The big capitalists trained by capitalism have completely lost their resistance before a certain group of people waved their checks crazily.
However, the investment and construction of a factory proposed by Tang Dao is extremely tempting. As Tang Dao said, Krupp has no shortage of raw materials, and labor costs in China are ridiculously low. Once output is produced, the profits can make anyone
People's eyes are green with envy, but the equipment, factories, the capital injection mentioned by Tang Dao, and even the coordination of relationships with the Japanese cannot be completed in ten and a half months.
However, as long as the two sides have reached this consensus, it already means that the top person in charge of the Krupp Arms Manufacturing Far East Company has been tied to the commander of a small infantry regiment in China.
Tang Dao's shares will be held on behalf of a Chinese businessman surnamed Qian. All profit dividends do not require cash. Lou Dehua only needs to purchase precision machine tools from China and steel produced by steel plants to pay workers' wages.
Yes, Tang Dao confessed almost without hesitation that his purpose of investing in the steel plant was not only to need steel, but also to build a secret military factory with the help of this steel plant to manufacture various types of firearms in large quantities.
Fortunately, what makes Lou Dehua quite reassured is that in order to enable the steel plant to operate for a longer period of time, the underground military factory covered by the steel plant will only produce various types of firearm accessories required by Tang Dao, and then transport them to Tang Dao.
The military factory deep in the Taihang Mountains conducts assembly and testing.
Moreover, the rifles and light machine guns manufactured are basically Czech-style, which are also widely used firearms by the Chinese army. The heavy machine gun Tang Dao did not go into details, but it is said that there will be design drawings when the time comes, and the mortar will be of 82 caliber
The mortars are mainly mortars and imitation French Brand 60mm mortars, which basically have little to do with the German system.
Lou Dehua breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he felt a little unhappy. Why, the guns and artillery of the German Empire can't get into his eyes? Is that so?
"Your country's weapons and equipment are famous for their precision. They are world-class in terms of power and accuracy. However, the technical requirements for manufacturing are too stringent. Our army is now in no shortage of men and weapons. The only way to do this is to produce a large number of weapons in a short period of time."
Only by equipping yourself with weapons can you have a chance to win this war against Japan.
As for large-scale imports, the Japanese are not fools. They also have a large number of intelligence personnel in Europe. As long as they check carefully, they will know the flow of these weapons, which will also be detrimental to you, dear friend.
Therefore, the safest way is to 'no guns, no cannons, let's make them ourselves!'" Tang Dao explained.
Of course, these are general exchanges between the two, and more detailed issues will not be discussed in detail until Tang Dao arrives in Jincheng and mentions the huge sum of money.
Cash is the basis of mutual trust, and both of them understand this tacitly.
But basically the two of them are deeply bound.
Tang Dao needs this help to open up a transportation line with import and manufacturing capabilities for him to continue the blood transfusion for the North China War of Resistance; and Lou Dehua needs Tang Dao's funds to create enough performance for his business in the Far East. If he is really like Tang Dao in the future,
As said, if the empire and company undergo drastic changes, he will have the opportunity to control a business empire again.
Therefore, when Tang Dao took out a pen and paper and made a list of additional weapons to order, Lou Dehua agreed without hesitation.
Even if the handwritten list of weapons and equipment gave Yuan Shanshan a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.
"The Austrian Bailu Company imitated the Swedish Bofors 24-caliber 150mm howitzers with 28 pieces and 30,000 rounds;
The Austrian Bailu Company imitated the Swedish Bofors 60-caliber M36 40mm anti-aircraft guns with 50 pieces, 150,000 rounds of shells, and 100 spare barrels;
Krupp manufactured 150 M434 general-purpose machine guns; 1.5 million rounds of steel-core bullets; 1,000 spare barrels; 150 tripods and bipods each;
100 Mercedes-Benz TYP320WK off-road vehicles;”
"Dear friend, do you know that if these things you asked for by name were put on the battlefield, Commander Shanshan Yuan would pull out all his hair in pain." Lou Dehua smiled and shook the Tang Dao in his hand that he had just finished writing. List Road.
This guy is obviously a sinister guy, and his shrewd mind is probably already calculating the profits from this huge order of millions of dollars! For this reason, he would rather kill all the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters The hair of all generals.
