Rise From Eight Hundred

The big capitalists cultivated by capitalism have completely lost their resistance in front of the cheques waved wildly by a certain regiment commander.

However, although the investment and construction of the factory proposed by Tang Dao is extremely tempting, as Tang Dao said, Krupp Company has no shortage of raw materials, and China's labor costs are shockingly low. Once the output is produced, the profit can make anyone envious, but the equipment, factory buildings, and the injection of funds and even the coordination of relations with the Japanese mentioned by Tang Dao cannot be completed in ten days or half a month.

However, as long as the two sides have reached this consensus, it means that the highest person in charge of Krupp Arms Manufacturing Far East Company has been tied to a rope with a small Chinese infantry regiment commander.

Tang Dao's shares will be held by a Chinese businessman named Qian, and all profit dividends do not need cash. Lou Dehua only needs to purchase precision machine tools from China and steel produced by the steel plant to pay workers' wages.

Yes, Tang Dao almost frankly stated that the purpose of his investment in the steel plant is not only to need steel, but also to use this steel plant to build a secret military factory to manufacture a large number of various firearms.

Fortunately, Lou Dehua was quite relieved that in order to make the steel plant operate for a longer period of time, the underground military factory covered by the steel plant would only produce various firearms accessories needed by Tang Dao, and then transport them to Tang Dao's military factory deep in Taihang Mountain for assembly and testing.

Moreover, the rifles and light machine guns manufactured were basically mainly Czech-style, which was also the most widely used firearms by the Chinese army. Tang Dao did not elaborate on the heavy machine guns, but said that there would be design drawings at that time. The mortars were mainly 82-caliber mortars and French Brande 60mm mortars, which basically had little to do with German-made ones.

Lou Dehua was greatly relieved and a little resentful at the same time. What's the matter? The guns and artillery of our German Empire are not good enough?

"Your country's weapons and equipment are known for their precision. They are world-class in both power and accuracy. However, the manufacturing requirements are too strict. Our army is not short of people or weapons now. Only by equipping a large number of weapons in a short period of time can we have a chance to win this war against Japan.

If we import a large number of them, the Japanese are not fools. They also have a large number of intelligence personnel in Europe. As long as they check carefully, they will know the flow of these weapons, which will also be disadvantageous to you, my dear friend.

So, the safest way is to 'If there are no guns or cannons, we will make them ourselves!'" Tang Dao explained.

Of course, these are the general exchanges between the two. The more detailed issues will have to wait until Tang Dao arrives in Tianjin and mentions the huge sum of money before the two will discuss them in detail.

Cash is the basis of mutual trust, and the two of them are tacitly aware of this.

But basically, the two are already deeply bound.

Tang Dao needed this person to help him open up a transportation line with import and manufacturing capabilities to continue to provide blood transfusion for the anti-Japanese war in North China; and Lou Dehua needed Tang Dao's funds to create enough performance for his business in the Far East. If the empire and the company really changed dramatically in the future as Tang Dao said, he would have the opportunity to control a business empire again.

So, when Tang Dao took out a pen and paper and listed the weapons to be ordered, Lou Dehua agreed without hesitation.

Even if Shan Shanyuan would have a cerebral hemorrhage after seeing the list of military equipment he had just written.

"Austria Bailu Company has 28 150mm howitzers with a caliber of 24 times that of Sweden's Bofors, and 30,000 rounds of shells;

Austria Bailu Company has 50 40mm anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of 60 times that of Sweden's Bofors M36, with 150,000 rounds of shells and 100 spare barrels;

Krupp Company has manufactured 150 M434 general-purpose machine guns; 1.5 million rounds of steel core bullets; 1,000 spare barrels; 150 tripods and bipods each;

100 Mercedes-Benz TYP320WK off-road vehicles;"

"Dear friend, do you know that if these things you specifically requested were put on the battlefield, General Shanshan Yuan would pull out his hair in pain." Lou Dehua smiled and shook the list that had just been written by Tang Dao in his hand.

This guy is obviously also a black-bellied guy. I'm afraid that his shrewd mind has already calculated the profits generated by this huge order of millions of US dollars! For this reason, he would rather pull out the hair of all the generals of the Japanese North China Front Command.

