Iron Cross Fire

It’s not far from Vienna to Bled, Slovenia. After passing Graz Station, continue driving west and you’ll arrive in about an hour.

After getting off the bus, I saw a city that was very different from Vienna. The night here was not as luxurious as Vienna, and there was no starry sky. But at least the weather here is clear and clear enough for Kuster and the wheat fields to see clearly in the dark.

According to the address provided by Little Kuster, the two quickly found the steel plant in a remote location, which was far away from residential areas.

It was already late at night, and the workers in the factory had already left work. Kuster opened the factory door and turned on the electric light to dispel the darkness.

It was a quiet night, and the two of them quietly walked to the center and saw a more conspicuous room. When they walked in, they saw a scarred, fat middle-aged man sleeping on the table. This man was so fat that the flesh of his neck could be squeezed out by his collar.

Although Kuster and the two were careful, they still woke him up.

He immediately took out a knife from the drawer and looked at the two men fiercely. After seeing the military uniforms of the two men and the guns pointed at him by the wheat fields, he dropped the knife without hesitation and raised his hands.

Kuster pressed Wheatfield's gun, took out a contract and said:

"Sir, I'm really sorry. He is my guard and it is his duty to protect me. I hope you don't mind. I came a little late and you may not have been notified."

The man took the contract and looked at it carefully for a while before returning it to him. At the same time, he said apologetically:

"I'm sorry too. I feel ashamed that I made such a reckless move. Of course, you are welcome to become the owner of the new steel plant. I am Atkinson Marzo, the director here. I will show you around. This steel plant."

After Kuster took back the contract, he and Atkinson visited every corner of the steel plant. During this period, his eyes were often attracted by the scars all over Atkinson's body. After Atkinson saw it, he said nonchalantly:

"Sir, are you curious about my scars and my fat body?

When I was a supervisor, my work was not going well, which resulted in me suffering many injuries. Another time, I was accidentally scalded by molten iron. After that, I had to take a lot of medicine, and I became what I am now. "

Kuster nodded with admiration. After the visit, the three returned to the room. Atkinson asked:

"Sir, are you satisfied with our steel plant?"

"Yes, except that the location is not very good, everything else is very satisfactory."

"There is no way, and our location is not something I can decide. It's a bit far from the train station, and it will take some time for us to transport it there by mules and horses."

"Then I can only hope that your mules and horses are stronger. By the way, what is the daily production volume and number of workers in this factory?"

"We have relatively advanced steelmaking facilities, and the current annual output is almost 7,000 tons. But we still have a lot of room for improvement, because we lack almost 100 workers, and the quality of the workers is very low, resulting in our The production capacity is not high.”

"Well, I will find a way to recruit some experienced workers for you. When they arrive, replace some of the workers who are not diligent, and then let me produce at full power!"

"Okay sir, I will do my best to produce steel. Also, what should we do with the steel we produce? Sell it on the spot?"

"I will give you a list every month based on my needs. You only need to give me the steel. As for the others, you can find a place where the profit is greater and sell them, and then give the money to I."

"Okay sir! I'll get this done!"

Just as Akins turned around to leave, Kuster put his arm around his shoulders, pulled out a steel blueprint from his waist and said to him:

"Mr. Atkinson, I want a special kind of steel. Come and take a look."

Atkinson turned around and looked at the drawings carefully, frowned in surprise and said:

"It seems that Mr. knows steel very well. However, the cost of adding these metals is a bit high. Moreover, when workers produce things they are not familiar with, the production capacity will be reduced."

Atkinson's doubts are not unreasonable. In addition to iron, these steels also add various metals on the basis of carbon.

A type called 'high-strength armor steel' contains: carbon, nickel, silicon, manganese, chromium, and molybdenum.

"You don't have to worry about these. The steel made of these metals is very durable. Compared with ordinary steel, they are very cost-effective, so they can be sold at a good price, and I mainly want to invest it in the military industry.

Of course, if you think it's too expensive, you can only make the amount of steel I require, and the rest you can produce ordinary steel. "

Despite Kuster's explanation, Atkinson said with some skepticism:

"In this case, we will produce at least 3,000 tons of ordinary steel every year, and the rest will be the production of special steel."

"Well, I don't have enough funds now, so I can do whatever you like. But, in a few months, I will ask you to fully produce my steel."

"Well, is there anything else? If not, then I'll leave."

"I will introduce a set of hydraulic presses and plate rolling machines from Germany to process steel. They will arrive in a few days. Okay, you can go."

After receiving Kuster's approval, Atkinson returned to his small house. Kuster and Mai Tian found a hotel to stay for one night.

The next morning, the two of them boarded the train to Vienna.

After getting off the car, the two returned to the arsenal and saw Foxx happily saying:

"General! We produced more than 80 semi-automatic rifles yesterday, more than the previous 7 days combined! If the supply of steel can be maintained, our production will be faster and faster!"

Kust wanted to find him, and when he saw him running over, he said:

"I need you to help me do something. Pick 120 skilled and experienced workers for me and send them to the steel plant. There is a shortage of workers there, so their steel production is not high."

"Okay, I have a lot of friends, so it won't be difficult to do this."

"That's good. By the way, according to the current steel consumption, you give me a monthly steel consumption list and keep adjusting it. I have After communicating with the steel mill over there, they will produce a batch of new steel and send it here next month. You will use this batch of new steel to make weapons. As for the weapons made of ordinary steel, let the soldiers on the front line make do with them. "

"Yes, General, I will take care of it."

"Also, we need to start producing submachine guns. I hope to produce five today and gradually increase them every day.

The production plan for machine guns will also start. Try to produce one today. I hope you can do a good job. "

"Please rest assured, I will definitely produce them today."

After saying this, Fox ran to direct the workers to work. Kuster also continued to draw drawings with Franz and worked until dark before resting.

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