The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 235: Maintaining concentration and accumulating winning momentum

Zhao Peng nodded and said, "Comrade Lin Feng is right."

"We can't force a problem that doesn't exist."

"Then report truthfully!"

After the summary, they began to prepare to return.

At this time, people on the ground were already preparing to welcome the return of the Y-20.

Zhang Zhipeng's mood has become much more relaxed.

The test flight results were very good.

Next, the Y-20 prototype will begin testing in other areas.

As for the aircraft's electronic equipment, structural strength, materials, engines and other issues, a lot of tests have actually been done on the ground.

The test results were quite perfect.

The first prototype has been built so perfectly, which really gives people a great sense of accomplishment.

"Comrade Zhipeng, if the test flight feedback is good, can we shorten the test time and put it into mass production earlier?" Qiao Guanyuan asked at this time.

Zhang Zhipeng shook his head and said, "We still need to fly for a longer period of time, at least a thousand hours, tens or even millions of kilometers, before we can make an assessment."

There may not be any problems with a newly built prototype at first.

However, after flying for a period of time, the harsh environment at high altitude and the pressure shock encountered during take-off and landing will cause various internal damages to the aircraft.

It will also cause metal fatigue and structural problems.

So, to see whether a new aircraft is reliable enough, it needs to fly continuously for a period of time.

Problems are most likely to occur and be discovered during long flights.

Some people say that the lifespan of an aircraft is actually a false proposition.

Why do you say that?

Because the process that causes the greatest damage to the aircraft is not the flying process, but the landing process.

When a large aircraft weighing hundreds of tons lands, it will cause a huge impact on the aircraft body.

If the structure is not strong enough, it may fall apart.

Every time it lands, it suffers a huge impact.

With more years of use, metal fatigue problems will become very prominent.

By that time, safety hazards may occur at any time.

This is also the main reason why civil aviation aircraft are forced to be scrapped.

Qiao Guanyuan nodded and said with a smile: "This is a mature move!"

"Then, let the test pilots take turns to test fly and conduct high-intensity tests on this aircraft."

While the two were talking, the Y-20 began to return at high speed under the piloting of Zhao Peng.

Return and landing is also part of the test.

It can be said that most aircraft accidents occur during take-off and landing.

The greatest test for the aircraft is during landing.

The aircraft landing test is to test the structural strength of the aircraft and other aspects.

The requirements for structural strength of large aircraft are quite high.

Because if the structural strength is not enough, the aircraft may fall apart under the huge pressure and impact force.

There is no ambiguity about this.

The reason why large aircraft are so difficult to manufacture and only a handful of countries on the earth can build them is that the structural strength is not enough, which is the most important reason.

Of course, it is not easy to overcome other difficulties.

Qiao Guanyuan naturally knew that the landing test was also a very important test.

He looked at the clouds that had already appeared in the sky and the Y-20 that was aiming at the runway. He actually felt a little nervous deep down.

The large plane that emerged from the clouds appeared in people's sight more and more big.

These test pilots are all excellent and experienced veteran pilots, and landing is not a problem at all for them.

The nose of the plane was aimed precisely at the runway.

The plane slowly descended.

The landing gear had already been lowered.

Zhao Peng calmly controlled the plane and landed it steadily on the runway.

The plane began to taxi at high speed on the runway.

Landing was no problem at all!

This is a perfect test flight process!
It is really rare for the first test flight to be so successful.

Then, Zhao Peng immediately started to apply strong braking.

The moment the Y-20 successfully landed, Zhang Zhipeng and Qiao Guanyuan began to applaud spontaneously.

The people around also began to applaud.

Some people even cheered.

The plane slowly slowed down.

Then, Zhao Peng started to fly the plane on the runway, walking like an elephant, and slowly came to the people who were watching the test flight.

Now, the plane has come to a complete stop.

The gangway was slowly transported to the aircraft door by a tractor and placed there.

The hatch opens.

The first to appear was the test pilot captain Zhao Peng.

When Zhao Peng appeared at the cabin door, the people on the ground immediately responded with the warmest applause and cheers.

Zhao Peng had a bright smile on his face. He waved and started walking down.

He came down very quickly.

The second person to come out was Gao Linfeng.

Gao Linfeng also had a smile on his face and walked down with brisk steps.

The test pilots came down one after another, and they were all very happy.

After all, the first test flight of the domestically-made large aircraft was a complete success!
Zhao Peng walked down the gangway.

Zhang Zhipeng and Qiao Guanyuan had already come in front of him.

Zhang Zhipeng and Zhao Peng shook hands tightly and said, "You have completed the test flight mission perfectly and brilliantly!"

“Thank you for your efforts!”

Qiao Guanyuan also shook hands with Zhao Peng. He was more concerned about the test pilots' feelings: "Comrade Zhao Peng, what is your specific feeling when flying this plane?"

"Did you find any problems?"

