"Major Hoffmann, I am very happy to come. I wonder if there is anything I can do for you at the Volkswagen Factory."
In the Volkswagen Company, General Manager Minoba said politely to the major named Hoffman in front of him.
The reason why he spoke like this was that the major brought a handwritten instruction from the crown prince himself, instructing the Volkswagen factory to cooperate with the major's work. If it hadn't been for this instruction signed by Edel, Major Hoffman would not have met.
to this busy general manager.
"The crown prince asked me to come here this time because he needs an armored vehicle, and the Volkswagen factory has the best craftsmanship and technology in Europe."
Major Hoffman also knew how to use a tiger's skin as a banner and use the Crown Prince's prestige to do things.
Faced with Major Hoffman's behavior of first taking advantage of the Crown Prince's prestige and then flattering Volkswagen, General Manager Minoba had seen it many times, but he still didn't take it seriously. He still knew about armored vehicles.
"Yes, our Volkswagen factory has the best technology, so what car does Major Hoffman need to use as the basis of the armored vehicle?"
Facing General Manager Minoba's inquiry, Major Hoffman knew that only Volkswagen's Dongfeng Trucks could meet his requirements. However, the armored vehicles modified from Dongfeng Trucks only weighed 4 tons at most, which was a bit inconsistent with his requirements. He still wanted to
I wonder if Volkswagen has other models?
"Mr. Minoba, I don't know if Volkswagen, besides Dongfeng trucks, has any vehicles with a larger load capacity than this one."
Faced with Major Hoffman's inquiry, Minoba did not answer. He called his secretary. "Ask Director Tuslid to come over."
After watching the secretary who had received his instructions leave, General Manager Minoba turned around and said to Major Hoffman with a smile. "If you had come a month earlier, I would have told you that it really didn't exist, but now it does. I will tell you later."
Ask the technical director Tuslied to take you to see it, this should meet your requirements."
The new car that Minoba is talking about is an emerging car that Crown Prince Edel asked them to develop with a load capacity of three to five tons. It only started finalizing last month and is still being tested in the factory.
After a while, technical director Tuslid appeared in front of them with sweat on his head and a shirt stained with oil. He saw Major Hoffman sitting in the general manager's office, and asked General Manager Minoba first.
.
"Is something wrong, general manager?"
Minoba pointed at Hoffman and said, "This is Major Hoffman. He is here this time about the armored vehicle."
"Hello, Major Hoffman."
Tuslid stretched out his hand that was still stained with oil.
"Hello, Director Tuslied."
Major Hoffman held Tuslid's hand, which was still stained with oil, and also expressed his goodwill.
After seeing that both of them knew each other, General Manager Minoba said to them, "Director Tuslied, please take Major Hoffman to the experimental site of the new car to have a look."
After hearing what General Manager Minoba said, Tuslid said to Major Hoffman, "How about we take a look at this new type of truck first."
Major Hoffman also wanted to see the car they were talking about, so he said to Director Tuslid, "Then please lead the way."
After Major Hoffman finished speaking, he turned to General Manager Minoba and thanked him. "Thank you very much for your support."
"You don't need to be so polite when doing things for the crown prince."
Glancing at Major Hoffman who was walking out of his office, Minoba started to get busy again. As the general manager of Volkswagen, he had too many things to deal with.
After Tuslied took Major Hoffman out of the office, he walked through the factory and introduced the new car to him.
"Major Hoffman, this new truck is the masterpiece of our Volkswagen company. It can pull five tons of cargo and travel 160 kilometers with a full tank of fuel."
"What a masterpiece."
"Of course. We have been developing this car for four years and have overcome more than 200 problems. I once slept in the R&D center for three months for this new car."
Listening to the technical director talking about the history of suffering in front of him, Major Hoffmann responded while observing the busy scene of people coming and going in the Volkswagen factory. From the open door of the workshop, you can see that here
Workers were busy in every workshop. They were concentrating on their work in front of the assembly line, just like each precision part showing the beauty of industry. This made Major Hoffman fascinated, especially in the assembly line.
In the workshop, watching cars being driven out one after another, he felt that this was the true meaning of industry.
"Isn't it shocking?"
"Yes, this is what true industrialization should look like."
After answering, Major Hoffman came to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure. "Seeing such a scene makes me feel a little emotional."
Hearing Major Hoffman's words, technical director Tuslied replied with a sigh. "It's normal. I was the same as you when I first saw it."
