Go back in time and be a chaebol

Chapter 867 New trump card (third update, please subscribe)

"…In order to prevent the Siamese Air Force from launching another sneak attack on us, threatening our safety, and to completely prevent it from entering the no-fly zone, the Air Force carried out a preventive strike on its airport…"

The news coming from the radio makes people feel that it is a bit absurd.

"Preventive strike. The Air Force spokesperson is really good at making up words."

Lin Tonghua couldn't help but sigh, but that was all. He even felt that it would be good if it could continue like this. After all, it was better to bully others than to be bullied by others.

It was raining heavily outside the car and the wipers were struggling to clear away the rain.

As the car drove along the highway, the accumulated water on the road was splashed high into the air.

While driving the car, Lin Tonghua would occasionally look at both sides of the road. He didn't know when a durian orchard appeared on the roadside. It was heard that many people now like to eat this fruit with a strange smell.

However, Lin Tonghua had no interest in it. In fact, he wanted to eat fruits like pears and apricots. These fruits were very common when he was in Tangshan, but they were rare here. Even watermelon became rare because watermelon needs an environment with moderate temperature, plenty of sunlight and good soil drainage to grow well.

Thinking so in his mind, Lin Tonghua drove the car into Little Italy, which is actually the Aircraft Town. The name Little Italy comes from the fact that the predecessor of Nanyang Aerospace Industries was a factory dismantled from Italy. Not only the factory was moved there, but also thousands of Italian engineers and workers and their families. Next to Little Italy is Little Berlin, and a little further east is Little Paris.

They represent the history of Nanyang Aerospace Industries. All of this is just history. Today's Aircraft Town is a small town with a population of more than 100,000. Little Italy, Little Berlin and Little Paris are just part of it.

On the way to the company, when he passed by the Tank Design Institute, he looked towards the institute. It was a design institute named after Kurk Tank. He was not only the designer of the FW190 fighter, but also the chief designer of the Nanyang F1 fighter. A group of Nanyang aircraft designers grew up under his training.

“This is the true pinnacle of life!”

Looking at the sign above Tanke Design Institute, Lin Tonghua couldn't help feeling a little envious, but he quickly sorted out his confused thoughts and entered the company. However, he did not go to the design department, but drove the company's internal transport vehicle directly to the southeast of the company.

When passing the airport on the way, he saw several C717 passenger planes painted with logos of airlines from various countries. When he saw them, Lin Tonghua's mouth curled up slightly and his eyes were full of pride - these were his children.

Now, the White Swan is not only recognized by the civil aviation industry, but also exported to more than 20 countries, and even several airlines in the United States have purchased it.

After passing through the busy assembly workshop, he drove the car all the way to a row of huge factory buildings. Unlike other factory areas, this place was heavily guarded, with armed guards and police dogs. After showing a special pass, Lin Tonghua drove the car to a huge flat-roofed building, which was a huge assembly workshop.

Lin Tonghua spoke to the guard for a few words and showed his ID again. The tightly closed door opened automatically in front of them, and the lights in the assembly workshop were bright. A huge monster was facing him. It was an extremely large super aircraft with a wingspan of more than 13 meters and a height of more than meters. Its huge metal body carried a kind of human desire to conquer machinery. This large four-engine aircraft could fly a full kilometers in the future.

"The most powerful bomber in the world!"

Lin Tonghua said in a low voice. He stood in front of the XB-1 long-range strategic bomber, and he looked very small. He folded his arms with his hands, and he felt confident and proud. As an aircraft designer, Lin Tonghua felt that this life was enough.

Not only did he preside over the design of the C717, but he was also the deputy chief engineer of the XB-1 long-range strategic bomber. He experienced all stages of the XB-1 long-range strategic bomber from conception, technical requirements, prototype design and manufacturing, and was even familiar with every one of its components.

The huge plane in front of him was actually just a full-size model, but even so, he could not hide his excitement.

(XB-1 long-range strategic bomber)
“Now, it’s finally going to start trial production!”

Lin Tonghua seemed a little excited. He and all his colleagues had survived two full years. He often slept on a canvas camp bed in the office, and when he was tired he would drink a cup of coffee or take a cold shower.

Although they adopted many mature technologies of 1 when designing the XB-707 long-range strategic bomber, passenger planes are passenger planes and strategic bombers are strategic bombers. All of them are laymen when it comes to strategic bombers. As we all know, Germany never built long-range bombers during World War II, and Italy's bombers are also hard to describe. Some Japanese engineers have experience in this area, but that is all old news.

