The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 767: The Third Prototype of Y-10
After inspecting the automobile production base, Ludao Port, Liu Tao left Ludao and headed for Rongcheng.

This time, Zhao Guoping also accompanied them to inspect the Mawei Shipyard and Rongcheng Port.

Mawei Shipyard has now begun to produce some civilian ships, as well as Type 022 missile boats and Type 022A torpedo boats.

At present, Mawei Shipyard is the largest shipyard in Fujian Province, and its economic boost to Rongcheng has been very obvious.

Mawei Shipyard and Rongcheng Port are like two powerful development engines of Rongcheng, making Rongcheng's development speed astonishing.

However, it will take at least three or four years for the Mawei Shipyard to reach the scale of the Yangcheng Shipyard.

As a newly built Mawei Shipyard, its specifications are very high and its instruments and equipment are all the latest. Even the new Mawei Shipyard will be able to build large aircraft carriers once it is fully completed.

After inspecting the Mawei Shipyard and Rongcheng Port, Liu Tao returned to Panshan Group.

It was he who convened the Party Committee meeting of Panshan Group.

Normally, he holds a party group meeting about once every six months, combining it with the mid-year meeting and the year-end meeting to save time.

In addition to the half-year summary, the biggest theme of this party group meeting was spending money.

Taking advantage of the Gulf War, Panshan Group made huge profits by going long on the international crude oil market in the early stage and shorting on the international crude oil market in the later stage, not to mention the arms trade, which also made a lot of money.

With a large amount of funds, it is natural to spend the money well.

The heads of twelve second-level groups, including China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation, China Communications Investment Holding Group Corporation, China Electric Power Investment Group Corporation, China Construction Group Corporation, China Mobile Communications Group Corporation, China Internet Group Corporation, China Ports Group Corporation, China Shipbuilding Group Corporation, China Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation, and China Space Services Group Corporation, gathered here.

Except for the headquarters buildings of China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, and China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation, the headquarters buildings of the other nine second-level groups of Panshan Group are all built in the surrounding areas to strengthen their ties with the Panshan Group headquarters.

When planning and building the Panshan Group headquarters, even Liu Tao did not expect that Panshan Group would develop so fast and so rapidly that the original plan could not meet the current needs.

The big spenders this time are seven second-level groups: China Communications Investment Holding Group Corporation, China Electric Power Investment Group Corporation, China Mobile Communications Group Corporation, China Internet Group Corporation, China Ports Group Corporation, China Shipbuilding Group Corporation and China Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation.

As for other companies, they all have strong business capabilities and high profits and do not need to invest more money. If they want to expand production, that will be fine as long as we agree.

Feng Defeng, Li Weimin and others didn't understand why Panshan Group had to come up with so much money. You know, before that, Panshan Group had spent up to 300 billion yuan to build three high-speed railways and two highways.

But they were tactful enough not to find out where the money came from.

There are some things that they should not ask about proactively. After all, each of them has his own jurisdiction, and it is not appropriate for them to ask more questions about matters other than those within their jurisdiction.

At this party group meeting, Liu Tao warned Feng Defeng to prepare for hard times.

With the end of the Gulf War, there will never again be crazy spending behavior like that of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and others.

This also means that this year may be the peak in the history of China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, and it will inevitably decline rapidly in the future.

After all, looking around the world, there are very few countries that can spend money like the rich people in the Middle East.

Most of them are stingy countries. They will not purchase much at one time, and the price will always be lowered. There are also many payment methods. After the party group meeting, Liu Tao came to Guifei Group.

Guizhou Aircraft Corporation, there is a passenger plane in the parking area, and this is the Y-10 prototype!

Because there was already the first Y-10 prototype before, this one is the third prototype.

Compared with the first Y-10 prototype, the third Y-10 prototype is much better. It looks much more beautiful and has been greatly improved in all aspects.

Ma Fengshan followed Liu Tao's introduction with an excited look on his face.

This third Y-10 prototype was assembled at Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, and many of its core components were manufactured at Panshan Group. The conditions are much better than before.

The first Y-10 prototype was actually built with lowered standards, which exposed a lot of problems.

There is a fatal problem here, which is the lifespan. The lifespan of the first Y-10 prototype was very short.

Moreover, the first Y-10 prototype used the JT3D-7 turbofan engine, which was much inferior in performance to the turbofan engine developed by Panshan Group specifically for the Y-10.

The aviation engine of this Y-10 prototype was built by Liu Tao himself, and the landing gear was also specially developed by Liu Tao. In addition, the avionics system, electrical system, mechanical system, etc. were all developed by Liu Tao himself.

In addition, it is processed using advanced instruments and equipment, so the performance of the Y-10 prototype is currently outstanding, with smooth flight, low noise and great comfort.

Although it has just been built and has only flown once, from Xi'an International Aircraft Corporation to Guizhou International Aircraft Corporation, its excellent performance has far exceeded Ma Fengshan's psychological expectations.

"You contact Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation and build two more prototypes to speed up the flight test!" Liu Tao said to Ma Fengshan.

If it is just a prototype, it will take at least fifteen years to complete a series of tests.

If we could have more prototypes, the testing could be sped up.

In fact, Liu Tao knew that this prototype was qualified and could meet the requirements of a passenger aircraft, but it still had to complete relevant tests.

Liu Tao hoped that the Y-10 could complete all procedures before the millennium so that the Chinese people could use their own domestically produced large aircraft.

Like the Y-10, it can be used as a passenger plane and can also be converted into a military transport plane.

That is to say, the first prototype of the Y-10 has successfully completed its maiden flight and a series of flights. Otherwise, the scene would be extremely grand like the maiden flight of the third prototype of the Y-10 this time.

However, Liu Tao believes that the Y-10 will definitely leave a mark in China's aviation history.

After all, if the Y-10 is successful, it means that China will become the fifth country after the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France to be able to independently develop large jet passenger aircraft.

This not only means the passenger aircraft market, but also represents the transport aircraft market, as well as the military transport aircraft, early warning aircraft, refueling aircraft, etc. developed on this basis, which is the true realization of a country's dream of a large air force.

(End of this chapter)