Chapter 394

The palace of Versailles in Paris is crowded with people, the media from all over the world are concentrated outside, and the negotiating delegations from various countries have arrived one after another. Wesley is very clear that the preparation time a few days ago is the time for countries to reach an agreement privately, while the United States is basically excluded.

The old powers led by Britain will not watch the rise of the United States, and what the United States can get is basically what it has got before the end of the war, especially in terms of funds. At first, the military expansion was to develop the economy and prepare for the next possible European war, but now through the sale of a large number of arms and materials in the war, the United States has not only paid off its debts, but also suddenly become a creditor country.

The two islands in the Pacific Ocean provide the United States with a forward base, and its military strength will expand to Asia. Wesley has become the most famous general and businessman in the United States.

During the meeting, the Americans who had foreseen the development process of the meeting adopted Wesley's plan, tried to help China and Germany fight for it, and spared no effort to suppress Japan. Ben, and let the media of the two countries make a lot of reports. Wilson said angrily after the meeting that the contract was unfair to Germany and also unfair to China.

After the signing of the contract, the United States directly returned Qingdao to China, which received a lot of praise from Chinese people. The purpose of the United States has been achieved, and American goods will be very popular in China in the future.

Wesley also left France with satisfaction and returned to the United States with the last army. In New York harbor, he was warmly welcomed by more than 100000 New York citizens and many people from other places. Just to meet him, Americans yearn for heroes. It is reasonable to say that in a free and democratic country, You shouldn't worship heroes.

Wesley came to Washington again. This time, he came back to report on his work and state the problems encountered in the war. There are a lot of post-war work and equipment problems.

"Gentlemen, this war has changed the concept of World War." in another speech, Wesley faced the president's team and the generals of the Navy and army. These generals are not the major generals and brigadiers Wesley took to fight in Europe. "The development of science and technology will bring different forms of war. The future equipment development will be leapfrog, such as tanks and aircraft. The emergence of these two weapons, artillery and the traditional army combat mode, although the number of people is still important, it is not the most important. There will be large-scale tank warfare and large-scale air warfare in the future."

"We must master these two sharp weapons, establish new arms, and now start training troops in this field and studying the latest tactics." Wesley said here, and someone spoke below.

"Lieutenant General Gibson, I heard that you left the tanks sent home and didn't use them, so why do you admire them so much?" Wesley looked at the man. He knew that the lieutenant general of the cavalry army.

"That's a good question, because today's tanks just have such an idea. They don't use the battlefield at all. At best, they are just a shield for soldiers. My tactics rely on speed, so I can't use tanks."

"Isn't the tank useless? It can only be used for defense?" said the cavalry lieutenant general.

Wesley smiled. "Is the general worried about tanks replacing cavalry? Then I can tell you now, yes! The emergence of tanks is not an accident. They are designed to break through trenches, but its future is not just trenches."

"The tanks designed and produced by Ford company are not good this time because they didn't discuss with me. I'm more optimistic about this. After all, I'm also a shareholder!" Wesley's words made many people laugh.

"To put it bluntly, such tanks are rubbish and useless. There are still many problems. The best one is the engine produced by my power company, but they chose the gasoline engine. The best thing is wrong, so I can only throw aside the tanks sent to the front line because they are of no use."

President Wilson said at this time, "so, what kind of tanks should we use?"

"It still depends on me. I have a plan to design tanks and aircraft. I think we should cancel the establishment of cavalry and change cavalry into armored soldiers. At the same time, the air force should form a separate army, set up an air force, allocate army aviation to the army and naval aviation to the Navy."

The cavalry lieutenant general said again, "cancel the cavalry? Do you know the role of cavalry in war? Can tanks replace it?" his tone was angry.

"Of course, it's clear that we can use tanks and cavalry to do this exercise at that time. The facts will explain everything. In the face of tanks made of steel, do cavalry use sabers to cut? It's obvious that tanks with guns and machine guns, hundreds of behemoths with tens of tons and cavalry attack each other, use oil, and machinery that can move forward all the time in theory. In any case, tanks win, I don't think anyone will object to that? "

The following people stopped talking and Pershing said, "Wesley, what about the air force? Since there are army aviation and naval aviation, why should the air force become an army alone?"

"Secrets, the rest I'm talking about is secrets. We need to keep them secret before we become an army. This is the future direction of military development and needs to be mastered by a few people."

Wilson nodded. "Well, that's all for today. Pershing and Benson, come with me to hear what Wesley said next. In addition, the content of today's meeting is confidential." then he glanced at the cavalry lieutenant general.

"Mr. President, please rest assured that even if the cavalry is really useless in the future, I will retire. It should be kept secret. I will never say it." the general was tough.

In the presidential office, after four people sat down, someone served coffee. Then Wesley said, "tanks are the king of land warfare. In the future, this is inevitable. No human can fight these steel monsters. With the development of science and technology, the performance of tanks will be better and better."

"We don't deny that, but does development take a lot of time? Does it need to be carried out immediately?" Wilson asked.

"Mr. President, there will be a great depression in the post-war economy, which is inevitable. Even if we stand in front of us and make preparations, a large number of factories will lose orders. Although they have not expanded production, the European war will make people poor, and we must find a new way of sales."

"Does it matter?"

"Of course, it does matter. New equipment brings a lot of orders, especially the cost of tanks and aircraft is not cheap. At the same time, the production of warships needs to start again, and then the market development of Germany and China. These can all link economic contradictions. However, the economic crisis has been avoided, but it will not happen now, but a few years later."

"So, the development of new equipment can also effectively solve the link economic problems?"

"Workers can only consume when they have money, and they can only earn when they consume factories. This requires a cycle. Only the virtuous development of this cycle can stabilize the economy, but we are a capital country. We can't do enough in this regard and can only work hard."