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Waelt changed the subject, trying to distract him from his negative emotions with the equipment production data that Fang Yan was very interested in: "In September, we built a total of 750 aircraft, of which more than 300 were the most advanced twin-engine bombers. Production will increase further this month, reaching 900 units. In addition, the production of tanks has increased by leaps and bounds compared to previous months: no less than 350 vehicles will roll off the production line this month, including several variants. Due to the very satisfactory pace of production of the 12-ton Bobcat tank, the army has begun to reduce more than 1,500 No. 1 tanks in active service in batches. When these little guys who are only equipped with machine guns are all replaced, the strength of the entire armored corps will usher in a new leap. ”

Waelt looked at Fang Yan's face with a smile, with a sense of comfort and relaxation in his heart. In his opinion, the youth in front of him will soon be excited by the results of his disclosure, and in the constant attention and discussion, he will forget the unpleasant political ills of the past. However, after a while, Walter saw the other party glance at him, and the pair of brilliant blue star eyes showed a clear look of disgust and disdain.

"What's the matter, the monthly output of 900 planes and 350 tanks is still missing?" Wolter looked at his young nephew in astonishment and said, "Jonas, are you a little confused about the establishment of aviation and tank units?" The army now has a total of four air armies, one of which has just been formed, and their total number of front-line aircraft is only 3,100. And the army's 1 fully equipped armored division has only 360 tanks. Even if the number of maintenance and training is included, our current production is enough to arm one aviation army and one armored division every two months. For this reason, yesterday the Führer praised me to my face, saying that it was because of my management that his war machine did not have to worry about being under-equipped. At the end of the day, Walter couldn't help but look a little proud.

Fang Yan pursed his lips slightly, and the disdain on his face was even worse. Although it is true that the current situation of German armament production is much better than that of the same period in history, compared with the real peak of German industrial output, it is still unknown how low it is. Throughout 1944, Germany produced as many as 40,000 aircraft and 19,000 tanks or self-propelled guns, with an average monthly production of 3,300 and 1,500, respectively. And these weapons were by no means shoddy and defective: they included not only a large number of new fighters with excellent performance, but also the Tiger and Leopard heavy tanks that changed the talk of the Allies. These weapons are not the same as the primary equipment of 1939, both in terms of man-hours and resource consumption!

You must know that Germany in 1944 was in decline: not only was it lost on the eastern, western, and southern fronts, and the final scope of control was limited to Germany itself, but the United States and Britain also frequently gathered a large number of bombers to carry out overwhelming strategic bombing of Germany's industrial areas. This achievement in the face of adversity is a testament to the extraordinary production potential of Germany, the world's second largest industrial body. If we look at the production situation in 1944 alone, the Soviet Union, which relied heavily on Allied support, could not compete with Germany in arms production competition.

Today, however, Germany, which has long been on the track of wartime economy, has only shown such a pitiful munitions productivity. And without the cheap Bobcat tank led by Fang Yan, the monthly production of combat vehicles would have been reduced by more than half. In addition to the fundamental factor that Germany has not yet carried out a national mobilization, the excessive bureaucracy that has grown in the productive sector due to the extreme political centralization of the National Socialist Party is also an extremely important reason. The entire organization of armaments production is outdated, and the ranks of the administrative organs are bloated and unstoppable, all of which have greatly dragged down the production of German armaments. For example, the Ordnance Bureau has nearly 10 times more second-line personnel than when they fought in the last battle.

The only thing that made Fang Yan feel less critical was that Germany's current main enemies, Britain and France, had not yet had time to complete the transformation of the war. Due to the fact that they had been in a state of peace paralysis with almost constant vigilance and laxity, the military production of Britain and France was also in the ascendant at this time: the weak chicken of France could only produce less than 100 aircraft a month, although Britain performed quite well in the historical plane, producing nearly 8,000 fighters in 1939; However, in this world line, the strong protrusion of the German navy has seriously damaged Britain's maritime lifeline, so its actual results in military production still need to be marked with a big question mark.

However, behind these two old colonial powers, there is a huge bald eagle waiting for an opportunity. According to the information in Fang Yan's possession, Roosevelt had already frantically dug into the walls of the isolationists in Congress, and achieved obvious results. It is expected that it will not be long before the United States will revise the Neutrality Act and begin to send all war materials, including arms and equipment, to belligerent countries.