But in the end, the scientists worked hard to design the XB-1 strategic bomber. If their previous task was to design it, now they have to do their best to turn it from a blueprint into a real object. First, they have to complete several trial aircraft, and then turn them into hundreds of real strategic bombers that can be put into combat.

Just at this moment, Hans Walker, the company's chief aerodynamics expert, came over and patted him on the shoulder:

"Lin, look at it, it looks really good!"

"Yes, it is absolutely a perfect one. It has four WP100-4 turbofan engines with a thrust of 10000 kg. The US B-52 bomber uses a J57-P-19W engine with a thrust of only about 4000 kg per engine."

"So, they need eight J57s, but we only need four engines to give it more powerful thrust. And it has lower fuel consumption." The voice came from behind. The speaker was none other than the project manager Satista, and Zhang Tingpeng followed beside him.

"So, the range is longer and the payload is larger..."

Zhang Tingpeng added:

"Even the Russian MiG-4 bomber cannot compare with it. The structural design of the MiG-4 bomber is too old-fashioned."

Russia's MiG-4 bomber became known to the world during the May Day military parade on Red Square last year. It is the Soviet Union's first four-engine jet strategic bomber, which shocked the diplomats and journalists present. Judging from its huge size, this strategic bomber is believed to have a very long range and a strong nuclear bomb carrying capacity. It can fly directly over the North American continent, posing a serious strategic threat to the United States. Of course, it has also become the benchmark for the XB-1 strategic bomber.

"I can't believe that the Russians' engine technology is so advanced that they developed a 10-ton turbofan engine so quickly."

This is a mystery, a mystery that can never be solved by the outside world, but with the low-fuel-consumption turbofan engine, the MiG-7 strategic bomber completed a 4-kilometer non-stop flight in Soviet Russia last July. This flight required four aerial refuelings, including one over the Arctic.

"It's very likely that it was stolen. Who knows?"

Whether it was Satista or Hans, they had no good feelings towards the Russians. After complaining for a few words, they turned the topic back to the XB-1 bomber.

“…it takes off from the South Pacific, and through aerial refueling, it can fly not only to the Soviet Union but also to the United States.”

“But it’s not sightseeing.”

Zhang Tingpeng said with a smile.

"It must be carrying at least several dozen tons of bombs, even atomic bombs, heading to the United States... for sightseeing?"

"Who knows? We can't predict the future."

Satista sat on a folding chair at a table, and the others pulled up chairs for themselves, and an engineer who knew them brought them cups of tea.

“The future is unpredictable, but I think the use of strategic bombers may become less and less.”

Satista said as he looked at the huge monster in front of him.

"It is true that strategic bombers like this one can drop dozens of tons of bombs at a time. However, we must also see that the firepower of fighter jets is now more powerful, and the survival pressure faced by strategic bombers is also greater. Such a bombing requires at least 700 million yuan. The loss of several of them is a very high cost!"

The chief engineer's words silenced everyone. Lin Tonghua, who was originally quite proud, spoke after a long time.

"I remember reading in an aviation magazine that the Soviets already had anti-aircraft missiles designed to intercept bombers,"

This sudden sentence changed everyone's expression and they became even more silent.

It seemed that at this moment, the long-range bomber in front of them was no longer so attractive. Their mood became complicated, just like their own children who had just got good grades in the exam, but someone told them that the grades were invalid.

"Anti-aircraft missiles are not omnipotent."

Hans said,
"There are many ways to overcome them. It's just a technical problem. Moreover, we can develop bombs that can be dropped outside the range of their missiles, such as guided bombs. In short, just like anti-aircraft guns did not eliminate airplanes, anti-aircraft missiles will not be eliminated either."

The Germans do have a say in guided bombs. After all, they had already developed guided bombs and put them into actual combat as early as World War II, and they achieved brilliant results, such as the Fritz X bomb that destroyed many warships, including the Italian Navy's battleship Roma.

Lin Tonghua also said this.

"Yes, that's right. From ancient times to now, for so many years, the spear and the shield have never been able to eliminate each other. Every inch has its own strengths and weaknesses. They must have their own uses. We only need to design the spear. As for the shield, we will always find a way to overcome it!"

(End of this chapter)