Cultural treasures must be protected, of course. This is a must.
Just like the French transported the treasures from the Old Summer Palace back to France for "protection".
In the name of all mankind, George successfully put those treasures in a safe place for "protection".
It's just that they were not transported out of France.
"The French will never see their artworks again, just like they can't see their ears."
After successfully taking away more than 5,000 boxes of artworks hidden in the Montal Castle, George did not leave France immediately, but commanded the task force to continue collecting weapons on the battlefield.
"If you sit at home and wait, you won't get the equipment. We must take the initiative and follow closely."
In fact, you can wait - you can wait for the weapons transferred by the US military, but it takes time. In fact, it's not just them who collect weapons, but also the French.
The French army was armed with weapons aided by the United States. Having just recovered half of the country, they could only look to the equipment abandoned and captured by the German army in order to obtain more weapons. The French army was also collecting weapons on the battlefield, especially heavy weapons such as tanks.
In this competition of collecting, if you move a little slower, the things will fall into the hands of the French. In fact, the French collection action is indeed ahead of the task force. After all, this is France.
However, even so, the task force collected a full 1,500 cannons over 100 mm and more than 600 tanks. Although more than 200 of them are old French tanks such as French r35 and s35, there are more than 200 Type 3 tanks and hundreds of Type 4 tanks. In addition, the most powerful combat power is probably the 76 Panther tanks!
Although most of those tanks are incomplete and have some damage, and some tanks even have armor-piercing shells embedded in their bodies, at least one or two hundred tanks can be assembled through assembly and repair.
Among them, the ones with the highest repair value are definitely the Panther tanks. A considerable number of them have mechanical failures, because the main reducer design of the Panther is too fragile and easy to be damaged. Most of these tanks were abandoned due to reducer failures.
Historically, the French army collected about hundreds of Panther series tanks throughout France. These tanks not only refer to pure "Panther" tanks, but also include "Panther" tanks, "Cheetah" anti-tank destroyers and "Maintenance Panther" engineering vehicles. However, most of these tanks are incomplete, and only a few can continue to drive.
In order to allow these "Panthers" left by the Germans in France to be put back into service, the French had to use the "carpooling method": they used the parts removed from the scrapped vehicles and finally assembled nearly 100 "Panther" tanks that could drive normally.
However, unlike the French who used the "carpooling method", when conducting the second transaction in Switzerland, George directly issued an order through Berlin and directly ordered hundreds of sets of accessories needed to repair the "Panther" tanks. Germany agreed to the deal without hesitation. After all, it was always a good thing to pay less for gold. With the support of German spare parts, those seemingly damaged tanks could be repaired quickly.
"Why do you need so many spare parts?"
Berlin asked curiously almost as soon as they met.
"As far as I know, all our "Black Panther" tanks in France combined cannot use up so many spare parts."
"France doesn't have any, but Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany should have a lot of "Black Panther" tanks in the future!"
This seemingly light sentence almost made Berlin spit out blood. Isn't this cursing Germany?
However, it's really hard to say now.
Who knows?
Berlin said unwillingly.
"Then you have to be mentally prepared, because the tungsten ore you provided, our current weapons production is much higher than before. At that time, we can put more tanks and planes on the battlefield..."
"That's great. At that time, I can pick up more tanks. To be honest..."
George smiled at Berlin and said.
"It's good to pick up things. You only need to spend a little money to get a tank unit. It's really good!"
Instantly, Berlin's mood became a little bad, but in just a moment, he adjusted and said.
"Who knows about the future?"
I know!
George was not worried at all about whether tungsten ore would enhance Germany's war potential. Now the Germans need not only tanks and planes, but also fuel to make tanks and planes run.
It's not just fuel. They also need manpower. Even if they have produced enough weapons, and they are all doomsday technology, what about people?
In the past four years, Germany has lost millions of troops. With its human resources almost exhausted, how can it resist the powerful Allied forces?
Alas, time is running out!
Thinking of this, George looked at Berlin and said,
"Next year, the situation will be clear next year, but now, you can consider your family. I think you can take them to Switzerland first, of course, if you want."
George has always been very kind to his friends, and Berlin is almost a friend. These transactions have been completed very smoothly.
"If necessary, I can help you arrange it first."
"Thank you,"
Berlin pursed his lips and said.
"Maybe I can bring my wife and daughter out, but my son..."
Shaking his head, Berlin said.
"He won't leave Germany, at least not now, he will..."
He will die.
George sighed helplessly, thinking of the movie he had seen before, when the Third Reich was destroyed, hundreds of thousands of children were buried with it!
"I understand..."
The atmosphere seemed a little dull at this time, and Berlin said after a while.
"George, we are now making the list you want. If nothing goes wrong, I can bring you the list at the end of this year or the beginning of next year."
Hearing this, George couldn't help but feel excited, even more excited than getting hundreds of tons of gold. With these talents, the future development of Borneo will definitely be limitless.
You know, the number of Russian experts in the "First Five-Year Plan" was only 3,000, which allowed such a large country to achieve preliminary industrialization, and it was not even first-class. If those first-class German experts and scholars were brought to Borneo, it might not be just as simple as industrialization. By then, it might even be a modern industrial country.
At this moment, George was a little uneasy...