Chapter 480: Steam Cars
readx;?“ Kneel down for me" The special investigator didn't care about the urine that was still dripping down his face, and shouted at the four people here, and the bushes next to him moved, and two people jumped out, also wearing auspicious clothes, holding shotguns and carbines in their hands to this side. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But where have the four people in the back seen these weapons, although they know at a glance that they are forged of fine iron, but how to attack this kind of weapon that is so round that there is a hole in front of it is not to directly use it to stab people These four soldiers, you look at me, I look at yours, suddenly they all pulled out their waist knives and rushed over, and a war horse was frightened, pouting its hooves and jumping up.
Since the muzzle of the nine-millimeter carbine was too small for their cognition, the most powerful thing was that it was filled with blow arrows, which would never hurt them in thin armor when used to stab people. The twelve-millimeter shotgun next to them made them a little frightened, this caliber was comparable to the caliber of the occasional Wu Dynasty bird gun, and they guessed that it might be a fire gun. But the fire gun is just a sound of this thing, if it is not hit, such a close distance is absolutely impossible to fire a second time, so they decided to rush over to try, the big deal is to take a hit, cut off the heads of these Ruan Shun's subordinates, at least a great credit.
The speed of the four people rushing up was fast and slow, the fast one was close to a distance of three or four meters in an instant, and the slow one was still six or seven meters away, and the people in front were viciously shouting, "Ruan Yi is not fast and will die", and the people behind shouted "Leave me one", all of them looked determined to win. It seemed to them that the three men, dressed in such inexplicable rags, looked like scarecrows at first glance, carrying large bulging burdens on their backs, and with such strange weapons in their hands, they must have been deserters. On weekdays, when these scouts and the northern rebels fight, this kind of deserter can be said to be like a cow's hair, and when they rush up, the other party will scatter as birds and beasts, where will they dare to fight with themselves
However, the three people on the other side did not show any retreat, although the first strong man was still dripping urine on his head, but his eyes were full of resolute looks. I saw him raise the carbine in his hand and fire it into the sky, and shouted again, "Kneel down for me"
The sudden gunfire shook the four soldiers, and the waist knife in the hand of the one who rushed slowly fell to the ground, and he hurriedly picked it up, looking at the three companions next to him who were also stunned on the spot at the same time. "Kneel down or you'll die," the two scarecrows next to him roared in the same way, the muzzle of the gun in their hands pointing this way, and at the same time, they took a step back and made an aiming posture.
Although the Wu Dynasty firecracker has a large amount of equipment, the quality is low, and the phenomenon of exploding is very obvious. Good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, although these four people don't necessarily know everything about the firecracker, but they all know that the firecracker is powerful, thinking that the few in front of them are about the same, not to mention that the thin tube in the hand of the leader has already let go of a sound, and I don't know how long it will take to reload.
The soldier at the front was stunned for a moment, raised his sword and continued to rush forward again, shouting in his mouth, "Ruan Shun suffers death"
"Bang" another gunshot, the small thin fire gun in the hand of the leader rang out again, and the bullet hit the soldier's right shoulder, and he could not hold the waist knife in his hand, and fell to the ground with a thud. The three people next to them were stunned on the spot, not knowing what was going on, why the thin tube in Ruan Shun's hand could be released twice in a row. However, the special investigation team here knew that the natives did not know that the carbine could be fired continuously, so one of them immediately raised his gun and fired three shots into the sky.
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With the three consecutive gunshots, the soldiers of the South Bank Army here knew that it was hard stubble, and they turned around and wanted to run. The accuracy of the firecracker at a distance of about ten meters can be described as extremely bad, and no one in the Wu Dynasty has ever dared to aim at the firecracker, otherwise it is commonplace to burn the shooter with gas leaking from the rear.
But unexpectedly, someone here raised his gun and fired two shots at their feet, causing dust to fly at their feet, and they all stopped in unison.
With a roar of "Kneel down and surrender to avoid death", the muzzle of the carbine poked directly in front of him, and the wounded soldier in front of him stood unsteadily at this time, and fell to the ground with a plop, and the people next to him were also unstable, all kneeling nervously on the ground, and the weapons in their hands were thrown away from the distance, for fear of being killed.
