Jiang Cheng calculated it and found that in four months it would be March of 1940. If the German army wanted to go to war, it should be around this time. According to the progress of history, war with France would also begin in the second half of 1940. He
The arsenal will just take the order at that time.
After thinking about it, Jiang Cheng said, "Okay, let's start preparations immediately."
"My boss, someone wants to see you." Chen Nan came over and said.
Not many people knew about Jiang Cheng's return to Germany. Most of the people who knew were senior German officials. Jiang Cheng asked, "Who is it?"
Chen Nan replied, "Rear Admiral, Dönitz."
Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Why is he here in such a hurry? Come on, let's go take a look."
When Dönitz saw Jiang Cheng, he immediately opened his arms and said, "Oh!! My friend, I rushed here as soon as I got the news from you. Did you know? The head of state agreed to my request and agreed to expand our submarine force.
Oh, oh, this is the best news I've ever heard in my life."
Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and asked, "Has the head of state made up his mind?"
Dönitz looked around, pulled Jiang Cheng aside and whispered, "Yes, the head of state has made up his mind to go to war with Poland. It will probably be in the spring of next year. This military exercise and exhibition are for the purpose of deterrence."
Britain and France, let them not get involved."
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "This is impossible. Poland is the bottom line for Britain and France. Unless the empire declares war with the Soviet Union, Britain and France may not go to war with the empire."
Dönitz shrugged and said, "This is not something we can decide. Jiang, didn't you say last time that you had a new submarine design and manufacturing method? Give it to me quickly. I can't wait. You have to know that we only have time.
In less than three months, I still need to let the boys get familiar with the new submarine."
Jiang Cheng patted Dönitz comfortingly and said, "Don't worry, it will take time to turn the drawings into actual objects. Let's continue to manufacture the existing Type VII submarine. I remember that this is a submarine of less than a thousand tons. If I are allowed to participate in the manufacturing
If you produce it, I can let you launch a new submarine every week."
Dönitz widened his eyes and asked, "Jiang, don't be kidding me. This is a submarine, a very complex war machine, not your Chinese porcelain."
Jiang Cheng said angrily, "What? If you don't believe me, don't come to me."
Dönitz quickly said in a flattering manner, "Believe it! Of course I believe it. I have already made arrangements with several submarine manufacturers. Your Skoda can be responsible for part of the production of our submarines."
Jiang Cheng nodded, took out a pen and paper and said, "First of all, let me talk about ways to speed up manufacturing. My method is module manufacturing. In fact, whether it is a submarine, a battleship, or a pocket watch, in the final analysis, they are manufactured one by one, so we
All that is needed are these parts, and a large number of submarine parts do not require high-level manufacturing processes and can be completely outsourced. Others can be manufactured separately by various factories. For example, Factory A manufactures the armor of part of the submarine, and Factory B manufactures the armor of part of the submarine.
Manufacturing another part will greatly speed up the process. Finally, these parts will be shipped to our shipyard for assembly. Believe me, this will greatly speed up our manufacturing... As long as you have enough funds and materials. I can say
, in April 1940, you will have more than 90 submarines at your command."
Dönitz nodded like a chicken eating rice and said, "No problem, I'll make arrangements right away."
Jiang Cheng grabbed Dönitz and said, "Wait, don't worry, it won't take more than a moment. Also, I need three submarines as my training ships. You can give direct orders, but I hope the ships will
Everyone is my people. You know, our Chinese navy has almost no equipment and can only use submarines."
Dönitz said in embarrassment, "This is difficult. How about we arrange half German soldiers and half your people?"
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "Okay, then half of my people must be on the six submarines, and there must be people in all positions."
Dönitz nodded and smiled, "Okay, then I'll wait for your new submarine."
You must know that although Germany has always asked Jiang Cheng to send overseas students to Germany to participate in military studies, it has always kept secrets about submarines. Of course, there are too few submarines, and Germany itself does not have enough. This is also part of the reason.
After seeing off Dönitz, Jiang Cheng asked Chen Nandao, "How long will the German military exercises and exhibitions last? Who is going to participate this time?"
