Chapter 740: Minister Speer
But in the end, Chen Yanlong shook his head and suppressed his increasingly cranky thoughts.
Then he left his secret bomb shelter and prepared to go to Speer to inquire about the storage, production, and development of the new weapons and equipment he had asked him to make.
Because Albert Speer is now not the original German architect, but the Minister of Weapons and Equipment in the early years of World War II and a high-ranking officer of the German war economy.
If he made any special contribution to the German army in World War II, it was that he was able to use a large number of captured prisoners of war and foreign laborers to overcome the shortage of German labor during the war, and to reorganize the enterprises and factories throughout Germany to rapidly increase the development and production needs of the German army's weapons and equipment.
At the same time, it was also to fully tap the full potential of Germany's wartime economy to delay the collapse and decay of the German economy.
What Chen Yanlong wanted to know most about this time was whether the T-54 tank could be developed and mass-produced with the current German science and technology and industrial capacity.
Because the T-54 tank was a medium tank that evolved from the T-44 tank in the mid-40s of the Soviet Army, and was developed, it was made in 1946 and put into production in 1947; It only came out in the late 50s.
It is also the largest mass-produced tank ever produced by a Soviet unit, with an estimated total of 86,000-100,000 units; Moreover, the T-54/T-55 tank was involved in the armed conflicts of many countries in the 20th century, and even today in the 21st century, there are still 50 countries using the improved version of the T-54/T-55 tank.
The maximum cross-country range of the T-54/T-55 tanks is 320 km, and the main armament is a 100 mm rifled gun; There is also a secondary armament, a 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and a 7.62 mm side-by-side machine gun.
And this tank weapons and armor are better than the T-34 and T-44 tanks, and the cost of production is also very cheap, as well as the maintenance and defense are not complicated, the equipment and the ability to fight at night are available.
However, the main drawback of this tank is that the attack range of the gun is not very good, and the performance of the fire control system is also of poor quality; The range of the artillery is not long, and the fuel tanks of the outer group are as easy to catch fire as the M4 "Sherman" of the American army.
But even so, in order to have more tanks than the Soviet Army's T-34 tank group and strong combat effectiveness, Chen Yanlong still insisted that Speer do everything possible to mass-produce T-54 tanks.
A large number of scientific and technical personnel and engineers led by Speer were able to manufacture this tank in advance because they accepted the original version of the T-54 tank given by Chen Yanlong for research.
Although there are still many aspects to be improved in terms of quality, the combat effectiveness of the T-54 tank group developed and produced by Speer is now; It is still better than the T-34 and T-44 tanks of the Soviet army, with superior performance and the ability to mass-produce small batches.
An hour later, Chen Yanlong arrived again at Speer's office at the factory, where he met with him.
"The development of our T-54 tank group, how is it now?"
"Did I meet the mass production target I needed?"
As soon as he entered Speer's office, Chen Yanlong's first words were so straightforward.
"Hmmm! Everything is still relatively good, and we have now mass-produced about 500 aircraft! ”
"But we still have some technical difficulties and resources for the production of these tanks that need to be solved! Otherwise, we will not be able to carry out large-scale mass production, especially the mass production of tens of thousands of vehicles that you asked me to do! ”
"And even if we can mass-produce so many T-54 tanks, we may not have enough tank personnel now!"
Speer also responded unabashedly.
"Remember what I told you about the Four Soul Ideas?"
"The first is always to continue to develop and solve, and all problems are in the direction."
"Always be proud to climb the peak and challenge difficulties."
"Always dare to choose your dreams and match your words with your words as an example."
"Always take the oath of achieving the first!"
"So a thousand problems, I believe there will be a thousand and one solutions! Are you right? Minister Speer? ”
Chen Yanlong asked rhetorically.
"Yes! Monarch! ”
Hearing this, Speer was slightly stunned, and then agreed loudly.
"This kind of mental outlook is what I want and like the most, now take me to see the storage of our T-54 tanks, and let people drive them for a drill battle, I need to see how good their combat performance is!"
"Then I'm going to put these tanks you produced on the battlefield to test their combat strength!"
"Because the victory or defeat of this war is not only related to our personal lives, but also to the fate of our entire German Empire, I will never be able to lose this war!"
"At the very least, I must protect our homeland from being invaded by the multinational forces united by Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries, otherwise our German Empire will fall into the greatest historical crisis since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it will suffer more heavy damage than during the defeat of World War I!"
Chen Yanlong also said in a deep tone.
For Germany, which knew that it would be defeated in the future, under the retaliation of Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries, it would not only encounter large-scale retaliation by burning, killing, looting, rape and plunder, but also face the situation that its own territory was divided and divided by the victorious powers.
If Chen Yanlong had not been reborn into Hitler's body now, then he would not have cared no matter how Germany was defeated, and would have watched and discussed like a bystander.
But now that he is the head of a country, then he will return this country that has gone in the wrong direction and done bad things that it has not done to return to the path of self-improvement.
"Under the wise leadership of the Führer, we will be victorious!"
"I absolutely believe in you 100 percent! I am willing to follow in the footsteps of the Führer forever and ever! ”
When Speer listened to Chen Yanlong's sudden serious speech, he also responded seriously.
"Thank you for your trust! Minister Speer! ”
Chen Yanlong nodded with satisfaction.
"Thank you, Führer!"
Speer smiled slightly.
"Good! Now take me to see the storage of our T-54 tanks, and get the tank crews ready, I'm going to see a tank battle drill training! ”
Chen Yanlong said with satisfaction again.
"Yes! Monarch! ”
Speer nodded in agreement.
Then he took Chen Yanlong and began to go to the secret storage site of the T-54 tank group, and at the same time asked some tank drivers to inform some tank drivers to prepare for tank combat exercises and training for Chen Yanlong to test.
When Speer's order was given, some elite tank trainers soon rushed to pick out their T-54 tanks and get them ready, waiting for Chen Yanlong's order to watch.