March 5, morning.
To the west of the capital Rio de Janeiro, in the military factory area of the Itaguaí military zone, Tangning, accompanied by personnel from the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Industry, inspected the industrial situation of this extremely important military zone in Brazil.
Itaguay Military Zone is the first military center of the Kingdom of Brazil.
It is located in the western part of the state of Rio de Janeiro, bordering the state of Sao Paulo. It consists of three parts: Itaguai, Mangaratiba, and Angra dos Reis. It covers an area larger than the city of Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil.
In addition to being the location of three Brazilian military universities, this military zone is also the headquarters of the First Military Region and an important base of the Brazilian Navy.
As Brazil's first military zone, Itaguaí gathers the best of the Brazilian army, and various important military factories are naturally located here.
Inside the Caiman Automobile Factory.
Looking at the crawler tractor in front of her, Tang Ning said with some frustration.
"Is this guy the crawler tractor you produce?"
Tang Ning felt that this extremely crude thing in front of him was just a rectangular body on top of crawler tracks. It was a bit different from the crawler tractors he knew.
Tang Ning was naturally a little disappointed with this crawler tractor, but considering the limitations of the times, this is the early 20th century after all, so we can't expect too much.
There is nothing Tangning can do about this. Since his major is not mechanics, he is powerless in the construction and transformation of many things.
"Your Majesty, this Caiman 1 tractor is already the most advanced crawler tractor in the world."
Facing His Majesty the King's dissatisfaction, factory director Harvey also responded with some embarrassment.
The current tractor is the most advanced in the world. He doesn't understand why His Majesty is dissatisfied.
"Our crawler tractor is imported from the most advanced "Brock" tractor in the United States. Your Majesty, do you think there is anything that needs to be improved on this?"
Tang Ning shook his head. He didn't have any substantive opinions. If he wanted to improve the crawler tractor, he still needed professionals, so he wouldn't cause any trouble.
"I'm not a professional, so I won't give random opinions. But I feel that this tractor can be made better. You can't blindly copy the United States, but you must also make improvements based on Brazil's current situation and needs!"
"Your Majesty, we will definitely work hard and launch Brazilian tractors as soon as possible!"
"Let's use American machinery first!"
Seeing Harvey's eagerness to reassure him, Tangning patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Don't worry, our technical reserves are not strong enough. Take your time on related matters!"
In this era, the United States may not be as good as Europe in other industries, but its agricultural mechanization industry is definitely unrivaled.
American tractors, seeders, harvesters and other agricultural mechanization equipment are definitely at the leading level in the world. Now that Brazil is developing large-scale agriculture in the interior, it is natural to introduce American agricultural equipment and technology.
However, today's agricultural equipment is mainly wheeled machinery, and crawler machinery has just emerged in the United States.
Except for occasional hurricanes in summer and a bit of abnormal weather in winter, the overall climate in the United States is okay.
The United States, which has the vast plains of the Mississippi River and the east coast plains, has one of the best agricultural climates in the world and is extremely powerful in agricultural production.
Although Brazil's agricultural climate is good, especially in terms of its advantage in tropical economic agriculture, it completely surpasses the United States.
However, there are also disadvantages. After all, most of Brazil has a tropical climate, and its staple food industry is completely inferior to that of the United States.
Because of its tropical climate, Brazil has too much rainfall and the land and roads are very muddy. Wheeled machinery is obviously less suitable for Brazil than crawler machinery.
The history of tractors has been around for some time now. The earliest history of tractors can be traced back to France and the United States.
Historically, Alabart of France and Palvin of the United States invented the earliest steam-powered tractors in 1856 and 1873 respectively, and later in the late 19th century, internal combustion engine tractors were derived.
However, these tractors were all wheeled, and crawler tractors only appeared in 1906, half a century late.
In 1906, the tractor manufacturing company founded by Holt manufactured the world's earliest crawler tractor powered by a gasoline internal combustion engine. This tractor began mass production the next year and achieved considerable success.
Holt's crawler tractor would later become an important prototype used by the British when developing the world's first tank.
"Harvey, how is the development of the tank I asked you to develop, that is, the armored tracked vehicle?"
Tang Ning pays attention to crawler tractors. In addition to Brazilian agriculture, the most important thing is tanks. The origin of tanks is closely related to crawler tractors.
World War I is coming soon, and Brazil will definitely join the war, and the number of participating troops is not expected to be greater than that of the United States, and the time to join the war is expected to be earlier.
Although the tanks in World War I were not as powerful as those in World War II, they still played a big role in auxiliary infantry assault positions. As the king of Brazil, he still cherished his soldiers, and of course he should pay attention to the development of Brazilian tanks.
Although Tang Ning is not a tank military enthusiast, early tanks were not complicated, and Tang Ning was still able to use her knowledge to contribute to the Brazilian tank cause.
"Your Majesty, we have designed the tracked armored vehicle you mentioned and built two samples."
Of course, Harvey did not dare to neglect the order given by His Majesty the King himself, and he created two looks in three months.
"So fast?"
Unexpectedly, it would happen so soon. Tangning became a little excited. He was very anxious to see the world's first tank.
"Harvey, let someone bring the tank over. I want to admire it."
Harvey did not dare to neglect the king's order and quickly responded: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Five minutes later.
The two small tanks were seven and a half meters long, four meters wide and two meters high. They were composed of a small ellipse, a cube and tracked wheels. They slowly drove over and drove into Tangning's sight.
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"Sudden!" "Sudden!" "Sudden!"...
Seeing the two small tanks appear, Tangning smiled, her eyes shone, and her body couldn't help shaking violently!
Although these two little tanks are extremely ugly, they are the first tanks in the world. How can he not be excited?
"Well done Xavi, you are a man of excellent mobility and a rare talent in our Kingdom of Brazil."
Tangning praised the factory director Harvey, and waited until he was about to continue boasting about the tank.
Suddenly, a small tank at the front had a problem.
About 20 meters away from Tang Ning, the small tank made two sudden noises, its tracks fell off, and then the small tank started shaking on the spot.
In an instant, the scene that had been full of laughter and laughter just now became silent.
"Cough!"
Tangning coughed, breaking the awkward silence.
"Harvey is doing a good job. These two tanks have just been developed and can travel for such a long time. It is very good. And isn't there still one driving now?
Come on, come with me and take a closer look at this newly developed guy."
Tangning's words made the nervous people present, especially Harvey, relax and follow the king into the tank.
"Harvey, what caliber is this gun?"
Tangning touched the cannon protruding from the top of the ellipsoid and asked Harvey.
"Your Majesty, the tank's gun is 57mm."
"Yes, 57mm is enough. We can increase the diameter when experience matures."
Tang Ning is very satisfied with this caliber. After all, it is the first generation, so the requirements cannot be too high.
The twin turrets of the British Nomad tank look much better than the single-turret tank from Brazil, but they are too weird.
This chapter has been completed!