Eh? Do you also want to try the iron fist of the humanoid girl?

"Probability? Very likely, but not in the near future."

"how to say?"

"Because they are still a sharp blade for now."

Wolfgang thought about the report submitted by Fischer and the identity information he provided, and concluded that he was under someone's control.

But this is weird again.

Why is this happening?

It is hard to understand why Captain Raphael, a professional technical officer - the fact that she has been recognized by several top professors in the Brain Research Institute is enough to show her level - has to perform some wet work in Germany.

Then again, the same is true of her sisters.

This is a bit too disrespectful of their father. Unless there is no blood relationship between the two, but a more complicated entanglement...

Wolfgang smacked his lips and shook his head slightly. If it were up to him, Harry B. Carnegie would be thrown into a cell and made to pick up soap.

"But this is a bit of a waste." The director also raised this question, and he was puzzled.

“That’s what I want to figure out.”

Wolfgang had a hunch that as long as he could figure out the relationship between Harry and the Raphael sisters, those problems that puzzled them could be easily solved.

"By the way, where did they choose to buy the production line and logistics maintenance center?"

Wolfgang answered: "Chemnitz."

"Oh, Karl Marx City, an old industrial city in Saxony."

The two names are obviously different, but they both refer to the industrial town between Leipzig and Dresden.

“It is a large industrial city that focuses on information technology and mechanical design and manufacturing, and its supporting industrial university is also very strong.”

The deputy director nodded and said, "Relying on the industrial education resources of Karl Marx City, I believe that production will be able to resume soon after the production line and maintenance center are relocated and landed."

"...?"

Wolfgang was a little surprised. "You mean to continue to produce the diesel version of the M1A2 SEP main battle tank? Shouldn't we switch to the Leopard 2 tank production line? And the logistics maintenance center as well..."

“This is a condition for the deal to be concluded on the condition that the delivery quantity should be maintained at 8 units per month and the purchase price should remain unchanged.”

Chapter 102 Dabobo's sad past

When talking about Poland's armored forces, many people's first impression of it is still "armored forces based on Soviet-made tanks" and "prioritized improvements based on Soviet-made tanks" - in other words, most of their impressions of it still remain in the era of the "Polish People's Army", and they are relatively unfamiliar with the changes in Poland's military power after the new century.

As of today, the Polish army has more than 600 main battle tanks of different models.

The largest number of assets are the T-72 series tanks and independently improved models, with about 300 vehicles, of which 200 are PT-72s that are deeply modified based on the T-91, and the rest are about early Leopard 2 tanks, with about 270 vehicles.

Although the tanks and armored vehicles manufactured in the Soviet era have excellent performance and are easy to use, they are tanks and vehicles manufactured in the Soviet Union after all, and their service life has reached the point where they should be scrapped.

In the late 80s, with the strategic contraction of the former Soviet Union, the dissolution of the Polish People's Army, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, and eventually the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the continued use of original Soviet-made equipment began to seem increasingly inappropriate.

It was okay to use it in the early years, after all, the performance was still acceptable, and it was not realistic to start from scratch.

Putting aside the huge number of T-72 series tanks themselves, since Poland was under the Soviet system for a long time during the Cold War and has no experience in independently designing armored vehicles, the inertia caused by long-term use of Soviet-made equipment makes it impossible to achieve the goal of "independent tank design" at all.

Therefore, Poland pragmatically chose to modernize Soviet tanks and armored vehicles based on its own equipment manufacturing capabilities to meet the combat needs of the near future.

Even though Poland later took advantage of NATO's eastward expansion and gradually became the vanguard of NATO's forward-moving "anti-Russian wall", while introducing obsolete Leopard 2A1/A4 tanks from Germany, it still pragmatically modernized its huge T-72 series of vehicles.

As the saying goes, three years new, three years old, and three years of mending.

After joining NATO, the Polish army frequently participated in various ground military exercises, which resulted in increasing wear and tear and pressure to replace equipment.

Under compulsion, and also because Poland was considering fully integrating into the NATO system, the Polish army introduced South Korean K19 tanks in February 2 to conduct a series of environmental adaptation tests and evaluations.

The Polish army is very satisfied with the performance of this exported K2 main battle tank.

Subsequently, the two sides conducted procurement negotiations, but the negotiations were not as smooth as both Poland and South Korea had expected. They were always interfered by off-field factors and did not reach a result until 24 years later.

The procurement plan is roughly divided into three phases. In the first phase, expected to be carried out between 2026 and 2029, South Korea will design and improve the K2PL main battle tank that best suits the requirements of the Polish army.

During this phase, the Koreans will adjust the tank design according to any requirements specified by the Polish Army.

Records show that this phase of the plan was completed very well. The South Koreans did not play any tricks in this arms sales plan and fully met the needs of the Polish army.

The second phase is expected to take place between 2029 and 2033. During this phase, South Korea will produce a small number of vehicles for the order and connect with the Polish Military Industrial Group to carry out matters related to technology transfer and personnel training.

The third phase is expected to start in the second half of 2033. During this phase, K2PL and its derivative vehicles will be manufactured in Poland, and will gradually take over the subsequent production, repair and maintenance work.

