Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Ding Wei walked around a hand tractor and said happily: "The trailer at the rear of this vehicle is so large that it can be used to transport troops at critical moments. Even transporting an infantry squad with all its equipment is not a big problem."

"By the way, what is the speed of this vehicle called a walking tractor?"

"It can run about 20 kilometers in an hour, but it depends on the road conditions and the load. This type of tractor has relatively low requirements for road conditions. It can even run on the muddy roads we usually use. It is not like military trucks, which can easily get stuck in mud pits."

"This time the transport team brought ten walking tractors, which were mainly used to test performance and record the operating conditions of various parts after long-distance driving, so as to provide data support for future improvements."

"By the way, according to the chief consultant, this tractor was developed for plowing fields, and transporting materials is just its sideline."

Hearing the words "plowing the fields", Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were suddenly confused. They had never thought that this thing in front of them could be used to plow the fields. This was completely beyond their cognition.

Seeing this, Ma Gong could only continue to explain: "There are too few oxen in our base area, and the cost of raising a cow is too high. Ordinary families simply cannot afford it."

"Based on the production experience of foreign tractors, the chief consultant specially ordered people to develop this dual-purpose mechanical equipment. It can be used to transport goods during normal times. Once the farming season arrives, you only need to remove the bucket at the back and install the plow to plow the land. And the speed is very fast."

"We have done special tests and found that we can plow about two mu of land in one hour, while oxen can only plow about three mu in a day with hard work."

"At the same time, if the oxen work all day, they must eat concentrated feed, otherwise they will not have the strength to work in the fields the next day. However, our hand tractors can plow from morning to night as long as there is enough diesel, and 20 acres of land a day is no problem."

"Okay, okay, very good!"

After listening to it, Li Yunlong clapped and praised along with Ding Wei.

Both of them are from peasant backgrounds and can fully reflect the hard work that ordinary people go through during the busy farming season. Just now, Ma Gong said that oxen can only plow three acres a day, which is the most ideal state. Generally, oxen have to rest after plowing two acres at most, and only wealthy families can afford to raise oxen.

How could ordinary poor people afford to raise cows? Whenever they did farm work and plowed the fields, it was usually the two grown-up sons in the family who pulled the plow in front, while the old father controlled the plow behind.

This method of farming is very hard. Three people can only cultivate half an acre to one acre a day at most after working very hard. Moreover, they have to do this farming continuously for half a month, which can easily make people exhausted.

But the farming season does not wait for anyone. Once you miss it, the whole family will go hungry. This is why Chinese farmers work so hard in farming.

But if this kind of walk-behind tractor can be promoted vigorously, even if it can plow 20 acres of land a day, one machine can do the work of almost 50 adult men in a day, and the driver will not be too tired even if he is busy all day.

If these fifty adult men all went to work in the factory, the profits they could earn would definitely be much higher than this little bit of diesel. It would definitely greatly liberate productivity and create greater profits for their families and bases.

Of course, these are matters for the future and have not yet been considered so deeply. However, this is also a good phenomenon, which can greatly improve the productivity of the farmers in the base area.

Compared with generals like Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, everything must first be put into military operations, while Kong Hao has to make long-term plans.

Especially in the area of automobile engines, we had no foundation at all before and could only catch up with the developed industrial countries step by step.

Now we can only start with the simpler motorcycle engines, then tractor engines, then military trucks, and even armored vehicles, tanks, airplanes and ship engines.

After Ma Gong introduced the hand tractor, he took the two team leaders to another transport vehicle and introduced it loudly:

"Two team leaders, this is our latest motorcycle tricycle, which is an improvement on the previous sidecar tricycle. It is very effective for transporting goods or people."

"This new type of motorcycle tricycle can carry about 1,200 kilograms and can reach a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, but these are the results obtained during the testing phase."

"In the future, our base will form a transportation network of human-powered bicycles, human-powered tricycles, and motorcycle tricycles, so that the flow of materials will be much faster."

"good, very good, excellent!"

At this time, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei didn't know what to say. This kind of thing was far beyond their understanding. However, the only thing they knew was that the logistical supply of their troops would be faster in the future, and this was enough.

Then Li Yunlong asked the transport team to go to the vicinity of Wenxian City to find Kong Jie and the New Second Regiment and transport the seized weapons and equipment back.

Although the main force does not think highly of it, it is still a good idea to transport it back to the militia guerrillas. It is on the way anyway, and we must make sure every bit of it is stored in the warehouse and not waste it like this.

After dealing with the supplies, the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment started building fortifications. According to the previous combat plan, after we expand the base to Wen County, the defense line we are building now will be used to block the passage of other Japanese troops to Wen County, and by the way, to contain the enemies in several surrounding counties. It will be of great use.

While there is still some time before the Japanese Sakai Brigade arrives here, we must hurry up to build a more solid position, and build a few more, otherwise we will not be able to accommodate an entire Japanese brigade.

Kong Hao, who was far away in the Zhaojiayu Industrial Zone, was currently in Kangaroo Country, confirming the latest situation with the old butler William.

"Master, we have acquired five mining sites, focusing on iron and copper mines. We estimate that we can obtain about 60,000 tons a day. Except for a small part that is used to smelt into metal ingots, the rest is stored in the mineral warehouse."

"All the responsible persons are our own people, and the other employees are also Chinese people recruited locally. I have already given them a heads-up. Don't worry, there will be no problems."

We can obtain 1 tons of minerals a day, and it is the best iron ore with an iron content of 0.8%. According to the principle of refining 80 ton of iron ore, tons of pig iron can be obtained, and the conversion rate can reach about %. The conversion rate of pig iron into steel is %.

By this calculation, 1 ton of iron ore from Kangaroo Country can produce about 0.5 tons of good steel.

If all this iron ore could be smelted into steel, 30,000 tons a day, 900,000 tons a month, and tens of millions of tons a year. I estimate that the Japanese would be crushed to death with just the steel.

You know, according to later statistics, the Japanese now produce 686 million tons of steel, and most of the iron ore is imported, and the transportation line is very long.

Kong Hao has a huge space with him, so there is no cost at all for transportation through the space gate.

After being transported to our base, we can secretly bury these top-quality iron ores near the mineral resources through the system. Even the mine and the smelter can be in the same place, thus saving the transportation costs. It is so convenient.