Chapter 130: Military Cooperation (I)
The Germans fell in love with Wang Guorui's Stern submachine gun and the so-called light artillery, that is, mortars and grenadiers. And these two weapons are actually Wang Guorui's good things in trench warfare, weapons that can kill enemies accurately in large quantities. However, there is no need to keep it secret now, because of the war between Wang Guorui and the Japanese, in fact, these weapons have been made public to the world, and there is no need to keep them secret. Now I'm afraid that almost the whole world knows what the weapons Wang Guorui used and what the tactics were. Other devils are not stupid, they are so stupid and do not progress. Since the Japanese devils have been able to "learn" so much from Wang Guorui, other countries are also learning the same. Moreover, the Japanese paid the price of three divisions to pay the tuition, while other countries can study directly, and this does not have to pay any price at all.
However, if you want to use certain tactics, you need to use certain weapons. The Germans knew that the core of trench warfare was the use of firepower to prevent the enemy from attacking man, and then to form a state of attrition. As for wanting to crack this tactic next, Wang Guorui has also demonstrated it, that is, using a capable army with a full range of weapons to directly break through the junction between the enemy's two armies, so that a large gap can be formed, from which the enemy's position can be gradually torn apart and closed. The Germans also learned this method, but their biggest headache was that they didn't have those submachine guns, shotguns, flamethrowers, etc. These weapons are what the Germans want, and now they can't get a patent to produce them themselves, so they can only ask Wang Guorui.
"Minister Haijing, I think we have so many weapons, we might as well have an exchange. We use these advanced weapons to cross-license with you, and then I license one thing to you, and you license your latest rifle to me. So that we can produce each other's weapons without paying any patent fees, how do you say? Wang Guorui asked.
Wang Guorui also hopes to come up with one thing, so that he can cross-license with the Germans, so that he can obtain the right to produce German rifles. Although Wang Guorui can always rely on the red alert system to produce, it does not mean that it does so without cost. This is not respectful of patents, which will definitely be very harmful to Wang Guorui's scientific development in the future. As a leader, he doesn't respect the patents of others. Isn't the subordinate that the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked? At that time, those domestic scientists worked hard to develop an invention, and in the end it was stolen, and at that time there was no respect for patent copyright awareness, which was really a blow to the country's innovative thinking.
Therefore, Wang Guorui chose to pay a new weapon, in exchange for the right to produce rifles from the Germans, so that it is not a violation of the patent bill, but can be regarded as mutual respect for the patent. As long as this patent problem is solved, then the next step will definitely be able to let more scientists invent and create.
"Governor Wang, I'm afraid you're hurting us Germans, aren't you? Your new weapons are only for a few small special units to use. And our rifles are meant to be used by the whole army, do you think you're making us lose money by doing so? Besides, you're only taking out one weapon as a cross-license, and the value of the two is not equal, so why should we license you our most advanced rifle? So, if you want us to license our most advanced rifles, then you have to give us the patents for submachine guns, light guns, flamethrowers, shotguns, so that we can license the rifles to you! Haijing said.
The Germans can be said to be very much looking forward to the submachine gun, because of the heavy firepower of this submachine gun. One person can bring out the effect of a machine gun. And the only pity is that the range of the submachine gun is a little closer, because of the use of pistol bullets. So the effective firing range is less than fifty meters. But this is also a very good thing, it is cheap to produce, and as long as a few submachine gunners can rush to the position, the alternate cover is not impossible to shoot machine guns. So the Germans have an unusually sick obsession with firepower, and they will want it as long as they can increase the density of firepower.
As for mortars, flamethrowers, shotguns. This is a good thing to clean up the enemy in the trenches. With these weapons, it must be very convenient to clean the trench in the future, so that it will not be too inefficient to carry out the battle in the trench with a rifle that is too slender as in the past. With the addition of shotguns, submachine guns, flamethrowers, and so on, there must have been as many enemies in the trench as there were to be cleared. There's no need to worry about it at all, so these weapons have to be patented.
