Girard Bull is a smart person, as soon as Fang Lang opened his mouth, he understood what the other party meant, after all, living in a capitalist society, what kind of people are capitalists, you really don't have too high expectations.

However, as the chief engineer of the factory, he also understood that what the other party said was right, so he could only grit his teeth and nod:

"Yes, boss!

We immediately started to arrange for the recruitment of new workers to study in the factory.

Complete the training of new workers as soon as possible and reduce the labor cost of our factory. ”

In fact, Girard Bull was only the chief technical engineer of the factory, and he was not in charge of the management of the factory alone, the artillery factory is now a joint-stock company, the military also has a stake in the factory, and there are some of the original Brazilian giants.

But the Fang family is still the absolute majority shareholder, and has the absolute right to speak on the personnel rights of the factory, Fang Lang did not let other company leaders accompany him this time, mainly to discuss some technical issues with Girard Bull.

The reason why I told him about the high labor cost of skilled workers in the United States is because these people were actually recruited by Girard Bull from the United States.

These things can only be discussed with Girard Bull, and other management does not dare to point fingers at these skilled workers.

Fang Lang was also very satisfied with the positive response that Girard Bull was able to give him, and smiled:

"It's not enough to reduce costs, we also need to make our products more competitive, and you're very innovative in technology, but it's not enough.

We have to make our products have more advantages, such as longer range, more power, faster movement speed, and higher accuracy.

In this way, even if our products are more expensive than others, they are still acceptable, right? ”

Hearing this, Girard Bull's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly spoke:

"Rest assured, boss, I am already working on a new modification design, and I plan to further expand the body-to-barrel ratio of the gun to increase the gun's shooting accuracy and range.

After preliminary calculations, I plan to trial produce a 52 times caliber 155mm plus howitzer. ”

This kind of long-barreled artillery is indeed the direction of development in the future, and of course Fang Lang will not object, so he nodded at Girard Bull and said:

"No problem, when it comes to the design and manufacture of artillery, I believe you are a professional.

You can just experiment.

However, there are a few more projects that I want you to work on this time. I think these products are what we need in the future. ”

Fang Lang's words made Gilard Bull look solemn, and he looked at Fang Lang with a serious face and said:

"Boss, please command!"

As he spoke, he took out a black notebook from his pocket, looking like a primary school student taking notes seriously.

Fang Lang glanced at the other party and nodded with satisfaction, no wonder the leaders liked the way those leaders spoke, and the people below took out their notebooks to record.

That's respect!

At this moment, Fang Lang felt that he was respected, and his eyes when he looked at Girard Bull softened a little.

Coughing lightly, Fang Lang slowly spoke:

"I remember you told me that you were going to work on a new type of ammunition, I wonder if it's already started?"

Hearing this, Girard Bull shook his head with a wry smile and said:

"Boss, I'm really sorry, because I've been working on the imitation and improvement of artillery, and I don't have time to develop new ammunition for the time being.

However, please rest assured that after my combing during this time, the artillery production process has been confirmed.

I will soon be able to devote myself to the study of new munitions. ”

Seeing the other party's expression, Fang Lang smiled and comforted:

"It doesn't matter. I'm not rushing you, the main reason why I'm asking you this question is to want to know, have you ever touched rockets! This new type of ammunition that appeared in the war. ”

As an artillery expert, Girard Bull is of course very clear about this new type of weapon that appeared in the war, and after hearing Fang Lang's question, he said without hesitation:

"Yes, boss!

In fact, this is not a new type of ammunition, the United States had T34 multiple rocket launchers during the war, Germany had the Smokebreather series rockets, and the Soviet Union had Katyusha rocket launchers.

Do you also want to work on this ammunition? ”

"Yes, I heard that the Soviet-made Katyusha rocket launcher has an unparalleled advantage in terms of fire coverage, do we have the ability to develop a rocket launcher of the same power?"

Hearing Fang Lang's words, Gilard Bull looked a little entangled, and only said slowly after a long time:

"This....... Boss, rocket artillery is actually not that powerful, as you said he has a great advantage in fire coverage, but, beyond that, there are no other advantages.

The fire and smoke generated during the launch alone have a clear indicative effect, and it is easy for the enemy to lock on to the firing position.

In addition, his accuracy is not high, and he can only carry out a wide range of fire coverage.

In the end, the launch cost is too high! ”

Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Girard Bull was not too optimistic about the application of rockets.

Although what the other party said is the truth, Fang Lang is very clear about the future development direction, and there is still a very large market for rockets.

In particular, the future hometown has played with rocket artillery.

So, he nodded and said:

"I understand what you said, but the existence of a weapon naturally has its own reason, we can't give up on him just because we find his problems, but we should continue to improve him, so that he can overcome these shortcomings and become in line with our needs.

