Yes." Major General Carls thought for a while and said.

The Americans were quite satisfied with this result. There were some 155MM heavy cannons in the fleet, which could be landed at any time. Major General Carls chose the location far away from the landing field, and he could not enter the depth of the island from here, so the Japanese army's defense was not high. We could send troops to open positions tomorrow. It is estimated that the engineering team could settle in the afternoon. It would be no problem to spend two days to create an artillery position.

What? What should you do if Japanese artillery fire suppresses the newly opened positions? Don’t worry. Think about it, American artillery must be loaded with high elevation angle brought by special artillery racks to suppress the Japanese. The GPF194MM artillery and 220MM artillery imported from France have not been modified to the elevation angle, so naturally, they cannot hit these additional artillery positions. Therefore, in just 3 days, Japanese long-range artillery should taste the depression of the US military today. The other party can hit themselves, but they cannot hit the other party...

"In addition, front-line officers and soldiers also have a lot of complaints about the weapons in their hands. They believe that both BAR machine guns and T1 tanks are not suitable for the current combat situation." Major General Marshall said to Pershing in a low voice. He did not seem to attract attention. On the one hand, because of this news, he had already reported Pershing through a telegram, but Pershing did not make a clear statement. Marshall naturally knew that the front-line officers and soldiers were very dissatisfied with the poor firepower continuity of BAR and the fragile armor of the T1 tank. However, even so, he could not cross Pershing and directly contact the German side for related matters. He did not have this right.

In fact, long before the German delegation visited the display of US light weapons, many officers who had changed into German weapons had complained about the new BAR machine guns and Browning machine guns. These people had been inspected on the European battlefield in batches, and some even participated in military operations. They had such high requirements for the sustainability of accompanying firepower. Even when changing into the clothes, some troops refused to accept BAR machine guns.

In this case, the Americans' solution is also very social.... There are those who are heeled, and some people naturally retain a full set of German equipment, while those who do not have heeled are replaced by the US military's own weapons. Now, after they go to the battlefield, the problem of BAR machine gun's firepower is ultimately exposed, and Americans must also consider how to meet the needs of machine guns on the battlefield. The solution is very simple. Convince the boss and order the goods quickly! Or buy a production license.

"Place the order first." Pan Xing thought for a while and said.

"How much?" Marshall asked.

"3,000 machine guns and accessories." said Pershing.

"Then why don't we buy a production license?" Marshall said he was puzzled. The money for buying so many machine guns is enough to get the production line and license, okay?

"If there is no way, the United States does not like foreign light weapons." Pershing whispered. Historically, before the Americans got up, they copied artillery from the French and purchased aircraft from the British. But who has heard that before the end of World War II, American light weapons were purchased from abroad? (Of course, let's not mention the infantry weapons given to the United States by the French and British in World War I. After all, there is really no way. After all, many American soldiers went to Europe empty-handed...) The matter inside is too complicated, so Pershing was not convenient to say too much to Marshall.

As for tanks, the United States has left some wolf-type tanks in Hawaii, with at least 300. In the eyes of the Americans, this number of tanks is enough to deal with the landing war on New Ireland. After all, the plains of the island are very small and it is difficult to deploy. It is just as armored self-propelled artillery at this stage. However, considering that in the future, it may have to fight the Japanese army with the Japanese on New Guinea or even Kalimantan, Pershing personally wrote a report, hoping that the US government would order a batch of tanks and self-propelled artillery from Germany as appropriate.

Compared to guns, tanks are too complicated. It does not mean that you have bought a license and then someone gives you another production line and you can produce it. How can it be that simple? Not to mention that Germany uses metric systems and the United States uses EM. That's fine, even if Americans want to produce, at least convert all the drawings and metric data on the equipment into EM......

Then the products produced need to be run-in and tested. Not to mention that there is a problem in the middle, even if there is no problem, it will take more than a year to go through the process. After all, the German tanks are used in Europe, and the Americans have to use tanks in the Pacific Ocean! In Europe, the engines and gearboxes of the Wolf tanks do not have to worry about the wet and corrosive sea breeze. But it is different in the Pacific Ocean!

This problem is difficult for the Germans who designed the wolf tank to solve... This is not just a matter of brushing anti-rust paint. Due to climate problems, the engine's heat dissipation must be redesigned. The original pure liquid-cooled engine's cooling system was not enough. The Germans made great efforts to do miracles and directly added two cooling fans to the upper part of the engine nacelle at the rear! However, the cooling fan also requires space and power. In this era, the engine bay, which was originally not powerful enough, was a little overwhelmed, so the Germans made miracles again, replaced the latest diesel engine, and then redesigned the pipeline layout. It can be said that the entire power output system has undergone a major change!

In addition to the engine, all other parts of the tank that may be affected have also been changed, such as gearboxes, turret rotation equipment, and even shell fuzes have been adjusted according to the local environment. As a world-class industrial power, the United States actually wants to improve it itself. They know that German diesel engine technology is unique in the world, and now more than half of the submarines in the US Navy use diesel engines authorized by Germany.

So the Americans decided to give the wolf tank a gasoline engine to try... Well, now there is a question, why did the Americans choose gasoline engines? First of all, in fact, to a certain extent, tank gasoline engines and aircraft gasoline engines are common! The Americans' aviation technology is still possible, after all, it has always been related to Germany, and there are several mature aviation engines. So, since that is the case, why not directly change the mature aviation engine to a tank engine? So, the United States started construction directly and built several test vehicles.

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