The journey starts from the Titanic

According to his idea, Cummins Power had better acquire HOLT in its entirety, and HOLT did not want to give up control of the company, so the first contact did not get a satisfactory answer.

"By the way, how about our hydraulic technology?" Situ Nan asked.

"From ships, trains to automobiles and tractors, we are the leaders in the field of power machinery, what do you think?" Xu Zhouyang smiled, "Don't forget what I came from!"

"Okay! If that's the case, let's do it!" Situ Nan encouraged.

The acquisition of HOLT is not a simple matter. Cummins Electric will inevitably play a game with the Chicago consortium behind HOLT.However, Cummins Electric's determination to become the world's largest construction machinery company remains unchanged.

If the two parties can’t talk about it, Cummins Power has to do it on its own or choose another company to cooperate.After all, with a brand such as Cummins, acquiring some small and medium-sized factories, integrating them, and repurchasing production lines, leaving HOLT aside is not a problem at all.

After leaving the tractor factory, Situ Nan and Xu Zhouyang talked about the last time they sold a second-hand tractor production line to the Soviet Union.

"Last time I sold that old production line to the Russians, the South China side had some opinions and was suffocated. It plans to invest 50 million U.S. dollars to build the world's largest tractor (bulldozer) factory with an annual output of 100,000 units!"

Situ Nan smiled.

"How is this possible? Production of 100,000 tractors is not planting 10 rubber trees-are they crazy?" Xu Zhouyang asked in surprise, frowned, and looked at Situ Nan with some suspicion.This must have nothing to do with Situ Nan!

"It's crazy. But I agree." Situ Nan said calmly.

"Why? You know it's unrealistic!" Xu Zhouyang looked at Situ Nan angrily, saying goodbye to thinking that the steel produced by Nanhua is a lot. In fact, most of the steel is used for infrastructure construction such as railways and highways. There is also the development of the shipbuilding industry. Can Nanhua produce enough steel?

Thinking of this, Xu Zhouyang couldn't help shaking his head.

Seeming to understand Xu Zhouyang’s concern, Situ Nan smiled slightly and explained: “This is just a plan. The annual output of 100,000 vehicles is a plan ten years later. The real situation is: in the first five-year plan, Nanhua’s The output of tractors must reach 30,000. These 30,000 tractors also include bulldozers, bucket machines and similar engineering machines.

Counting it all up, the number of 30,000 units is equivalent to all the engineering machines manufactured by Nanhua, but in fact there are not many. The most important thing is that these tractors should be produced on a standardized assembly line like Ford Motors to maximize the universalization of mechanical parts."

"It's almost the same! Don't worry, give it to Cummins Power!" Xu Zhouyang smiled and immediately swept it away.

After all, this is a large order of tens of millions of dollars, and Cummins Electric can earn tens of millions of dollars in turnover just by providing production lines.

"Don't worry, it's not that easy. It won't be given to Cummins Electric. In addition to you, several companies in Germany are also under investigation." Situ Nan smiled.

"So what's the scope for? Cummins power is the best choice. The fat water doesn't flow to outsiders' fields." Xu Zhouyang said, looking at Situ Nan sadly, but secretly remembered the matter in his heart.

"Don't look at me like this. After all, the situation in South China is different from that in the United States. The project was tailor-made for South China. It is not as simple as directly moving the American production line.

My suggestion is that Cummins Electric, Meihua Company, Bethlehem and several companies in Germany jointly send an expert group to design a set of tractor engineering schemes that fit the development of South China's industry.Except for tractors, bulldozers, dumpers, excavators and other construction machinery production standards must at least be consistent."

Situ Nan warned.

Xu Zhouyang nodded, still a little unwilling.

Seeing Xu Zhouyang's unwillingness, Situ Nan said again, "Don't think that the tractor produced by Cummins Power is very good, at least I don't like that stupid guy."

"What?" Xu Zhouyang was a little frustrated. In order to develop that tractor, he did not do anything behind his back. Now his masterpiece has been looked down upon by Situ Nan, and he naturally feels uncomfortable-"That is the best tractor in the world! "

"Temporary! There are still many shortcomings!" Situ Nan smiled slightly, "Don't you think that those iron guys are greatly restricted by dragging heavy tracks? If I were a designer, I would develop convenient, fast and feature-rich ones. Wheeled tractor."

With that said, Situ Nan moved his pen like flying, and drew a wheeled tractor familiar from his previous life: the front wheels are small, the rear wheels are large, and the heavy track is removed, it looks much lighter and more free.

Xu Zhouyang glanced, a little disdainful.

"It is impractical to replace the track with tires, and it is far inferior to the track in terms of grip and sturdiness. I can't think of a tire that can bear the weight of a tractor in the world."

Situ Nan nodded. Xu Zhouyang was right, and he was not angry at Xu Zhouyang's criticism at all: "It will be soon. Go to Goodyear Tire Company to find out if you have time! You know, the United States is now building roads. Crawler machinery cannot be used on roads. If wheeled tractors don’t lose too much in terms of functionality, I think most people will choose wheeled tractors. It’s the same with other machines."

"Really? I think about it." Xu Zhouyang was a little moved.