Zhao Peng said: "Comrade Guanyuan, what I want to say is that I have test-flown so many types of aircraft, and this test flight can be said to be the most perfect one!"

"I never thought that our domestically made large aircraft would be so well made."

“The engine is very powerful and all functions are very good.”

"I was very impressed by the onboard radar."

"I think this aircraft is very advanced even in the world."

Qiao Guanyuan smiled and nodded: "We must summarize it carefully!"

"If you have any questions, please write them down clearly! We must speed up the process of finalizing this aircraft as soon as possible, and it would be best if we can achieve mass production as soon as possible."

……

The first test flight of the first domestically-made large aircraft was a complete success, and the news was quickly reported to higher levels.

Soon, it was reported to the highest level.

After listening to the report, the leader immediately said: "This is a major breakthrough in our aviation industry!"

"We are the only one with a large aircraft with fully independent intellectual property rights!"

"We must reward you generously!"

"Well! The large military transport aircraft has been completed. Next, while testing the Y-20, we will start developing our own large civil airliner."

"I want to talk to Comrade Zhipeng to see if our Y-20 can be successfully converted into a civil airliner."

Zhang Zhipeng immediately received a notice asking him to go to Beijing immediately.

Naturally, Zhang Zhipeng had to set off for Beijing immediately.

After he arrived in the capital, he was immediately picked up by a motorcade and taken to the leader's office.

After Zhang Zhipeng got out of the car, he saw his leader striding towards him.

He hurriedly took two steps forward and greeted his leader.

The leader responded with a smile and shook hands with him tightly.

"Comrade Zhipeng, you have done another remarkable thing!"

"Large aircraft are a major shortcoming of our country!"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "I just assisted my comrades in completing the research and development of the large aircraft."

"With your support and the support of the people across the country, we will surely be able to make up for all the shortcomings as soon as possible!"

The leader then walked into his office with Zhang Zhipeng.

The leader asked about various situations of the Y-20 transport aircraft.

In fact, he had already learned about these situations from the reporting materials.

However, after listening to Zhang Zhipeng's story again, he still listened with great interest.

After listening to it, he said: "So, our Y-20 is enough to surpass Amei's C17."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "Yes, our large aircraft are more than capable of surpassing theirs in every aspect of performance." "However, we cannot be blindly optimistic. They were able to manufacture large strategic bombers in the 1960s and 1970s."

"In theory, we have only just surpassed their products from decades ago!"

"But I still want to say that once we catch up, we must always stay ahead!"

"Ami was really powerful in the past, but now they are only able to live off their past achievements. They are seriously deindustrialized, and their talents are all working in finance and becoming lawyers. The number of their engineers is decreasing, and excellent talents are being lost."

“So, time is on our side!”

The leader listened, nodded and said, "But we still have to be cautious and keep accumulating advantages and maintaining our composure."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "You are right."

"Time is on our side. We can afford to wait and waste time!"

The leader smiled and said: "I have looked at the various parameters of the Y-20, and they are all excellent."

"I was wondering if the Y-20 could be slightly modified to become a passenger plane?"

"Civil aviation now needs a large number of passenger aircraft. If our passenger aircraft cannot be developed earlier, it will cost tens of billions of dollars every year in the future just for this item."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "There is still a big difference between military transport aircraft and civil airliners."

"Civil aviation passenger aircraft need to have low fuel consumption, high safety factor, and comfortable ride."

"Military transport aircraft are all about efficiency."

"So, it's probably not feasible to simply modify the Y-20 and turn it into a passenger plane."

"However, after manufacturing the Y-20, we have accumulated a lot of experience in manufacturing large aircraft. It will definitely be much easier to develop large civil aircraft, haha!"

"Boss, I am confident that we can design and develop a large civil aviation passenger aircraft within half a year."

"Our domestically produced large civil aviation aircraft will surely become the best in the world in the future!"

The leader waved his hand and said, "Then go do it!"

"We must make a breakthrough in the aviation industry! This means a lot to us!"

"Comrade Zhipeng, you don't know that Boeing's senior executive Evra is visiting our country recently. His attitude is extremely arrogant. He even claimed that even if the price of the aircraft sold to us is doubled, we have no choice but to accept it."

"This is really unreasonable!"

Zhang Zhipeng really didn't know about this matter.

Because he has been too busy during this period.

Of course, it is also possible that these words were spoken during private negotiations and were not reported.

Ami’s big corporate executives are also very arrogant.

In fact, because of the existence of the revolving door, senior executives of large American companies may turn around and become high-ranking officials of the American government.

It seems that this Evra was previously a senior official in the Amei military.

Zhang Zhipeng asked: "Leader, what is Evra here for this time? Is he trying to sell us the plane?"

The leader said: "Many domestic airlines need to purchase a large number of aircraft."

"The total purchase amount is expected to exceed $100 billion."

