Chapter 282： Integration of Czech industry

The Czech Republic has now been divided up, and Poland has eaten meat. This enmity has long been forged, and in history, Poland has never been a peaceful master and has invaded everywhere.

"The last Czech incident allowed the Soviet Union to recognize the face of Britain and France. Instead of following the unreliable, it would leave the Britain and France of its comrades at any time. The Soviet Union should follow us and divide Poland together." Cyric continued. .

Carve up Poland! The Soviet Union and Poland were also **** feuds. Why did the Soviet Union help Poland fight Germany? From the perspective of the Soviet Union, it would be better to join hands with Germany to get rid of Poland!

"Yes, that's it, Cyrek, I think your judgment is correct!" Hitler became excited. For him, the expansion of the territory is the most important!

"However, the head of state, when we unite with the Soviet Union, we must also pay attention to the timing. As long as we hit Poland, World War II will begin. Now, we are not ready. So now, we can negotiate with the Soviet Union, but the progress must be made. Slow down. We need one to two years to complete the complete integration of Czech industry.” Cyric continued.

Now, history has advanced, but it is better not to start World War II early, because Germany has not yet completed its preparations for war!

The defeat of World War I and the shackles of the Treaty of Versailles have made Germany extremely weak. Although it has been developing over the years, it has always been incomparable with the established capitalist countries. War cannot be fought yet!

Everything takes time!

The Czech Republic is an industrialized country with 100% industrialization. What does this mean? Apart from industry, the Czech Republic has nothing else, such as agriculture. All the food needed by the Czech Republic is provided by Britain and France.

In the Czech industry, the most important thing is Skoda!

In later generations, Skoda is already a second-rate automobile brand under Volkswagen, and its fate is embarrassing.

Now, Skoda is the backbone of Czech industry.

Skoda was founded in 1859 by the Czech Arnault in a city in western Czech Republic. In 1868 it was bought by an Austrian earl named Skoda. Since 1869 the factory has been named the Skoda Factory.

At that time, Skoda mainly produced shotguns, machine guns and artillery fighting vehicles, etc., especially large-caliber artillery and armored vehicles. It was the main weapon supplier of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I.

Many factories are set up in Pilsen and Wierzm, the industrial towns of western Czech Republic.

Take last year as an example, the annual artillery output of Skoda Arsenal was almost the total output of the British arsenal.

In addition to munitions, Skoda Arsenal also operates machine tools, thermal power equipment, and produces various heavy industrial products such as cars, sedans, trucks, rail and trolley buses, and electric locomotives. It can be said to be the backbone of Czechoslovak industry.

Now, although the Czech Republic has been torn apart, the Czech people are still living as before. The same is true for the Skoda Arsenal in the Czech Republic. Workers still go to work on time every day.

However, in the factory, there are some new faces. Some engineers from Germany have joined the Skoda Arsenal. They are evaluating the products of the Skoda Arsenal to determine whether to transform.

The first evaluation is Skoda Armory’s leading products, the LT-35 light tank and the LT-38 light tank.

Among them, the LT-35 light tank is a tank developed based on the British "Carden-Lloyd" ultralight tank after a series of improvements.

This tank has a total combat weight of 10.5t, a crew of 4, a 37mm artillery, and a 120-horsepower water-cooled gasoline engine; the gearbox has 6 forward gears and 6 reverse gears.

The maximum armor thickness is 35 mm. The maximum speed of the tank is 35km/h.

Judging from this era, this tank is considered advanced, so it has been exported to many countries, with a total output of more than 200 vehicles.

However, compared with German tanks, it is far worse.

At the same time, since last year, Skoda is also improving this tank. The biggest improvement is to replace the 8 small diameter road wheels on each side of the LT-35 tank with 4 large diameter road wheels on each side.

This makes its maneuverability even better.

In other respects, it has not changed. It is still a 37mm tank gun. The power of the engine has been slightly increased to 125 horsepower, and the weight has been reduced to 9.4 tons, which has improved maneuverability.

This improved tank, called the LT-38 tank, was mass-produced only in 38 years in history, and now, only a small number of chassis have been assembled.

For Skoda, this type of tank is their pride, and in the eyes of German engineers, this type of tank is something that you can't even look at.

How hard it is to compare, it is probably the same as the performance of the historical tank No. 3, and in history, Germany, after acquiring these tanks, is like a treasure, incorporated into its own army, and renamed it PzKpfw35t and PzKpfw38t tanks. At that time, the number of German No. 3 tanks was also seriously insufficient.

And now, Germany is preparing for mass production of the forty-ton Panther 3 tank. This 10-ton light tank is really terrible, just like a child's toy!

"I suggest that the production of this LT-38 tank should be stopped immediately." An engineer from Germany, Knipokamp, ​​said to Cyric: "This tank simply cannot meet the needs of our army!"

Full stop!

Now, various military factories in Germany are in full production. With the high efficiency of streamlined production, Speer became the Minister of Equipment, and under vigorous improvement, the tank output of German military factories is developing rapidly.

It is estimated that by this year, Germany's tank production should exceed one thousand. However, for the German armored forces, this is still a drop in the bucket.

According to Guderian, the father of German armor, the ideal armored division should have one armored brigade, 2 armored regiments per brigade, 2 armored battalions per regiment, and 4 tank companies per battalion~www.novelhall .com~ Each company has 21 tanks, so the German armored division has a total of 336 tanks.

Then, a year's output of tanks is only enough for the organization of three armored divisions.

Even if it is to reduce the organization of tanks, such as reducing each battalion from 4 tank companies to 3 tank companies, etc., the annual output is enough for five tank divisions.

The original plan of the German high-level was to build ten armored divisions this year. If there are not enough tanks, it can only further reduce the tank organization in the tank division.

Now, increasing the number of tanks is the most urgent. Let Skoda produce its own Panther tanks at full speed. This is the most important!

(Historically, when the war with the Soviet Union began in 41, the annual output of German tanks was 3,083. In 44, after Speer took over the military production, the output of German tanks reached an astonishing 7,908. Now, World War II has not broken out, Germany has not transferred to wartime military industry, and it produces medium-sized tanks with relatively high working hours. However, according to the situation in the current book, the Soviet Union imported enough ore and sufficient funds, so it was produced in one year. A thousand Panther tanks, shouldn’t it be considered nonsense by the East China Hero? The East China Hero is already scared. If any data is unsatisfactory, some readers will abandon the book.)