Chapter 43: Bentz, Maybach, and Daimler

Coercion and lure the Junker landlords overpowered, and Jochen's focus returned to industry, the most important of which was power. Although it is difficult to accept, whether it is World War I or World War II, the Germans have never become the world's leader in the power system, the Germans in the field of aero engines have always been pressed by the British Rolls-Royce (that is, Rolls-Royce, referred to as Rolls-Royce), and the Americans who are behind in the field of ship power systems Babcock-Wilcox (B&W, referred to as Bavi) can come up with all kinds of monster-like super power packs that are scared to death. Even the ground vehicle power field that the Germans are proud of does not have a far-reaching model like the V2 diesel engine that the Soviet Union Morozov came up with, and the Germans who learned the hard way after World War II have a perfect design like the MTU power pack, but the German military power is already a scum at this time, and the Federal German Army in the 21st century is worse than the noodle country?!

The four-stroke gasoline engine and the diesel engine were both inventions of the Germans, but neither of them led the world because of this, which is simply unbearable. Ship power and aviation power Jochen has nine out of ten skills, and he doesn't know anything. Although I know a few nouns and a little concept, I am also a Cheng dù who knows what it is and doesn't know why. However, Jochen still has a little understanding of the power system of ground vehicles, so it is naturally a priority to pay attention to.

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, two close friends, introduced the Daelham horizontal engine in 1883 and a more powerful vertical engine in 1884, patented in Germany on April 3, 1885, and installed the engine on a wooden two-wheeler in 1885 and let his son Paul drive it. The car, which was named "Riding Two-Wheeler", was patented in Germany, which was actually supposed to be the world's first motorcycle. In 1886, Daimler installed the engine in a carriage he had purchased for his wife's 43rd birthday, creating the first Daimler car and successfully testing it with Maybach. The brand Mercedes co-founded by the two will become the leader of German aero engines in the future, and Maybach lost its identity as chief designer due to internal interests in the company, and after leaving the DMG company founded by himself and his friends, the Maybach company founded by him will be the source of German tank power in the future.

Unlike Dahlam and Maybach, the other "father of the car" has a successful future, but the times are a bit difficult. In 1872, Carl Fritledge Benz and Augst Ritter founded the Mercedes-Benz Iron Casting Company and Machine Factory (Note 1), which specialized in the production of building materials. Due to the slump in the construction industry at that time, the factory was in danger of closing down, and he decided to build engines to make high profits to get out of the predicament. After a year of design and trial production, the first single-cylinder gas engine was built on December 31, 1879. But the engine did not change Mercedes's economic woes, and the threat of bankruptcy remained. Unwilling to admit defeat, Benz did not give up, and after several years of hard work, repeatedly changed the design scheme, improved the Otto four-stroke engine, and finally succeeded in developing a single-cylinder gasoline engine on January 29, 1886, and invented the first tricycle without horse-drawn horses. Mercedes-Benz Motors obtained the patent to manufacture the car, and it was on this day that it was confirmed as the birthday of the car. But due to technical problems, Bentz's car always broke down, and was ridiculed by others as a "smelly monster", and Bentz, who was afraid of foreign appearance, did not even dare to drive it in public. It wasn't until the Munich Exposition in September 1888 that Bentz's car was a success.

Therefore, he did not know that he only had to wait for another 7 months for Benz to face the invitation of the German emperor, so Jochen took Benz to the suburbs of Stuttgart to visit Durham and Maybach, and at this time Hellam had not yet established his own car company DMG, so it was also very welcome for His Royal Highness the crown prince to bring another automobile inventor to seek cooperation. Interestingly, the two car inventors lived in small towns less than 80 kilometers apart, and the future car giants Benchi and Daimler AG merged in 1926 to form the famous Mercedes-Benchi, but the two never met.

The three famous engine inventors hit it off at first sight, exchanging their research experiences with each other, and they had the feeling of hating each other and cutting off the head of the chicken and burning the yellow paper to worship the handle. Jochen can only be an audience member before such an expert discussion, but the occasional interjection can also make the eyes of these great gods shine.

