Speaking of which, today's trucks were not specifically designed for construction purposes, that is, the mud trucks that could be seen everywhere on the roads in later generations have not been developed now.

Even before the war, the load of trucks was generally between 1.5 and 5 tons, but with the outbreak of the war, out of the needs of military transportation, countries began to develop heavy trucks to carry heavy equipment, such as tanks, artillery, etc., which promoted the development of trucks.

And most of today's trucks are mainly rear-wheel drive, and the road surface is mainly paved. It is not a heavy-duty dump truck such as 6*6 or 8*8 that is common in later generations.

Hearing Fang Lang's question, Gianvito Blank was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, looking at Fang Lang's expression, he said with some hesitation: "Eh! Boss, now our factory is only the first phase of the project has been completed, and the production line put into production is still mainly cars, and there is no truck production line for the time being. If needed, we will start building a truck production line as soon as possible. Fang Lang sighed, it seems that he still doesn't pay enough attention to these industries!

Unexpectedly, they were not reminded to start the production of commercial vehicles earlier. You must know that the next few decades are the time of rapid economic development, and the demand for commercial vehicles is astronomical.

Fortunately, it's not too late to find out. Fang Lang glanced at the people behind him, many of them were Germans, and it was definitely not suitable to talk about the upcoming European aid plan.

After all, it's only been an experiment in Greece and Turkey, and the actual announcement of the plan will take place until next year.

If the Germans here spread the news back to Germany, it would certainly cause some undesirable consequences, and if the American people knew about it, would they start to oppose the plan before it was proposed?

When the time comes, it will only increase the troubles. But fortunately, he is a major shareholder, and he has the right to decide when to start the construction of the second phase of the project, and the big deal is to make additional investment!

So, after just a little thought, he said directly to everyone: "Now I am in a construction company in the United States, and I need a lot of heavy trucks. I don't want to be cheap in this business, so I want to know if our company has such technical strength. Ability to quickly produce the right heavy-duty truck for a construction company. Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, and a middle-aged man with thick black-rimmed glasses looked at Fang Lang with a little hesitation and asked: "The heavy truck mentioned by the boss, our Mercedes-Benz company has relevant technical reserves, during the war, the maximum load capacity of the L6500 heavy truck we produced reached seven tons, I don't know if it meets your needs." Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this, he had been in this era for so long, and all he had seen were small trucks, but he didn't expect Mercedes-Benz to build such a heavy truck with a huge load as early as the war.

This made him feel moved, since Germany has such heavy trucks, then the United States must also have such trucks, and such trucks must belong to the military.

That is to say, in the early stage, he can purchase a large number of second-hand trucks from the logistics department of the US military through the Shata Company to meet his own needs, and even sell these second-hand trucks at a high price to the local contractor in Europe.

At that time, you can leave enough time for research and development in your own factory, research new special dump trucks, and when those second-hand trucks are almost ruined, you can start selling your own new trucks to Europe!

In this way, there will be no fault at all, and it will not be cheap for other car manufacturers. Fang Lang, who understood this, was in an impatient mood that had just risen, and immediately regained his composure, and looked at the middle-aged man with a pleasant face: "Oh! I wonder if the truck you are talking about can be used as a construction vehicle? The middle-aged man froze for a moment when he heard this, and continued with a little hesitation: "Boss, I don't know what specific requirements you have for the construction vehicles you are talking about. "Yes!

What are the requirements? When Fang Lang heard this, he also began to recall what the mud trucks that everyone in the city was afraid to avoid in later generations looked like, and replied while thinking: "First of all, this kind of construction truck must be able to drive in non-paved places, so it must have strong off-road ability. Secondly, he had to carry dirt and rocks, which would result in a huge load capacity and a strong enough body structure. Then, sometimes it even had to carry heavy loads and climb steep uphill slopes, which had to give him enough power. Finally, the body must have the ability to automatically roll backwards or sideways. I wish he could be an all-wheel drive, heavy-duty off-road dump truck. This requirement is obviously not low, but Fang Lang believes that it is not impossible to do, at least in the all-wheel drive area, there is absolutely no problem, and now the Willis Jeep equipped by their army belongs to four-wheel drive.

In Fang Lang's impression, it seems that among military trucks, there are also four-wheel or six-wheel drive trucks.

