Rise of Australia

Chapter 193 Tractor

Arthur nodded in satisfaction.

Benz's design is very reasonable. On the premise of considering the different transportation environments of the city and the suburbs, he designed two kinds of trucks with gasoline engine and diesel engine, and advanced them to the final experimental stage.

In this way, having two types of trucks can also be better sold worldwide.

Not only can it meet the various transportation environments in Australia, but it can also be sold for a large amount of profit, which is perfect.

As for whether the sale of trucks will increase the strategic transportation capacity of European and American countries in disguise, Arthur is not worried about this.

Of course, this does not mean that these trucks will not increase the transportation capacity of European and American countries.On the contrary, after the great powers acquire these trucks, they will definitely greatly increase the country's transportation capacity, which cannot be denied.

But this is actually inevitable.Just like a car, if Benz One is not born, there will be Ford's Model T instead.

Even if these two types of trucks are not born now, they will be developed by automobile companies in other countries in the future, and then they will be accepted and purchased by other countries.

Instead of wasting the potentially huge market for trucks, it is better to directly take advantage of the advantages of the Benz Automobile Factory, occupy it first, and then turn it into huge profits.

Although there may be some impact on the transportation capabilities of European countries before the war, this is unavoidable.

As long as Australia gains a lot of profits from it, it will have enough ability to usher in greater development in all aspects of Australia.

Benz also knew that Arthur didn't like talking on paper, so the testing of these two trucks began soon.

This experiment is actually very simple, mainly to check whether the paper data is correct.The data of these two types of trucks are based on previous small-scale tests and predictions during design, and it is inevitable that there will be some slight deviations from the real situation.

The purpose of this experiment is to determine the specific data of these two trucks. If they are qualified, then further production can be prepared. If they are not qualified, specific improvements must be made to the unqualified aspects.

Although blind guessing was not allowed before the test, Arthur still had great confidence in the abilities of Benz and Diesel.

As expected, the experimental results, although there are certain errors with the paper data, most of the errors are developing in a better direction, that is, the data is better.

According to the joint test of a total of ten vehicles of the two types of vehicles, the two types of vehicles can reach the theoretical maximum cargo capacity of [-] tons and [-] tons respectively.

In fact, such a figure is not the limit cargo capacity.However, if the cargo carried is too heavy, it is likely to cause damage to the structure and engine of the truck.

Under the premise of not causing damage to the truck, these two figures are also the maximum cargo capacity of the two trucks.

In terms of speed, Benz's estimate is actually too conservative.

Under the premise of loading the maximum cargo capacity, the minivan and large truck can reach 44 kilometers per hour and 39 kilometers per hour respectively.

Considering the weight of the cargo they carry, that's pretty good speed.

It should be known that the most used small cargo vehicles are still horse-drawn carts and ox carts.

But such cargo vehicles travel very slowly and rely heavily on terrain and climate constraints.

But vans are different.As long as it is not extreme weather, it can drive normally even in rainy days.

Although there are also requirements for roads, trains still need to run on rails. Trucks with such excellent performance are already attractive enough.

Of course, it is precisely because of the breakthrough in speed that the maximum driving distance of these two cars has been reduced.

But this is the best problem to solve. The simplest solution is to carry a barrel of gasoline or diesel with the car, and add it at any time when the oil is insufficient.

And with the popularity of cars all over the world, a considerable number of cities have built gas stations. Although it is not as convenient as it will be in the future, in most parts of Europe and America, it is still no problem to find a gas station within [-] kilometers.

Of course, it is not ruled out that these areas will have the same deserted areas as the Australian central region, but who would not carry enough fuel with them before heading to these areas?

After watching the whole test process, Arthur is very satisfied with the two trucks currently available.

At least for the current Australia, these two trucks have been able to solve a considerable part of the transportation problems.

After all, Australia already has well-developed roads. Cars are even more powerful when driving on these flat roads, and basically there will be no major problems.

"Mr. Benz, when will these two trucks enter production? I look forward to seeing these two trucks driving on Australian roads. They will be a great means of transportation comparable to trains." Arthur asked with a smile road.

The success of the truck experiment is good news for Arthur.Because of Australia's large land area, transportation has become a big problem.

