Cars are a new thing that has only appeared in recent years, and at the beginning, the British mostly used Mercedes-Benz produced by Germans, or Ford that crossed the ocean from the United States, not Ford, and Ford that was less than $400 in the United States, even if it crossed the sea, it was not a lot, and the price of one or two hundred pounds, as long as it was a little bit of the middle class, could afford it. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info But such a car should be of the same grade as a carriage, especially on a wide road, it can hardly pull the distance, except that he does not have to feed a horse, he is useless.

The emergence of China has changed the pattern of automobiles, all-steel structure, greater horsepower, steering wheels and lights, electronic control systems, and rubber tires, since the emergence of Chinese cars, all the famous, unknown brands, all have been swept away by Chinese cars, China has begun to become the world's automotive standard manufacturers, all innovations, all are from China's cars, and then transmitted to the world, just newborn, has not yet been completely stable automobile industry, Under the emergence of China's supergiant, it was swept away.

China's low-end, mid-range, high-end cars, began to occupy the world market, although the Ford Model T car is cheap enough, but China's cars can be cheaper, all aspects are better than Ford, although a little smaller, but the functions that should be have, whether it is a metal body, or tires and lights, these new things are applied to this car, stability and many other aspects, much better than Ford, much faster.

Mid-range cars and high-end cars are even more incomparable, when Lincoln was still considering a $2,000 high-end car, China has begun to make $30,000 high-end cars, no matter from the comfort, speed, and even luxury, so that other cars can not be back, and even the highest-end has bulletproof functions, which is unimaginable for the world's top rich.

Although the outbreak of the First World War was not initiated by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, but in the 19th century, and even in the 18th century, assassination was still the mainstream, pistols as a hidden weapon, as well as the popularity of rifles, it was difficult for guards to escort to a distance of hundreds of meters, and a sharpshooter, or a killer who blended into the crowd, could easily assassinate the target.

But the emergence of bulletproof cars has changed all this, even rubber tires are bulletproof, 5 cm thick bulletproof glass, 3 cm thick special armor, not to mention pistols, even rifles with special bullets can be successfully resisted, which has become the biggest guarantee for the rich, even if the annual production is 150 vehicles, but the order has been lined up for 5 years.

After the popularization of small cars, China has launched a number of trucks and trucks, but unlike China, other countries in the world, in the popularity of highways is not good, that is, Germany, after getting the support of China, began to connect various highways between large, medium and small cities, other countries, that is, traditional roads, these roads can exercise small cars and carriages, but for trucks, no way, he is too heavy, a little careless, will let the highway be crushed.

Trucks with a load capacity of more than 5 tons and a total load of 10 tons, Even the load capacity of 7.5 tons, the total weight of more than 15 tons of cars, this is not not after surface hardening, there is enough load-bearing capacity of the highway can bear, potholes on the road, not only the speed can not run, can not play out the advantages of the car in the speed, even some windy and rainy days, collapse and accidents are frequent, even if the wind and sunshine weather, in some damaged, or bumpy roads, empty cars may collapse, not to mention heavy vehicles.

As a result, such a product did not attract the world's attention like small cars and high-end cars, and in one circle, only 2,000 units were sold in countries around the world, including the Allied countries.

2000, sounds like a lot, but the countries that can buy cars, Britain, France, the United States, their number is not much, the Allies combined, only about 500, that is, Germany and Austria-Hungary a little more, most of them, were purchased after the war, because the Chinese helped them build roads, with high-grade roads, the excellent role of trucks played, and under success, it also attracted the attention of the high-level.

In order to speed up logistics, Britain and France had to learn from Germany's experience, and used precious cement and steel bars in the construction of highways, the standard of highways began to improve, and the role of trucks began to emerge, which could carry about 5 tons of materials, at a speed of about 60 kilometers per hour, and the trucks that drove on the standard highway became the best carrier of logistics transportation. Especially in short-distance transportation, it is simply amazing, even if it is a load-bearing carriage, it is only 2 tons at most, and the truck can transport 5 tons and 7 tons, and the most important thing is that the speed of the truck, 60 kilometers, far exceeds the load-bearing carriage, and the strength of the truck does not need to be considered, as long as there is gasoline, it can run 24 hours a day without stopping, which has become the most needed thing in the supply in the later period of the war.

