Spain in 1937 had already become a testing ground for Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union to test new weapons and tactics.

In 1937, Germany was in a period of rapid growth full of infinite hope and prosperity. By invading foreign debt, Hannah, like Hitler in history, created a false boom in Germany. The creation of a supermarket of 450 million people with the aid of the Chinese revolution has given everyone in Germany hope for the future.

February 1937 was the happiest month for all of Germany's industrial sector. The delegation from the People's Republic of China inspected various industrial zones in Germany and signed one large order after another. Although China was not yet completely unified at this time, the industrialization construction was already in progress at a high speed without delay.

From 1932 onwards, Hannah established several industrial machine tool factories in Kiel, which struggled with "not having enough to eat" during the economic crisis.

Hannah, who was preparing to start a world war in 1939, had been ordering the machine tool factories to saturate production for several years, and the warehouses in various places were already full of machine tools that had been built up in the past and could not be sold or used there - Germany could not find customers, and the Soviet Union in the east was a potential big customer, and the Soviets could eat up all this equipment overnight if they needed. But what country was the USSR? Every time an additional machine was sold to the Soviet Union, it felt like putting more effort on a noose around one's neck for Hannah or Hitler. Therefore, in the matter of selling machines and equipment to the Soviet Union, they were unwillingly "very stingy".

But. This embarrassing situation was reversed immediately after the Chinese delegation came to Germany for an inspection. A large number of machines and equipment that had been deliberately saturated and over-produced were swept away by the CCP's representatives in a matter of days. In addition to hard currency, most of the expenses used to pay for these equipment are in the form of minerals and agricultural products. Transactions between the two parties are not settled in US dollars or pounds, but are carried out by guò accounting. Because of Lin Han's "own man" in the mediation, the price offered by the Germans was about the same as the international price, but they were not slaughtered.

Although Germany had not yet started a war in 1937, Hannah, who knew the approximate time of her war, had now ordered the domestic machine tool and equipment manufacturing factories to produce industrial machines in three shifts 24 hours a day in accordance with the general mobilization method. Germany's strategy is also well known at the top of the Chinese hierarchy. Understand that after 1940 with the outbreak of war. It was difficult for China to obtain precious industrial machinery from abroad during the world war, so it gritted its teeth and sold iron to swallow all the surplus equipment produced by the Germans.

For both China and Germany, this is a happy outcome. One side got the precious opportunity, and the other side got a huge amount of strategic mineral resource reserves. After the news spread. The whole of Germany cheered for the huge number of orders from China.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China The first to recognize China was the Soviet Union. The second is Germany, as for the United States, which is in secret negotiations with the CCP. After the founding of the People's Republic of China Britain, Japan, and France have all been squeezed out, and now this market is in a vacuum, and only Germany, which was the first to "invest" in the early stage, has obtained huge benefits. Countries are red-eyed, but they can only cry out in vain.

New China did not recognize an unequal treaty, and all the mines, railways, and factories of the great powers in China were confiscated, and financial speculators suffered heavy losses. Throughout last year, hundreds of people in London, England, committed suicide by jumping into the River Thames, all because of China. As for unequal treaties such as Gengzi indemnity, and the huge foreign debts owed by the former artillery party and government, it is even more important to think about it anymore. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible for Britain to recognize New China.

China has not yet been reunified, but the industrialization of New China has already begun. The Germans are eating meat because they are one step ahead, and the Soviets, because the Soviet Union itself is also in the process of industrialization, are also in urgent need of a large number of opportunities, and most of the time they can only stare dryly in the face of this big market, and the two sides have even formed a contradictory relationship between "buyers" in some places.

When the Chinese delegation came to Germany, in addition to purchasing a large number of industrial production machinery and seeking German help in the field of technology and education, another demand was to introduce German aircraft and tank production technology, especially the former.

In the War of Liberation, which began in June 1935, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had tasted the sweetness of having a powerful air force. Although the backbone of this air force at that time was mainly British and German. However, it also made the PLA personally appreciate the importance of air supremacy.