Before the industrial railway is completely completed and opened to traffic, it will take more than half a month for the traffic between the east coast and west coast of Australia.

Even if there are roads connecting major cities, too few cars are a very troublesome problem.

Judging from the current per capita income in Australia, the vast majority of Australians cannot afford a car, and this situation will not change in a short time.

While Australia's per capita income has experienced successive increases, it takes more than a decade to save enough to buy a car.

The problem is, even if you have enough money to buy a car after more than ten years, who would be so willing to spend half of your life savings to buy a vehicle?

Although this problem will not be solved after the trucks are put into production, Arthur has thought of a solution, which is to start a transportation company.

Although it cannot solve civilian problems, at least national-level transportation can solve part of it, including the military field.

After the army is equipped with trucks, it can also allow small-scale troops to be quickly transported within Australia.

Imagine that the Australian army can reach any part of the country within two days, so do you still have to worry about domestic stability?

"Your Highness, if it is conservatively estimated, it is possible for these two types of trucks to enter small-scale production in three months. Of course, if everything is lucky, I believe that entering small-scale production in two months will not be a problem." Benz After thinking for a while, he replied.

After passing the test, there is still a relatively complicated link to go through, which is to build a complete truck production line.

However, the previous truck research and development link has already made preparations for large-scale production in the future, so this link is expected to only take two to three months to complete.

Of course, the small-scale production that Arthur mentioned is also a very important factor.If it is mass-produced like Benz one and sold all over the world, I am afraid that the preparation time will have to be extended for several months.

Arthur nodded, not surprised at this time, and ordered: "Then start the production of these two types of trucks immediately. Throughout Australia, at least hundreds or thousands of vehicles are needed to meet our transportation needs. When the domestic demand is fully satisfied, it will be sold abroad."

Not only the transportation of the army requires a large number of trucks, but all kinds of weapons and even large artillery and strategic materials can be transported by these trucks.

Coupled with the different needs of these trucks from various departments in Australia, it is conservatively estimated that Australia needs at least hundreds of trucks at the national level to initially meet the transportation needs of all aspects of the country.

"Besides, there is a special car that needs your research." At the end of the conversation, Arthur took out a blueprint and said to Benz and Diesel with a smile.

"A special car?" The two took the blueprints full of doubts, and looked at them attentively.

This is really a special car!Both Benz and Diesel came up with this idea when they saw this design drawing.

Unlike the car in the concept, this is a crawler-type model machine. The whole car even looks a bit like a locomotive, but it uses a fuel engine instead of a steam engine.

The only feature of such a machine that can be called like a car is that it has the same driving position as a car, and its size is also similar to a car.

But is this really a car?What role does he have?

Benz looked at Arthur suspiciously, hoping to hear more explanations.

"I believe you should have heard of this thing. His real name is a tractor, which can be equipped with agricultural tools to help us carry out better agricultural production." Arthur also knew that such a design drawing could not describe too much, so explained.

"Tractor?" Benz and Diesel nodded instinctively.

When it comes to tractors, they still know a little bit.Although this kind of machinery has not really entered production, its research and development cycle has been going on for many years.

Both of them had heard of the concept of tractors, and had seen pictures of tractors in newspapers out of curiosity, but—is this really what tractors look like?
Seeing that the two were still a little confused, Arthur did not explain, but ordered solemnly: "This is a design drawing brought to me by a European expert. It is said that this is the most advanced concept drawing of a tractor. Although it is not It is as important as a car, but it is also an important machinery related to Australia's agricultural production. I hope that you can conduct research and put it into production as soon as possible, which will be of great help to Australia's agricultural production."

In fact, Arthur's real purpose is not to care about agricultural production.Although Australia's available planting area is not large, it cannot hold back Australia's vast land area.

On the whole, Australia's available planting land even ranks among the top ten in the world.Coupled with the sparse population and extremely developed animal husbandry.

It can be said that before Australia has a population of 2000 million, there will be basically no shortage of food and meat products.

But this kind of tractor is related to Arthur's major purpose, so it's better not to let more people know about it.

Under such circumstances, using agriculture to cover up is the best way Arthur can think of.

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