Chen Nan replied, "There are many people participating, including Britain, France, the United States, Japan, Soviet Union, Italy and other countries. The time is set for December 10. In addition, the head of the Japanese delegation is Kanji Ishihara."
Jiang Cheng exclaimed, "The Soviet Union?? It seems that this time it's not just for the British and French, but the Japanese leader is Ishihara Wanji... I'm afraid the Japanese don't just want to watch the exercise."
Well, Ishihara Wanji's nose is very sensitive, he probably smelled the smoke of gunpowder in Europe."
Chen Nan made a motion of cutting his throat and said, "Master, do you want it?"
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "Don't act rashly. We have finally reached the current situation in Germany. The alliance between Japan and Germany is a matter of time. This is the general trend and cannot be stopped. We don't need to stop it. We don't really want to stand on Germany's side."
Bian. Okay, let's get ready. We have to get some orders for this exhibition, and this factory is too hungry for money."
Chen Nan smiled and said, "But we have also achieved a lot. I feel that our products are not inferior to those of the German army."
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "So, we have to sell them. The price of these good weapons is not low... Also, how is the resistance organization doing recently?"
Chen Nan replied, "They are completely silent. The Rome Plan is very powerful. Everyone has opened their eyes wide to look for those who resist the organization. Especially this time, the level registration has forced everyone out, without badges."
Arrest everyone first and then deal with it, so that the resistance organizations can no longer appear in public."
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "Germany will not give them a chance in the next few years. Czechoslovakia is now under comprehensive construction by Germany. Hitler treats this place as a rear area. As long as the people have money and food, they will
I don’t care too much about what the country is called, especially in a place like Europe where there is no unified country... As long as they don’t interfere with us, don’t stop providing assistance to them. They will become useful chess pieces in the future. Be prepared.
I want to see Krupp."
Chen Nan didn't ask why, just nodded and went to make arrangements.
——
On a piece of grass, there was an artillery next to Jiang Cheng, and there were steel plates erected in the distance. Krupp saw Jiang Cheng directing several technicians to test the cannon, and walked over with a smile and said, "My Jiang,
How is it? How powerful is my latest PAK38-50 artillery piece?"
Jiang Cheng patted the barrel of the artillery and said, "The 50mm 60x caliber is indeed a great anti-tank gun. I just tried it. It can penetrate 75mm armor at a distance of 500 meters. It can basically handle it."
All the tanks in active service now, well...except our No. 5. If it is at a distance of 1,000 meters, the No. 4 will probably be difficult to deal with."
Krupp shrugged and said, "The expected frontal armor of our Panzer V tank is 100 mm of sloped armor. To be honest, I don't know how to deal with such a tank now."
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "As the armor becomes thicker, can our anti-tank guns also become larger? I'm wondering what we should do if the enemy appears with a tank similar to our No. 5."
Krupp shook his head and said, "We have also thought about this problem. We are going to enlarge it to 75 mm, but the artillery is too heavy, more than one ton, and we don't think it is necessary."
Jiang Cheng knew that Krupp was talking about the PAK40 anti-tank gun. The weight of this gun is about 1.5 tons, which is almost the same as the weight of two 50MM anti-tank guns. In fact, Krupp still has 88 guns that can be used
Anti-tank, but that one is heavier and difficult to move. At the same time, at this time, the anti-tank role of the 88 gun has not been fully valued.
Jiang Cheng pointed to the iron plate opposite and said, "But don't we in the military industry have to prepare for a rainy day? You also know that the pace of the Führer and Germany's revival will not stop. The enemy we face will be very powerful and we will be ready at any time.
A weapon that can help the empire defeat its enemies is the duty of us arms merchants, isn't it?"
Krupp heard what Jiang Cheng meant. He waved his cane and said, "Jiang, your Skoda's artillery power was indeed very strong back then. You don't want to join forces with our Krupp, do you?"
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I believe that the design of weapons must be ahead of the actual objects. Designing one generation, developing one generation, and equipping one generation is the long-term solution. Now that we have successfully developed the 50mm anti-tank gun, I think we can invest immediately
Developing a 75mm anti-tank gun, I think this will happen very soon, right?"
