Dönitz shrugged and said, "I divided the entire submarine into 8 parts for production, assigned them to 27 shipyards for parts manufacturing, and then concentrated them in 11 shipyards for assembly. Of course, your Skoda is also included.
, it indeed only took a week to complete the production of the first one. Fortunately, I tried it first, but something went wrong with the first one. The quality of many parts was inconsistent and it was not useful at all. I am now adjusting it.
Woolen cloth."
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment. He never thought that such a thing would happen in Germany, which has always been considered an industrial power.
Jiang Cheng said awkwardly, "I didn't expect this. But at least it shows that this method is still very effective."
Dönitz nodded and said, "The head of state first praised us for this matter, and then gave those factory owners a severe lesson. Dozens of them were arrested, but it's okay, we won't find out these things until war breaks out."
I still don’t know how things will turn out.”
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "How is the problem solved now?"
Dönitz smiled and said, "That's almost it. We have now given them unified requirements. I believe that a large number of submarines will be launched soon. However, this submarine is no different from others. It takes time to form combat effectiveness. This time it is too late."
"
Jiang Cheng listened obediently and asked, "Does this mean the head of state has decided to go to war?"
Dönitz looked outside and whispered, "I'm just guessing, I won't wait until summer."
Jiang Cheng drank a cup of coffee and nodded, indicating that he understood. He looked at Dönitz who was still studying the drawings and said, "Then I'll leave the rest to you. I'll go back first."
Dönitz said quickly, "Don't worry. By the way, there is a person who wants to see you. I also think you should talk to him. If you want a large number of orders for your Skoda, he must handle it."
Jiang Cheng asked, "Who?"
Dönitz said with some sigh, "That's the architect-Albert Speer."
When Jiang Cheng heard the name, he recalled it for a while before he remembered and said, "Is it him?"
Speer, who was less than 35 years old at this time, graduated from the architecture major of Berlin University of Technology in 1927. He joined the Nazi Party four years later and won Hitler's appreciation during his work on layout design for the Party Congress held in Nuremberg.
Since the winter of 1933, Speer became Hitler's personal architect and confidant. After years of hard work, at this time he was appointed as the director of construction for the revitalization of the German capital, as a deputy ministerial official.
Jiang Cheng asked, "What does he want from me? Is he looking for construction?"
Dönitz shook his head and said, "The head of state appointed him as Todt's assistant a month ago. You know, Todt is responsible for all our armaments and arms procurement in Germany. He is also responsible for the construction of highways, ports, airports and military bases.
He is also a confidant of the head of state. I heard that he is very interested in the modular production you proposed, and probably wants to discuss it with you."
Jiang Cheng said with interest, "Okay, then I also want to talk to him."
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Just like every emerging force, the backbone of the Nazis were young at this time. When Speer saw Jiang Cheng, he nodded and said, "Jiang, I'm glad to see you. I heard the head of state and others talk about it a long time ago."
Let me tell you that you are a man who can bring about miracles."
Jiang Cheng smiled and shook hands and said, "I'm glad to see you too, you are a great architect!"
Speer nodded, asked Jiang Cheng to sit down, and served tea and snacks, saying, "Thank you for your compliment. This is Chinese green tea. I believe you will like it. I have studied China when I was in college.
As far as I know, China was able to build tens of thousands of miles of city walls more than 2,000 years ago. I am very curious. Is this true?"
Jiang Cheng shrugged and said, "Indeed, as far as I know, it has more than 20,000 kilometers. Unfortunately, most of it has been occupied by the Japanese army."
Speer said apologetically, "I'm sorry, from my position I can't provide much help to China, but I sincerely hope you can win the war. In addition, I am very interested in the modular production you proposed, Dönitz
It is indeed useful to tell me. It seems that Mr. Jiang, you have become a successful businessman for a reason. You know how to maximize the use of your own resources. This is very important for a businessman, and it is also true for an empire."
Jiang Cheng hummed and said, "Modularization actually means the same thing as the current assembly line, except that the assembly line is a fine division of labor in a factory, while modularization is a fine division of labor in a country. But as far as I know, Dönitz
The submarines now have different standards, which I did not expect."