Germany does not have many taboos about China as it did with the Soviet Union, and the latest BF109 and HE112 are open to sale to China. It's a pity that China's leaders want "fishing" rather than fish. Lin Han, who knew that aviation weapons were in a stage of blowout development, also persuaded the Chinese side not to buy the old aircraft and engine production lines for the time being, but to wait until the 1,000-horsepower era arrived before making a move.

As for tanks, Germany has just completed the development of the No. 4 tank in the 25-ton class this year and is planning to shift the focus of tank production to the 25-ton tank. And the old production line of the No. 2 tank is gradually being discontinued. With Linhan's matchmaking, the Germans were preparing to sell a discarded production line of tank No. 2 to China, along with a large number of surplus molds.

In fact, in his heart, Lin Han wanted to persuade Hannah to delay the outbreak of World War II until after 1940, so that Germany could be more prepared. After snatching the gold of the Spani. It will not be difficult for Germany to delay the repayment of its foreign debt to the Americans for another six months. Historically, when the French campaign on the Western Front began, in fact, in addition to the air force, the German army was not ready at all, and a large number of armored forces had to use a bunch of outdated broken tanks to engage the Anglo-French forces.

And this plane of Germany. Due to the intervention of Lin Han and Hannah, the cost has become much thicker than in history, and it is even capable of producing enough 25-ton tanks to participate in the war when the war began in 1939.

Over the past few years, taking advantage of the prophetic abilities of the traverser, German investment in many areas has begun to enter the harvest season.

In January 1937, the first radios with crystals were launched in Europe and the United States shortly after Christmas, and these radios with only four transistors were very popular with the market, and the new transistor factories were still in short supply, although they had been working at full capacity in three shifts. Best of all, due to the strict secrecy of the transistor manufacturing process in Germany, and a potential competitor, Bell Yàn, had previously been hit hard. Countries around the world simply won't be able to make similar products for a few years. Other words. in the coming years. Germany has a complete monopoly on the production of transistors. Monopoly, on the other hand, means huge profits.

After six years of hard work, streptomycin, which is effective in treating the Black Death and lung disease, has also been successfully developed, which can also bring huge astronomical profits to Germany every year.

And in the entertainment industry. Vivien Leigh starring "Gone with the Wind" is also about to be completed. Historically, this film has earned more than $300 million at the global box office. And Hannah and Katyusha relied on plagiarizing famous songs and songs from later generations. In entertainment, there is also a lot of money.

Most of the above income is earned by the industry under the name of the "Erestile" company under the control of Sephiroth. Aristefa is now an emerging German conglomerate, involved in almost all industries of entertainment, medicine, chemicals, and military industry. Ostensibly a private company. In fact, it is no different from "state-owned enterprises" - Germany is now Hannah's, Iris. Tifa's company is also Hannah's, for Hannah who holds "I am Germany, Germany is me", is there a difference between state-owned and private?

In order to make money, Hannah is planning Iris. Tifa is the boss in the United States, and then the stock market is ruthless to the Americans.

As for the huge benefits of "investing" in China, it is needless to say.

Today's Germany has nearly twice as much war potential and strength as it did at the same time in history. But even so, Lynhan still did not advocate that Germany take the initiative to start a war, because time was on their side.

In Lin Han's view, if Hannah accepts his idea of "peaceful rise", although the next few years will be more difficult because of debt repayment, as long as this hurdle is passed, the longer the time drags on, Germany will become stronger, and Germany will act as a pawn of the Americans, and there is no need to start a world war.

You must know that whether it is the "Ghana New Deal" that the Americans are engaged in in this plane, or the Roosevelt New Deal that Roosevelt is engaged in in the original history, it is essentially the same as the one played by Hitler in Germany, which is a method of printing a large amount of money (Germany borrows money) to invest in the construction of infrastructure facilities through the guò state to alleviate the economic crisis, but when it does not involve the redistribution of wealth, this practice is just adding cold water to the pot of boiling water, which can only be done quickly for a while, and sooner or later the debt will have to be repaid.

