The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

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"It's unbelievable! How can there be such a powerful performance?"

"Could this be true? Will the Americans make a fake?! Their aircraft manufacturing can exceed so much...!"

Countless manufacturer representatives around discovered Curtis's super scary new product almost at the same time, and rushed over in unison. Seeing the shocking words on the huge wooden sign, they all started discussing in amazement and even panic.

The representative of Boeing supported the boss from behind, Robert Short's throat was dry, and he forced himself to read the rest of the introduction, even though he already knew that his company would fail badly this time!

This aircraft is too advanced. In addition to those scary data, it adopts a fully enclosed cockpit for the first time. The single-stage single-speed supercharger greatly improves the power of this 9-cylinder engine, making it comparable to Pratt & Whitney's most advanced dual-engine. Compared with the Wasp r-1830, it can allow fighters to carry more and larger caliber weapons and bombs. The retractable landing gear greatly reduces wind resistance, and the ejection seat from Zhu Bin's gd laboratory ensures safety. Pilots are safe, needless to say, there is a partially reinforced bulletproof protection structure. It can be said that this is the most perfect single-seat fighter so far!

The key point is that the wide and strong metal wings can basically dispel the military's concerns about monoplanes. The speed that is more than half of the height of traditional biplanes is enough to make up for the gap in flexibility, and the ceiling and high rate of climb are even better. Let the previous model directly become the target!

The flap design at the rear effectively reduces the landing speed, so you don't have to worry about disasters caused by too fast—everything shows that this aircraft is perfect!

Curtis Wright, when was it designed? !Why is there no movement at all!

"Their engine, the R-1820 Tornado, seems unstable!" A Boeing engineer suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly reminded the boss.

"Yes! Yes! There is such a saying!" William Boing's eyes lit up, and his body suddenly gained strength.

This plane is perfect in all aspects, but the engine is undoubtedly a short board. So far, it seems that only Pratt & Whitney's r-1830 double-row 14-cylinder engine is barely suitable, and its r-1535 and single-row 9-cylinder models are not powerful enough , However, it is impossible to provide 850 horsepower, Curtis is lying!

But, will they really do this?In front of experts all over the world, it is easy to be exposed!

Representative Curtis smiled and introduced to everyone loudly: "Some minor problems of our new engine have been solved with the help of gd laboratory. In addition, the new engine we jointly developed has a brand new supercharger mechanism. In the future, there will be a larger model of the turbocharger mechanism, and all friends are welcome to come to support and cooperate.”

"GD Laboratory? What kind of company organization is that? Could it be from Europe?" William Boeing has never heard of such a number in the industry.

Robert Short hesitated, and then explained in a low voice: "This is a mysterious research institution owned by Zhu Bin. In addition to aviation accidents, the technologies developed also involve automobiles, ships, oil drilling, chemicals, weapons and equipment, etc. In many fields, it is said that no less than 1 patents have been registered in the past few months, and the 'Global Link' container transportation and logistics system was also developed by them."

"Zhu Bin? That Chinese?!" William Boeing stared at Short in disbelief, thinking that his ears had misheard. When did the Chinese learn to do such research?Where did they get the manpower and technology?Where did the conditions come from!

Short nodded heavily. He regretted that he hadn't been able to persist in March to promote the company's cooperation with him. Then maybe the plane on the stage today would not be named Curtiss, but Boeing.

A man who can draw a brand new fighter for him at will, and can transform the advanced fighter designed and manufactured by many outstanding engineers of Boeing Company at will. I don’t know how long he has been preparing behind the scenes. Boeing, missed it!

"This is impossible. There are only a few of the strongest aircraft designers in China. Look here, where are the conditions to study so many advanced technologies?" William Boeing shook his head decisively. Among the major aviation and aircraft manufacturing companies in the United States, China There were very few people, Wang Zhu's group had all returned to China, and most of the more than 20 graduates from MIT returned to China after a brief internship in the United States. They did not have this condition.

"Maybe the Germans conspired? Although they have been sanctioned, they have not lost their research capabilities. Look at BMW, Messerschmitt, and Mercedes-Benz. Their engines are very advanced! There is also the British Roller Royce, the only thing that can't be Chinese." William Boeing subconsciously found a reason to comfort himself.

A senior manager next to him echoed: "It is reported that the so-called gd laboratory and Zhu Bin are actually sent by a mysterious Jones family. That beautiful Serena Jones assistant may be the supervisor."

"That makes sense, at least we didn't lose to the Chinese."

William Boeing breathed a sigh of relief, he was willing to believe this.Then he thought of the xp-936 he had brought, and couldn't help but sighed sadly. He thought it would shock the audience, but it turned out to be so.

