Girard Bull was a smart man, and he understood what Fang Lang meant as soon as he opened his mouth. After all, living in a capitalist society, what kind of people are capitalists? You really shouldn't have too high expectations.
However, as the chief engineer of the factory, he also understood that the other party was right, so he could only grit his teeth and nod:
"Yes, boss!
We immediately started arranging to recruit new workers to study in the factory.
Complete the training of new workers as soon as possible to reduce labor costs in our factory. "
In fact, Gilal Bull is just the chief technical engineer of the factory. He is not responsible for the management of the factory alone. This artillery factory is now a joint-stock company. The military also has shares in the factory, as well as some of Brazil's original giants. .
But the Fang family is still the absolute majority shareholder and has absolute say in the factory's personnel rights. Fang Lang did not let other company leaders accompany him this time, mainly to discuss some technical issues with Gilal Bull.
The reason why I told him about the high labor cost of skilled workers in the United States was because these people were actually recruited from the United States by Girard Bull.
These matters can only be discussed with Girard Bull, and other management dare not point fingers at these skilled workers.
Fang Lang was also very satisfied with Gilard Bull's positive response to him, and smiled and said:
“It’s not enough to cut costs. We also need to make our products more competitive. Your technological innovation is great, but it’s not enough.
We must give our products 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, they will still be acceptable. Are you right? "
Hearing this, Gilard 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 body-to-tube ratio of the artillery to increase the shooting accuracy and range of the artillery.
After preliminary calculations, I plan to trial-produce a 155mm plus howitzer with 52 times the caliber. "
This kind of long-barreled artillery is indeed the direction of future development. Fang Lang will certainly not object, so he nodded to Girard Bull and said:
"No problem, I believe you are professional in the design and manufacturing of artillery.
Just experiment.
However, this time I come here and I have a few projects that I would like you to research. I think these products are what we need in the future. "
Fang Lang's words made Gilal Bull look solemn, and he looked at Fang Lang seriously and said:
"Boss, please give me your orders!"
As he spoke, he took out a black leather notebook from his pocket, looking like a primary school student taking notes seriously.
Fang Lang glanced at the other party and nodded with satisfaction. No wonder leaders like the way those leaders speak and the people below take out notebooks to record them.
This is respect!
At this moment, Fang Lang felt that he was respected, and his eyes when he looked at Gilal Bull became a little softer.
After coughing twice, Fang Lang slowly said:
"I remember you told me that you wanted to research new types of ammunition. I wonder if you have started now?"
After hearing this, Gerald Bull smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Boss, I'm really sorry, because I have been working on imitation and improvement of artillery, and 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 dive into the research of new ammunition. "
Fang Lang saw the other person's expression, smiled and comforted:
"It doesn't matter. I'm not rushing you. The main reason I asked you this question is to know if you have ever been exposed to rockets! This new type of ammunition appeared in the war."
As an artillery expert, Girard Bull was of course very aware of 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 ammunition. During the war, the United States had the T34 multiple rocket launcher, Germany had the Smoker series rockets, and the Soviet Union had the Katyusha rocket launcher.
Would you like to research this ammo too? "
"Yes, I heard that the Soviet-made Katyusha rocket launcher has unparalleled advantages in fire coverage. Do we have the ability to develop a rocket launcher with the same power?"
Hearing Fang Lang's words, Gilal Bull seemed a little tangled, and after a long while he said slowly:
"This...Boss, the rocket launcher is actually not that powerful. As you said, it has a great advantage in fire coverage, but other than that, there are no other advantages.
The fire and smoke generated during launch alone have an obvious indicating effect, 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 wide area of fire.
In the end, the launch cost was too high! "
Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that Gilal Bull was not very optimistic about the application of rockets.
Although what the other party said was true, Fang Lang was very clear about the future development direction, and there was still a very large market for rockets.
Especially the future hometown has played tricks with rocket launchers.