The familiarity with machinery made him naturally think that if a carriage were added to the back of the tractor, it would immediately become a big truck, which would definitely be welcomed by American farmers.

If you really want to say what Situ Nan said, it is not impossible to produce sturdy tractor tires to replace the heavy tracks.

Seeing Xu Zhouyang thinking in silence and knowing that he was slowly listening to his words, Situ Nan smiled in his heart.

Chapter 4 Chrysler Airflow

In his memory, when the Soviet Union mass-produced crawler tractors, most of the tractors in the United States were changed to wheel structures.

There are two main reasons. One is that the traffic situation in the Soviet Union is worrying. It is not as developed as the United States. From the beginning, Soviet tractors were designed in accordance with the standards of tanks and armored vehicles. They naturally chose sturdy and good off-road crawler tractors.

American tractors are more civil and more convenient and flexible.Even with wheeled tractors, a large portion of American tractors use gasoline engines in luxury.

If there are other reasons for the different development directions of U.S.-Soviet tractors, differences in manufacturing technology or rubber raw materials are also reasons that cannot be ignored.

Just like the second-hand tractor production line that Situ Nan sold to the Soviet Union at a high price, the Soviet Union had no choice in the face of the world blockade.

Situ Nan provided technical services to the Baku oilfield, which helped the Soviet oil production. From the perspective of the Soviets, using American technology and equipment to develop their own industries and using the mineral resources mined by American machines as a means of payment was not a loss. Sale.

Nanhua’s national conditions determine the light and dexterous route. It is impossible to develop a heavy and strong development like the Soviet Union. The most ideal choice is a light and fast wheeled tractor. Even the future development of tanks and armored vehicles will also adopt light wheeled structures.

Cummins Power has developed a diesel engine suitable for automotive use. Considering factors such as fuel economy and cost, Situ Nan is also considering the promotion of diesel engines in South China.Although South China is rich in oil resources.

When Situ Nan told Xu Zhouyang of these thoughts, Xu Zhouyang pondered for a long time, raised his head and stared at Situ Nan, and finally exclaimed: "I really don't understand what unexpected plans are in your mind. Needless to say, If Guangdong and Guangxi have the opportunity to go northward in the future, you must encourage Song Ziwen to build in Wuhan. You are stupid and  Mu MuXia forgive me!

"This is too early. Let's wait for them to put Hanyang Iron Factory under the protection of the army!" Situ Nan said lightly.He hopes so.

Now South China has no picky capital. Its role in international trade is basically the same as that of the Soviet Union. It imports machinery and equipment, exports minerals and agricultural products, and uses the sweat of tens of millions of people to accumulate capital for industrialization.

Under the arrangement of Situ Nan and Xu Zhouyang, after discussing with South China, Cummins Power plans to establish a tractor assembly plant in New Tangshan, importing important components such as diesel engines and transmissions from the United States. The remaining parts will be produced in South China for the future. Establish a tractor factory to lay the foundation.

"It seems that it will take more than two years to see Nanhua tractors become fully autonomous." Situ Nan said to Xu Zhouyang with some regret.

"The speed of Nanhua's development has been amazing. Do you still want to eat a fat man together?" Xu Zhouyang smiled and shook his head, saying: Nanhua wants to build railways and highways while developing the shipbuilding industry, just like a bottomless black hole. After swallowing Nanhua’s hundreds of thousands of iron and steel production, every three to five years, there will be enough iron and steel resources to develop other industrial sectors.

Despite this, Xu Zhouyang is still excited about Nanhua's development.In addition to Nanhua, the Guangdong and Guangxi regimes, which maintain close ties with overseas Chinese forces, are not slow to develop industrialization. Basically, factories built by Nanhua will also have branch factories in Guangzhou and Nanning.

Not favoring one or the other, this is where Xu Zhouyang is more satisfied with Situ Nan.

After some bargaining, the negotiations between Cummins Power and HOLT finally reached a preliminary consensus to establish a new joint venture.The joint venture company is named after the tractor brand of HOLT Company-Pete Carle, and HOLT Company is all merged into Pete Carle Company.

Cummins Power holds 60% of Pitkull’s shares, but immediately transferred 20% of the shares to the California Agricultural Corporation to invest more in the diesel car market.

"Pitkal, this name sounds awkward. It's finally here!" Situ Nan received a telegram from Chicago from He Yongyuan and smiled triumphantly.

I just don't know, because of his intervention, Pitkull will still achieve such glorious achievements in history?

"Master, the merged Pitkaler Company has become the largest manufacturer of engineering equipment and the second largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the United States. There will be a battle with United Harvesting Company in the future."

He Yongyuan smiled confidently.

The Combine Harvester Company is the largest agricultural machinery company in the United States. It is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded by engineer McCormick in the mid-nineteenth century. It has a history of decades and is strong. It has made great contributions to the development of American agriculture.

The large farms being promoted by Nanhua also purchase many harvesting machines from the combine harvester company, which provides a lot of convenience for large-scale mechanized rice cultivation.

The Combine Harvester Company has a large degree of overlap with Pitkull in business. In addition to manufacturing agricultural machinery such as harvesters, it also has a strong strength in construction machinery.