They walked through the factory area and came to a four-story building. Technical director Tuslied pointed to the building and said, "This is our Volkswagen R&D center, but the new cars are not here. Behind this building
There is a proving ground where this new truck is being tested.”
After hearing Tuslid's words, Major Hoffman wanted to take a look at this new car first. "Then let's go over and take a look at this new car."
"certainly."
The two walked around the building and saw a huge test track with various terrains. Beside the test track, there was a large group of people holding testing instruments and observing the site. A car with two wheels in the front and four wheels in the rear
The layout is a truck with a square front. This truck is carrying a large amount of cargo and is increasing its power to climb a steep slope. The light black smoke emitted from the exhaust pipe can be seen that this truck has tried its best.
"It went up."
A technician shouted excitedly as he watched the new car being tested climb the steep slope.
"It's amazing. I didn't expect this car to be able to climb such a steep slope while carrying six tons of cargo."
"It's all thanks to the 80-horsepower engine of this car. The people in the power group need to be rewarded."
"This is also due to the structural design team, which allows this new car to display such strength."
The person who said this was obviously a member of the power group.
At this time, Director Tuslied and Major Hoffman came to the group of people.
"It's all thanks to everyone. After this test is successful, I will apply to general manager Minoba for a large bonus. Everyone will have a share. Only in this way can we repay our four years of hard work."
After Director Tuslid walked up to the group of testers, he began to promise.
No one was interested in the bonus, and they all cheered loudly.
Director Tuslied was very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates. He turned to ask Major Hoffman. "How do you feel about this new car?"
"This is exactly the model I need, with a high-power engine, a solid structure, and enough load capacity."
After answering, Major Hoffman asked, "How much does this car weigh?"
"4.13 tons."
A tester casually answered his question.
After hearing this answer, Hoffman calculated in his mind that after reducing the carriage and unnecessary parts, the weight was estimated to be 3.1 tons. He would need to add about four tons of armor and weapons, and then there would be room for personnel.
There is still enough space.
Thinking of this, Hoffman said to Director Tuslied, "Just choose it. I need you to arrange personnel to help me."
After hearing what Major Hoffman said, Director Tuslied immediately replied, "No problem."
Then he shouted to the group of testers, "Wang, Bikoya, Hulk, come here."
As Supervisor Tuslied shouted, three people walked out from the group of testers. Major Hoffman saw that among the three people, there was a yellow man with yellow skin and black eyes. He was a little curious and asked this yellow man
"Are you Japanese?"
It’s no wonder that Major Hoffman would ask this question. The most famous person in Europe for yellow people now is Japan, which defeated Russia.
When Wang Chaoqiang faced Major Hoffman's inquiry, he didn't take it seriously. He had experienced too many such inquiries. But there was still a glimmer of darkness in his eyes that was difficult for outsiders to detect. He said in fluent Romanian. "My name is Super King.
, I am Chinese, not Japanese.”
After hearing what the Chinese said, Major Hoffman said a little embarrassedly. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were Chinese. I hope you won't mind my inquiry just now."
"It doesn't matter."
At this time, the other two people resolved the awkwardness between them.
"Hello, I'm Bikoya."
Hoffman shook the hand of the man named Bikoya and replied, "Nice to meet you. I am Major Hoffman."
"I'm Hulk."
"Hello, Mr. Hulk."
After seeing that they all knew each other, Director Tuslid said to the three of them. "Major Hoffman needs the help of the three of you. He wants to use our new vehicle as the basis to build an armored vehicle. I hope you can cooperate with him."
Hearing that the major wanted to build an armored vehicle, the three of them were technicians, and Volkswagen would show them the latest European car information collected to let them know the latest trends in European cars. Therefore, the three of them were no strangers to armored vehicles, and the three of them got
After hearing the news, everyone's eyes lit up and they replied, "Okay, no problem."
Especially Wang Chaoqiang, after he successfully developed the new car, he had already made up his mind to return to China to develop and let the motherland have its own automobile industry. However, now that the armored vehicle has become a thing, he decided to stay and wait for the research and development to be completed before leaving.
Seeing that the three people were eager to try, Director Tuslid was still very satisfied. These three people are now his more optimistic technical staff. Especially the king, who has a strong learning ability, which makes him very satisfied. Although before
There were rumors that Wang planned to return to China for development, but he still gave him this opportunity, hoping to retain this smart and studious technical talent.
Then, at the request of Major Hoffman, the three began to lead ordinary workers to build a Romanian armored vehicle based on this new car.
PS Mantou is guilty. I have made all you book friends wait for a long time. I hope you will forgive me.
