Chapter 323: Tanks
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Even the guards had never seen such a fruit, and at Renault's signal, they peeled off the skin with their daggers and gnawed it raw.
Crunch!
And with a hint of sweetness!
The first time I tried the taste of sweet potatoes, everyone couldn't help but praise it.
Mia took a group of girls, played sexually, and lit a huge fire on the spot, so that everyone present tasted the delicious taste of roasted sweet potatoes.
At Reynolds' request, Hailei stayed until she could produce enough food to survive the winter in Blackstone. The food will not be distributed for free, but now the residents have some income, plus the price is cheap, so they store a lot of it in their own homes, and they don't feel sorry for the silver coins they just earned.
At first, Hailei was still a little resistant, after all, for the farmer, she still had some shadows from her psychology. However, after a long time, people knew that these sweet sweet potatoes and various grains were grown by her with the power of demons, and everyone respected her.
Feeling the respect from the hearts of the residents, Hailei no longer kept a straight face, and began to try to talk to ordinary residents and join them in the chat.
Slowly, she found that the people here are very kind and friendly, and they get along with each other. In the end, she finally understood that beasts like her adoptive father were extremely rare after all.
The knot was opened, and Hailei was like a happy lark all day long, constantly shuttling in the greenhouse. Soon her demon spirit broke through the barrier and advanced to the second order without any danger.
While Hailei was happily working in Blackstone, Renaud had already returned to Blackiron with his team.
The first thing was to order the construction of the oil depot, and then to give the Badge Planning Office a vacant lot to "place" the refinery.
Like fertilizer factories and rubber factories, there is only one huge enclosed machine in the empty workshop.
Renault had the crude oil poured into a huge funnel, turned on the machine to select the refining, and soon with a loud roar, eight outlets began to discharge the finished product.
Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, engine oil, gear oil, butter, paraffin wax and black asphalt.
At the moment, the refinery can only separate these things, but it is enough for now.
Renault collected several large barrels of gasoline, diesel and engine oil, and then ordered the refinery to be closed so that no one was allowed to enter, and then he and Ferret went to the machine shop.
With an internal combustion engine and diesel, Renault was first ready to build a tank.
The thought of a steel beast rampage through thousands of troops, constantly swallowing artillery fire to reap the lives of his enemies, made Renault feel a rush of blood rush to his brain. For this reason, he also specially transferred Lauren back from Sequoia Town, and he thought that this guy would definitely like this product.
Dozens of workers cleaned up a large area of the site and made all kinds of preparations.
Renault checked the app on his phone, and under the menu "Internal Combustion Engine", there were options for diesel and gasoline engines. He did not hesitate to choose the most powerful diesel engine, which was enough for a thousand horsepower.
It was a behemoth more than three meters long and nearly two meters high, and when it was built, it was already equipped with a starting system, and the two huge batteries made Renault both strange and familiar.
According to calculations, if this big guy runs at full power, he can "eat" nearly 150 liters of diesel in an hour. Fortunately, the fuel tank that comes with it is also large enough to hold 2,000 liters at a time, enough for it to run at full power for a whole day.
After filling up the diesel and engine oil, and exhausting as instructed, Renault pressed the ignition switch.
Rumble......
With a loud roar, black smoke erupted from the exhaust pipe, and a familiar smell instantly filled the workshop.
The diesel engine in the idle state runs very smoothly, the noise is not large, and the exhaust smoke is quickly converted to a faint white, which is many times stronger than the black smoke that the Boar has been spraying.
The successful operation, although expected, still made Renault very happy for a while. After all, this is something from the same world as him, and no matter how you look at it, there is a sense of intimacy.
After explaining the functions of each part to Ferre, he began to explain his intention to build a tank.
It is definitely not an easy task to build a tank, the shell, wheels, reducer, clutch and even the main gun and tracks, are easy to get separated, the key is how to put these things together reasonably.
However, it was useless to just talk on paper, and after drawing some drawings, Renault decided to start working on it, discovering problems as he went.
The first is the chassis, which is about two meters wide and six meters long compared to the size of the engine, and the engine and gearbox are placed at the rear of the body.
Then there are the wheels, which really took a lot of Renault's brains. He only had a general impression of the track wheels, and after searching for a thousand degrees for a long time, there was no ready-made model for him, so he could only explore a little bit by himself, and the two driving wheels alone were redone more than a dozen times.
There are also load-bearing wheels, carrier pulleys, guide wheels, etc., not only the material requirements are very high, but the size and position can not be sloppy at all. The machine shop has never stopped since it started producing tanks.
In the end, Renault simply built two small rooms in a corner of the workshop, and he and Ferré stayed in the workshop around the clock, allowing the workers to rotate in three shifts.
It took ten days and nights to complete the two rows of tracks and wheels.
Renault sat in a makeshift seat and lit the fire.
As the clutch was released, the tank, which had only one frame, began to slowly move forward, backwards, turns.
Track wheels turn differently than cars, one wheel stops and the other turns to turn the direction.
The floor paved with steel plates was quickly ground into deep marks.
"Not bad, not bad!"
Watching the tank move freely, Renault was in a good mood.
So far, they have overcome the most difficult pass.
The next step is the erection of the main gun.
Renault erected the battery with stout steel bars and mounted a five-meter-long howitzer.
However, the howitzer has been modified beforehand to have a more compact barrel and firing device, and a semi-automatic gun loading device has been designed.
Then there was the problem of the rotation of the gun body, without electricity, the internal combustion engine could only be used, and Renault simply built a low-power gasoline engine to drive the heavy main gun to rotate.
When these things are installed, the already small space becomes even more cramped, and then out of the ammunition compartment, spare fuel tank, and item box, the rest of the space can barely seat four people.
Driver, gunner, observer and loader.
However, this tank has a semi-automatic loader, so the loader can be the main gunner. (To be continued.) )