Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 387 The Expert

From Roque's point of view, the truck sent by Rudolf Diesel is still a bit crude, and its appearance is not perfect, which does not meet Roque's aesthetics. In Roque's words: it is astonishingly ugly!

Of course, compared with the vehicles of this era, the truck sent by Rudolf Diesel is still a great improvement. At least the engine in front of the cab is closed, and the cab also has a roof, which has surpassed the large trucks at this time. most vehicles.

In most vehicles of this era, the cab is not closed, but a foldable canvas roof is placed in the trunk, and the canvas roof is propped up when it rains, and it is a standard convertible when it is not raining.

The concept of military trucks is definitely different from that of cars. What Roque requires is not only the cab and engine, but even the carriages must be covered with a fixed canvas roof, so that it is easy to use. As for whether it is beautiful or not, that is not important.

Rudolf Diesel still didn't understand Rock's intentions. Not only did the cab of the truck have no doors, but also no windshield. The designers cleverly used a large number of steel plates on the carriage to increase the protection ability, let alone the protection ability How much it can be improved will definitely affect the load capacity of the truck.

What Rock wanted was not an armored vehicle. Many people probably didn’t think that armored vehicles had already appeared. As early as 1898, the British F·R·Smith installed a The first Maxim heavy machine gun was installed, and then an iron barrier was installed in front of the driver to protect the driver, thus inventing the first armored car.

In 1902, the armored car invented by Georgian engineer Mikhail Nakasiz, the road speed has reached 50 kilometers per hour.

The truck invented by Rudolf Diesel used a four-cylinder 33-horsepower engine with a load capacity of 1.5 tons, but the road speed was only 20 kilometers per hour. These figures made Rock very dissatisfied.

The engine used by Mikhail Nakasiz is only 15 horsepower, and the speed can reach 50 kilometers per hour. The engine used by Rudolf Diesel is 33 horsepower, but the speed is only 20 kilometers per hour. If you remove these With extra armor, the load capacity and speed of the truck will be further improved.

"Remove the steel plate—" Rudolf Diesel was a little hesitant, he still didn't understand what kind of truck Rock wanted.

"Yes, remove all armor plates, and all unnecessary decorations. The truck I want must be able to carry two squads of soldiers, their equipment, and five bases of ammunition. The truck must also have certain Off-road ability, nothing else is important." Rock once again clarified the positioning of the truck, this is not a tank, as long as it can be pulled more and run faster.

In the current situation of the new First Cavalry Division, a base ammunition is about [-] rounds of bullets and [-] rounds of grenades, which is basically equivalent to the consumption of a medium-scale war.

Considering the necessary reserves, five bases of ammunition are necessary. This amount of ammunition is enough for the soldiers of the newly formed First Cavalry Division to fight from Nyasaland to the Suez Canal.

"Okay, as you wish." Rudolph Diesel was a little frustrated, but he still followed Roque's order and ordered the accompanying engineers to remove all the protective steel plates.

"Rudolph, no matter what product we are researching, the first goal is to meet the needs of customers. All functions that customers don't need are useless designs. You have to understand this." Rock doesn't like Rudolph Diesel I made my own claim.

"My lord, is it unnecessary to increase the protective ability?" Rudolf Diesel didn't think he was wrong.

"It is necessary, but it is not applicable to all scenarios. Most of the time, trucks are used in a safe area, so the possibility of being attacked by the enemy is not high. We just need to solve the transportation problem now, and safety protection is not important. If The loss outweighs the gain.” Rock was not used to Rudolf Diesel, and trucks were used for maneuvering, and there were tanks and armored vehicles for charging, and trucks would not undertake combat tasks.

Rudolf Diesel no longer distinguished, and more than a dozen engineers worked together, and the efficiency was still very high.

Soon, all the armor plates on the truck were removed, and after restarting, the truck was like a wild horse running wildly on the training ground of the new First Cavalry Division.

Rock is not sure what the speed of the truck is, but it must have exceeded 50 kilometers per hour. This is not on a standard road. If it is on a road, the speed will be further increased.

"Li Wei, call two squads to come over, bring all the equipment, plus five base ammunition—" Rock immediately added the burden, the monsters have already started mass production, the performance of the diesel engine is unquestionable, the most important thing now It is stability.

Soon, two squads of soldiers lined up next to the training ground carrying their equipment. They are now only equipped with two Madsen light machine guns. Although the Nyasaran Arsenal has developed a general-purpose machine gun, it will take a while before it can enter mass production. At that time, the last test sample gun provided by the arsenal had some problems during the test process. The engineers took the sample gun back to the Nyasaland Arsenal for improvement. It is estimated that it will take one or two tests before it will be finalized.

