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"It was thanks to General Cyric's men that we were able to invade Badajoz this time." At the base of the Condor Legion, Cyric received the arriving group.

This time, Franco led the team, and he personally came to commend Cyric, this time, thanks to the Condor Legion!

Hit Merida first to cut off Badajoz's back road, and then send tank troops to help. The Italian Legion could not attack for a few days, but in front of the tanks of the Condor Legion, it was all of a sudden.

This made Franco quite surprised, and he also had a high interest in this kind of tank made in Germany. This time, he came to the Condor Legion, not only to accept Cyric's invitation, but also to celebrate the victory for Cyric. Come see these tanks.

Behind Franco, followed by the commander of the Central Army Jose, now Jose, his face is still full of excitement.

Jose is really lucky. He believes that this is the luck that Cyric brought him. Originally, he thought he could only be at the bottom. Who would have thought that he has become the commander of the Central Army now! This is Franco's great promotion, and at the same time, it is also Cyric's luck.

He remembered very clearly that Cyric once said that he would definitely rise to the top, and now, it has been verified.

"We just did what we were supposed to do," Cyric said. "The supplies arrived just in time. Otherwise, we wouldn't have achieved such a big victory, and at the same time, it was also the cooperation of the other fraternal troops."

Other troops! Although the National Army has a high will to fight, their weapons are still too backward. As for the Noodle Army, there are a lot of people, but they have no fighting power!

Franco came to the front of the Black Panther 2 tank and looked at these tall and mighty tanks with great interest.

"This is the latest chariot developed by us in Germany." Cyric introduced to Franco: "The output is very small, only the elite front-line troops can equip it, and the cost is also very high. Each chariot costs 200,000 Germans. mark."

Cyric deliberately doubled the cost. Now, with the development of streamlined production, the production cost of this tank has been reduced to 70,000 Reichsmarks.

200,000 Deutsche Marks! The cost of such a tank is enough to buy a dozen Italian light tanks!

Franco climbed up with great interest, looked inside the turret, looked at the cockpit in front, and kept asking something.

"Why is there a hole here?" Franco said, looking at a small pit in the front armor.

"In this battle, we encountered the opponent's anti-tank gun. However, the opponent's bullet just hit a small hole in our armor. Our current tank armor is 50 mm thick, which is not at all. Not an ordinary anti-tank gun can penetrate," Cyric said.

The secret can't be hidden. On the Spanish battlefield, it is not only testing one's own equipment, but also exposing a lot of technical data. For example, the frontal armor of this tank is about 50 mm thick, which will definitely be known by the Soviets.

In this case, the Soviets should be complacent, thinking that their existing anti-tank weapons are more than enough to deal with German tanks! It will also give up the development of new anti-tank weapons.

They must not know that their own tanks can easily add additional armor, and the steel used for German tanks is much better than the steel used for shoddy Soviet tanks.

In the history of later generations, the Soviets had this confusion. For example, their armor-piercing projectiles could penetrate their own 80mm thick armor, but could not penetrate Germany's 80mm thick armor! Generally speaking, the penetration ability of armor-piercing projectiles is not correct. It is necessary to specify armored steel and specify the process.

"This kind of tank is really good." Franco looked up and down, and then said to Cyric: "I really hope that our Spanish National Army can also be equipped with such a tank."

"General, let's talk in the conference room," Cyric said.

Franco, you can never get enough to eat and want everything! And now, if he wants to, he needs to take practical action!

"Although the war has only been going on for a few months, we have already provided a lot of assistance to you." Cyric said: "I have a statistic from Seymour Company here."

A few days ago, the heads of the two companies were called over, and Cyric asked them for a detailed bill. Now, this bill, through Cyric, has been put into Franco's hands.

So far, the German side has spent 90 million marks; the various supplies provided to Spain are additionally worth 70 million marks. If the maintenance cost of the Condor Legion is also included, the personnel cost so far has amounted to 75 million marks.

Cyric's bill, of course, contains moisture. It can be said that it is about twice as much as the actual bill.

From Berlin, to Spain, of course, there is overtime pay, and the salary of the staff is doubled!

Germany is not a Comintern. It doesn't want anything, and volunteers to help Franco. Regardless of various political purposes, at least, Franco has to reimburse the costs of sending troops.

Moreover, after winning these few battles, it can be solved by more than a few bottles of wine, and rewards must be given!

Franco took the bill in his hand, gave it a cursory glance, and handed it to the person beside him, then said, "I already know about this."

Is it enough to just know? Shouldn't he want to repay the bill? Cyric continued: "General Franco, we would like you to refund some of our expenses. Our expenses are too great."

Franco spread his hands: "Right now, I don't have any money. When Madrid is conquered, Madrid will have at least 600 tons of gold, which will be enough to pay you and Italy."

The 600 tons of gold was long gone. Cyric couldn't help but think in his heart that the Soviet Union and the Madrid government were really able to hold their breath. They didn't even mention this loss, and they were dumbfounded.

"No, no, we can't support it now," Cyric said. "We hope to get some compensation now, so that Berlin will relieve the pressure and continue to send all kinds of supplies to Spain. You should know that our domestic The military is expanding, and the expenditure is also huge.”

After a pause, Cyric continued: "It was originally agreed that the Italian army is responsible for the ground, and our Condor Legion is responsible for the sky. The armored force we came here was originally only to protect the safety of our base. As a result, I You don’t even know that it was sent out, and for this, the head of state even scolded me and told me that next time, he would not give me weapons and ammunition.”