"Prime Minister, there is no problem with torpedo bombers, just... there are many problems with airdropping torpedoes. If you want to make the torpedo work, when it is airdropped..." Major General Pan Shizhong admitted that with the full start of sea training, more and more problems exposed by airdrop torpedoes are exposed. These things make him suffer and make him sleep well day and night. Now, he is less than 25 years old, his temples are already white.

"Put aside the airdrop torpedo matter, the laboratory is already working on solving it." Yang Rui interrupted. He was helpless in the smoke. After the aircraft engine was successfully developed, because the body had high-hard aluminum alloy, the model was copied in the movie Pearl Harbor. It can be said that the aircraft development was very smooth. However, the airdrop torpedo was not the case. In the past, the waves were calm in the lake. There was no problem with dropping torpedoes at an altitude of more than 30 meters, but it was different when it went to the sea. In actual measurement, the height of the airdrop torpedo cannot exceed twenty meters, the best is ten to fifteen meters, and various small details must be paid attention to when the delivery is not paid attention to. Once it is not paid attention, the torpedo will not hit the target, and some torpedoes will even go against the target after entering the water. Anyway, there are all kinds of strange problems.

"Prime Minister, the subordinate requested to demote the rank to one level..." Major General Pan Shizhong Yu Guang glanced at the star on his blue epaulette and thought it was so dazzling. "The country invested huge amounts of money in the Air Force every year, but the Air Force..."

If Pan Shizhong had not been from the Fuxing Army and had been tested several times, Yang Rui would have driven him out in this way. After extinguishing the cigarette, Yang Rui said: "What's wrong with the Air Force? The Air Force has not yet formed an army, so naturally there will be no results in battle. Did you see that no one in the submarine army has the rank of general, but there will be results in battle. But there are generals on the Air Force but no results in battle. Are you ashamed? Or do you always have problems with the airdrop torpedo? Are you blaming yourself?

The submarine force started to prepare eight years ago, and the money spent in eight years was not less than that of the Air Force. Especially at that time, it was still in revolution. In order to raise money, cheat and steal, haha... I thought of all the solutions I could think of at that time. But the Air Force has only been a few years now? It is great for at most four years, and this thing is flying in the sky without any reference. The submarine was started with the help of the Germans at that time. China and Germany jointly developed it. What about the Air Force? In fact, we worked alone and wanted to jointly develop it with Germany at that time, but they didn't know much about us..."

Pan Shizhong's self-blame made Yang Rui become a political commissar. The technology of this aircraft is indeed extremely complicated, and the General Staff also miscalculated it. However, the General Staff did not know how to comprehensively test the aircraft model and aviation weapon performance. One problem always solved one problem, and another problem arose, such as torpedo, which had just solved the problem of easy explosion into the sea, and now the problem of torpedo diving has occurred, which made the technical department and the Air Force very worried... After a night of talk, Yang Rui began to visit the aviation base and aircraft manufacturing plant in full the next morning.

Before the construction of Xin'anjiang Power Station, Qiandao Lake did not have it, or in other words, the Qiandao Lake that Yang Rui knew was actually the Xin'anjiang Reservoir. But even so, the aviation base was still chosen here. At least it was once a base, and the local people knew very well how to do the work of espionage and defense room. In the past, the people of the world had not supported the Fuxing Army. Now, the people of the world supported the Fuxing Army more. After the founding of the country, the base areas were rewarded for their merits, and Yanzhou's merits were exempted from taxes for ten years. The education system also treated Yanzhou with special treatment, and the junior high school was completely popular here. There were many more martyrs in the base areas, active officers and generals.

In order to meet the needs of the Air Force, a small reservoir was quickly built under the organization of the General Secretary. The power generated was used for Chun'an aircraft assembly plant, and the reservoir area was used for torpedo aircraft training. Yang Rui and Xu Huafeng were at the Air Force General, and the aircraft factory managers surrounded him to the aircraft assembly plant near Weiping Town. The flat factory area, tall from the factory building, dense wires, all of this appeared in the deep mountains, which was incredible.

Xu Huafeng was very familiar with this place. Without waiting for the introduction of the factory director Sun Meitang, he told Yang Rui: "This is the Chun'an Aircraft Assembly Factory. The factory area is 18,000 square meters and the construction area is 15,000 square meters. There are more than 4,000 workers, and the annual assembly and production of aircraft can reach 900 times. When we built it, fortunately there was a Tonghua Diesel Engine Factory for reference and support. Otherwise, if such a large factory was rashly built, it would be difficult to build it within two years!"

The aircraft factory was originally located in Shanxi, but it cannot be kept secret there, and there is no water area, so the assembly plant is built here, and it is just a basic material and engine plant. Yang Rui was not surprised by the scale of the aircraft assembly plant. He was familiar with the later industrial park. He was just concerned about the construction of the aircraft assembly plant here for the sake of confidentiality. What should I do in the future? You must know that the aircraft production base is from Shanxi.

