"We don't have to worry about these 'men's affairs'." Female star Anelice Ackermancha changed the topic properly.

"It's right." This is what Czechoslova actress Lida Balova is waiting for.

"Please give the next one (interviewer)." Mrs. Katy got straight to the point.

An interviewer named Eva Carlson came straight to the door.

"Ah..." Czechoslova actress Lida Balova immediately showed a more professional look: "It looks good."

"Ri'an, ladies." Eva Carlson saluted gracefully.

"Please sit, Ms. Carlson." Mrs. Katie is the casting assistant director: "Don't be nervous."

"Okay, madam." Eva Carlson changed her name when talking alone. Apparently she had done her homework in advance.

"We have received a remittance of 100,000 marks from your generous sponsor." Mrs. Katie smiled and said, "You can negotiate with the director to handle the specific roles and wait for you to be satisfied."

"So the director isn't in the car?" Eva Carlson was slightly disappointed.

"Yes. The director will arrive by a special plane." Mrs. Katie was like chatting with an old friend, completely smearing the identity gap between the director and the actor.

"Okay." Eva Carlson nodded slightly.

"Do you have any questions?" Mrs. Katie asked with a smile.

"Do you still have it?" Eva Carlson responded with a smile. This is a clever move to take the initiative to lower his posture.

"Okay, Ms. Carlson. Please bring your luggage and go to the "front sleeper car." Mrs. Katie wrote a casting pass by hand, got up and handed it to her.

"Thank you, madam." Eva Carlson took it elegantly.

"100,000 mark." Watching Eva Carlson walk out of the car, French legendary female star Josephine Baker looked at the stack of "casting straight tickets" pressed under Mrs. Katie's wrist.

"Ah! So, why not?" Mrs. Katy smiled unabashedly.

At this time, the currency unit of the Third Reich was the Reichsmark, which was issued in 1924. The exchange rate for US dollar in 1940 was 2.5:1. For reference, in 1943, the average monthly salary of ordinary German workers was 194 Imperial Mark, the price of 1 liter of milk before the war was about 0.23 Imperial Mark, and the price of a third-class railway seat with a mileage of 430 kilometers was 17.2 Imperial Mark. An Opel Kadett sedan was priced at 1795 Imperial Mark, and the larger Olympia was priced at 2,500 Imperial Mark. These two models were almost the cheapest four-seater passenger cars in Germany. They were also the most pre-war models.

However, the basic Opel Olympia model, regardless of currency depreciation factors, is priced almost the same as 10 MG42 general-purpose machine guns. But a Tiger-style price is enough to buy more than 100 such compact family cars.

The purchasing power of the 1 million Empire Mark, you might as well look at the price of Empire weapons at this time.

Ruger P08 pistol, 35 Empire Mark (!). Walter P38 pistol, 32 Empire Mark (!). MP40 submachine gun, 60 Empire Mark (!). K98 rifle, 70 Empire Mark (!). K41 semi-automatic rifle, 150 Empire Mark. MG34 universal machine gun, 310 Empire Mark. MG42 universal machine gun, 250 Empire Mark. 42mm PaK 41 anti-tank gun, 8000 Empire Mark. 50mm PaK 38 anti-tank gun, 10,600 Empire Mark. 75mm PaK40 anti-tank gun, 12,000 Empire Mark. 88mm PaK 43/3 anti-tank gun (Black Cheetah main gun), 21,000 Empire Mark. · 280/320mm Raketenwerfer

41 rocket launcher, 1835 Empire Mark. 150mm S.Fh 18 Heavy Long-range Field Cannon, 60,000 Empire Mark. 170mm K18 Cannon, 117,000 Empire Mark. 280mm Bruno Railway Cannon, 1 million Empire Mark. 380mm Ziegfe Railway Cannon, 1.5 million Empire Mark.

If you only think that only Ms. Eva Carlson brings funds to the group, you would be a big mistake.