Speer said with some shame, "This is our problem. We didn't expect that those factories have different standards. I have issued new standards to them. I was thinking, since submarines can be produced in this way, then other
Can it also be used, such as cannons, tanks... or even battleships?"
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "The theory is okay, but you have to convince other factory owners. In addition, big things like battleships have higher requirements for precision and standardization, and the biggest advantage of modularity is to speed up and increase the number of units."
In terms of output, from a cost-effective perspective, tanks and aircraft are more suitable, what? Is there a problem with the output of our German army?"
Of course, Speer knew about Jiang Cheng's special interest relationship with Germany, so he did not hide it and said, "The head of state is preparing to take action in Poland."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I know, Stalin also knows, right?"
Speer smiled and said, "If we attack Poland, Britain and France will definitely go to war with us. This is likely to be a war as tragic as thirty years ago. Although our Germany has been revived, it still needs to be stronger. Do you have any suggestions?"
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Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said, "I have heard this saying in the East. What we fight in war is logistics, and what we fight is productivity. Our productivity will determine whether our soldiers kill the enemy with artillery shells, bullets, or bayonets and fists."
Enemy, from the submarine incident, we can see that our German factories still have a lot of room for improvement. Many factories still use old production methods and production lines. I think we must take advantage of the opportunities that these disadvantages will not show up in the early stages of the war to improve.
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With that said, Jiang Cheng tapped the table with his finger and said, "First, we must change all manual production factories to industrial production of assembly lines, eliminate those backward factories, and give experienced workers and managers to new factories.
, we can definitely use state capital to help those factories upgrade."
Speer nodded and said, "Yes, I also have such a plan, what else?"
Jiang Cheng continued, "Secondly, establish a Central Planning Bureau, which is responsible for guiding various plans and programs for the production of weapons and materials, and arranging production priorities. There will be urgently needed things at any time. For example, summer and autumn are suitable for offensive, then mass production should be done.
Offensive weapons need to be defended in winter, and soldiers need to be repaired, so they must provide cotton-padded clothes and defensive tools as soon as possible. When the enemy appears new tanks, transfer productivity from old tanks to new tanks. When the enemy can block our aircraft
When the time comes, we will increase our efforts to produce new fighter aircraft so that the enemy will never be able to defeat our technical arms.
Third, transportation capacity determines whether we can transport the materials we produce to the front line in a timely manner. Whether we have enough locomotives and whether they are stored. Since we are preparing to fight, there is no need to consider which locomotives will be wasted and where.
It's better to just waste it than to have no use at all.
Fourth, in addition to military factories, we in Germany also have many large-scale consumer goods production factories, and we must be ready to convert these factories into military factories at any time."
With that said, Jiang Cheng put his hands on the table and said, "If you do the above four points, I believe that the empire's military productivity can be doubled!"
Speer's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he nodded repeatedly and said, "Well said, well said. I have thought about some of the things you said, but I don't have such clear ideas as you. You are indeed a man who can bring about miracles."
, but I’m afraid we need to discuss the issue of national capital you mentioned with your good friend Schacht.”
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Of course it's no problem. It's all for the empire. In fact, the Rome Project we are doing now is to prepare for improving the industrial strength of the empire. I heard him say that the Czechoslovakia area has been sorted out now. Now it is
It’s a good time to promote standardization.”
Speer held Jiang Cheng's hand and said, "Your name will be engraved on the stone tablet of our empire."
Jiang Cheng nodded with a smile and thought to himself, "I just don't know...if that is your tombstone."
——German Chancellery
Hitler nodded as he looked at the plan that had been revised again by his generals. He turned his rocking chair and looked at the map behind him and touched his mustache, as if he saw Germany annexing Poland. That damn, ungrateful Hitler.
Migwe knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
While Hitler was thinking endlessly, Goebbels walked in and saluted and said, "Hi! Hitler."
Hitler turned his head and saw Goebbels and smiled and said, "How about it? Show me."
Goebbels handed Hitler a piece of information. Hitler opened it, looked at it, shook his head and said, "No! This won't work, this won't work at all! This will not arouse the enthusiasm of the people and the army of the empire. Such propaganda is not enough."
