Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 444 All Wheel Drive Heavy Offroad Dump Truck

  Speaking of which, the current trucks are not specially designed for construction projects, that is, the dump trucks that can be seen everywhere on the road in later generations have not yet developed.

Even before the war, the load of trucks was generally between 1.5 and 5 tons. However, with the outbreak of the war, due to the needs of military transportation, countries began to develop heavy trucks to carry heavy equipment, such as tanks and artillery. And so on, it promoted the development of trucks.

  And most of the trucks now are mainly rear-wheel drive, and the driving roads are mainly paved roads. 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 Blanc was taken aback for a moment, and quickly reacted. Looking at Fang Lang's expression, he said hesitantly:

   "Uh! Boss, our factory has only completed the first phase of the project, and the production lines put into production are mainly cars, and there is no truck production line yet.

   If necessary, our next step is to start the construction of the truck production line immediately. "

   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 will be a time of rapid economic development, and the demand for commercial vehicles is astronomical. If you don’t get involved in this market earlier, you may be preempted in the future! Fortunately, it is not too late to find out.

  Fang Lang glanced at the people behind him, many of whom were Germans, and it was definitely not suitable to speak out about the upcoming European aid plan in the future.

   After all, it is still only experimenting in Greece and Turkey, and the real announcement of this plan will have to wait until next year.

  If the Germans here pass this news back to Germany, it will definitely cause some bad consequences, and if the American people know it, will they start to oppose the plan before it is proposed! At that time, troubles will only increase.

   Fortunately, he is the major shareholder, so he has the right to decide when to start the construction of the second phase of the project. The big deal is additional investment!

  So, he just thought for a while and said directly to everyone:

   "Now my construction company in the United States needs a large number of heavy trucks. I don't want to cheap others for this business, so I want to know if our company has such technical strength.

   Be able to quickly produce suitable heavy trucks for construction companies. "

  Everyone looked at each other when they heard the words, and a middle-aged man with thick black-rimmed glasses looked at Fang Lang hesitantly and asked:

   "The boss said about the heavy trucks, our Mercedes-Benz company has relevant technical reserves. During the war, the maximum load capacity of the L6500 heavy trucks we produced reached seven tons. I don't know if they meet your needs."

  Fang Lang was taken aback when he heard the words. He had been in this era for so long, and all he saw were small trucks. He didn't expect that Mercedes-Benz had already built such a heavy-duty truck with such a huge load during the war.

   This moved his heart. Since Germany has such heavy trucks, the United States must also have such trucks, and such trucks must belong to the military.

   That is to say, in the early stage, I can purchase a large number of second-hand trucks from the US Army Logistics Department through Shata Company to meet my needs, and even sell these second-hand trucks at a high price to local contractors in Europe.

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

   This way there is no fault at all and it won't be cheaper for other automakers.

   Fang Lang, who wanted to understand this, immediately regained his composure from the impatience he had just raised, and looked at the middle-aged man with a pleasant face and said:

   "Oh! I wonder if the truck you mentioned can be used as an engineering vehicle?"

  The middle-aged man paused when he heard the words, and continued with a little hesitation:

   "Boss, I don't know the specific requirements for the construction vehicles you mentioned."

yes! What are you asking for! Hearing the words, Fang Lang also began to recall what the dump trucks in the cities that everyone was afraid to avoid in later generations, what they looked like, and replied while thinking:

  “First of all, this kind of engineering truck must be able to drive on non-paved places, so it must have strong off-road capabilities.

  Secondly, all he needs to carry are mud and rocks, which will cause him to carry a huge load, and he must have a sufficiently strong body structure.

   Then, sometimes it even needs to be loaded with heavy cargo and climb steep uphills, which must allow him to have enough power.

  Finally, its body must have the ability to automatically tip backwards or sideways.

   I hope he can be a heavy-duty off-road dump truck with all-wheel drive. "

   This requirement is obviously not low, but Fang Lang believes that it is not impossible. At least there is absolutely no problem with all-wheel drive. Now the Willys Jeep equipped by their army is a 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 requirements.

  The middle-aged man frowned when he heard the words, and suddenly, as if thinking of something, after discussing in a low voice with his colleagues around him, he raised his head and said to Fang Lang:

   "Boss, I remembered that in 1942, Mercedes-Benz formulated a research and development plan for an all-wheel drive flat-top vehicle.