This time it is not that God is incompetent, but that the little Japanese are too stingy and insist on using junk weapons produced by their country, and they disdain the huge arsenal of the excellent Germanic Empire.
The current market price of a 150mm howitzer is US$35,000, and the shells are US$40. Tang Dao is so generous, the shells alone are US$120,000, and the artillery is US$980,000, which is more than one million US dollars. Beautiful knife.
The 40mm anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns are not cheap. The price is 11,000 US dollars each, and the shells are 10 US dollars each. Plus spare barrels and 100 Mercedes-Benz SUVs worth 1,700 US dollars each for loading, the total price is That's more than $2.5 million.
Of course, Krupp has to purchase the first two types from another company, and the net profit will not exceed 30%, especially the 150-meter howitzer. I don’t know if it can be purchased. I really think it’s a large-caliber gun. It's Chinese cabbage! The spies of several major empires kept a close eye on the German Empire.
But the MG34 general-purpose machine gun was different. It was finalized in 1934 and put into production in 1935. It was a product of Krupp's fully mature production line. It only cost some steel materials and was almost pure profit.
The only regret is that the quantity purchased is a little small, and the total value is only US$200,000.
"Dear Tang, do you want to add a zero after the small amount of the MG34 machine gun? If your army can equip this machine gun in large quantities, I can guarantee that the egg yolks of the Japanese will be beaten out." Blinking. The blue-eyed Lou Dehua simply interprets the "greedy" trait of a businessman to the core.
At this moment, he didn't care what the Japanese suspected about why a large number of German-made weapons flowed into the battlefield. As long as the company could make money and the empire could receive taxes, who cares what the Japanese thought.
Even, because of the charming taste of money, he has begun to tempt Tang Dao with Japanese egg yolk.
Really, completely blackened blue eyes!
"Your company's MG34 machine gun is the best general-purpose machine gun in the world today, but..." Tang Dao smiled slightly. "But it will soon be replaced by latecomers."
Of course Tang Dao knew that in just three years, the MG42, known as the 'Hitler's Chainsaw', would be born, and due to its tremendous power displayed in actual combat, it would eventually completely replace the MG34's dominant position in the German Empire Army.
But why did he spend a lot of money to purchase so many MG34s? That's because the MG42 is excellent, and its manufacturing cost is far cheaper than the MG34. However, its rate of fire is too exaggerated, with an average rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, and the highest rate of fire.
The speed even has a record of 1500 rounds per minute.
This results in the need to replace a spare barrel every 500 rounds. The massive consumption of ammunition is not only a nightmare for the enemy but also for the logistics support personnel.
Even the German Empire Army, whose logistics support has entered into mechanized transportation, in order to ensure the firepower of an MG42 light machine gun in an infantry squad, each infantryman has to help the machine gunner carry 200 rounds of ammunition. Otherwise, the MG42 only needs to fire at full speed for two minutes, and the ammunition
It has to be exhausted.
In contrast to this, the MG34, which has a maximum rate of fire that can also reach 1,000 rounds per minute, can choose between burst fire and continuous fire, and its ammunition consumption is much lower, which is more suitable for the actual situation on the Chinese battlefield at this time.
150 MG34s are enough to meet the current combat needs of the three infantry battalions of the Fourth Army Regiment. Moreover, with the steel, machine tools and design drawings, wouldn’t the Fourth Army Regiment build them themselves?
Tang Dao tried his best to seduce the foreigner, but he was definitely not taking advantage of him. The silver was not brought by the strong wind. It was the wealth of the people of Pingjin and Tianjin.
"This is impossible. At least in the past five years, there will not be a better general-purpose machine gun than the MG34." Lou Dehua refuted unconvincingly.
Tang Dao raised his lips slightly. He knew that the arrogance of the Germans was coming back to him again. That extremely excellent machine gun was born out of their arrogance with great difficulty, and finally beat the equally arrogant American cowboys to tears on the battlefield.
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The MG34 is indeed excellent, and Lou Dehua has reasons to be proud of it, especially as the world's first general-purpose machine gun.
The so-called general-purpose machine gun is a light machine gun mounted on a bipod, a heavy machine gun mounted on a tripod, and an anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on it.
