The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Wang Zhu's mood stabilized, and the atmosphere in the office suddenly eased up a lot. There was a heated discussion around this novel aircraft.

Zhu Bin made it clear that he was a layman, and he only made modifications based on the various new aircraft he saw in the United States. Whether it is suitable or not needs further inspection and improvement by professionals. Feeling comfortable, the unhappiness caused by the initial misunderstanding dissipated.

Whether it is Wang Zhu, Wang Xiaofeng, Zeng Yi, Qian Changzuo, or Zhu Lin (named Junfu), most of them graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or related majors. They are not generally proficient in aircraft design and manufacturing. They disassembled the model on the spot. After checking everything, I am full of praise for Zhu Bin's design.

Zhu Bin was modest on his lips, but he took it for granted in his heart.Thinking of him as an expert in cleaning up space junk and a master at transforming spaceships, how can he design and transform small planes?Furthermore, after the design of the model is successful, it can also simulate various data blown through the wind tunnel with the assistance of the spacecraft brain, leaving little room for several people to modify.

Listening to Zhu Bin's introduction of his aircraft plan, several people couldn't help but feel hot. This time, it's not just setting up an assembly plant to manufacture models that are outdated abroad, nor is it the seaplane they have been making all the time. Using the first advanced model as the base model, multiple models such as air combat, ground support and carrier-based models were designed.

There is no need to worry about the quantity of purchases. One can cooperate with Douglas to participate in the military competition in the United States. Second, the Ministry of the Navy will definitely increase orders after getting rich. Sales promotion can also bring no less than one or two hundred orders, more than enough to support the aircraft factory!

What's even more gratifying is that Zhu Bin has decided to invest in further modification of the G-type aircraft they designed --- "Jianghe" and "Feng" two advanced trainer aircraft, replace them with high-power engines, and increase electronic communication equipment And protective and ejection devices, an order of no less than 36 is given, and an assembly workshop with a total of 2 square meters can be built in Jiangnan Shipyard first.

Speaking of this, several people were filled with grief and joy, and Wang Zhu sighed deeply: "If you had come two years earlier, why would I have resigned and left? Alas, it's a pity, brother Ba Yunhua. If he can live to this day, he will surely It will be of great help to you."

The rest of the people looked sad when they heard this.

Ba Yunhua, whose real name is Ba Yuzao, is a classmate of Wang Zhu and Wang Xiaofeng. After graduating from MIT’s Department of Aeronautical Engineering, he was hired by General Aircraft as the first chief engineer. He is no less technical than Wang Zhu, but it’s a pity. Three years ago, he was assassinated by Japanese spies and died at the age of 3.

Zhu Bin has heard of this matter.In 1917, Wang Zhu and Bayuzao were not only pioneers in China's aircraft manufacturing, but also talented people all over the world. The first aircraft they designed after returning to China was no better than those of Boeing, General Motors and Curtiss. Poor, but it is a pity that over the past decade or so, American aircraft design has advanced by leaps and bounds, but they lack the proper environment and industrial foundation, and their progress is slow.

And just like that, their talents were also coveted by foreign enemies. The Japanese poisoned and assassinated Bayuzao, fearing that such geniuses would bring a huge military threat.

"Fuck his uncle's little Japan! This hatred must be avenged!" After coming to this world for several months, Zhu Bin became more and more disdainful and disgusted with this nation after hearing and witnessing various behaviors of Japan. Aroused the feeling of fighting against the enemy, unconsciously swearing.

Wang Zhu nodded heavily.He and Bayuzao were best friends, and he was entrusted by Bashi to protect his orphans. Because he had no children, he adopted his son Zhong Ying as his adopted son. Naturally, this enmity had to be borne. In addition, his father-in-law was deeply concerned about the Sino-Japanese War. In Japan, there is only endless hatred.

Zhu Bin stared at the crowd and said: "Everyone, let's put away our anger and hatred for the time being, and concentrate on building our own advanced fighters. After our long-range fighter-bombers are built, we will be the first to send them to the little devil's homeland." A great gift!"

"Okay! Let's do it like this!" Several people pounded the table and gritted their teeth. Bayuzao's experience might fall on them one day. The country's hatred and family hatred for Japan are now unsolvable.