So, he nodded and said:
"I understand what you said, but the existence of a weapon naturally has its own reasons. We cannot give up on it just because we find its problems, but we should constantly improve it and let it overcome it. These shortcomings become suitable for our needs.
What do you think? "
When Gilal Bull heard this, he showed a hint of shame on his face, nodded to Fang Lang and said:
"Boss, you are right, I am indeed too narrow-minded.
However, I really lack research on rocket launchers. However, I have a friend who is very obsessed with the development of rocket launchers.
I think I can send him a telegram and ask him to come over and lead a special research team responsible for developing a new rocket launcher 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 burning to form gas pressure and ejected from the tail to generate force. The rocket breaks away from the launch tube under the reaction force and shoots forward. .
This is still different from the firing principle of artillery shells. Regardless of whether Girard Bull really didn't know much about rockets, but he took the initiative to hand over the project that he was not familiar with to other people to study. Fang Lang still Very satisfied.
At least, he didn't 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 support it with both hands. However, you cannot just ignore them after recruiting them.
You are the chief engineer of the factory, and you have to participate in the management of all the company's projects. "
As he said that, he smiled and patted the other party's shoulder.
After all, Girard Bull is a real artillery expert, and he is also afraid that he will ask him to study a project that he is unfamiliar with. He just finds someone at random and comes to the lake to do it. Whether it succeeds or not is none of his business.
That would be embarrassing, so you still need to emphasize to him the importance of his participation.
Hearing this, Girard Bull laughed and said:
"Don't worry! Boss, the person I have found is my true friend, and I will not 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.
We will never disappoint your expectations! "
"Haha...Okay, Gilard, you can handle the matter, I don't worry. Then I think the other project must be child's play for you!
It shouldn't take you a few days to figure it out. "
Hearing Fang Lang's praise, although Gilard Buell found it very helpful, he didn't dare to directly confirm it. Any project can really be completed in a few days.
Although foreigners don't like to be modest, they don't pretend to understand. If you know, you know, and if you don't know, you don't know. Now Fang Lang hasn't even said what he is asked to study. If he really takes pictures The chest should be lowered. If you can't do it then, it will be embarrassing.
Therefore, Gilard Bull quickly said:
"Boss, you'd better tell me first 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 absolutely really easy.
The second project I plan to ask you to research is mortars. I think this should not be difficult for you, right? "
Hearing that it was a mortar, Girard Bull was obviously relieved and said:
"It turns out to be a mortar! It's really not that difficult. Even if you don't tell me, I'm still going to take the time to set up a project on my own and apply for relevant research.
After all, there are so many application scenarios for mortars. Don't worry, I can personally serve as the research team leader for Project No. 2 and organize manpower to start research immediately. "
Fang Lang smiled and waved his hand and said:
"You can coordinate these yourself. Whether you need to be the research team leader yourself is up to you. I have no requirements. I believe you also have relevant experience with the caliber of the mortar.
The current American 60mm, 81mm and 120mm caliber mortars perform quite well on the battlefield. We can imitate these models first to solve our problems.
Later, you can gradually improve it. "
When Gilal Bull heard this, he nodded. Fang Lang's request was still very practical. He was not too ambitious and wanted to come up with any new tricks. It's not that he couldn't play tricks on these basis. It was actually him. My energy is relatively limited now, so I can't put too much experience into mortars.
The reason why Fang Lang just asked him to solve the problem first was because he understood this.
It's not that Fang Lang thinks mortars are unimportant, on the contrary, mortars are very important as infantry support firepower.
But Fang Lang saw it when he was 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. Now, even the problem of self-propelled artillery has not been solved, so he started to study self-propelled. Mortars would appear too eager.
Moreover, he also has a more important project that needs to be studied by the other party.
In response to Fang Lang's request, Gilal Bull smiled and nodded:
"Don't worry, boss. If you just imitate in the early stage, you will be able to achieve results soon."
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Very good, let's continue talking about 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 is also manufactured using the same manufacturing principle.
Do you know anything about this weapon? "
