The huge earl's convoy stopped for a long time, and soon set off again, and the cavalry around Bian Chunsong and the others also left, disappearing at the end of the road, leaving only a shock that people remember for a long time.

It looks like it's just curious, frightening the beating of the drum.

Bian Chunsong sat on the grass as soon as his legs were weak, his face was pale and he gasped for breath, turned his head to look at the other people who were not much better than himself, Poly Tsai covered his crotch with a bitter face and hid behind the tractor, and the teacher He Zuguang also sat on the ground, and the two looked at each other with big eyes......

"Teacher, this thing we developed shouldn't be a taboo, right?"

"Pure nonsense, probably not." There was a great deal of uncertainty in He Zuguang's tone, he looked at the tractor on the field, and then at the road that was already empty, and his face became quite exciting; "Queensland just introduced the "Preferential Tax Act to Encourage Science and Technology Innovation Enterprises" last year, as well as the land, loan, labor, and electricity policies to support enterprises.

"It's hard to say, whether it will be or not...... Isn't that just a thought on the Earl's mind? ”

"This ...... It's really possible. He Zuguang's face was like constipation.

"Teacher, Chunsong suddenly remembered that his father was old and a son, but he couldn't fulfill his filial piety in front of his parents and two elders, and he felt really guilty." Bian Chunsong couldn't see any expression on his face blackened by black smoke, only his eyes wearing goggles seemed quite smart, and he continued with a misguided expression of chagrin; "As soon as he thought of this, Chunsong couldn't wait to fly to the side of the second elder in the family immediately, serve tea and water, and serve his parents and adults to take care of his life."

"Teacher, I also want to go home and do my filial piety." Wu Baoli hid behind the tractor and showed his head, and raised his hand timidly and said.

At this time, Li Zhong, who was standing beside He Zuguang, was greatly moved, and said in a panic; "Teacher, and my ......"

"Shut up, you little bastard was originally a lone star, what are you doing at this time?" He Zu's phosgene's voice changed, and it broke out all at once.

He picked up the record book rolled up in his hand and slammed it on Li Zhong's head, and reprimanded angrily again and again; "I provide you with food and clothing, take you to engage in scientific research, and carefully teach you the skills of this white-eyed wolf, but I didn't see that you, a little rabbit, have any filial piety, but want to slip away when you encounter the wind and grass, it really hurts you in vain......"

It is important to know that in today's era, the teacher is not inferior to the elders of the parents, and in some respects it is still excessive, and the Confucian concept of respecting the teacher is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

He Zuguang's angry rebuke was not just for Li Zhong alone, but also for the two disciples, Bian Chunsong and Wu Baoli, who had a resentful mood of hating iron and not steel.

"Teacher, teacher, I know it's wrong." Li Zhong was beaten and hugged his head.

He Zuguang stopped panting, turned his head and reprimanded several other people loudly; "What are the crowds of servants watching? Hurry up and start the tractor again and drive it back, that's all for today's experiment, let's talk about what to do. ”

"Oh, got it, teacher."

Seeing He Zuguang angry, everyone shrank their necks in fright, but they hurriedly agreed, and began to pick up the two big steel guys in front of them.

Soon the two tractor prototypes started, "suddenly" emitting black smoke, and after hanging the gear, they started to "crunch" at a speed of about 4~5 kilometers per hour, just like the speed of normal people walking.

Encountering this change, He Zuguang had no intention of continuing, so he hastily cleaned up and returned to the test workshop of Dongfanghong Agricultural Machinery Factory with everyone.

They don't know that the relevant matters about the tractor have been transferred to the Political Intelligence Department, and everything in the future will be secretly developed, and they can no longer drive to the field for experiments with such a swagger.

At least until the end of the Civil War, it was a highly secret scientific and technological research and development project.

meanwhile

Red Fort appointed Li Siyi, the chief secretary, to be fully responsible for the project, and all the scientific and technological problems involved, such as capital and production, as well as power and land, were all solved with the highest priority, so as to come up with mature products and put them into large-scale production as soon as possible.

Under the high attention of the upper peak

The tractor project will enter the fast lane of rapid development, and in less than two months it will enter mass production and become a trump card in the settlement of the war.

Azure Arms Company

It is the most important weapons production base under the command of the Red Fort, with thousands of production equipment imported from Britain and Germany, including 3,600 tons of steam forging hammers, 8,000 tons of hydraulic presses and other high-end equipment, forming a complete artillery production and manufacturing capacity.

