Chapter 340: The Road to Liberation (Fourth update, please subscribe)
Do I need to tell you this?
Zhu Xianhai said in his heart that he knew the advantages of cars better than anyone else.
After all, it comes from the automobile age. Is the advantage of automobiles just transportation?
Of course it’s not just about transportation.
The advantage in transportation is simply that cars have replaced horse-drawn carriages.
What are the more important advantages of cars?
It's industry!
The automobile industry is even the leader of modern manufacturing. The role of the development of the automobile industry in promoting the manufacturing industry is unimaginable to people of this era. In the 20th century, it was even called the crown of the industrial pyramid. It is an industry with a relatively long industrial chain, which can drive upstream steel, machinery, etc., and downstream can drive energy, transportation, financial services, etc., and also has a huge impact on the national economy.
Otherwise, no one in this era would realize the power of the automobile industry. In fact, this is the case with many industries at the beginning. Not many people know what impact it will have on human society.
Just like in this era, countries are scrambling to develop railways. When railways and trains first appeared, not many people realized the changes they would bring to the world.
But what about now?
Everyone knows the importance of railways to the country, and railways of this era are also the leaders of industrial economic development.
What is different from other countries now is that in addition to railways, Nanhua has a new leader. Of course, no one realizes the power contained in this leader now.
Because it does look very weak.
Indeed, for now, this truck is not good enough at all. Its load capacity is not as good as that of a standard military carriage. Nanhua's military carriage uses an American western four-wheeled carriage with a load capacity of up to five tons. It is the most advantageous weapon for the United States to conquer the West.
But what about the “Type 1 truck”?
Only 1.2 tons!
But even if it’s not good enough, it’s still a good start!
"Yes, what you said are its advantages. As long as there is gasoline, it can keep going. Even if the load capacity is much less, it has the advantage of speed. Coupled with the advantage of usage hours, it will definitely replace horse-drawn carriages in the future, but..."
Zhu Xianhai said after taking a closer look at the truck which looked a bit like a Ford A.
"We need to find a way to increase its load capacity. After all, not only the military needs trucks with large load capacities, but civilians also need them, right?"
After opening the materials and carefully examining the drawn drawings, Zhu Xianhai's eyes suddenly lit up and he picked up a pen to make changes.
"Can we try to improve the rear wheels and turn them into parallel double wheels? After adding two wheels, the load capacity should be increased."
What inspired him was not the trucks he had seen before, but some agricultural vehicles, which increased the load capacity by adding wheels. This is a simple and effective method. As long as the load capacity can be increased, its application range will be wider and it will be easier to replace horse-drawn carriages.
"Oh, my lord, you are right. When I return to the company, I will have it tested. However, my lord, if it is put into production, it will be called "Car No. 1". Please give it a name."
Wang Jiamin came to the front line not just to tell his lord that the car had been built. What was the most important thing?
Of course, I would like to ask my lord to give me a name.
With the name given by the lord, what kind of car will this be in the future?
Although the car is still a car, its identity is completely different. As the manager of Nanhe Locomotive Company, Wang Jiamin has his own views and insights on business.
In the future, as the lord's status changes, the price of this car will surely increase as well!
"Give me a name. Well, let me think about it!"
Looking at the photo of "Trial Truck No. 1" in the folder, although it looks a bit primitive and crude, after a little thought, Zhu Xianhai still picked up the pen and wrote.
“Let’s just call it ‘liberation’!”
Most Chinese people have a special feeling for the car name "Liberation", and Zhu Xianhai is the same. Of course, Zhu Xianhai has given it another meaning here.
"Liberation... well, after it's finalized, it will be called the 'Liberation A-type heavy-duty truck'. In the future, who knows, our army may use it to liberate South America!"
This is what "liberation" means!
Liberation is not just a car, it is a desire.
Conqueror of South America?
No!
That's what the Spanish colonists did.
In Zhu Xianhai's view, he will be a liberator, and those who will be liberated are not only the Indians living on this land, but also the European immigrants and their mixed-race descendants. This liberation will of course liberate them from the slavery of the trinity of warlords, landlords and the church under the "Caudillo System".
So, there is absolutely no problem in naming this truck "Liberation".
Well, liberation... this can be considered as a legitimate reason!
Nodding with satisfaction, Zhu Xianhai looked at the car name he had just written and smiled.
"Well, first make 100 Jiefang A-type trucks and give them to the army for trial use!"
