Chapter 71

"If our troops want to achieve mobility, the previous bicycles must be eliminated, so we must vigorously develop military motorcycles." Looking at the neat factory buildings and the workers in charge of assembly on the production line, Cyric and said the person next to him.

Here is the famous BMW company of later generations!

German craftsmanship is not for nothing. It can be found that many of the world's famous car manufacturers are German! At the same time, many famous people were born.

For example, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, who founded Mercedes and Benz respectively, recently merged into one company. And August Horch, the founder of Audi's predecessor Auto Union, Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of the famous Porsche company.

However, BMW, which is also one of the three major luxury brands, rarely mentions its founder.

If you studied thermodynamics in college, you will know the "Otto cycle", which is the most common form of internal combustion engine cycle. And this Otto is the name of the person, the name of the founder of BMW!

Gustav Otto, the greatest aircraft manufacturer in German history, and his father, Nicholas August Otto, was the inventor of the famous Otto internal combustion engine. In 1876, he created the first four-stroke cycle engine in human history!

In 1913, Otto and his son established the Bavarian engine factory in Munich, which mainly produced aircraft engines. A few years later, BMW was registered and established.

Unfortunately, after the First World War, according to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany will not be able to produce any military aircraft, let alone aircraft engines, so BMW can only make changes.

As recently as 1922, BMW began producing motorcycle engines. In the early days, they only supplied engines for motorcycle brands such as Victoria in the UK.

And a year later, the first BMW motorcycle was born, which is the cross-generation R32!

This motorcycle, which was successfully developed in just five weeks, has the world's first horizontally opposed engine and is also the world's first motorcycle with a shaft drive!

Since this time, the shaft drive design has become one of the most well-known features of BMW motorcycles!

The maximum speed of R32 can reach 90 kilometers per hour. Compared with other motorcycles, it may not be very fast, but its durability is quite strong, especially in many competitions, it can win by virtue of its durability, because other The motorcycle fell apart before it even finished the race!

Now, although BMW has entered the field of automobile production, its motorcycle production is still its main business, and now, with the development of the army, BMW's motorcycle development will also enter a new stage!

The current Cyric, who is a colonel, works in the weapons and equipment department, and can be responsible for almost all the weapons and equipment of the German army, which is also related to his previous foreshadowing.

Panther tanks, battleships, aircraft carriers, these all started with Cyric's intervention. Therefore, Cyric is responsible for these, and it is also the most suitable.

After Cyric assumed this position, in addition to focusing on the assembly line production of Panther tanks, he also proposed many other ideas.

For example, about getting motorcycles into military service!

After the First World War, Germany became a defeated country. In addition to the substantial reduction in the size of the army, due to the deterioration of the national economy, the equipment update of the German army was also quite slow, so that many troops were still equipped with bicycles as transportation. tool!

Of course, bicycles can't really be used as equipment for troops. Think of the German army, riding a bicycle to conquer Moscow. Cyric is absolutely drunk, so new means of transportation must be developed to replace bicycles!

What is the best fit?

Of course a motorcycle!

In later films, it is common to see German soldiers galloping across the field on a squatter. In the army, motorcycles also play a huge role.

Before the start of each attack, the motorcycle reconnaissance detachment is often the advance of the entire attack sequence. The motorcycle is smaller than other vehicles, which is convenient for concealment. The machine gun is equipped on the sidearm, which also gives it good combat performance and can provide fire support to its own infantry. , Germany's various mechanized armies are equipped with a large number of motorcycles, after all, they are still cheap.

At the same time, the motorcycle can also be used for various other purposes. For example, it is an important equipment for the German signal corps. Riding on it, it can quickly convey combat orders between the various combat units in motion.

When the radio equipment is loaded into the car, it becomes a communication command vehicle; it is an ideal vehicle for quick ambulance and transport of the wounded on the front line where the war is raging.

A heavy military motorcycle has a lot of traction, and with a dedicated tow bucket, it's an ammunition/supply carrier; if necessary, it can also act as a tractor and tow some light artillery!

It can be said that a car can do many things.

Of course, the off-road capability of motorcycles is always inferior to tracked vehicles, but at this stage, it is necessary to equip various armies with a large number of motorcycles.

Cyric takes this very seriously.

And for BMW, this is a good development opportunity!

After receiving the order issued above, BMW quickly carried out corresponding research and development, and it took two months to manufacture the BMW R75 motorcycle in front of me!

"Colonel Cyric, this is the latest military motorcycle developed by BMW." Next to Cyric was BMW's chief engineer Fritz, who introduced the motorcycle to Cyric.

"According to the mechanical indicators proposed at the beginning, our motorcycle has a displacement of 746 cc, a 26-horsepower twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, a four-speed gearbox with reverse gear, and a maximum speed of 95 kilometers per hour."

This motorcycle looks rather rough. The first thing that catches the eye is not the steel frame, nor the spoked wheels, nor the powerful-looking exhaust pipe, but the seat.

Yes, the eyes of later generations, the first thing they see is the seat, because it is the most primitive bicycle seat!

It looks definitely not as comfortable as the foam seat foreskin of later generations, but if you sit on it...

In the eyes of everyone, Cyric stepped up, feeling the same as riding a platoon in later generations.

Yes, this is an absolute big displacement!

Although it doesn't look very good, when you sit on it, you can feel that it is very ergonomic, except for the brake on the front handle, the hinge is on the outermost side.