These people will die sooner or later. We can't let them live and tell the secret."
The one who massacres people is a true hero, while the people love the hypocrite. The stories of Cao Cao and Liu Bei have already explained this problem. Sheffield also wants to be the one that more people like.
"Boss, there are a total of forty-five people, and they have filled out the FBI documents." Jesla came in with a pile of documents and just happened to see the person who reported the news going out. He has always maintained an attitude of indifference and non-interrogation towards such matters, and just pretended not to see it.
"Divide into three teams and send them directly to New York to keep an eye on Roosevelt 24 hours a day. He can't leave your sight except when he hides at home." Sheffield paused for a moment and said, "Then find another group of people from the Black Gold Company to keep an eye on those who are monitoring Roosevelt. They must not be exposed."
"By the way, how is the armored train project going?" Sheffield suddenly remembered this project.
"The railway gun has already left the factory and can be handed over to the militias in various states for use. Boss, I haven't followed up on this project. I still need to ask whether the militias in various states have accepted it now." Jesla said with an uncertain tone, indicating that he would do it right away.
Railway guns are not unfamiliar to the United States. The United States was the first country to use railway guns. During the Civil War, the Union Army used a 13-inch mortar mounted on an uncovered train to bombard the Union Army's base in Petersburg for the first time. This was the world's first railway gun.
The State of Texas proposed to the federal government to purchase railway guns, ostensibly to prevent the chaos within Mexico from spreading to the border. The southwestern railway network is not far from the Mexican border. Once refugees from the Mexican Civil War cross the border and cause chaos, the United States railway network will be interrupted.
"Is there a problem on the border? Order railway guns to guard against the Mexicans?" Natalia looked at her man busying around without even having time to take a break, and her tone sounded a little distressed.
"Of course, I need to protect our country." Sheffield suddenly revealed a cunning expression and lied, "Who knows if the Mexicans will stay and not leave? We always have to be on guard."
Railway guns need a developed railway network to form combat effectiveness. How many railways in Mexico can railway guns exert combat effectiveness? In fact, there are not many. However, on the other hand, the United States, which keeps saying that it needs railway guns to defend against Mexico, is the country with the most developed railway network in the world. So who is this railway gun against, and in what environment can it be effective?
These are things that can only be understood but not expressed in words. In theory, it is used to guard against Mexico.
There are also reports about Cuba and Haiti ordering submarines, Arab tribal armed forces in the Middle East ordering guns, and the just-announced order for machine guns and artillery by Portuguese Goa. The slave owners call these things arms trade, and it is arms trade.
"Mother has already coordinated with Paris. There is no problem with the manufacture of the two battleships. They are based on the blueprint of the Courbet-class battleships, but the cost may be a little higher!" Later, Anne called from Arlington and revealed the results of the communication. "William, if you have no objection to the cost, you can cut the steel plates now."
"No objection. Who else can we choose except France? I want to manufacture it myself and sell it to Kuwait. No one else is willing to do it except me." Sheffield agreed immediately.
(End of this chapter)
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