The Third Department of Systems Engineering of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, that is, the Shipbuilding Industry Management Office, is currently building a large number of civil works on Changxing Island according to Director Yang's plan.

Changxing Island, along the Yangtze River and the East China Sea, covers an area of 80 square kilometers and has a deep-water coastline of 59 kilometers that does not silt, accumulate or freeze all year round, and is a treasure land for shipbuilding.

The first phase of the project started construction on March 6, 1978, with a total investment of 450 million US dollars, covering an area of 600 hectares, using 3.8 kilometers of coastline, and is expected to plan the construction of four large docks, nine trestle wharves and two cargo wharves, with an annual shipbuilding production capacity of 4.5 million tons and a total of three shipbuilding production lines.

The first phase of the Changxing Shipbuilding Base adopts the design and construction idea of running three production lines, and each production line is in a "U" shape layout to ensure that from the material dock feeding, to cutting and processing, segmented manufacturing, painting, final assembly, dock loading, and finally to the dock outfitting, it will move forward in turn without turning back.

A total of 4 large shipyards have been built at the base, equipped with 7 500-ton gantry cranes imported from the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom. The largest of these is 580 meters long and 120 meters wide, an area about the size of 10 standard football fields.

The advantage of planning the economy is that all enterprises and units in the country must unconditionally obey the orders of the central authorities. It is precisely because of this that we can gather the strength of the whole country and carry out all kinds of huge projects in the shortest possible time and at the fastest speed.

At present, half of the first phase of the Changxing shipbuilding base has been completed, and two large docks and one production line have been completed and put into operation.

Over the past year, Yang Weiping has been to Changxing Shipbuilding Base four times, and every time he sets foot on this land and sees the progress of the project one by one, Yang Weiping's heart is full of steadfastness and pride.

The so-called "Zhenshen speed" in the previous life is the same as today's "Changxing speed". It's not comparable at all!

This base was planned and designed by Yang Weiping himself, and basically applied the design scheme of the shipbuilding base of the China Shipbuilding Group in the previous life. With only slight changes, it is mainly used to make military ships.

That big dock like a giant is prepared for laying the cage bones of the next heavy aircraft carrier.

Today, this dock is moored with the huge hull of the 230-meter-long waterline of the Laowa light aircraft carrier, which has been fully equipped with nearly ninety percent of the habitats.

There have been explicit regulations issued by Yang Weiping. None of the major domestic enterprises dared to usher in this kind of formalism when the leaders inspected it.

At this moment, Yang Weiping was accompanied by Wang Haiyang, secretary of the party committee of the Changxing Shipbuilding Base, and only Guo Zhenzhong, commander of the Changxing Garrison Command of the East China Sea Fleet.

Stand on a long cement trestle. Yang Weiping looked at the hull scaffolding and hundreds of busy figures on the deck in front of him, nodded with approval in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Yes, there are new changes every time I come, at this rate, it is estimated that I don't have to wait for the 11th National Day, and my country's first aircraft carrier can be launched for sea trials." ”

Wang Haiyang, who was over the age of six, said with deep emotion: "This is mainly the 'Changxing speed' proposed by Director Yang when you first came to the base to inspect. It is spurring our 18,543 party members, cadres and workers in the whole base all the time!"

"Changxing speed will undoubtedly become a banner and a benchmark in the construction of China's national industrialization system!" Yang Weiping said happily: "Changxing speed is not a great leap forward, but a real strength of our workers!"

As if in response to Director Yang's words. All the cable broadcasts at the Changxing base played a majestic and loud "We Workers Are Powerful", followed by a female announcer in an obviously excited tone:

"All the cadres and workers of the Changxing base are now broadcasting a good news. As we all know, Director Yang has never liked to usher in that kind of situationalism, as long as all our cadres and workers use the fullest enthusiasm for work, actively stick to their respective posts, and use the work efficiency that the Yang Lord's Association calls 'Changxing speed' to complete all work tasks with quality and quantity, it is the best welcome and salute to Director Yang!"

Accompanied by the passionate and bold singing, the announcer broadcast three times in a row, and played four songs on the radio: "The Man Who Became a Soldier", "My Future Is Not a Dream", "Chinese People", and "Men Should Be Self-Improvement".

Yang Weiping looked at the workers who were busy everywhere in the base, and the work efficiency was obviously a few points higher than just now.