This time it's not that God is incompetent, but that the little Japanese are too stingy. They insist on using the rubbish weapons produced in their country and disdain the excellent German Empire's huge arsenal.

The current market price of a 150mm howitzer is 35,000 US dollars, and the shell is 40 US dollars. The Tang Dao is a big deal. The shell alone is 120,000 US dollars, and the artillery is 980,000 US dollars, which is more than one million US dollars.

The 40mm anti-aircraft gun is not cheap. Each gun costs 11,000 US dollars, and the shell is 10 US dollars. In addition, there are 100 Mercedes-Benz SUVs worth 1,700 US dollars each, plus spare gun barrels and 1700 US dollars for loading, and the total amount exceeds 2.5 million US dollars.

Of course, the first two types of Krupp companies have to be purchased from another company, and the net profit will not exceed 30%, especially the 150 howitzer. It is not known whether it can be purchased. Do you really think that large-caliber guns are cabbage! The spies of several major empires are keeping a close eye on the German Empire.

But the MG34 general-purpose machine gun is different. It was finalized in 1934 and put into production in 1935. It was a product of Krupp's fully mature production line. It just cost a little steel material, and it was almost pure profit.

The only regret is that the purchase quantity is a little small, and the total value is only 200,000 US dollars.

"Dear Tang, do you want to add another zero after the small amount of MG34 machine guns? If your army can equip this machine gun in large quantities, I guarantee that the Japanese can beat the yolks of their eggs." Lou Dehua, blinking his blue eyes, simply interprets the "greedy" characteristics of businessmen to the bone.

At this moment, he doesn't care about the Japanese doubts about why a large number of German weapons flowed into the battlefield. As long as the company can make money and the empire can receive taxes, who cares what the Japanese think.

In fact, because of the charming smell of money, he has begun to use the Japanese yolks to seduce Tang Dao.

Really, completely blackened blue eyes!

"Your company's MG34 machine gun is the best general-purpose machine gun in the world today, but..." Tang Dao smiled slightly. "But it will soon be replaced by the newcomers."

Tang Dao certainly knew that in just three years, the MG42, known as the 'Hitler chainsaw', would be born, and because of the great power shown in actual combat, it would eventually completely replace the dominant position of the MG34 in the German Empire Army.

But why did he spend a lot of money to purchase so many MG34s? That's because the MG42 is excellent, and the manufacturing cost is much cheaper than the MG34, but its rate of fire is too exaggerated, with an average rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, and the highest rate of fire is even recorded as 1,500 rounds per minute.

This means that it has to replace a spare barrel every 500 rounds, and the massive consumption of ammunition is not only a nightmare for the enemy but also a nightmare for the logistics support personnel.

Even in the German Empire Army, where logistics support has entered mechanized transportation, in order to ensure the firepower of the MG42 light machine gun, each infantryman in an infantry squad has to help the machine gunner carry 200 rounds of bullets, otherwise, the ammunition will be exhausted in just two minutes of full-speed firing of the MG42.

Compared with this, the MG34, which can also fire at a maximum rate of 1,000 rounds per minute, has much lower ammunition consumption because it can choose between burst and continuous firing, and is more suitable for the actual situation on the Chinese battlefield at this time.

150 MG34s are enough to meet the combat needs of the three infantry battalions of the Four-Line Regiment. Moreover, with steel, machine tools and design drawings, wouldn't the Four-Line Regiment make them themselves?

Tang Dao used all his tricks to tempt this foreigner, but he was definitely not a sucker, and the silver was not blown by the wind, it was the wealth of the people of Pingjin.

"This is impossible. At least in the next five years, there will be no general-purpose machine gun better than MG34." Lou Dehua refuted unconvinced.

Tang Dao raised his lips slightly. He knew that the arrogance of the Germans was here again. That extremely excellent machine gun was born with difficulty in their arrogance, and finally almost beat the equally arrogant American cowboys to tears on the battlefield.

MG34 is indeed excellent, and Lou Dehua has reason to be proud of it, especially as the world's first general-purpose machine gun.