“We are currently negotiating with Boeing and Airbus to choose the best one between the two.”

"But now Ah Ming is obviously a little anxious and uneasy. He has completely forgotten the gentlemanly manners he pretended to be."

"They first threatened Airbus, saying they had something on Airbus and wanted to issue a huge fine of hundreds of billions of dollars. This was to force Airbus to retreat."

"In fact, Airbus is now a little hesitant and dares not compete with Boeing."

"This time Evra came here to sign the big order right away."

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said, "It's a bit like a desperate dog jumping off the wall."

"Leader, we can release the news about the test flight of our large aircraft."

"Then, we will sign an agreement with major domestic airlines to purchase aircraft."

"Do you think it's okay?"

The leader hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't the aircraft we are testing a military transport aircraft?"

“Is it going to be a long time before a large civil aviation passenger aircraft can be tested?”

Zhang Zhipeng said: "It won't take too long."

"As for our civil aviation passenger aircraft, I think we should first meet the needs of the domestic market."

"Then, we should first develop a medium-sized passenger aircraft model to meet the needs of the domestic market."

"I think that within two years at most, we will be able to mass-produce our own medium-sized passenger aircraft."

The leader was very excited: "Really? We can start mass production in two years? That's great."

However, he paused and frowned, saying, "But right now, our civil aviation passenger aircraft shortage is a bit large. Because there are too many people traveling by plane for business, there is a shortage of at least 300 aircraft."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "We can communicate more with the European side and hope they can hold on. If we can't, we can first lease a batch of aircraft to operate as an emergency measure."

In the international aviation market, there are many national airlines that lease aircraft for operation.

This is another important option alongside directly purchasing aircraft to form your own fleet.

The leader nodded and said, "Okay! Then let's do as you think!"

On the same day, Zhang Zhipeng was interviewed by CCTV.

It mainly explained the test flight of domestically-made large aircraft and elaborated on the future development plan of China's civil aviation.

Of course, the test flight footage will definitely be used in the news.

This breaking news will be broadcast on the 7 o'clock news that evening.

……

Evra is a vice president of Boeing.

He is also a veteran politician.

This man was a lawyer by training. Thanks to his connections with a certain squid family, he started out as a congressman and later served as a senior official in the Afghan military.

After leaving the military, he became the vice president of Boeing.

Well, his salary is as high as 3 million dollars a year, which is more than 100 times more than when he was a senior military official.

Evra arrived in China two days ago.

He was going to negotiate with the head of China Civil Aviation about the big deal of purchasing Boeing aircraft.

The scale of this big business may be as high as hundreds of billions of dollars.

If this deal is successful, it will be very important for Boeing.

In fact, Airbus in Europe has been working hard to win such a big deal.

Airbus also offers a number of preferential plans.

For example, building an aircraft assembly plant in China.

For example, transfer some technology.

Also give a big discount.

In order to promote this deal, Gallic politicians have frequently visited China.

As for China, it is actually inclined to purchase Airbus aircraft.

But how could Boeing be willing to lose such a huge order?
They started using some unconventional tactics to attack Airbus.

Moreover, their moves are extremely vicious.

This makes Airbus very worried and scared now.

Airbus is already somewhat afraid to compete with Boeing for this order.

Evra came here full of confidence this time. He was determined to win and planned to make a final effort to get the huge order into his own hands.

Evra himself also feels that there are no competitors now.

Then I have to show off!
I must make China realize one thing: I am the only seller!
You have no choice but to buy from me!

So, you must sign a contract with me as soon as possible!
If you don't hurry up and sign the contract, don't blame me for being rude!
Maybe I'll raise your price.

On the morning of that day, Evra met with Li Yuntong, the head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, for negotiations.

Evra urged Li Yuntong to reach a purchase agreement immediately!

But Li Yuntong said: Whether to buy or not still needs to be considered carefully.

Evra was furious.

He thought to himself, what else can you do?
Do you have any fucking choice?
What a shame!

Evra has made a decision: he will give Li Yuntong an ultimatum.

If we don't hurry up and sign the purchase agreement, the price of each aircraft will likely increase by one third or even more.

That night, Evra watched the news in his hotel room.

He was watching the 7 o'clock news with the help of an interpreter.

While watching TV, Evra casually sent a text message to one of his mistresses in China.

This time I came to China in a hurry and did not bring my female secretary with me.

Evra is now feeling a little beastly and hopes to find a woman to solve the problem.

However, his entourage reminded him that it would be best not to mess around here, as it would be easy to be caught.

If we get caught, the situation won’t be good!

Evra was a little depressed because of this matter.

"Mr. Evra, look! God! This is terrible!" the translator next to him suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong? Why are you making such a fuss?" Evra was startled by the shout and asked in dissatisfaction.

The translator pointed to the TV screen and said, "China's large aircraft had a test flight today! Moreover, the test flight was a great success!"

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