This was also a product of the heavy pressure on the German Empire. Because of the defeat in World War I, according to the Treaty of Versailles, the defeated German Empire was not allowed to manufacture heavy machine guns, but the characteristics of the German nation destined that they would never be willing to fail.
Immediately after the war, various scientific researches were launched. However, because it was a defeated country, if it openly violated the Treaty of Versailles, it would be severely punished by the Western Allies. Therefore, the shrewd Germans used roundabout tactics.
The gun is still the same gun, but once the gun mount is changed, it can be switched from a light machine gun to a heavy machine gun. You know, the gun not only has a very high rate of fire, but also has an effective range of 800 meters when equipped with a bipod gun mount. If you replace it with
A tripod specially designed for heavy machine guns, the effective range is as high as 1,000 meters. Large trees as thick as a bowl can be broken down by its strafing, which has completely reached the pinnacle of single-barreled guns.
Perhaps the only flaw that restricts this gun is its complex structure, which requires a lot of man-hours and materials. Each gun requires 49 kilograms of steel and drilling to make the MG34 weighing 12 kilograms. In case of war,
, it is difficult to provide products to the front line on a large scale.
But all this changed with the emergence of a metal stamping engineer. The metal stamping process will completely replace the backward process of drilling. The MG42 general machine gun also appeared on the stage of history one year after the war began, and even
Even decades later, this old World War II gun is still active on battlefields in various places.
"We have a saying in China that talented people emerge from generation to generation! The same goes for weapons and equipment. Mr. Lou Dehua, what you said is a bit absolute." Tang Dao said with a smile. "By the way, I want to ask you about a person. I don't know who you are.
Have you heard his name?"
"Who?" Lou Dehua was stunned.
"Dr. Grunov! An expert in metal stamping technology in your country. I had the honor to meet him once when I was studying in your country. I have always admired his character and knowledge." Tang Dao said.
Of course, what Tang Dao said was nonsense, but in the first ten years before the war started, there was a lot of cooperation between China and the German Empire. Whether it was business cooperation or overseas scientific research, there were not a few Chinese people who went to the German Empire. Tang Dao did
It's not unusual to be one of them.
What's more, he believed that Lou Dehua didn't need to check his resume specifically for this purpose. Even if he checked, who doesn't have his own secret?
"No wonder Colonel Tang Dao is so familiar with our country. It turns out that you have studied in our country. You see, I yearn for your Eastern culture, but you go to learn our knowledge. In a sense, we belong to
They complement each other, no wonder you and I hit it off right away." Upon hearing Tang Dao say this, Lou Dehua's blue eyes shone even more, and he felt a little closer to Tang Dao.
However, this is not the answer Tang Dao wants.
Tang Dao just wanted to know if he knew this genius who had not yet entered the sights of major German arms manufacturing companies. If his memory was correct, Tang Dao remembered that the great doctor who proposed using metal stamping technology to make firearms was still disappointed at this moment.
In this state, almost no one recognizes his ideas.
Otherwise, the MG42 might have been released before the war.
Of course, the unsightly-looking MG42 was still on the test field when allied spies sent photos back to the country, and then was laughed at by the allied ordnance experts as "shattered metal" until the terrifying sound of tearing cloth was heard on the battlefield.
With an average rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, when there were almost no allied soldiers on the battlefield who dared to charge forward, the experts were as dumb as a brick.
Seeing that Tang Dao did not respond as enthusiastically as himself, Lou Dehua realized that he had not answered what Tang Dao had just asked. He took the cigar out of his mouth and murmured to himself: "Metal stamping, Doctor, Ge."
Runoff..."
Tang Dao was a little disappointed, but Lou Dehua suddenly raised his eyebrows: "I remembered, there is such a guy. However, this guy is not as talented as your friend said, and a good metal material expert will not go there
He is still in his old profession, but he actually applied for a firearms design, and even boasted that he would design a general-purpose machine gun that would be even better than the MG34."
"you mean?"
"This guy is an employee of my Krupp company! He is still an expert, but because he is not doing his job properly, he was assigned to the Far East Branch by the head office. He is half a year ahead of me. He should be working at the iron mine in HD right now.