Because the basic working principle of the gasoline engine comes from the Otto engine, the Alto cycle is a junior high school course that Johan has learned in his previous life, and there is only one outward work for a single piston up and down 4 actions, so the 4 cylinders proposed by Jochen are staggered with a working cycle, and the flywheel is connected to ensure that the power output clearance of the piston relies on the energy stored in rotation to maintain stable operation by inertia, which is actually an in-line engine. Although the V-shaped engine with staggered cylinders at a certain angle in the future is easier to arrange because of its smaller size, this design can also be made at this time, but when the number of cylinders is small and the horsepower requirements are not high, it is obviously of little significance to adopt this structure with a relatively complex structure and a higher cost. The idea of an in-line multi-cylinder combination was clearly instructive to the three gods, and the first four-cylinder engine of the future was actually exactly what Maybach had designed. The liquid cooling system with water pump and cooling fan, and the coil spring suspension system with four wheels operating independently all made the three gods very interested.

All three of them were very hands-on characters, and they immediately started sketching according to Jochen's ideas, and soon these design ideas became simple and straightforward sketches. All three expressed a strong desire to bring the designs to life. Jochen then proposed to put the engine in front, cover the body with a more beautiful appearance, and then use rubber pneumatic tires to improve driving comfort. And it was hoped that such a model could be introduced to the market at the Munich Exposition, and if time was not available, it could also be postponed to the Paris Exposition of 1889. What Jochen wanted to create was something like the Ford Model T that would quickly take over the market, and the market would drive technological advancement. Jochenke is counting on the fact that in the future, the German Army will have at least some of its elite capable of motorization, and it is no fun to be fully motorized, even if it can be fully motorized by World War II, only the United States, which has terrifying industrial capabilities. And once the automobile begins to replace the horse-drawn carriage as the mainstream of transportation, what will follow with it? It is oil, and with the sharp increase in oil consumption, they can take this as an opportunity to quickly accumulate a lot of wealth with the oil companies developed in Cameroon as a platform, and can also increase Germany's oil reserves, reversing the unfavorable situation that Germany is still very dependent on coal in the future.

And the three of them jointly established a new company, and they also contributed a part of the shares. The three of them are very interested in Jochen's suggestion, Benz wants to break the current predicament he is facing with a new car, and Daim has been looking for a joint venture to set up a company, and Maybach is naturally with his friends. And in order to avoid the future situation of the conflict of interests within the DMG company, Maybach angrily left, Jochen said that Maybach can also rely on technology to take shares, and finally the three agreed to merge their own factories, Jochen as the leader and said that he would not interfere in the company's operation, and invested 25% of the shares of the new company, while the remaining 75% of the shares were 25% owned by Bentz, 30% by Dalemm, and 20% by Maybach. The name of the new company was again in Jochen's own mistaste, taking one letter from each of the names of three men: Karl Friedrich Benz's B, Wilhelm Maybach's M, and Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler's W, and called BMW, yes, short for the famous BMW Company (Note 2). Of course, Jochen, who had always felt that the logo of the Mercedes-Benz Company was very handsome, naturally chose the three-pointed star logo in the ring of the Mercedes-Benz Company in 1989 as the company's trademark, and the meaning was copied from the meaning of the trademark applied for by the Diamond Automobile Company in 1909, that is, the machinery of land, water and sky.

Not only that, Jochen also mentioned yì, BMW as the name of the head office, but the following can also be based on different models to develop completely independent brands, high-end and low-end to make a distinction, this is Yoheng's bad taste is at fault, as a shareholder of the company in the future, he can naturally name the brand of aero engine Mercedes. In addition, not only cars for rides, but also transport vehicles with higher horsepower can also be put on the development agenda. Of course, the premise of a qiē is to first make a hit at the fair. The three automotive experts all said that under the condition that the design ideas and sketches are very perfect, it is basically not a problem to come up with a prototype car that can participate in the expo within 7 months. With such a guarantee, Jochen was naturally happy to be the shopkeeper, leaving 500,000 marks as his own capital and then tossing it by the gods themselves.

Jochen goes on to visit another great god, and in contrast to Bentz, Daim, and Maybach, the next one has a rough and ill-fated life, and in the end he never sees his designs recognized by the world. It was 30 years after his death when his designs finally came to life, and his designs are forever associated with his name.

Note 1: Actually, it should be Benz Company, but since everyone is used to it, it will not be changed, but the name must respect historical facts.

Note 2: BMW AG is actually the full name of Bavarian Enginefabrik GmbH, founded in 1916, the German text is BayerischeMotorenWerke AG, abbreviated as BMW, BMW this name was first transmitted in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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