"It was not Roosevelt's New Deal that saved the United States, but Germany that saved the United States by launching World War II."

In Lin Han's view, if Germany grits its its teeth and holds on, the Americans will not be able to hold on. Then it was the Americans who launched World War II to rob the British colonies to replenish their vitality, and it was the American-British War. Then it will be Germany's turn to play the role of the United States in history, and the fisherman will profit.

The world has now seen the precursor of the third industrial revolution, with transistors appearing ahead of schedule. Relying on the small transistor, as long as it drags on, another ten years, relying on Hannah and his ability, Germany can completely lead to the third industrial revolution: the revolution of transistor integrated circuits! Relying on the huge profits brought by the revolutionary progress of technology to overcome the hurdle of the economic crisis.

Unfortunately, Hannah, who had come to accept the views of the Linhan-Sood alliance on this point, refused to let go. Lin Han could only settle for the next best thing and work the Soviet-German alliance.

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When Lin Han took the Chinese delegation to visit various large factories in Germany, Li Huamei's "performance" in the Spanish sky was also being transmitted back to Germany in a steady stream.

By 28 February, Li Huamei had shot down 13 planes, and the reason why there were only a few downs was because in air battles she often beat her opponents into black smoke, she gave up shooting and handed them over to her novice friends to "whip corpses" to deal with, and she did not ask afterwards to record the results of the battle back to her head, otherwise her downs would continue to increase. Another reason is the low density of aircraft on the Spanish battlefield. The intensity of the air battle between the two sides was not high, so Li Huamei's speed of achieving results was much less.

In fact, during the domestic war, Li Huamei often did this. A pilot whose own record is 100 and his friendly plane's results are zero is not a good pilot. Many ace pilots have said something like this, if a pilot wins an air battle but loses his friendly plane, then he is not a good pilot either.

The British saw Spain as a training ground for the rebirth of the Royal Air Force, and the Germans thought the same. For more than half a month, most of the "German teammates" around Li Huamei have been replaced. Half of the squadron were young men who had just left the aviation school. This move was all deliberately arranged by Hannah, who planned to let these young German pilots follow Li Huamei to earn some practical experience. In exchange for Li Huamei's help to "bring in newcomers", Hannah promised Li Huamei. After the end of the Spanish War. In return, ten of the latest fighters of the latest type were given to China for free.

Every time Li Huamei was knocked down on the front line, German reporters on the front line would take pictures of her after the war to "commemorate", in addition to touting her amazing achievements, another purpose was to make a commercial for BF109. To market the BF109 fighter. The treacherous Hannah has already regarded Li Huamei as the best image spokesperson.

in Spain. Li Huamei originally drove the BF109B. More than ten days later, her landline was changed to the C-type, and the biggest difference between the C-type and the B-type is that the structure of the wing has a large change in radiance. The aerodynamics of the entire aircraft have also undergone major changes. In fact, the drawings of the C model are a high-mobility version designed by Dr. Messerschmitt with reference to the structural sketches of the historical BF109F model provided by Hannah.

Historically, the BF109F has been called one of the best models with good maneuverability, and this model can even play with the Spitfire V of the same period. However, in this plane, because its engine has not changed, after replacing the wings, the maximum speed of Type C and Type B has decreased slightly, but the hovering performance has increased in radiance, and Li Huamei herself likes this model very much.