There were 24 people in the two classes, and Rock made another empirical error. The sample car sent by Rudolf Diesel could not fill the two classes at all, and one class was a bit crowded.

The truck bed is still a little small.

"That's it, one squad." Rock was the next best thing. A squad is actually fine. The new First Cavalry Division only has so few people, and all mechanization means more than 100 trucks.

That is?

There are probably less than a hundred trucks in the world now!

The 12 soldiers, plus their equipment, weigh at least 1.5 tons, which is just about the same as the standard load capacity of a truck.

Rudolf Diesel still had two brushes. The truck pulled 12 soldiers, and the speed was not much slower. They circled the training ground crazily, each lap was 500 meters.

Although the training ground was full of dust, Rock did not flinch. As the truck laps more and more, Rock's expression became more and more happy.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Our test results show that the truck can run continuously for a thousand miles without any trouble." Rudolf Diesel looked proud. This is indeed a remarkable statistic.

Rock seems ordinary, is a thousand miles a lot?

1600 kilometers only——

That's it?

Don't forget that in 1903, this result is already very good.

"Very good, very good, Rudolph, let the truck stop. Let's study how to reduce the truck's own weight to the greatest extent." Rock was indeed dissatisfied with this result, but he could no longer demand too much. Get on the truck, the Rhodesian Northern Division and the new 1903st Cavalry Division have basically been mechanized, don't forget it's [-]!

No, according to Rock's standards, even if equipped with motorcycles and trucks, the Rhodesian Northern Division and the newly formed First Cavalry Division are only motorized, and there is still a certain distance from mechanization.

The mechanized troops have a high level of equipment synthesis. The main equipment is composed of tracked heavy tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery and other heavy weapons. In combat, they have very powerful firepower, strong mobility and perfect logistics support capabilities. .

The level of equipment synthesis of motorized troops is relatively low. The way of combat mainly relies on combat personnel rather than equipment. The main equipment is motorcycles, trucks, and light wheeled infantry transport vehicles. The main feature of motorized troops is flexibility. , but the level of firepower and mechanization is far lower than that of mechanized troops.

Considering that it is now 1903, motorization is already at a very high level. During this period, even the most powerful British Army in the world was at most mules and horses, and there is still a long way to go from motorization.

In order to reduce the weight of the truck, Rock also worked together. The officers of the new First Cavalry Division expressed great enthusiasm for the truck. More than a dozen officers surrounded the truck and kept making suggestions.

"It's not necessary to use steel for the carriage, you can use all wood, it doesn't matter if it's broken, we can repair it, install two more layers, the weight is much lighter—"

"It has a load of [-] tons. We can actually develop an armored vehicle, shrink the compartment, use steel plates to protect the cockpit and compartment, and install heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. It must be a big killer on the battlefield—"

"Tires, tires are not easy to use on the field, we can use crawlers, the off-road performance of crawlers is better—"

It was really one person counting the short and the other counting the long. More than a dozen officers were chattering, and Rudolf Diesel's little book soon remembered it densely.

"Don't worry about the armored vehicles. Don't worry about the trucks first, and don't worry about the tracks. Now the main thing is the tires. How is the research on the carbon black reinforced tires?" Rock is not in a hurry. He needs to eat one bite at a time, and the research on the trucks also needs to be done. step by step.

About three months ago, Rock's headhunting company in Europe sent back a message about carbon black reinforced tires. This is a research project at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. There is no result yet. Way, learned that Heidelberg University is carrying out information on carbon black reinforced rubber.

In 1892, Berry Mill in England invented the cord, and it was used for production in 1910.

In addition to improving the quality of tires and expanding the variety of tires, the invention of cord fabrics also made it possible to mold the tires.

In 1904, Matt created carbon black reinforced rubber, which was used to reinforce tread rubber on a large scale after tire cord was used, because before that, canvas was damaged faster than tread in tire use, and carbon black was used in tires. The amount of rubber used increased rapidly. In the 30s, only about 100 parts of carbon black was used in every 20 parts of raw rubber. At this time, carbon black was mainly used on the tread, and the carcass was not used. , The tires only travel about 6000 kilometers. After mixing with carbon black, the mileage of the tires is significantly improved soon. A set of truck tires can travel about 10 kilometers.

Carbon black was actually first invented by the Chinese. A long time ago, the Chinese used carbon black to make ink.

Therefore, the Chinese are the real experts in this area.

　It's late again, there will be another chapter later

　　

　

(End of this chapter)