As the interview continued, Mrs. Katy gave out a full 10 casting pass tickets and easily earned 1 million Empire Marks. Even if it was not discounted, it was enough to buy a 28cm Bruno Railway Cannon!

The railway cannon, known as the "king of war in the railway era", also known as the train cannon, refers to a large-caliber artillery installed on the railway train, pulled by a locomotive, and can maneuver and shoot on the railway. Since joining the war in the American Civil War, the train cannon has been the most unique part of the artillery family. Although in the face of modern technology, the train cannon seems too large and bulky. However, considering the historical fact that many major cities in the continent are distributed along the railway line, in specific battles, motorized train cannons can destroy various solid fortifications and conduct long-range strikes on important enemy targets. In addition, in coastal defense operations, train cannons can also make up for the shortcomings in the number of shore cannons, giving defenders greater flexibility.

Looking back on the Czech Legion's armored train journey across Siberia, the train cannons that were widely used during World War I made great progress in World War II. At this time, the German Army was equipped with a "Fegler" turntable. The load capacity was usually 80-180 tons, and it could also give a 360° shooting boundary without dead angles, fundamentally solving the problem of the firing limit of the train cannons. During this period, the train cannons also successively applied some advanced technologies, such as new retreat, re-advance devices, electric artillery adjustment devices, large-capacity ammunition compartment, etc. In this way, the power of the new train cannons in both offensive and defensive operations has been improved.

When train guns participate in military operations, the German state-owned railway department will be responsible for its operation and dispatch, and railway workers will also participate in the maintenance and maintenance of the locomotive part. The German artillery department is responsible for the combat deployment of train guns, and the construction of the firing positions of train guns, installation of turntables, defense alerts, concealed camouflage and other tasks are responsible for the railway engineers.

Taking the latest K5(E) train cannon, which was fully applied at that time and was called "real train cannon" by German artillery as an example. The actual caliber of the K5(E) train cannon is 283 mm and the length of the barrel is 21.539 meters (76 times the caliber). The internal structure of the barrel bore is variously designed, namely: 10 mm deep rifle, 7 mm deep rifle, groove rifle, and some remove rifle and changed to smooth bore structure, with the caliber increased to 310 mm. The gun was firing 255 kilograms.

The initial velocity of ordinary grenades is as high as 1120 meters per second, with a maximum range of 59~62 kilometers, a rate of fire of 8~15 rounds per hour, and a life of 240~550 rounds per hour. By May 1943, the German Army ordered a total of 30 K5(E) train guns, 3 complete tubes and 30 lined gun barrels. In order to achieve ultra-long range, the maximum elevation angle of the artillery reached +50°. The "Fergler" turntable was used to obtain a 360° fire boundary. The total weight of the train gun battle reached 218 tons and a total length of 31.1 meters.

K5(E) was the largest large-caliber train gun with the largest number of equipment and the most successful design in World War II. The gun was designed by Krupp in 1934 and conducted various tests since 1936. In 1940, the troops were equipped with a total of 8 pieces. By the time Germany was defeated in 1945, a total of 25 pieces were made.

A K5(E) train gun company is usually only equipped with 1 to 2 train guns. A complete K5(E) train gun system includes: 1 K5(E) train gun, 1 train gun traction locomotive, 1 launching medicine truck, 1 diesel locomotive (used to move cranes, train guns and ammunition trucks when using the "Fogler" turntable), 2 shell trucks (each can carry 113 280mm shells, each shell weighs 255 kg), 2 cargo tractors, 1 equipment transport truck (used to transport spare parts and other supplies), 1 armored railway alert truck with light weapons, 1 cooking truck, 1 fire control vehicle, 1 anti-aircraft gun truck (equipped with 1 20mm Flak 38 light anti-aircraft gun) and 3 transport trucks riding on guard personnel.

In other words, in 1943, I spent 1 million Imperial Marks to buy a whole K5(E) train cannon company!

To earn this huge sum, Mrs. Katy only spent one morning driving, and the price was only 10 "casing direct tickets".
Chapter completed!