blackstone code

Chapter 1538 Professional Salesperson

Ankerk Industries took an order from the Federal Army, but compared to Lynch's Blackstone Aviation's orders of hundreds of millions and billions, it still seems a bit thin.

It's not that the design and functions of these tanks are not good, it's just that they are all models that have not proven their value on the battlefield after all, and the Ministry of National Defense will not purchase them on a large scale.

Although there has been no military budget equating to no cap for the military since last year, they are still responsible for taxpayer money.

If they spend money randomly and without planning, Congress may limit their military budget.

This kind of thing... is not impossible. In order to gain more power and promises, those people in Congress even wanted to force Mr. Truman to bow his head before he came to power!
Their conspiracy failed in the end. Mr. Truman seemed to have no pursuit, but he actually didn't have such a broad mind.

He is waiting, waiting for the time when he can fully grasp the federal power!
Therefore, even the Ministry of National Defense does not come here casually in matters such as budget and military procurement. Otherwise, the gentlemen in Congress may want to find a sense of presence in the military.

We all know that besides the IRS, taxpayers are also very difficult, especially when they suspect that you are wasting their taxes.

Now that the tax is so high, this is also a very sensitive area.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that Ankerk Industrial's tanks will not appear directly on the main battlefield.

Recently, Mr. Wardrick has been lobbying the people of the Ministry of National Defense everywhere. Some of the tanks they purchased will be used on the northern border. This is a good thing.

Now Lynch has good news again, which makes Mr. Wardrick deeply relieved.

In the Commonwealth, the respect of the poor to the upper class is to respect the resources and wealth they possess.

In high society, there are also classes.

There is also a relationship of respect between these people of different classes, so the upper-class people in the lower class respect the upper-class people mainly because they respect each other's ability to make money!

Like Lynch--Dear Mr. Lynch!

In some more formal occasions, someone would always smile and say this to him, do you really think Master Lin is respectable?

No, a lot of people want to hang him from a street lamp and divide his fortune, people have to say that because he really makes money!
As long as his ability to earn money is not weakened, people will always respect him so much!

As long as you can keep making money, it means that you are a person with "capability"!
There were many smiles on Mr. Wardrick's face, "How much do you plan...to ask for?"

He also had a guess in his mind, should he need thirty or fifty or one hundred?

The new type of chariot adopts Lynch's design inspiration, no longer has an open turret, and made a very weird polygon.

It had more horsepower, a longer wheelbase, a wider body, more ammunition, and even two machine guns.

The cost of the entire chariot is about 25 federal sols. This is the ex-factory price, plus the need for revenue, its price is about 32 to 35.

The price is not high at all, the gross profit is about 20.00% to 30.00%, and the net profit may be 4 to [-] yuan.

In this way, even if one hundred vehicles are sold, the net profit in terms of the company's revenue is only 400 million——

But in fact, this number is really not low. Now the output value of mainstream small and medium-sized companies in the Federation is only about a few hundred thousand, and some factories may be slightly more, 200 million.

Just one order can bring so much profit to the company, in fact it is really not a small order.

But compared to Lynch's big orders, it does seem a bit inconspicuous, but there is no way, the technical content between the two is completely different.

The current chariot is just a gun barrel, a high-horsepower engine, and an iron shell. It hasn't been developed for so long, and it doesn't have any high-tech things.

Brakes and buffers might count as one, but how much are you going to pay for something that's so obvious at a glance...

So the price is very reasonable in this period.

Lynch smiled and gave a number beyond Mr. Wardrick's guess - two hundred!

"I mean a conservative estimate of [-] vehicles. This is just the first batch of orders. Once these tanks show their powerful dominance on our main battlefield, I will place another order soon."

"I will find a way to convince the Gefra people to agree to spend money to solve the problem of the army's insufficient combat power. Maybe we will finally have an order of [-] to [-] vehicles!"

Mr. Warderick couldn't close his mouth with a smile. If Gefra can sell a thousand tanks on the main battlefield, it will work.

This means that the federal army will also increase its purchases, and when the war is over, they may be able to sell thousands of tanks!
All the wealth he lost when he left the consortium can be earned back in a few years by relying on these orders, and it is firmly rooted in this field.