"What units are there now?" Yang Rui asked Sun Meitang, the person in charge of this factory. This person was a student who had been trained in the first foreign-training period of the Shanghai management training class. He studied the management training class to take over the Meihuali watch shop run by his father for his son's business. However, Xu Huafeng came to the door to talk about the news. When his father heard that the court asked his son to take charge of the aircraft factory, he immediately drove him out, saying that he would not manage the aircraft factory well and not build the aircraft well, so he should not enter the house. As a result, the watch king of later generations transformed into the aircraft king.

"When I go back to the Prime Minister, in addition to the assembly plant, there is also the Aircraft Design Bureau and the Aviation Weapon Design Bureau. In addition, in order to obtain local materials, there is also a wood factory to produce some wood." Sun Meitang once went to New York, USA with Yang Rui, and was not panicked when he spoke.

"Oh, is domestic wood easy to use?" Yang Rui asked.

"It can be used! The domestic fir and walnut are generally used in aircraft manufacturing, but domestic fir, white pear wood, camphor wood, and white hemp chestnut can be used in aircraft manufacturing. The fir wood is tough and foreign silver fir wood, and can be used to build fuselage, wing, and skeleton; the white hemp chestnut wood is flexible and easy to bend, and can create the upper-grade curved parts of the fuselage; the camphor wood and white pear wood are fine and hard, and can be used as the reinforcement angle of the frame and frame. There are also the specialty tung oil and raw paint in my country, which are really good for making machines." Sun Meitang used to be specialized in clocks and watches, but now he specializes in aircraft manufacturing, and is familiar with everything on the aircraft. "But I think that after the power of the aircraft engine increases, more and more aluminum and other metals will be used on the aircraft, otherwise the strength of the wooden aircraft will not fly faster."

Yang Rui was very approving of Sun Meitang's judgment. The two of them walked into the factory while talking. Just like Tianzi's management, the workers here also wore work clothes and work hats. Although they were a little curious about a large group of generals entering the factory, they did not watch, and walked away after just a little attention.

The assembly plant is not a brick and stone structure, but a steel frame shed, which is also the reason why it can be built in a short time. In order to insulate, in addition to asbestos tiles, the inner layer of the roof is also equipped with a water spray circulation system on the outer roof. It is surrounded by ditches around the factory, so the falling water is pumped on the roof through a water pump. It is already late autumn. The climate is pleasant. The roof has not sprayed water. Instead, people enter the workshop with a warm feeling. Under the bright explosion-proof lights, the tall factory makes the workshop slightly empty. The center of the workshop is a flat and smooth road, and on both sides are assembled work areas. You can see more than a dozen aircraft installing wings.

Like Tonghua Diesel Engine Factory, the aircraft assembly workshop does not use Ford-style assembly line operations, but performs cellular production. Various trolleys send the required components to the assembly work area, and each group completes the final assembly of the aircraft under various auxiliary tools. It is different from using conveyor belt speed to chase people. Here is the operation competition for each group. The optimal team member configuration, the optimal assembly process, and even the most appropriate intern training methods are all generated in the competition process of these groups.

Yang Rui likes this production model because he produces the entire finished product instead of being boring and responsible for a single monotonous process. It will make workers more motivated. They will not produce only one screw in their lifetime, but everyone hopes to become the leader of the assembly team. Production efficiency and quality improvement issues will be discovered in their growth. Compared with the Ford assembly line model, there are countless small aircraft factories in competition. Ford is a whole boring, dull, without any improvements, and will only run according to the program.

"Now it is the latest dive bomber to assemble..." Sun Meitang's words scared Yang Rui. Dive bomber, isn't this just the Nazi Stuka?

Seeing some differences between the Prime Minister, Li Ruyan, the chief engineer of the aircraft factory next to him, explained: "Prime Minister, we found in the information given by the laboratory that the aircraft can dive bomb. Although the aircraft models are different, we are now using aluminum alloy materials on the aircraft, and the strength is not the same as that of wooden aircraft. At the beginning of the year, we made a prototype to test the bombing effect, so the Air Force was preparing to order a batch of dive bombers. Unlike horizontal bombing, dive bombing will have a higher hit rate, but it is limited to the strength of the fuselage and the horsepower of the engine. The bombs carried by the aircraft are still small, and the weight is generally 60 kilograms, and the power is still very limited."

Unexpectedly, the Aircraft Design Bureau also developed this thing. When Li Ruyan said that the information provided by the laboratory was given, Yang Rui guessed that they must have seen the dive bomber in the movie, and then began to design and manufacture it after testing. He was immediately happy and said, "Very good! In the future, the engine will be further improved, and the bomb will be larger. This is very good. The torpedo bomber is responsible for horizontality, and the dive bomber is responsible for verticality. Haha..."

