The sun gradually receded to the west.

The six-wheeled WZ551 was the first to appear on the road a few kilometers to the national range.

Although the people in the car were tossed upside down, they were still very excited.

"We're definitely the first to arrive!"

"Yes, along the way, we have taken out the strength to eat, our car has been built for the longest time, and the performance is also the most stable!"

"Anyway, I don't know where the big eight wheels of the Pacific Group are."

"It's definitely still far away, and it would be nice to be there in the middle of the night."

"I heard that the leaders of the troops have arrived, and when they see our car arriving first, they will definitely leave a good impression."

"Alright, slow down, slow down, come to the front, be civilized!"

The car finally stopped at the door of the National Range.

Wang Pengfei jumped down, took out his documents, and handed them to the sentry guarding the door.

"Comrade, we came here with our equipment and went to the national range for testing."

The sentry checked, handed over the papers, and signaled for clearance.

Originally, it was okay to get here, but Wang Pengfei was not satisfied, and continued to ask: "The leaders of the troops are here, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Where do they live? We are the first to come over this car, and after we get in, we have to show the leader first. ”

The inside of the shooting range is very large, what if the leader goes to inspect other equipment?

Hearing his words, the sentry glanced at him with disdain: "You guys first? At half past one in the afternoon, the first car came. ”

What?

After Wang Pengfei was simply surprised, he smiled: "Little comrade, I'm not talking about the off-road vehicles led by the troops, but armored vehicles, like ours, with six wheels. ”

"I'm talking about armored vehicles, but they're eight wheels, longer than yours, but shorter than yours."

Eight wheels, still short, so what else to say, it must be the big eight wheels of the Pacific Group!

"Impossible, impossible, how could their car come so quickly, could it be that it flew over?"

Hearing his surprised words, the sentry smiled: "Yes, it flew over, and now, the myth of this kind of car is spreading throughout the shooting range." ”

Nima, I can't say that!

The sentry is not here all the time, it changes every half an hour or an hour, and the sentry is eating at noon, but I heard the discussion of the big guys, and I heard that the leaders have gone to see it.

Originally, you couldn't talk nonsense as a sentry, but the car was amazing, so he said it.

The expression on Wang Pengfei's face was complicated, and when he got into the car, Zhao Jixiang was still nagging there: "How is it, did you ask where the leader is?" After we go over, show our vehicle to the leader first, and we will definitely win the favor of the leader......"

"Get a fart, the eighth round of the Pacific Group has already arrived."

"How is that possible? How did you get here? ”

"Flew here." Zhao Jixiang's depression can be imagined. This time, there seems to be no suspense anymore, they have been tinkering for more than ten years, and I am afraid that they will become soy sauce.

The car drove into the shooting range, no need to look for it, just ahead, under the shooting range office building, there was the big eight-wheeler of the Pacific Group parked, countless people watched, countless people climbed up and down, it looked so dazzling, piercing the heart.

At this time, someone noticed their car, so he came over to direct and parked the car next to the Pacific Group car.

If you look at it separately, you can't compare the size, and you can only compare it when you put it together.

Next to the big eight wheels, the body height is 2.1 meters, and their WZ551, the body height reaches 2.53 meters!

Forty centimeters more, that's almost half a meter in height!

What's worse is that although the height of the car body is larger, however, the space in the car is about the same, the big eight wheels drill in, and the floor is directly stepped on, their WZ551 goes in, and the foot is the central drive shaft, and the floor has to be raised by forty centimeters!

This gap made their cars instantly compared.

The front of the car is not the same.

WZ551 takes into account the convenience of driving, there is bulletproof glass in front, the same as normal car driving, and the front of the large eight wheels presents a diamond-shaped structure, which belongs to the best bomb-avoiding shape, and the driver is the same as driving a tank, either outcropping or driving with a periscope.

It seems that we have to introduce it from this perspective, and we have to find out something that is stronger than the other party!

