Chapter 48: Speer's sigh

"What's going on in your mind right now? Speer! ”

Guderian's gaze became more and more imposing, and he stared at the other party and said. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"No, I'm just curious about the design drawings of these advanced weapons and equipment of the Führer, who is it or an organization!"

Speer smiled and replied calmly.

"You won't be part of one of those conspirators! Heelum is now leading a large number of SS troops, and the secret police are purging! ”

Guderian narrowed his eyes and said in a reminding tone.

"Of course not! I am faithful to the Führer! ”

As soon as he heard this, Speer jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, and shouted loudly and redly.

"If not! Otherwise, you will be in great trouble, but today we will not talk about these digressions, the purpose of my coming to you today is to find out the design drawings of these new weapons and equipment given to me by the Führer, and whether you can find people and manufacturers to produce them! Because now our empire is on the verge of danger, and if we do not produce useful advanced weapons and equipment, it will be difficult for us to compete with the Anglo-American-Soviet allies! ”

Guderian waved his hand and said in a solemn tone.

"I'm going to have to ask Krupp, Mauser Arsenal, Henschel, Rheinmetall, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Deere, Siemens, Dornier, Junkers, Volkwall, Junkers, Junkers, ......."

Speer thought about it for a while, and immediately gave the name of the famous German arms company he knew.

“……”

Hearing this, the corners of Guderian's mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, suppressing his slight anger and being silent.

Because he had handed over the design drawings of the new weapons and equipment that Chen Yanlong had given him to Speer for a few days, and he had asked the other party to find a manufacturer to produce them as soon as possible.

But now listening to the other party's tone, he immediately knew that the other party had not taken the time to find a manufacturer to produce these weapons and equipment.

"Hmmm! In addition to the above companies, I also seem to remember the Porsche company......"

Seeing Guderian, who did not reply, Speer pretended to ponder for a moment and continued.

"You told me a lot of manufacturers, didn't you ask me if anyone was willing to produce these weapons and equipment? Speer! ”

After a moment of silence, Guderian looked at Speer, who wanted to continue, and interrupted unceremoniously.

"I want to go too! But lately I've been too busy to take a break! Moreover, the head of state called me two nights ago, asking me to send someone to Ukraine to find him, take the latest prototype of the Me262 jet fighter, as well as the design drawings, to produce it! ”

Speer replied slowly.

"Ukraine? Me262 jet fighter? ”

Guderian was slightly surprised.

"Hmmm! No, it should be the German-occupied zone of Orel! Where did the Führer fly from Ukraine the morning before yesterday and said where he was going to observe the situation on the battlefield! ”

Speer suddenly remembered.

“……”

At this point, Guderian didn't know for a while whether to scold the other party or ignore the other party and leave immediately, so he could only be silent.

"General Guderian! In fact, with the recent friendship between the two of us, I also want to help you complete the production task assigned to you by the Führer immediately! But you are not unaware that this year our empire has lost the momentum of successes on the front, and our army has been constantly frustrated in North Africa and on the Soviet-German battlefield; A large number of soldiers and weapons and equipment were lost. ”

"And in order to compensate for these losses, I am now working very hard to convert the large German consumer goods production plants into armaments factories, because this will add a large number of equipment, managers and more than 500,000 workers to our German armaments production."

"And as you know, I'm also very active in supporting the research, testing, and production of new Tiger and Leopard tanks, jet fighters, atomic weapons, new submarines, rockets, and missiles so that our empire can win this damn war. So you see I really have a lot of things and work to deal with, so I hope you can give me a little more time, so that I can spare time to help you find an arms company to study the design drawings of those new weapons and equipment that the Führer has given you! ”

Seeing that Guderian did not speak again, Speer explained softly.

Because in the process of research and production of new weapons and equipment, Speer established a deep friendship with the senior German generals Dönitz, Milch, Guderian, Zeitzler, Fromm and others, and also won their trust.

So at this moment, his attitude towards Guderian is still relatively good and respectful.

"Well, since you're so busy, let me first find the manufacturers you just mentioned, and see what they think, and opinions first! If you have any questions, I'll come back to you! ”

After listening to Speer's explanation, Guderian pondered for a moment, and then responded in a relatively mild tone.

Because he doesn't want to have any conflict with Speer now, because he still has to rely on the other side to help him produce more tanks, especially the Tiger and Panther.

"Hmmm! Good! Thank you for being so considerate of me! General Guderian! ”

Speer said in a grateful tone.

Guderian didn't reply, but nodded slightly in response a little unhappily.

Then he stood up, said goodbye to Speer, and left.

"O Guderian! It's not that I don't want to help you right away! But those new weapons and equipment that you showed me do not seem to be able to produce with our current science and technology! And even if there are such talents, and manufacturers can produce for you, but what about resources! You must know that what we lack most in Germany is resources! ”

As Speer stood in the floor-to-ceiling glass window of his office and watched Guderian leave, he sighed and muttered to himself.

At this moment, Guderian is also very troubled, and he should first go to the person in charge of that manufacturer to discuss the development of these weapons and equipment.

The reason why Guderian was in such a hurry to produce these weapons and equipment was because he saw that these weapons and equipment were very useful for increasing the combat strength of the German army; Therefore, under the current situation of unfavorable operations on the eastern and western fronts, he very much hopes to have these new weapons and equipment as soon as possible to fight against the British, American, and Soviet armies.

"Let's go to Krupp first! How to say that it also made a large number of famous artillery, armored vehicles, tanks, and submarines for our German army; and all kinds of light weapons. It's just that this old brand of arms company will not receive me! ”

Guderian, who came to the street, hesitantly decided.

"Forget it, go to the Hugel villa and find Alfried? Let's talk about Krupp! If he doesn't, then go to the next one! I really can't imagine that it is not easy to find a manufacturer to produce these weapons and equipment! ”

Finally, Guderian exhaled and made up his mind.

He then quickly got into the Volkswagen military vehicle he drove, the VW82 barrel car, which was used to accompany the German army in various battlefields, and was one of the few vehicles in the world that crossed the era.

Like the MB/GPW of the US military, it became a symbol of the German army.

VW82 German barrel car is known as the "lightning fast horse", and the "Hero Overlord" American Hummer, the "Tough King Kong" German Unimog, and the "tough guy" British Land Rover are collectively known as the four King Kong of off-road vehicles.

And Alfried at this moment? Krupp drank whiskey and smoked Camel cigarettes; and thinking about how to occupy more industrial and mining enterprises, and control more mines, and blast furnaces.

Of course, he did not forget to think about how to improve the work of the Soviet prisoners of war and Jews in all his factory areas.

Because after the start of the war, the German workers of the Krupp factories were sent to the front, so they were replaced by prisoners of war and Jews from various European countries.