At five o'clock in the morning, Ludwig von Hirschmann sat in a Junkel F13 light passenger plane that had just been built, waiting for take-off while reading the letter sent by Chloe from Roermond, the Netherlands.
Chloe became pregnant in February 1920 and remained in the affluent Netherlands, where she was cared for by her mother, Elisabeth, and Chloe's sister, Margaret.
In the letter, Chloe talks to Hersman about the feeling of the child squirming in the belly, and predicts that the child in the belly will be a boy.
Looking at the letter, a feeling of happiness and satisfaction haunted him.
Sitting with Hersman in this small corrugated aluminum-skinned plane were Anthony Folk, who would soon become Hesman's brother-in-law, Kurt Student in the flight office of the General Staff, and Paulus, Hirschmann's secretary.
Fokker, Studdent, and Hirschman are now members of the Aviation Committee, and this time they will be on a trip to Soviet Russia with Hirschman.
Two men in leather jackets got into the cabin.
One of them was Erhard Milch, who was the same age as Hersmann, and Hitler's Jewish marshal was historically a bit short and stocky, with a round face always piled with a kind smile, not much like an officer.
Originally an artilleryman, he became a pilot during the Great War and retired with the rank of captain.
Now a small airline "Lloyds Transport" has been founded.
Specializing in air express services between Danzig, Riga, and Tallinn.
The small plane Hirschman is now flying in belongs to Lloyd's Transport, and Helhard Milch himself is the pilot.
The other man, an old man in his early sixties with a very serious face, sat in the passenger seat, then turned to Hersman and nodded, "Lieutenant Colonel, welcome to our Junkers plane, I guarantee it is the most comfortable plane you have ever flown in." ” The old man was also a member of the Aviation Committee and the founder of the Junkers Aircraft Company, Hugo Junkers.
"Mr.
Junkers," Hersman complimented, not thinking that the little plane was the best he had ever flown in his life, "it was indeed an epoch-making product, an all-metal, unmounted, untensioned monoplane with open arms.
It will become an object of imitation for aircraft manufacturers all over the world, and it will also become a reference for military aircraft in future wars. ” At this moment, the plane's engine began to roar, and then the propeller began to turn.
"Have fun, gentlemen," Elhard Milch shouted at the top of his voice, and then Hersman felt the plane begin to taxi, and soon staggered to the sky.
The cabin is poorly sealed, so it is very noisy, and if you want to talk inside, you can only shout at the top of your throat.
"Mr.
Junkers, can the Junker F13 be converted into a bomber, and if it works, the Bolsheviks will buy at least 50 of them.
In addition, the C1 ground support attack aircraft was also needed by the Bolsheviks, at least more than 100 units. ” Hersmann took Junkers, Falk and Studdent to Soviet Russia, naturally wanting to sell planes to the Red Army.
The Red Army was on the verge of winning the civil war, and after the crushing defeat of the White Guards' adventure, the Red Army took the opportunity to counterattack, recapturing Donetsk, the Russian base of heavy industry, a few days earlier.
Although the coal mines and steel mills there had long since been dilapidated due to the war, the population there was the largest in the territory controlled by the White Russians.
As soon as the Donetsk basin is lost, the general trend of the "Cossack Queen" is rather bad.
And at this critical moment, Britain and France, which were supposed to support Olga, retreated and withdrew their troops from the Black Sea coast.
At the same time, however, the Japanese in the Far East did not give up, and committed as many as 70,000 or 80,000 troops.
In April, he proposed to Empress Olga in Crimea to go to Vladivostok to establish a government and continue the fight against Soviet Russia, but it was no longer a struggle for central power in Russia, but only a war of secession and anti-separatism.
The short-lived peace between Soviet Russia and Poland came to an end as the general trend of Belarus was gone.
At the beginning of April, the Red Army outflanked Kiev from two directions at the same time, all the way south from Belarus, and all the way from the Cherkasy area south of Kiev to cross the Dnieper River, completing the encirclement of Kiev.
It was different from the situation in another time and space, because Poland had been in possession of Kyiv for several months, and had installed the government of the Ukrainian Autonomous State headed by Petliura, which was officially incorporated into the Polish Confederation.
Therefore, Kyiv was operated by the Polish army as an important stronghold, not only built a large number of fortifications, but also stationed heavy troops, including the Ukrainian defense forces, and hoarded food and ammunition.
Therefore, Kiev was not abandoned by the Polish army.
Since April, the two sides of the Soviet Union and Poland have been engaged in a series of battles around Kiev.
Under these circumstances, Hersman felt that he could sell some relatively advanced aircraft to Soviet Russia, and both the Red Army and the Polish Army of Soviet Russia had air forces, and while the ground forces were fighting, fierce exchanges of fire were also taking place in the sky.
"F13 is bombed, and C1 is still being produced, and the people of the Arms Control Committee can watch it."
Junkers shook his head.
Although he was old, he started his business relatively late, and his factory only opened at the end of World War I.
Therefore, it was not included in the key protection list of the Industrial Promotion Council, and it was not given the opportunity to open a branch factory in Baltic.
"You can let the FKBF consortium do the OEM," Hersman has already had a solution, "Junkers is responsible for designing the bombing F13, and the modification of the C1 is also done by Junkers himself."
Tests can be carried out at FKBF's R&D center.
It is open to aircraft manufacturers throughout Germany and only needs to pay very little rent. ” "OEM" Junkers seems to have heard the term for the first time.
Anthony Fokker took over the question and explained: "It is manufactured by our FKBF according to the design drawings and requirements of the Junkers company, and the products are sold by the Junkers company under the Junkers brand, and the FKBF only earns a small amount of OEM fees." ” This business model is, of course, brought by Hersman from later generations.
The aim was to keep every German aircraft manufacturer capable of designing military aircraft as much as possible, and most of them are now turning to civilian use, and some are even temporarily withdrawing from aircraft manufacturing.
And the military aircraft design capabilities that these companies originally possessed will gradually be lost, and finally they will not be able to keep up with the pace of the times.
And it is obviously unrealistic to ask all aircraft manufacturers to go to the Baltic branch factory.
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After all, in the case that the German military itself will not buy military aircraft, German aircraft manufacturers will not get too many military orders.
So it was also a waste to open many branches in Baltic.
It is enough to have a FKBF family.
Therefore, Hersman came up with a model of multiple designs and one foundry.
Each company relies on civil aircraft to maintain its manufacturing capacity, while military aircraft design relies on FKBF's foundry to maintain it.
"In addition, we are preparing to export aircraft production lines to the Russians."
Hersman is a military fan, so he naturally knows how the American imperialists and the arms dealers of Da Mao in later generations got money.
"We can sell the aircraft first, then the production line, and at the same time engage in cooperative development.
Airplanes can earn less, but production lines and cooperative development will definitely be profitable. ” "But then the Bolsheviks will master the ability to design and produce aircraft."
Junkers said, "Maybe they'll be our competitors" "But we will also grow because of the Russian market, so that we can continue to maintain our lead over the United Kingdom, the United States and France, but not much ahead of the British and French."
"And after the success of Soviet Russia, this model of selling fighter planes can be extended to other countries."
Mr.
Junkers, you know, the final assembly of the aircraft is not very difficult.
Many industrially underdeveloped countries can do the same, while Germany can continue to make huge profits by exporting components to them or supporting factories. ” Ask for collections, ask for recommendations t1706231537: