This world has knowledge of internal combustion engine machinery.

However, in the steam calendar, various industrial foundations cannot support the scale of the internal combustion engine technology tree. Steam engines are the mainstream and internal combustion engines are biased.

"There is no road in the world, but if you walk too much, it will become a road" - Who said this?

The same is true in the industry. The mainstream fields represent the fact that everyone has explored more, various technical problems and fault conditions. Everyone has abundant experience. They can quickly find relevant materials from books and follow the mainstream path. They face fewer mistakes and have a small probability of failure.

Going into unpopular fields means many mistakes and you cannot find reference materials. The mandatory practice of mechanics in this world is steam engine technology, and internal combustion engine technology is a technology that median professionals will only make up their minds to study when trying to develop some special and advanced machinery.

Although the seized chariot in this trial was an internal combustion engine locomotive, the tutors of the School of Mechanical have no hope that the first-year young students can truly copy the tank (Binghe: I said, this trial is a scam.), and I only hope that the students can get a reasonable steam car.

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When the gas tank appeared on the trial field.

Sugut was worried about Binghe, afraid that Binghe's designed vehicles would break down on the spot. However, the excellent sports performance of the gas vehicle made Sugut's eyes constantly surprised.

When the first mechanical car finished the journey, a smile finally appeared on His Majesty the Emperor in the fortress.

He flipped through pages of paper materials (the above are the information of Binghe and the third group members, as well as the mechanical structure diagram of the gas generator vehicle). He handed over the mechanical information map of the gas truck to the director of the Machinery Institute next to him and asked: "Aibo, tell me what kind of machinery this is, it is not the same as the steam engine."

Aibo, the director of the Mechanical Institute, took the data picture, looked at the structure of the machine, and commented: "The combination is very good. The failure rate is very low. But this is not within the scope of the regular teaching of mechanics, but belongs to the category of students' self-study."

Emperor: "Oh, what do you say?"

"We teach orthodox mechanical theory, and what the field of Empire machinery lacks is the talent of systematic knowledge (the field of Empire large machinery is steam engines), but it does not object to students' innovation in unorthodox fields."

The dean followed this opportunity to speak, while helping the failures of the two student teams in front of him recovered, while praising the innovation of the Binghuo team.

This sleek answer made the emperor smile faintly.

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Outside the cordon in the distance, many students waiting for the end of the exam.

Case of the second group stretched out her head and was also watching the trial of the gas truck.

When he saw the obstacles built by Binghu, the body of the non-steamed car was successfully crossed, and the trembling body was floating on the wheel, he had to admit that Binghu was better than him.

However, he withdrew his gaze, restrained his sore mood, and said to Li Yun on the side in a relaxed tone: "It seems that we don't need to worry about Binghu."

Li Yun twisted her fingers and said in a 'disdain' tone: "Who is worried about him? I am afraid that the family is embarrassed because of him, hum."

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The gas truck has entered the final testing stage.

During the test of mechanical puppet driving, the entire machine rushed into the Imperial Double-legged Mecha. Within a range of 300 meters and 100 meters, an attack occurred. Finally, the can behind the gas machine was hit by shrapnel and finally lost power. After all, it was gas powered, with only four tons. If you dare not put too much armor, you will become an inorganic powered turtle.

The emperor sighed slightly when he saw this scene: "It's a pity."

Aibo looked at the marshal beside him and waited for the military to announce the results of the assessment.

General Suha, who was standing beside him, coughed and said, "Continue to test."

Aibo's face showed a suspicious voice.

Canhong, who was standing aside, whispered to the dean: "A group can make multiple samples."

Aibo: "Oh——Uh?"

Immediately following

In the brick wall exit of the third trial unit

A vehicle that can be said to be a tank appeared from the site. Behind the body, three pipes with a diameter of only three centimeters were sprayed with smoke, two were emitting black smoke, and one was emitting white steam.

This is a steam-powered vehicle, and the steam structure is a Stirling engine, but the boiler fuel is complex water-coal slurry.

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Compared with the gas vehicle in front, the tonnage of this water and coal slurry vehicle is a little larger, and there are fewer gas generators exposed outside.

The coal mine is processed into coal powder, which is efficiently burned in the external combustion chamber. It drives the alcohol medium in the Stirling engine to undergo a gasification and condensation cycle. Water is used as a coolant.

Of course, water and coal slurry has fatal defects: if you keep it for a long time, you will feel like layering of milk. It will freeze in winter and will be corrosive.

But now this is a test. The two tanks of fuel in Bingke are temporarily prepared, so there is no need to consider this messy issue.

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So the second vehicle jumped down from the earthen platform, landed on the ground with a clang, and drove forward.

When we arrived at the fire area, we replaced the mechanical puppet control

The car drove straight and erect. After getting two shots, it counterattacked and hit the front plate of the double-leg armor (jump).

Of course, in the end, I was very unlucky and was interrupted by the bipedal mecha.

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However, this also moved the senior officers in the fortress.

In the observation fortress

The military mechanic Qing Junyue (male, the original family is a small mechanic family.) who stood next to Marshal Suha, ripped his lips with his lips next to Marshal Suha.

The marshal waved his hand to the knight beside him.