The Luftwaffe has now developed and equipped fighter jets with 20 mm aviation cannons, and has begun to try to install them on the BF109C, the C1 with two 13mm cannons, and the C2 with three 20 mm cannons. However, Li Huamei herself still insisted on using three 13mm machine guns. The main reason is that the 13-mm machine gun has more bullets, up to 400 rounds each, and the ballistics are also better than the 20-mm gun. As for the "compromise" of refusing to use one cannon and two machine guns, it is because the ballistics of this machine gun developed by Germany are quite different from the 13 mm machine gun. For a long-distance shooting master like Li Huamei, she fires a salvo of three shots every time, and the ballistics are different, which means that when she fires, she is destined to have a weapon that misses, but it is not as effective as a pure three machine guns. As for not choosing three cannons, the main reason is that she dislikes the fact that there are too few cannons and that the ballistics are too poor.

For ordinary pilots, the three cannons on the BF109C2 type are already extremely ferocious firepower, but for a master like Li Huamei, who likes to try shooting from a distance of 800 meters, the power of the three 13s is enough. Moreover, one of the shortcomings of the preparation of the three cannons is that the body vibrates greatly when the three cannons are fired at once, which affects the hit rate, and the main reason is that the design of the BF109 is congenitally "too streamlined" in order to "reduce weight". In the era of 1,000 horsepower, this downsizing could gain a lot of "advantages", but as the engine horsepower increased, the negative effects of this excessive "downsizing" began to outweigh the benefits.

Therefore, after the practice of the Spanish battlefield, the three-machine gun preparation of the BF109C2 type was finally considered a failed combination. In the end it was not adopted by the Luftwaffe. Compared with the BF109, which has three cannons mounted on the fuselage, the HE112 has a relatively complex and sturdy wing design, and because the cannon can be installed near the wing root, there is no problem of excessive vibration when shooting the machine.

In fact, BF109 has two problems, when all the weapons are concentrated on the fuselage, this layout will affect the aerodynamics of the aircraft, and secondly, it will lead to excessive concentration of fire hit points when shooting. For a shooting master like Li Huamei, it is an advantage, and the advantage of excessive concentration can ensure that the three machine guns can hit the enemy plane more with bullets. But for ordinary pilots, the lack of shooting dispersion turned out to be a disadvantage.

Due to the high-profile publicity of the German government and the free "image spokesperson" of Li Huamei, BF109 has also opened up the overseas market. Switzerland alone has placed orders for up to 150 aircraft. Countries such as Yugoslavia, Hungary and even Austria are also interested in buying. How could Dr. Messerschmitt let go of China's big market.

On February 28, members of the Chinese delegation watched the BF109C flight show at the BF109 production base in Munich, the capital of Bavaria. For the arrival of the Chinese delegation, Dr. Messerschmitt was expecting orders to fall out of their fingers. He had received inside information that the Luftwaffe had abandoned the BF109 and could now only count on foreign orders.

In 1935, Dr. Tanke's FW90 was rejected by the Air Force, but it made a name for itself with its excellent performance in China. When the Chinese and Soviet Air Forces were fighting with the British Royal Air Force in the skies over Shanghai, the mixed martial arts performance of the FW90 was inferior to that of the HE51. However, it has the advantage of being more durable with thick skin and rough meat. In that kind of large fleet scuffle, the FW90's loss rate is lower than that of the HE51.

Dr. Messerschmitt also wanted to replicate the "Chinese miracle" of the FW90. It's just a pity that Lin Han, like Hannah in his heart, has already made up his mind to choose He112. When the Chinese delegation asked his opinion in private. Lin Han replied: "BF109 is the best choice for air combat below 600 kilometers. And the air battle a few years later. But it is the world with a speed of 700 kilometers. ”

Li Huamei also has a similar opinion, so the opinions of these two people also determine the fate of BF109 in China. And the PLA itself has a better opinion of the products of the Heinkel company. After all, when Li Huamei became famous, her favorite aircraft was a product of Henkel, and many Chinese Air Force pilots were born in HE51s.

However, Li Huamei's endorsement performance for BF109 lasted until the end of February. At the beginning of March, her landline will be replaced with He112.HE112 is the main force of the Luftwaffe in the future, and Li Huamei's high-profile performance in the early stage is just to advertise for him.