What do you think? ”

Hearing this, Gilard Bull showed a trace of shame on his face, and nodded at Fang Lang and said:

"Boss, you're right, it's true that I'm too narrow-minded.

However, I do lack research on rocket artillery, but I have a friend who is very obsessed with the development of rockets.

I think I could send him a telegram and ask him to come over and lead a dedicated research group to develop a new type of rocket artillery system for the boss. ”

Fang Lang knew that there was indeed a big difference between rockets and artillery shells, because rockets often had a rocket engine burned to form a gas pressure that ejected from the tail to produce force, and the rocket broke away from the launch tube under the action of reaction force and shot forward.

There is still a difference between this and the firing principle of artillery shells, regardless of whether Girard Bull really doesn't know much about rockets, but he took the initiative to hand over the project he is not familiar with to another person to study, Fang Lang is still very satisfied.

At least, the artillery factory was not considered his own independent kingdom.

Therefore, Fang Lang nodded without hesitation:

"Yes, as the chief engineer of the factory, it is your right to recruit the right engineer, and I raise my hands in favor. But you can't just hire someone and just leave it alone.

You are the chief engineer of the factory, and you are involved in the management of all the company's projects. ”

As he spoke, he smiled and patted the other party's shoulder.

After all, Girard Bull is a real artillery expert, and he is afraid that he will ask him to study projects that he is not familiar with, so he just finds someone at random and comes to the lake to get a look, and it is none of his business whether it succeeds or not.

That would be embarrassing, so I still have to emphasize to him the importance of his need to participate.

When Girard Bull heard this, he laughed and said:

"Don't worry! The boss, the man I found, is my true friend, and I won't leave him alone.

Although I am not very familiar with rockets, since this is a research project arranged by you, we will definitely take it seriously and strive to make a breakthrough in the shortest possible time.

Don't disappoint your expectations! ”

"Haha...... Okay, Girard, you can do something, I don't worry. Then I think another project for you must be pediatrics!

It shouldn't take you more than a few days to figure it out. ”

Hearing Fang Lang's praise, although Girard Bull sounded very useful, he didn't dare to pack the ticket directly, and any project could really be done in a few days.

Although foreigners don't like to be modest, they don't know how to pretend to understand, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, now Fang Lang hasn't said what he is studying, if he really pats his chest and responds, he won't be able to do it when the time comes, but it will be embarrassing.

So, Girard Bull hurriedly spoke:

"Boss, you'd better tell us what the project is!"

Seeing the other party's rare cautious look, Fang Lang laughed and said:

"Don't worry! I said that this project is very simple for you, it is definitely really simple.

The second project I'm planning to have you work on is mortars, and I guess it won't be too difficult for you, right? ”

Hearing that it was a mortar, Girard Bull breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"It turned out to be a mortar! It's really not that difficult, and even if you don't say it, I'm ready to take the time to set up my own project and apply for relevant research.

After all, there are simply too many scenarios for mortars. You can rest assured, I can personally serve as the research team leader for Project 2 and organize people to start the research immediately. ”

Fang Lang smiled and waved his hand and said:

"You can coordinate these yourself, whether you need to be the head of the research team yourself, you can do it yourself, I don't have a request on my side, I believe you also have relevant experience in the caliber of mortars.

At present, several American 60mm, 81mm and 120mm caliber mortars perform quite well on the battlefield, and we can imitate these models in advance to solve our problems.

Later, it can be improved gradually. ”

Hearing this, Girard Bull nodded, Fang Lang's request was still very practical, and he was not too ambitious to play any new tricks, not that he couldn't play tricks on these basis, but that his current energy was relatively limited, and he couldn't put too much experience on mortars.

The reason why Fang Lang just asked him to solve the problem first was to understand this.

It's not that Fang Lang doesn't think mortars are important, on the contrary, mortars are quite important as infantry support firepower.

But Fang Lang saw it when he watched the video in later generations, and the development trend of mortars in later generations is actually the same as artillery, which is developing towards self-propelled mortars, and now even the self-propelled problem of artillery has not been solved, so it will be too urgent to start researching self-propelled mortars.

And, he has a more important project that he needs to work on.

Regarding Fang Lang's request, Gilar Bull nodded with a smile and said:

"The boss can rest assured that if the early stage is just imitation, it will soon be able to achieve results."

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Very well, then let's move on to the next research project, which I believe you should be very familiar with, is the Bazooka bazooka that the U.S. military is heavily equipped with.

At the same time, the German "Iron Fist" anti-tank grenade launcher was created using the same manufacturing principle.

Do you know anything about this weapon? ”