In fact, this complete set of artillery production equipment is not much different from the equipment introduced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau of the Qing Dynasty, except that the pedigree is more complete and the production capacity is more perfect.

The Qing Dynasty could indeed produce long-range heavy artillery, introducing a full set of artillery and gun production equipment from Britain, and in 1890, it began to produce 12-inch Armstrong long-range heavy guns, with a caliber of 305 mm, shells of 365 kg, and a full gun weight of 58 tons, and planned to produce 70 guns in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau produces black powder heavy artillery, the muzzle velocity of the shell is only more than 400 meters, in today's era of rapid technological change, belongs to the technical level of the 80s of the 19th century, not to mention the most advanced.

Moreover, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau did not have the production capacity to forge cannon steel, so it could only import it from the United Kingdom.

The Azure Arms Company is different, importing more and more complete equipment from Britain and Germany, with stronger production capacity and higher technical level.

The Blue Arms Company not only introduced artillery technology from the British Armstrong Company, but also worked closely with the German Krupp Company to jointly develop and share scientific and technological achievements in hydraulic re-entry artillery technology, so the artillery production technology is also first-class.

The newly developed 343 mm caliber shore gun, 36 times the caliber long barrel, the projectile weight is 562.5 kg, and the muzzle velocity is 628.6 m/s, which is the world's advanced heavy artillery.

According to intelligence from London;

The Monarch-class ironclad battleship, which is being built at the shipyards of the British Royal Navy, uses four 343-mm MkII.BL main guns, which are roughly on the same level as the large-caliber guns manufactured by Azure Arms.

After years of development

Blue Arms Company has successively built a steam turbine factory, a boiler machine factory, a steam hammer factory, a small arms manufacturing plant, a wood factory, an artillery factory, a special steel casting factory, a gunpowder factory, a warehouse, a stack room, a coal room, a copywriting room, a public works department and a workers' dormitory area, etc., with a total number of employees to more than 17,500 people, and is an out-and-out heavy industry enterprise in the field of weapons and equipment.

Its production of 95 mm "Miss Australia" guns, 75 mm caliber guns, 105 mm, 152 mm series of guns, exported to Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, the United States and the Ottoman Empire and other major powers, is the mainstream of naval ironclad ship secondary artillery equipment, outstanding reputation.

The so-called "one trick is eaten all over the world".

Baron Grezka from Leverkusen, Germany, presided over the research and development of hydraulic barrel re-entry artillery technology, which has become the unique signboard of the artillery factory of the Azure Arms Company, which allows the production of British, French and German related companies through technology licensing, and licenses it to the famous Armstrong Company in the United Kingdom, Krupp Steel Company in Germany, and Lyon Steel Company in France, and through the introduction of mutual technology, it absorbs the world's advanced artillery manufacturing technology, so that the company's technical level is among the forefront.

Steam hammer factory

Accompanied by Baron Grezka, Li Fushou was inspecting the workshop in hot production, where the huge roar of steam machinery and the loud sound of "clang" continued, and it was impossible to talk at all, only to communicate with gestures.

The billets weighing more than a dozen tons are burned red by the high temperature of the steelmaking furnace, and are taken out by the crane and sent to the steam forging hammer for further processing.

I saw the huge steam forging hammer erupting with a large cloud of steam, and struck down again and again, kneading the red billet to change its shape, making the internal structure denser and the steel performance better.

This is a process of forging cannon steel, Li Fushou's ears were so shocked by the rumbling sound that he couldn't hear anything, waved his hand and walked out quickly.

He still thinks about the tractor he saw on the road, and the excitement still can't be calmed.

I didn't expect the tractor to be the first to be made by the smart Chinese, and the development of agricultural science and technology in the world has made a bend here, maybe this is the change under the influence of the butterfly effect!

In today's suitable policy guidance and scientific and technological development soil in Australia, overseas Chinese scientists and technicians burst out with great enthusiasm for research and development, the invention of tractors is just a sprout, and there will be more major scientific and technological inventions in the future, which have sprung up.

The tractor has a head!

Of course, Li Fushou knows how broad the prospects of this agricultural science and technology invention are.

Wheeled tractors can definitely not replace tracked tractors, especially in today's world, when the new car is just an expensive plaything for a few nobles and business tycoons, and is far from being widespread.

As a result, roads in Europe are still dominated by dirt and gravel roads, and the roads paved with stone or asphalt are limited to cities or suburbs, which leads to muddy roads when it rains.

