Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat - Chapter 378

Chapter 378 A new item in the artillery factory

Giral Burr is a smart man, and Fang Lang understood what the other party meant as soon as he opened his mouth. After all, living in a capitalist society, what kind of people are capitalists, really don’t have too high expectations.

But 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 will immediately arrange to recruit new workers to study in the factory.

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

In fact, Girard Bull is only the chief technical engineer of the factory, and he is not responsible for the management of the factory alone. This artillery factory is now a joint-stock company, and 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 major shareholder and has absolute say in the factory’s personnel rights. Fang Lang did not bring other company leaders to accompany him this time, mainly to discuss some technical issues with Gerald Bull.

The reason why I told him about the high labor cost of American skilled workers was that these people were actually recruited by Girard Burr from the United States.

These things can only be discussed with Girard Bull, and other managements dare not dictate to these skilled workers.

Fang Lang was also very satisfied with Girard Burr’s positive response to himself, and smiled and said:

“Cost reduction is not enough, we also need to make our products more competitive. Your technological innovation is very good, 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 case, even if our products are more expensive than others, it is still acceptable, are you right? ”

Hearing the words, Gerald Bull’s eyes lit up, and he quickly said:

“Don’t worry, boss, I’m already working on a new modification design. I plan to further expand the gun’s body-to-tube ratio to increase the gun’s shooting accuracy and range.

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

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

“No problem, I believe you are professional in the design and manufacture of artillery.

伱 Although experimentation will do.

However, I still have a few projects that I would like to ask you to conduct research on this time. I think these products are what we need in the future. ”

Fang Lang’s words made Geral Bull look serious, and looked at Fang Lang seriously:

“Boss, please order!”

As he spoke, he also took out a black leather notebook from his pocket, looking like a primary school student who wanted to take notes seriously.

Fang Lang glanced at the other party, and nodded with satisfaction. No wonder the leaders like those leaders’ speeches, and the people below took out their notebooks to record them.

This is respect!

At this moment, Fang Lang felt that he was being respected, and his eyes when looking at Geral Bull became a little softer.

After coughing twice, Fang Lang slowly opened his mouth and said:

“I remember you told me at the beginning that you want to research new types of ammunition. I wonder if it has already started?”

Giral Bull, who heard this, shook his head with a wry smile and said:

“Boss, I’m really sorry, because I have been imitating and improving artillery, I don’t have time to develop new ammunition yet.

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

I will soon be able to devote myself to the research of new ammunition. ”

Fang Lang saw the other party’s expression, smiled and comforted:

“It’s okay. I’m not urging you. The reason why I ask you this question is mainly to know if you have ever been exposed to rockets! This new type of bomb 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. After hearing Fang Lang’s question, he said without hesitation:

“Yes, boss!

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

Would you like to research this ammo too? ”

“Yes, I heard that the Soviet-made Katyusha rocket launcher has an unparalleled advantage in firepower coverage. Do we have the ability to develop a rocket launcher with the same power?”

Hearing Fang Lang’s words, Gerald Bull seemed a little tangled, and after a long while, he said slowly:

“Boss, the rocket launcher is actually not that powerful. As you said, he has a great advantage in fire coverage, but other than that, there are no other advantages.

The flames and smoke generated during launch alone have an obvious indication function, and it is easy for the enemy to lock the launch position.

In addition, his accuracy is not high, and he can only cover a large area of ​​fire.

The final launch cost is too high! ”

Fang Lang was taken aback when he heard the words, but he never expected that Girard Bull was not very optimistic about the application of rockets.

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

Especially in the future hometown, they played tricks with rocket launchers.

So, nodded and said:

“I understand what you said, but the existence of a weapon naturally has its reasons. We can’t just give up on him just because we discovered his problems, but we should constantly improve him so that he can overcome his problems. These shortcomings, become in line with our needs.

What do you think? ”

Giral Bull had a shameful expression on his face when he heard the words, nodded to Fang Lang and said:

“Boss, you are right, I am indeed too narrow-minded.

