This is a factory that produces mechanical parts!
Once again, on the way to Carl Metal Company, General Jiang looked through the information in his hand and frowned.
"Are you sure this company can take our order?"
Looking at Song Perun beside him, his tone was full of doubt.
As early as last year after coming to the United States, General Jiang found that things were not as simple as he imagined. Although the United States approved aid to China, the productivity of the United States was very tight. Under the conditions of priority guarantee from Britain and Russia, it could not provide much to China at all. So the Americans were quite direct - you find suppliers to produce the weapons you need, and finally send the bill to the US government.
As the director of the defense supply company, General Jiang suddenly found a reality that made people laugh and cry - waving a lot of US dollars, but there was no place to use them. For this reason, he even went to Canada to try to place an order with Inglis Company to produce weapons urgently needed in the country.
But Inglis Company also gave priority to guaranteeing orders from the United Kingdom. As for China... let's wait in the back.
"General, this company is owned by Chinese people. When the time comes, we will persuade him with emotion and reason. He is Chinese, and we are afraid that we can't convince him!"
Song Peilun, who knows the current situation of the National Defense Supply Company, said directly.
"Besides, we have no other choice now. Inglis Company sent a telegram saying that it will take until the end of the year to supply us at the earliest, but how can we wait until the end of the year given the domestic war situation?"
Wang Fuqi, who was sitting next to him, also echoed.
"Moreover, the pistols that were originally promised to be delivered to us have also been requisitioned by the British. Even if they accept our order now, they may requisition them again."
"Damn the British. Last year, the Japanese bombed Chongqing repeatedly. When our country needed planes, they colluded with that old bastard to secretly transfer the planes that aided our country to North Africa. Now our customized weapons have been requisitioned by them again, and the pistols are the real ones we provided..."
General Jiang was full of anger when it came to this matter. After all, he personally communicated with the Inglis Company to place an order. Even the prototypes of the requisitioned pistols - 5 FN1935s, were also handed over by him to the Canadians. They reverse-engineered them with real objects, but they never thought that half a month ago, just 1,000 were delivered, and the rest were requisitioned by the British. FN35 is much better than the broken revolver of the British.
"Yes, General, here we don't have to worry about being intercepted by the British!"
General Jiang nodded after hearing this. Being intercepted was not pleasant, and being reprimanded by telegrams from home was even more unpleasant!
"But, have they ever produced firearms? It's just a machinery factory."
Listening to the general's doubts, Wang Fuqi said.
"General, we have been in the United States for more than a year and visited so many companies. How many of them made guns in the past? Why did the United States provide so many weapons to its allies? Isn't it because civilian factories also participated in the production of weapons!"
"Indeed..."
General Jiang said with a slight nod.
"I hope our trip is worthwhile!"
It turned out that General Jiang and his party would never be disappointed. The only thing that disappointed them was that the legendary boss was not here. According to manager Carl, he went to Havana for the weekend.
Going abroad for a weekend...this is really luxurious!
After sighing, what was left was surprise. When he learned that they asked whether the company had the ability to produce weapons, Carl smiled and invited them to the backyard of the factory. Some of the confused people heard rapid gunshots before they arrived.
General Jiang couldn't help asking.
"This is... Manager Carl, why are there gunshots?"
"General, in this war between justice and evil, no one will stay out of it, and that includes us, of course. Our company has developed a new submachine gun and is now preparing to put it into production. Its performance is extremely outstanding, better than the m3 submachine gun..."
Turning his head to look at General Jiang next to him, Carl emphasized.
"Not only better, but also cheaper, even cheaper than the Sten submachine gun!"
"Really? Cheaper than the Sten submachine gun?"
General Jiang said again in surprise.
"The most important thing for a weapon is not only that it is cheap, but also that it is reliable."
"Don't worry, General, you will be surprised by its reliability..."
The next step is the shooting demonstration. The test results show that the gun is superior to all similar weapons including the Thompson submachine gun, the M3 submachine gun and the Sten submachine gun in terms of power, reliability and life. More than 5,000 rounds were fired during the test, and only one malfunction occurred during the test. Faced with such a reliable weapon, General Jiang and his party were naturally conquered.
"How much is one? If..."
After thinking for a while, General Jiang gave a number.
"If we purchase 50,000."
"12 dollars!"
Carl took the initiative to explain.
"Although this price is slightly more expensive than the Sten submachine gun, General, this is only the first batch. If its production reaches 500,000 in the future, then I guarantee that it will be less than ten dollars."
12 dollars is already very cheap!
General Jiang, Wang Peiji and Song Peilun looked at each other. It seemed more expensive than the Sten submachine gun, but in fact, that was the purchase price of the British military. They could not buy it at the same price. After all, Canadian factories also need profits.
"So when can you deliver?"
General Jiang said without hesitation.
"Deliver the first batch within a month, and complete the delivery within two months,"
Carl was still very confident in his company's production capacity. Besides, this gun has only 17 parts in total. Delivery within two months is because the production process needs to be adjusted. Otherwise, it may not even take a month.
"Then let's sign the contract now!"
There was no hesitation. After all, the country is in urgent need of military equipment. It is unknown when the Americans will allocate or the British will return the order. Since they can deliver within two months, what is there to hesitate about?
Even after signing the order for 50,000 submachine guns, General Jiang thought about it and proposed to engrave the words "American-made 77 submachine gun" on the submachine gun after learning that the submachine gun had not yet been finalized.
After this statement, there was a silence in the conference room. In the silence, all the Chinese present had tears in their eyes. How could they not know the meaning of 77?