Chapter 1463: The Summer of the Arms Dealer (First Update, Please Subscribe)
In the pouring rain, the Qianlima sedan passed the toll station and got on the G6 expressway. The expressway is the backbone of the empire's land transportation. The tens of thousands of kilometers of high-grade expressways not only connect all parts of the empire into a whole, but also stimulate the development of the empire's automobile manufacturing industry. Now cars have become an indispensable common means of transportation for many Ming people.
It was raining heavily outside the car window. Xuzhou is located in the tropics, and the rainy season is from November to February every year. The most precipitation is from January to February, and this year's rain seems to be more than in previous years.
On the other side of the highway is the railway, where a train is roaring past a flatbed trailer coming from the direction of Xuzhou. On the cargo bed of the train are Type 18 tanks, armored vehicles and other vehicles. Some of these huge weapons are painted snow gray, some are painted green, and some are painted khaki, and these colors also indicate that the empire's industry is supplying battlefields all over the world.
Of course, it also means that the empire's army is fighting all over the world, or in other words, the empire's battle lines are scattered all over the world.
Yi Chengliang is the product manager of Fuwo Automobile Company. He has been working in this position for six years. From the first day of work, he has been extremely diligent and serious. With dark skin and bright eyes, he always looks energetic when he works every day.
In the heavy rain, the car drove into the underground parking lot of Fuwo Automobile Company. A few minutes later, when he came out of the elevator and walked towards the office with a briefcase in hand, he said to his secretary Amanda.
"Manli, notify Section Chief Sun to come over."
Amanda was a woman with a beautiful figure. Although there were some taboos in the workplace of Daming, Yi Chengliang was very kind to her. Sometimes he gave her a rose and even gave her small jewelry at Christmas. He gave her a Chinese name - Manli, and she kept calling her that. For a while, Amanda even imagined that he would propose to her. Of course, she would resign first to avoid misunderstandings.
Later, she found out that he already had a wife, but it would be nice to be his lover. For some reason, Mr. Yi never said a word, perhaps because of religious issues.
In fact, Amanda knew that her Catholic faith would not be an obstacle at all, she was just being his lover...
"Okay, Yi."
Just like in the past, her tone was still as intimate as before, and there was a hint of resentment in her eyes as she looked at him.
"The flowers in the vase are about to wither. Do you want me to change them for you?"
"Oh, I see..."
Yi Chengliang walked into the office and said without turning his head.
Hey, if there are flowers to be plucked, you really need to pluck them...
Looking at the man, Amanda sighed and picked up the phone on the table again.
A few minutes later, Sun Zezhong walked into the manager's office.
"Chief Sun, I have a project for you. Please organize some people to study it."
"Okay, what project?"
"tank!"
Yi Chengliang said directly.
"tank?"
Sun Zezhong is no stranger to tanks, because Fuwo Company has received a production order for 600 Type 18 tanks and is now starting the "tank" project.
Is it a re-development?
When Sun Zezhong was surprised, Yi Chengliang said.
"Yes, it's tanks. You know that the military has placed an order for 10,000 tanks in three batches from last year to now. It is certain that they will purchase more tanks in the future. Tanks will become a very common weapon widely used in wars. Tanks, like the heavy cavalry in ancient times, will play an important role on the battlefield..."
Yi Chengliang said as he took out a few photos.
"This also brings up a problem, that is, foreigners are also making tanks. Our army will definitely encounter enemy tanks. At that time, what can we use to counter the tanks?"
Facing his subordinates' confusion, Yi Chengliang said.
"I know you will definitely say that the military must have similar weapons, but I think that tanks are like heavy cavalry. The best way to fight heavy cavalry is heavy cavalry. The same goes for tanks. Tanks are the best equipment to counter tanks. However, we all know that the biggest enemy of the Type 18 tanks is themselves..."
Taking out two photos, Yi Chengliang explained.
"One of the weapons of the Type 18 tank is the Type 10 machine gun. The machine gun cannot penetrate the armor, that's for sure. The other is the 37mm cannon, which is the predecessor of the naval rapid-fire cannon. Although the caliber is not large, it can penetrate 25mm steel armor at a distance of 500 meters. This also means that within 500 meters, it can easily destroy the Type 18 tank."
Listening to the manager's explanation, Sun Zezhong spoke as if he had figured something out.
"In other words, the Type 18 tank is vulnerable to the Type 18 tank?"
"right!"
Yi Chengliang nodded and said.
"We have 37mm naval guns. The Americans and the British have similar guns, and we also have 47mm. The 47mm naval gun can even penetrate the steel armor of the Type 18 tank from 1,000 meters away."
"In other words, with the entry of tanks from Britain, the United States and other countries into service, the Type 18 tank has met its match."
“Not just opponents, but maybe even opponents stronger than them, so we have to be prepared.”
After saying this, Yi Chengliang smiled.
"Recently I have been thinking about a new type of tank - well, it should weigh 8-10 tons, with at least 30mm frontal armor, 40mm would be even better, and it would be best to use a 47-50mm large-caliber gun and an engine with more than 120 horsepower. With such firepower and armor, it can almost fight against all current opponents!"
As a product manager, Yi Chengliang has been paying attention to product changes. Although Fuwo is an automobile company, they are also producing military equipment during the war. The new military armor can not only bring rich returns to the company, but also help the country win the war.
"Manager, does the military have similar projects?"
Sun Zezhong reminded cautiously.
"Not yet, but that doesn't stop us from doing some research first. Believe me, they will definitely encounter competitors. By then, if our products can convince them, we will have gained the upper hand, and we won't just earn a little processing fee like we do now."
Why is it just the processing fee? Because the Type 18 tank was independently developed by the military, and the company was only responsible for production, so of course it only earned a little processing fee.
If it is independently developed by the enterprise, it will definitely be different and the profit will definitely be very considerable.
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(End of this chapter)
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