"It's nothing. Accardo shrugged his shoulders and said, "To support you is to support the Wehrmacht itself!" I know that very well, so you don't need to thank you. With that, he sat down on the couch and played with the ashtray on the coffee table.

Krupp stood up instead, and he had been sitting on the couch since Accardo walked into the room: "I, and many of the arms dealers I know, feel that General Sickett is too conservative, and that he is a little far from the leader of the Wehrmacht that we expect. Therefore, we intend to support him as a representative of our arms dealers within the Wehrmacht. ”

"You chose me?" asked Accardo with a smile.

"Yes, we chose you!" Krupp nodded in acknowledgement.

"Now that I've said that, can I make a request?" asked Accardo as he put down the ashtray he was playing with and looked up at Krupp.

Krupp was stunned: "What request?"

Accardo smiled: "I know that you have an office in Berlin that secretly designs new weapons, and it is full of the best engineers in the Krupp factory, can I visit it?"

"Why? We promise that the weapons we will provide you with are the best in the world. Krupp asked suspiciously, "You don't have to worry about the quality of these weapons." ”

"The best?" said Arcado laughing, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world: "They are all outdated, all of them are outdated! I have no problem representing you arms dealers, but I am even more representing the hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the Wehrmacht! I never joke with the blood of my men! So I am responsible for the whole of Germany." ”

"You know, layman's finger-pointing is a big no-no in weapon design, and those things you know are simply pediatric for our Krupp designers. Krupp said contemptuously.

Accardo smiled, "Then let the pediatricians see the real genius." "He has the direction of development of future weapons and technical performance indicators, how can he lose to those who are still groping for development? Accardo has this self-confidence, and he wants to win over and make friends from all sides and tie the forces represented by Krupp to his chariot.

"Okay! Since you want to cooperate, I'll let you see the real science and technology!" Krupp nodded reluctantly: "Tomorrow morning, I will personally take you over!"

Early the next morning, Accardo approached Krupp and went with him to the office of the Krupp factory in Germany, which was secretly being built. However, they only talked in the office for ten minutes, and the arrogant engineers were completely impressed by Accardo's erudition.

At this moment, in Krupp's secret weapons design office in Berlin, Accardo was discussing the design of new weapons with Krupp's elite.

It is worth mentioning that the secret office of this Krupp factory, set up on the top of the office building of the German Reichstag, was not discovered by the ministers' wives and celebrities, and even the French and British military attachés in Germany. And when these Krupp weapons designers entered the building, they were even greeted politely by British or French diplomats.

In the room, Accardo is introducing "his designs", and although most of these designs are from the late 20th century, the sketches that Accardo has made everyone crazy.

"The army needs a weapon that can accurately fire a single shot at a distance of 400 meters, and can also fire a large amount of ammunition at short distances and short bursts in an emergency, and this weapon will be issued to the Panzergrenadier units that accompany the tank units to attack the enemy and surprise the enemy troops, so I named this weapon 'assault rifles'!" Akado pointed to the drawings and introduced his ideas to the rifle designers at Krupp.

He pointed to the twisted and twisted design drawing, and was a little embarrassed to explain the things on it, he didn't have any talent for painting in his previous life, and he could find someone to help him design a military uniform last time, but this time it was a matter of confidentiality, so he had to go into battle in person: "Here is the air conduction structure, here is the one that can be opened and closed! Here and here can be made of wood!"

"Oh, it's so beautiful! This design is simply perfect!" A group of designers were deeply attracted by Accardo's creativity, and nodded in admiration: "This weapon can be mass-produced to replace almost all existing individual weapons." ”

Accardo listened to their admiration, shook his head with some regret, sighed and said: "Due to the tight budget of the military, we only plan to purchase 10,000 of these rifles for the time being, but believe me, one day, this weapon will be produced in hundreds of thousands of units, and the armies of the world will use it!"

"What is this?" Krupp flipped through a book of plans that Accardo had put aside, and on it was a strange cannon sketched in scribbled handwriting.