The lieutenant, who had been knocked unconscious before, was awakened by the continuous gunfire, and while no one was paying attention, he quietly got up, and when he saw this situation, he quickly pulled out his waist knife, and tiptoed up from behind, trying to come up from behind and kill at least one enemy who looked like a scarecrow. Unexpectedly, the person who had just fired the gun was holding the gun in his arms, turned his head and looked back, just in time to see this captain, a dexterous turn, kicked the waist knife in his hand away, and stepped forward to step on his ankle, causing him to fall sideways on the grass, and before he could make the next move, the carbine was already on his forehead.
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"Look, that's why I'm always strict with everyone to have this movement of holding a gun and looking around behind them." He Yayun couldn't help but say a little proudly, and the special investigators who were watching next to him all looked adoring. "Regardless of whether the area behind you has been cleared just now, there must be a movement of holding the gun and looking behind after the shooting, so as not to threaten the enemy from behind."
He Yayun saw the whole battle in its entirety just now, although the three special investigators relied on the sharpness of the weapons in their hands, but their fists and feet did not fall behind at all, and they were able to identify the enemy and counterattack when they were attacked in the end, and he was very satisfied with this.
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"There's still six kilometres to go, and we'll be there soon," said a long convoy of cars running on the road near the Boundary River, led by an officer looking back and forth, almost all Rolls-Royce, sweating profusely on their pedals, driving the vehicles down the road.
These Rolls-Royces are extended cargo vehicles, which increase the length of the rear of the carcass and extend the distance of about three metres to accommodate the cargo. However, the Rolls-Royce was originally a rickshaw, and when it took four people, it was not too weak for everyone to work together, and the speed was passable. However, at present, the number of people responsible for the output of this cargo type Rolls-Royce has not increased, and the weight gain of the cargo makes the body itself seriously overweight, whether it is too much mechanical wear and tear when pressing the pedals or the damage to the wheels when braking, it is far more than the original design of Rolls-Royce. As a result, the number of damaged freight vehicles along the way has increased, and even the supply of supplies to Shabak has caused as many as 12 Rolls-Royces to be damaged along the way.
At present, the brakes used by Rolls-Royce are the most primitive way, and a few iron rods are directly inserted into the gap between the spokes of the wheels. If you only sit for four people and the weight of the car itself does not exceed 500 kilograms at best, this method can still be used, but now when the weight of the whole vehicle is close to 800 kilograms, the iron rod of the brake will directly break the wheel spokes. There is often a situation where the brakes are pressed and the car is directly shorter, so the transportation department has reached an imminent demand for transportation vehicles suitable for the local environment.
The person in charge of the logistics department of the Chinese army was originally Qian Longzhou, but as Li Yuan and the Foreign Legion were seriously damaged under the port of Zhancheng, Qian Longzhou had to drive the ducks to the shelves and returned to the Foreign Legion as the commander, and now the title of the head of the logistics department falls on Li Yuan's head.
Li Yuan was in a state of mind at this time, and was sitting in a Rolls-Royce, weakly following the up and down movement of the pedal and stepping on the pedal. Now the cargo type Rolls-Royce with a load of nearly 800 kilograms has such a serious problem that he is also at a loss, and no one would have thought that this kind of double and four-person sightseeing car that was casually designed for temporary use at that time would now become the main transport vehicle of the Oriental Port, and no one could have imagined that someone would be frantically converted into a cargo type. Today's cargo Rolls-Royce gearbox is a ticking time bomb, and the wooden gears and transmission mechanisms are simply not strong enough. The vehicle design department also wanted to change the parts in the gearbox to steel, but steel is much heavier than wood of the same volume, which not only affects the weight of the car body itself, but also seriously damages the service life of the wheel frame.
