Girard Bull was a smart man. He understood what Fang Lang meant as soon as he opened his mouth. After all, living in a capitalist society, one should not have too high expectations of what kind of people capitalists are.
However, as the chief engineer of the factory, he also understood that the other party was right, so he could only grit his teeth and nodded:
“Yes, Boss!
We immediately began to recruit new workers to come to the factory for training.
Complete the training of new workers as soon as possible and reduce the labor costs of our factory."
In fact, Girard Bull is only the chief technical engineer of the factory. The management of the factory is not the responsibility of him alone. This artillery factory is now a joint-stock company. The military also has shares in the factory, as well as some of the original giants in Brazil.
But the Fang family is still the absolute majority shareholder and has absolute say in the factory's personnel rights. Fang Lang did not bring other company leaders with him this time, mainly to discuss some technical issues with Girard Bull.
The reason why I told him about the high labor costs of technical workers in the United States was because these people were actually recruited by Girard Bull from the United States.
These matters can only be discussed with Girard Bull, and other management dare not interfere with these technical workers.
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Fang Lang was very satisfied with Girard Bull's positive response and said with a smile:
“It is not enough to just cut costs, we also need to make our products more competitive. Your technological innovation is great, but it is not enough.
We must make our products have more advantages, such as longer range, greater power, faster movement speed and higher accuracy.
In this way, even if our products are more expensive than others, it will still be acceptable to people, right?"
Upon hearing this, Girard Bull's eyes lit up and he quickly said:
"Boss, rest assured. I'm already working on a new modified design. I plan to further expand the gun's barrel ratio to increase its shooting accuracy and range.
After preliminary calculations, I plan to trial-produce a 155mm howitzer with a 52-caliber gun."
This kind of long-barreled artillery is indeed the future development direction. Fang Lang certainly would not object, so he nodded to Girard Bull and said:
“No problem, I believe you are an expert in the design and manufacture of artillery.
Just experiment.
However, I came here this time to ask you to research a few projects. I think these products are what we will need in the future.”
Fang Lang's words made Jiral Bull look serious. He looked at Fang Lang seriously and said:
"Boss, please give me your orders!"
As he spoke, he pulled out a black leather notebook from his pocket, looking like a primary school student taking notes seriously.
Fang Lang glanced at the other person and nodded with satisfaction. No wonder leaders like those leaders to speak and the people below take out notebooks to take notes.
This is respect!
At this moment Fang Lang felt that he was respected, and his eyes towards Girard Bull became softer.
After coughing twice, Fang Lang slowly spoke:
"I remember you told me that you wanted to research new types of ammunition. Have you started now?"
Hearing this, Girard Bull smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"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 careful review over this period of time, the artillery production process has been confirmed.
I will soon be able to start researching new ammunition."
Fang Lang saw the other person's expression, smiled and comforted him:
"It's okay. I'm not rushing you. The reason I asked you this question is mainly to know if you have ever come into contact with rockets! This new type of missile that appeared in the war."
As an artillery expert, Girard Bull was of course very familiar with this new type of weapon that appeared in the war. After hearing Fang Lang's question, he said without hesitation:
“Yes, Boss!
In fact, this is not a new type of missile. During the war, the United States had the T34 multiple rocket launcher, Germany had the Nebelwerfer series of rockets, and the Soviet Union had the Katyusha rocket launcher.
Do you want to research this ammunition as well?"
"Yes, I heard that the Soviet-made Katyusha rocket launcher has an unparalleled advantage in terms of firepower coverage. Do we have the ability to develop a rocket launcher with the same power?"
After hearing Fang Lang's words, Girard Bull seemed a little confused. After a long while, he slowly said:
“Well… Boss, the rocket launcher is actually not that powerful. As you said, it has a great advantage in terms of firepower coverage, but other than that, it has no other advantages.
The fire and smoke produced during the launch alone serve as an obvious indicator, making it easy for the enemy to lock onto the launch position.
In addition, its accuracy is not high and it can only provide fire coverage over a large area.
In the end the launch costs were just too high!"
Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that Gilal Bull was not optimistic about the application of rockets.
Although what the other party said was true, Fang Lang was very clear about the future development direction and that rockets still had a very large market.
Especially the future hometown has made rocket launchers very versatile.
So, he nodded and said:
"I understand what you said, but a weapon has its reasons for existence. We cannot abandon it just because we have discovered its problems. Instead, we should continue to improve it, make it overcome these shortcomings, and make it meet our needs.
What do you think?
