Chapter 56 Choosing Weapons and Equipment

"Okay, Master Ondet, artillery is the strength of our Krupp company, and its production can meet all needs at home and abroad, so I won't talk about this, I'll start with tanks and armored vehicles.

Our company now mainly produces four types of tanks and related derivative models, about 20 kinds, in fact, the performance of many models of tanks is overlapping, we don't have to do this at all, I think we can completely abandon the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, and convert his production line to the production line of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, of course, it costs a lot to transform a tank production line. ”

It seems that Krupp still has capable people, this Messi will be counted as one, Li Mo just said the tone, and he can immediately find a solution:

"Yes, Manager Messi, let's stop all the four production lines of the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, and immediately put them into transformation, three of which are converted into the No. 4 production line, and one is transformed into the No. 3 production line, self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles and anti-tank guns modified with the No. 3 and No. 4 chassis, and the weapons are as long as possible, the No. 3 tank and the destroyer will be 50MM70 times the gun, and the No. 4 tank and the destroyer will be 75MM70 times, and the air defense vehicle will be watched and done."

"There's no problem at all, it's just that suddenly such a large-scale transformation of the production line, our funds can't afford it!"

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about it, our Krupp family still has a little savings, and this time we plan to take it all out to transform the Krupp company."

"That's good, Messi will definitely assist the young master to complete the transformation of our company."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Messi, thank you for your hard work, you are an expert in this area, come up with a plan as soon as possible, money is not a problem."

"Okay, I'll come up with a plan as soon as possible."

After Li Mo and Messi finished talking, they began to talk to Neymar:

"Mr. Neymar, now our Krupp company only has No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, which is definitely not enough, you also know that if the war begins, other countries will immediately invest a lot of financial and material resources to develop the latest tanks, and our No. 3 and No. 4 will soon fall behind the times, so we must develop new tanks as soon as possible.

After the historical Germany developed the third and fourth in 37 years, the arms companies actually still had a lot of new tank model ideas, but the Nazi top management thought that the three and four were enough to crush everything, and did not invest in research and development expenses for the major arms companies, and the major arms companies in order to avoid risks, they also put a lot of excellent tank plans on the shelf, the original idea of the Leopard and the Tiger was actually in 37 years, but it was not invested in research and development, and when the war was unfavorable, it was hurriedly taken out for research and development. Isn't it too late?

Neymar, like Messi, took out a large stack of materials from his briefcase, and found a copy of the information about the pre-developed tank, which was at least more than ten pages long, and there was a hand-drawn drawing every night, and the following were some parameter ideas for the tank.

Li Mo took these materials and looked at them quickly, and was immediately stunned, because Li Mo saw the research and development ideas of the Leopard and Tiger tanks in these materials, Li Mo quickly took out these two pictures and asked:

"Mr. Neymar, what are the names of these two tanks?"

"SLIGHTLY SMALLER ON THE LEFT IS THE LEOPARD TANK, WEIGHING 35 TONS, ARMED WITH A 75MM 48X GUN, AND HAVING A SPEED OF 55 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS A TIGER WEIGHING 50 TONS, ARMED WITH AN 88MM 48X GUN, AND A SPEED OF 30 KILOMETERS PER HOUR. ”

"Bump...... Well, that's great, you're the best people in Germany. ”

Li Mo suddenly slammed his fist on the table, startling Messi and Neymar, but then they heard Li Mo's praise, and they were relieved that their boss was not going to beat people.

"Mr. Neymar, you immediately organized people to develop these two tanks, the weight of the Leopard has been increased to about 45 tons, the speed is still maintained at 55 kilometers per hour, the artillery is to use 88MM70 guns, 88 guns we are producing, slightly improved can be used in tanks, the engine uses the Maybach 700 horsepower diesel engine used by the U2 submarine, this diesel engine also needs to be improved, otherwise it cannot be used in tanks.

The hull armor of the Leopard tank is all produced by casting, which can reduce man-hours, reduce costs and increase output.

THE TIGER TANK IS SET AT ABOUT 55 TONS, THE SPEED SHOULD BE AT LEAST 50 KILOMETERS, THE ARTILLERY USES 128MM 61 TIMES THE GUN, AND THE 128 MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IS USED, WHICH IS NOT DIFFICULT, THE BIGGEST DIFFICULTY IS ITS ENGINE, THE ENGINE OF THIS TANK NEEDS AT LEAST 1,000 HORSEPOWER, AND IT IS DIESEL, WHICH CAN NOT BE DONE IN ONE OR TWO YEARS, SO WE CAN COOPERATE WITH THE MAYBACH COMPANY TO DEVELOP AND TRY TO GET IT OUT WITHIN TWO YEARS. ”

"Ah!! Master Ondet, all tanks are made of poured armor! That would be very shoddy, which is not in line with our Krupp company's style of excellence!! Will the general manager agree? ”

What Germany made was the pursuit of excellence, but as a result, the output could not go up, so how could it face the Soviet Union's tank sea. A good man can't stand a pack of wolves!

"I'm in charge of convincing the general manager that you and Mr. Messi just need to do their jobs, and our MG34 machine gun will also be made of stamping parts, so let's do it together this time! If you feel that you don't have enough manpower, write a report and come up, and I will approve it immediately, I want efficiency, do you understand? ”

"Understood."

After Messi and Neymar answered Li Mo's question, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, in their opinion, as the future head of the Krupp family, everything is good, but he is a little eager to do things, and he is bold, leaving no way back at all, research and development, pouring armor, transforming and establishing a new production line, these works are all done together, then Krupp's financial pressure is not ordinary, and it is likely to drag down the Krupp company.

Who made him the future head of Krupp! Messi and Neymar have been working in Krupp for 20 years, even Krupp did not dismiss the two of them when they were at the most difficult time in World War I, so their feelings for Krupp are extremely deep, and it can be said that they regard it as their own home, and of course they want to try their best to persuade Li Mo, the future master.

"Young master, we have so many projects on the ground like this, it will definitely cut off the flow of cash in our company, this is too dangerous, it is better for us to choose one or two projects first."

"Hehe, thank you two gentlemen, you can do it! This time, I have already agreed with the general manager that our family will spend 2.5 billion marks on these projects, do you think the money is enough? ”

"Ah!! Enough, absolutely enough, our entire Krupp company is worth more than 8 billion marks! With our large amount of money plus our profitable money, we don't have to worry about funds in the next five years. ”

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[Note: Regarding weapons, this book will not open black technology, but some weapons and equipment developed by Germany in the late stage of World War II will be developed a little in advance, please collect and support the falling leaves, there are recommendations, and those who have dream cup tickets are also invited to support, and the fallen leaves are grateful. 】