Fang Yan took a deep breath and said, "Uncle, today's Germany is no longer the same as before. Berlin ruled not only almost all of the Old Empire, but also Austria, Czechoslovakia, and most of Poland. The 110 million people of 900,000 square kilometres of land are under the control of the Führer and your economy, which is far greater than that of Britain and France combined. For Greater Germany, this amount of munitions production was far from our limit, and in order to win the final victory in the war, it was absolutely necessary for us to further exploit the potential of munitions production. ”

"Jonas, how come you have become as sentimental as Dr. Goebbels? Yes, it is true that Germany's territory is now nearly twice as large as it was at the beginning of the Führer's rule, and its population has increased by 70 percent. But don't say you don't know, there are only 83 million Germanic people who can be trusted. God forbid that the Czechs and Slovaks would not make trouble, but the 18 million Poles who lost their independence and the 3 million Jews were definitely a big burden to us. The Führer's intention was to purge these inferior nationalities from German soil, and never to consider them to be German nationals! ”

Wärt snorted rather unpleasantly, and said mockingly: "In addition, the Führer has given an order through the national commander-in-chief of the SS that Germany will not have any will to rebuild war-torn Poland, and that the Poles in this land can only and deserve to be slaves of the Germans forever. It can be said that there is no heavy industry in Poland today, and I simply have no way to use Polish pre-war industry to produce weapons for today's German army. ”

Hearing these words, Fang Yan's heart couldn't help but feel heavy. Hitler's ultra-national policy had already begun the path of German conquest, which had borne fruit: Germany had occupied the Czech Republic and Poland, but had not been able to integrate the industries of the two countries at all, and only Austria, because it was a Germanic state, was saved from Nazi persecution and was treated in the same way as Germany itself. This malaise continued throughout the Third Reich in the historical dimension, until all foreign occupation zones were lost. However, Fang Yan does not have the ability to influence Hitler's national policy now, he just plans to use the method of boiling frogs in warm water to solve the problems in arms production step by step.

"Even so, our total arms production can be further increased on the basis of today." After being silent for a long time, Fang Yan spoke again. Seeing that Wa'erter's face quickly became gloomy, Fang Yan sneered softly, "Uncle, don't worry. I understand that in the current situation, there will be no such thing as a drastic reduction in the production of consumer goods and a proposal for the government to issue a general ****** that will shake the country's foundation. I believe that we can work production management and make use of the existing labor force and factories to raise the total amount of equipment production by a few more steps. ”

Feeling the faint sarcasm in Fang Yan's words, Wa Ert couldn't help but be a little annoyed. But when he thought of the young man's ideals and the efforts he had put into them, the anger in his heart gradually dissipated. His youngest nephew was in the season of being young and ambitious, and he spent 15 years in the rigid and pure navy; For the current squalor and darkness of the empire, he will indeed have a strong sense of disgust, disgust, and hatred at the root. Walter snorted and said, "Then you can talk about it." ”

"First of all, we should create a special committee to manage the military-industrial complex. The army, navy, air force, and SS should no longer have their own independent production kingdoms, but should be organized by the committees to integrate all enterprises and formulate corresponding management measures, incentives and punishments, in order to stimulate production to the greatest extent. ”

Fang Yan didn't wait for Wa Ert to frown and express his difficulty, and continued to speak: "In addition, all weapons in the whole army should be standardized, and there can only be one weapon with similar combat positioning. For example, I really don't understand why the Army Air Corps chose three models at the same time: the Dornier-17, the Heinkel-111, and the Junkers-88 for the twin-engine medium bomber project. There is no significant difference in performance between these aircraft, so is it true that the Army Airlines does not have enough work for the logistics staff and the trouble for the industrial sector? ”

"Moreover, it is really necessary for us to get the workers of the military-industrial complex to abandon the peacetime shift." Fang Yan gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "It's been more than a month and a half since the war began, and our workers are still implementing the 8-hour work week, this is simply an unforgivable crime against this country!" If nothing else, as long as the shipyard enters three shifts, the Bismarck-class ships No. 3 and No. 4, which were originally planned to be completed in early 1941, can be completed in June next year. If they can serve half a year earlier, it will be of great significance to the navy. (To be continued.) )