At this time, Li Runzhu had just climbed out of the turret with a satisfied smile on his face: "Not bad, not bad, this armored car is really not bad, the design is reasonable...... Hey, the 551 armored car is also coming? ”

"Yes, Leader Li, please take a look at our armored car, its ergonomics have reached a new height, this is the experience we have learned from abroad, we can't let people adapt to the equipment, we have to adapt the equipment to the people, our car, the vision is the best."

Li Runzhu looked over and saw that Zhao Jixiang was propping up the cover on the outside of the bulletproof glass in the cab.

"Our car soldiers don't need to adapt, they can drive this car directly, and when they encounter a big threat, they can also put down the bulletproof cover to improve the bulletproof capability......"

Li Runzhu smiled: "Xiao Feng, what do you think?" ”

"Leader Li, we are the bidder, not suitable for reviewing the products of our peers, we can't be both athletes and referees."

"If you say it, you can say it, you just express your personal opinion, whether it makes sense or not, we will naturally judge, will we still be fooled by your rhetoric?"

"Okay, then I'll say it's a great design." Qin Feng said: "In normal times, put up the bulletproof plate, when the ordinary car is driven, our ordinary car drivers can drive well, and when they get to the battlefield, they will be handed over to the full-time driver to drive, after all, if you put down the cover, you have to use the periscope, and ordinary drivers are not used to it." ”

Wang Pengfei's face darkened.

Is this a boast? This is clearly finding fault!

Usually when an ordinary car is driven, is it useful? The key is how to open in times of war!

When you get to the battlefield, you have to change the driver? The army also has to reserve a batch of drivers in advance, isn't this nonsense?

"Wheeled infantry fighting vehicles will be equipped with a large number of troops in the future, after all, all our motorized troops need to be improved to mechanized troops, we need a large number of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and we can only rely on the old drivers in the army to drive, it is best to use our car to transition for the time being, and if you train it first, you can naturally adapt to the periscope."

Wang Pengfei began to argue: "After all, to drive a car to cooperate with the oil, to choose different gears according to different road conditions, different speeds, in order to improve the performance of the car, we are equipped with a nine-speed gearbox, so many gears, switching is very complicated......"

The old drivers in the army are generally driving the old liberation and the old Dongfeng, but five or six gears, and now the transition to the nine-speed gearbox, they have to adapt, it is inevitable to be in a hurry, if there is not a piece of glass to see the road, are you not afraid of accidents?

We are the most suitable!

Qin Feng smiled: "Yes, the oil is more troublesome or something, you are right." ”

Wang Pengfei was a little puzzled, why didn't this Mr. Qin refute it, why did he still echo himself, could it be ......

"Yes, we used to pay attention to strict training, but the times are developing, Western vehicles have long popularized automatic transmissions, we also have to catch up with the trend, not only the big eight wheels to use automatic transmissions, our warrior cars also to use!"

Automatic transmission!

Wang Pengfei was stunned: "Do you have an automatic transmission on your big eight wheels?" ”

This is just the end of the 80s, and many luxury cars are equipped with manual transmissions! Automatic transmission has not been popularized at all, and this kind of wheeled infantry fighting vehicle improved by heavy trucks is a manual gearbox, and they actually use automatic transmission?

How can it be!

Wait a minute!

I heard that they are making missile cars, and this kind of car is improved from Lao Maozi's Maz 543, which is equipped with a three-speed automatic transmission, which is super fuel-efficient!

That's right, it's fuel-efficient!

"The automatic transmission is not suitable for us, because of the use of a torque converter, so the power loss is very large, very fuel-intensive, and our country is not rich......"

"yes, you're right!"

Did you say it wrong again? Wang Pengfei's eyes are full of questions, in this era, the common automatic transmission is AT, the front is a torque converter, and the back is a planetary gear set, although there are many patents in it, but military equipment, imitation is the ability, no one will ask about infringement.

"The gearbox we use, like yours, is a nine-speed gearbox, but a set of air pressure shift mechanism is added to it, and electronic control components are added, so as to automatically shift gears, save the driver's strength, and the driver can concentrate more on the road."