In the end, China bought the production drawings and molds of HE112 and obtained the production license. As for the engine, since its matching DB601 engine is still in the process of development, and the era of 1000 horsepower engines is coming soon, the Chinese side is not in a hurry. For the time being, the Chinese delegation in Germany only introduced the production technology of a 150-horsepower aero engine, which is relatively simple in structure and low in production difficulty, and can also be used for land civilian use with a slight improvement. In the process, it is also possible to train industrial workers for the production of better engines in the future.

In the past two years, New China has been busy unifying the land south of the Great Wall, and there are still a bunch of problems to be solved in the northwest, Tibet, Yunnan, and a large area of territory, and it will not launch a northern expedition to recover the northeast in a short period of time, and it will not take the initiative to provoke war against Japan within three years.

In terms of tanks, the Chinese government bought the No. 2 tank production line and the eliminated molds that the Germans eliminated. But like airplanes, it takes two or three years to make a product.

In this era of influence by Lin Han and Hannah Yan zhòng, the side of the German tanks did not escape their interference.

Historically, before World War II, Germany was affected by a bunch of negative factors when developing tanks and took many detours.

First of all, the first factor is that there is no money! Because of lack of money, the development of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 was severely hampered.

The second is inexperience, although the Germans have long been secretly cooperating with the Soviets and have been secretly developing tanks, but this sneaky approach still interferes with the progress of tank development. Even when the war began in 1939, the Germans themselves were arguing over which suspension to choose, and in the end the German military chose the worst "overlapping wheel suspension" design for the Leopard and Tiger tanks.

Before the "Haw Par", the development of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks in Germany was also extremely unsmooth, and there were two years of disputes over which suspension to use, which should be two years of verification, and the equipment of the No. 3 and No. 4 tanks was greatly delayed.

The third is the guiding ideology, Guderian mistakenly believed that the No. 3 tank was used in tank warfare, and the No. 4 tank was used against the infantry, and this idea, similar to the British infantry tank cruiser, led the Germans to develop two tank production lines with similar performance at the same time despite the lack of production capacity. Historically, the development of tanks No. 3 and No. 4 was almost synchronous, which was a huge waste of resources.

And finally for this sad reason that the tank factories were not ready. When Germany went to war with Poland in September 1939, the German military was not even fully ready for the production line of tank No. 3. At the outbreak of the Polish campaign. Only 98 No. 3 tanks were operational. As for the 50-mm tank guns ordered at that time, there was not even a shadow, not to mention the joke that only 37-mm "knockers" could be filled. As a result, the 37-mm guns on the French battlefield were all ugly, and in the end, they relied entirely on the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns to save the emergency.

After the end of the French Campaign, the number one hero tank that made the first contribution to the French Campaign was not the No. 3 tank at that time, but the Czech-made 38T. The reason is not because the third tank is stronger, but because the 38T is more equipped.

However, the problems encountered in the development of German tanks in history were not problems in front of the traversers.

At the beginning of the development of the German tank, Hannah had a secret conversation with the military top brass, headed by Hindenburg. The general direction of future development was set: large-diameter load wheels. Large-caliber tank guns, torsion bars are suspended in these three directions. As for the engine problem, since the current oil safety problem in Germany has always been a long-standing problem, the factor of coal oil is taken into account. For the time being, only gasoline engines can be chosen. However, the development of dedicated diesel engines must not be stopped. As long as the problem of security of oil supply can be solved. It is necessary to replace it with a diesel engine immediately.

Under the influence of Lin Han and Hannah, the development process of this German tank is very different from history.

The development of Tank No. 1 was initially influential. However, in July 1932, after Hitler came to power ahead of schedule, he directly interfered with the development plan of the No. 1 tank after stopping the construction of the Dezhiyi-class battleship No. 2.

The original Tank No. 1 development plan was aimed at training tanks with a total weight of only 5.5 tons. After Hannahton Guò Hitler intervened, the design criteria were directly changed: the design was improved after the design of the Vickers six-ton tank, with the goal of maximizing interior space and redesigning the turret to accommodate larger guns.

