Romanian Eagle

While Edel was in a dilemma, the war in Europe continued.

On the Western Front, in order to support the French troops struggling at Verdun, the British attacked the Germans along the Somme. In order to prepare for this battle, the British and French coalition forces gathered a total of 32 infantry divisions and 6 cavalry divisions, 2189 artillery pieces, 1160 mortars, and about 300 aircraft. Its main purpose was to break through German positions, transforming them from positional warfare to mobile warfare, and to relieve French pressure at the Battle of Verdun.

The biggest impression of Edel in this battle is that many people died. Mark Qin killed 60,000 British troops in one day, and the first appearance of the tank was on the battlefield. The British didn't spend as much time developing tanks as Romania. After the outbreak of World War I, Lieutenant Colonel Swindon, who was serving in the British Expeditionary Force, proposed it. There was a need to create an armored vehicle that could open roads, climb ditches, and destroy and suppress machine-gun fire on a barbed-wire battlefield, thereby speeding up the course of the war. However, the British Army at that time had no interest in this, but Churchill, who was then the Secretary of the Navy, immediately ordered the formation of the "Land Warship Committee" to personally lead the development of the "Land Warship".

In August 1915, the world's second tank was born in Britain. Unlike Romania's Edel guidelines, the British-produced Mark I tanks are not outstanding in performance. It seems that it is more emergency production, which is also related to the British positioning of new weapons produced by itself.

At that time, the Mark I tank had a diamond-shaped outline and rigid suspension. There were protruding gun mounts on the crawler frames on both sides of the car body. The tank crew of 8 people, there are "male" and "female" two. The "males" are armed with two 57mm Hotchkiss 6-pounder rapids and four Hazikiss machine guns, while the "females" carry only six Vickers machine guns.

Such a crude tank in Eder's view still shocked the German army. When a dozen gigantic steel monsters roared, their tracks clanged, smashed through barbed wire, flattened bunkers, and fired at the enemy with machine guns and artillery, the Germans were terrified. Into the cover, some escaped.

The British infantry, supported by tanks, spread out their attacks on the frontal area of ​​10 kilometers wide, and advanced four to five kilometers in five hours. This result used to cost thousands of tons of artillery shells and sacrifice tens of thousands of people to get it. British troops occupied the lost bunkers without many casualties, capturing lost machine guns and artillery pieces. One of the tanks captured a village without firing a shot, while another captured a trench and captured more than 300 German soldiers.

When the German command received the report from the front, it was greatly surprised. They ignore the machine gun fire for this kind of ability to climb over trenches on the battlefield (in fact, they rely on lumber to fill the trenches, but the tanks still failed to climb over them.) Intrigued by the new weapon that can move, but the priority is to find a solution, when a staff officer mentions an intelligence. This weapon is already in the Romanian army, so the military sent a message to the government, hoping to get this new Romanian weapon soon. Even if you can't get the real thing, at least you have to have drawings.

So the German government handed over this task to Edel's old friend Ambassador Baslober, who is now watching the secret diplomatic telegram from Berlin.

"Hey, this task is not easy to handle."

After reading the telegram, Ambassador Baslob sighed to himself.

As an ambassador in Romania for several years, Baslob believes that he still has some understanding of Romania's political situation. Regarding Prime Minister Bretianu's recent frequent contact with the Allies, he also heard some rumors, so he believes that Romania has begun to choose a team. It's just that after his analysis of Romania was sent back to China, it was lost.

However, even if it is not easy to do, Ambassador Baslob believes that he must contribute to the motherland. So after reading the telegram, Ambassador Baslob called an embassy worker.

"Go and prepare the vehicle for me, I'm going out."

After instructing the staff, Ambassador Baslob began to think about where to open the breach. It is not easy to get the weapon blueprint of a neutral country. The former firing coordinator, Ambassador Baslobe, later believed that it was given to them by Romania on purpose. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Eder agreed so readily. At that time, he almost thought that Romania had to choose a side first.

But unfortunately, in hindsight, he thought too much, and Romania still maintained its neutrality.

When Ambassador Baslobe thought of this Berlin request, Counselor Masnow rushed over in a hurry.

"Our people have just seen again that Minister Ventile Bretianu has gone to the British embassy. This is the third time this week, and the Romanian government must be talking to the Allies about something."

In the face of the affirmative words of Counselor Masnow, Ambassador Baslob had to let go of the idea of ​​Berlin's demands. he asked back. "is this real?"

"Of course, the military attache of our embassy, ​​Major Hubbards, saw it in person this time."

Counselor Masnow made sure that Ambassador Basrober walked back and forth in the room thinking. A minister or the prime minister's cousin frequently visited the embassies of the Entente countries, which must have its own unknown reasons. Asking the Romanian side directly is absolutely not acceptable, and Romania will not tell the truth. Getting the news through Romanian friends, the problem is that I don't have enough reliable friends at the top of the government.

Ambassador Baslob pondered several ways in his mind, but they were all rejected by himself.

Counselor Masnow couldn't help suggesting as he watched Ambassador Baslob's thinking as he walked back and forth. "How about we start with the Allied embassies?"

Ambassador Baslob heard the words of Counselor Masnow and asked. "Do you have any good candidates?"

Counselor Masnow knew that it was Ambassador Baslowb asking him if he had a suitable acquisition. Now think about getting the news of Romania and the Entente contacts, through Romania is currently unlikely. Because Romanian officials are very high-level, and their embassy can't afford the price. However, it would be much simpler to bribe the staff of the embassy of the Xie Entente. After all, their level is much lower, so it is also easier to bribe them.

Ambassador Baslob just asked casually, but he didn't expect that Counselor Masnow really gave him a candidate. "At the moment I have a candidate."

"Who?"

"Andy Chi Danton, Counselor of the Russian Embassy." ()

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