"How is this possible, this technology...... Mercedes-Benz heavy truck's latest EPS technology? Wang Pengfei reacted.

To build a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, the heavy truck factory is the most suitable, because the two technologies are close, and the Iron Horse Factory is like this, directly transplanting the Mercedes-Benz 8*8 technology copied by surveying and mapping to the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle.

The Pacific Group cooperates directly with Mercedes-Benz, so it is logical that they adopt Mercedes-Benz technology.

Qin Feng gave him a blank look: "Why is there always a group of people, when they discover new technologies, they have to find a foreign father, and we can't develop them ourselves?" Why do we subconsciously think that we are inferior to foreigners? ”

He could still laugh before, but now, he was a little dissatisfied.

"That's right, Mercedes-Benz's technology is as advanced as ours!" Xing Fuqiang also spoke: "In the past two years, Mercedes-Benz has bought a lot of technical patents from us. ”

For a while, Wang Pengfei was speechless.

As early as 1985, Mercedes-Benz developed electronic power shift technology, which translates to "electronic power shift", which can not be regarded as an automatic transmission at this time, but can only be computer-aided shifting to reduce manual intervention.

Ten years later, the first-generation Mercedes-Benz Actros was equipped with Telligent's intelligent shift program transmission, but it still didn't dare to take too many steps, such as retaining the clutch pedal, which was later removed, and it was only in the second-generation Astoke that this technology was completely matured and was named Powershift.

This also shows that it is not so easy to develop automatic transmissions for trucks, but this is mainly because the 9-to-5 working attitude of the West cannot be compared with the roll king of the East.

In order to develop this thing, Xing Fuqiang took people day and night, and there were many computers to join in, the shift control chip used a strengthened version of Loongson, and the amount of programming was tens of thousands of times that of Mercedes-Benz's single-chip microcomputer, and it had undergone a lot of long-term testing, so it was perfected.

In this bidding, Pacific Group is bound to win, and their technical level is absolutely world-class!

Wang Pengfei was stunned.

What is this era, the domestic heavy truck car companies have just figured out the double intermediate shaft gearbox, and people have already played automatic transmission!

"Leaders, let's take a look at our car." Zhao Jixiang greeted him.

"Okay, let's see." So, one by one the leaders walked over, took a look at the car, and then returned to the big eight wheels of the Pacific Group, this scene, so that the hearts of all the people in the Sichuan Provincial Five Machine Bureau are cold, leaders, we are our own sons, why are we not as good as other people's sons now?

At this moment, there was a roar outside, and the big eight wheels of the Iron Horse Factory drove over.

"Leaders, here we are! When we go back this time, we will upgrade the engine and replace the engine with a 500-horsepower air-cooled Deutz, which will definitely run faster than the 551! ”

In fact, the Iron Horse Factory is also in Sichuan Province, whether it is a six-wheeled or eight-wheeled one, as long as it can be recognized by the troops, they can share the benefits, but now, ......

"Old Wu, are you here? Your car is as tall as 551! ”

It must be the same height, it is the central transmission scheme, and the transmission shaft and the reduction basin teeth must be separated at the feet, can it not be high?

Director Wu could only smile bitterly.

"These three cars are compared together, and the difference is really big!" Another leader said.

"This way, the Pacific Group's car is the lowest, so it runs the fastest, and many other cars may turn over when they drive up, and this car is no problem." As other vehicles arrived one after another, Hua Guoqiang also came over and introduced the comparison results of this road to the leaders.

"That's the advantage of side drives." Li Runzhu said: "When we matched the Pacific Group to take over the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck project, we just planned to build a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle on the Mercedes-Benz chassis, but I didn't expect the Pacific Group to go further, and the entire power chain has been updated. ”

Well, the leader has already spoken, what is the next comparison?