In all fairness, his aircraft is already excellent, with a wingspan of 8.52 meters, a length of 7.19 meters, a height of 3.06 meters, and a wing area of ​​13.89 square meters.The empty weight is 997 kg, and the maximum take-off weight is 1340 kg.The maximum flight speed exceeds 320 kilometers per hour, the ceiling is 8350 meters, and the range is 580 kilometers.Equipped with two 7.62mm machine guns, or one 7.62mm machine gun and one 12.7mm machine gun, it can carry 90 kg of bombs.It uses a Pratt & Whitney r-1340-27 piston engine with a power of 600 horsepower.

In order to accommodate the conservative military, the open flight cockpit was used, and Zhu Bin’s ejection seat was added—it seems that it was used first without a patent license, and the landing gear was added with a fairing. If there is no Curtiss c21 , is advanced enough!

Looking at other European manufacturers around, William Boeing felt a little better. The Tornado (e) d.500 aircraft brought by the French is also an all-metal monoplane, equipped with a 660-horsepower "Spanish-Swiss" 12xbrs engine, equipped with two 7.5mm machine guns, also has an open cockpit and fixed landing gear, its flight speed, ceiling, and range are not much better than our own, but its appearance is ugly!It is unimaginable that this is an industrial product made by the French who always like to show off their artistic taste!

The Italians brought the fiatcr.30, which is a traditional biplane, using a fiata.30rabis piston engine with a power of 790 horsepower, a maximum level flight speed of 375 kilometers, a ceiling of 7550 meters, and a range of 800 kilometers.The shape is very beautiful, but unfortunately it does not meet the requirements, and it is also useless.

The British also took out the same conservative "violent" biplane fighter. There is nothing commendable in terms of performance. It seems that a great war more than ten years ago exhausted the vitality of this country. It seems that they are not enthusiastic at all, and the aviation aspect cannot be compared with the United States, pass!

The Germans, because of the treaty restrictions, they don't even dare to study weapons and equipment openly. As a fighter jet bidding, they dare not challenge the nerves of other countries even if they have products, so this item is none of their business.

William Boeing breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, the final winner was the Americans, and he had no room to fight back. The US military is not only conservative, they are also very xenophobic. , well, it may be that the fighter jets designed by the Chinese themselves participate in the bidding, will they adopt it?According to the previous practice, it is basically impossible.He still has a chance.

But then, when he saw the X211 fighter jets that looked almost identical at the booth of the so-called Curtiss United Aircraft Corporation of China, he seemed to have been punched hard in the face!

Wang Zhu, a Chinese engineer who helped him rise and build the Boeing Empire in the past, stood calmly in front of the booth and introduced the fighter plane he participated in to the people who stopped and watched. The x1830a land fighter with the engine not only has complete performance in all aspects, but also has a higher flight speed, and is also equipped with an unprecedented aviation intercom radio!What's worse, this thing is jointly developed and produced by GD Lab and Haizhuang Institute!

Next to it is a carrier-based aircraft code-named x211b. The wings are lifted a little from the bottom, the fuselage has a beautiful ship-shaped arc, and the head is slightly raised, making it appear lighter and more agile.Next to it is the wooden double-pontoon seaplane independently developed by Wang Zhu and other Chinese engineers.

It's over!In this bidding, he came here with great ambitions. In terms of single-seat all-metal fighters, he was completely out of luck!It is conceivable that the x936, which he spent three years and countless painstaking efforts on, has just successfully tested the flight. Before the order from the US military is passed, he will face ruthless pressure from Curtiss c21, even if he tries to delay or even disrupt the flight. It's yellow, and it can't stand the gang fights of other manufacturers. What's terrible is that the Wright Tornado r-1820 series engines are bound to sell well in a wide range. With such a strong power as the backing, there are so many powerful designs from the Chinese. With the help of the master, Curtis will launch more advanced fighters sooner or later!He Boeing, can't stop it for long!

"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! We still have the 247 passenger plane! No one can do better than us in this regard!"

William Boeing is a stubborn character who will never admit defeat easily. After admitting the failure of the first round helplessly, he immediately regained his strength.This time, the single-seat fighter plane is the appetizer, and the large transport plane and passenger plane are the main event. He doesn't believe that someone will come up with a single-wing all-metal product comparable to Boeing this time!Curtis must be gone!

Just when he cheered up and led his men to turn around the booth to try to fool a few customers, there was a louder commotion from another area, and someone couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah! My God! This plane is really beautiful!"

William Boing felt a "thump" in his heart, and a strong bad feeling came over him!