"How many cars is this month?" Looking at the behemoth in front of him, the head of the workshop of the MAN tank factory asked the engineers beside him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The engineer looked at the notebook in his hand and replied, "This is the 20th car produced this month." ”

The person in charge of the workshop with his hands behind his back nodded, these 20 tanks that had just been produced marked the success of the transformation of the workshop he was in charge of.

Originally, his workshop was for the production of the No. 4 tank, but now he was ordered to start producing a completely new tank - inclined armor and larger diameter load wheels.

After the modification, the line was able to produce 35 new Leopard tanks in a month, which may not seem like much, but in fact it is quite a small number.

It was just one production line, and by the time dozens of lines were up and running, hundreds of tanks were being built in Germany every month.

Countless steel and other raw materials are cut and milled here, smelted and forged, and finally turned into parts, combined into a Leopard tank several meters long.

The new Leopard tank was armed with a ferocious 88 mm cannon with shells several times more powerful than a 75 mm short-barreled gun - a true tank gun that could easily penetrate any enemy in the German sense.

Even the basic parameters of the M4 tank of the US army, which was found by the intelligence of the Führer, or the intelligence of the T-34 tank that the Soviet army was equipping, proved that the enemy did not have weapons capable of dealing with 88-mm tank guns.

It was undoubtedly good news for the German armored forces, especially the valuable elite armored units. The weapons in their hands are more advanced than any of their opponents.

The Leopard tanks produced in this workshop today are not very beautiful - the welding wires on the welded turrets are not carefully treated, and they are left on them as if they were deliberately left as decorations.

The camouflage sprayed with the factory was very casual, but according to the temporary German camouflage painting regulations, a thin layer was sprayed like an errand.

Just like companies that will cope with official inspections in the future, German companies will inevitably create profit margins for themselves in various places. They save on paint and replace some of the leather with canvas.

Anyway, the soldiers on the front line will find their own wooden planks and other things to reinforce their seats, and anyway, in the winter, they will change into white camouflage as usual......

The difference is that the engine also has a gearbox, chassis and armor on it, and these places are really used, and German enterprises do not dare to cut corners in the slightest.

Therefore, even in terms of details, the Leopard tank can be said to be the beginning of the "shoddy downhill road" of the German tank design industry, but the combat performance of the Leopard tank has not been discounted even slightly.

It was also from the Leopard tank that the German tank abandoned the high-quality route and embarked on a path of innovative development with its own characteristics.

"Minister Speer wants our workshop to work overtime and provide about 50 new ......tanks every month," said the head of the workshop, referring to yesterday's meeting.

In fact, Speer is now the deputy minister of the German Ministry of Industry, but everyone knows that the Führer is the backstage of this deputy minister, so when everyone talks about Speer, as long as the minister of industry is not present, they don't bother to mention the word "deputy" again.

And Speer himself is now exercising the power of the Minister of Industry - with the support of the Führer, he speaks nothing in the Ministry of Industry, and even his only boss has hypnotized himself into a transparent person.

Therefore, it can also be said that the current Speer is the boss in the hearts of all those who are engaged in industry in Germany, and there is no one......

"The parts produced by the women workers are already ready for use, and because of them, they can almost complete the task with just a few more apprentices." The engineer thought for a moment, then replied.

The Führer's system of training women workers and apprentices began to exert its strength, and although it was only a short period of less than two months, the male and female apprentices came to the factory every day, and they only memorized the steps without memorizing the theories.

Think today, before China's specialist technical workers go to the factory, the time to really practice operating machinery is nothing more than a few months.

It can also be seen from this that in countries with a high level of basic education, the speed of training urgently needed human resources will also increase exponentially.

Of course, this is the main reason why, from today's point of view, it was not difficult to raise an army, but in ancient times it was not easy.

It takes time for a person to engrave concepts such as "honor and disgrace" and "family and country" in his bones -- the kind of thing that can be done in a two-month queue to go to the battlefield was basically impossible to do in ancient times.

"Try not to let women work overtime, leave this kind of thing to apprentices and young people." The person in charge of the workshop thinks a little more.

Apprentices are only given rice coupons, and private individuals can only receive some inferior and cheap daily necessities from the labor security department of the factory.