"You guys, you said don't do this, but it turns out to be tricks. Yang Weiping looked at Wang Haiyang with a spring breeze on his face, and smiled hehe, Ye reproached.

The smile on his face and the tone of his voice were not so much reproaches as compliments.

Ye Xiaoqiao, who was standing beside Yang Weiping, muttered in his heart and rolled his eyes after hearing this.

The four songs played later were all written and composed by him, so it's no wonder that he was a little proud. However, then again, if she were him, she would definitely be more proud of him.

"Director Yang, do you want to go on the ship and take a look on the deck?" Wang Haiyang happily made a suggestion.

"Okay, let's go, let's see!" Yang Weiping nodded and smiled quite cheerfully.

After speaking, Wang Haiyang led the way in front, and a group of six people wore hard hats on their heads, and climbed the deck layer of the ship more than 20 meters high while inspecting.

Although Yang Weiping put down his ordinary blue overalls, many shipbuilders still recognized the young chief.

The workers did not enthusiastically gather around, but silently saluted, and then continued to work hard.

Standing on the deck with a maximum width of 50 meters, Yang Weiping looked at the seven-story bridge that was under construction near the stern of the ship, and felt a burst of relief for no reason.

For this light aircraft carrier, Yang Weiping completely abandoned the design of the Varyag, which he knew well, in the previous life, and borrowed the structure and deck design of the American Kitty Hawk class conventionally powered aircraft carrier, so to speak, this is a miniature version of the Kitty Hawk.

Of course, because there is no steam catapult yet, the take-off deck is not flat, but is designed with an angle of 5.5 degrees.

Except for this angle, the layout of the entire deck and ship island is basically similar to that of the Kitty Hawk.

The total length of the deck is 235 meters, and the landing runway on the left side is 185 meters. A 30-meter-long 5.5-degree take-off bevel extends in the middle, and the tarmac is on the right.

The waterline is 210 meters long and 27 meters wide. The draft is 8 meters, and the waterline to the deck height is 15 meters.

At a distance of 65 meters from the stern of the ship, four LM2500 gas turbines and two diesel engines are installed, driving twin shafts with a maximum output of 120,000 horsepower and a standard displacement of 21,202 tons. The full load displacement is 27,000 tons, and the maximum speed is thirty knots.

The lead pipe is led out 50 meters from the stern of the ship, and a lift is set inside.

The ship island and the 15-meter-long chimney are designed to be compact and narrow. They are 65 meters away from the stern of the ship, close to the edge of the deck, leaving 125 meters of space in front of them, and a lift is set up underneath.

A 10-meter-wide corridor was left between the barrage and the island to allow the carrier-based aircraft to ascend to the deck from the rear elevator to the runway.

The take-off runway is set up at 95 meters and 135 meters from the bow of the ship, which are strung together in a line. Such a design can put 13 Qiang-5 carrier-based aircraft in front (including 2 on the runway), and 3 elevators can be parked in the back.

If you don't think about landing. Using the 135-meter runway, which could clash with the landing deck, allows two planes to take off at once. This combat efficiency is relatively high.

The island is designed as a nautical bridge, a deck command bridge, one floor chart room, and two engine rooms. The command center was placed below the main deck.

ON THE TOP IS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RADAR, A NAVIGATION RADAR, A LOW-ALTITUDE SEARCH RADAR, A 517-METER WAVE LONG-RANGE SEARCH RADAR, AND SIX SETS OF TYPE 69 DOUBLE-BARRELED 30MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT NAVAL GUNS (AK230 IMITATION).

From the beginning of the design, Yang Weiping positioned this light aircraft carrier as a training aircraft carrier platform, so he did not give much consideration to the self-defense capability of the whole ship.

After a round of visits, Yang Weiping found that the superstructure of the old tile was basically close to the finishing stage, so he moved his heart and asked Wang Haiyang to lead the way to the hangar on the lower deck by elevator.

The hangar is 5 meters high, 25 meters wide and 205 meters long, and according to the design, it can park 30 Qiang-5 carrier-based models with a rear wing length and width of 5.5 meters.

Underneath the hangar are three floors of three-metre-high cabins divided into compartments for different functions and uses. At present, the interior decoration of these cabins is still being intensified, and a lot of corresponding equipment is also being installed.

