This man named Ludwig Folger stood up and put on his glasses. He had an indescribable literati temperament.
Fang Lang felt that the person in front of him should be at least a university professor.
Because of this calm and unhurried demeanor and the bookish atmosphere exuding from his whole body.
It allows you to ignore his short stature and glasses as thick as the bottom of a bottle.
At this moment, Fang Lang had an enlightenment, and finally understood the meaning of an ancient Chinese saying: "The spirit of poetry and calligraphy in the belly will come from China."
What Fang Lang didn't expect was that Mr. Folger directly said in Chinese after hearing his name:
"Nice to meet you too. Mr. Fang! Are you Chinese?"
Although the accent sounded very strange, Fang Lang could still hear very clearly that the other party was speaking Chinese.
Fang Lang was shocked at this point.
"Yes, Mr. Folger, to be precise, I am a Chinese-Brazilian. I didn't expect you to speak Chinese.
It seems that you are indeed a very knowledgeable person.
You just said you'd like to find a buyer for your research.
I wonder if you can tell me more specifically? "
Fang Lang pointed to the sofa next to him, motioned for the other party to sit down and said.
I don't know if it was because he was praised for his knowledge, but when he remembered his rogue behavior while lying in front of the car, Mr. Folger, who had always looked very elegant, actually blushed a little.
But he quickly adjusted and sat on the sofa next to Fang Lang very naturally.
He opened the document bag he had been holding in his hand and took out a thick pile of information and placed it on the small table in the middle of the sofa.
He turned sideways to Fang Lang and said:
"I am a firearms designer at the Mauser factory, and this is a new assault rifle that I improved on the STG45 I originally designed.
I named him Saitemai Rifle, I don’t know if you are interested in knowing about it! "
When Mr. Folger said that he was a firearms designer, Fang Lang's eyes were already shining.
Unexpectedly, what he designed was an assault rifle.
This is the main equipment that replaced the traditional rifle after World War II!
His eyes couldn't help but look at the pile of information on the small coffee table.
"Oh! I didn't expect you to be a firearms designer. I wonder what types of guns you have designed?"
He asked Mr. Folger casually, and reached out to the pile of information.
This means that Fang Lang was indeed a little ignorant in his previous life. He only heard that Mr. Folger was a firearms designer.
But I have never heard of the name STG45, and I definitely don’t know the name of STG44.
The &44 should be regarded as the earliest assault rifle, but the concept of assault rifle was not clear at the beginning.
This rifle was reported as a machine gun, but when Mustache saw that the machine gun had a range of only 500 meters, he was immediately rejected.
Although Mustache does not understand the excellence of STG44, there are still some knowledgeable people in the army.
They boldly changed the code number for STG44 to MP44.
It turned into a submachine gun and appeared on the battlefield, and was well received by the soldiers on the battlefield.
Later, after learning about the soldiers' evaluation of him, Mustache officially named it the STG44 Storm-style rifle.
His rifle was officially identified.
The STG45 was the assault rifle that Germany planned to use to replace the STG44 in the later stages of the war.
It uses the same 7.9233 short bullet as the STG44, which is versatile in ammunition.
However, the SG45 reduces the rate of fire to only 350 to 450 rounds per minute, saving ammunition while improving accuracy.
The &44 uses a long-stroke piston and bolt offset locking, while the SG45 uses a roller delayed recoil principle.
In terms of working principle, there are still certain
different.
The roller delayed recoil technology used by the &45 was widely used by later CETMEL assault rifles, automatic rifles, HKG3 automatic rifles and MP5 submachine guns.
And this Mr. Folger was the designer of the STG45 and later the HK Company's G3 automatic rifle. The Seth Mai rifle now in Fang Lang's hands is actually a G3 rifle.
When Mr. Folger heard Fang Lang's question, he glanced nervously at the people around him, then gritted his teeth and said:
"The MG42 general machine gun is also designed based on my roller locking principle bolt action."
Fang Lang, who was looking down at the rifle on the drawing in his hand, felt that it looked familiar. After hearing the name of the MG42 general machine gun, he immediately looked up at Mr. Folger with a look of shock on his face.
Even if Fang Lang was a layman in his previous life, he had heard of the famous name of MG42!
This thing is a big killer called "Mustache's chainsaw"!
The sound it made when shooting was like tearing cloth, which was a nightmare for Allied soldiers.
"What? Are you the designer of MG42?"
"No, no, I just designed the working principle of MG42. It was Dr. Grunov who really shaped MG42. The metal stamping process he used is the reason for the success of MG42."
Folger waved his hands very humbly.
This is true. MG42 was indeed created by Dr. Grunov.
But Dr. Grunov is not a firearms designer. He is an expert in metal stamping technology and believes that it is an inevitable trend to use metal stamping technology to manufacture machine guns.
