Imperial Overlord

"What number is this this month?" Looking at the behemoth in front of him, the workshop leader of the MAN chariot factory asked the engineer beside him.

The engineer looked at the record book in his hand and replied, "The 20th car produced this month."

The person in charge of the workshop with his hands behind his back nodded. The 20 tanks just produced marked the success of the transformation of the workshop he was in charge of.

Originally his workshop was producing the No. 4 tank, and now he was ordered to start producing a new tank with sloping armor and larger diameter road wheels.

After modification, this production line was able to produce 35 brand-new Panther tanks within a month, which may not seem like much, but it is actually quite a lot.

This is just one production line. When dozens of production lines start to operate in an orderly manner, hundreds of tanks are manufactured in Germany every month.

Countless steel and other raw materials were cut and ground bit by bit here, smelted and forged, and finally turned into parts one by one, combined into a Leopard tank with a volume of several meters.

The new Panther tank is equipped with a ferocious 88mm caliber cannon, which is several times more powerful than the 75mm short-barreled gun. It is a real tank gun and can easily penetrate any enemy that the Germans pretend to be.

Even the basic parameters of the U.S. M4 tank found by the intelligence department of the head of state, or the intelligence of the T-34 tank being equipped by the Soviet army, prove that the enemy does not have weapons that can deal with the 88mm tank gun.

It is undoubtedly good news for German armored forces, especially the valuable elite armored units. The weapons in their hands are more advanced than any opponent.

Now the Panther tanks produced by this workshop are not so beautifully welded. The welding lines on the turret are not carefully treated, and they seem to be deliberately left on the decoration.

The camouflage sprayed with the factory is very casual, but according to the German camouflage painting regulations issued temporarily, it is sprayed with a thin layer as if it were an errand.

Just like companies that will face official inspections in the future, German companies will inevitably create profit margins for themselves in various places. They save paint and replace some of the leather with canvas.

Anyway, the soldiers on the front line will find wooden boards or the like to reinforce their seats. Anyway, in winter, they will routinely change into white camouflage...

The difference is that the engine also has a gearbox, chassis and armor on it. Where these are really used, German companies do not dare to cut corners.

So even in the details, the Leopard tank can be said to be the beginning of the "downslope" of the German tank design industry, but the combat performance of the Leopard tank has not been discounted in the slightest.

It is also from the Leopard tank that the German tank abandoned the boutique route and embarked on an innovative development path with its own characteristics.

"Minister Speer hopes that our workshop can work overtime and provide about 50 new tanks every month..." The head of the workshop mentioned what happened in yesterday's meeting.

In fact, Speer is now the deputy minister of the German Ministry of Industry, but everyone knows that the head of state is the background of this deputy minister, so when everyone talks about Speer, as long as the Minister of Industry is not present, they are too lazy to mention it. The word "sub".

And what Speer himself is exercising now is indeed the power of the Minister of Industry. He has the support of the head of state. He speaks the same in the Ministry of Industry, and even his only superior has hypnotized himself into a transparent person.

So it can also be said that the current Speer is the boss in the hearts of all German industrialists, no one...

"The parts produced by the female workers are already ready for use. Because of them, as long as you find a few more apprentices, you can almost complete the task." The engineer thought for a while and replied.

The head of state's training system for female workers and apprentices has begun to exert its power. Although it has only been a short period of less than two months, male and female apprentices come to the factory every day, and they only remember the steps and not the theory. Can be used."

Thinking about today, the time for our country's professional and technical workers to actually practice and operate machinery is only a few months before they arrive at the factory.

It can also be seen from this point that in countries with a higher level of basic education, the speed of cultivating urgently needed talents will also increase exponentially.

Of course, this is the main reason why, from today's point of view, raising an army is not difficult, but in ancient times it was not.

Letting a person engrave concepts such as "honor and disgrace" and "family and country" from the bones, is the kind of thing that takes time to queue up for two months to go to the battlefield, which was basically impossible in ancient times.

"Try not to let female workers work overtime, and leave this kind of thing to apprentices and young people." The workshop leader thought a little more.