Counting the purchase price difference and the like, it is most cost-effective to use apprentices in the factory. Even if night shifts or overtime work are required, the increased allowance is minimal.

The capitalists have no surplus food -- profit is the king of everything, and although the Führer's purchase volume has increased at least ten times compared with the past, any little profit is worth the calculation.

Not allowing female workers to work overtime is a decision to appease the other family's family -- now that women come out to work, it is inherently in conflict with the original habits of society, and if it leads to any more trouble, it will not end well.

After all, leaving a woman at night is not a popular decision in a patriarchal society like Germany.

"The three major pieces and the suspension and other positions can't be moved, try to find some more places in the body that can be streamlined......" The person in charge said, looking at a Leopard tank parked next to each other.

To give a simple example, the iron box of the fixed radio station has now changed from the original whole iron plate to the current completely hollow iron plate.

However, with the maturity of processing technology, it is evolving to more material-efficient standard parts of iron bars. If you just look at the interior of the tank, many places are already very close to the interior style of the Soviet tank.

"I heard that the people at the Krupp plant have omitted the front fender...... The front-line troops reacted, and that thing was basically useless. Cautiously, the Engineer asked.

The person in charge's eyes lit up, and then looked at his engineer: "Did they really do this?" Then let's give it a try! The next batch of tanks will remove the front fenders, but leave the mounting interface for me! ”

He had a good calculation: if the army pursued it, he would say that it was sloppy when it left the factory, and then it would be enough to put these back together.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that Krupp had really removed the front fenders of the Leopard tank, and after experimentation, there was absolutely no need for this thing to exist - except for aesthetics.

"The Führer is such a genius that he even wanted to get an 88 mm caliber cannon for anti-aircraft use, and even the ammunition is universal." Looking at the masterpieces produced in his factory, the person in charge admired.

You know, the previous No. 4 tank, and the current Leopard tank, the wealth that he brings every day is amazingly huge.

If it weren't for the fact that a large part of the purchase money could only be used to offset the debt with rice fu coupons that could not be used privately, his net worth might be much more than it is now.

Even now, at the moment when food rations are distributed, his income is enough for him to go to the black market to buy and maintain an enviable luxury life.

I heard that many Wehrmacht lieutenants and colonels often worry about not being able to get delicious canned fish and real butter.

But he could buy them on a regular basis and use them to bribe his superiors. If it weren't for his bribery, tank No. 5 would not have been able to make something as good as his small workshop.

You must know that although there is only one model between Tank 4 and Tank 5, the design ideas between them are really very different.

Although the production technology of the No. 4 tank is mature, it is still a valuable German manufacturing idea, so the production speed is not as good as the No. 5 tank, the materials used are more refined, and the profits are less.

Tank 5 is completely different, this new tank is a new concept tank that has been carefully prepared from the beginning of the manufacturing process.

To say that it is a completely new concept is to introduce a simplified process of factory manufacturing to Germany. After careful optimization, it is already as easy to mass-produce as a car.

Whether it is in cost control, or the convenience of manual processing and production, including the cost of man-hours and the saving of raw materials, it is amazing to be careful and calculated.

There are even parts in several places that can be put together into a complete iron plate before being assembled. In other words, when these parts are processed, except for cutting the fallen iron filings, there is no waste of raw materials at all.

The Leopard tank, which was designed and produced in this way, was a favorite product of the capitalists -- extremely profitable and produced quickly.

"Okay! Mr! The engineer nodded, then glanced again at the Panther with the front fender in front of him.

Maybe this leopard with fenders will be completely out of print on the battlefield...... It will be difficult to see a Leopard tank with such beautiful curved fenders in the future.

I don't know if it was emotion or some other reason, the engineer looked carefully at the Leopard tank in front of him, carefully stroked the freshly dried armor steel plate with his hand, and refused to leave.

At this time, the person in charge has already gone away, he does not have time to think about his product with his engineers, and every minute and second of his time is precious.

"In the afternoon, I had to call the quartermaster department and inform them to come and pick up the tanks...... The warehouse also costs money...... It also asks for money! With his hands behind his back, when the person in charge walked to the door, he still had words in his mouth.