"Oh, it's going to be dark." Li Runzhu glanced up at the sky, and then said, "You guys have been bumpy all the way, you must be hungry, let's go eat something together." ”

"Leader Li, are you going to eat too?"

"No, I didn't eat until two o'clock in the afternoon, I'm not hungry yet, I'll eat later."

At half past one in the afternoon, the car drove over, and Li Runzhu ate at two o'clock in the afternoon, so he must have eaten with Qin Feng and them!

Thinking of this, Wang Pengfei was even more speechless.

"Leader Li, let's eat together, after dinner, rest early tonight to meet tomorrow's official bidding." Qin Feng said: "By the way, we have to send the officers and soldiers of the base to stand guard here, so as to save accidents." ”

Li Runzhu nodded: "Old Ma, send more manpower, loaded with guns, if anyone dares to sabotage, Lao Tzu will collapse him!" ”

In the bidding, in order to win, the lagging side may make all kinds of means, and Li Runzhu is saying ugly things in front.

National Shooting Range, Canteen.

"Dr. Xu, how did you get here?" Zhao Jixiang asked Xu Dashou while eating.

As a military doctor who came with the convoy this time, Xu Dashou's position was objective, and the big guy wanted to know how Qin Feng flew over, so he could only ask Xu Dashou.

Hearing this, Xu Dashou's eyebrows danced.

"Along the way, it was really thrilling, and the most thrilling thing was that we flew over the Great Rift Valley......

Xu Dashou incarnates as a storyteller, and every time he talks about it, he polishes it, and now this statement is full of story and interest, which makes people listen to it with relish.

"So, you didn't get lost in Ranshigang, and directly chose the most suitable route, how did you do it?"

"Well...... this" Xu Dashou glanced at Qin Feng, there was a secret involved.

"You can't say it's secret, it's inconvenient to disclose, right? If it's really secret, we won't listen to it. ”

After speaking, Zhao Jixiang glanced at Li Runzhu.

Needless to say, it must have been Li Runzhu who helped! Without Li Runzhu's help, where would the car on the ground know how to go!

"I heard that there are two falcons dispatched here, I don't know if they flew over there."

Qin Feng smiled, knowing that these people would speculate indiscriminately.

"Doctor Xu, just tell the truth, anyway, our Pacific Group only produces civilian products, and all our products are to be sold in the civilian market."

Civilian? Do you call the big eight wheels a civilian product? Do you want to sell it in the market? Who will buy it! Wang Pengfei didn't believe it.

Xu Dashou got permission, and then he spoke: "This, thanks to the drone, Mr. Qin came over this time and brought a drone, which can fly to the sky to take pictures, and then come back, and use the computer to process the photos taken......"

Now, everyone is not calm.

"What kind of drone, which can still be loaded on an armored vehicle?"

"Yes, our army's drones have to be towed by trucks, and there must be a runway for take-off."

Many of the troop leaders present were also moved, and they immediately thought of military use.

If every armored unit, not to mention the platoon level, even the company level, or even the battalion level, is equipped with such a drone, it will have a great effect!

When the troops are advancing, release this easy-to-carry drone and go to the front to reconnoiter the situation, and it will be easier for the troops to carry out their tasks!

In this era, there is no common data link between the three services, and even if the air force takes off combat planes for reconnaissance, it will not be quickly transmitted to the army, and even if the army has air forces, the data will not be available, and even if the helicopter is directly under the military region, it is impossible for every unit below to receive air reconnaissance information.

This drone is definitely a treasure.

"Mr. Qin, do you still have drones?" A leader spoke.

"Of course." Qin Feng said: "Our aircraft company is divided into two directions, one is Falcon, the other is DJI, our DJI drones have been in the limelight in Europe last time, you should have heard of it, right?" ”

I've heard of it, but I didn't expect this thing to be able to detect!

"This aircraft is too small to carry reconnaissance equipment?"

"There are civilian digital cameras, and in the future, we will also develop special data compression and transmission chips, and the captured images can be directly transmitted back and displayed on the computer, which is more convenient."