Travel through the 1945 super power construction secret base

After returning to the underground base, Wang Zema devoted himself to the research and development of trucks without stopping.

Because tracked steam tillers had been successfully manufactured before, many parts and technologies could be directly applied to trucks.

In fact, the people in the factory were not wrong in their idea. It was indeed a feasible solution to transform the truck based on the tracked steam engine, but unfortunately they lacked sufficient integration capabilities.

This also made it impossible for them to arrange the layout of the car properly, resulting in various problems every time the car was started.

But for Wang Ze, these are not a problem. After all, in the underground warehouse, all the materials needed are available.

So he asked Tian Yi to ask people to transport various materials to the large underground warehouse on the third underground floor.

Fortunately, the base is equipped with an elevator, otherwise just moving all these materials would be exhausting.

In the extremely spacious underground space, Wang Ze is like a creator, manipulating hard steel and other materials, allowing them to gradually change shape according to his will.

Not long after, a brand new tracked truck chassis appeared in front of everyone.

It has three pairs of sturdy road wheels that can withstand huge weight.

At the front of the train was a carefully modified steam engine, the layout of which had undergone tremendous changes.

The originally towering water tanks and other related equipment have now been lowered, an improvement that fully takes into account their practical use as a means of transportation.

Wang Ze borrowed the design concept of the half-track truck because this type of vehicle has strong off-road capabilities and is particularly suitable for front-line transportation needs in the upcoming Korean War.

Although the half-track vehicle has the defect of weak carrying capacity, it is not a big problem for this vehicle, because its main task is to complete short-distance transportation of small amounts of cargo or to meet the military's requirements for ammunition transportation.

If there are heavy objects that need to be transported, there are airships that can take on the task!

However, for front-line combat considerations, a version equipped with a diesel engine must be developed.

Otherwise, if we continue to use traditional steam engines, as long as the car is running on the ground, the enemy will be able to spot the billowing steam from the air from a distance.

As for the engine problem, Wang Ze thought it was not difficult to solve. He knew many structural details of foreign diesel engines by heart.

But the key point is that it is uncertain whether the machinery factory can successfully manufacture diesel engines.

If not, then I will have to spend a lot of time and energy to teach them myself!

Oh, when I think about it, I feel like I’ve worked so hard!

When Wang Ze thought about having to report to the machinery factory every day, he couldn't help feeling a little irritated.

He sincerely hoped that the workers in the factory would have been fully trained and grown, and would no longer be as ignorant as before, needing others to remind them repeatedly about everything; and if they were told more, they would forget everything in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, Wang Ze finally understood why the senior teachers who had taught the interns often had bad tempers.

After several hours of unremitting efforts, he finally successfully completed the production of the engine.

Fortunately, I have super powers to help me, otherwise it would be difficult to succeed relying solely on the knowledge of structures I know.

This extraordinary ability to directly shape objects and immediately correct them if problems are found is simply unparalleled in the field of mechanics!

Now that the most critical power source has been prepared, the rest of the process will naturally be much simpler.

So, Wang Ze began to design the transmission structure, gearbox and shock absorber one by one step by step, and manufactured them on the spot after the design was completed.

Since these are all purely mechanical structures, they have not caused him too much trouble.

However, if issues involving chips and intelligence are involved in the future, it will be more difficult - after all, Wang Ze knows nothing about these two things; and even if he has superpowers, it is probably difficult to use them in situations where software intelligence is required.

The next morning, Wang Ze stood in an empty space on the third underground floor, staring at the two trucks parked in front of him.

The two trucks have very unique exterior designs, with strong, angular lines and bodies painted in bright forest camouflage patterns.

This appearance makes them unique among the many equipment of this era.

After careful consideration, Wang Ze finally gave up using half-tracks as a means of transportation for steam trucks.

After all, no matter how bad the road conditions are, there is always a road for the vehicle to travel on.

The use of a wheeled structure is sufficient to meet the needs, and the manufacturing and maintenance costs are much lower than those of a half-track vehicle.

The wide and huge steam engine in the front part of the car becomes the visual focus of the whole car. It looks like a chubby fish head, giving people a simple and cute feeling.

Walking into the cab, you can find that the interior space is quite spacious, enough to accommodate the driver to operate comfortably.

However, unlike the traditional cab, the area where the co-pilot seat was originally located is directly connected to the fuel tank. A dedicated person must be assigned here to add fuel to ensure the normal operation of the vehicle.

Immediately behind the cab is the fuel storage area, which is separated from the cockpit by a sturdy fence, effectively avoiding possible harm to the occupants in emergency braking or other sudden situations.

Looking further back, you can see the regular truck bed, which is six meters long but not equipped with a hydraulic unloading device.

This is mainly because the factory currently does not have the ability to manufacture such large hydraulic equipment.

At this stage, the primary goal is to ensure that the vehicle can be used normally. As for more convenient designs, they will be implemented in subsequent improved versions.

The other vehicle looks very unique! It has a wheeled front end and a tracked rear end.

Wang Ze was particularly careful to reserve a space above the front of the vehicle for installing a machine gun.

Compared with the previous steam-powered car, the cargo box of this car is slightly smaller, only 4 meters long, but including the front of the car, the total length is only about 6 meters.

Such a sophisticated layout allows the half-track vehicle to adapt to various complex terrains and travel unimpeded in both mountains and waters.

The powerful diesel engine gives the truck extremely high torque, so it can handle it with ease even when faced with difficult and dangerous road conditions such as trekking through mountains and rivers.

There is no doubt that this car will greatly improve the many logistical problems faced during the Korean War.

At the very least, it is hoped that the soldiers on the front line will no longer be in the situation they were in before, where they had to stop and wait for supplies to be slowly delivered from the rear after each large-scale battle before they could continue to move forward.

Then, Wang Ze manipulated the paper and ink bottle beside him and began to draw the design.

Since two vehicle drawings need to be drawn this time, the workload is quite large.

Thankfully, there are a lot of common parts between the two cars, which reduces the number of drawings somewhat.

Even with the help of super powers, Wang Ze still spent several hours to complete the thick stack of two design drawings.

Just by looking at the thickness of these piled up drawings, he knew in his heart that he might not be able to take them out in the short term.

However, now that it is almost 1949, it is no longer advisable to delay any further. We must ensure that the factory buildings and equipment are in place as soon as possible.

After all, if the delay is too long, not much can be produced before the war.

Although the road conditions in many parts of the country are poor and some areas are even unaccessible, this type of vehicle can still be used.

However, Wang Ze still hopes that this half-track truck can be used on the battlefield!