Tysenhofen woke up the head of the empire according to the scheduled timetable, and Xu Jun rolled in the quilt several times before reluctantly leaving the soft and warm bed.

Because he is the Führer, it is no problem to have breakfast at nine o'clock, and the chef of the Quirinal Palace is very attentive, and an ordinary breakfast, but he has made the level of a world-class restaurant, and the Führer eats with a smile and praise.

So when Werler walked into the restaurant with the documents that needed to be reviewed by Xu Jun that day, the Führer was still in high spirits and began to eat the third Italian rice ball.

"Good morning, my Führer." Wehrle bowed in greetings.

"Good morning, Wierle, have you had breakfast?" Xu Jun swallowed the rice ball in his mouth and picked up the water in front of him.

"It's already eaten, my Führer." Wehrle pulled out his seat at the table and sat down at the Führer's hand.

"Eric, I'd like a pot of coffee if it's convenient." Weirle turned his head to Tysenhofen, who was standing aside.

"Please wait, Your Excellency." The adjutant nodded slightly, and then beckoned to the orderly on the side.

"You should really try this fried rice ball, Weierle, this is mushroom-filled, I had a pork filling earlier, it tastes really.... Impeccable. The Führer put down his knife and fork and motioned for the waiter to take away the utensils.

"I asked, the chef here has served the royal family of Savoy for twenty years and is one of the best chefs in Italy." Wheeler placed the briefcase on his knee and unscrewed the hidden lock on the lid.

"Then he must have a good relationship with the king." Xu Jun wiped his mouth with a napkin and handed it to the waiter who was cleaning up on the side.

"On the contrary, after so many years of service, he hated the Emanuele family, a king with very picky tastes and a haughty personality, who was usually difficult to get along with." Weirle placed a stack of papers in front of Xu Jun.

"Rheinland Steel has produced the design drawings of the V-type tank according to your requirements, and the Army Ordnance Office needs your consent, and they are ready to build ten prototypes for technical verification." Wehrle pulled out a monocle from his pocket, clipped it to his eye socket, and opened the top document.

"When did you change these glasses?" Xu Jun asked curiously.

"Usually I take this with me when I travel, it's more convenient." Wierle replied with a smile.

"Looks good, Wierle. You asked Rheinland Steel to make a list of the funds and resources needed for the next month, and I want to know the actual man-hours they will have to produce this kind of martial arts. The data was not exhaustive enough, and when I got back to Berlin, I ordered them to send another production drawing. Xu Jun took out a fountain pen from his pocket, unscrewed the cap, signed a line of beautiful floral signatures, and finally drew an exclusive monogram.

Germany's latest heavy tank development is now in the final stages, after Xu Jun has cut off a bunch of unrealistic design schemes.

Xu Jun's criterion is that this tank does not need to be technologically advanced to meet the operational requirements of the German Army in the next four years at one time, but it must be able to work in future bloody battles.

At present, the main force of the German tank is determined to be an improved version of the No. 4 tank, and as long as it still has room for development, Xu Jun will not give up this reliable weapon system.

In anticipation of the cruelty of the armored battlefield on the Eastern Front in the future, the German Army's active equipment, models below tank No. 3, except for some retained by the reconnaissance and security forces, the rest will be retired from active service. The removed equipment can be used to train new soldiers, or it can be transformed into vehicles for other infantry weapons, and it can be used as agricultural traction vehicles.

Now this heavy tank, which is scheduled to be produced in the V-type, will certainly not be the Black Panther that appeared in history, because all the projects of the twenty-ton medium tank were cut by Xu Jun.

Xu Jun has already determined in his heart that Germany's future main tank, with Germany's current technical level and production capacity, if he wants to stop the huge armored torrent of the Soviets, there is only one weapon system that can do it, FZ181, the famous Tiger tank in the later world.

However, Xu Jun is also well aware of the flaws of this tank, the production process is too complicated, the power and action systems are overburdened, and the daily maintenance is difficult, which leads to frequent failures on the battlefield.

