Chapter 2542: Truck demand two

It can be seen from this that although the British infantry division has fewer vehicles in the 3-ton class, it exceeds that of other types of vehicles. Although there is a factor of the large infantry division, it can be seen from this. , British infantry divisions and armored divisions have very good battlefield mobility!

　　 That's great, now the question is, if these vehicles are equipped according to the standards of the British army in history, how many trucks will Germany need for combat units of more than 200 divisions on the eastern front in the future? Once the war starts, how many trucks need to be replaced each year to ensure the wear and tear of the front line and the normal expansion of the army? This is probably a very large number.

　　 Therefore, the development of the automobile industry, especially the truck industry, is really urgent! In the future, Ruprecht hopes that during the war, the output of trucks in the entire German region can reach more than 500,000 trucks per year! Before the war, the number of domestic trucks in Germany should have exceeded 5 million!

　　 Do you think this data is scary? This is true in comparison with history. After all, in history, only more than 600,000 vehicles were available for use in Germany at the beginning of the Second World War. And this plane, Germany alone must have more than 5 million in possession before the war, the number has increased by 8 times!

But in fact, even if compared with the United States, which can be called open in history, this inventory is actually very general. You must know that before the war began in 1941, the United States sold 3.763 million cars a year and sold 902,000. Truck! The so-called country on wheels really deserves its name!

　　 This quantitative gap is naturally reflected in the industrial scale, but it also involves fuel, land area, and transportation composition. Not to mention the fuel. As the world's largest oil producer at the time, the United States, which produced more than 100 million oil per year, used only 17 cents a gallon of gasoline for automobiles in 1931! Such cheap fuel naturally makes the cost of using a car very low.

　　 As for the issue of land area, it is of course needless to say. Before the Second World War, Germany was only 500,000 square kilometers, and the United States was more than 9.3 million square kilometers. The population gap is huge, so Americans' demand for cars is naturally greater. In terms of transportation structure, Germany has the most efficient railway network in the world, so the demand for automobile transportation is naturally not very high. The density of railroads in the United States is much lower, so a lot of trucks are definitely needed to make up for it.

　　 And this plane? Germany also has a large amount of foundation and demand for the development of the automobile industry. First of all, the foundation is that Germany has won the first battle! Won! Won! Say the important thing three times! The so-called gold tens of thousands every time the artillery fires is not only to say that the consumption of war is huge, but also that the benefits of war are equally huge! The huge amount of compensation has provided sufficient capital for the development of the empire, and with the prosperity of the empire, the living standards of ordinary people will also be greatly improved. This is the same as the prosperity of the United States and Britain after the end of World War I in history! The economic development and the improvement of people's living standards have naturally created prerequisites for the development of the automobile industry.

　　 At the same time. The high oil prices that have restricted the development of the automobile industry in history are also not a problem for Germany now. First of all, Germany itself has become the world's second largest oil producer! At this stage, the oil production in the Caucasus can be stabilized at more than 25 million tons per year, and it will be no problem if it will increase to more than 30 million tons in the future! Although it cannot be compared with the billions of tons of fuel produced by Americans. But there is no problem with supplying Germany and Austria or even the entire European region!

　　 In addition to the Caucasus oil fields, the crown prince currently controls the oil fields in the Mesopotamia. Although the Middle East is far less exaggerated than the so-called Middle East oil pole in later generations, the crude oil output of the Mesopotamia alone is as high as 6 million tons. In addition, the British withdrew their power from Persia, so Germany can go in and settle in Persian oil fields, and the output here is more than that of the Mesopotamia! Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that as long as the crown prince is willing, it is not a big problem that the fuel output controlled by the German Empire exceeds 50 million tons! Therefore, after waiting for a large amount of fuel oil to be extracted and a mature delivery system established, it is not a big problem to estimate the 17 cents a gallon of fuel in Germany! As for how high the cost of fuel for Germans has been in history? If you use chemical synthesis to produce gasoline, it is about 6 to 7 times the cost of the United States!

　　 That's so good. The foundation for vigorously developing the auto industry is there, so what about the demand? The demand is also huge. First, the area of ​​Germany now exceeds 1.5 million square kilometers, and the area of ​​the Austro-Hungarian Empire is about this large. Together, the two countries exceed 3 million square kilometers. The net increase in the territory of the two countries exceeds 1.8 million! Well, if you want to control and develop such a huge new territory, then you must develop the transportation industry.

In Germany and Austria, in fact, the main means of material transportation are railway and inland waterway ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ That is the welfare brought by the railway network that Germany and Austria have built for more than half a century, but this set is used in the new territory The above is not enough. The reason is very simple. The efficiency of railway transportation in Russia is too low. The territory closer to the east is better. The railway density is about one-tenth of that of Germany and Austria. However, if you go to places like Ukraine, the railway density will decrease. To a tenth or even a tenth...

　　 Deao spent more than half a century to create a railway network extending in all directions, but wanted to build a railway network of the same density in a place that was more than twice the original territory. This is a bit difficult! The fixed asset investment alone is probably an astronomical figure! And the time for Germany to engage in domestic construction this time is definitely not more than 20 years!

　　 Someone once defined peace in this way. What is peace? It was just a brief gap between two wars! This may be a bit radical, but at the beginning of the twentieth century, it was true! Take a look at the historical situation. The Russo-Japanese War broke out in 1905, and the First World War broke out in 1914. Then, between the two world wars, the fighting continued on the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. And in 1939, World War II broke out! This is the product of the intensification of global conflicts.

　　 And this plane? Although the Allies won, the shadow of the war has not gone far! The contest between Germany and Austrian powers was only suspended rather than terminated! The two sides are just restoring and adjusting their diplomatic relations and global strategy. Once the time is right, the United States, Britain and Russia will definitely choose to do it, and if Germany and Austria complete their war preparations a day earlier, they will do it without hesitation!

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