car!
If you look from the air towards the ground, you can see trucks everywhere.
From the Mato Grosso plateau to the grasslands of northern Uruguay, there are cars everywhere, at least tens of thousands of trucks, loaded with soldiers and supplies, or towing artillery, driving on this vast land.
car!
Two years ago, everything changed with the opening of the first automobile production line.
The original high cost of automobiles has plummeted, and at the same time, production continues to rise. Last year, the production of Jiefang Trucks exceeded 35,000 units!
Judging from the level of 1876, this is definitely a miracle.
The military has become the largest user of cars. In fact, compared to the civilian population, the military has always been the most important supporter of cars.
There’s no other reason than it’s cheap!
Even when the first batch of Jiefang trucks rolled off the production line, even though the price was as high as 2,800 yuan per unit, the army still generously took over 80% of the orders. But even so, the army still felt that it was cheap and cheap.
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Why is this happening?
Because cars are indeed cheaper than horses. On the surface, the price of a draft horse is only about 20 yuan, but the problem is that raising horses is expensive!
Unlike cars, which don’t cost much if they don’t move, horses need to eat a lot of hay and feed salt bricks even if they are left alone in the stable. Not only that, horses also need someone to sit on the ground to wait on them. According to the army
According to the established standards, the annual cost of raising a horse is as high as 500 yuan!
Compared with the "squeamish" military horse, the car can be called a "cheap iron horse". It may not look expensive, but it is cheap to use. The car only needs basic maintenance when it is not driven. Even if it is driven, it consumes some cheap energy.
Gasoline, which costs two yuan a ton, is enough for a truck to drive three to four thousand kilometers. During this period, only a few parts need to be replaced, and the cost is...a few yuan.
If you switch to military horses, the consumption of horse food for three thousand or four thousand kilometers is second. The most important thing is that if you are not careful, the horse will be injured or die, which will affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
And what about the iron horse?
Just have oil and spare parts!
As a result, iron horses with extremely low cost have become the favorite of the military. After declaring war on Brazil, the military directly placed an order for 100,000 vehicles, which is almost three times the annual output of Maxima Automobile Company.
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Although it will take a long time to complete the order of 100,000 vehicles, after the war broke out, relying on the 60,000 trucks accumulated before the war, the Ming military actually achieved a certain degree of motorization...
No, it should be called motorization.
After receiving the order to march, nearly 300,000 Ming troops advanced towards Brazil from three directions. For a time, the ground was filled with rolling wheels.
This was the first motorized march in human history. The 300,000-strong army was either carrying cars or walking, marching at a speed that was unimaginable in the past.
Although not everyone can get on a truck, for the search leaders, their cars can still guarantee it.
Li Haodong, wearing a steel helmet and sitting in the passenger seat of an open-top truck, looked left and right from time to time. The car left some ruts in the knee-deep grass. Although there were no roads on the grassland,... there was too much traffic.
, it became the road. If the rifle was casually held between his legs, one of his hands was holding the handrail, and the other hand was holding fruits picked from the nearby orchard and putting them in his mouth.
When the convoy was driving on the grassland, he could occasionally see low wooden houses on the grassland, which were Brazilian slaves' houses. He knew that those Brazilians must be watching them from the houses on the roadside.
Think of them as conquerors.
Yes, they were indeed a group of conquerors. The battle in this area was over before a shot was heard.
The resistance of the Brazilians was extremely weak, because the Ming army's marching speed was far beyond their imagination. Before they could react quickly, they found themselves in danger of being surrounded, so many border troops were retreating.
Suddenly, Li Haodong heard laughter. It was the driver Zhao Dong laughing there.
"Dongzi, what's so funny?"
"Company Commander, I'm wondering, do you think we will run all the way to Sao Paulo and not even be able to fight?"
"Haha, don't tell me, I think so too. Those Brazilians can run faster than rabbits."
The soldiers in the carriage all burst out laughing, their tone completely disdainful of the Brazilian army. After all, few people could look down upon an army that could only run away.
Finally, a convoy of five trucks came to a stop among rolling hills. As soon as the cars stopped, soldiers jumped out of the trucks and walked towards the top of the hills.
"Pay attention to your surroundings. This is a more suitable ambush."
When leading the soldiers in the squad towards the top of the hill, Ma Yukunping held his rifle and occasionally joked with his brothers.
Just when he reached the top of the slope and looked ahead, he was immediately dumbfounded!
There was a full regiment of Brazilian troops in front of the slope. The blue military uniforms gathered on the grassland to form a long blue dragon, winding forward on the grassland. Several groups of cavalry holding spears ran on both sides to keep alert. At this moment
, actually scared Sergeant Ma Yukun into a cold sweat.
"Quickly, report to the company commander that the enemy is found one kilometer ahead..."
Li Haodong was dumbfounded by his subordinate's report.
"How far is it now?"
"About one kilometer, there are about 2,000 enemies."
one kilometer!
Two thousand people!
These words made Li Haodong's brows knit together.
"Company commander, let's..."
Before Deputy Company Commander Yu Song could finish speaking, Li Haodong slapped the car body hard and uttered one word.
"beat!"
For a moment, everyone was stunned. Li Haodong pursed his lips and sneered,
"From the time we entered Brazil, not a single shot was fired. Letting this group of deserters go would be too easy for them to escape. No matter what, we must let them remember a little longer!"
"That's not the truth,"
Yu Song also agreed.
"They're just a bunch of scared deserters, no big deal!"
"That's right, no matter how many people lose their courage, there will be nothing left. We still have to cut the melons and vegetables!"
"But, company commander, they have quite a few troops!"
Platoon leader Zhao Cheng's reminder made Li Haodong nodded.
"Well, we have a few people, but it doesn't matter if we have a small number of people. We are not fighting them head-on..."
Li Haodong said while staring at the undulating slopes and then at the car.
"Drive our truck to the reverse slope of the slope. Once they approach, we will retreat! Anyway, the hooves of the horse cannot outrun the car..."
This chapter has been completed!