Chapter 361: Engine
After waking up in the morning, the Reich Head went for a walk around the garden of the Prime Minister's Office, took a shower, changed into a clean and crisp uniform, and then wandered to the dining room of the main building for breakfast. As usual, the dining room was filled with clerks and officers from the Führer's headquarters, and the food was among the best in Berlin at the moment.
Twenty chefs and 40 service staff, led by two of Germany's top chefs, provide quality food and beverage service to the more than 600 staff members of the mansion for 16 hours a day. The restaurant consumes more than 2,000 eggs a day, and the logistics department's trucks bring back all kinds of fresh meat, seafood and vegetables from all over the world from the train station and the airport every day. The head of the empire is a qualified foodie, and this attribute has been firmly engraved on Xu Jun's soul.
After calmly accepting more than 200 people to stand up and shout three victories, Xu Jun came to his exclusive table with a majestic expression and steady steps. The table is located in the middle of the restaurant, with a circle of space around it so that diners can see what's going on in the restaurant at a glance.
Except for a small commander's flag on the table to show his identity, the rest of the furnishings are no different from the other tables in the dining room. Xu Jun saw two people standing at the table from afar, waiting for him, the head of the empire, to arrive.
"Good morning, General Verle, General Dole." Walking to the dining table, Xu Jun took off the military hat on his head and handed it to Tysenhofen behind him.
"Good morning, my Führer." Wehrle nodded in acknowledgement.
"Good morning, my Führer." Former personal aide-de-camp of the Führer, current commander of the Berlin garrison, Hans. Dole bowed respectfully, and a shining star emblem was added to the gold epaulette on his shoulder.
"You may be seated, gentlemen." Xu Jun elegantly stretched out a hand to signal the other party to sit down, and Tysenhofen hurriedly pulled out the seat for him.
"Thanks, go and have breakfast, Eric." Xu Jun commanded to the adjutant.
"Yes, my Führer." Tysenhofen agreed, and after nodding to the two generals present, the young adjutant turned and walked towards the table that belonged to him.
"I'm going to meet Schirach and Bobet in a minute, it's going to take about thirty minutes." Xu Jun unfolded the napkin on the side of the plate.
"Bobet? Your newly appointed national leader in agriculture? Werler asked casually.
"He is also the acting minister of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and I plan to turn him into a regular next month." Xu Jun said with a smile.
At this time, the waiters pushed the food cart that had been prepared long ago, and the three waiters quickly delivered the Führer and the two generals to them early.
"For your health, my Führer." Wehrle held up the hot milk in front of him.
"For victory, for Germany." Xu Jun picked up the cup in his hand.
"For victory, my Führer." Hans was a little scrambling, but he managed to keep up with the two of them.
Hans. Dolle was specially summoned by Xu Jun, and Weierle was a frequent guest at the Führer's breakfast table, a treatment that really envied a group of colleagues. The problem is that this person is well appointed by the Führer, and people have no way to deal with him, but to hide in the corner and bite the handkerchief, and his eyes are red with jealousy.
Xu Jun summoned Hans, in addition to contacting the feelings, mainly to discuss with the confidant about the preparations for his inspection of the army training ground near Berlin next week, when there will be a small military parade there, and the Berlin garrison will also select a group of elite troops to participate.
After breakfast, Weierle accompanied Xu Jun to the office, while Hans stayed in the lounge to rest, waiting for Xu Jun's summons at any time.
"The project of an anti-aircraft tower in Berlin? It was I who ordered the cancellation. Xu Jun stopped, this is the exclusive passage of the head of state, on one side is a row of tall glass windows, where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the prime minister's palace garden.
"This project is a pure waste of resources, what we need now is to build a complete air defense early warning system, and we should invest all the money and materials in more important projects. The High Command has long concluded that heavy anti-aircraft fire cannot be fixed in one place, so that it is easy for the enemy to find holes in the line of defense and look for opportunities to take advantage of them. We want to make these anti-aircraft guns mobile, so that they can quickly maneuver in every direction in which the enemy will appear, and at the same time be able to work in tandem with the anti-aircraft radar system and the Air Force fighter units, and our goal is to reduce the burden on the Reich's air defense units as much as possible. Xu Jun was a little emotional, and as a model for Hitler's plan to pat his head, he almost missed the project.
Germany's giant anti-aircraft turret has been proven by history to be a useless thing that costs people and money, and if this thing is really so magical, why did Hitler and Fatman hide in a bomb shelter for three days, and how could a large area of Berlin be bombed into a mess.
"However, the threat to Germany's domestic air defense is not great now, and our current defense focus should be shifted to the eastern border, and an efficient air defense network will be established in the eastern airspace, and the number of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns is far from enough, so I have been repeatedly saying that we must increase the production capacity of Rheinland Steel and Krupp, and we can subcontract some orders to French and British manufacturing plants. If possible, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway can all be involved, and I hope to see the results by the end of the year. Xu Jun put his hands behind his back and looked at the green shade outside the window.
"According to the original plan, the number of fighter units of the Air Force will be increased by at least half by March next year, but the current situation does not allow for optimism, and this issue will be discussed especially at the regular meeting of the High Command. The research and development of new aircraft needs to be accelerated, and technical cooperation with the British side should be strengthened, and I am not satisfied with the current speed of research progress, since the British have provided a full set of technical drawings and sent expert guidance, why Mercedes-Benz and Henschel have not been able to come up with a finished product so far. If they continue to cling to their pile of technology, I'll have to consider whether to give the order to the British. After speaking, Xu Jun reached out and dusted off the non-existent dust on the placket of his clothes, and turned to look at Weierle.
"I will order the Eye of Odin to keep a close eye on these departments, and report back to you as soon as I find any problems." Weirle hurriedly replied.
Thanks to the previous bunch of thieves and ghosts, almost all of Britain's most advanced engine technology fell into the hands of the Germans, including some classified models that were still under development, some of which even Churchill did not know.
Xu Jun has a deep understanding of British engine technology, and the level of British technology in this area has always been above the whole world in history, when Ross Royce's griffin engine was put into production, the wealthy United States was still blindly superimposing cylinders there.
It can be said that the development of engines in the United States during the war was completely inseparable from the technology supported by the British. Whether liquid or air-cooled, British goods are known for their reliable performance and excellent manufacturing, and some of the famous products produced in the United States and Germany were in fact originally crude imitations of British engines.
Germany finally with its own invention of technology out of a new way, from the overall performance of the evaluation, the German aero engine and the United Kingdom and the United States of the same level of products in the horizontal comparison seems to be equal, but as time goes by, the German engine in the early stage of the advantage gradually began to lose, to the end of the war, the product performance is far behind the opponent, this result can not help but make people feel sighing.
The reasons for Germany's backward engines are complex, and not just by design. There are many factors restricting the explosion of German engines, such as the most basic problem is in material technology, Germany lacks rare metals, can not produce a large number of high-quality alloy steel required for key components of the engine, whether in terms of wear resistance or high temperature resistance, can not be compared with similar products in Britain and the United States.
The German engine completely relied on the ingenuity and solid skills of the designers, adopted some advanced design and unique structure, and tried its best to make up for the defects in materials, so as to close the performance gap between the British and American products.
However, these problems no longer exist, Germany can get a large number of much-needed rare raw materials from European countries and their overseas colonies, the material problem of core components will no longer bother German designers, and with the British technology obtained, Xu Jun firmly believes that the crown of the world's strongest engine will sooner or later fall on the head of the German Reich.
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