  In 1945, Mr. Heinrich drew a sketch of the chassis design by hand, and determined the design concept, coil spring damping axle, four-wheel drive with front and rear differential locks, and a strong frame.

   These seem to be able to meet your requirements. As far as I know, the prototype of this vehicle has entered the testing stage at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Germany in October 1946. "

  Fang Lang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked quickly:

   "That's really great, we can directly import this model and use it."

  But when the middle-aged man heard the words, there was a trace of embarrassment on his face, and he said embarrassedly:

   "However, as far as I know, the load capacity of this model is not large, and the cargo carrying area is only 1.5 square meters."

  When he heard that the cargo carrying capacity was only 1.5 square meters, Fang Lang was stunned. After talking about the situation for a long time, it was a pickup truck! This is just kidding himself! Immediately, his face collapsed, and he looked at the middle-aged man with cold eyes and asked:

   "I'm talking about an all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump truck. What do you mean by recommending a pickup to me?"

  The middle-aged man trembled from Fang Lang's stare, and waved his hands again and again to explain:

   "Boss, don't get me wrong, this model is not a pickup.

It is the model that I can think of that best meets your requirements. Although its carrying area is only 1.5 square meters, we can further upgrade this model to develop an all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road bicycle that meets your requirements. Unload the truck.

  You know, the name we gave him when we set up the project was Unimog, which is also called general-purpose self-propelled machine in translation. "

   Fang Lang was taken aback when he heard the German name, as if he had heard it somewhere!

   "Unimog? Wait, you're not talking about a Unimog, are you?"

  If it is really called this name, it will make Fang Lang look a little sideways, good guy, this is a proper off-road artifact! You must know that although it was originally developed as an agricultural machine, it was modified countless times and applied to various occasions because of its strong off-road ability.

  It is also very promising in the field of military use. If it can be introduced to Brazil for production, with a little improvement, it can become an artifact for traveling through the Amazon rainforest!

  Unfortunately, although he is an off-road artifact, it is obviously not suitable for his positioning as an all-wheel drive heavy off-road dump truck, because the coil spring used by the opponent determines the upper limit of his carrying capacity.

   The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to have heard of this project, and looked at Fang Lang in 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, it seems to be an agricultural machine!"

  The middle-aged man nodded calmly when he heard the words:

   "Yes, although it is only an agricultural machine, its design principle is very much in line with your requirements. We can refer to it to design a heavy-duty truck that meets your requirements."

Although Fang Lang feels that the Unimog does not fit the positioning of the all-wheel drive heavy-duty off-road dump truck in his mind, since the professionals in the automotive industry in front of him think that it is possible to develop a vehicle based on it to meet their own needs. Of course, Fang Lang would not refuse the car.

   Moreover, Fang Lang also hopes to recruit some of his own people to join this R&D team to improve his own independent research and development capabilities in the future. After all, the European aid program is about to start.

The Mercedes-Benz head office in Germany is about to slowly recover. At that time, if the researchers here miss the embrace of the motherland and hope to return to work in the country, he can't stop others. He can only take advantage of this time to train more people. Your own talents will do.

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

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

   Later generations have produced many heavy-duty mining trucks that broke the world record. 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 did develop a military truck named Mercedes-Benz Saitos on the basis of the Unimog. Its powerful off-road and load-carrying capabilities made him a German army truck. One of the main delivery trucks.

   I just don’t know whether in this world, because of Fang Lang’s intervention, he promoted the research of Mercedes-Benz in Brazil, whether another Saitos truck can be manufactured 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 now. We must not give up the huge market of commercial vehicles.

   If you need my support anywhere, please feel free to speak up! I will definitely support everyone's work with all my strength. "

   All the company's managements looked solemn, and they all nodded in agreement.

  Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction when he saw this, and said to the general manager Gianvito Blanc:

   "Then let's continue to visit!"

  Hearing this, Gianvito Blanc hurried forward again and began to lead the way.

Next, Fang Lang visited the power technology research room and new technology research center of the Mercedes-Benz factory in Brazil, and proposed a three-point seat belt, car radio, car air conditioner, automatic transmission, power braking, power steering, electronic ignition, etc. The new technical direction of the series.

  (end of this chapter)