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"Your Excellency, the Krupp Group can no longer hold on!"

Gustav started complaining as soon as they met. He was not being hypocritical. The current situation was indeed a matter of life and death for the Krupp Group.

If they hadn't acquired the Germania Shipyard in Kiel , if we can still receive some orders for the production of civilian ships at this time, the Krupp Group may really go bankrupt!

Mainz had a certain understanding of the current situation of the Krupp Group before coming. After the end of World War I, Orders from the military were immediately terminated. When the German army was undergoing large-scale layoffs, the troops had a lot of weapons and it was impossible to order arms from Krupp. During that time, Essen happened to encounter a workers' uprising again. Immediately afterwards, the Allied forces began to attack the Ruhr Industrial Area.

Although the German army, under the command of Marshal Hindenburg, defeated this attack and did not allow the Allied forces to enter the Ruhr Industrial Area, the workers' uprising still gave way to the Kruhr. Mainz brought a lot of trouble to Krupp. At that time, Mainz specially provided a sum of money to support Krupp. If it hadn't been for his original funding, Krupp might not have been able to survive this difficulty.

However, Mainz didn't give a lot of money at the beginning. A year has passed and the money has already been spent. If Krupp can't get out of the woods now, they may really go bankrupt. Fallen to death, and this is what the Allied Powers most want to see!

"I have a design drawing here. See if you can produce this!"

After Mainz finished speaking, Himmler immediately took out a design drawing from the briefcase he carried with him.

Gustav was a diplomat, so after getting the design drawing, he immediately told his wife Berta ·Krupp looked at it together

"General, isn't this a tractor? Do you want us to produce this thing?"

Berta was very surprised after seeing this design drawing. He couldn't understand why Mainz would show them such a design drawing. It was completely incompatible with what they were currently producing.!

"Yes, this thing is indeed a tractor, but this is no ordinary tractor!"

Tractors are not new. They were invented by the Gauls as early as 1856.

The first tractors had only one locomotive, and they were powered by steam engines, so they were bulky, heavy, and not very powerful. It is mainly used to tow heavy objects or pull goods, and takes on part of the role of a truck.

However, the design drawings Mainz gave them are completely different from the tractors currently used in various countries on the market.

This is a miniaturized one that uses an internal combustion engine. As an engine tractor, its main purpose is no longer to do groceries as before, but it is specially produced for agricultural purposes! When

Mainz said this, the two people immediately discovered that the tractor on the design drawings was better than their current one. The tractor I saw was much smaller

"General, this vehicle is much smaller than the tractors on the market. I'm afraid it will be difficult to drive it with the power of the gasoline engine, right?"

Berta quickly saw the problem and raised his own questions.

"Haha, your vision is indeed very accurate. If we continue to use the traditional gasoline engine, it will definitely be impossible to drive this tractor. So we do not use gasoline engines, we use engines!"

"ah? Diesel engines? You're not kidding."

Both Berta and Gustav Inz were surprised and even a little skeptical after what he said.

"What, don't you believe what I say? If this is the case, then I can't help you!"

Mainz had a cold face and was very dissatisfied with the two people's doubts. Seeing that Mainz was angry, the two immediately stopped talking.

They knew very well that the person in front of them could not be offended. After all, the Krupp Group was Mainly focusing on arms production, and their main partner is Hans's military, so facing the military bosses, they must try their best to please each other, so that they can get orders, and with orders , they can survive!

"I will ask the Bavarian Machinery Manufacturing Factory to provide you with the diesel engine. At present, you only need to produce this tractor according to this design drawing. By the way, this tractor will use crawler tracks. You can test the load-bearing capacity of the crawler tracks during production. Ability and climbing ability."

Both of them are human beings. When they heard Mainz's suggestion, their eyes suddenly lit up and they said excitedly:"Do you mean, let us study that thing in secret? Seeing that the other party realized what he meant, Mainz smiled and said:"You just need to understand it in your own hearts, but in the name of manufacturing and testing tractors to the outside world, don't let the Arms Control Committee of the Allied Powers get hold of it. Do you understand?""

The two men nodded immediately, indicating that they would obey the arrangement!

What they were most worried about was that the army had abandoned them. But now it seems that the army not only did not abandon them, but also entrusted them with an important task. Accepting this task, both of them felt at ease. Well, at least for a long time to come, they won't have to worry about the fate of the Krupp Group!

"However, we really have a little money on hand right now...."

Just after the excitement, the two of them immediately turned into bitter faces again!

"In this way, you don't have to worry about me. I will invest in the Krupp Group in a private name and buy half of the group's shares, so that you will have money to resume production!"

For three consecutive days, Mainz visited several major military factories in the country. He used the advanced technology and design drawings purchased from within the system to provide these military factories with civilian products suitable for their production. They were able to survive the immediate crisis.

After dealing with the military factory, Mainz returned to Hamburg and went to a company that had just been established. This company was called Penicillin. You can tell from the name. A biopharmaceutical company, and a pharmaceutical company that mainly focuses on antibiotics!

In World War I, the mortality and disability rates of wounded soldiers in various countries were very high.

The war caused a large number of casualties in a short period of time, and these wounded people overwhelmed the field hospitals.

Overwhelmed.

Due to the lack of antibiotics and other drugs that can inhibit the growth of bacteria, cross-infection in field hospitals and wounded soldier camps is very serious.

Many soldiers have died due to wound infections.

This has made excessive blood loss and wound infections the leading causes of death of wounded soldiers.

The two main reasons.

By the time of World War II, this situation had been greatly alleviated.

As long as soldiers could get medical treatment, unless they suffered fatal injuries, most of them could be saved.

Soldiers were the first to die from injuries during World War II.

The main reason is excessive blood loss.

As long as he can stop the bleeding on the battlefield in the early stage, complete the rehydration in time, and transport him back to the field hospital in the later stage, he can probably save his life after treatment.

The main reason for this huge change is: Before the outbreak of World War II, antibiotics were discovered and began to be used in the medical field on a large scale.

Walking into the workshop of the Penicillin Factory, Mainz saw a large number of workers assembling and packaging the purified penicillin. The amount of penicillin is not large, and it is far less terrifying than the millions of units of penicillin in later generations. The current technology has not reached that level, and the current bacteria are not resistant, so there is no need for such high concentrations of penicillin. It can still kill bacteria easily.

Therefore, the penicillins they produce are almost always available in 200,000 units each. Of course, there are also a small number of 500,000 units each, but the pricing of these penicillins is directly determined by Mainz. The price has been set at a sky-high price!

A 200,000 unit penicillin is priced at US$400, and a 500,000 unit penicillin is priced at US$1,000! At this time, 99% of the people in the world cannot afford this thing!

It is destined to be a luxury product!