Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Did Benz ever use it too? Qin Yang became curious. This kind of truck can be said to be a product of policy. The domestic transportation environment is frequently modified, and the trucks that users choose also have to be modified accordingly. In short, it's all to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Take the most common six-axle tractor in later generations as an example. The weight limit on the highway is 55 tons. The lower the weight of the vehicle itself, the more goods it can load. The old Steyr uses a rear double bridge, and the weight of a tractor head exceeds nine tons. Adding an eight-ton trailer, the total weight of the vehicle is 17 tons. Without overloading, it can only carry 38 tons of goods.

If the rear double-row drive wheels are replaced with front double-row steering wheels, the dead weight can be reduced by one ton immediately. One more ton of cargo means one more ton of freight revenue, which is very suitable for the owner.

Therefore, heavy-duty truck tractors with two rows of steering wheels in the front and one row of drive wheels in the rear quickly became popular and became the most common tractors on the road. Car factories continue to work on lightweighting, and the truck head can be reduced to seven tons, and the trailer can be reduced to seven tons, so the vehicle's dead weight is 14 tons, and it can load 41 tons of goods. Compared with the old cars, it can load three more tons of goods, which means it can earn three more tons of freight.

The same is true for single vehicles. Changing from a rear double bridge to a front double bridge can immediately reduce the dead weight by a large amount, and more goods can be transported. As for the carrying capacity? For domestic cars, the carrying capacity is not a problem at all.

Now, hearing the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck technicians say that they had also worked on this solution, Qin Yang was very curious. It stands to reason that Europe does not have this concept.

Europe has long passed the era of overloaded transportation. They pay attention to economic efficiency, and they also load high value-added goods. How could there be such a useless thing?

"Yes, that was in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, our laws were based on axle weight."

So Europe also went through this era! Qin Yang sighed. Some people say how advanced Europe is, but in fact, it is not much more advanced than us. They also came from that era.

As for us, after decades of development, we can catch up, and even surpass the West!

Everyone was talking and looking at the heavy truck that was about to be assembled. As long as the exterior rearview mirror was installed, the entire vehicle would be completed!

"This first batch of vehicles is produced for the military," the Mercedes-Benz technician said. "Your military is very satisfied with the performance of our Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks."

"Yes, we are also very satisfied with the performance of your heavy trucks, but the key is that the price is too high," Qin Yang said. "If the price can be reduced, there will be a broader market prospect."

Your heavy trucks have good performance, but the price is too high, who can afford it?

"Therefore, we have proposed three different models to reduce prices in order to better meet the needs of our country's construction."

The Mercedes-Benz technician didn't finish his sentence. What a joke, reduce the price of Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks to Steyr's level? How can that show the nobility of the Mercedes-Benz bloodline? Not having money is not your fault, but it is not appropriate to attribute the reason for not being able to afford it to the goods being too expensive.

Qin Yang!

At this time, Qin Yang's hands were itchy again. He jumped into the truck, closed the door, and then turned the key.

A crisp sound came from under his butt. The quality of this original imported Mercedes-Benz engine is good, and the sound is so nice! He pressed the horn a few times, and then slowly stepped on the clutch to shift gears.

Because Qin Yang had driven Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks before and was very skilled, no one dared to stop President Qin's interest. They listened to the roar of the engine and watched Qin Yang drive the truck slowly off the line.

Outside, firecrackers sounded.

This is the arrival of a new era. After hard work, the East can finally produce Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks. This is also the first cooperation project between Mercedes-Benz and the East!

For Tianjin City, this is also of great significance. This automobile factory is the first factory in Tianjin's Binhai New Area to produce the first product. Many leaders in Tianjin City also ran over to participate in this major ceremony.

The car drove outside and stopped in front of the exhibition stand. The leader of Tianjin City stood in front of the microphone with excitement in his voice.

"Comrades, today is a new era in the development of Tianjin's industry! The first Mercedes-Benz heavy truck has finally rolled off the production line in our Binhai New Area! Tianjin not only has cars and light trucks, but also heavy trucks!"

Tianjin's automobile industry was established very early. In 1965, an automobile manufacturing plant was established. At that time, there were only three automobile manufacturers in China: FAW, SAIC, and Tianjin Auto.

However, for a long time, they did not have a flagship product. The cars mainly imitated Toyota cars, and the annual output was less than ten units. It can be said that they were purely handmade. By the 1980s, the light trucks of their automobile factory became a hit.

Just this year, at the Xiangshan Conference held by the state, it was decided to build a miniature automobile production base in Tianjin City and introduce Japanese Daihatsu automobile technology. The result of this plan is the famous Tianjin Daihatsu Minibus, which was everywhere in the streets and alleys at its peak.

However, compared with Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks, that is a small witch seeing a big witch. They all felt how broad the prospects of this factory were.

"Here, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Factory 960, President Qin, Director Glishi, and the German technicians. It is your efforts that have made this factory produce cars from groundbreaking to now in such a short period of time, creating a miracle. This is the pride of our Eastern industry! It is also the pride of our Tianjin City!"

After a series of thanks, he spoke for a long time, and the applause below continued.

"Now, please President Qin speak!"

Qin Yang waved his hand: "If there is no problem, I will drive to the test site."

After a car leaves the factory, it needs to be driven around the test site a few times, so there is no such thing as a zero-kilometer vehicle. Three to five kilometers is a normal number. Qin Yang is not interested in these red tapes. He just wants to continue to test drive.

The leaders above were a little embarrassed.

Qin Yang smiled, pressed the horn, and stepped on the accelerator again, and the car drove towards the test site.

Glishi and others stood behind and watched, with complicated feelings. President Qin is a practical person who talks less nonsense and likes to do things. Glishi likes people with this kind of personality. He feels that he can stay in the East for a few more years.