Because the No. 1 tank was modeled after the Vickers tank, and also referenced the design of his brother T26, it was developed extremely quickly, and production began in November 1933, a full half a year faster than in history. The standard weight of the newly built No. 1 tank is seven tons, but it can be thickened at any time to increase the weight to ten tons. Compared to the original Vickers, the front of the hull was flattened into a 60-degree sloping armor plate, and its appearance was very similar to that of the future 1936 Vickers, except that the turret was replaced with a larger turret to facilitate the installation of larger caliber mouth guns in the future.

The three-man crew of this type of tank is armed with a 7.92 mm machine gun and a 30 mm machine gun. Since it was originally only used as a training tank, in order to save fuel and reduce wear and tear, no additional armor plates were added, and only the land version of the gun using the cheapest MK108 machine gun was used.

The turret of the No. 1 tank was originally designed to mount a 40 mm tank gun, but the 40 mm anti-tank gun for infantry, which was developed in 1933, was extremely popular in the international market and was in short supply. Hannah thought that the No. 1 tank was just a training tank and had no "future", so she directly transferred the existing production line of 40mm tank guns to the production of 40mm towed anti-tank guns for export to earn foreign exchange, while the armored forces used the MK108 machine gun with a slightly longer barrel "general". Later, after the completion of overseas orders, the 40 mm gun barrel production line was occupied by the barrel of the 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, and the No. 2 tank that was being put into production in large quantities was to be supplied superiorly, but the gun replacement plan was delayed again, and the No. 1 tank itself was a training tank.

The standard weight of this type of tank at the time of Guderian's reception was only seven tons. When developing the criteria for tank design, Hannah chose the Soviets' thinking: anything can be bad, but the tank's artillery can't be bad. Even the turret of the "waste-like" Tank 1 was deliberately designed to be as large as possible, even at the expense of thinning the already pitiful turret armor to reduce weight and increase capacity.

Hannah also took into account the situation in Germany when the turret of the No. 1 tank was designed so deformed, and she did not know how the history of the reversal would develop. In the original history, during the war on the Western Front, Germany had to bring a large number of obsolete No. 1 tanks back to the battlefield due to the lack of tanks. Germany's capital is too small. In order to improve the utilization of resources in her hands, she also had to learn from the Soviets and imitate the design ideas of the T26 to design the tank, in fact, this No. 1 tank is the German version of the T26 tank, but the caliber of the gun is different, and the main structure of the hull has been redesigned.

After the No. 1 tank was sent to Spain, the 45mm tank gun on the destroyed T26 tank was removed and replaced with the original 30mm short-barreled cannon on the No. 1 tank, and it was used as a tank destroyer.

Only about 500 of this type of tank were built in Germany and handed over to the new German armored forces for training and use, and production was discontinued soon after the development of the No. 2 tank.

Tank No. 2 was a thirteen-ton tank design, developed only a few months later than Tank No. 1. It's also an over-the-top product. The armament was a 40 mm tank gun with a crew of four, but the armor in the vital areas could be thickened to 15 tons as needed.

Its performance is similar to that of the Czech 38T tank, but with stronger firepower and armor. There is more space in the car. As scheduled. This tank was to be used as a light tank to complement the German Panzer Corps. Tank No. 2 and Tank No. 1 are in the same vein. In fact, it is an enlarged and elongated version of it, and many parts can be used universally. Hannah, who came from later generations, understood very well the importance of the universality of weapons and equipment parts. After the control of Germany. She set up a standardization committee to study the commonality of equipment parts.

Tank No. 2 produced thousands of units and is currently the main force of the German armored corps.

