Chapter 825: Britain Produces Black Panther 3

Sir Dirks is no stranger to the container ship that Ciric is talking about.

A few years ago, Germany ordered a batch of new container ships designed by them from the Newport News Shipbuilding Company in the United States, and the demand is still quite large, 20 at a time!

The orders for these ships have overjoyed the American shipbuilding companies, and after the ships are built, many people are looking sideways, what container ships, this is clearly an aircraft carrier, is it good?

This kind of thing is the escort aircraft carrier that Ciric advocates the most, with small investment, quick results, can transport, can fight, in addition to not sinking hard, it is almost the role of an all-rounder at sea.

After the arrival of these ships, they almost really played the role of container ships, transporting all kinds of goods, but they were able to carry fighters and fight at any time.

Now, it is enough for Germany to have a few aircraft carriers with the main force, but when there is a conflict between Germany and the United States, there will be long sea routes that need to be protected, and at this time, the advantages of escort aircraft carriers will be reflected.

According to Ciric's idea, such an escort aircraft carrier needs at least fifty of them!

At present, Germany's local shipyards are building large warships for Germany, and the latest level of the Hindenburg class has already started, and this kind of warship with a full load displacement of 70,000 tons will become the hegemon in the Atlantic.

The German shipyards were full of orders, and the French shipyards were used to build second-class warships, such as light battleships, cruisers, destroyers, etc.

And British shipyards will also be launched, large landing ships, escort aircraft carriers, etc., will be built in batches in the UK!

With the order of the army, the shipyards will flourish, and it will bring a large number of jobs, so that the economy of Britain will be better, after all, the German occupation is for assimilation, not enslavement, and in the end, there will be the situation of a united Europe that Ciric wants.

Of course, in the middle, there will be all kinds of unexpected situations, such as saboteurs making trouble in the shipyard, and this kind of people who go against the trend of history will eventually be crushed!

In the morning, he visited the largest private shipyard in the United Kingdom, and in the afternoon, he came to the Nuffield Company, which is the production plant of Crusader tanks.

Not everyone bowed their heads to Edward VIII, for example, the head of the Nuffield Company, who was a staunch anti-German, after George VI left England, the head of the company, many of the technicians, disappeared and disappeared.

So, when Ciric arrived, there were only a handful of workers, and the ground was full of turrets of diamond-shaped Crusader tanks.

"We'll get this place back up and running as soon as possible, and produce tanks for the Empire." Although Edward VIII has been on the throne for half a month, it is impossible to control everything here, and when he sees all this, he also feels very ashamed.

There are still such ignorant people in the empire!

"Now that the person in charge here has disappeared, then simply, the factories here will be nationalized." "We will send managers to manage this factory, and at the same time, recruit more skilled workers, and here we will produce the latest Panther 3 tanks." ”

Any kind of tank designed by the British, it was backward. The Crusader tanks were beaten all over the ground in North Africa, so Ciric directly made a decision, discontinued these chicken rib tanks, and switched to the production of Germany's latest Black Panther 3 tank!

It was nationalized, it was owned by the British, but the whole factory was managed by the Germans, and at most the British were taxed.

The Panther 3 tank is the most advanced tank that has appeared on the battlefield at present, and the German army has a considerable demand for this tank, so in addition to France, the British arsenal will also produce this tank.

At the same time, this also means that the German arsenal can finally spare production capacity to prepare for the production of newer Tiger tanks.

Since the current Panther 3 tank is enough to have an advantage in the entire war, the heavier Tiger tank, which has always been under development, has been tested and improved for a year this year, and now it is quite mature and has the conditions for mass production.

When the production of the Panther 3 tank in the United Kingdom begins, the Tiger tank in Germany will also begin to be produced simultaneously, and Germany will always maintain the advantage of armored forces.

Compared with the prototype, the weight of the Tiger tank has been further increased, reaching about sixty tons, which is almost a limit, and at the same time, relying on the diesel engine strengthened to 780 horsepower, the mobility of the Tiger tank is not bad.

The target of this tank was not Western Europe, but the Soviet Union, which was a tailor-made gift from Germany to the Soviet Union, specifically to restrain those heavy tanks of the Soviet Union, and constituted an absolute advantage over the likes of the T-34.

"As for the existing tanks, improve the chassis and become self-propelled guns." Ciric continued.

As in France, those chassis that have been produced cannot be wasted, so it is a good choice to rebuild them, as assault guns or self-propelled guns, continue to exert residual heat, or export.

As he walked, he said that although Ciric was already the Führer, the memory of his previous life made him know these weapons well, and the opinions he gave were the most suitable.

Suddenly, Ciric's footsteps stopped, and he saw a corner of the workshop, the tank guns piled up on the shelves, not yet installed.

The 17-pounder gun, the proudest tank gun of the British in World War II! In the Battle of London, it was seen among the British troops.

This cannon was actually developed two years earlier than in history, which shows that it has changed history!

This kind of gun was not inferior to the German 75-mm gun, but unfortunately it appeared too late and was scarce in number, so that this kind of gun was not famous in this era.

At the same time, with less production, less ammunition, there is no need for Germany to equip such a thing, and it is king to let the British Royal Arsenal produce its own 88mm guns.

So, what to do with these cannons? Ciric already had an idea in his head.

Along the way, all the way, although it is in the midst of a shutdown, it is not a big deal for Germany, on the contrary, it is more suitable for German transformation and reproduction.

When he walked out of the factory, it was dark outside, and Ciric saw his foreign minister, who was hurrying in.

"Führer Ciric, the Americans responded to us."