Apprentices are only given rice coupons, and private individuals can only receive some low-quality and cheap daily necessities from the labor security office of the factory.

Counting the tricky things like the difference in purchase price, it is the most cost-effective for factories to use apprentices. Even if night shifts or overtime are required, the increased subsidy is minimal.

The capitalists have no surplus. Profit is the king of everything. Although the purchase volume of the head of state has increased at least ten times compared with the past, any profit is worth worrying about.

Not letting female workers work overtime is a decision to appease the other's family. Now that women come out to work, it is in conflict with the original habits of society. If there are more troubles, it will not end well.

After all, letting a woman stay home at night is not a popular decision in a patriarchal society like Germany.

"The three major pieces and the suspension can't be moved. Try to find some places in the car that can be simplified..." Looking at a Leopard tank parked next to a car, the person in charge said.

To give a simple example, the iron box for fixing the radio has now changed from a whole iron plate to a completely hollow iron plate.

As the processing technology becomes more mature, it is evolving to a more material-saving iron bar standard. If you only look at the interior of the tank, many places are already very close to the Soviet tank interior style.

"I heard that the people at the Krupp factory have omitted the front fender... The frontline troops responded, that thing is basically useless." Carefully, the engineer said this.

The person in charge's eyes lit up, and then looked at his engineer: "Do they really do this? Let's try it too! The next batch of tanks will cancel the front fenders, but give the installation interface to I keep it!"

His calculus was good: if the Army pursued it, he would say that the factory was sloppy, and it would be fine to put it back.

It's a pity that he didn't know that Krupp had really canceled the front fender of the Panther tank. After testing, this thing is completely unnecessary except for aesthetics.

"The Fuhrer is really a genius. He actually wanted to get an 88mm caliber cannon that uses anti-aircraft, and even the ammunition is universal." Looking at the masterpieces produced by his factory, the person in charge praised.

You know, the previous No. 4 tank, and the current Panther tank, bring him amazing wealth every day.

If it weren't for a large part of the purchase money that could only be used to offset the debt with Mifu coupons that could not be used privately, his net worth might be much more than he is now.

Even now, at the moment of food rationing, his income is enough for him to go to the black market to buy and maintain an enviable luxury life.

I heard that many lieutenants and colonels of the Wehrmacht often worry about not being able to get delicious canned fish and real butter.

But he can often buy these things and use them to bribe higher authorities. If it weren't for his bribery, it would not be his small workshop to manufacture such a good thing as the No. 5 tank.

You must know that although the No. 4 tank and the No. 5 tank are only separated by one model, the design ideas between them are really completely different.

Although the production technology of the No. 4 tank is mature, it is still an expensive German manufacturing idea, so the production speed is not as good as that of the No. 5 tank, the materials are still more refined, and the profit is less.

The No. 5 tank is completely different. This new tank is a new concept tank that has been carefully prepared based on the manufacturing process.

To say it is a brand new concept means that it introduces a simplified process for factory manufacturing in Germany. After careful optimization, it is as easy to mass-produce as a car.

Whether it is cost control, or the convenience of manual processing and production, including labor-hour consumption and raw material savings, it is amazing to be meticulously calculated.

There are even parts in several places ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ that can be pieced together into a complete iron plate before assembly. That is to say, when these parts are processed, apart from cutting the falling iron filings, no raw materials are wasted at all.

With such meticulous design and production, the Panther tank that was finally born is a product that capitalists like the most with high profits and rapid production.

"Okay! Sir!" The engineer nodded, then glanced again at the Panther with the front fenders in front of him.

Perhaps this Panther with fenders will be completely out of print on the battlefield... It will be difficult to see a Panther tank with such beautiful curved fenders in the future.

I don't know if it was emotion or something else. The engineer carefully looked at the Leopard tank in front of him, carefully stroked the armored steel plate that had just dried out with his hands, and was reluctant to leave.

The person in charge has gone far at this time. He has no time to think about his products with his engineers. Every minute and every second of his time is precious.

"I'm going to call the quarters department in the afternoon and tell them to come and take away these tanks... The warehouse also needs money... It's also asking for money!" The person in charge walked to the door with his hands behind his back.