After Chen Mo acquired the company and changed its name to Shendun Motor Company, adjustments were made to the original three large factories of Taylor Motor Company.
The original automobile production workshop was merged with the equipment and staff of the special vehicle modification workshop. After adjustments and upgrades were made to the production line, it became the production center of the company's only product, the off-road bulletproof vehicle.
The original special vehicle modification workshop was emptied and replaced with a large number of large special alloy smelting, casting, forging, and processing equipment. It became the production center of the new engine and special alloy body.
The other component processing and chassis production workshop didn't make too many adjustments. Only some of the important components and chassis production materials were replaced with the new H-2 special alloy, and some of the laser cutting machines, CNC processing centers, and other processing equipment were replaced and upgraded.
A lot of money was spent. The adjustments and equipment upgrades were completed quickly. After all, this was the United States. There was no ban on the sale of high-precision CNC machining equipment. As long as one had the money, they could easily buy the most advanced equipment. Although the top equipment from the Hydra in Chen Mo's space could not compare, it was enough for the production of the bulletproof off-road vehicle.
The staff, equipment, and venue were all in place. After Chen Mo completed the most difficult part of the modification of the car chassis, body, and engine, the R&D and design department staff worked hard to complete it quickly.
Everything was ready. Next, the entire production line was started and put into production.
The first car was quickly taken off the production line. During the test run, except for the workers on the production line, almost all the R&D, design, and administrative department staff who were free came to the test field.
They wanted to see how the car would perform after it was personally improved by Chen Mo, the new boss.
After Chen Mo successfully improved the new engine and improved the engine's performance by a large margin, no one doubted Chen Mo's ability.
They just wanted to know what level this car could reach, and if it could help their company rise up in one fell swoop!
In front of everyone's expectant eyes, a large black off-road vehicle that looked more like a sports SUV slowly drove out of the production workshop's gate and steadily stopped in the testing field.
The body of this car was steady and elegant, unlike those large civilian armored off-road vehicles that looked like military armored vehicles. Its edges and corners were too tough and ostentatious, as if afraid that others would not know that it was a bulletproof car.
Unlike the bulletproof off-road vehicles, which were bloated and cumbersome, it was like a regular SUV with smooth lines. The overall shape gave people a sense of calmness and elegance, and there was no lack of fashionable and sporty feeling. One could not see the bloated and cumbersome bulletproof vehicles at all.
Although this car looked more like a city sports SUV and seemed to be more focused on speed, its off-road performance was actually very strong.
There was no need to talk about ordinary road conditions. Even if they encountered more complicated and rugged roads, the original height of the chassis would not be able to pass easily. As long as they switched to the powerful off-road mode, the chassis would be raised to the highest level, and the minimum ground clearance would be more than 50 centimeters.
Although it couldn't ignore the terrain like the Specter Chariot, it was enough to deal with all kinds of rugged roads. Its off-road ability wasn't inferior to any off-road vehicle, and it was even much better.
All the obstacle tests were easily passed, and the other steep slopes, wading, sloping ramps, U-shaped bridges, and other projects were all passed perfectly. The performance was extremely amazing.
The speed test that followed made everyone's eyes light up. The appearance of a sports SUV had a powerful off-road ability that surpassed the hard off-road vehicles, and its speed performance was comparable to a sports car.
It only took 3.6 seconds to accelerate to 100 kilometers per hour, 12.8 seconds to accelerate from a standstill to 200 kilometers per hour, and the maximum speed could reach 305 kilometers per hour.
The braking system also had outstanding performance, and the braking distance from 100 kilometers per hour to a standstill was only 33.7 meters.
These powerful performances were better than ordinary sports cars, and it could be said that they were comparable to the top sports cars.
However, this was an off-road vehicle after all. In order to ensure the comfort of the interior space, the overall volume was relatively large. Although the shape of the body had been optimized to reduce wind resistance as much as possible, it was still slightly inferior to those top super sports cars.
However, this was enough. After all, this was not a sports car designed specifically for the pursuit of speed. It was amazing enough that an off-road vehicle could have the performance comparable to a top sports car.
Judging from today's test results, whether it was in terms of off-road ability or speed, the performance of this car could be said to be perfect. Everyone present couldn't help but feel excited.
The combination of the top off-road vehicle and the top sports car had never been seen before. The huge difference in chassis and appearance alone made it impossible to take care of the two at the same time in the same car.
The stronger the off-road ability, the weaker the speed performance. Similarly, the faster the speed, the worse the off-road ability.
The huge size and wind resistance of the off-road vehicle made it impossible for it to run too fast, and the low site of the sports car didn't allow them to drive on a slightly bumpy road.
The two could be said to be contradictory and opposed to each other. Now, these two seemingly impossible to take care of. The two opposing attributes that appeared in the same car at the same time were realized by them. Not to mention the customers, even they wanted to drive one back now, no matter how much it cost!
At this moment, they had no doubts about the future sales of this car, or they should consider whether they could keep up with the production capacity. General Manager Michael had already begun to consider the purchase of an automatic production line. The best way to greatly increase production was to replace the automatic production line.
An automatic production line could achieve an annual production of 50,000 cars, more than 20 times their previous annual production.
The off-road ability test and speed test were completed. The outstanding performance of this car filled everyone present with confidence in the company's prospects. Almost everyone thought that the testing of this car would end here. As for the initial bulletproof function, everyone knew that the original bulletproof armor was almost completely removed, leaving only the bulletproof glass. The body shell was replaced with a three-millimeter thick alloy steel plate. It was definitely very strong, but whether it was bulletproof or not was uncertain.
No one thought that this three-millimeter thick alloy steel plate could compare to the original heavy bulletproof armor made of multiple layers of bulletproof materials.