Goebbels said helplessly, "My head of state, Poland has not even had diplomatic relations with us recently. It is difficult for us to find a breaking point that can arouse the people."
Hitler stroked his beard and said, "If it doesn't exist, can't we create it ourselves?"
Goebbels immediately said clearly, "Yes, my head of state, if this is the case, I suggest finding some people through Ike. My plan is like this..."
After hearing this, Hitler nodded and said, "Very good, don't be afraid of making things big, even if some of our sentries are really killed, they will become heroes of the empire."
Goebbels nodded and walked out. Soon, a few hours later, Goebbels took Hitler's warrant and found the top prison superintendent of Nazi Germany, Theodor Eke.
Ike looked at Hitler's order and dared not say anything. He immediately gave Goebbels a bunch of files. Goebbels personally selected them one by one, and occasionally took a file and threw it aside.
Two hours later, Goebbels said, "Okay, Ike, please find all these people, and prepare to destroy all their records."
In prisons across Germany, more than 20 strong young criminals took special buses to Berlin. In their hometown, all their records from birth to crime were being destroyed bit by bit.
When they arrived in Berlin, except for the memories of their relatives and friends, there was no evidence that these people had ever appeared on earth.
Just as Germany was making final preparations, a far-reaching battle began on the other side of the world.
——Anhui 21st Group Army Headquarters
Li Pinxian anxiously looked at the battle map on the map. The cold wind in March could not reduce the sweat on his head at all.
"How is the situation now?" Li Pinxian asked.
The staff officer next to him replied, "Four regiments of our army have been attacked by the New Fourth Army, and two of them are surrounded. They are all our troops that participated in the attack on the New Fourth Army."
Li Pinxian kicked the staff officer down and cursed, "What nonsense are you talking about? That's not the New Fourth Army! That's the rebels and the puppet army!!"
The staff officer did not dare to refute, so he stood up and retreated.
Li Pinxian walked around anxiously and asked, "Where is Han Deqin? Hasn't he responded yet?"
Another person replied, "Chairman Han called, and ten main regiments have been dispatched to attack in the direction of Bantaji."
Li Pinxian walked to the map, looked at it, slapped it on the map and cursed, "Confused!! Who does he think he is fighting? Our opponent is Ye Ting!! It's Chen Yi!! He thought everything would be fine as soon as he surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao."
! I think they will only be defeated one by one in the end. What kind of army was this New Fourth Army before? It was a group of rogue bandits. They only pressed them from one side. If they can't beat them, why don't they run away?"
The staff officer next to him quickly asked, "Then should we send a message to Chairman Han to remind him?"
Li Pinxian nodded and said, "The reminder is necessary, but it seems that the distant water cannot quench the near thirst. However, in this way, the fact of the New Fourth Army's rebellion has been established. He immediately sent a message to Chongqing to explain our situation and the New Fourth Army's
Rebel against reality, and also... order all the ministries to assemble, and we will not be attacked by them again!"
——Bantaji
Bantaji is the headquarters of the fifth detachment of the New Fourth Army. At this time, Han Deqin's ten regiments plus the armed Loyalty Salvation Army and more than 10,000 people armed from other places are attacking Bantaji from the east with a semi-encircling net.
go.
Zhou Junming of the fifth detachment looked at the semicircle on the map, smiled and said to Ye Fei next to him, "Han Deqin never thought that you, Ye Fei, would be waiting for them here."
Ye Fei chuckled and said, "Although we have used the method of changing troops, our actual combat effectiveness has been greatly increased. But after all, we only have two thousand people. We can't underestimate Han Deqin. This Han Deqin's troops also dare to fight the Japanese with real swords and guns."
That’s what you did.”
Zhou Junming nodded and said with some sigh, "What do you think this stubborn army is thinking? The Japanese are constantly increasing their troops from the sea. Everyone can see that the Japanese want to make big moves. To engage in friction at this time is really regardless of the overall situation."
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Ye Fei's mouth slightly curved and he said, "This is just a hot head. We need to cool them down. Let Han Deqin cry and talk to Lao Jiang. Let Lao Jiang calm down too. Our New Fourth Army is not something he can move if he wants."