With the help of these talented people, Zhu Bin no longer has to worry about the distraction and busyness of aircraft manufacturing. Any one of them can take care of the mess, but the guys in the national government know that they don't need them. After so many years, they have been discouraged. , just to leave a loophole for myself to exploit!

People doing academic and research in this era are relatively simple. Zhu Bin took out some aerodynamics to communicate with them while the iron was hot, and planned to build the first wind tunnel at the Zhoushan base, which immediately attracted the full attention of several people. , All the unhappiness at the beginning was left behind.With hundreds of years of advanced skills, Zhu Bin can be said to be eloquent when he flickers, and after a long time, Wang Zhu and others are almost astonished.

Next, Zhu Bin went to the shipyard to inspect several [-]-ton container ships that were about to be completed with Director Ma Deji, and then led them back to the old nest in the public concession area to visit the mechanical processing that he had built. factory.

In the two months since leaving Shanghai, Liu Banxia has not been lazy at all. Following Zhu Bin's instructions, the old buildings were demolished first, and two steel-structured factory buildings with a span of more than ten meters were built on the spot. For the container, a pit seven or eight meters deep was dug on the spot according to Zhu Bin's plan, and then a reinforced concrete underground bunker with a thickness of one meter was built with cement mixed with basalt fibers and placed in it. It is made of five-centimeter-thick titanium alloy and steel plate, and the switch is driven by an embedded motor. Without Zhu Bin's palmprint, voiceprint or infrared recognition, it cannot be detonated by explosives.

In the two workshops outside, there are various machine tool equipment purchased from Shenchang Matheson Co., Ltd. and Lihe Matheson Co., Ltd., one is used to manufacture automobile engines, the other is used to manufacture aircraft engines, and the key high-precision machine tool spindles, drill bits, Milling cutters, turning cutters, etc. are all produced by container machining centers, and the precision is an order of magnitude higher than that of this era. If it is not for the fear of leaking secrets, Zhu Bin would like to directly transform the multi-axis CNC into it-this is a matter of time.

After Wang Zhu and others arrived, they suddenly found that in the automobile factory, a prototype truck had been assembled. Chassis, wheels, shells and flat panels, containers, as well as American Goodyear's non-pneumatic tire technology combined with Zhu Bin's radial wire tire technology, trial-produced truck tires, etc., are assembled into a six-meter-long pointed five tons of container trucks.

Several people looked around. Although they were not very knowledgeable, they felt Zhu Bin's level from the appearance and details as well as the performance index of the engine, and went straight to the next factory building even more impatiently.

In a workshop of the same size, dozens of machine tools of different sizes are lined up on both sides. On the central platform, a Pratt & Whitney r1830-1 (modified) 14-cylinder double-row air-cooled radial engine is impressively displayed in front of several people!

An all-aluminum body, a high-strength alloy spindle, 14 cylinders evenly arranged, and overhead valves, can output up to 950 horsepower, but only weighs less than [-] kilograms.

"Good stuff! Good stuff!"

Several experts were fascinated by this guy at a glance!Putting on the white gloves carefully, for fear of staining this shiny new guy, thinking about the wonderful sight of a fighter plane with such a strong heart flying through the sky at a speed of four to five hundred kilometers, I can't help but feel my heart sway, and all doubts are even more overwhelming. Sweep away!

Zhu Bin watched from the side with wide-eyed smiles, secretly proud of himself: "Thanks to our preparations, we made a prototype first, otherwise it may not be so smooth to convince these big cows!"

As early as on a business trip in the United States, he and Serena took the opportunity to scan all the planes and engines of various companies, especially the most critical engines, which Pratt & Whitney wanted to sell first. Give Zhu Bin a bunch of finished products, authorize production... wait until you have the production conditions.

Zhu Bin couldn't wait, so he got the authorization in a hurry and did it himself. Yankees want to cheat people?Hey, there are doors.He is not afraid of Pratt & Whitney's repentance. Anyway, the star structure is not unique to his family. What about the parent company Curtis Wright?The v-engines of the Germans are not bad either!Order in hand, not afraid of you making trouble!

After several people came back to their senses, Zhu Bin seemed embarrassed and said: "My place is too small to make troubles. When the new aircraft factory is built and the raw materials are in place, we can start production immediately. At that time, we will need you It is a great help!"

Wang Zhu touched the engine fondly, and said decisively: "Okay! As long as you can build the manufacturing plant, I will quit my job in the airline company and build the best fighter plane in the world together!"