According to the progress of this project, it is estimated that in five months at most, China's first light aircraft carrier will be launched for sea trials.

I don't know how the modification of the carrier-based Qiang-5 is progressing now. Thinking of this, Yang Weiping couldn't help but look at Wang Haiyang and asked, "Secretary Wang, how has the ship-based Qiangwu been completed now?"

"The day before yesterday, Academician Lu Xiaopeng brought several pilots to the base to ask when the aircraft carrier could conduct take-off and landing test flight training. Wang Haiyang said with a look of shame: "I heard Academician Lu say that the carrier-based Qiang-5 has completed the modification of two prototypes, and has carried out take-off and landing test flights on the sea test deck platform. They are much more efficient than we are. ”

"Oh?" Yang Weiping obviously asked with a little surprise: "This is a new situation, it's good news, Lu Lao didn't greet me in advance, it seems that he wants to surprise me!"

After getting this news, Yang Weiping couldn't help it, hurriedly ended the inspection of the Changxing base, and flew directly to the Changnan Aircraft Factory on his UH60 Black Hawk helicopter plane.

For the modification project of the Qiangwu carrier-based type, Yang Weiping naturally handed it over to Academician Lu Xiaopeng, the chief designer of the Qiangwu, to personally preside over it.

Since the launch of the 202 project, Academician Lu Xiaopeng has been engaged in the modification of the Qiang-5 carrier-based type.

Since the core engine project has not yet been prototyped, Academician Lu did not wait for the new turbofan engine to come out and then carry out the modification project, but worked hard to improve the thrust of the WP6 engine.

In this regard, Yang Weiping certainly agrees.

Now that there are new materials for aero engines, the precision machining capacity has also been greatly improved compared to before, and it is not impossible to improve the original WP6.

In the previous life, the J-12 was an improved version of the WP6 with two 800KG thrust installed.

According to the news that Wang Haiyang said, maybe Academician Lu has already improved WP6.

Changnan Aircraft Factory is one of the 156 key projects aided by the Soviet Union in the National "First Five-Year Plan". It is located in Xinxi Bridge, Changnan City, Jiangxi Province. Main items: training aircraft, strike aircraft, agricultural and forestry aircraft, coastal defense products, projectile looms, motorcycles and engines. It is the birthplace of the first aircraft manufactured by our country.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Qiang-5 project, China's domestic situation was turbulent and economic conditions deteriorated, and in order to ensure the development of the Qiang-5 and other key plans, the research and development of the Qiang-5 was shelved, and scientific research personnel were transferred to the key plans.

In such a period, it was Academician Lu who proposed that individuals and scientific researchers who had not been transferred were willing to persist in the research and development work with the least amount of force, and after the approval of the superiors, Chief Master Lu led the remaining 14 subordinates to continue the research and development, and first completed a static test body.

During this period, Academician Lu, who was the chief designer, also served as the director of the trial production workshop, and often carried the parts in person, waiting for the machine tool to be inserted for processing. It is precisely because of Academician Lu's self-reliant and tenacious fighting spirit and extremely limited resources that it took four years to develop the most classic light attack aircraft in the world.

After many years, when Yang Weiping came to the Changnan Aircraft Factory again, the general director of the Qiangwu ship modification project, Academician Lu, who was close to the age of sixties, once again put on oily overalls, stood tirelessly in front of a precision CNC lathe console, and personally processed the parts on the landing gear of an aircraft.

Lu Lao was so selfless and devoted at work that he didn't even feel a lot of people coming behind him.

Duan Yuemin, the director of the Changnan Aircraft Factory, was just about to say hello, but Yang Weiping stretched out his hand to stop him at the right time.

Looking at Lu Lao's slightly clumsy thin back, Yang Weiping couldn't help but feel that his eyes were hot.

It is precisely because of thousands of hard-working and dedicated aviation people like Lu Lao that China's aviation industry has started from scratch and after nearly 30 years of struggle, it has created various types of aircraft for different purposes, such as China's Jian-6, Qiang-5, Jian-7, Yun-8, and H-6.

Although there is a big gap between these aircraft and foreign advanced fighters in terms of technology, this kind of self-reliance, independent innovation and hard work and professionalism will always be worthy of our respect and learning from future generations of Chinese people!

PS: Ronghaite pays the highest respect to Lu Lao, the father of Qiang Wu, in this chapter! )