Speaking of this, Vladimir's tone was full of regret, "If it weren't for the collapse of our Soviet Union caused by this turmoil, the development of our Soviet military all-wheel drive trucks has stagnated for so long. ”

The technological level of the Soviet Union, which has been stagnant for so long, is much more advanced than that of China, Zhang Lan sighed: Even the technology of military all-wheel drive trucks in the Soviet Union in the eighties is more than enough to meet domestic needs.

"Oh," Zhang Lan was excited when he heard Vladimir say this, "So, we can also start the all-wheel drive military heavy truck project?" ”

"You can't say that," Vladimir shook his head with a wry smile, "On the surface, there is not much difference between military trucks and civilian trucks, but in fact, if you go deep into it, you will find that the difference is not just a star and a half, not only in terms of power, but also in terms of engine durability, truck manufacturing materials, design ideas, and even the design concept and layout of some components are very different from civilian trucks." Even if there are ready-made manufacturing materials, if we want to produce qualified all-wheel drive military heavy trucks, we also need to reorganize the previous technical data, and then we have to track the design concept of the mainstream military trucks in the world, and even analyze the combat mode of modern warfare, and then calculate the needs of military operations for a period of time in the future, and determine what kind of truck is needed, and at this time, we can determine the design plan. \//\ And this work will take at least one and a half to two years to complete. The rest of the time is really time for truck design. ”

"That's so bad?" Zhang Lan was stunned.

Of course, Zhang Lan knows that the requirements for military products are very strict. Even to the point of strictness, there is a set of strict procedures from the design idea to the production of the prototype car, how long does it take to design the prototype car from the design plan? How long does it take to go from prototype to finalization? Originally, I thought that even if there is a difference between military trucks and civilian trucks, the difference should not be too big, but now it seems that I am really wrong!

So, even now, these trucks will be ready for two and a half or three years at the earliest? God knows. I am also going to use these cars to participate in the next year's Dakar Rally truck group competition. \\\\

"That's pretty it," Vladimir asked, nodding with some expectation and some concern. "Boss, is this work still done?"

"Do!" Zhang Lan hated in her heart: It's another money-burning thing! Gritted his teeth and said, "It's better to do it late than early, anyway, sooner or later, rather than waiting until the market needs in the future to do it, it's better to do it now." "Even if there is not much demand in China, relying on the global strength of Alice (USA) Group, these cars can be sold to other countries. Don't let yourself hang yourself on this domestic demand.

Thinking like this, Zhang Lan turned her head. "Mr. Vladimir, I'll leave this matter to you, organize a research team as soon as possible. While not delaying the design of civilian trucks, this is the key task of your truck design department, and in two days this task group will be officially issued to your truck design department in the form of a research task book, please. During this period, your truck design department will be given preferential treatment for research funds. ”

"Don't worry!" Zhang Lan's words sounded like a sound in Vladimir's ears: I have been waiting for so long, isn't I just waiting for this day? This guy assured Zhang Lan excitedly, "Little boss." \\\ I pledge in the name of my great mother. The earliest will be at the end of next year, and the slowest will be in late spring and early summer of the following year. Our truck design department submitted the design of this military all-wheel drive heavy-duty truck to the company! ”

For these guys, if it's in the name of their mother. Basically, it's similar to the Chinese vows that if they don't do anything, they will be geniuses, cut off their children, and die well. When Vladimir says this, it's basically not much different from having a military order for himself.

It's just that it will be until the end of next year at the earliest? Zhang Lan smiled bitterly in her heart, this time is really not short!

Now, Zhang Lan finally understands why no matter what kind of military product, as long as it is related to the army, the progress of the entire project will be slow to death, it turns out that this is the case!