From now on, the Polish military industry will be able to independently master all capabilities of manufacturing and maintaining this main battle tank.

The problem lies in the second phase. In early January 30, a huge explosion occurred in the Nobuoyama Forest Park (ruins) in Fukushima City, Japan, which completely interrupted the plan and all the Polish advance investment was wiped out.

If their plan goes smoothly, they can achieve the idea of ​​full integration into NATO in the future by gradually replacing the old T-2 series and early Leopard 72 tanks with cutting-edge K2PL tanks.

At that time, we had to face the simultaneous operation of three tanks with completely different technologies and completely different parts allocations, but when we think about the future when the comprehensive replacement is completed, this hidden danger will no longer exist.

If this is the price that needs to be paid for the "new three years" after the "old three years", it seems reasonable.

After all, it can be seen from the three stages of Poland's introduction of South Korean K2 tanks that Poland, due to its own military experience and combat needs, pursues the ability to self-produce military equipment and intends to develop its own design team based on this.

The Shinobuyama ruins incident interrupted the pace of the Polish army, and half of the Polish army's own T-72 fleet had serious malfunctions, and the serviceability rate became extremely poor; the situation of the early Leopard 2 tanks was not much better.

In order to solve this problem, the Polish army had to consider introducing Leopard 2 tanks again.

But just as the two sides were arguing over the issue of technology introduction, the Americans from across the ocean intervened at the right time. The conditions brought by the Americans were unusually generous, at least in the eyes of Poland.

They offer two levels of options: a simple assembly line and a complete production line, with a logistics maintenance center included.

No matter which level Poland chooses, the Americans will give it a logistics maintenance center.

They also thoughtfully provided a shopping list for the assembly line alone, which listed all the items to be purchased and the content that could be produced locally to complete the vehicle.

Only a small part of the electronic equipment and the car body need to be purchased from abroad. The electronic equipment needs to be purchased from the United States, and the car body can be ordered from Egypt.

If Poland chooses to introduce a complete production line, General Dynamics is willing to provide technical support to complete localized production.

Compared with the ones used by the US military, this M1A2 SEP (Poland) does not have depleted uranium armor, only has KEW-1E armor-piercing shells and a 1500-horsepower diesel engine.

Naturally, the Americans kept some tricks up their sleeves on the fire control system and various sensors of the M1A2 SEP main battle tank, only giving it the same configuration as the old M1A1 HC in order to create a generation gap in electronic technology with the Polish army.

When the Poles first saw the M1 main battle tank named M2A1 SEP, they immediately rejected the American proposal.

But when they looked back at the German Leopard 2A7, the sky-high price and the absolute impossibility of getting approval to introduce the production line, the Poles wavered again.

"Is the Leopard 2A7 not good? It is very good. Compared with the downgraded M1A2 main battle tank provided by the Americans, it has many advantages."

This is a record left by officials from Poland and Germany when they were negotiating on the introduction of the Leopard 2A7 main battle tank. Now it has been handed over to Rafael along with the production line and logistics maintenance center.

"…The problem is that we now have nearly 600 main battle tanks that need to be replaced. If we simply purchase Leopard 2A7s, we will only get 10 fully functional tanks in the next years.

Whenever we proposed to introduce a production line, the Germans would repeat like a parrot that they could only provide the relevant technology for the Leopard 2PL based on the Leopard 4A2.

The upgraded version of the Leopard 2 tank does have excellent performance, otherwise not so many countries would be willing to buy it.

The core of the problem is price.

We can use this money to buy back the production lines that the Americans have eliminated, so that we can continue to produce our own vehicles, although this will take 15 years or more to complete.

But this project has enabled us to acquire capabilities in design and planning, material production and procurement, metal processing, assembly, surface treatment technologies such as painting and coating, testing and quality inspection.

Whether the Germans are willing or not, there is no doubt that the plan proposed by the Americans is the most suitable plan for us at present..."

Indeed, based on the information currently available, if the Polish army completes their introduction plan as scheduled, both the K2PL and M1A2 SEP tanks will be able to enable them to acquire complete tank industrial capabilities.

The plan to introduce the M1A2 SEP is exactly the same as the original plan to introduce the K2PL. It is divided into three steps and is very rational and pragmatic.

The initial plan to introduce K2PL was very unlucky. It failed just after the second step because of the explosion of the Nobufuyama ruins, which led to the collapse of South Korea.

"…The plan went smoothly. We successfully obtained the production line and received the first batch of M1A2 SEP main battle tanks delivered by the United States. They will be deployed in the eastern part of Poland bordering Ukraine…"

Raphael turned to the next page, and what appeared before him, in addition to the manuscript left by the recorder, was a comparative data of Poland's military expenditure in the same year.

At that time, Poland increased its military budget and added an item called "Threat to Russia". The increase was approximately US$32 billion, of which US$27 billion was designated for the purchase of the first batch of M1A2 SEP main battle tanks.

“…Unfortunately, the first batch of 32 M1A2 tanks were not newly manufactured, but upgraded based on the US Army’s inventory and used to train Polish soldiers who lacked experience in using US-made tanks.