Senior engineer! In the words of those old stubborns, polish his arrogance and then send him back to China, haha, he is really unlucky." Speaking of the unlucky guy who was sent to the Far East like himself, Lou Dehua recalled all this inexplicably.
Somewhat happy.
"You mean, Dr. Grunov is in China?" Tang Dao almost jumped up.
Of course he knows the principles of the MG42 machine gun, and can even draw a rough design. With the geniuses of Teacher Xiao He, he can basically fiddle with the eight functions of the MG42, but without metal stamping technology and equipment, mass production is impossible.
, just get a few guns and have a ball?
The emergence of Grunov may completely change everything.
Moreover, if he is willing to provide funds and equipment for this person to develop and take the lead in coming up with the initial design drawings, he can definitely write his name on the patent for this weapon.
Of course, Tang Dao does not want to leave its name in the sky of history with this weapon, but the patent can be charged.
In the future, every time Krupp manufactures an MG42, it will have to pay him a patent licensing fee, which can definitely become a little hen that lays golden eggs.
"Yes! If you want to see him, I can send him a telegram asking him to wait for you in Jincheng." Lou Dehua saw the joy on Tang Dao's face, but said without taking it seriously.
After all, there are descriptions in ancient Chinese culture of the four most proud moments in life: "When a long drought meets the rain, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the wedding night, and the time when the gold medal is named", meeting an old friend in a foreign land is even more important than getting married.
It can only be said that Lou Dehua has not studied Chinese culture deeply enough. This is definitely a "poisonous" culture.
History has proven that nomads originally lived well on the grasslands, but as soon as they entered the Central Plains,...
It only took 90 years for the Mongolian cavalry, which was invincible across the Eurasian continent, to be almost annihilated by Zhu Chongba; the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom, who were said to be invincible, have learned Han culture since then, okay! The whole clan was driven back
Not to mention my hometown in Heishan and Baishui, it took hundreds of years to recover.
Now, the tragic blue-eyed capitalist actually took the initiative to find a reason for Tang Dao to "meet an old friend in a foreign land". If he now knew that Tang Dao and the patent of Grunov's joint model that he took the initiative to introduce, he would get the patent from Krupp.
If the company earns millions of dollars in patent licensing fees, it will definitely pull out the dagger from its waist...
Wipe your own neck!
Even the steel plants that took huge risks to open made so much money!
"No, I and my people will arrive at HD first, and then go to Jincheng. How to get there depends on you, my old friend, to arrange it." Tang Dao said decisively.
"Okay! Leave this to me." Lu Dehua frowned slightly, but still agreed.
There's nothing wrong with Tang Dao's words. Krupp, which has an inspection-free pass, has to ensure that this big financier arrives safely in Jincheng. This can be regarded as a VIP gold card customer treatment!
After talking about the main business, the two of them basically went sightseeing. In the middle, Tang Dao also carried a rifle and shot an extremely rare yellow sheep 400 meters away, allowing Lou Dehua to see a Tang Tuan.
The divine shot of the seat.
A roast lamb was prepared on the spot!
But Lou Dehua didn't have much mutton in his belly. Although the two were traveling under strict security, with the escorts traveling as far as 400 meters away, Tang Dao also had orders not to disturb the people in the mountains.
A little boy who was herding sheep on the hillside approached the two of them without knowing anything. Looking at the golden roasted mutton, two lines of tears fell from the corner of his mouth.
This made Mr. Lou Dehua sigh for a while, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the little boy half a leg of mutton without saying a word. He also asked the little boy in fluent Chinese to call his friends to enjoy it.
As a result, the ecstatic little boy unceremoniously called over the 20th person, the oldest of whom was definitely over 60 years old.
Good guy, the whole village is a friend!
Lou Dehua looked at the ragged Chinese mountain people, not to mention that he didn't eat a few bites of the mutton, and even donated 20 yuan in cash to go out.
Of course, that was given to me by Tang Tuanzuo.
"This is war, and the ordinary people will always suffer the most!" When the arms dealer who sold countless murderous weapons said this, Tang Dao didn't find it funny at all.
On the contrary, Tang Dao suddenly liked this Germanic man, not just because he might bring the coveted killing weapons to Chinese soldiers.
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ps: Fengyue has 6 classes today. It’s already 8:30 when I get home. Sorry for the late update!
This chapter has been completed!