Now that Xu Jun has come to this time and space and become the latest helmsman in Germany, how can he not use the technology and power in his hands to improve and make up for these major shortcomings.

The weight of the future German heavy tank was limited to forty-five tons, and the total weight of the required additional equipment and additional armor plates should not exceed fifty tons.

In terms of suspension, Xu Jun ordered two models of chassis prototypes to be built, one with independent torsion bars and air pressure shock absorbers, plus traditional German alternating load wheels. The other is the longitudinal external torsion bar suspension system developed by Porsche, which is the unique suspension concept used in the history of Ferdinand and King Tiger.

Historically, it has been rumored that the latter type of suspension is not very reliable, but Xu Jun believes that it is mainly due to the fact that the load load exceeds the design weight too much.

As Xu Jun expected, the torsion bar suspension was indeed more significant than the latter, but considering that the torsion bar system occupies the interior space of the car body and the reasons for production man-hours, Xu Jun finally chose Porsche. At least until the weight breaches the sixty-ton mark, the suspension performs just as well.

Xu Jun is not ready to make a monster of more than 60 tons, 45 tons of Tiger is already the limit of Germany's current production capacity, and when the production potential of Europe is fully exploded, he will invest in more powerful equipment according to the needs of the war situation at that time.

The power and drive system are rear-mounted, which is indeed very tempting, but Germany lacks experience in this area and can only obtain technology from the British, and Xu Jun has a large number of drawings in his hand, but none of them are suitable for the use of the Tiger modification.

After subtracting the excess weight of the complex suspension and travel systems, the interior of the car is also made of lightweight materials as much as possible to reduce unnecessary consumption and allocate as much quota as possible to firepower and armor.

As for the power system, Xu Jun directly took out the drawings of the historical Maybach HL245 engine, and the design plan of the head of state, which shocked the Maybach company.

Historically known as the ultimate German heavy engine, the tank engine was equipped with a turbocharging system with an output of 900 horsepower, and when installed on a new tank, the unit power could reach 18 horsepower per ton, which meant that the power of this tank was comparable to that of most existing medium tanks.

Next is the most important armor, Xu Jun likes the stupid shoebox shape, but he also knows that this is a weapon used to fight, and he can't let his soldiers play with their lives based on personal preferences.

It was not that the German designers were unaware of the benefits of beveled armor, but that they were troubled by too strong national pride. Looking at the follow-up products of Germany in history, isn't it quite slippery to play with inclined armor, Xu Jun will not be used to this strange temper, don't wait until he is beaten to think of improvement. He will only use the technology at his disposal to stifle the threat in the design of the weapon early.

The frontal armor of the shoebox meow is indeed outstanding in actual combat, and Xu Jun found that there is not much room for improvement, but the upper armor has been changed to a whole inclined plane to improve the defense ability of the crew's head position.

The thickness of the side and rear armor of the hull remains at a thickness of 82 mm, although the armor data is the same as in history, but because of Xu Jun's interference, the size of the hull is a whole size smaller than the historical design, and the designed weight-reducing turret is installed, and a lightweight Tiger is born in front of people.

"I need to remind the Ordnance Office and Rheinland Steel that they must be finalized by the end of the year, start building a new assembly line now, and start full production at the beginning of next year, and I need to see 200 new heavy tanks by April next year." Xu Jun closed the file after speaking.

"Do you know what was the strongest tank in Germany in the last war? Weirle. The Führer threw the pen on the table and picked up the coffee cup that Tysenhofen had placed in front of him.

"I remember that model, it was the A7V." Wehrle replied.

"The Sherman M1 type, with a rate of fire of three hundred and fifty rounds per minute, armor piercing, blasting, and burning, completed in an instant, is a hero in the tank." The Führer had a calm smile on his face.

"Etc.. Wait a minute, my Führer. Werle's monocle fell on the table.

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