From a military point of view, this is simply a disaster.

Wheeled tractors can tow heavy artillery in clear weather, and when it rains, they will be blinded, and there is nothing they can do.

Tracked tractors, on the other hand, have no problems at all, can work around the clock, are able to tow heavy artillery even on dirt roads, transport ammunition and supplies, which is of great significance from a military point of view.

For this alone, the demand for crawler tractors from the world's powerful countries is in the tens of thousands.

The important thing is to add a steel plate guardrail, which is a tank!

It is estimated that it is impossible to install artillery according to the current level of technology, but it is no problem to add a few heavy machine guns, especially in the face of the imminent outbreak of the Civil War, which contains exciting achievements.

With this treasure, is it okay to storm the city?

With this baby, how many casualties can be reduced?

With this treasure, charging in front and following the dragoon troops can greatly improve the mobility and attack power of the army, and it is no longer a dream to move like a mountain and invade like fire.

With this treasure, the course of the war can be greatly shortened, and the military expenditure saved is not a small amount.

The key is that this thing is very hidden, even if it is sent to the front line, the soldiers don't know what it is for, they all think it is a thing to plow the field, and when the steel plate guardrail is installed, everyone suddenly realizes.

Come to think of it

Li Fushou couldn't help but smile knowingly, the tractor has a head, and now we must solve the durability problem of long-distance driving, hmm...... By the way, it is also strictly confidential.

Judging from the current construction progress of the southern extension of the coastal railway, it is expected that it can be built to the town of Canberra before the outbreak of war, so a large number of tractors will be secretly transported by rail to the town of Canberra, which will be used as a forward position, and the distance to the attack on Melbourne will be shortened by more than half.

Almost 600 kilometers or so, the tractor had to run this section of the road on its own, which was an extremely serious challenge.

It is necessary to allocate more competent personnel to tackle key scientific and technological problems and make every effort to solve this problem.

With this big killer

After the outbreak of war, using the city of Beilun as the starting point for the attack could quickly deal a devastating blow to Sydney's fortified city defenses, uprooting this stronghold of white right-wing extremists and dealing a heavy blow to the enemy's morale.

Attack a fortified city defense...... Then the crawler tractor should be equipped with a shovel and turned into a bulldozer to knock down all the barricades.

Good longdrip!

This thing is really funny, and it's too useful.

The more Li Fushou thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help but crack his mouth and laugh.

After the Earl walked out of the factory, he frowned and thought about it alone, suddenly realized for a while, nodded secretly for a while, showed a relieved expression for a while, and finally was happy alone, which made the accompanying people next to him look at each other, all of them did not know what to say, and did not dare to come forward to disturb.

A moment later

Li Fushou came back to his senses and noticed the different colors of the entourage, so he smiled and said with relief; "Huh...... Just thought of an interesting question, uh...... The factory presided over by Baron Grezka is developing well, hehe, and I am very pleased with this. ”

He deliberately diverted the subject, and Baron Goryzka, who was praised in his heart, stepped forward with a playful and elegant knightly courtesy, and said; "All depends on the support of His Excellency, and the glory belongs to the Red Keep."

"Hehehe...... Then I can't take all the credit for you, it doesn't make sense, Monsieur Baron has spent all his energy for this factory, and I should take the first credit! ”

"Thank you, Lord Count, for your humble servant Grezka's willingness to serve you."

"Of course, the achievements are brilliant, but the relationship between this factory and the German Krupp company is too close, and the British Armstrong company disagrees with this, and you still need to balance the two sides to avoid favoritism!"

Li Fushou said seemingly casually, this is actually beating Baron Grezka, slapping and then giving a sweet date, which can be regarded as a trick of the superior.

Baron Gorezka's preference for the German company of the same species is well known, but the question is ...... You're a British colonial company! Is your ass crooked?

Baron Gryzka was anxious when he heard this; "Please be aware of the Earl, the British mainly did not get the technical authorization of the twin-mounted 150 mm naval gun, so they held a grudge and made a small report in front of the Earl, this is the cutting-edge artillery technology jointly developed by our side and the Krup, without the consent of the German side, we have no right to unilaterally authorize it!"

"Huh...... You can arrange the specific affairs yourself, and I won't interfere. Li Fushou smiled lightly and waved his hand, took a step forward and continued to move forward.

The entourage of the people swarmed away, and Baron Grezka was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed, feeling hated the British Armstrong Company.

These despicable Brits are all behind the scenes.........