With the technical strength of Mercedes-Benz, it should be able to meet such technical needs. The middle-aged man frowned when he heard this, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he discussed a few words in a low voice with his colleagues before he looked up at Fang Lang and said: "Boss, I remember that in 1942, our Mercedes-Benz formulated a research and development plan for all-wheel drive flat-top vehicles. In 1945, Mr. Heinrich sketched the chassis design by hand and defined the design concept, with coil-spring shock-absorbing axles, four-wheel drive with differential locks on the front and rear axles, and a sturdy frame. As far as I know, a prototype of this vehicle was tested at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany in October 1946. Fang Lang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "That's really good, we can directly introduce this model and use it." But when the middle-aged man heard this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, and he said embarrassedly: "However, as far as I know, the carrying capacity of this model is not large, and the cargo carrying area is only 1.5 square meters." As soon as he heard that there was only one and a half square meters of cargo carrying capacity, Fang Lang was stunned, what did he say for a long time, it was a pickup truck!

This is the self-opening shabu! Immediately, his face fell, and he looked at the middle-aged man with cold eyes and asked, "I'm talking about all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump trucks, what do you mean by recommending a pickup truck to me?" The middle-aged man was stunned by Fang Lang's eyes, and waved his hand again and again to explain: "Boss, don't get me wrong, this model is not a pickup truck." He is the model that I can think of that best meets your requirements, although his carrying area is only 1.5 square meters, but we can further upgrade this model and develop an all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump truck that meets your requirements. You know, when we first set up the project for him, the name was unimog, which translates to be called universal self-propelled machine. Fang Lang was stunned when he heard this German name, as if he had heard it somewhere!

“unimog？ Wait, you're not talking about Unimog, are you? "If it's really called this name, it makes Fang Lang look a little sideways, good guy, this is a proper off-road artifact!

You must know that although he was originally developed as a farm machine, later, because of his strong off-road ability, it was modified countless times and applied to various occasions.

He also has a lot to do in the military field, if he can be introduced to Brazil for production and slightly improved, he can become an artifact that shuttles through the Amazon rainforest!

It's a pity that although he is an off-road artifact, he obviously doesn't quite fit his positioning as an all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump truck, because the coil springs used by the other party determine the upper limit of his carrying capacity.

The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to hear about this project, and looked at Fang Lang with some surprise and said, "Boss, do you know about this project?" Hearing the other party's question, Fang Lang coughed lightly and said, "I've really heard of this, but in my impression, this seems to be a farm machine!" When the middle-aged man heard this, he also nodded calmly and said: "Yes, although he is only a farm machine, his design principle is very much in line with your requirements, and we can refer to it to design a heavy-duty truck that meets your requirements." Although Fang Lang felt that Unimog did not quite fit the positioning of the all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump truck in his mind, since these professionals in the automotive industry in front of him thought that they could develop a car that met their needs on the basis of it, Fang Lang would certainly not refuse.

In addition, Fang Lang also hopes to stuff some of his own people to join this R&D team to improve his independent R&D capabilities in the future.

After all, the European aid package is about to begin. Germany's Mercedes-Benz company is about to recover slowly, and when the time comes, if the researcher here misses the embrace of the motherland and wants to return to China to work, he can't stop others, so he can only take advantage of this time to train more of his own talents.

Anyway, now I can purchase a large number of second-hand heavy military cards from Shata Company, and I will use them first, leaving enough time for the successful research and development here.

Moreover, Fang Lang will not completely pin his hopes on Mercedes-Benz, you must know that now he has a Caterpillar company in the United States, which is a company specializing in the production of construction machinery.

Later generations have produced a lot of world-record-breaking heavy-duty mining trucks, and it should be a piece of cake for them to produce some all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump trucks that meet their needs!

What Fang Lang didn't know was that the German Mercedes-Benz company later developed a military truck called Mercedes-Benz Setos on the basis of Unimog, and its strong off-road and load-carrying capabilities made him one of the main delivery trucks of the German Army.

It's just that I don't know if the world can make another Saitos truck in Brazil because of Fang Lang's intervention and the research carried out by him to promote Mercedes-Benz in Brazil.

"Very well, then please everyone. Please start the construction of the truck production line as soon as possible, there is a huge shortage of trucks in the market right now. We must not give up on the huge market of commercial vehicles. If there's anything you need my support with, please don't hesitate to ask! I will give you all my full support. The management of the company all looked solemn and nodded in unison.

Seeing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction, and said to the general manager Gianvito Blanc on the side: "Then let's continue to visit!" Hearing this, Gianvito Blanc hurriedly stepped forward again and began to lead the way in front.

Next, Fang Lang visited the power technology research laboratory and new technology research center of the Mercedes-Benz factory in Brazil, and proposed a series of new technology directions such as three-point seat belts, car radios, car air conditioners, automatic transmission, power brakes, steering assistance, electronic ignition, etc.