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While Eder was worried about the Kazan gold, the five-ton heavy-duty truck he asked Volkswagen to develop was already mass-produced in Constanta.

Minoba, the general manager of Volkswagen, had actually reported it to him, but Edel's preparation plan for Milok and Carust at that time was left to Minoba to handle. This disappointed Minoba, who rushed over to report the good news. He thought that the crown prince was not satisfied with him and planned to find someone to replace him, which made him worry for several days.

In mid-October 2013, after half a month of emergency production, the first batch of 1,000 five-ton heavy-duty trucks appeared in front of the world. These five-ton trucks can be said to be earth-shaking changes to the previous 1.5-ton trucks. The most changed is that the chassis of the vehicle has been strengthened and optimized.

Among them, the clutch, transmission and transaxle are the most changed. Among them, in order to solve the situation that the car is driving on complex roads, the Volkswagen R\u0026D department has also developed a differential. This can solve the difficulty of turning and the unequal rotation of the coaxial wheels caused by driving on complex roads. At the same time, it also reduces the friction between the tire and the ground and prolongs the life of the tire.

Now all new Volkswagen cars are equipped with this component invented by the technology research and development department. It can be said that it is a small step to push the auto industry forward, and I believe that other car companies will soon learn from the Volkswagen method.

In the original time and space, the differential was invented by Louis Renault in 1937, and now it has been advanced by Volkswagen by more than 20 years, which can prove that many technologies will not stick to the rules in the great development of automobiles triggered by the advance. Only then did it appear.

Of course, Volkswagen's newly launched five-ton Dongfeng truck is not as popular as the previous 1.5-ton truck. This batch of 1,000 new heavy trucks was sold out 11 days after it was put into the market, which disappointed the executives of Volkswagen who were waiting for news.

In fact, this situation is caused by the fact that the price of this heavy truck is more expensive to 550 pounds per vehicle, which is much more expensive than the 145 pounds of the still-selling 1.5-ton Dongfeng truck. Even 3 times the volume is still too expensive for many transport owners. On the other hand, the road conditions in Europe are not very good now. Only a small number of roads can run cars, not to mention the five-ton heavy trucks that are fully loaded and heavier. And most goods can now be transported by 1.5-ton trucks, making 5-ton trucks a bit premature, except for the need to transport bulky items.

However, despite being snubbed among the people, the military of various countries are very interested in this car.

Among them, the German Chief of General Staff, General Moltke, told the people around him after seeing the heavy truck. "This is a vehicle specially prepared for the transport of the army, and we should procure this vehicle with all Romanian repayments, which can improve the logistics of our army."

In fact, he did the same. After observing the new Dongfeng truck with a load of five tons, he found the Ministry of War on the issue of equipment and its acquisition, and asked to purchase this vehicle to enhance the logistics and transportation level of the German army.

A group of old Prussian conservatives have managed technical and logistical affairs in the War Department since 1866. Research into the future role of military aircraft, as well as the full utilization of automobiles and their conversion into armored vehicles, or their use as offensive weapons or reconnaissance vehicles when equipped with machine guns or small artillery guns, has either been delayed, or Not on the agenda at all. They seem to be saying that the Prussian infantry in 1870 wasn't armed with captive balloons and machine guns, didn't they win?

However, under the circumstance that Xiao Maoqi insisted and even threatened to bypass them and go directly to Kaiser Wilhelm II, in the end, both sides decided to purchase 600 new heavy trucks to form a transportation group to see the effect.

Xiao Maoqi was very dissatisfied with this, thinking that these old antiques of the War Department should be rolled down from their posts. These people have long been behind the times and still hold on to the experience of the Franco-Prussian War.

Compared with the experience of Germany,

The French army, its main army rival, was no better. Its commander-in-chief, General Xiafei, prefers the 1.5-ton Dongfeng truck, which, in his words, helps the French army to recruit drivers from the country. Completely disregarding the fact that the driving operation of 5-ton heavy trucks and 1.5-ton trucks is not very different, so the French army plans to purchase 350 of these heavy trucks to implement its military transportation system.

As for Russia, due to the complicated road conditions of its Eastern European roads, there are not too many 1.5-ton trucks now. Most of the road transportation is still based on power storage, so they only plan to buy 100 vehicles to test the effect.

The British side is a lot more generous, but the reason for the purchase is a bit strange. They plan to form a division-level fast mobile unit to deal with possible wars in Europe. Originally planned to use 1.5-ton trucks as their means of transport, but after seeing the new five-ton heavy trucks, they planned to purchase 800 such trucks so that all soldiers and equipment could be taken away on four wheels. Just don't know how much a division can play in Europe?

Austria-Hungary and Italy also purchased a small amount of vehicles to test the effect due to military funding. Other small countries also purchased dozens of vehicles and I bought a few more. In the end, after these orders were aggregated, there were still orders of three or four thousand vehicles. The higher-ups also breathed a sigh of relief. They've spent close to £1m on this new car, and it'd be a joke if they didn't make it back.

As for the United States, which is now the largest consumer of automobiles, Volkswagen has no other ideas at all. Once there was an agreement with Ford, it is still profitable for both parties to comply with it, so both parties recognize the current situation. And Volkswagen makes no less money from the Model T than Ford, because in Europe, the Model T is sold by Volkswagen more than the US by a price gap of five dollars, so in order not to break the relationship between the two parties, this does not seem to be a success. The new model can only abandon the US market.

Even so, Volkswagen's general manager, Minoba, felt compelled to report the situation to the crown prince. Not looking for a reason, just to let His Highness know that the new car Volkswagen he requested has been made, and the market response is not good. I hope His Highness can give less guidance on the development of Volkswagen.

However, his painstaking efforts were not accepted by Edel. When the crown prince met him, he recognized their work and thought this was the car he needed. For Minoba's suggestion that he wanted to slow down the construction of a new five-ton heavy truck production line, the crown prince rejected it and asked him to build the two production lines as scheduled, because there will be orders at that time.

In this regard, Minoba can only obey orders, but he does not know where the new orders will be produced by Volkswagen after completing these orders. In this regard, he plans to let the existing production line of five-ton heavy trucks produce at the usual speed. As for the order, we will wait for it. Anyway, Volkswagen has a lot of experience with too many orders.