my scientific age

Chapter 306 Love, duty, fate
Towing a 105mm howitzer field maneuver?
A delivery platform for mortars and anti-aircraft machine guns?
Carrying an infantry squad to maneuver?

The meeting room suddenly fell silent.

As Yu Hua's voice fell, the heads of the Military Industry Bureau stared with big eyes and bewildered faces, and an incredible expression appeared in their eyes. As Lu Yuan, who was in charge of the transportation of materials and raw materials in various factories and mines, was extremely shocked. I just wondered if I heard it wrong.

Both civilian and military.

Most importantly, you can also pull cannons!

I have to say that everyone can't imagine the almost universal tractor that Yu Hua said. If it is understandable to pull materials and ore, it can involve pulling cannons.

This kind of thing has always been the responsibility of artillery tractors in traditional cognition. When Lao Jiang was besieging and chasing them, there were many types of personnel carriers, artillery tractors, and cars.

But there has never been a tractor pulling a cannon...

The emotions of shock and surprise were revealed in his heart, and then, when Chen Kang, the director, passed down the design drawings of the classic tractor,
After the tractor came into view, no matter who it was, everyone was stunned.

Single-cylinder front-wheel drive, walk-behind control, open-top driver's seat, oversized cargo space, plus the concept map of the towed artillery depicted on the micro-end, all design elements build this unique and concise classic tractor.

At this moment, this tractor is like a Lamborghini supercar, causing a tsunami-like psychological impact on everyone, leaving an extremely deep impression.

When the officers of the Military Industry Bureau saw the classic tractor for the first time, they couldn't take their eyes off it, as if they had seen some peerless beauty, no, it was a big toy.

This is the romance given by machinery and tractors, which can easily evoke the most primitive desires of men.

Tractors, excavators, loaders, forklifts, port machinery, all equipment that contains mechanical power, all contain unparalleled attraction.

The romance of excavators, who can understand?

After explaining the performance parameters, Yu Hua scratched his head as he watched the heads of the Military Industry Bureau immersed in the tractor design drawings, "Uh... do you have any questions?"

Everyone didn't seem to hear Yu Hua's voice, and they still looked at the design drawing intently.

Professor Zhuang looked at this scene with a faint smile on his face.

"Cough cough!" Chen Kang, who was sitting on the main seat, was a little embarrassed when he saw everyone's reaction, and hurriedly issued a reminder.

"I'm sorry, Deputy Team Leader Yu, I want to ask if this tractor is difficult to build?" Hearing Chen Kang's reminder, Lu Yuan came back to his senses, quickly straightened his body, and noticed the gaze from his boss. , looked slightly embarrassed, and then asked.

The other four section chiefs sat up straight, looking away from the tractor design drawings and looking at Yu Hua.

"There is no technical problem. It is very simple. However, the natural rubber used to make tires may become a bottleneck restricting the production of tractors. If natural rubber cannot be obtained in large quantities, we can only choose crawler travel."

Yu Hua shook his head and responded: "The disadvantage of crawler-type travel is that it is slow. The speed can only reach 15 kilometers per hour. The cost of use and maintenance will rise sharply, which is probably more than double that of wheeled travel."

There are two types of power machinery travel, wheeled and crawler. The latter is generally used in special vehicles such as tanks, armored vehicles and excavators. The classic tractor adopts wheeled travel, which is fast, low in fuel consumption and simple in maintenance. .

If the crawler is used...

In fact, it's no different from engaging in tanks.

Before the large-scale development of oil production in the Yumen Oilfield, the production of the oilfield was extended in the base area, which could not support the oil-sucking behemoth of the crawler tractor.

natural rubber. ——Lu Yuan nodded again and again when he heard this answer, and hurriedly wrote down this important information.

"What is the cost of each car?" Lu Yuan continued to ask after the record was completed.

Yu Hua responded: "Each car costs about 150 silver dollars."

"So low?" Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment. He was very surprised at the manufacturing cost of this tractor. He thought it would cost at least 150 silver dollars, but it turned out to be only [-] silver dollars.

"We produce steel and engines ourselves, and the labor and processing costs are almost zero. It is not surprising that the manufacturing cost is so low. When the management and cost control of tractor production in the middle and late stages are qualified, the cost of each tractor can be reduced by more than 20%. Why do you think The price is very low because China cannot produce cars and tractors, which are all imported and of course very expensive.”

Yu Hua said: "In fact, in addition to self-use, this tractor can also be used as a flagship product in the base area in the future, which will be exported to the Central Army and Jinsui Army. With its high load capacity and multi-purpose performance, coupled with war environment factors, it can be sold. Up to five thousand silver dollars belongs to love, ten thousand silver dollars is duty, and twenty thousand silver dollars is fate."

The standard load is three tons and the overload is ten tons. The load capacity of the classic tractor can be called a dimensionality reduction in this era. No tractor of the same era can reach this level.