Krupp touched his beard and said, "But why should I cooperate with you? This is not good for me. Instead, I have to share the profits with you."
Jiang Cheng pointed to the high-hanging swastika flag and said, "But it's good for the empire, isn't it? Together we can develop the best artillery as quickly as possible to provide the best artillery to the imperial army, so that the imperial army can fight for the survival space of the German nation as soon as possible.
Isn’t this what you have always wanted?”
Krupp laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, Jiang, I have to admit that what you said is very inflammatory. I agree. What is your plan? What is your positioning of this kind of artillery?"
Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said, "You can easily destroy tanks like our Panzer IV from a thousand meters away, and the price cannot be higher than one-sixth of the Panzer IV, otherwise it will be too expensive. And I think short-barreled tanks will be available in the future."
Cannons have no future, only thick and long things have a future, so I want to design two types, easy first and then difficult, first a cannon with a caliber of about 40 times, and finally a cannon with a caliber of about 60 times."
Krupp nodded and said, "I can see that the armor of tanks in the future will become thicker and thicker. This is the land version of the battleship. The current Panzer IV uses 75mm 24x caliber. You propose to build 40mm first."
The double is very suitable. Jiang, why don’t you join our Germanic nation.”
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand and said, "Did you see it? I have yellow skin and black hair. I am a Chinese. No matter where I am born or where I am, it will not change. Isn't that the same for you?"
Krupp sighed and said, "Well, I won't say anything anymore. I hope we can have a happy cooperation."
After Krupp left, Chen Nan came out and asked, "My boss, we can obviously develop it ourselves, why do we want to involve Krupp?"
Jiang Cheng sighed, "You have to remember that we will never be Germans or real Germans. Hitler needs us now to support us like this. If he doesn't use us, the Gestapo will appear outside our company tomorrow, so
No matter what we do, we must bring the Germans with us, including tanks, artillery, submarines, and later aircraft. It’s your job to look after the house. When this war is over, I will definitely compensate you well.
."
Chen Nan bowed and said, "Chen Nan is just a gangster wandering around Berlin. No one usually looks down on me. Without his boss, Chen Nan would never dare to imagine what he is doing now. Chen Nan understands that his boss is someone who does big things. Chen Nan
I just hope that I can be a help to my boss. When I return to China in the future and see my prosperous China, I can also say to my children that his father’s hard work is here.”
Jiang Cheng's nose felt sour and he said hehe, "Our generation can only snatch China away from the mouths of foreign powers. It is the descendants who can really bring China back to the Han and Tang Dynasties... Okay
Alright, I’m leaving first, get ready for the military exercises and exhibitions, don’t mess them up.”
Chen Nan hummed and watched Jiang Cheng leave the room.
——Ganzhou Youth Army Camp
"Brother Gu Quan, Brother Gu Quan, I knew you would come. I'm so happy to see you." Jiang Jingguo rushed in like the wind. Seeing Jiang Jingguo with his feet covered in yellow mud, Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Jianfeng
Did you go to the construction site again?"
Jiang Jingguo chuckled and said, "You know where I can sit in the office? I still have confidence in the front line. You probably don't know it abroad. We are about to counterattack."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I already know. Does our youth army have a mission?"
Jiang Jingguo smiled and said, "Of course, our attack direction is Nanchang. This time we must avenge our shame."
Jiang Cheng asked, "You are very happy. It seems that you have great hopes for this counterattack."
Jiang Jingguo pulled Jiang Cheng to the map and said, "Look, we launched attacks in several theaters at the same time. The main force of the Japanese army is still in the northeast. At worst, we can recover a few big cities by then."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I hope so. I have brought you something good this time. It will be here soon. Just wait."
Just as he was talking, he heard a burst of cheers outside. Jiang Jingguo looked down from upstairs and was surprised to see three cannons being pulled by trucks in front of the command post. The soldiers cheered continuously around the cannons. You know
Such large artillery is extremely rare in the current National Army.