Yang Rui didn't say the last sentence "The little Japanese has had a hard life" but everyone present was full of energy because of his praise. There were many problems with the torpedo bomber. Now there is a new model, and it has been recognized by the Prime Minister, which has enhanced everyone's confidence. In fact, after all, China's aviation industry is too young, and it is so young but it is so big that it is so large that it makes everyone feel very unconfident and don't know if all this is valuable.

There are assembly workshops on the east side of the aircraft assembly plant, while there are component assembly workshops on the west side. These things are basically transported from all over the country and then combined. The engine comes from Taiyuan, the body material comes from Luliang, and the brake wire comes from Ma'anshan... All of these are transported through the Qiantang River.

Yang Rui wandered around the factory for a morning and had dinner in the workers' cafeteria at noon. He was very satisfied with the aircraft assembly factory. The factory area was neat, capable workers, scientific management, and advanced technology. This can be regarded as the highest-level factory in China. Although the scale was extremely small, it was still easy to expand the factory.

While having lunch and resting, Xu Huafeng did not take a routine nap, but talked enthusiastically about the future of the aircraft manufacturing industry. "It turned out that this plane is indeed a good thing! This thing is faster than a train. If the engine power can be increased to 600 horsepower, then two or three engines can build passenger planes dedicated to transporting people. The plane can fly 200 kilometers per hour, and the Beijing city to Shanghai 1,100 kilometers. After breakfast in the morning, you can arrive before dinner... Even the farthest Yili is only 2,700 kilometers. Including the time for refueling and rest, the slowest time can be reached in twenty hours. This is still our country. If the plane can be sold to various countries, the number cannot be underestimated. In fact, this thing may be easier to sell than a tractor."

Last night, I talked about everything about the Air Force. I had already talked about it very late. I walked around in the morning. In addition, the food in the aircraft factory was very delicious. Yang Rui, who was too full, was a little sleepy at this time. However, Xu Huafeng was an old man. He was so energetic, he still had to accompany him. So Yang Rui had to light another cigarette and sucked a few sips hard and said, "What I am worried about is that this battle against Japan. If our planes can become famous, it will be easy to sell internationally in the future. If the Air Force does not pose a great threat to the Japanese Navy, such as the torpedo bomber is not easy to use, the result will be different.

Mr. Huafeng. This aircraft industry is closely related to the automobile industry. Aircraft factories are usually automobile factories. This is also the reason why laboratories also study together in addition to developing air-cooled engines. This liquid-cooled engine is actually an automobile engine. What is the difference between the two industries? After all, the aircraft is flying in the sky, and all parts have weight limits. For engines, the lighter the weight per horsepower, the better; while cars are different. It is not wrong to run on the ground, and there is a little more weight per horsepower. The more prosperous the automobile industry is, the larger the scale of aircraft manufacturing during wartime. Developing the aviation industry is a way to build transport aircraft, but to maintain the entire aircraft industry, we still need to build cars."

"Didn't cars have been built long ago?" Xu Huafeng said. "How many international students who have returned from the United States say they want to develop the automobile industry."

"Yeah." Yang Rui said softly. He had wanted to build a car for a long time, but the domestic supporting industry was not complete and the smelting technology did not meet the standards. In addition, the resources were limited in recent years, he still felt that industrial development should be driven through war. After the war, the military should be converted to civilians and released through appropriate methods is the best.

"Mr. Huafeng, why are cars not tractors? We built them, but are there any advantages compared to imported goods, especially the United States Ford?" Yang Rui said softly. "Think about it, the T-model car is only more than 600 US dollars, with a horsepower of twenty, not counting the car shell or wheels. Even if the engine, which is thirty dollars per horsepower, is 50 taels per horsepower for silver, and SGD is 60 yuan. The price is already low and cannot be lower. And I heard that the price of Ford T-model car is still decreasing..."

The current selling price of diesel engines is about 100 taels per horse. The tractors sold to the United States are basically over 1,000 US dollars. This is still a small machine with a price difference between cars and tractors, Xu Huafeng sighed: "These two prices are not much different. If Americans buy gasoline tractors and don't buy diesel tractors, wouldn't we..."

"Don't worry about this. American gasoline is more than twelve cents per gallon, kerosene is seven cents, and diesel only needs three cents. And gasoline and diesel fuel consumption is also different. A gallon of gasoline produces up to seven horsepower, while a gallon of diesel has sixteen horsepower. So, as the cost is calculated, we should buy diesel engines instead of gasoline engines or kerosene engines. There is a cost difference of eight to ten times." Yang Rui explained. "Chun'an factory is located in the deep mountains and is not at a traffic node. It is difficult to produce cars here in the future, after all, it is too biased. And to produce cars, then the existing factory is not enough. After all, it requires many spare parts suppliers to build cars. This is equivalent to building a car city, and the stalls need to be very large."

