Chapter Eighty-Three: The Beginning
The bomber developed by Junkers was named JU-16 and had only a code name without a real name.
It was a huge guy with four engines, a speed of 230 km/h, a ceiling of 7,500 meters, and a bomb load of 3,800 kilograms. It uses Junkers' new concept of using skins and aluminium alloys to reduce the weight of the aircraft as much as possible.
"3,800 kilograms of bombs?" Leach was surprised by this statistic, saying: "If I'm not mistaken, the maximum bomb load of the Gotha four-engine bomber is only 2,000 kilograms? ”
Hu Ge. Junkers is not reserved at all, he says: "It's different, we use a lot of new technologies, and we're a dynamic company with a lot of new ideas!" ”
"Isn't new technology and new ideas equal to having many defects and instability?" Rich doesn't give Hugo. Junkers had the opportunity to speak, saying, "Then seeing is believing!" ”
Standing next to Maximilian. Feng. Weix almost laughed when he saw it, he thought the two of them were too interesting, no matter how they said it, they were once superiors and subordinates, but Li Qi seemed to be very unkind to see Hu Ge. Junkers?
That's because of Maximilian. Feng. Wilks didn't know Hugo. What kind of attitude did Junkers have when he was the first director of the Air Ministry? What a good impression Junkers has.
This time Hugo. Junkers personally came to Berlin from Dessau because he knew that several of the Air Ministry's directors had to be reversed...... Especially Richie's bad impression of him.
Hu Ge. Junkers took the lead in researching bombers because under the leadership of Richie, the number of orders for German bombers has been steadily rising, and many aircraft production companies want to get a piece of the pie, so they have begun to develop bombers one after another.
The big guy, codenamed JU-16, was quickly running and moving, and after a short time it was smoothly off the ground, and because it was four engines, it was full of horsepower to carry 3,800 kilograms.
In this test, the JU-16 was actually a 3,800-kilogram thing, and Li Qi was surprised that it only accelerated by about 300 meters and immediately lifted off.
"With a four-engine engine, our company can carry 3,800 kilograms, while our competitors are developing bombers that can only carry 2,000 kilograms." Hu Ge. Junkers looked at Li Qi and said: "However, because of the internal order factor, the bomber that is behind us has not yet been finalized and produced, but there are already orders for 200 aircraft at the drawing level." ”
This was a common problem with the involvement of the ruling class in the munitions industry, and it was even more acute in the Second German Reich, one of the phenomena that Litch hated but could not change.
"You have a lot of influence in the Department of the Air Force, and you're always doing the right thing." Hu Ge. Junkers was referring to some of the orders placed by Richie. He stared at Li Qi with blazing eyes and said, "This time it is bound to do the right thing again." ”
"Based on your quote, the price is reduced by 6%, and you can have 150 aircraft per month." Li Qi also stared at Hugo. Junkers, muffled, "This is the limit of what I can do." ”
Hu Ge. Junkers smiled and said, "I'm not going to say thank you." Because that was the order that the JU-16 should get, and even the quantity did not seem just at all. ”
So be it, such Hugo. Junkers is the most annoying point.
"I'm also interested in your CL model aircraft and hope to see a prototype soon." Leach was talking about a few Junkers small bombers, but several models of the CL also had good air combat capabilities, so he said: "Your CL.1 in particular, with reasonable changes, I think it will be a more suitable fighter than the J.P1." ”
“……?” Hu Ge. Junkers was only stunned for a moment, and then as if he was thinking about something, he said after a while: "In the field of fighter aircraft, we do not have much advantage in competition with Fokker, we are ...... in the field of bombers."
"No, no, no, you don't know a little." Li Qi frowned and said, "Fokk's boss and chief designer is Dutch. ”
Foreign things, no matter how good they are, are always only foreign, and they will not become the national strength of their own country.
What Litchie needed was Germany's own development in the field of aviation. In fact, after the war, Fokker also moved the company back to the Netherlands, and he decided that it was not at all beneficial to support Fokker beyond what was reasonable.
Now, what Li Qi needs to do is not only to serve this war, but he also needs to make the necessary technical and talent reserves for the future.
The depression in the Second German Reich was becoming more and more pronounced, and with the instability of the rationing system, the people had expressed dissatisfaction with life. If it weren't for the fact that foreign wars were still being won, only the top and some strata were still living a life of drunken money, and ordinary people would have problems with even the most basic rations, and the society would have been in turmoil.
By March 1916, the rule of the Romanov dynasty was already shaky, which was reflected in the general strike that began in January 1915, and the bloody suppression of the striking people by the Romanov dynasty, most seriously in a suppression known as "Bloody Sunday", the dissatisfaction of the Russian people with the Romanov dynasty can be said to have reached its peak.
The overwhelming majority of the top brass of the Second German Reich rejoiced in the turmoil in Tsarist Russia and believed that the threat to the Eastern Front of the Second Reich was about to be lifted. In the midst of the disintegration of Tsarist Russia, the ruling class of the Second German Empire also confidently awaited all the benefits that could be obtained.
Only a very small number of people saw the crisis of the collapse of Tsarist Russia for the Second German Empire, and they called for the salvation of the crumbling dynasty, arguing that since the Romanovs were weak and unpopular enough, it would be more beneficial for the Romanovs to continue to survive than to collapse completely.
However, the appeal of a few is in the minority because it does not have broad support. Their claims seem so stupid and ignorant to most people that their eyes only see that they are very likely to grab ...... But there is no benefit to start, forgetting the crisis that is very likely to arise behind the event.
"I heard you're still holding some machinery?" Hu Ge. It was at the subsequent reception that Junkers found an opportunity to walk up to Richie, who was standing next to the window with a depressed face. Ignoring why Richie was depressed, he said, "You want to build your own company?" ”
Richie nodded, but did not speak. Indeed, he left behind a number of machinery, not only aviation production equipment looted from France, but also some other machinery. For this, he has not been treated by a group of people in a bad light, but everyone is taking advantage of the convenience of his position, and no one wants to laugh at anyone. After paying the necessary funds, he was given a deed in which he could pay the balance within three years.
Hu Ge. Junkers' face was full of seriousness, and he asked, "So...... May I invite you to take a stake in the Junkers in the same way that the machinery was put into the Junkers? ”