Tank No. 3 is part of the 20-ton Tank Development Program, which is now prototyped, being tested and refined, and is the main force of Hannah's planned future French campaign on the Western Front. (Note: Historically, Germany developed the No. 3 15-ton tank and the 20-ton No. 4 tank almost at the same time, but here Hannah canceled the development plan for the 11-ton tank, so the number of the 20-ton tank was moved forward by one place and became the No. 3)

Although it was called the 20-ton project, Hannah actually required it to set aside more than 30 percent of the load-bearing ceiling. The tank was planned to be fitted with a 75 mm/42 x diameter gun, 60-degree frontal oblique armor, and a five-man crew. Taking into account the swampy environment of the Western European theater, this type of tank uses 40 mm tracks. According to Hannah's plan, after the end of the future French campaign, the production of twenty-ton tanks would gradually cease, and then Germany would switch to thirty-ton tanks.

The design of the 30-ton tank, which Hannah really valued the most, is still just a plan, and according to the plan, this tank will be equipped with an 88mm tank gun. This is also the-for-tat development of Hannah Needle to cope with the future T34, but this type of tank will not be developed until the technology of the 20-ton tank is fully understood. Moreover, the development plan for the T34 was not proposed until the end of 1939, and all German efforts were still focused on perfecting the twenty-ton tank that was about to be put into production.

The development and design of the tank must be forward-looking. The development cycle of a tank is long, and its design must be carried out taking into account the progress of the development of the opponent's tank. For the traverser, the biggest advantage is to know the progress of the opponent's technology development in advance and formulate their own corresponding development standards.

However, one thing to note is that the development and design of the tank must also be honestly carried out step by step, little by little. When the German tank was developed, Hannah did not want to directly develop a 30-ton tank in one step, but this was simply impossible. The development of technology is the most important thing to accumulate, and if you directly mess with a tank of thirty or forty tons regardless of reality, it will pull the egg. (PS, I saw a bunch of novels about World War II, some ignorant authors, in 1939 gave Germany forty or fifty tons of Haw Par, not to mention whether Germany in this era had this technology, it is not feasible in terms of tactical use alone, and the poor road access of Haw Par is a disaster on the Western Front.) ）

At present, the German tank factory is preparing for the mass production of the 20-ton No. 3 tank, and two new tank factories are also being built. Hannah, on the other hand, gave the tank the nickname "Little Panther", and it was planned that the No. 3 tank would be ready for production in early 1938.

Before 1940, the 25-ton tank, 75 mm/42 times gun, and 60 mm/60 degree frontal armor tank was definitely the strongest medium tank in the world in this era. Historically, the German Panzers were forced to use inferior tanks against a strong opponent on the Western Front, and there will be no repetition.

Although the Chinese side has obtained drawings of tanks and aircraft provided by Hannah "Dafang", it will even get a production line for tank No. 2. However, due to the fact that the industrial foundation left by old China is too thin. Even if the German side transferred drawings and production equipment to China in full, and even provided technical assistance. However, if China is to be able to produce tanks and airplanes completely on its own, according to Linhan's estimate, it is simply impossible to "achieve speed" without three to five years of preparing talents and digesting technology.

The problem with the aircraft is that the engine is difficult to deliver, and the rest of the parts are not a big problem. In the early days, the piston fighter was much less difficult to manufacture than the tank, and the most difficult part was the production of the core engine. This is also a big problem for China in this era.

How hard is piston engine to produce? Take the DB601 engine under development in Germany as an example, this engine is actually a very productive engine. It is claimed that a worker can assemble it with a wrench. However, the manufacturing difficulty and process requirements of each part are very high.

Historically, the Japanese have purchased the production line and supporting equipment for this engine from Germany. Even workers were sent to train in Germany for half a year. However, in this way, it took the Japanese three years to barely solve the problem of localization of the DB601 engine. The performance of the domestically produced DB601 engine is comparable to that of the German-made one. It's still a notch down. And the reason. It's just the reason why the workers are so zhì. The manufactured parts have various tolerances that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, and the accumulated performance is not as good as that of German products.

Qualified industrial workers. Good enterprise production culture, this is a long way to go.

