Chapter 282 Integration of Czech Industry
The Czech Republic, now that it has been partitioned, Poland has eaten meat, this feud has long been settled, and historically, Poland has not been a peaceful master, and has invaded everywhere. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The last Czech incident made the Soviet Union recognize the face of Britain and France, rather than following Britain and France, which are unreliable and will leave their comrades behind at any time, the Soviet Union should follow us and divide Poland together." Ciric continued.
Partition of Poland! The Soviet Union and Poland, that is also a blood feud, why did the Soviet Union help Poland to fight Germany? In the eyes of the USSR, it would be better to join forces with Germany and do Poland!
"Yes, that's it, Ciric, I think you're right!" Hitler was excited, for him, the expansion of territory was the most important thing!
"However, Führer, we and the Soviet Union must also pay attention to timing, as soon as we fight Poland, World War II will begin, and now, we are not ready, so now, we can negotiate with the Soviet Union, but the progress must be slowed down. It will take us one to two years to complete the complete integration of Czech industry. Ciric continued.
Now, history has advanced in advance, however, it is better not to start World War II earlier, because, Germany has not yet completed its preparations for war!
The defeat of the First World War and the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles have made Germany extremely weak, although it has been developing over the years, it has always been incomparable with the old capitalist countries, and the war cannot be fought!
Everything, it takes time!
What does it mean that the Czech Republic is an industrialized country that is 100% industrialized? In addition to industry, there is nothing else in the Czech Republic, such as agriculture, and all the grain that the Czech Republic needs is provided by Britain and France.
And in the Czech industry, the most important is Skoda!
In later generations, Skoda is already a second-rate car brand owned by Volkswagen, and its fate is embarrassing.
And now, Škoda is the backbone of Czech industry.
The Skoda company was founded in 1859 in the western Czech city by the Czech Arnault. In 1868, it was bought by an Austrian count named Skoda. From 1869 the plant was named the Škoda factory.
At that time, Skoda mainly produced hunting rifles, machine guns and artillery combat vehicles, especially large-caliber artillery and armored vehicles, and was the main arms supplier to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I.
In the industrial towns of Plzeň and Wilzm in the western part of the Czech Republic, there are many factories.
Last year, for example, the annual artillery output of the Skoda Arsenal was almost the total output of the British domestic arsenal.
In addition to munitions, the Škoda Arsenal also operated machine tools, thermal power equipment, and produced various heavy industrial products such as cars, cars, trucks, tram and trolleybuses, electric locomotives, etc., which can be said to be the backbone of Czechoslovakia's industry.
And now, although the Czech Republic has been torn apart, the Czech people are still living as before, and the Czech Skoda Arsenal is the same, every day, the workers are still going to work on time.
It's just that there are some new faces in the factory, and some engineers from Germany have joined the Skoda Arsenal, and they are evaluating the products of the Skoda Arsenal to determine whether to renovate them.
The first to evaluate is the flagship products of the Škoda Arsenal, the LT-35 light tank and the LT-38 light tank.
Among them, the LT-35 light tank is based on the British "Carden-Lloyd" ultra-light tank, after a series of improvements, the development of the tank.
The tank weighed 10.5 tons, had a crew of four, was equipped with a 37mm gun, and was powered by a 120 hp water-cooled gasoline engine, with a gearbox with six forward and six reverse gears.
The maximum armor thickness is 35 mm. The maximum speed of the tank is 35km / h.
If you look at it from this era, this tank can be considered advanced, so it was exported to many countries, with a total production of more than 200 units.
However, compared to the German tanks, it is far from it.
At the same time, just last year, Skoda has been improving this tank, the biggest improvement is to replace the LT-35 tank with 8 small-diameter load wheels on each side with 4 large-diameter load wheels on each side.
This makes it even more manoeuvrable.
Otherwise, it has not changed, it is still a 37-mm tank gun, the power of the engine has been slightly increased to 125 horsepower, and the dead weight has been reduced to 9.4 tons, and the maneuverability has improved.
And this improved tank, called the LT-38 tank, in history, began mass production in 38, and now, only a small number of chassis have been assembled.
For Skoda, this tank is their pride, and in the eyes of German engineers, this tank belongs to the unattractive goods.
How to compare, it is probably similar to the performance of the No. 3 tank in history, and the historical Germany, after obtaining these tanks, was also a treasure and incorporated into its own army, renamed PzKpfw35t and PzKpfw38t tanks, after all, the number of No. 3 tanks in Germany at that time was also seriously insufficient.
And now, Germany is beginning to prepare for mass production of the 40-ton Panther 3 tank, this 10-ton light tank, is really bad, just like a child's toy!
"I propose that the production of this LT-38 tank be completely stopped immediately." The German engineer Knepokamp said to Shirek: "This tank simply does not meet the needs of our army!" ”
Total Stop!
At present, all military factories in Germany are in full production. Under the high efficiency of streamlined production, Speer became the Minister of Armament, and under the vigorous improvement, the output of tanks in Germany's military factories was developing rapidly.
It is expected that by this year, Germany's tank production should exceed 1,000 units. However, this was still a drop in the bucket for the German armored forces.
According to Guderian's vision, the father of German armor, the ideal armored division should have an armored brigade, each brigade has 2 armored regiments, each regiment has 2 armored battalions, each battalion has 4 tank companies, and each company has 21 tanks, so that the German armored division has a total of 336 tanks.
Then, a year's tank production is only enough for the establishment of three armored divisions.
Even if the number of tanks is reduced, such as each battalion from 4 tank companies to 3 tank companies, etc., the output of one year is enough for five tank divisions.
Originally, the plan of the German top brass was to build 10 armored divisions this year, and if there were not enough tanks, then the tank establishment in the tank divisions could only be further reduced.
And now, increasing the number of tanks is the most urgent, let the Skoda company, produce its own Panther tanks at full speed, this is the most important thing!
(Historically, when the war with the Soviet Union began in '41, Germany's annual tank production was 3,083, and by '44, after Speer took over military production, Germany's tank production that year reached a staggering 7,908.) Now, World War II has not yet broken out, Germany has not transferred to the wartime military industry, and the production of medium tanks with relatively high working hours is still produced. But with the current situation in the book, the Soviet Union imported enough ore and enough funds, so the production of 1,000 Panther tanks a year should not be considered nonsense, right? East China Zhixiong is already scared, any data is not satisfactory, there will be readers who want to abandon the book. )