New anti-aircraft gun

　　"Chairman, a department store on Kudamstraße in Berlin was attacked by armed guards yesterday afternoon. More than 30 SS troops stationed there, with the help of the 'Ghost' Alpha Squad, successfully repelled the enemy. One of Leon's adjutants ran to Leon's side and whispered to him.

　　"Alpha Squad?" Leon stopped what he was doing, "Manfred's squad? "

　　"Yes." The adjutant replied respectfully.

　　"I knew that kid would betray my trust." Leon smiled, "What about our troop casualties?" "

　　Only two of the Alpha squad were slightly wounded, but the SS casualties were relatively high. Of the 35 people in total, 14 were killed, 11 were seriously wounded, and the rest were all lightly wounded. "

　　"Well, you are responsible for the aftermath and pay a pension at 120% of the Wehrmacht casualty allowance. If he is disabled, he will be discharged from the army and work in our company. Leon said seriously.

　　"Understood, Chairman." The adjutant nodded in agreement.

　　"Also." , Leon stopped the adjutant who just wanted to leave, "Krupp and Rheinmetall have built new anti-aircraft guns, and in the afternoon I will go to the weapons test site of Rheinmetall, where Krupp and Rheinmetall sample guns are located." You help me arrange the plane, okay, you go down. "

　　"Okay." The adjutant agreed, and then walked out of the office to complete the task assigned by Leon.

　　It was mid-November, much closer to the beginning of 1926, and the temperature was slowly getting colder with the passage of time. As soon as Leon stepped off the plane, a cold wind in front of him made Leon can't help but tighten the jacket he was wearing.

　　"Long live the People's Will! Long live the Chairman! The SS troops, who had been waiting at the airport, saw Leon get off the plane, their eyes instantly filled with enthusiasm, and they raised their right hands and gave the standard German salute to the highest in their hearts.

　　"Long live the People's Will Party!" Lyon also returned a German salute and walked to the front of the crowd.

　　"President Lehar, President Gustav, long time no see." Leon greeted two middle-aged men standing in front of the crowd.

　　"Long time no see, Chairman!" Lehar and Gustave also smiled in return.

　　Gustave is familiar to everyone, and the name Lehal is relatively unfamiliar to many people, but the name Rheinmetall is a company that I think everyone must have heard.

　　Founded in 1889, Rheinmetall is known worldwide for producing guns with excellent performance. It is also the only company in Germany that can compete with Krupp in the artillery industry.

　　And Lehar is the manipulator of this arms monster.

　　"Lehar, Gustav, let's go straight to the test range, I can't wait to see the new anti-aircraft guns." Leon and Lehar Gustav were in the same car, and as soon as he got in the car, he suggested to Lehar and Gustaf to go straight to the test ground, he wanted to meet Rheinmetall and Krupp as soon as possible.

　　"Aren't you tired after flying for so long? How about we go and take a break first? Lehar quipped.

　　"Man, of course I'm tired after flying for so long. But in the face of new weapons, all rest has to be pushed back. Leon said with a smile.

　　"Haha." Gustav on the side laughed, "Okay, driver, let's go to the weapons test range." Hurry up, I think our new baby can't wait to meet General Lyon. "

　　The Rheinmetall weapons test site and Düsseldorf airport are not too far away, both on the outskirts of the city of Düsseldorf, so the group quickly arrived at the entrance of the test range.

　　As soon as he entered the gate of the test range, Leon saw four guns pointing diagonally towards the sky not far away, two of which were large and the other two were much smaller.

　　"Allow me to introduce to you the new twin 128mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Rheinmetall, Mr. Gustav." Lehar led the crowd to a tall cannon and said to Leon, "Our Rheinmetall design can be combined with single and double mounting. It weighs 27,000 kg in a double pack and 15,000 kg in a single pack. The length of the gun hull is 7835mm, the angle of fire is minus 3 degrees - plus 87 degrees. The rate of fire is 12 rounds per minute, the range is 13 km. "

　　"Oh, what a monster." Leon looked at the huge cannon in front of him and said.

　　"But it's too heavy, isn't it? It weighs 15 tons in a single pack and 27 tons in a double pack, which is completely impossible to maneuver with front-line troops. Krupp hit the nail on the head from the side.

　　"Yes, its only drawback is that it is too heavy." Lehar said, shaking his head.

　　"And what about your Krupp's?" Leon asked, turning around. Gustav cleared his throat, smiled, pointed to a gun next to him, and said: "Our Krupp designed 127mm anti-aircraft gun is single-mounted, weighs only 11 tons, and can be towed by truck to follow the troops for rapid maneuvering. However, we also have a disadvantage, that is, the insufficient range, which is 2 km worse than the Rheinmetall scheme, with a range of only 11 km. "

　　Leon listened to the two plans, thought about them for a long time, and finally decided to adopt them.

　　The Navy will be armed with the Rheinmetall program, named the Flak 25A twin 128-mm anti-aircraft gun.

　　The army will adopt the Krupp design of light artillery solutions, designated Flak 25B 128 mm anti-aircraft gun.

　　Both felt that this arrangement was reasonable, and all three parties were happy.

　　On the 40mm anti-aircraft gun, Rheinmetall completely crushed Krupp, whether in terms of rate of fire, range, weight, Krupp design scheme is not the same as the design of Rheinmetall.

　　Gustav was not surprised by this result, because Krupp was really not good at designing small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and their specialty was large-caliber artillery.

　　The plan for the anti-aircraft guns was decided, and Gustav led the crowd to the center of the test site, where there were two Krupp guns designed specifically for the Wehrmacht Army.

　　"Chairman, Krupp specially designed 155mm howitzer for the army this time I also brought one with me. It has been specially designed, the total weight is only 7 tons, the range is 17 kilometers away, the absolute killing radius of high-explosive shells is 15m, and the fragmentation killing radius is 80m. Krupp said proudly to Leon.

　　Leon was taken aback when he heard this, this gun can definitely rank first now, in comparison, the M1928 155mm howitzer designed by France in 1928 has a range of only 12km, and the radius of fragmentation is only 50m, if it is on the battlefield, Krupp's howitzer can definitely easily hang the French M1928!

　　"And this cannon is my wedding gift specially for you." Krupp smiled and said to Leon, "It is a medium-caliber anti-aircraft gun with a caliber of 88mm, a combat total weight of 4983kg, and a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute. "

　　Leon looked at this cannon blankly, as a military fan in his previous life, he was very familiar with the cannon in front of him.

　　This gun was later turned into a tank killer in the hands of Rommel, giving Patton and Montgomery an infinite shadow of the Flak 18mm anti-aircraft gun.