Chapter 812： auto industry (1/2)
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The small movements of the French did not exceed Franz's expectations. As Austria continues to grow, the French will feel threatened sooner or later.
Continental Europe is not qualified to practice Lanxi allies. The French government is naturally more inclined to attract Russians than to attract British people.
This is determined by the geographical location. The sphere of influence of France and Russia does not border. Even if there is a contradiction, it is also a problem left over by history. The interests of the two countries are not in conflict.
In contrast, the conflict between Britain and France is not just a legacy of history, but also a large number of direct conflicts of interest.
From the colony to the homeland, there are serious strategic conflicts between Britain and France. This year, the contradiction between Britain and France is still the main international contradiction, and even the contradiction between France and Austria must stand side by side.
In addition to the threats felt by the French government, the French people were immersed in the glory of the Napoleonic era, and they did not take the defeat of Austria as a thing at all.
The general environment will also affect people. Otherwise, the French government would have been pulling out the Russians for a long time, and would never wait until now.
In the face of interests, any ally is unreliable. As long as the French offer high enough, France and Russia are inevitable.
It was just that he had not experienced the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, and it was too difficult for the French government to smash the pot and sell the iron to win over the Russians.
To know the original time and space, the French-Russian alliance was drawn by large loans. As a cost, the French navy dropped directly and was surpassed by Germany and the United States in the early 20th century.
The so-called deviation of the navy, research and development of submarines, small ships, not only the high-level brains of the French navy have entered the water, but more importantly, military spending is not enough.
No money, what a big navy to play with?
It takes tens of millions of francs for the cost of a battleship to build a ship. Adding a series of problems such as follow-up maintenance costs and port construction, it is not surprising that the amortized cost exceeds 100 million.
While maintaining the Continental Army, dozens more battleships came out, the government's money was spent, and private financing was also spent. Where else is there money to win over the Russians?
Although the Russian empire of this year has no history of the same period, and the pockets are much dwarfed, but the size is bigger than the original time and space!
Alexander III was not as good as Nicholas II. If the French did not bid high enough, they would not be tempted.
Of course, co-opting will definitely have an effect. After all, ”taking people's hands is short and eating people's mouths are soft.” There must be no problem in relaxing the relationship between France and Russia.
If the bid is a little higher, the political tactics will be a bit stronger, and it is still possible to find a suitable entry point and split the Russian-Austrian alliance.
If you want the Tsarist government to kill the French, this is not a bit of interest.
Think of the Russians as mercenaries of this era, and that is also the most valuable mercenary.
But the credibility of this sky-high mercenary is not so good, more than once to take money and do nothing, how can employers be assured?
Since it is temporarily safe, Franz is not in a hurry. At this moment, he is trying out his car-Royal One.
It's not a battleship, it's not suitable for emperors with seasickness. Royal One is a luxury car owned by the Austrian Automobile Group. It is a status symbol and designed for local tyrants.
Purely hand-made, high-end artworks are not comparable to the big goods on the workshop assembly line.
Of course, ”car artwork” is not popular this year, and the family car itself is a super luxury, not what ordinary people can expect.
The real competitiveness of Royal One is still in its excellent performance. Hesitant that this is for the emperor, so the cost does not need to be considered.
The technologies and techniques used are the limits that this era can reach.
4-cylinder engine, 90 hp, top speed 120 km / h. After filling a tank of fuel, it can travel at full speed for 3.5 hours.
In addition to its super speed, the Royal One also has unmatched stability and super safety protection facilities, including special steel throughout the surgery and epoch-making bulletproof glass ...
Franz personally experimented that it is not a problem for the bulletproof glass to block the rifle, and the protection of the car body can resist the grenade.
Of course, this is limited to being thrown outside to explode, which can block the shrapnel, and if it is thrown under the tire, it is still lethal.
In a sense, this gadget can be used as an assault tank after being modified.
However, after seeing the cost of terror, Franz decisively gave up this tempting idea, and the tank force was still far away.
There is no way, these high-tech equipment are mostly limited to laboratory products, let alone the high cost of industrial production, the key is that the defective rate is scary and scary.
Take the engine as an example. Of the 100 engines produced in the same batch, only two have 90 horsepower. Most of the rest are between 80 and 90 horsepower, and some have fallen below 70 horsepower.