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Chapter 69 Giant Cannon

Krupp Factory, Essen City, Ruhr District, Krupp, the former steel workshop, grew into the most important factory enterprise in Germany after invented the "steel pouring" in the mid-19th century. After more than half a century of development, Krupp has long been Germany's largest heavy industrial company dominated by the steel industry. Relatively speaking, the entire Krupp Company in Germany often means Germany's military industry. More than 70% of Germany's artillery comes from Krupp Company. Not only that, even in the shipbuilding industry, Krupp Company also accounts for a considerable share.1(1)

For many years, as the most important supplier of the German team, Krupp Company supported the German team's combat effectiveness. Since 1914, Krupp Company has expanded rapidly due to the war. New factories were put into production, and thousands of artillery of various calibers were continuously transported from the Krupp factory in Essen to the army and navy.

In a sense, Krupp supported the war in Germany, and no one would doubt this, but unlike in 1871, no one would doubt that Germany would win. Now, when the war lasted for nearly two years, for every German, the hope of victory seemed to be increasingly slim. It would be somewhat hopeless for victory. But while despair, for the engineering and technical personnel of the Krupp Company, they must see hope in despair. To be precise, they use their technology and German industry to help Germany win, at least to obtain a certain hope of victory. Technical breakthroughs can often create such hope.

Hugel Villa is the villa of the Krupp family. Since Alfred Krupp, the founder of the Krupp company, built this villa, this is the center of the Krupp family.

Alfred Krupp has achieved Krupp's glory here. The second-generation president Fredrich Alfred Krupp also committed suicide here due to a homosexual scandal. His daughter Beta Krupp also married Gustav von Poren, a man named Holbare. Gustav Krupp, who was approved by the emperor, was also announced to be the third-generation president of Krupp.

For Gustav Krupp, since he became the third-generation president of Krupp, the most important point is to make everyone believe in him and believe that he can create the Krupp company like Alfred Krupp. Of course, this is because of the outbreak of the European war, which has made him successful. In the past two years, Krupp's military production capacity has expanded several times, making it the company with the fastest expansion of strength in the entire German industry.

Before the war, Gustav Krupp's factory could only make up at most ten artillery pieces per day. Now, in the Krupp factory, nearly thirty artillery pieces can be made every day. In the past, only 10,000 shells can be made every day, but now hundreds of thousands of shells can be made every day. The guns made during wartime were larger in caliber and more powerful.

As the president of Krupp, Gustav Krupp may have been very diligent and has always been working hard to play the role of the German Emperor's mechanic.

However, in the past year, Gustav Krupp's life has not been easy, and the reason is very simple. The persistent development of the war has affected the lives of the German people, but also affected his life. Faced with the stalemate on the front line, the chiefs of staff of the General Staff have always hoped that there would be a weapon that could break the stalemate of the war.

This weapon to break the deadlock of war will eventually be developed by these military-industrial enterprises, and in the end, almost all the pressure will be suppressed by Krupp, a famous military-industrial enterprise in the world, and it will be suppressed by Gustav Krupp.

What kind of weapons can break the deadlock of war?

Poison gas. It has been put into war.

Tanks were also put into the battlefield.

The plane has already flown to the battlefield. So what kind of weapons can break the deadlock on the Western Front and win the victory for Germany again?

A long convoy entered a forest blocked by military and police near the Essenkrupp factory. At the end of two parallel railways, a huge creature was parked - a huge railway cannon like a land cruiser.**


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