"Auto City?" Xu Huafeng was very satisfied with the title. He twisted his beard and said, "I heard that American car factories have steel companies. It seems that they have to build everything themselves. Isn't it like this?"

"No, the supplier model is the best." Yang Rui said, and was not interested in going deeper into this topic, so he didn't want to talk about it. In fact, he thought about a question in his mind, that is, who should the cars he built have been sold to when the Americans have gained an advantage? He had thought about this question before. China has no colonies and its own economic development level is also very low. If the cars he built rely on export only, it would not be much sold in that year. Faced with this situation, in his subconscious, the real customer may be the Soviet Union. Tsarist Russia itself has a low industrialization degree and its industrial products are also very secondary. Once the Russian civil war is in war, the original weak industrial system will be destroyed. In the case where Europe and the United States do not recognize the Soviet Union, if China first recognizes the Soviet Union and strongly supports the great Comrade Lenin and the great Comrade Stalin, it will be able to monopolize the Soviet market for a certain period of time.

Make money through World War I, and use this money to ask the Germans to help upgrade the industry after the war, and then complete the initial product upgrade through the Soviet market. Only in this way can China's industry be reborn and truly established. Money, technology, and markets are all gifted by gods for today. Japan had the Qing Dynasty to give him money, and the British-Japanese alliance to obtain technology and market, but China did not. Therefore, the United States, Germany and the Soviet Union were very important in diplomacy.

Yang Rui thought about the post-war layout. When Xu Huafeng saw that he didn't speak, he hummed a little song in his entertainment. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two men were taken to the aviation base not far away. As soon as they entered the aviation base, Yang Rui heard the buzzing sound of the plane and turned over a densely guarded forest. As expected, more than ten planes were flying in the sky.

"This is the fifth batch of students, they are flying the train plane." Major General Pan Shizhong said.

"Training plane?" Yang Rui took the telescope and looked at the planes in the air. They were all two-seat, with large wings and fuselage lines. They were only hovering in the air... As the woods retreated, the airspace that could be seen became larger and larger, and there were more and more planes in the sky.

"Yes, Prime Minister. Before the sea test, all pilots have to fly for a hundred hours." Pan Shizhong said. He was from an airship, but the plane had also flown himself and was very familiar with pilot training.

"One hundred hours?" Yang Rui was very unclear about the pilot's tricks. "How long will it take to complete the entire training?"

"Generally if a newcomer has qualified physical knowledge, it will take nine months. The first two months are to learn skills related to flight, and the next four months are to start the test flight. The first fifty hours are to be taken by the coach, and the next fifty hours are to fly by himself. The last three months will be transferred to Wenzhou base for further training, where the last fifty hours of training will be completed." Pan Shizhong said. After he said that, he was worried that Yang Rui was not sure about the situation, so he continued:

"Prime Minister, at the beginning, we thought that fifty hours of flight time was enough, but... after the first batch of pilots transferred to Wenzhou to sea trials, there were accidents one after another, so they had to increase the flight hours. Then, through investigations of the first batch of pilots, it was found that if there was no flight time of 100 hours, the pilots would find it difficult to master the aircraft, and they could not quickly form teams in attacks on ships, and even more so that they could not release torpedoes smoothly. So in the end, the flight time of the Chun'an base was increased to 100 hours. In this way, the trained pilots could become effective torpedo attackers after sea training and sea testing."

It takes one hundred and fifty hours for a pilot, that is to say, not counting the rest, a pilot requires three to four aircraft engines. Including gasoline and other consumables, fixed asset investment, the training cost of each pilot requires at least 30,000 yuan, or 1,000 people, which is 30 million yuan. Yang Rui finally understood why the Air Force's budget was one plus and another, which was completely made up of accumulated flight hours.

"Everything is for combat." After Yang Rui felt so distressed, he had to slap his face and pretend to be a fat man to cheer up Major General Pan Shizhong, Colonel Qin Guoyong, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Zuocheng, Lieutenant Colonel Li Baoyu, Major Li Qi'an and others. "Don't worry, you can train. No matter how poor my China is, we can't be able to lose the Air Force."

Yang Rui said this with great momentum, and the officers accompanying him suddenly began to applaud excitedly. Since the Air Force formed the army, it has spent more than 40 million yuan on aircraft manufacturing plants, supporting materials factories, training bases, training costs, etc., which is too much more than the original budget, and it is estimated that it will take 15 million yuan in the future. Pan Shizhong and others did not expect that they would spend money like flowing water. After spending the money, they will look at the output. Not to mention the results, even the training will be terrible. Now that the Prime Minister supports the Air Force, everyone is relieved. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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