What is even more regrettable is that these tanks were only nominally confirmed to be transferred to Poland, but in fact they still remain in the United States as training vehicles.

As expected, the Americans' seemingly generous move was actually a means to lure customers into falling for us, and we were foolishly fooled.

The subsequent transfer time is not specified, but it is clear that they are unlikely to be delivered to Poland earlier than 2036. Because there are no large-scale changes in the Army's assets in 2035. "

Seeing this, Raphael burst out laughing.

You should know that the US military is still using the M1A2 main battle tank. Even the various vehicle-mounted systems of the M1A1 HC are rare and good things.

It would be a real miracle if the army is not held in its hands and played with it properly.

The Polish side seemed to have completely ignored all aspects of the deal. The American business reputation is almost untrustworthy. As long as they can delay, they will choose to delay.

As a result, until today, Poland's plan to produce modern main battle tanks has completely failed because their valuable production lines and logistics maintenance centers have been sold to the "Germans".

As Rafael learned from the asset catalog, Poland's domestically produced T-72 tanks are far behind the times, and the refurbished tanks ordered are firmly in the hands of the sellers, with no hope of replacement at all.

It is already difficult for the old T-72 tanks to continue to serve as the main force. We cannot allow something with a serviceability rate of no more than 40% to serve as the main force.

As the new Soviet Union becomes increasingly aggressive in Eastern Europe, Western Ukraine is in a period of constant turmoil. Kiev has been reporting unsettling news every few days, making Poland almost breathless under the pressure of the ELID wide-area collapse radiation brought about by the Northern Lights event.

When the tanks deployed in the high-threat direction of the northeast are gradually retired, the Polish army's armored force gap will become very serious.

The original agreement reached with South Korea to adopt K2PL in three stages and localize mass production was precisely to solve this problem. The plan can be said to be reasonable.

But even the best plans cannot keep up with changes.

The decision to purchase M1A2 SEP tanks from the United States, which are converted from old inventory vehicles, is a helpless move, because these are one of the few sources of vehicles that can form combat effectiveness in a short period of time and are compatible with ammunition for NATO forces, especially the US military.

"Now, all the benefits have been taken by outsiders." Raphael slowly exhaled a breath of hot air. Although she was in the navy, she often heard gossip about other military forces from Harry.

For example, the Army has once again delayed the delivery schedule of the M1A2 SEP (Wave).

As for the reason, Harry mentioned that they borrowed the tanks produced for Poland to conduct extreme performance tests on their existing high-power tank diesel engines.

Instead of just one, the Army Weapons Command plans to test six turbocharged diesel engines ranging from 6 horsepower to a minimum of 2000 horsepower.

As for the training of the Polish armored forces, only 1/4 of the personnel could proceed normally, while the rest were sent to learn maintenance skills on the grounds that they had to learn tank maintenance first.

Another reason for the delay in delivery is more obscure: the military embezzled the first payment to restart the production line and upgrade technical equipment.

所原定的32辆M1A2 SEP主战坦克实际上只生产了12辆，这其中只有4辆移交给波军派遣来的受训人员使用。

Now, Poland is seeing signs of civil war in East and West Ukraine again, and the Russian Empire, which is dressed in the guise of the new Soviet Union, is ready to make a move, and is urging the United States to complete the transfer of the first batch of tanks as soon as possible.

At the same time, in order to raise funds to strengthen armaments in Ukraine and Russia, the company had to split up its high-quality assets and sell them off.

The successive natural and man-made disasters have almost hollowed out the country.

"Miss, it has already started." The private secretary hired by Fei Niao walked into the office and said to the girl sitting on the sofa: "The Polish ambassador to Germany invites you to dinner. This is a reward-style social event. What do you think...?"

"No," Raphael rejected the invitation. "There is no point in celebrating before the first car rolls off the assembly line and passes all the tests."

The secretary nodded in confirmation. She couldn't really tell which lady was in the office today. She could be sure of one thing, that was that it was absolutely right to listen to the eldest lady.

"This one in front of me... should be the oldest sister. She looks much calmer, unlike the silent chairman."

"I see. I'll give you a tactful reply right away."

"Well, don't let the ambassador feel that we are neglecting them. You know, we are very supportive of their national defense."

Support? The secretary raised her eyebrows. She could only complain in her heart.

"Oh, by the way, have you found the order I asked you to distribute before?"

Speaking of this, Rafael was very concerned. The orders issued were not only for the localization of the M1A2 SEP tanks, but also included some inconspicuous parts.

Chapter 103: Others’ paths should not be imitated

"You said they would take advantage of the situation to insert some orders that the engineers couldn't understand." Eric said to Harry, "Aren't you worried that this will get out of control?"

"I hope they disappear right now. Do you want to believe it?"

Harry stirred the spoon and said slowly:

"Some people are already planning treason, intending to blame them for all the losses of personnel and materials in the Main Frankfurt blockade, in order to prove that the autonomous humanoids and the artificial intelligence they carry are unreliable and need to be strictly controlled or even eliminated."

"This is really..."

"It's hard to put into words, isn't it?"