Accardo smiled and pointed to a few twisted lines on it: "This is a truck! It's not quite like it, but you should be able to imagine what it looks like, about eight wheels, two in the front and three in the back, this kind of truck has a cannon behind it that can be supported on the ground, the caliber doesn't need to be too big, 155 mm is enough." ”

"Krupp can produce larger caliber guns, and if you need them, we can transport them by rails and trains, which can be more than 200 mm in caliber, have a longer range and are more powerful!" Krupp proudly introduces the specialty of his factory.

For a long time, there was an almost blind confidence throughout the Krupp plant that they also had the technology to make the biggest and best cannon in the world.

"Yes, it's more powerful, it's longer, it's more rigid, it's more obvious, and I need a reinforced company to watch over each cannon, and I need three more shells for this kind of cannon. Accardo said with some thought.

Krupp looked at Accardo and asked with a frown: "Isn't it the performance that cannons are looking for if they are more powerful and have a longer range?"

Accardo looked at Krupp with a smile, then at a few artillery design experts around him who were staring at him, and said, "Of course! Range and power are two very important indicators, but they are not all the indicators of a good artillery!"

He stretched out his fingers and stretched them out one by one: "The firing range is very important! The power is also very important, the maneuverability of the artillery is even more important! The ease of logistics supply is also important! All these must be considered clearly by the designers and users!"

He looked at the designers: "If you simply pursue some unnecessary performance and make other aspects of the disadvantage more prominent, then this is a failed design!"

"Imagine if our cannons were all of one caliber, then our cars could use only one length and not waste any space at all, and if the length of the trucks was fixed, then the size of the train wagons would also be fixed, and how easy it would be to train our workers to repair these identical equipment? In front of Krupp and a group of senior engineers, Accardo threw out the theory of large-scale assembly line production in later generations.

"My God!" Krupp looked at Accardo in surprise, a little unbelieving his ears: "Do you know what you said? What you just said is worth at least a hundred million dollars." You're a genius. ”

"So I have made it clear to the Wehrmacht that large-caliber artillery must not exceed 283 mm, and preferably shells can also be used in the same caliber as naval guns. Accardo said, pointing to the plan.

"No problem!" Krupp agreed.

"The artillery caliber of the artillery unit under the army group is 203 mm, and it is also required to be as common as possible with the naval gun. Accardo continued.

"Yes!" Krupp still nodded.

"Army basic support artillery caliber 150 mm. and the medium caliber of shells of the Navy. Accardo continued.

Krupp did not object at all: "I promised!"

Accardo glanced at the engineers around him: "Tank guns and anti-aircraft artillery guns have two calibers: 88 mm and 75 mm. ”

Krupp didn't even speak anymore, just nodded.

"Anti-tank guns and divisional artillery are also of 88 mm and 75 mm calibers. You can choose any one according to your requirements. Accardo continued.

Krupp pointed to one of the engineers: "You can record it, record it all!"

"We'll wait for the Wehrmacht's technical experts to come, let's discuss it together!" said Accardo, a little embarrassed.

"What is this?" asked again, pointing to a drawing.

Accardo glanced at the drawings, blushing a little at his drawing skills, but explained to Krupp: "I roughly drew the interior of the tank, and I need our tank to look like this." ”

"What is this slash?" asked Krupp with a frown.

Accardo nodded, a little grateful to his bosom friend: "Yes, the front is made of an oblique structure, so that the opponent's shells will bounce off due to the angle." ”

"Really?" asked a technician at the Krupp factory, who had studied ballistics for twenty-five years and could be said to be an expert in the field.

Accardo nodded: "The Wehrmacht has done a lot of work, and it is completely effective against bullets!"

It has an effect on bullets, which means that it will also work on armor-piercing bullets, because the trajectory and energy release pattern of both ammunition are exactly the same.

"Why does a tank have to be a diesel engine? Isn't a gasoline engine more stable and comfortable?" asked Krupp, a little puzzled.

Accardo patiently explained: "Diesel engines are more fuel-efficient, although they are noisier and more clumsy. But it's not easy to catch fire when hit!"

God knows, Accardo combined the advantages of the T-34 tank, which was born later, with the advantages of the German tank, and drew this sketch, which is definitely an epoch-making super tank, lighter, more reliable and more powerful.

"I have to say it again, Colonel Accardo, you are a genius!" Krupp exclaimed: "If you were a master weapon designer, I would definitely invite you to Krupp!