Zhang Yuan has always wanted to solve this problem, but after three days of joint research with Liu Yeqiang's design institute, he found that this problem could not be solved, if he wanted to reduce the damage to the wheels and frame, he had to manufacture all-iron frame body wheels and install rubber tires, the former was too luxurious for the senate; As for the latter, Sun Wenbin shook his head when he heard it, and the rubber tapping time will be at least a few years, relatively speaking, Shi Li of the chemical department is still a little more optimistic about synthetic rubber, at least he said that synthetic rubber may be possible in two to three years. Since neither of these can be done, then there is no point in getting Rolls-Royce at all, compared to the car is more likely to achieve, at least the engine has been successfully manufactured, as long as there is enough fuel and lubricating oil, it can ensure the normal operation of the vehicle, compared to Rolls-Royce wooden wheels, cars can directly use wood-clad iron wheels to ensure that the wheels are not damaged by bad road surface.
However, Liu Yeqiang put forward an opinion that made everyone's jaws almost drop, in view of the cumbersome production of diesel engines and the poor quality of spark plugs in gasoline engines, it is better to directly produce steam cars.
The steam engine of a steam car is different from the gasoline engine and diesel engine of the car, the steam engine is less restricted by fuel, as long as it can find something to burn and there is enough soft water, it can be used normally. Compared with gasoline and diesel engines, the technical department now has more experience in developing steam engines, and since there is enough lubricating oil, steam engines have sprung up everywhere in the industrial area of Port Vostochny, and many factories that need power have stopped using electricity or directly used steam engines to drive generators to generate electricity.
Three days ago, the Heavy Industry Laboratory succeeded in building a steam car based on the drawings of the design institute, which was an elongated Rolls-Royce as a whole. Compared to the cars of the old plane, this car has a strange appearance, with the steam engine responsible for driving the body located in the front of the body and the burning boiler in the middle of the body. As long as you drive, the white water vapor is filled, and the chimney is full of black smoke, and the naturalized people who are in charge of driving are transferred from the train drivers of the railway department, and often come back from running around outside, their faces are blackened, and only the teeth and the whites of their eyes are white. This steam car is different from a train, the train only needs to control the speed, but the car has no tracks, and you have to turn the steering wheel by yourself wherever you go, so this kind of steam car needs at least two people, one is dedicated to controlling the fire head and steam output, and the other is in charge of the steering wheel and speed.
There are many types of fuel burned by steam cars, and now they mainly burn coal, but in an emergency, firewood, fuel or something can be directly thrown into it to burn, as long as you pay attention to the water in the boiler and the lubricating oil in the steam engine, you can drive for a long time. The only thing that was unpleasant was the driver sitting next to a steaming boiler, which made a very unpleasant impression in the current hot season. Zhang Yuan was speechless for this design, and now this steam car is driven by driving the front wheels, and the steering wheel turns the rear wheels, which is exactly the opposite of the car driving and steering method in the old time and space. For this reason, the patriarchs were very optimistic about this steam car, and even Liu Shenhong, who designed this car, felt that his brain was pumped, so he moved it like this. At first, he always felt that if the boiler was in front, the black smoke and water vapor generated when the boiler was burned would keep rising, affecting the driver's vision. But after the actual car was built, he was embarrassed to find that although the boiler was moved back, the front end of the car still needed to exhaust a large amount of white water vapor because of the work of the steam engine when it was moving, and the black smoke in the chimney would still run into the cab along the air flow, still dyeing the driver black. And the black smoke will drift into the car behind the car body with the wind, and the goods in the car will fall on a layer of black soot. Since the commissioning, Liu Shenhong has been revising the drawings in the design institute every day, moving the boiler in front of the steam engine and moving it back.
Despite all these problems, the appearance of this steam car, which weighed a total of 0.75 tons, and at one point reached a little more than a ton when filled with fuel and water. Through testing, the car can travel about 80 kilometers with a single refill of fuel and water. The steel rim of the wheels is covered with wooden wheels, and the spring steel is used between the body and the wheels for cushioning, although the spring steel material is not up to par, but after testing, it can still drive normally at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour on the dirt road of the Oriental Port after loading 600 kilograms of goods.
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Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but look up at the steam car that was emitting black smoke at the end of the team, because the car needed to burn a fire and would emit black smoke, this car was arranged at the back of the entire convoy, and it did not dare to load flammable and explosive ammunition, but only loaded tinplate cans newly produced from the food factory.
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