His decision to himself at the beginning is worthy of affirmation.

On the afternoon of the third day, Lynch brought His Excellency the Prime Minister and a group of Gefra's diplomats, ministers, and military observers to the Ankerk Industrial Proving Ground.

They had already signed an agreement with Lynch, which sounded a little comical that, when faced with something as serious as war, a once-powerful country would sign a contract with a private company to hire them to fight on their behalf.

But this is an absurd reality. What makes some people unable to explain is that the Prime Minister has allocated part of the funds to the account designated by Lynch according to Lynch's request.

In addition to the upfront expenses, the money also includes funds to purchase some engineering projects that can help the Gefra people resist the invasion.

Today, they gathered at the test site of Ankerk Industries, just to visit the core product of Lynch's "Canning Project" - a new type of tank!
Lynch mentioned this plan in the contract he signed with Gefla, the "canning plan", and its core idea is to wrap the Gefla people with strong steel.

Such a hard shell can allow them to avoid some common casualties, and at the same time, it can also have a strong counterattack capability, which is very helpful for cutting the battlefield to create an advantageous area.

This plan has been unanimously approved by the Prime Minister, who knows exactly what those armies are.

If they can have a safe environment, maybe they won't escape so fast!
Then, they saw a ferocious steel beast that impressed them so much that they would never forget it in a short time!

The five tanks roared forward, no matter what the terrain was, uphill, downhill, tunnels, trenches...

It can almost overcome and crush it quickly, followed by a test of firepower, and then the ability to withstand attacks.

This part in particular shocked the Gefra people. One grenade after another was thrown on the tank and exploded, but it had no effect on the people on the opposite side.

Except that the turret of one chariot can't rotate, things like bullets and grenades can no longer pose a threat to it.

As a salesperson, Lynch also introduced its shortcomings. For example, if its track is damaged, it cannot continue to provide forward power for the chariot.

But its track is easy to repair, and the whole track is directly assembled from multiple modules.

When it is blown up, it only takes a few simple steps to restore power, which is actually not a disadvantage, but an advantage.

Looking at these big guys, the Gefra people are obviously very excited. They can provide strong firepower, and with infantry and aircraft, especially bombers, they can completely dominate the entire battlefield!
They are not afraid of spending money, anyway, the nobles have money, and if they find a reason to clean up a batch, they can get enough military expenses.

As long as the things are good, they will accept more money.

At the end, the Prime Minister asked eagerly, "What's its name?"

Lynch glanced at Mr Wardrick, who smiled and said the word "tank".

The entire product introduction meeting lasted until the evening. After sending these people away, Lynch was stayed by the people from the Ministry of Defense.

"These tanks..." The speaking officer coughed lightly, "We need some too."

Lynch was a little surprised. He glanced at Mr. Wardrick, and the officer smiled awkwardly and politely, "We didn't have a lot of orders before, and the performance was not as good as it is now, so..."

This is to maintain the statement of the Ministry of National Defense. In fact, the Ministry of National Defense did not plan to order too many vehicles at the beginning, but ordered ten vehicles.

Compared with the previous model, the changes of this new model are actually very limited, that is, the turret becomes fully enclosed, and the wheels become tracks.

When the people from the Ministry of National Defense came to investigate, they believed that the fully enclosed turret completely lost the flexible viewing angle, and they could only observe the enemy at a fixed angle.

Once someone attacks from behind or from the side, it will be difficult for the people in the chariot to find these people in the first place, which will cause losses.

Secondly, the tires are changed to crawlers, which loses the ability to move quickly, and the new tank is heavier, which is not suitable for more complex ground combat rhythms.

In order not to offend Mr. Wardrick, the Ministry of Defense ordered ten vehicles.

But what they saw today was a completely different tank, and Lynch showed them the tactical thinking around these big monsters called "tanks".

These tactics made the officers of the Ministry of National Defense who accompanied the Gefra people shine. They didn't know much about other things. At least they understood the meaning of "not fighting alone"!

Chariots should always be carried out in clusters, rather than a single tank or two tanks dispatched alone.

Tank clusters, coupled with infantry coordination, the Air Force discovers and destroys threatening targets in advance...

The way people look at Lynch is a little different.

This is a fucking master tactician!

(End of this chapter)