Chapter 361 Engine
After getting up in the morning, the head of empire went to the garden of the Prime Minister's Office as usual, took a shower and changed into a clean and crisp uniform, and then wandered to the restaurant in the main building to enjoy breakfast. As usual, the restaurant was full of clerks and officers from the head of state camp, and the food here was the top in Berlin.
Under the leadership of two top German chefs, twenty chefs and forty service personnel provided high-quality catering services to more than 600 staff in the mansion for 16 hours a day. The restaurant consumes more than 2,000 eggs in a day, and the logistics department's transport trucks transported all kinds of fresh meat, seafood and fashionable vegetables purchased from various places from the railway station and airport every day. The head of the empire is a qualified foodie, and this attribute has been firmly engraved on Xu Jun's soul.
After accepting the victory of more than 200 people standing up and three times, Xu Jun came to his exclusive dining table with a majestic and solemn expression on his face, with steady steps. The table was in the middle of the restaurant, and a circle of space was freed up around so that diners could see the situation in the restaurant at a glance.
Except for the small commander's flag erected on the table to show his identity, the remaining layout is no different from other dining tables in the restaurant. Xu Jun saw two people standing next to the seats of the dining table, waiting for the arrival of his empire head.
"Good morning, General Weirle, General Dole." Walking to the dining table, Xu Jun took off the military cap from his head and handed it to Diesenhaufen behind him.
"Good morning, my head of state." Weirle nodded and greeted.
"Good morning, my head of state." Hans Dore, the former head of state's personal adjutant and the current commander of the Berlin garrison, bowed respectfully to greet him, and a shining star emblem was added to the golden epaulette on his shoulder.
"Please sit, gentlemen." Xu Jun stretched out a hand gracefully to signal the other party to sit down. Diesenhofen hurriedly opened the seat for him.
"Thank you, go for breakfast, Eric." Xu Jun ordered to the adjutant.
"As for orders, my head of state." Dieshenhofen agreed, nodded to the two generals present, and the young adjutant turned around and walked towards his dining table.
"I'll meet with Shirah and Bobette in a while, it will take about thirty minutes." Xu Jun unfolded the napkin next to the plate.
"Bobette? Your newly appointed national leader in agriculture?" Weirle asked casually.
"He is also the acting minister of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. I plan to get him to become a regular next month." Xu Jun said with a smile.
At this time, the waiter pushed the dining cart that had been prepared long ago, and the three waiters quickly delivered the breakfast of the head of state and the two generals to them.
"For your health, my head." Weirler raised the hot milk in front of him.
"For victory, for Germany." Xu Jun picked up the cup at hand.
"For victory, my head of state." Hans was a little busy, but finally kept up with the rhythm of the two.
Hans Dole was specially summoned by Xu Jun, and Weirle was a regular visitor at the head of state’s breakfast table. This treatment really made a group of colleagues envious. The problem is that this person was deeply favored by the head of state, and there was no way for people to treat him. They could only hide in the corner and bite the handkerchief and turn red with their jealous eyes.
Xu Jun summoned Hans to come. In addition to contacting each other, he mainly wanted to discuss with this confidant general about the preparations for his inspection to the army training ground near Berlin next week. At that time, a small-scale military parade would be held there. At that time, the Berlin garrison troops would also select a group of elite troops to participate.
After breakfast, Weirle accompanied Xu Jun to the office, while Hans stayed in the lounge to rest, waiting for Xu Jun's summons at any time.
"Berlin's air defense tower project? I ordered it to be cancelled." Xu Jun stopped. This was the exclusive passage for the head of state. On one side was a row of tall glass windows, where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Prime Minister's Palace Garden.
"This project is purely a waste of resources. What we need to build now is a complete air defense early warning system, and all funds and materials should be invested in more important projects. The commander has long concluded that heavy air defense firepower cannot be fixed in one place, which can easily allow the enemy to discover loopholes in the defense line and find opportunities to take advantage of. We need to move these anti-aircraft guns and quickly maneuver to the direction that every enemy will appear, and at the same time, it can cooperate with the air defense radar system and the Air Force fighter unit. Our goal is to reduce the burden on the imperial air defense units as much as possible." Xu Jun was a little excited. As a model of Hitler's plan of slapping the head, he almost missed the project.
Germany's giant anti-aircraft turret has been proven by history, and it is a useless thing that is exhausting the people and is useless. If this thing is really so magical, why should Hitler and Fatty Ge hide in the air-raid shelter every few days? How could the large urban area of Berlin be bombed into a mess?
"However, the threat of local air defense is not great. Our current focus of defense is to be shifted to the eastern border and an efficient air defense network is established in the eastern airspace. The number of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns is far from enough, so I have been repeatedly saying that it is necessary to increase the production capacity of Rhine Steel and Krupp, and some orders can be subcontracted to manufacturers in France and the United Kingdom. If possible, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Norway can all participate. I hope to see the results before the end of this year." Xu Jun held his hands behind his back and looked at the green shade outside the window.
"According to the original plan, the number of fighter units in the Air Force will be expanded by at least half by March next year, but the current situation is not optimistic. This issue needs to be discussed in special discussion at the regular meeting of the Command. The research and development of new aircraft needs to be accelerated, and technical cooperation with the UK should be strengthened. The current research progress rate makes me very dissatisfied. Since the British have provided a full set of technical drawings and sent expert guidance, why Mercedes-Benz and Henschel have not yet been able to produce a finished product. If they continue to hold on to their pile of technologies, I will consider whether to hand over the order to the British for production." After that, Xu Jun reached out to dust off the dust that did not exist on his clothes, and turned to look at Weiller.
"I will order the Eye of Odin to closely monitor the situation of these departments and report to you immediately if you find any problems." Weirle quickly bowed and replied.
With the blessing of the previous bunch of external thieves and internal ghosts, almost all of the British advanced engine technology fell into the hands of the Germans, including some confidential models that were still under development, and even Churchill didn't know about it.
Xu Jun has a deep understanding of British engine technology. Historically, Britain's technological level in this area has always been above the world. When Ross-Royce's griffin engine was put into production like a work of art, America, which is rich and powerful, was just blindly stacking cylinders there repeatedly.
It can be said that the development of engines in the United States during the war was completely inseparable from the technology supported by the British side. Whether it is air-cooled or air-cooled, British goods dominate the aviation industry with reliable performance and excellent manufacturing. Some famous products produced by the United States and Germany were actually rough imitations of British engines at first.
Germany finally took a new path with the technology it invented. From the overall performance evaluation, Germany's aircraft engines seemed to be comparable to those of the same level as those of the British and American products. However, as time went by, some of the advantages occupied by German engines in the early stages gradually began to lose. In the late stage of the war, the product performance was far behind by its opponents. This result made people sigh.
The reasons for the backwardness of German engines are very complicated, not only because of design. There are many factors that restrict the explosion of German engines. For example, the most basic point is that it is material technology. Germany lacks rare metals and cannot produce large quantities of high-quality alloy steel required for key engine components. It is not comparable to similar products of Britain and the United States in terms of wear resistance or high temperature resistance.
German engines rely entirely on the intelligence and solid skills of designers, adopt some advanced designs and unique structures, and try their best to make up for the defects in materials, which is able to narrow the performance gap with British and American products.
However, these problems no longer exist. Germany can obtain a large number of urgently needed raw materials from European countries and its overseas colonies. The material problems of core components will no longer bother German designers. Coupled with the British technology they obtained, Xu Jun firmly believes that the world's strongest engine crown will sooner or later fall on the German Empire.
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