It's not that you don't want to be fast, it's that you can't be fast! The all-terrain vehicles and off-road vehicles provided by our company to the military are just cheap and know what the military will need for a period of time in the future. Zhang Lan shook her head and smiled bitterly: she was really stupid and naïve before. \//\

"By the way," Zhang Lan suddenly remembered a little bit of the popular trend of military equipment design in later generations, and hurriedly reminded Vladimir, "While preparing the design site, I would like to provide you with a little reference: when designing, each component should be designed as modular as possible, which is not only convenient for us to produce, but also convenient for the army to repair in wartime." Maybe in the future, we will design a series of military trucks, so it is also important to do a good job of general work on parts in advance. ”

"I understand." Vladimir nodded: over the years, he has not broken the tracking and observation of international military product design, and naturally knows that modular design is the mainstream of today's military equipment, in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, not only military equipment such as military trucks are designed to adopt this modular design concept, and even in guns, tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft and other weapons and equipment, it is a comprehensive use of modular design ideas. The advantages of this design are obvious, not only to ensure the timely replacement of damaged parts in the case of damage, but also to improve and ensure the attendance rate of the equipment in wartime. And because of the versatility of the parts, it also greatly reduces the cost of military procurement and reserves, which also means that the manufacturer reduces the production cost, which is a good way for all parties to win. \///\\

Although the concept of modular design has begun to be implemented abroad, China has not noticed this advanced design concept, and Vladimir did not expect that his little boss would have proposed it now. ,

As far as Vladimir himself knew, the importance of this issue is not yet recognized in China. In other words, even if they recognize the importance of this issue, they do not have the strength and influence to influence the design thinking of China's military equipment design units. Even in the former Soviet Union, although before the collapse of the Soviet Union, military equipment design specialists were aware of the problem, but before they were left with a plan to solve it, the Soviet government collapsed.

After solving this problem, Zhang Lan was a little depressed in his heart, but also breathed a sigh of relief: although he started a little late, at least he started earlier than those domestic military vehicle equipment manufacturers, and more importantly, his own technical research and development strength is still much stronger than theirs, and he is much more flexible than them in terms of system, at least he is not as bureaucratic as them, so he should be more advantageous than them, right?

Maybe if you start working hard now, when the military starts to equip this kind of vehicle in the future, you still have time to plug a lever in the middle and mess up the matter of high-power military all-wheel drive military heavy trucks introduced from Mercedes-Benz and Volvo? Uh-huh, that's a good idea! Zhang Lan thought with a smile.

Thinking of this question, Zhang Lan began to ponder again: Is it necessary for him to build those larger trucks? Like the kind of mega trucks that are used in mines and large water conservancy projects? For the kind of guy who can be called a behemoth, Zhang Lan's most direct experience comes from the super huge truck in Jackie Chan's movie "A Good Man", a behemoth with a wheel of more than three meters tall just by a wheel!

Although I don't know whether or not these super-heavy trucks were used in domestic mines, Zhang Lan remembers very well that many of these trucks were used in a series of water conservancy projects that were later carried out in China, especially when the construction of the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project began, all of them imported such a batch of super-heavy trucks from abroad -- no domestic automobile manufacturer has the ability to produce such a behemoth.

There are not many companies in the world that can produce this kind of super giant truck. Unidig is one, Carter is one -- if I remember correctly, it seems that a considerable part of the super-trucks used in the construction of the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project were imported from Carter -- and there is also a German company that can't remember what to name. For these behemoths, it makes people feel awe-inspiring to think about them!

Of course, such a behemoth is very profitable, but Zhang Lan is also worried, it seems that the Soviet Union does not have such super-heavy truck technology? If you don't say whether such a thing can be made, even if it is made, can it be sold? If you work hard and lose money to get it out and can't sell it in the end, then you will lose a lot!

Also, how can you do such a high-power diesel engine yourself? If you remember correctly, none of the diesel engines equipped on these behemoths have a maximum output of less than 3,000 horsepower, and the power of the diesel engines used on the tanks is only between 1,200 and 1,500 horsepower.

Although the domestic demand for this behemoth will not be small for a long period of time, in the eyes of the bosses of those state-owned engineering project companies adhering to the principle of "as long as there are imports, there is no need for domestic ones", it is obvious that the super giant trucks imported from abroad are better, and they are all old manufacturers with decades of quality reputation, and the quality is trustworthy. The most important thing is that people give more benefits!

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