The Holy Emperor Li Xuan saw the report submitted by the Ordnance Department the day after the Ordnance Department received the telegram.
Not just a report on petrol two-wheelers, but it also comes with a detailed analysis report by the Ordnance Department.
Li Xuan just looked at this report and knew that the 'gasoline two-wheeled vehicle' mentioned by the Ordnance Department was the motorcycle mentioned by later generations.
The name is not important, what is important is that the gasoline engine used in this car is very interesting. The cylinder volume is only 300 cc, but the maximum power reaches one horsepower, and the speed reaches 800 rpm.
It seems to have only one horsepower, which is many times smaller than the engines used in the other two cars. However, the key thing is that the cylinder volume of this engine is small, which means it is small in size and light in weight. Otherwise, it would not be directly installed in the twin-car engine.
The wheelbarrow is on.
In addition to being quite good in terms of power, its body design was also highly praised by people from the Ordnance Department.
In particular, the good passability of this two-wheeled vehicle allowed people in the Ordnance Department to see the future of mobile troops. This thing is better than bicycles and more suitable for mobile troops.
Although the Chariot Division was upgraded from a department to a division last year, the Tang Army actually began to look for more advanced mobile combat methods very early, especially after the Li Bicycle Company developed and mass-produced bicycles a few years ago.
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The Army noticed this thing at that time. In the beginning, this thing was only played by some young people, but the military also tried to purchase a batch of equipment for the troops.
After using this equipment, I found that the effect is pretty good.
Bicycles are something that people can walk on by stepping on them. If they are on hardened roads, they can ride very fast. They can be ridden even on dirt roads, and they can be pushed even in places with poor terrain.
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And it can also carry supplies behind it.
This means that a single soldier can carry more supplies when maneuvering.
The most important thing is that this thing is simple and reliable, there is no need to eat or drink, there is no need to consider the adaptation to the climate environment, and the cost of use is extremely low.
What did this tell the people in the Ordnance Department to see?
See the possibility of replacing horses to some extent.
Mules, horses and other livestock also need to be fed, and they need to eat a lot. Just feeding the amount is not a small amount. The food of any horse can be as much as that of several soldiers.
At the same time, horses also have relatively large demands on the environment and climate. Almost no breed of horses can be used in all climates. Some horses are suitable for plateaus, some horses are used in northern ice fields, and some horses can only be used in Central Asia.
In recent years, in order to meet the needs of horses in different regions, Datang has built military horse farms all over the world, and cultivated horses with different adaptability to different climate environments.
The most typical thing in these years is to cultivate horses suitable for use in the southwest of the empire, the Nanyang Peninsula, the Nanyang Islands and other regions. The empire has invested a lot of money and manpower. In addition to building the southwest racecourse in the southwest of the mainland, it also built horses in Luzon Province.
, Malacca State, Australia and other places have built horse farms to breed horses.
But until now, it has not been possible to say that a riding war horse with truly strong combat capabilities and that can adapt to the local climate and environment has been developed.
It’s even difficult to breed suitable draft horses!
In fact, it doesn't mean that you can't make someone with strong adaptability. It means that you have strong adaptability, but the shoulder height is not enough and the explosive power is not good.
But the Army of the Tang Dynasty has a high vision. This cavalry unit is used to using dense horses with a shoulder height of 1.5 or even 1.55 meters. Now you let them ride horses with a height of 1.23 meters to fight.
It's about scolding your mother.
As a result, the Tang Army's garrison troops deployed in the Nanyang region have to replenish a large number of high-quality war horses every year, which costs a lot of money.
Later, when the Army saw bicycles, the first thing that came to mind was not a mobile unit, but a unit assigned to troops stationed in Nanyang, replacing horses to a certain extent.
After all, the Tang Dynasty has a great cause, but it cannot withstand the large number of non-combat losses every year in some regions with harsh climates such as Nanyang.
Later, slowly, the concept of mobile troops came into being.
However, it has still not been formally established. This year, the gasoline engine was officially researched. Zhongyuan Automobile took the lead in launching the first test car. After Hangzhou Power Machinery Company launched the first mass-produced car, the Datang Army officially established its first
A mobile force.
The scale is small, no more than the size of a battalion, but it is directly under the Privy Council and serves as a test unit for the mobile force.
The mobile unit is already equipped with a certain number of bicycles. Now if they are replaced with gasoline two-wheelers, the effect should be better.
In this way, people in the Ordnance Department would take it so seriously and report it as soon as possible.
After Li Xuan saw it, although he felt that this thing was too primitive and not even practical, for the current technological level, it was already high-tech.
Li Xuan always has an encouraging attitude towards the progress of science and technology, so naturally he will not say that this thing is too rubbish and not applicable at all.
Instead, it gave instructions to purchase a batch of experimental equipment appropriately to explore the development model of the mobile force.
To put it bluntly, it means asking the military to pay for procurement and support.
Not only these gasoline two-wheelers, but also gasoline four-wheelers, Li Xuan also asked the military to purchase a small number of them as experimental equipment and distribute them to mobile troops.
But it can only be limited to small-scale purchases and experimental equipment. The current price of internal combustion engines is still too expensive, and large-scale equipment is not practical. It is enough to explore the development model first.
As for the present, Li Xuan feels that bicycles are more suitable, especially in places like Nanyang where the climate and environment are relatively harsh and it is difficult for horses to adapt. Bicycles have a higher tactical effect.
In any case, Li Xuan personally approved the experimental purchase!
The people in the Ordnance Department attached great importance to it, and after receiving the instructions from the Holy Emperor, they directly sent a telegram to Wuchang to start collecting information. At the same time, many officers from the Ordnance Department also boarded the train to Wuchang.
Li Yubo didn't even know about all this.
He is still depressed now.
Because he consulted the Royal Institute of Technology via telegram, his attempt to obtain authorization for the gasoline engine failed.
It can't be said that it was a failure. The Royal Institute of Technology did not reject him or embarrass him. Instead, it generously agreed directly.
In fact, up to now, the Royal Institute of Technology has licensed gasoline engine patents to more than a dozen manufacturers, basically giving the appearance of open licensing.
But the problem is, the patent licensing fee is not low!
The patent licensing fee for the gasoline engine issued by the Royal Institute of Technology is already very cheap compared to the development cost, but it is still not something Li Yubo can afford.