Such a high load capacity is an irresistible existence for the Central Army and Jinsui Army, which urgently need vehicles to transport materials.

The corner of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly: "..."

What is black heart?

Ah no, what is a capitalist?
Or not, what should be said about the power of technology!
The cost is [-], the love is [-], the duty is [-], and the fate is [-]...

Lu Yuan had seen what the power of technology is. He thought to himself whether it would be a little bad, but suddenly remembered the hardships he had suffered, and the dilemma faced by the Military Industry Bureau now, just think about it.

When the others heard the price given by Yu Hua, they all widened their eyes and looked like they had seen a ghost. Professor Zhuang, who was sitting next to him, chuckled and shook his head, but he did not object to Yu Hua's idea. There is no doubt that money is very important. Yes, you can't do anything without money.

The manufacturing cost of a Ford Motor Company is no more than 200 US dollars. It has crossed the ocean to China, and sold it for [-] oceans. This is the super high rate of return given by technology.

"Deputy team leader Yu, how long will it take us to build this tractor?" Chen Kang didn't care about the price issue, but asked the most critical time.

How long will it take to make it!
What to sell to the Central Army and what to sell to the Jinsui Army is a question in the future, and the most urgent task is time.

The consumption of cement raw materials on Yushen Highway and Yanma Highway requires about [-] tons of transportation capacity per day to meet the transportation between cement plants and highways, and the base areas are not limited to these factories.

The steel plant that is about to start construction needs two to three hundred tons of various industrial raw materials every day, and the total amount of transportation is ridiculously high.

"According to the original situation, it would take about two months to build a prototype car, and four months to achieve assembly line production. However, due to this batch of German-style machining equipment, counting from the time the equipment arrived in Yancheng, about half Prototype cars can be built in a month, mass-produced in about a month, and a monthly output of about 200 vehicles can be achieved with manual assembly lines." Yu Hua pondered for a while and gave relevant data: "With this output, it is enough to meet the industrial plan transportation of the base area. demand, but it's a pressure on the finances."

The monthly production of 200 classic tractor tanks is far from the world record of Ford's production line in 24 seconds, but it is extremely rare for a base that has never been in contact with power machinery production. It belongs to zero to one. historical breakthrough.

You know, even the next-door Nanjing cannot achieve mass production of tractors.

"Lu Yuan!" When Chen Kang heard the words, he breathed a sigh of relief. He could hold on for half a month, and his eyes turned to Lu Yuan beside him.

"Here!" Lu Yuan got up immediately.

"The manufacturing and production of this tractor is entrusted to your general affairs department. We will strive to build the first tractor in the shortest time, and achieve tractor production with high quality and quantity. Do you understand?" Chen Kang said loudly.

Lu Yuan straightened his back with a serious face: "Understood, the General Affairs Section promises to complete the task!"

"Deputy Team Leader Yu, regarding the technical issues of tractor production, you may still need your support." Chen Kang turned his head to look at Yu Hua after the tractor production order was issued, and his words softened.

"I understand that I am responsible for all technical problems of the tractor." Yu Hua nodded in response: "By the way, Director, I haven't named this tractor yet. How about a name?"

"Name it... How about calling it Red Star Tractor?"

Chen Kang heard the words and said thoughtfully.

Very familiar with the charm of the times.

Hearing the name, Yu Hua smiled, not surprised: "No problem, it's called Red Star Tractor."

"Director Chen, regarding the road construction in the base area, in addition to the cement road construction in the early and mid-term, railway transportation should be the goal in the later stage. According to the map, the terrain from Yulin to Shenmu is flat, which is very suitable for railway construction." The tractor production task is finalized , Zhuang Qianding said: "Of course, the railway construction is not in a hurry for the time being, it can be slowed down."

"Professor Zhuang, is there a technical problem in building the railway?"

When Chen Kang heard these words, he definitely nodded and asked softly.

Relying only on tractors to support the transportation problems within the base area is still too reluctant, and railways are the best choice.

The distance between the elm gods is [-] kilometers. As long as this [-]-kilometer-long railway is built, a large number of vehicles for transporting coal and iron ore can be liberated, thereby increasing the transportation capacity of other places.

However, the railway is a heavy asset and high investment. Although the Yushen Railway has a mileage of only [-] kilometers, the base area still cannot be built.

Zhuang Qianding smiled kindly: "I am very familiar with the three power sources of steam, diesel and electricity. With me, you don't have to worry about any technical problems."

"I've been worrying too much." Chen Kang smiled bitterly. To be fair, he was really not used to the current situation. No matter what he was doing in the past, technical problems were always the biggest obstacle.

However, now...

He also really wanted to say to everyone one day: With me here, you don't have to worry about any technical problems.

It feels really comfortable.

