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　　"Chairman, at your wedding, in the name of Krupp, I will present 100 of these 88mm anti-aircraft guns to the Wehrmacht as a congratulatory gift." Gustav touched his proud work, "It just so happens that the Wehrmacht has both long-range and short-range anti-aircraft guns, and there is a lack of a medium-range anti-aircraft weapon. Now with it, the sky of our motherland will be incomparably safe! "

　　"Gustav, thank you very much, I like this wedding gift very much." Leon and Gustav hugged and said.

　　"Chairman, I have also prepared a congratulatory gift for you." Lehar smiled and said, "I was going to give it to you at your wedding, and since Mr. Gustave has given you his gift now, then I will join him." But please wait a moment. "

　　After that, Lehar whispered a few words to a Rheinmetall engineer accompanying him, who nodded and left in the car.

　　After a while, a truck drove in front of Lyon, led by the engineer. Then a group of workers jumped out of the truck carrying several boxes, and under the guidance of several engineers, quickly opened the boxes to assemble some of the parts inside.

　　Soon, the mysterious gift revealed his face - a gun with a huge shield, the barrel of which pointed directly ahead parallel to the ground.

　　"This is an anti-tank gun." Leon recognized its identity.

　　"Yes, this is a 37mm caliber combat defense gun." Lehar nodded and began to introduce his gift to Lyon, "It has a combat total weight of 432kg and can be directly towed by light vehicles, and in extreme cases, even directly pushed by soldiers. "

　　"It has a maximum range of 4,025 meters, its muzzle velocity is 782m/s when firing an armor-piercing projectile, and when we test it, it can penetrate 45 mm of homogeneous steel armor from 450m away, and no tank in all countries today, including our No. 2 tank, can withstand its direct fire!" Lehar said proudly.

　　The more Leon listened to these data, the more familiar he felt, and when he heard the muzzle velocity and armor-piercing ability of his shells, he suddenly realized that this gun was not the famous PAK37 battle defense gun.

　　However, it is not famous for its great power like the Flak 18 anti-aircraft gun, but because it was criticized for its power in World War II, and was even jokingly called a "stepping stone" by German soldiers.

　　However, it is still competent against the current tanks of various countries.

　　"We also used it as a basis for designing a 37mm tank gun, which I plan to use in the future to compete in the main gun scheme of the No. 3 tank." Lehar said with a smile.

　　"No, no, no, the future scenario of the Wehrmacht tank No. 3 will not be of this caliber of 37mm, it is too small." Leon reminded kindly.

　　I'm not stupid, using the "stepping stone" as the main gun of the future No. 3 tank, wouldn't it be a repeat of the mistakes of Germany in the previous life? Leon thought to himself.

　　Before the war, Guderian divided German tanks into two basic types, battle tanks carrying high-velocity guns for anti-armor warfare, and support tanks carrying large-caliber guns to fire high-explosive ammunition.

　　The No. 3 tank, equipped with a small-caliber, high-muzzle velocity KWK36 gun (an improved version of the PAK37), was a German combat tank designed to deal with local armored targets.

　　However, with the introduction of various new Allied tanks, the Germans found that the No. 3 tank, which was specially responsible for dealing with armored targets, was not even as good as the No. 4 tank equipped with large-caliber guns and designed to support infantry.

　　As a result, the Germans changed their minds and reinforced the No. 4 support tank. They lengthened the Kwk37 75mm/L24 tank gun from 24 to 48 and renamed it the Kwk40 75mm/L48 tank gun, which re-suppressed the Allied tank units.

　　Therefore, as a descendant, Lyon did not intend to equip the No. 3 tank with a 37mm or 50mm tank gun from the beginning.

　　"This way." Lehar was a little disappointed, "It seems that our company's plan three needs to be redesigned. "

　　"It's okay, there's still plenty of time." Leon comforted, "Right now our No. 2 tank is still very advanced, and there is no need to tender for No. 3 tank in a short time, so you still have a long time to redesign the large-caliber tank gun." But I liked the gift you gave me, with this anti-tank gun, we will not need to think about how to deal with enemy armored targets for a long time. "

　　"Haha, if you like, I'll go back and arrange for the factory to produce 200 of these guns and supporting ammunition, which will be handed over to the Wehrmacht on your wedding day." Lehal laughed.

　　In fact, Lehal originally did not intend to give so many guns as a congratulatory gift, he initially planned to give a dozen to the Wehrmacht to try the power, and then hoped to use the excellent performance of this gun to make the Wehrmacht place an order with him. In this way, he gives gifts and receives a batch of orders, the best of both worlds.

　　But just now he keenly caught the look of dissatisfaction on Leon's face.

　　Although Lehar did not understand why Leon was unhappy with this anti-tank gun that could penetrate the main armor of all tanks today, he knew that Leon would never place an order for this gun.

　　But Leharl's original gift-giving plan was completely changed not just because of this, but because of the army artillery order that Lyon gave Krupp.

　　In the past, Germany's weapons and equipment were tendered by various arms companies to select the most suitable one from their proposals. This time, the large-caliber artillery of the Wehrmacht Army did not pass the , but directly to Gustav's Krupp.

　　Lehar couldn't figure out at first why Leon didn't initiate a tender, but gave the order directly to Gustav.

　　And just now, when Gustav boldly sent 100 anti-aircraft guns, Lehal figured out that it was not because of the excellent performance of the Krupp artillery, but because Gustav was the first to support Lyon, which was Lyon's special care for "his own people".

　　So Lehar changed his congratulatory gift plan, increasing the original dozen more than ten times to a full 200 doors, he did not want to replace Gustav's position in Lyon's heart, he just hoped that Leon could understand that he also firmly supported him, so that Rheinmetall could take a share of the future share of interests!

　　And Leon is no longer the little white when he first came to this world, how could he not understand what Lehar is so painstakingly for? So, with a meaningful smile, he shook hands with Lehar and Gustave heavily.

　　The German Army Arms Group, in this ordinary weapons test site, has formed a preliminary structure.