However, the Germans are not stupid, because of course they know that their rifles are the mainstream, after all, Wang Guorui's weapons are also for small troops, not for the whole army to equip weapons. In fact, the weapons equipped by the whole army are mainly ordinary rifles, so the Germans must have suffered a big loss in terms of output, and they are naturally unwilling to exchange their rifles for one of the weapons, they must think that the full set of weapons is cross-authorized together, so that they can feel that they do not lose money.
Wang Guorui really has some insight into the greed of the Germans. He actually wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail himself and obtain patent authorization for all weapons. However, Wang Guorui really didn't have any good way, because Wang Guorui knew that with the industrial strength of Western countries, it was completely easy to get these weapons. After all, these weapons are not very high-tech, especially the Stern submachine gun, which is even more inexpensive. So it's easy for Westerners to imitate their own industrial prowess, after all, a lot of weapons are just a conceptual problem, as long as you can think of it, then there is no problem at all in producing it. This kind of conceptual thing has been pierced by Wang Guorui, so that Westerners can learn these things at no cost, and then make their own imitations.
Therefore, Wang Guorui must sell these submachine guns and other things now, and strive to sell them at a good price, so as to get the maximum profit. If in two years, or even within a year, the Western foreign devils will soon develop corresponding substitutes, then they will also be imitated by the foreign devils, and at that time, the patents for these weapons in their hands will be smashed in their hands. It is not for nothing that the Germans opened their mouths, after all, their industrial strength is strong, and if they really want to study them, they can really study it quickly.
So on the whole, in fact, Wang Guorui's hole cards are not many, and the German lion's big mouth is really helpless, but he has to pinch his nose to admit it. Anyway, that's what the Germans mean, if you like to do it, if you don't like to do it, then I'll study it myself, anyway, it can be studied in a year, or even less than half a year, so why pay so much in exchange for it? Anyway, they think that Wang Guorui's production of their most advanced rifles is also a foregone conclusion, since this is the case, it is better to extort some more good things from Wang Guorui, so that there may be a lot of benefits.
"In the final analysis, our industrial strength is too poor. If Lao Tzu's industrial strength is stronger than yours, and he directly uses the new weapons and new materials of later generations, how can you research them out at that time? Don't you have to beg me obediently? Wang Guorui thought helplessly.
In the final analysis, this is because their industrial strength is too weak, if they can have enough strength to develop those weapons of later generations, those weapons of later generations have higher requirements for the country's industrial strength, and even if the Germans want to imitate at that time, they will not be able to imitate it. This must have very great benefits for himself, but this one qiē can only be crooked in Wang Guorui's heart, and it has no use. Since his current industrial strength is very weak, he hopes to gradually become stronger, so that he can have enough strength to bargain with Westerners. Although it seems that Wang Guorui's strength is good now, even the British don't dare to humiliate him, but this is based on the fact that the British can't gain more than they lose when they fight Wang Guorui.
The reason why the Western powers will not attack Wang Guorui is because Wang Guorui is powerful, and they can't get too much benefit from beating Wang Guorui. But if Wang Guorui touches their core interests, then several of them will attack together, and Wang Guorui will not be able to stop it. Therefore, you must also be hard in striking iron, and your current strength is not strong, so you can only be equal to others giving you peace, rather than you forcing others to give you peace. Now it is actually the Western powers who give peace to the kingdom, so Wang Guorui really can't be too arrogant.
"Minister Haijing, you want us to cross-authorize, but I also want to have one thing to agree with you, which is about some military cooperation. As long as we can work on these projects, we can also cross-license these military weapons to each other. When the time comes, we will license to you those new weapons of ours free of charge, and you will license our rifles, so that neither side will have to pay royalties. But the premise is that our next cooperation can be reached, so that we can achieve this condition. Wang Guorui said.
"Oh? What are the conditions for Governor Wang? Please say yes, as long as it is within my authority, I can say yes! Haijing said. (To be continued......)