But rockets, I really lack research, but I have a friend who is very obsessed with the development of rockets.

I think I can wire him and ask him to come over and lead a dedicated research team tasked with developing a new type of bazooka system for the boss. ”

Fang Lang knows that there is indeed a big difference between rockets and artillery shells, because rockets often have a rocket engine that burns to form gas pressure that is ejected from the tail to generate force, and the rocket breaks away from the launch tube and shoots forward under the action of the reaction force .

This is still different from the principle of launching shells. Regardless of whether Girard Burr really doesn’t know much about rockets, he took the initiative to hand over projects that he was not familiar with to other people for research. Fang Lang still Said very satisfied.

At least, he did not regard the artillery factory as his own independent kingdom.

Therefore, Fang Lang nodded without hesitation and said:

“Yes, as the chief engineer of the factory, it is your right to recruit suitable engineers, and I agree with it. However, you can’t just leave it alone after recruiting people.

You are the chief engineer of the factory, and you have to participate in the management of all the company’s projects. ”

As he spoke, he smiled and patted the other person on the shoulder.

After all, Girard Burr is a real artillery expert, and he is also afraid that he will ask him to study projects that he is not familiar with. He just finds someone at random and comes over to fool him. Whether he succeeds or not is none of his business.

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

Giral Bull heard the words, laughed loudly and said:

“Don’t worry! Boss, the person I found is my true friend, and I won’t leave him alone.

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 achieve breakthrough progress in the shortest possible time.

Never disappoint your expectations! ”

“Haha. Alright, Girard, you’re doing business, I’m relieved. Then I think another project must be a child’s play for you!

You should be able to solve it in a few days. ”

After hearing Fang Lang’s praise, although Girard Burr sounded very useful, he didn’t dare to really promise it directly. Any project can really be done in a few days.

Although foreigners don’t like modesty, they don’t pretend to understand. If they know it, they know it. The chest should come down, and it will be embarrassing if you can’t do it at that time.

So, Geral 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 say this project is easy for you, it’s definitely really easy.

The second item I plan to ask you to study is the mortar. I think this should not be difficult for you, right? ”

Hearing that it was a mortar, Girard Bull was obviously relieved and said:

“So it’s a mortar! It’s really not that difficult. Even if you don’t tell me, I’m going to take the time to set up a project on my own and apply for related research.

After all, there are too many application scenarios for mortars. Don’t worry, I can personally serve as the research team leader for the No. 2 project, and organize people to start research immediately. ”

Fang Lang smiled and waved his hands:

“You can coordinate these yourself. Whether you need to be the research team leader in person is up to you. I have no requirements here. I believe you also have relevant experience in the caliber of the mortar.

As far as the American 60mm, 81mm and 120mm caliber mortars are concerned, they perform quite well on the battlefield. We can imitate these models first to solve our problems.

In the later stage, you can gradually improve it. ”

Girard Burr nodded when he heard the words. Fang Lang’s request was very practical, and he didn’t have too high aspirations to play new tricks. It wasn’t that he couldn’t play tricks on these foundations. Now my energy is relatively limited, and I can’t put too much experience on the mortar.

The reason why Fang Lang only asked him to solve the problem of availability first is also to understand this.

It’s not that Fang Lang thinks that mortars are not important, on the contrary, mortars are very important as infantry support firepower.

But Fang Lang saw it when watching videos in later generations. The development trend of mortars in later generations is actually the same as that of artillery. They are all developing towards self-propelled. Mortar, will appear too eager.

Moreover, he has a more important project that needs to be researched by the other party.

Regarding Fang Lang’s request, Girard Bull nodded with a smile and said:

“The boss can rest assured that if it is just imitation in the early stage, results will be achieved soon.”

Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded in satisfaction and said:

“Very well, 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 heavily equipped by the US military.

At the same time, the German “Iron Fist” anti-tank grenade launcher was also manufactured using the same manufacturing principle.

Do you know anything about this weapon? ”

(end of this chapter)