March 5, morning.
To the west of the capital Rio de Janeiro, in the military factory area of the Itaguai Military Zone, Tangning was inspecting the Brazilian military industry.
Itaguay Military Zone is the first military center of the Kingdom of Brazil.
It is located in the western part of the state of Rio de Janeiro, bordering the state of Sao Paulo. It consists of three parts: Itaguai, Mangaratiba, and Angra dos Reis, and occupies an area larger than the capital city of Rio de Janeiro.
This military zone, in addition to being home to three Brazilian military universities, is also the headquarters of the First Military Region and an important base of the Brazilian Navy.
As Brazil's first military zone, Itaguaí gathers the essence of the Brazilian army, and various important military factories are naturally located here.
Inside the Caiman car factory.
Looking at the crawler tractor in front of her, Tang Ning said with some frustration.
"Is this guy the crawler tractor you produce?"
Tang Ning felt that this extremely crude thing in front of him was just a rectangular body on top of crawler tracks. It was a bit different from the crawler-type tractors he knew.
Tang Ning was naturally a little disappointed with this crawler tractor, but considering the limitations of the times, this was the beginning of the 20th century after all, so she couldn't expect too much.
There was nothing Tangning could do about this. Since his major was not mechanics, he was powerless in constructing and transforming many things.
"Your Majesty, this Caiman 1 tractor is already the most advanced crawler tractor in the world."
Facing His Majesty the King's dissatisfaction, factory director Harvey also responded with some embarrassment.
The current tractor is the most advanced in the world. He doesn't understand why His Majesty is dissatisfied.
"Our crawler tractor is imported from the most advanced "Brook" tractor in the United States. Does Your Majesty think there is anything that needs to be improved on this?"
Tang Ning shook his head. He didn't have any substantive opinions. If he wanted to improve the crawler tractor, he still needed professionals, so he wouldn't cause any trouble.
"I'm not a professional, so I won't give random opinions. But I feel that this tractor can be made better. You can't blindly copy the United States, but you must also make improvements based on Brazil's current situation and needs!"
"Your Majesty, we will definitely work hard and we will launch Brazilian tractors as soon as possible!"
"Let's use American machinery first!"
Seeing Harvey's eagerness to reassure him, Tangning patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Don't worry, our technical reserves are not strong enough. Take your time on related matters!"
In this era, the United States may not be as good as Europe in other industries, but its agricultural mechanization industry is definitely unparalleled.
American tractors, seeders, harvesters and other agricultural mechanization equipment are definitely at the world's leading level. Now that Brazil is developing large-scale agriculture in the interior, it is natural to introduce American agricultural equipment and technology.
However, today's agricultural equipment is mainly wheeled machinery, and crawler machinery has just emerged in the United States.
Except for occasional hurricanes in summer and a bit abnormal weather in winter, the overall climate in the United States is still okay.
The United States, which has the Mississippi and the vast plains and the East Coast Plain, has one of the best agricultural climates in the world and is extremely powerful in agricultural production.
Although Brazil's agricultural climate is good, especially in tropical economic agriculture, it surpasses that of the United States.
However, there are also disadvantages. After all, most of Brazil has a tropical climate, too much precipitation, and the land and roads are very muddy. Compared with crawler machines, wheeled machinery is obviously not suitable for Brazil.
The history of tractors has been around for some time now. The earliest history of tractors can be traced back to France and the United States.
Historically, Alabart of France and Parvin of the United States invented the earliest steam-powered tractors in 1856 and 1873 respectively, and later in the late 19th century, internal combustion engine tractors were derived.
However, these tractors were all wheeled, and crawler tractors only appeared in 1906, half a century late.
In 1906, the tractor manufacturing company founded by Holt manufactured the world's earliest crawler tractor powered by a gasoline internal combustion engine. This tractor began mass production the next year and achieved considerable success.
Holt's crawler tractor would later become an important prototype used by the British when developing the world's first tank.
"Harvey, how is the development of the tank I asked you to develop, which is the armored tracked vehicle?"
Tang Ning pays attention to crawler tractors. In addition to Brazilian agriculture, the most important thing is tanks. The origin of tanks is closely related to crawler tractors.
World War I is coming soon, and Brazil will definitely join the war, and the number of participating troops is not expected to be greater than that of the United States, and the time to join the war is expected to be earlier.
Although the tanks in World War I were not as powerful as those in World War II, they still played a big role in auxiliary infantry assault positions. As the king of Brazil, he still cherished his soldiers very much, so it was natural that he should pay attention to the development of Brazilian tanks.
Although Tang Ning is not a tank military enthusiast, early tanks were not complicated. Tang Ning was still able to use his knowledge to contribute to the Brazilian tank cause.
"Your Majesty, we have designed the tracked armored vehicle you mentioned and built two samples."
Of course, Harvey did not dare to neglect the order given by His Majesty the King himself, and he created two looks in three months.
"So fast?"
Unexpectedly, Tang Ning became a little excited. He was very anxious to see the world's first tank.
"Harvey, let someone bring the tank over. I want to admire it."
The king ordered, but Harvey did not dare to neglect and quickly responded: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
five minutes later.
Two small tanks, four meters wide and two meters high, consisting of a small ellipse, a cube and tracked wheels, slowly drove over and entered Tang Ning's line of sight.
"Sudden!" "Sudden!" "Sudden!"...
Seeing the two small tanks appear, Tangning smiled, her eyes shone, and her body couldn't help shaking violently!
Although these two little tanks were extremely ugly, they were the first tanks in the world. How could he not be excited?
"Well done Xavi, you are a man of excellent mobility and a rare talent in our Kingdom of Brazil."
Tangning praised the factory director Harvey, and waited until he was about to continue boasting about the tank.
Suddenly, a small tank at the front had a problem.
About 20 meters away from Tang Ning, the small tank made two sudden noises, its tracks fell off, and then the tank started shaking on the spot.
In an instant, the scene that had been full of laughter and laughter just now became silent.
"cough!"
Tangning coughed, breaking the awkward silence.
"Harvey has done a good job. These two tanks have just been developed and can travel for such a long time. It is very good. And isn't there still one in operation now?
Come on, come with me and take a closer look at this newly developed guy. "
Tangning's words made the nervous people present, especially Harvey, relax and follow the king into the tank.
"Harvey, what's the caliber of this gun?"
Tangning touched the cannon protruding from the top of the ellipsoid and asked Harvey.
"Your Majesty, the tank's gun is 57mm."
"Yes, 57mm is enough. When experience matures, the caliber can be increased."
Tang Ning is very satisfied with this caliber. After all, it is the first generation, so the requirements cannot be too high.
The twin turrets of the British Nomad tank look much better than this single-turret tank from Brazil, but they are too weird.