The knight walked out of the observation bunker, raised his hand, and sent a signal to the test chariot crew. (Communication), a trainer landed in the sky and flew to the entrance of the chariot.

Then the mechanical puppet on the water-coal slurry chariot extended a red light, causing the mechanical puppet of the bipedal mecha to stop firing. The test was terminated - let the water-coal slurry chariot drive back.

This little episode made the emperor smile faintly. His Majesty the Emperor knew the small movements of the Marshal's military. The chariot with the tracks that was broken is still combat-effective. However, the test was terminated directly.

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The second vehicle made the military faction led by Marshal Suha very interested. Such interest cannot be revealed in front of the royal family. Because after the trial, Suha wanted to represent the military and discuss with the royal family based on some major interest issues. He could not find opportunities for the royal family and perfunctory issues.

At present, the chariot with water and coal slurry technology in Binghe is already a qualified war technology. As long as the lower-level profession can maintain the nature of water and coal slurry and maintain the operation of the vehicle.

The bipedal mech is the best armor in the empire, but it still has defects such as insufficient endurance, lack of water in desert areas and it is difficult to obtain sufficient organic matter.

It can be said that the unqualified technology that Binghe now sees actually meets the requirements of Suha's Southern Legion.

As for why the Southern Legion's mechanics have never solved this problem?

That is, most local legions of the Empire can recruit mechanics. They are not born high. Their family studies are very shallow, and their ideas are traditional steam engines, artillery and guns.

The shallow family knowledge means that these small mechanic families have no financial resources to support non-mainstream technical research when they independently research technology. However, those who master a large number of non-steam engines and non-mainstream technical fields in the empire all have mechanical controllers, a large family with a median profession.

Binghe now has the technology of water and coal slurry, which is beyond the scope of the small mechanics family. The workshop cannot support the profitable ones, and they will not dare to do so at all, and they dare not, and they have no money. They are exploring technology vigorously.

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Here we have to talk about a problem with the empire. This issue is also the root contradiction behind this trial at this time, and it is also a major issue that Suha will discuss with His Majesty the Emperor next.

That is the distribution issue of the empire, excellent mechanics.

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In the empire, although the imperial emperors were nominally supreme, the prevention and struggle between political factions have always existed.

Since the rise of the Steam Chronicle and Mechanical Career, the forces on the mainland have realized the importance of mechanics and mechanical controllers. The reason why the St. Sark Empire was the empire of the St. Sark family is inseparable from Sark's political skills.

The royal family did not suppress the military power of several grand dukes, but always interfered with the grand dukes' acquisition of mechanical controllers.

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Now in the entire empire, among the large family of superior professionals, only the Saint-Sauk royal family firmly controls the mechanical controller.

Aibo, Sugutt, these are mechanical controllers directly controlled by the royal family. Under the wrist of St. Sok, families like Gun Flame are directly loyal to the royal family.

This led to the most advanced equipment of the Royal Guard (in fact, the Royal Guard sealed this part of the internal combustion engine vehicles. Because in the organization, the two mechanical controllers, Sugot and Aibo, can serve the legion and ensure that these vehicles start when needed.)

In other local armies, the equipment was backward because there were only mechanics in their legion organization.

For example, the two tanks seized by the legion of the North Dragon Ya Duke were also touched by the mechanics of the Northern Legion, but in the end they were sent to the imperial capital to seek technical support. The request for technical support here - in fact, the request for mechanics and technicians. The machinery is a vulnerable item,

For local legions, only if sufficient mechanic personnel are allocated above to keep the army able to maintain mechanical equipment.

This is actually a local faction like Longya who takes advantage of the front line to ask for conditions from the royal family. And under local pressure, the royal family barely launched a first-year test for the Mechanical Academy. The first-year freshman in the test shows that the royal family doesn't want to give it at all, just want to pass it perfunctorily.

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So: When Binghe made a mistake before the test, Chanhong (the sixth prince) was about to bypass the test directly and "angry" to send Binghe to the Northern Legion. In fact, the sixth prince was just trying to get this quota perfunctory.

Not everyone is as confused as Binghe. Before the Sixth Prince came to Binghe's class with other knights in the military, he carefully read the information of every noble disciple in the class. The information of Binghe that Chanhong had obtained before: the fourth son of the Gunyan family, a somewhat dull silly child. He belongs to the person who can give it to Longya.

Qingshan belongs to the Southern Legion, but when it comes to the matter of "requesting people and resources from the royal family", the military in these places is on the united front.

Before the test, Qingshan tried to ask Binghe to take the initiative to submit an application to the Southern Legion. It was an unwanted royal family to fool a mechanic quota from the Northern Legion.

However, as the matter developed, Qingshan directly pushed this matter to the marshal above.

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If Binghe is a mediocre mechanic, then it is just a small bargaining chip in the eyes of the big men. And now Binghe's distribution is definitely something that needs to be discussed carefully when the big men of these empires negotiate.

Unpopular technologies such as water and coal slurry can solve the problem of maneuver power in the southern region.

But Suha didn't want to talk about water and coal slurry technology at all, because this problem was ultimately due to the mechanics from the big family being tightened by the royal family. The mechanics that major legions can call now are just ordinary mechanics, without the vision and foundation left by mechanical controllers.

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To be continued...