"Director Chen, there is another matter, the power issue."

Zhuang Qianding changed the subject and cut into the energy field with a serious face: "Industrial development is inseparable from electricity. With the existing electricity supply in the base area, it can barely maintain early production. Once the steel plant is completed and put into operation, the electricity supply will reach its limit. We need to build a power plant."

"I understand this, but there is no way to solve it for the time being. We don't have technicians in the power field, so we can't build large generators." Chen Kang nodded helplessly.

At present, all generators in the base area are 100% imported, some are diesel power from German man company, and some are diesel power from the United States. They are all small generators below 20KW, and the total power generation is only about [-] degrees per hour.

"This is the drawing of a 2×10MW small thermal power station I designed." Zhuang Qianding smiled and took out a design drawing.

"What does this 2×10MW mean?" Looking at the blueprint in front of him, Chen Kang was a little confused. He felt that the unit of measurement seemed to be very large, but he didn't know what the specific concept was.

Lin Wan reminded: "The chief is 2 kilowatts, 2 kWh of electricity per hour, and 24 kWh of electricity in 48 hours."

"2 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour?!" Chen Kang was completely stunned this time, and turned his attention to the design drawings of the thermal power station and looked straight.

The thermal power station given by Professor Zhuang has forty times the power generation of the base area!
"Don't be so surprised, the Hoover Hydropower Station in the United States has an installed capacity of 134 million KW and consists of 10 × 130MW turbine units, not to mention the thermal power stations of the Chicago Power Plant, all of which start with 100MW steam turbines. This thermal power station is actually just a small Guy." Zhuang Qianding said softly, understanding Chen Kang's shock, speaking calmly.

"..." Chen Kang fell into silence, feeling a little confused in his head.

He was completely unable to understand the concept of a 10×130MW turbine.

Has America become so powerful?
When they were still worrying about making generators, the United States had already built 130MW turbines, and a hydropower station installed ten such turbines!
The rest of the Military Industry Bureau looked at each other and remained silent.

The atmosphere was a little quiet.

"Professor Zhuang, how much will it cost to build this thermal power plant, and how long will it take?" After a few seconds, Chen Kang came back to his senses, took a deep breath, and his words were firm and resolute.

No matter what, don't lose faith.

Zhuang Qianding gave the data: "The cost of electricity per kilowatt hour is 15 oceans, about 30 silver dollars, which can be as fast as five months and as slow as one year."

"Professor Zhuang, the thermal power station project needs you to take the lead, and the Military Industry Bureau fully cooperates with you. If you need anything, feel free to mention it." Chen Kang took a deep breath and responded.

The price is not expensive and acceptable.

Time is not an issue either.

"I don't need anything for now. Technically, I'll take charge." Zhuang Qianding shook his head and said.

"..." Chen Kang's mouth twitched slightly.

"This is the end of today's meeting. The various departments of the Military Industry Bureau will then cooperate with the highest technology team to give priority to tackling industrial production issues, building Yulin Iron and Steel Plant, building Yushen Highway and Yanma Highway, producing Red Star tractors, and building power plants. Comrades, The Japanese invaders are getting closer and closer, and there is not much time left for us."

Chen Kang looked around the audience and said: "Our Military Industry Bureau must complete the construction of industrial production as soon as possible, lay the foundation for military production, and finally produce weapons and ammunition to support the troops."

Yulin Iron and Steel Plant, two highways, Red Star tractors, and power plants, all four are linked together and depend on each other.

And only after these four problems are solved, can the steel plant produce steel stably. In this way, the Military Industry Bureau has the qualifications and confidence to talk about the manufacture of weapons and ammunition.

Do the basics first, and then engage in the production of weapons. This is the way that was finally determined after Zhuang Qianding explained to the trio at the noon reception banquet.

The heads of various departments of the Military Industry Bureau nodded, and each clearly defined their own tasks. On the top of the high-tech team, Professor Zhuang, who was the team leader, gave detailed tasks. Professor Zhuang was mainly responsible for machinery manufacturing and power plant projects, involving compressor rotors, 10MW steam turbines, Manufacturing and processing of core components such as oxygen lances and 12-hp single-cylinder diesel engines, and training workers.

Yu Hua's tasks are quite heavy. He is in charge of iron and steel metallurgy and tractors, including site selection of iron and steel plants, blast furnace ironmaking, 2T-class oxygen top-blowing converters and Hongxing tractors.

As for Lin Wan and Zhao Zhangcheng, Professor Zhuang entrusted the rotary kiln cement and vertical earth kiln to the two, who were mainly responsible for cement production and assisting the General Affairs Section in building roads.

Due to the lack of technical personnel, the owners of the highest technology group had to hold multiple jobs and be responsible for multiple projects.

PS: It's too hot, I'm suffering from heat stroke, I'm sorry.

(End of this chapter)