The so-called general-purpose machine gun is a light machine gun when it is mounted on a bipod, a heavy machine gun when it is mounted on a tripod, and an anti-aircraft machine gun when it is mounted on a tripod.

This is also the product of the German Empire under heavy pressure. Because of the defeat in World War I, according to the Treaty of Versailles, the defeated German Empire could not manufacture heavy machine guns, but the characteristics of the Germanic people destined them to never accept defeat.

As soon as the war ended, various scientific research was launched, but because it was a defeated country, it would be severely punished by the Western Allies if it violated the Treaty of Versailles openly, so the shrewd Germans played a roundabout tactic.

The gun is still the same gun, but once the gun frame is changed, it can be switched from a light machine gun to a heavy machine gun. You know, the gun not only has a very high rate of fire, but also has an effective range of 800 meters when equipped with a bipod. If it is replaced with a special tripod for heavy machine guns, the effective range is as high as 1,000 meters. A big tree as thick as a bowl can be broken by its strafing, which has completely reached the peak of a single-barreled gun.

Perhaps, the only defect that restricts the gun is its complex structure, which requires a lot of man-hours and materials. Each gun needs 49 kilograms of steel to be drilled to make a 12-kilogram MG34. Once wartime comes, it is difficult to provide products to the front line on a large scale.

But all this has changed with the emergence of a metal stamping engineer. The metal stamping process will completely replace the backward process of drilling. The MG42 general-purpose machine gun also appeared on the historical stage a year after the war began. Even decades later, this old gun from World War II is still active on battlefields around the world.

"We Chinese have a saying that there are talented people in every generation! The same is true for weapons and equipment. Mr. Lou Dehua, what you said is a bit absolute." Tang Dao smiled. "By the way, I want to ask you about someone. I wonder if you have heard of his name."

"Who?" Lou Dehua was stunned.

"Dr. Grunoff! A metal stamping process expert in your country. I had the honor of meeting him once when I was studying in your country. I have always admired his character and knowledge." Tang Dao said.

What Tang Dao said was of course nonsense, but in the first ten years before the war, because China and the German Empire had a lot of cooperation, whether in business cooperation or studying abroad for scientific research, there were many Chinese people who went to the German Empire, and it was not surprising that Tang Dao was one of them.

Moreover, he believed that Lou Dehua did not need to specifically check his resume for whether he had been there or not. Even if he did, who doesn't have their own secrets?

"No wonder you are so familiar with our country, Colonel Tang Dao. It turns out that you have studied in our country. You see, I admire your oriental culture, but you go to learn our knowledge. In a sense, we are complementary. No wonder you and I hit it off right away." Hearing Tang Dao say this, Lou Dehua's blue eyes shone even more, and he felt a little closer to Tang Dao.

However, this is not the answer Tang Dao wanted.

Tang Dao just wanted to know if this person knew the genius who had not yet entered the vision of major German arms manufacturing companies. If his memory is correct, Tang Dao remembered that the great doctor who proposed to use metal stamping technology to make firearms was still in a frustrated state at this time, and almost no one recognized his concept.

Otherwise, MG42 might have been launched before the war.

Of course, the Allied spies had sent photos of the unremarkable MG42 back to their countries even on the test field, and then the Allied ordnance experts laughed and called it "broken copper and rotten iron". Until the terrifying sound of tearing cloth sounded on the battlefield, and the average firing rate of 1,200 rounds per minute made it almost impossible for the Allied soldiers to charge forward on the battlefield, the experts were like being smothered by a brick and became stupid.

Seeing that Tang Dao did not respond as enthusiastically as he did, Lou Dehua realized that he had not answered Tang Dao's question just now. He took the cigar out of his mouth and muttered to himself: "Metal stamping, Doctor, Grunoff..."

Tang Dao was a little disappointed, but saw Lou Dehua's eyebrows suddenly opened: "I remember, there is such a guy. However, this guy is not as talented as you said, my friend. A good metal material expert did not go to his old profession, but actually applied to do some firearms design, and even said shamelessly that he would design a A general-purpose machine gun that is better than MG34. "

"What do you mean?"