The MG42 produced by the metal stamping process not only saves materials and man-hours, but is also more compact, which is very practical for Germany, which lacks metal resources.
It also makes MG42 stand out among bidders.
Fang Lang's mood at the moment simply felt like a big pie fell from the sky, and it didn't even hit him on the head.
Instead, it was forced into his mouth.
This is the designer of MG42!
In an instant, the weight of the pile of information in my hand became completely different.
Fang Lang began to carefully study the rifle called Setmai in his hand. The more he looked at it, the brighter his eyes became, because he finally recognized the identity of this rifle.
I still remember one time when I was watching a video and introduced HK Company, the most famous weapons company in Germany, I saw this rifle in it.
It's just that at that time, it was not called the Seth Mai rifle, but the G3 rifle.
This is the type of gun that ranks among the top three assault rifles!
Later, HK Company relied on this rifle to become a world-famous arms company.
Maybe some people have not heard of the G3 rifle, but there should be no one who has not heard of the MP5, a submachine gun developed on the basis of the G3 rifle.
This is a submachine gun that all major special forces in the world are vying to equip!
After recognizing the identity of the weapon in his hand, Fang Lang decided that he could not let the person in front of him go.
"Mr. Folger, I wonder how you want to sell this achievement of yours?"
"Mr. Fang, can you understand my information? Do you need me to explain it to you?"
Mr. Folger is obviously an academic talent, and he is afraid that Fang Lang just glanced at the information and did not know the specific design ideas in it.
What he didn't know was that Fang Lang had already decided to keep it as his own the moment he recognized the rifle.
"No need, Mr. Folger. I am also a soldier, and I can tell the difference between good and bad weapons.
I wonder if I can know why you would want to sell this design? "
Fang Lang looked at the baby bump in front of him with burning eyes.
"Make Mr. Folger a cup of coffee."
He casually told Zhuang Xintian who was standing aside.
A soldier took the order and left.
Folger seemed a little embarrassed about Fang Lang's question.
After a long while he said:
"I need money, I have a family to feed, and I haven't had a job for more than half a year.
If possible, I would like to find a job abroad.
This all requires money. "
Ludwig Folger in history did move around several times after the war and went to Spain.
Later, this rifle named Setmai was manufactured at the Special Materials Technology Research Center in Spain. In 1952, this rifle attracted the attention of the United States.
In 1954, it was changed to fire standard bullets, which was re-introduced by Germany and entrusted to HK Company to manufacture it.
"Mr. Folger, I have a military industrial group in Brazil, and we are currently lacking an excellent firearms designer like you.
If you want to leave Germany for development, I am willing to hire you as the chief designer of the Small Arms Research Laboratory with a high salary.
I don't know if you want to.
Of course, whether you like it or not, I will spend additional money to purchase this research result.
You can make a direct offer now, I won't make a counter-offer. "
Folger had obviously never encountered such a arrogant master, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He is a firearms designer, not a businessman, and he doesn't know what price he should quote for his weapon.
Fang Lang quickly noticed his embarrassment.
He said directly:
"If you are willing to work in my company, your benefits will be doubled on your original basis.
All research results will be given to you with a certain percentage of patent sharing based on sales.
As long as you nod, I can start calculating your salary today.
As for this design, you have two choices. One is that I buy it out directly, and the other is that I pay you a certain proportion of the patent share every time I produce one.
But if you follow the second method, you must join my company. "
At this time, Folger was obviously a little moved. He looked at Fang Lang nervously and said:
"I've heard that there are many Germans in Brazil, right?"
"Yes, I came to Germany this time to find some outstanding technical talents.
At that time, many Germans will go to Brazil to work together, so you don't have to worry about not having friends.
If you have your own team and they are willing to go with you, I can also recruit them together. "
Hearing Fulger's question, Fang Lang understood that Fulger's concerns were the same as those of all people who go to work in a foreign country, worried about unfamiliar places.
Therefore, I directly informed myself of the purpose of coming here this time.
And he took advantage of the situation and asked Folger to invite some other colleagues to go. Fang Lang believed that excellent people will be surrounded by excellent people.
In this way, he can recruit excellent gunsmiths effortlessly.
You must know that the famous Mauser Factory is located in Baden-Württemberg. According to Fang Lang's original plan, after handling the matter in Stuttgart, he went to the Mauser Factory to recruit people.
Now it seems that there is no need, the best talents have automatically jumped into their own bowl.
What kind of bike do you want?
"Mr. Fang, is it really okay?
How many firearms designers do you want to recruit, I have a lot of colleagues who are looking for jobs right now, if you can recruit together I would like to go with you. "
"My factory has just started construction. If possible, I would certainly like to have a full range of small arms designers to help me improve the design of all categories of weapons.
Having a full range of weapons with independent intellectual property rights is my goal.
So I needed good firearms designers with a real sense of innovation. "