Unfortunately, before the war, Britain only blessed less than 200 trucks, nearly half of which were still idle, after the war, China reduced the sales of products like trucks and merchant ships, and the British had no place to buy them, especially after the United States promoted the declaration of war on China, the possibility of buying finished trucks was basically zero, and the country that had never been an Entente country had obtained trucks through secret channels.

But the engine has to be considered, this is a big thing related to the success or failure of the tank, so when this report on the engine no matter what, put it in front of the high-level, the British high-level also had to smile bitterly, in the absence of a state of war with China, it is not easy for Britain to buy trucks, not to mention that now, China has joined the Allied Powers, and the civilian field between China and Britain has been cut off, which means that it is impossible to obtain the engine, which is for Britain, Not good news.

However, the Land Cruiser Laboratory report on tanks is too good, and even in order to obtain enough engines, the person in charge boldly estimates that as long as the horsepower reaches a certain level, whether it is protection, speed, or even artillery, it can be installed on the tank, and at that time, the tank will be a big killer to overcome positional warfare.

He successfully estimated the general direction of the future development of the tank, and also fluctuated the desire of the high-level people, the reason why the land cruiser plan was proposed, Britain was to break the deadlock in other aspects, the navy was not achieved overnight, the manufacture of battleships could not be completed in a short time, if there was an army weapon, it could break through the trench warfare quite quickly, as long as the land battle had the upper hand, the disadvantage in the naval battle would not be a problem.

Now the crux of the constraint is on the engine, and the scientists and low-level people have been sent away, leaving only the Admiralty and the entire military, the top of the government, and there are only 12 people in a closed-door meeting, and the topic of the meeting is precisely the engine.

Although for the entire British people, China is an enemy, a hostile country, and all ties between the two sides have been severed, but it is very clear at the British top that it has been cut off on the surface, but in private, it has not been severed, and the channels taken are also secret channels.

Many Chinese products are irreplaceable for the world, even if Britain does not have such products on the surface, but in private, it still owns, many channels are still under the control of the British Foreign Office and the Ministry of Intelligence, through the continuous price increases, looting the wealth of the people, only the wealth of the whole country is concentrated together, can play the greatest role, this is the practice of wartime.

The Land Cruiser project showed a strong force, as long as it was a certain number, it could break through Germany's defense system, so that Britain had the upper hand in a short period of time, on land, Germany only had a total of how many people, a battle loss of 1 million, for the Entente, it was just a slightly big loss, it may take a few months to recover, if this part is lost by Germany, it may not be able to recover for a year or two, after all, Germany only has a population of more than 60 million, There were no overseas colonies like Britain and France to support it.

The slightly exaggerated approach of the person in charge, coupled with the army's assessment report, as long as the Land Cruiser project can increase its strength by about 20% on the existing basis, on the premise of having 1,000 or 1,500 vehicles, suddenly launch a group charge against the German defense line, and then cooperate with the army charge of 2 million to 3 million, it is enough to annihilate 1.5 million, or even 2 million German troops on the frontal battlefield.

The European war has begun for such a long time, Germany's total losses on the battlefield must be more than 1 million, but in a single battle, Germany has never lost so many personnel, according to the current German total strength of 8 million, 2 million is almost a quarter of the loss, such a loss, for Germany, can not be made up in a short period of time, as long as a victory is achieved, the balance of the entire European war must be tilted to the side of the Entente.

It is this kind of vision that has attracted the British high-level to hold a closed-door meeting to discuss this matter, and the problem of getting the engine is beyond doubt in the eyes of the British high-level, but how to get it, whether to start with the truck or directly from the engine, these need to be judged by professional personnel. (To be continued.) )