Chapter 36 Army Procurement Conference (3)
At dinner in the evening, Adrian and Moltke Jr. and Hindenburg discussed the daytime arms purchase meeting and some projects, Moltke Jr. was only interested in tanks, and Hindenburg was interested in armed transporters, and the two of them agreed on the same point to solve the stalemate situation on the Western Front battlefield full of trenches, a weapon that can break the positional warfare.
It's just that the focus of the two is different, one is stable and the other is strange. Tuwen is naturally Hindenburg, he has personally been to the Western Front, and then according to the situation in the country to make an analysis, if he can't force Britain and France to surrender as soon as possible, the fate of the empire's defeat is certain, so he would rather use armed transports such as weapons that have been effective and familiar with tactics, but what he needs is to upgrade to be stronger.
And Moltke's idea is a little different, he adheres to the Moltke's consistent thinking, that is, to win by surprise, the use of armed transports is too much, the British and French defense lines can still stabilize when they first come into contact with this weapon, if it is used again, the effect may not be very good, so he pinned his hopes on Adrian's pie.
With the speed of the armed transport vehicle, stronger protection than the armed transport vehicle, and some more firepower, combined with the armed transport vehicle's troop transport ability, such a combination of the use of tactics can catch the British and French troops off guard, and it is possible to make a breakthrough in a certain section, and then propose peace talks at this time can be much smoother.
Adrian also understood the concept of the two through some exchanges, but he couldn't guarantee it.
The improvement of the armed transporter has not stopped, and the room for improvement lies in his heart, that is, the engine, which is not a link that can be avoided, but must be improved in the case of the engine being raised, otherwise it is of little significance.
As the core of the engine, not to mention Benz himself has not made great progress, even Adrian, a traverser, can not do it, the requirements of materials and processes are not achieved overnight, there must be a transition, the harm of pulling seedlings is too great, and there are too many sequelae.
Even if it is for emergency purposes, it is impossible to come up with a feasible design plan in a short period of time. Adrian had no choice but to settle for the second best thing and contribute to the Empire's war effort in other ways.
Considering that tanks were a key link in this arms procurement meeting, he temporarily changed the requirements for submitting papers. The bidder needs to be based on this company to successfully submit the paper, and this is the case, so that all the business owners who intend to continue the daytime practice will be silenced, and just when everyone complains that his words don't count, Adrian ordered someone to deliver another message.
The bidding is divided into three times, and the ranking is announced in a timely manner after each bidding, but the specific situation is not disclosed, and the third time is the final link, and the final ranking is the reference for capital research and development.
As soon as this news came out, everyone got the latest bidding papers. Adrian's idea was actually immature, and it was a bit of an auction, but he was forced to do not want to go wrong in this critical link, so he had to take one step at a time.
The impatient business owners waited at the venue early, and the lights in the conference room were all turned on, and the seats that were originally full were now half vacant.
Those who didn't get a share of the soup knew that the next bidding had nothing to do with them, so they left the market to digest the projects they had already received.
The soldiers took the tender papers from the business owner and handed them directly to Adrian, who was watching from upstairs, because there were not many bid papers, a total of 6 copies.
They are Krupp, Rheinland, Fokker, Dresden Arsenal, Benz, Porsche.
There is no BMW? Adrian was a little disappointed to find that there was no BMW in the six bids, and Henschel did not bid.
Adrian curiously picked up the bid roll in his hand and walked to the side and looked down, only to understand. It's not that there is no participation, but there is no separate bidding, these bids for major companies are supported by other companies, taking Rheinmetall as an example, his main direction is similar to Krupp's, but it is not as large as the latter, and the reason why he dares to bid alone is because of the support of BMW behind it.
And Krupp is supported by Henschel. Several of the others are bidders from companies with related technologies behind them as core technology providers.
Only the Dresden Arsenal, because of its relatively systematic technology and self-sufficiency in all aspects, invited only a few small enterprises in the production process to save costs.
The Dresden Arsenal has benefited from Adrian's production orders, so the technical reserves are relatively rich, and they are all complete production models from parts to assembly.
But Fokker Company, Adrian was a little surprised, an aircraft factory you came to grab work on the ground, can't you say it, friend?
Where do you get your confidence?