Upon hearing this, Girard Bull showed a trace of shame on his face and nodded to Fang Lang:
"Boss, you are right, I am indeed too narrow-minded.
However, I do lack research on rocket launchers, but I have a friend who is very obsessed with the development of rockets.
I thought I could telegraph him and ask him to come over and lead a special research team to develop a new rocket artillery system for the boss."
Fang Lang knew that there was indeed a big difference between rockets and artillery shells, because rockets usually have a rocket engine that burns to generate gas pressure that is ejected from the tail to create force. Under the action of the reaction force, the rocket breaks away from the launch tube and shoots forward.
This is different from the launching principle of artillery shells. Regardless of whether Girard Bull really doesn't know much about rockets, Fang Lang is still very satisfied that he took the initiative to hand over the project he was not familiar with to other people for research.
At least, he did not treat the artillery factory as his own independent kingdom.
Therefore, Fang Lang nodded without hesitation:
"Yes, as the chief engineer of the factory, it is your right to recruit suitable engineers. I fully support you. However, you can't just walk away after recruiting people.
You are the chief engineer of the factory, and you are responsible for the management of all the company's projects."
As he said this, he smiled and patted the other person's shoulder.
After all, Girard Bull was a real artillery expert, and he was afraid that he would ask him to study a project that he was not familiar with. He would just find someone at random and come to fool around, and it would be none of his business whether it succeeded or not.
That would be awkward, so I still need to emphasize to him the importance of his participation.
Upon hearing this, Girard Bull laughed and said:
"Don't worry, boss! The person I found is my true friend. I won't ignore him.
Although I am not very familiar with rockets, since it is a research project arranged by you, we will definitely take it seriously and strive to make breakthrough progress in the shortest possible time.
We will never disappoint you! ”
"Haha...Okay, Girard, I'm at ease with you doing the job. Then I think the other project must be child's play for you!
You should be able to solve it in a few days."
After hearing Fang Lang's praise, although Girard Bull felt very pleased, he did not dare to guarantee directly that any project could be completed in a few days.
Although foreigners don't like to be modest, they won't pretend to know something they don't. If they know, they know, and if they don't know, they don't know. Now Fang Lang hasn't even told him what exactly he wants him to research. If he really agrees to it, it would be embarrassing if he fails to do it later.
Therefore, Girard Bull quickly said:
"Boss, you'd better tell me what the specific project is!"
Seeing the other party's rare cautious look, Fang Lang laughed and said:
"Don't worry! When I said this project would be easy for you, I meant it.
The second project I plan to have you research is the mortar. I think it shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"
Hearing that it was a mortar, Girard Bull was obviously relieved and said:
"So it's a mortar! This is indeed not difficult. Even if you don't tell me, I am ready to take the time to set up a project on my own and apply for relevant research.
After all, there are so many application scenarios for mortars. Don't worry, I can personally serve as the research team leader for Project No. 2 and organize people to start research immediately."
Fang Lang smiled and waved his hand:
"You can coordinate these by yourself. Whether you need to be the research team leader is up to you. I have no requirements. As for the caliber of the mortar, I believe you have relevant experience.
As for the current American 60mm, 81mm and 120mm caliber mortars, their performance on the battlefield is quite good. We can first imitate these models to solve our own problem.
Later on, we can gradually improve it.”
Upon hearing this, Girard Bull nodded. Fang Lang's request was still very practical. He was not too ambitious and wanted to come up with any new tricks. It was not that he could not come up with some new tricks based on these. It was just that his energy was limited now and he could not put too much experience into the mortar.
The reason why Fang Lang only asked him to solve the problem of whether there was any problem first was because he understood this point.
It’s not that Fang Lang thinks mortars are unimportant. On the contrary, mortars are quite important as infantry support firepower.
But Fang Lang had seen in later life when watching videos that the development trend of mortars was actually the same as that of artillery, both of which were moving towards self-propelled artillery. Now that even the problem of self-propelled artillery has not been solved, it would be too hasty to start researching self-propelled mortars.
Moreover, he had a more important project that required the other party to conduct research.
In response to Fang Lang's request, Girard Bull smiled and nodded:
"Boss, don't worry. If we just copy it in the early stage, we will be able to achieve results soon."
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Very good, then let's move on to the next research project. I believe you should be very familiar with this project, which is the bazooka rocket launcher that is widely equipped by the US military.
At the same time, the German "Panzerfaust" anti-tank grenade launcher is also manufactured using the same manufacturing principle.
Are you familiar with this weapon?"
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