Therefore, when the car was driven to an open space at the end of the test site, and all of them were driven out of the security cordon, everyone was puzzled.
What was going on? Why was there a security cordon?
It wasn't until a machine gun was set up opposite the off-road vehicle that everyone finally realized that this was actually a bulletproof performance test!
What was there to test about the three-millimeter thick alloy steel plate? Under the machine gun's fire, it would be shot into a sieve in seconds!
Did the boss want to destroy the car for fun? It was said that many rich people liked to use machine guns to destroy all kinds of famous cars for fun. Did their young boss have this hobby too?
No one thought that this bulletproof test was meaningful, but curiosity drove them to stay and continue watching.
Continuous gunshots soon sounded, and the machine gun began to fire at the off-road vehicle. Bullets hit the body of the car, the door, the hood, and the windows one after another.
Before anyone could notice the damage to the car, the surface of the slightly damaged glass that had just been hit by the bullets quickly raised a baffle of the same color as the car's body, including the front and rear windshields and all the windows. A baffle also lowered from the top of the car's four tires, completely covering the tires and wrapping them inside.
The entire car's body was now completely wrapped in a pitch-black alloy steel plate. The bulletproof glass and bulletproof tires, which were the weakest parts of the car's defense and the easiest to be destroyed by continuous attacks, were now covered by this layer of alloy steel plate. The weakest part of the off-road vehicle's defense was made up for.
In addition, the bottom of the chassis was covered with a layer of special alloy steel plate that was the same as the car's outer shell. The entire car's defense was integrated, and there was no need to worry about the car's defense being broken through from the weak points.
The principle of this baffle was very simple. It was equivalent to an additional layer of alloy steel plate on the outer layer of the glass and tires that could be quickly raised and lowered. The principle was similar to that of ordinary car windows, but the design was more ingenious. The speed of opening and closing was faster, and at the same time, it could be manually opened or automatically opened after being attacked.
After all the glass was blocked, many hidden cameras on the front, back, and sides of the car would display the outside image in real-time on the transparent display inside the glass. It looked similar to normal time and did not affect normal driving at all.
The sudden change in the off-road vehicle startled everyone. While they were surprised by this ingenious design, everyone finally focused their attention on the body of the car that was under attack.
In order to prevent accidental injuries from being hit by stray bullets, the security cordon was very far away, so they could not see very clearly.
They could only vaguely see that as the bullets hit the body of the car, the original black paint was destroyed, and "bullet holes" that glowed silver under the sun appeared. It seemed that the bullets had directly pierced through the car.
The sound of the machine gun continued for a full minute before it finally stopped. In this minute, the machine gun fired nearly a thousand bullets at the off-road vehicle that was stopped for testing. The entire left side of the car that was facing the machine gun was almost plowed from head to toe, and densely packed silver dots covered this side of the car.
Next was the attack test of the grenades and landmines. Several grenades were fixed to the remote triggering device one meter away from the car by the testers. After retreating to a safe distance and confirming that there were no problems, they directly detonated a few grenades by remote control.
A few loud explosions sounded almost at the same time, and balls of fire erupted around the off-road vehicle. When the smoke and fire dissipated, in addition to the dense silver dots on the car, there were several more black and gray explosion marks. However, it did not seem to be torn apart by the power of the grenades.
It seemed that the three millimeter thick steel plate was quite sturdy!
The onlookers who did not know much about the power of the grenades could not help but think in their hearts.
Finally, a landmine placed under the car was detonated, and a huge explosion accompanied by violent flames and vibrations sounded at the same time. It was more than five meters long and weighed.
The 2.5-ton heavy car was pushed up from the ground by the powerful thrust generated by the explosion, and then fell down heavily, quietly standing in the same place, and did not seem to have suffered any damage.
Due to the limitations of the venue, they did not continue to test more powerful weapons, but just from the results of the previous tests, they could basically infer the defensive ability of the off-road vehicle.
After the test was completed, the security cordon was finally removed. The onlookers who were watching from afar and could not see clearly could not help but come closer, wanting to see what happened to the car under the repeated destruction of these powerful weapons.
The onlookers who came closer carefully looked at the messy car body, and after a glance, they could not help but be shocked. How was this possible!
The nearly a thousand "bullet holes" on the car body turned out to be just pieces of the paint on the surface of the car, revealing the original color of the special alloy plate. Although there was some deformation, it was not serious, only a slight dent.
It looked like if they wanted to use the machine gun to penetrate the car body's steel plate, they would have to shoot at the same place dozens of times.
The explosion did less damage to the alloy steel plate, but it only damaged a larger area of the car's paint, making the surface more messy, but the deformation of the steel plate was very slight, and the structure of the car body did not change at all.
It could be seen that the overall structure of the car body was very sturdy, and the huge impact of the explosion did not deform the skeleton. The destructive power of this kind of large-scale attack on the alloy steel plate was actually less than that of a machine gun bullet, so the steel plate on the surface of the car body did not suffer any substantial damage, completely blocking the power of the explosion.
It turned out that this off-road vehicle did not give up the bulletproof function as they thought, and instead pursued speed and off-road performance. Judging from its performance just now, not only did it not give up, but it had also been strengthened, and the level of bulletproof was even higher than the original!
But how was this possible?!
They had personally modified the drawings, and the original bulletproof armor material of the car body had been completely removed, replaced by a three-millimeter-thick alloy steel plate.
However, they had some doubts about the alloy steel plate that was three times thicker than the shell of a conventional car. They originally thought that it was superfluous, but now it seemed that it was very likely that this three-millimeter-thick alloy steel plate had a stronger bulletproof function than the original bulletproof material!
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