Chapter 36 Doing Business with the Soviets

Pietro left the press conference in despair, and Albert did not continue to taunt him, just as a vignette.

Next up was the AKM rifle and a slew of accessories, including drums, repeaters, PBS silencers, Romanian handguards, and tactical tail stocks.

As for things like tactical flashlight sights, they really can't be rectified with the level of scientific and technological development in the 40s, like holographic ACOG are all products of the 90s of the 20th century, even if there is a gold finger to open and hang, it must be in accordance with the Basic Law, do you know? However, Albert already had an idea in his mind, and he planned to set up a branch dedicated to firearms accessories, especially optical sights, and his company grew larger and larger, and the designs he wanted to realize gradually increased.

Compared with the previous submachine guns and sniper rifles, AKM's series of modifications are more interesting to the guys in the military department, imagine that the same gun can change its own accessories to meet the needs of different tasks, and they don't need to spend a lot of trouble to purchase different guns, and the price of the modifications is not outrageously high, they are all within the range of conscience that they can accept.

The press conference was a success, and Albert actually enjoyed it when he saw the surprised or jealous expressions of the arms bigwigs in the audience. This means that NORINCO has officially fired the first shot in the European market, and it is off to a good start.

After the press conference, Albert approached Giovanni Agnelli Jr. to talk to him, but Albert did not talk to him about beauty or romance, but wanted to work with Fiat to pave the way for his heavy weapons program.

Of course, the premise is that he has to find a way to find a way to control the heavy industry under the Belgian royal family, but he estimates that there should be many people in the royal family who are becoming more and more interested in his company.

Albert instructed Miss Eli to ask Monsieur Giovanni Agnelli Jr. if he had been free lately, and to wish to stay in Belgium for a few more days, and to talk to him when he had finished his business. Albert was told that Giovanni Jr. was going to spend a month in Belgium to relax, and that the family company was now under the trusteeship of a government committee and that he was in charge in name only.

When Albert was about to go back and change his clothes, the big man approaching him was close to 1.9 meters, and his eyes darkened.

The big man who came was a standard hairy burly physique, just a sea soul shirt, an R22 Soviet army belly pocket, and holding an AKM, which was exactly the same as the elite hairy man in the movie.

"My name is Stas Tchaikovsky, a representative of the Izhevsk Arsenal." The other party enthusiastically stretched out his hand to shake Albert's hand, but the other party's French, which had a strong Russian flavor, really made Albert uncomfortable.

"Welcome, welcome." Albert responded with the same enthusiasm, but he had the impression that the Izhevsk Arsenal was a place of strict management, and that the managers who worked in this place could hardly be allowed to go abroad privately.

Then Albert came up with the idea of using the same M43 ammunition as the Soviet Union's AKM rifle.

Sure enough, as soon as Stas opened his mouth, he asked about the AKM rifle, "I heard that the AKM rifle developed by your company has good performance, and it also uses M43 bullets commonly used in my country, so on behalf of the Izhevsk Arsenal, I came to discuss with His Highness Albert about the production license." ”

And what, the Soviets came to buy AKM rifles for themselves? Albert instantly wondered if the Russians had taken the wrong script?

"That's right, we want to compare your company's AKM rifle with the stockless construction rifle that we want to adopt recently." There is a certain ostentatiousness in Stas Tchaikovsky's tone, especially when it comes to the unsupported structure.

Albert's expression suddenly became very exciting, I didn't expect that without Kalashnikov's AK47 rifle to participate in the election, the Soviet War Department was not interested in the AS-44 designed by Sudaev, which was second only to AK47, but Korobov's TKB-408 rifle, which was defeated early in the original history!

This is one of the few people in this era who dare to try the stockless structure of the rifle, when did the high-level of the Soviet Ordnance Department like to pursue the unconventional so much!

Looking at Albert's expression, Stas asked suspiciously, "Your Highness Albert, is there something wrong with what I said?" ”

"Oh no, no, no, it's not a problem at all, but I think it's better to talk about this kind of big thing in my office." Albert made a gesture of please.

