"Chairman, a department store on Kudamstrasse in Berlin was attacked by armed guards yesterday afternoon. More than 30 SS troops stationed there, with the help of the 'Ghost' Alpha Squad, managed to repel the enemy. One of Leon's lieutenants ran to Leon's side and whispered to him.

"Alpha Squad?" Leon stopped what he was doing, "Manfred's squad? ”

"Yes." The adjutant replied respectfully.

"I knew that kid wouldn't live up to my trust." Leon smiled, "What about the casualties of our troops?" ”

"Only two of the Alpha squad were slightly wounded, but the SS casualties were relatively large. Of the 35 people in total, 14 were killed and 11 were seriously wounded, and the rest were all lightly wounded. ”

"Well, you are in charge of the aftermath and pay a pension of 120 per cent of the Wehrmacht's casualty allowance. If he has a disability, he will be arranged to retire and work in our company. Leon said earnestly.

"Understood, Chair." The adjutant nodded in agreement.

"And." Leon stopped the adjutant who was just about to leave, "Krupp and Rheinmetall have created new anti-aircraft guns, and in the afternoon I will go to Rheinmetall's weapons test site, where Krupp and Rheinmetall prototype guns are located." You help me arrange the plane, okay, you go down. ”

"Okay." The adjutant agreed, and then walked out of the office to complete the task assigned by Leon.

It's mid-November, and the start of 1926 is much closer, and the temperature is slowly getting colder with the pace of time. As soon as Leon stepped off the plane, the cold wind in front of him made Leon tighten the coat he was wearing.

"Long live the People's Will Party! Long live the chairman! The SS troops, who had been waiting at the airport for a long time, saw Lyon get off the plane, and their eyes were instantly filled with fanaticism, and they raised their right hands and saluted the standard German salute to the supreme in their hearts.

"Long live the People's Will Party!" Leon also returned a German salute and walked to the front of the crowd.

"President Le Harr, President Gustav, long time no see." Leon greeted two middle-aged men standing in front of the crowd.

"Long time no see, Chairman!" Lehar and Gustav also smiled in return.

Gustav is familiar to everyone, and the name Le Hare is relatively unfamiliar to many people, but I think everyone must have heard of the name Rheinmetall.

Founded in 1889, Rheinmetall is known worldwide for producing high-performance guns. It is also the only company in Germany that can compete with Krupp in the artillery industry.

And Lehar is the manipulator of this arms monster.

"Lehar, Gustav, let's go straight to the test site, I can't wait to see the new anti-aircraft guns." Lyon was in the same car as Le Hal Gustav, and as soon as he got in the car, he suggested to Le Hal and Gustav to go straight to the test site, he wanted to see the achievements of Rheinmetall and Krupp as soon as possible.

"Aren't you tired after flying for so long? How about we go and take a break? Lehar quipped.

"Man, of course I'm tired after such a long flight. But in the face of new weapons, all the rest has to be pushed back. Leon said with a smile.

"Haha." Gustav laughed on the sidelines, "Okay, driver, let's go to the weapons test site." Hurry up, I think our new baby can't wait to meet General Leon. ”

Rheinmetall's weapons test site and Düsseldorf Airport are located not too far apart, both on the outskirts of Düsseldorf, so the group quickly arrived at the entrance of the test site.

As soon as he entered the gate of the test site, Leon saw four guns pointing diagonally into the sky not far away, two of which were large and the other two were much smaller.

"Allow me to take a step ahead of Mr. Gustav and introduce you to the new twin 128mm caliber anti-aircraft gun designed by Rheinmetall." Lehar led the crowd to a tall cannon and said to Leon, "Our Rheinmetall design can be done in two ways: single and double. It weighs 27,000 kg in a twin pack and 15,000 kg in a single pack. The length of the gun body is 7835mm, and the angle of fire is minus 3 degrees - plus 87 degrees. The rate of fire is 15 rounds per minute, the firing range is 13 km. ”

"Oh, it's a monster." Leon said as he looked at the huge cannon in front of him.

"But it's too heavy, isn't it? Both weigh 15 tons in a single unit and 27 tons in a double unit, which is completely impossible to maneuver with front-line troops. Krupp pointed out the shortcomings on the side.

"yes, the only downside is that it's too heavy." Lehar said, shaking his head.

"And what about you Krupp?" Leon asked, turning. Gustav cleared his throat, smiled and pointed to a cannon next to him, and said: "Our 128mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Krupp is single-packed, weighs only 11 tons, and can be towed by a truck to follow the troops and move quickly. However, we also have a disadvantage, that is, the range is insufficient, its range is 2 km worse than Rheinmetall's scheme, only 11 km. ”

Leon listened to the plans of the two families, thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to adopt both.

The Navy will be armed with Rheinmetall's scheme, designated the Flak25A twin 128-mm anti-aircraft gun.

And the army will adopt the light artillery scheme designed by Krupp, designated the Flak25B 128-mm anti-aircraft gun.

Both felt that this arrangement was very reasonable, and all three parties were happy.

On the 40mm anti-aircraft gun, Rheinmetall comprehensively crushed Krupp, whether in terms of rate of fire, firing range, weight, Krupp design scheme is not comparable to the design of Rheinmetall.

Gustav was not surprised by this result, because Krupp was really not good at designing small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and their specialty was large-caliber artillery.

The plan for the anti-aircraft gun was decided, and Gustav led the group to the center of the test site, where there were two Krupp guns specially designed for the Wehrmacht Army.

"Chairman, Krupp's 155mm howitzer specially designed for the army I also brought one this time. It is specially designed, weighs only 7 tons, has a range of 17 kilometers, and has an absolute kill radius of 15 m for high-explosive shells and 80 m for fragmentation. Krupp said proudly to Leon.

Leon was taken aback when he heard this, this gun can definitely be ranked first now, in comparison, the M1928 155mm howitzer designed by France in 1928 has a range of only 12km, and the fragmentation killing radius is only 50m, if it is on the battlefield, Krupp's howitzer can definitely easily beat the French M1928!

"And this cannon is my wedding gift for you." Krupp smiled and said to Leon, "It is a medium-caliber anti-aircraft gun with a caliber of 88mm, a total combat weight of 4983kg, and a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute." ”

Leon looked at this cannon blankly, as a military fan in his previous life, he couldn't be more familiar with the cannon in front of him.

This cannon is the Flak 18 88mm anti-aircraft gun that later became a tank killer in the hands of Rommel and brought infinite shadows to Patton and Montgomery!