In terms of tanks, in order to be able to completely produce a model of tank, there are more supporting project facilities that need to be prepared, and the routine of parts assembly can only be taken in the early stage, and the training of technicians who produce tank parts also takes time.

The No. 2 tank in the thirteen-ton class is the No. 1 tank that was born from the No. 7, and the technical difficulty requirements for production are much lower than those of the 20-ton tank. The performance of Japanese tanks in World War II is the same as that bird, the No. 2 tank with a maximum weight of 15 tons, with a 40 mm or 45 mm tank gun, is enough to cope with all the new tanks developed by Japan during World War II in history. As for better tanks of the 20-ton class or even 30-ton class, whether it is Germany or even the Soviet Union, they have only just completed the development of tanks in the 20-ton class, and it is simply impossible to lightly provide these technologies to the current China, and the current China will not be able to digest these technologies for the time being.

Industrialization is not called industrialization when there is an equipment factory. People, qualified industrial workers, a large number of qualified industrial workers, this is a more important factor than machine equipment. In addition to the lack of science, engineering and technical talents, the new China, which has just come out of the old China, also lacks qualified industrial workers, and the illiteracy rate in this country is too high. Those overseas Chinese who heeded Lin Han's call and returned to China from overseas to help with construction were often reused by all sides as soon as they returned to China. Fortunately, China still has a large number of KPD members and their families who were exiled from Hannah, which partially solves the defect of insufficient talent in the construction of New China.

In the production of tanks, considering the cost factor and China's national conditions, in fact, Lin Han preferred to directly import Soviet tank technology. But Stalin was not Khrushchev's Kaizi, he was extremely ambiguous in this regard, and he did not want to sell good things to China at all. As for sending talents to help China carry out industrialization, they are also not very enthusiastic and always push back. Stalin, the Great Russian, could not have seen a potential threat to the Soviet Union from an industrialized China, even greater than that of Germany, which did not have 450 million people and did not have the strategic depth of China.

The first step in the transition from an agrarian country to an industrial country is the most difficult.

If possible, Lin Han very much hopes that Hannah can postpone the launch of World War II until 42 years later, with a five-year buffer period, when China can also complete the first First Five-Year Plan, and basically solve the problem of self-production of tanks, planes and other equipment, and now there are less than three years, which is really too tense. And the rising new China can only desperately race for time now. When Lin Han and the members of the Chinese delegation were visiting Germany, China had already sent a group of students to study in Germany and the Soviet Union to learn all kinds of skills and knowledge.

The trip to Germany in 1937 seemed to introduce a lot of frightening technology, but in fact, in the next year or two, due to the constraints of workers, China could only produce its own light training aircraft, assemble tanks, and produce small cars on a small scale.

In fact, the tank and aircraft manufacturing technology is just a "gimmick" sold to China for its long-term digestion, because of Lin Han's relationship, the money Hannah collected from the Chinese delegation in this regard is even only a cost price, and the drawings of the aircraft and tanks are even more "free of charge".

During the Chinese delegation's trip to Germany in 1937, the focus of the real introduction of technology was the cement industry, the iron and steel industry, the machine tool equipment of various vehicles, steam power equipment, generators, and other basic things. (PS Spit out those novels of the Republic of China who don't know what industrialization is, the protagonist does not need a few years to train qualified industrial workers, and at the same time establish a complete industrial chain, and dare to talk about the export of tanks and aircraft in the Republic of China, which is simply insulting the reader's IQ.) ）

The world war will break out in three years, but China and Germany are now short of time.

On March 8, 1937, under Hannah's arrangement, Linhan sailed in East Ruz aboard the battleship Deutschland, with a destination on a small island in the Baltic Sea, where he would meet with Stalin. (To be continued......)

PS: Tomorrow will be the key plot. The meeting between Lin Han and Stalin, after writing this plot, it is estimated that after writing more than ten chapters, you can write the plot of the war in World War II and the beginning of the long-lost sea battle.

The pace of the rest of the story will be very fast.