In fact, from Albert's point of view, he did not want to sell the license to the production of AKM rifles to the Izhevsk arsenal, which meant that the Soviet government, without private patent protection, could manufacture AKM rifles at will, and then give the license rights to his junior brothers in the member countries, so that Albert would lose a large share.

Of course, Albert did not dare to shout about the red polar bear, thinking of Churchill's attempt to formulate an incredible blitzkrieg battle plan and attempt to declare war on the Soviet Union, the main purpose of which was to "force the Soviet Union to comply with the will of the United States and the British Empire".

The planners carefully considered various combat scenarios. They first vetoed the possibility of using a local war to achieve their goals, and decided that it was necessary to wage an all-out war: to occupy strategic points of the Soviet Union, cut off its material supplies, and at the same time deal a fatal blow to the Soviet army, so that the Soviet Union could not fight again.

But they also note that the war will face many difficult problems. The first is geopolitical factors. The territory of the Soviet Union was too vast, and the space for the Soviet army to retreat was too great, and the Allies had to go deep into the hinterland of the Soviet Union, and the battle line was simply boundless. Second, the Soviet Union deployed about three times as many troops in Central Europe as the Allies. Finally, the strength of the Soviet army should not be underestimated. Although the Soviet army suffered heavy casualties in World War II and showed some war-weariness, it was still a well-trained, well-disciplined, and well-commanded team, and its equipment level was constantly improved during the war, and it was not inferior to the Western army.

In the end, Churchill was frustrated to find that this was really an incredible plan, so he finally gave up the idea of going to war against the Soviet Union, and he never imagined that the red steel torrent of the Soviet Union at its peak moment was enough to crush the entire European country. Of course, when the United States rushed to the rescue, Europe was already red-flag-fluttering-floating.

As for Belgium, which can be crushed by the steel torrent for several times without pressure, Albert is very self-aware, but it is one thing to have self-knowledge, and it is another thing to consider interests, and he is still not ready to sell the production license to the Soviet Union.

"I'm sorry Mr. Tchaikovsky, but I don't plan to sell the license to the Soviet government for the production of AKM rifles, but if you want to buy large-scale AKM rifles, I think FN will be happy to give you a lower discount." Albert politely declined.

Stas Tchaikovsky raised his eyebrows and said a little threateningly, "Oh, so Your Highness is unwilling to sell us the production license?" But I think Your Highness should also know what the confidence of our Izhevsk Arsenal to negotiate business with you this time is. ”

The Izhevsk Arsenal can make a few AKM rifles and then copy them, as for your little FN company, you can come to sue me, but copying other people's rifles is not very good for the reputation of the Soviet army, so the Izhevsk Arsenal plans to salute first and then soldier.

Albert cursed in his heart, "What else can there be, isn't it just that there are many people, the land is wide and the industry is developed, you have to be scared, you have to be scared, and after fifty years of disintegration, I see if you can still laugh." ”

Scolding and scolding, but Albert still replied to him with a harmless appearance, "Of course I know very well, and I didn't say that I will not do business with you, but I think it is too small to do this business with you, so I decided to change to a bigger business." ”

"Bigger business?" Apparently Stas Tchaikovsky was bewildered by Albert's words.

Albert pulled out a document that had been prepared from the drawer and threw it in front of him, staring at him with a smile, Stas Tchaikovsky was stared at by Albert for a while, he still picked up the document on the table, only to open it a few times, his arrogant look was put away, replaced by a look of surprise.

"What is this thing?" Stas Tchaikovsky was not a fool, he knew very well that this was a heavy weapon that the United States and his own country were stepping up to develop in secret, but he still wanted to get the answer from Albert's mouth.

"That's why I said that the business you did with me was too small, small enough to stuff your teeth. And I know that you, the Soviet Union, have obtained a group of scientists and equipment for the development of rockets from the German Nazis, and it just so happens that I have a blueprint for rocket weapons in my possession, so I think you will be interested. ”