Zhang Lao, who has a lot of opportunities, left, Huang Lao also left, and Grassland City seems to have returned to the past, but there is another tense atmosphere.

At this time, in the international arena, the atmosphere has also become very tense, 1982, this is not a peaceful year, in May of this year, on a small island on another continent, the situation became tense, and the two countries entered a state of war in order to fight for the ownership of this small island, and at the end of May, the war has officially begun.

"That's what a great power is." Looking at the report, even Qin Zhenhua sighed quite a lot: "Crossing thousands of miles to fight a war requires strong transportation support capabilities." They were able to carry out this kind of war mobilization in just one month, which is enough to see their strength. However, this strength is also compared with us, and if it is compared with the Americans, it is too far behind. ”

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, but, after all, it has been emaciated, and the empire on which the sun never sets back then has actually fallen to this point, looking at their long-distance fleet, compared with the United States, the gap is still quite large.

"Now, the only thing that can be compared with the United States is the Soviet Union, and no other country can do it." Just then, Mia came over and interjected.

The United States, that's the superpower, what about the United Kingdom? After World War II, Britain has degenerated into a regional power, and there is an essential difference.

"Moreover, in many fields, Britain is even inferior to our German, let's see, the British mobilized materials this time, and the trucks used are almost Wanguo, and they have very few local cars." Mia continued.

At this time, the picture of the TV set happened to be broadcast to the transfer of materials in the British mainland, and you can see that outside the port, cars are staying there, and at this time, the picture of the TV set is still relatively rough, and it is not very clear to see, but the outline of the car can still be seen.

Now, in Europe, France and Germany, are all big car manufacturers, especially Germany, with several well-known car companies, and their products sell well all over the world.

And look at the UK, what do the British have?

Britain's local cars, mainly Foden, which is the same as Ford, Mercedes-Benz, is also an old car company, initially from the manufacture of steam vehicles, to the 30s Foden company saw the prospect of diesel engines and began to produce diesel trucks, in the Second World War, Foden cars developed rapidly, mainly for the military. After the war, it even began to get involved in the manufacture of passenger cars.

"When it comes to Foden cars, my favorite is Mickey Mouse." Qin Zhenhua said beside him.

Recently, due to the planning of the automobile branch project, Qin Zhenhua paid more attention to the truck industry in various countries in the world, and naturally learned about the British truck, this famous truck, only Mickey Mouse, is the most glorious era.

In the 50s, Foden launched a more well-known truck model is the S21, this car has a sloping cab design, made of fiberglass, it looks cute, just like a Mickey Mouse, so it got this nickname.

It was a successful shoot, and the Foden S21 driving styling was discontinued until 1969 because it was so popular.

But after that, the first oil crisis of the globe took place, and the British economy stagnated. The operation of Foden Trucks was also affected, and the government stepped in to help in time and gave Foden Trucks a large amount of defense orders, but even so, Foden Trucks still did not come out of the shadows, and by 1980, this car manufacturer with a history of 100 years in the United Kingdom had fallen to the fate of being acquired by the American company Paccar.

Now, speaking of Foden Truck, Mia also has a lot of sighs: "Yes, Mickey Mouse is a brilliant generation, but unfortunately, the disappearance of Foden Truck also has its own reasons, a company without R&D capabilities has no future." It is inevitable to be eliminated by only eating the old book and sleeping on the past achievements. ”

Mia could see better.

In the beginning, Foden Trucks produced its own engines, from the original steam engine, to the later diesel engine. But after World War II, Foden trucks began to purchase engines, began to use the British Gardner engine, and then mainly used the United States Cummins power, gearbox and rear axle and other major components are also outsourced, a company that relies on outsourcing, will never be able to develop.

"Yes, so, we have to be based on our own research." Qin Zhenhua said: "We must not follow the path of Foden Automobile, a company without R&D capabilities will not have a future." ”

Hearing Qin Zhenhua say this, Mia looked back at him curiously: "Qin, I believe in the vision, but I still don't understand, we have begun to build tanks, why do we want to open up an unfamiliar car market at this time?" Cars and tanks, that's very different. ”

Mia, as the head of the MTU company in the eastern powers, now seems to have even taken on the task of an intelligence officer, collecting intelligence from all aspects, and Qin Zhenhua is not shy from suspicion, in some fields, it is more beneficial to let the other party spread the news, which is conducive to his own development.

Just like now, Mercedes-Benz must be unable to bear the loneliness, and it has the idea of building a car, so that Mercedes-Benz can take the initiative to find it.

"We are not familiar with it, but we know that this market has great potential, Mia, my motherland, is currently in a thriving development, there will definitely be a earth-shaking change in our country, our mule and horse transportation will eventually become obsolete, and our domestic car market is huge." Qin Zhenhua said: "This is a big cake, if we don't do it now, we won't have time to eat it in the future." ”

Qin Zhenhua said very seriously, and Mia nodded.

"So what?"

"Therefore, we have to build a special automobile branch, and we also know that if we want to be able to build qualified heavy trucks, 10,000 tons of forging press is a must."

In the last border war, the Dongfeng EQ240 of the Second Automobile showed a high enough performance, because its body girder was forged with a 10,000-ton forging press.

If a machine factory wants to build automobiles and build the most advanced automobiles, it also needs to use this kind of equipment.

Hearing Qin Zhenhua's words, Mia's eyes lit up: "Okay, if you want to buy, I can help contact, our company is also diversified." ”

If you can make money, of course, you can intervene, Mia at this time, so she thinks.

"We don't have any money." Qin Zhenhua said.

"Cut, no money, say what." Mia glanced disapprovingly.

At the beginning, in order to buy a 10,000-ton forging press, the country used half a ton of gold reserves! It's not worth that much money to sell a machine factory! Therefore, it is impossible for a machine factory to spend a huge amount of money to buy such equipment from Germany.

"Self-reliance, hard work." Qin Zhenhua said: "We plan to build our own 10,000-ton forging press. ”