"This guy is an employee of my Krupp company! He is an expert, but because he was not doing his job properly, he was sent to the Far East branch by the head office, half a year earlier than me. He should be working as a senior engineer in the iron mine in HD now! In the words of those old stubborn people, polish his arrogance before transferring him back to China. Haha, he is really unlucky." Speaking of the unlucky guy who was sent to the Far East like himself, Lou Dehua was inexplicably happy when he recalled all this.

"You mean, Dr. Grunov is in China?" Tang Dao almost jumped up.

Of course he knew the principle of the MG42 machine gun, and could even draw a rough design. Together with the geniuses of Teacher Xiao He, he could basically tinker with 80% of the functions of the MG42, but lacked metal stamping technology and equipment, so it could not be mass-produced. What's the use of just making a few guns?

The appearance of Grunov may completely change all this.

Moreover, if he is willing to provide funds and equipment for the research and development and take the lead in coming up with the initial design drawings, he can write his own name on the patent of this weapon.

Of course, Tang Dao is not going to leave his name in the sky of history with this weapon, but the patent can be charged.

In the future, every time Krupp manufactures an MG42, it must pay him a patent licensing fee, which can completely become a hen that lays golden eggs.

"Yes! If you want to see him, I can send him a telegram to ask him to wait for you in Tianjin." Lou Dehua saw Tang Dao's face showing joy, but he didn't care.

After all, in ancient Chinese culture, there are descriptions of the four proud moments of life: "rain after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, wedding night, and passing the imperial examination." Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is even better than getting married.

It can only be said that Lou Dehua has not studied Chinese culture deeply enough, and this is definitely a "toxic" culture.

History has proven that the nomadic people lived well on the grasslands, but once they entered the Central Plains, they...

The Mongol cavalry that swept across the Eurasian continent invincible only took 90 years to be almost exterminated by Zhu Yuanzhang; the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty, who were said to be invincible, learned Chinese culture, and the whole tribe was driven back to their hometown in Heishan and Baishui, and they had to endure for hundreds of years to recover.

Now, the tragic blue-eyed capitalist has taken the initiative to help Tang Dao find a reason for "meeting an old friend in a foreign land". If he now knows that the patent of the Grunov joint model that Tang Dao and he took the initiative to introduce will earn millions of US dollars in patent licensing fees from Krupp, he will definitely draw the dagger at his waist...

Slash his own neck!

The steel mills that were opened at great risk did not make so much money!

"No, I will arrive in HD with my people first, and then go to Tianjin. How to go depends on you, my old friend." Tang Dao said firmly.

"Okay! Leave it to me." Lou Dehua frowned slightly, but still agreed.

Tang Dao's words were correct. Krupp, which had a pass for exemption from inspection, had to ensure that this big money owner arrived in Tianjin safely. This was also a VIP gold card customer treatment!

After the business was over, the two of them basically went sightseeing. In the middle, Tang Dao even shot a very rare yellow sheep 400 meters away with a rifle, allowing Lou Dehua to see Tang Tuanzuo's amazing shooting.

They roasted lamb on the spot!

But Lou Dehua didn't eat much lamb. Although the two of them were on high alert and the escorts were more than 400 meters away, Tang Dao also had orders not to disturb the people in the mountains.

A little boy who was herding sheep on the hillside approached the two of them without knowing anything. Looking at the roasted golden lamb, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his mouth.

This caused Mr. Lou Dehua to sigh. He waved his hand and gave the little boy half a leg of lamb. He also told the little boy to call his friends to enjoy it in fluent Chinese.

As a result, the ecstatic little boy unceremoniously called over 20 people, the oldest of whom was definitely over 60 years old.

Wow, the whole village is full of friends!

Lou Dehua looked at the ragged Chinese mountain people. Not only did they not eat much lamb, they even donated 20 yuan in cash.

Of course, it was given by Tang Tuanzuo on his behalf.

‘This is war, and the ordinary people are always the most miserable! ’ When the arms dealer who sold countless killing weapons said this, Tang Dao didn’t find it funny at all.

On the contrary, Tang Dao suddenly liked this German, not only because he might bring the killing weapons that Chinese soldiers dreamed of.

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ps: I had 6 Fengyue classes today and I got home at 8:30. Sorry for the late update!