Chapter Eighty-One: Unexpected Honor
readx;? The vehicle test site is located in the southern suburbs of Essen, thirty kilometers from the headquarters of the Krupp company. The Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info was built at the expense of Krupp to test the performance of various vehicles and artillery. An hour later, Hitler's motorcade arrived at the test site. Wang Haitao's first feeling after getting out of the car was that it was big, and this test site was very large.
The elder Alfred led everyone to the observation room and introduced to Hitler: "This test site has only been officially completed and put into use for half a year, and the total area is 24 square kilometers. Various roads and ground types are simulated in the test field, which can effectively test the driving conditions of the vehicle under various road and ground types. And various cement fortifications in the distance were targets for testing the firing of artillery of various calibers. ”
After listening to Alfred the Elder's introduction, Hitler said: "Well, a good place, it will make your Krupp products even more popular." Once the group had entered the observation room, Alfred Jr. went to inform his men to begin testing the two new tanks. Hitler and others stood in front of the half-height observation window to watch, and Manstein and Guderian also occupied two observation binoculars.
After Alfred Jr. gave the order, the two tanks, which had been prepared for a long time, began to move forward on the road. During the entire two-hour test, only the petrol-engined tank had a slight malfunction while climbing over a trench, and one of the tensioners fell off. After it took the maintenance crew twenty minutes to solve the problem, the tank also completed the test.
Hitler and others were very satisfied with the performance of the tank, as if when testing the tank's artillery system, the first shells of the two tanks hit the target 1,200 meters away, and the armor-piercing shells also destroyed the old combat vehicle as the target without any suspense. Moreover, the two combat vehicles used the hydraulic rotation function of the turret to quickly rotate the turret, and attacked targets in three directions at low speeds.
All this brought smiles to the faces of Hitler and the German generals. After discussing with the Heads of the Armaments Ministers, Fritz and Todd, Hitler placed an order on the spot with Krupp for the production of 500 tanks of each of the two types. This heavy order also brought smiles to the faces of Alfred Big and Jr. Just when Hitler and the others thought it was over, Alfred Jr. told them that there were some new light weapons for them to see.
Hitler and the German officers were taken by Alfred Jr. to a small arms test site, where Wang Haitao brought several new types of light weapons. Wang Haitao found that the light weapons that appeared here included not only pistols, semi-automatic rifles, and submachine guns, but also light machine guns and heavy machine guns. However, the style of the light and heavy machine guns has been slightly changed to make them look more in line with the German aesthetic.
The Krupp factory was able to produce two brand-new tanks in ten days, and with such a huge production capacity, it was not a problem at all to produce a few light and heavy machine guns and matching bullets as samples in ten days, which Wang Haitao was not surprised at all. These generals were curious to pick up the new guns and enjoy them, and when the target was set up, they couldn't wait to stand on the firing position and conduct a test firing.
Even Hitler could not be exempted from curiosity and fired a shuttle of bullets with a pistol and a submachine gun. After the shooting, the generals were equally impressed with the small arms, and Hitler seemed to be particularly fond of the assault rifle, personally naming it an "assault rifle" and demanding that it be mass-produced as soon as possible to equip the SS. Fritz and Todd placed orders for 1,000 pistols, 10,000 rifles, 10,000 assault rifles, 1,000 light machine guns, and 500 heavy machine guns.
By the standards of the German army, these guns were the equipment of a division, and it seems that the Germans were going to use them to equip a division for trial. When everyone returned to the Krupp headquarters building, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and in the VIP room of the building, Alfred Jr. accompanied Wang Haitao to stand in front of Hitler.
Hitler looked at Wang Haitao and said, "Young man, you are very good, and you have brought me a lot of surprises. Thanks to your help, our Greater German Empire will develop rapidly in armaments. As a token of my gratitude to you, I have decided to confer on you the rank of Honorary Colonel of the Wehrmacht and on you the Iron Cross, 1st class. ”
After Hitler finished saying these words, General Kruger next to him took a few steps forward and handed Wang Haitao a set of Wehrmacht colonel uniforms, with an Iron Cross first-class medal on the uniform. And said: "Congratulations, young man, you are the first foreigner to be awarded this Iron Cross, 1st class. With his words, there was a round of applause in the VIP room, and Wang Haitao took the military uniform and medal from the hands of Admiral Kruger.
Hitler encouraged Wang Haitao again, and finally told Wang Haitao: "After returning to China, if you encounter difficulties, you can go to the new general adviser of the advisory group sent by Germany to China, Admiral Falkenhausen, and I will tell Admiral Falkenhausen and ask him to help you as much as possible." Wang Haitao moderately expressed his gratitude for Hitler's statement. In fact, Hitler's emphasis on himself was still beyond Wang Haitao's expectations.
Hitler and the others politely declined Alfred Sr.'s invitation to a dinner party, got into a car and left the Krupp headquarters. After Hitler and others left, Wang Haitao became the protagonist at the dinner, and the old and little Alfred successively toasted Wang Haitao, and even people like Lucas complimented Wang Haitao a few words in person, which made Wang Haitao feel flattered.
Wang Haitao was surrounded by men, while Marita was surrounded by some noble ladies, Wang Haitao was complimented by men, but Marita was sought after by noble ladies, which also made Marita excited. Until the end of the banquet, when she returned to her residence, Marita was still excitedly talking to Wang Haitao about what happened during the day and at the banquet just now.
Wang Haitao was a little proud of what happened today, but he was not so excited that he lost his mind, so he looked at Marita like a child, although it was a little funny, but he couldn't bear to splash her cold water. Because Wang Haitao knows that today's experience is not an exaggeration to say that it is legendary for such a civilian girl who can be said to be living at the bottom.
In the future, even if she experiences the persecution of the Chinese in Germany in history, Marita can escape with today's events. Wang Haitao thought so. In the evening, it was naturally Marita who offered everything to Wang Haitao, and Wang Haitao accepted it happily. This night is naturally a night of water dissolution.
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