Since it was the liberation of the South American people, how could the Jiefang Automobile be absent? Zhu Xianhai issued the first automobile order in human history with a stroke of his pen, and then he even discussed the production of cars with great interest.
"When Buenos Aires was liberated, it would have been quite a shock to see these cars leading the way into the city."
However, compared to the shock it brought to the world, Zhu Xianhai hopes that cars can truly play their role in war.
"The key is to win this battle! I don't know how they are preparing over there!"
What Zhu Xianhai called "external thinking" was actually to deploy airship troops and use airships to carry out air strikes on Trenklauken. The air strikes might not necessarily completely destroy the fortress, but what is certain is that it would definitely bring unprecedented damage to the people in the fortress, especially psychological damage.
Since cannons are of no use for the time being, let’s use airships!
Through observing several combat operations of the airship troops in recent times, Zhu Xianhai found that their thinking was still subject to certain limitations and they could not give full play to the power of the airship.
In that case, let me give you a reminder.
…
Wang Xinyue had no idea that when he commissioned the steel company to cast the shell of the new bomb, a series of aerial bombs ranging from 10 kilograms to 2,500 kilograms had already been produced in the Nanhua Arsenal. They did not design these aerial bombs. The drawings were provided by Zhu Xianhai. The so-called drawings were just drawings he drew casually.
The technology of the iron bomb itself is very simple, especially the iron bomb of this era.
When the giant bomb weighing 2,500 kilograms was delivered to the airship field by a horse-drawn carriage, everyone including Wang Xinyue was stunned by the giant bomb.
"How heavy is this bomb?"
“2,500 kilograms!”
The officer transporting the ammunition answered directly.
"This is a general-purpose bomb. The charge is 50% of the bomb weight, which is 1,250 kilograms. Its explosive power is extremely great..."
Does this need any explanation?
1,250 kilograms of explosives!
It is hard to imagine how powerful such a large amount of explosives would explode, but they know very well how much explosive power was thrown in the past with 120 mm and 150 mm charges... only about 10%.
Even a 10-inch Krupp cannon, with a shell weighing hundreds of kilograms, has only a few dozen kilograms of explosives, and the charge coefficient is even less than 8%, which is normal for a shell. However, an aerial bomb does not need to consider issues such as chamber pressure, the bomb shell can be made thin, and the charge of a high-explosive bomb can even reach 75%! In other words, it is basically an airdropped explosive pack.
The power of such an explosive pack dropped from the air is naturally extremely shocking.
"Captain, what are we going to do next?"
Looking at the bomb, which was of a shocking size, Xia Weidong couldn't help swallowing.
"If such explosives were dropped, I'm afraid that few people within a few miles would be able to breathe!"
pant……
There might not be a single living person to be seen within a radius of several miles. Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but looking at such a large bomb, no one would doubt it even if it was a little more exaggerated.
Touching the giant bomb that was several meters long, Wang Xinyue felt that his design was simply not worth mentioning, because this bomb was indeed very large!
Who on earth could have imagined making such a big bomb!
You know, he had never dared to think of such a big thing. Now someone not only thought of it, but also made it.
"Imagination is limited, really limited..."
Although Wang Xinyue knew that the airship could carry up to 2.8 tons, he had never thought of using it to drop such a giant bomb. After all, it was too big...
This is a 2,500-kilogram giant bomb!
If this were to be thrown, the scene would be so spectacular!
"But, Captain, our bomb drop window seems to be much smaller than it. If we want to drop it, we will probably have to expand the bomb drop bay."
As soon as Xia Weidong finished speaking, Wang Xinyue spoke.
"change!"
"What?"
Xia Weidong was a little confused and didn't even react for a moment.
"Change what?"
"Change to throwing bullets through windows, and try to get this big guy down within two days..."
Wang Xinyue patted the huge monster beside him hard and said excitedly.
"It would be a shame to God if we didn't use such a big thing."
No, it’s not that I feel sorry for God, but I feel sorry for those Argentines. It is definitely a blessing for them to die under such a huge bomb.
"This is not easy to modify. This bomb is so big..."
Xia Weidong looked at the bomb with some embarrassment. Such a large bomb would be difficult to drop, let alone load into the airship.
"It's not easy to change, so we have to find a way to change it."
Wang Xinyue's eyes became a little fanatical, like a boy who saw a new toy, and he was completely immersed in this big toy...
(End of this chapter)
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