Chapter 57

Harassment tactics have achieved great success on the battlefield. After all, the main means of transportation in this era were horses, mules, and dogs... During World War I in Europe, dog-pulled machine guns and dog-pulled ammunition were often used to reduce the manpower burden.

Under this situation, Charles developed a harassment tactic of three-wheelers and motorcycles, which was to carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on the German army at the mobile level.

Although it did not cause direct casualties to the German army, it reduced the German army's marching efficiency and combat effectiveness. On the other hand, it strengthened the French army's communication and intelligence capabilities. The indirect losses caused to the German army were immeasurable.

The direct impact of the successful tactics was to bring huge benefits to Ciel.

He received a large number of orders from the military: the first batch of 3,000 Bisanwheels, and soon an additional 3,000 units, and the first batch of motorcycles was ordered directly for 5,000 units.

The profit of each tricycle is 280 francs, and the profit of each motorcycle is 180 francs (the military purchase price of motorcycles is 360 francs).

Preliminary estimates indicate that the first batch of orders from the French military alone will generate a profit of 2.58 million francs.

Soon the motorcycle factory received another order from the British Army, and even Russia on the other side sent people to place orders.

Russia's idea is to purchase a batch for trial first, and if it can adapt to its terrain, it hopes to open a branch factory in Russia for mass production.

Charles is very confident in this. The Russian army's communication problem is very backward. It has affected the coordination of various units and has become a shortcoming in combat effectiveness. The addition of motorcycles can make up for this shortcoming to a certain extent.

The situation in Charles was booming, and Francis felt strong pressure.

…

Francis is having dinner by candlelight with his family in his private villa.

The dinner was steak. Several family members present had napkins around their necks and were handling the food silently. The dinner table, which was supposed to be full of chatter and laughter, became a little weird because Francis remained silent.

Just when everyone was secretly guessing what happened, Francis asked in a muffled voice: "Did you know that Joseph resigned?"

Pierre's movements in his hands stopped for a moment, and he knew that these words were meant for him.

"I know, father!" answered Pierre.

"Do you know where he went?" Francis asked again.

Pierre was stunned and replied with a slightly embarrassed expression: "No, I don't know!"

"And Thomas, do you know where he went?" Francis asked again.

Pierre shook his head slightly. He had realized that this was not "asking" but "blaming".

Sure enough, the next second Francis raised his head and stared at Pierre, his voice became deeper due to anger: "Joseph, Thomas, Victor, and Paret, there are seventy-seven people in total. These skills are the most powerful." The good employee has resigned for more than half a month, but you don’t know anything!”

Without waiting for Pierre to answer, Francis gave the answer:

"They all went to the new tractor factory in the Shire, Pierre!"

“And you, you don’t even know that Shire built a tractor factory next to the motorcycle factory and introduced the ‘Holt 75’ from the UK!”

Pierre raised his head and looked at Francis in shock. He knew nothing about it. As the eldest son, he was more concerned about the new young and beautiful dancer at "Foley Trevis" in the 9th district of Paris.

(Note: Foley Trevis is the hottest nightclub in Paris)

Francis cut off a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, chewing hard and said:

"The motorcycle factory that we regarded as waste turned into a chicken that lays golden eggs in less than a month in Charles's hands!"

"The orders he received are said to be fully booked for next year. Three batches of workers are working day and night to produce. They have doubled the output several times and are still in short supply."

"Now he has opened a tractor factory, with tractors one generation more advanced than ours!"

Francis stopped what he was doing and stared at Pierre fiercely, his tone full of sarcasm: "And what did you do, Pierre? Did Xunhua Wenliu improve his skills, or did he improve his skills in bed?"

Amber, who was sitting next to Pierre, lowered her head unconsciously. She was Pierre's wife. She knew about Pierre but never asked about it. She thought that as long as she lived her life well, Pierre What she does outside is none of her business.

Francis was even more angry when he saw it. He believed that Amber should control her husband. Her indulgence was one of the reasons why Pierre indulged in sensuality and could not extricate himself.

Pierre was calm and composed. He seemed to be used to Francis's tone of voice, so no matter how angry Francis was, he cut the steak and put it into his mouth gracefully.

"Don't you want to think of a way?" Francis looked at Pierre with hatred: "If you can't solve this problem, your good days will come to an end soon, Pierre!"

Pierre knew what this meant. The money for his extravagant spending came from the tractor factory. If the tractor factory was eliminated by Shire, his source of income would also be cut off.

"I don't understand, father!" Pierre replied calmly: "Since Charles has sold the industrial property rights of tanks, why does it still open a tractor factory? Is it just to eliminate us?"

This doesn't make sense.

Charles should know that civilian tractors cannot be sold, and the property rights for military tanks converted into tanks are in the hands of Grevi and produced by the Francis Tractor Factory. So to whom will Charles sell his tractors?

Francis snorted:

"Do you think Charles will do business at a loss? That little guy is not like his father!"

"He's full of crazy ideas. If he can come up with the first tank and the tricycle, he can come up with the second tank!"

"Once he succeeds, we're finished, Pierre!"

Pierre nodded. After all, he underestimated Charles. This little guy was indeed not simple. He planned to completely crush the Francis Tractor Factory in both civilian and military applications.

"He almost succeeded!" said Pierre: "What a pity..."

"What's a pity?" Francis replied: "Do you have a way to deal with him?"

Francis thought that the overall situation was settled. During this period, he only focused on producing tanks and completely ignored Charles's actions. As a result, Charles had an advantage over his tractor factory in terms of technology, workers, and funds.

It’s unbelievable that in less than a month, all his decades of hard work have been undone. How did this little guy do it?

But Pierre didn't think so. He reminded: "The property rights of the tank are in Grevi's hands, father, so..."

Francis suddenly understood that he was so involved in the situation that he forgot about it. What Charles did would affect Grevy's interests, that is, nobles like Grevy would become "comrades-in-arms" on the same front as him!

After thinking about it, Francis nodded and said, "That makes sense!"

Then he raised his glass and saluted Pierre, who responded calmly.