Lin Zhenhua stayed in the Luzhong Machine Tool Factory for two days and inspected the situation in the factory. Subsequently, Zhang Yihua, a steam turbine expert, also rushed over from Xunyang, and Ma Shengfan sent a car for the two of them to Weihai, where Liu Xianghai was waiting for them at the naval base.

Since accepting the position of commander-in-chief of the 998 project, Liu Xianghai has become busier. There are as many as 100 fields involved in an aircraft carrier project, and he must understand the affairs of each field in order to coordinate resources and ensure the balanced development of all parts. In the past year or so, Liu Xianghai has traveled non-stop to more than a dozen provinces and regions in China, visiting hundreds of enterprises and scientific research institutes.

Last year, in order to introduce talents from the former Soviet Union, Liu Xianghai squeezed out more than two months, and together with Lin Zhenhua and Chen Tian, he went to Russia again. Since returning from Russia, Lin Zhenhua has not met Liu Xianghai for more than half a year.

This time, Liu Xianghai went to the Weihai base to visit the experts who had just come from Russia to work, and at the same time asked Lin Zhenhua to meet him at the base. Lin Zhenhua knew that Liu Xianghai asked him to meet not to chat and catch up with old days, but to discuss some major matters related to the construction of aircraft carriers.

Lin Zhenhua and the jeep they were riding in came to the gate of the naval base, and before Lin Zhenhua got out of the car to negotiate with the sentry, a young naval officer ran over, carrying two bars and three stars on his shoulders, which was particularly eye-catching. He ran to Lin Zhenhua, saluted a standard military salute, and shouted, "Manager Lin, hello"

Lin Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the other party's face clearly, he hurriedly stepped forward and took his hand and laughed: "Who did I say, it turned out to be Baoxing, no, no, I should call you...... Colonel Wang, right? Quite a few words"

Wang Baoxing waved his hand again and again: "Manager Lin, don't joke with me, in front of you, I will always be a little soldier." ”

At this time, Zhang Yihua also got out of the car and came to the two. Lin Zhenhua introduced them to each other, and Zhang Yihua's eyes widened and asked, "No, Colonel Wang, you look like you're in your early 30s, and you're actually a colonel?" ”

Zhang Yihua is engaged in aviation and has a lot to do with the military. He knew that it was not easy for a colonel in his early 30s to be promoted, and generally only those who had made great contributions could be promoted so quickly.

Wang Baoxing's face turned red, not knowing whether it was shyness or pride, he explained: "I was promoted unusually, mainly in recognition of the merits I made during the South China Sea operation. ”

"Zhang Gong, don't you know, five years ago, when Baoxing was serving in the South China Sea Fleet, he was just in time for the Sino-Vietnamese Naval Battle, and Baoxing was the combat staff officer who led the soldiers to recapture the Red Rock Reef from the Vietnamese Kou." Lin Zhenhua smiled and introduced to Zhang Yihua.

"Amazing, amazing." Zhang Yihua cocked his thumb and praised. China has not fought a war for many years, and there are very few soldiers who have participated in the war. A soldier like Wang Baoxing, who has made meritorious contributions to the war, is indeed very worthy of appreciation.

Wang Baoxing was praised by Zhang Yihua a little proudly, but he knew that Lin Zhenhua was Liu Xianghai's guest, and even the guest of Zhang Zhifang, the Minister of Equipment, in front of Lin Zhenhua, he still had to try to keep a low profile.

"Manager Lin, Engineer Zhang, I am specially here to greet you on the order of Vice President Liu, please come with me." Wang Baoxing said.

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "You Vice President Liu are really bureaucratic enough, and you actually sent a colonel officer to pick us up, how can we afford it." ”

Wang Baoxing said: "Actually, Vice President Liu arranged for Xiao Ke and them to pick you up, and I happened to be there, and I heard that you were coming, so I took the initiative to ask to come out to pick you up." I remember that the first time Manager Lin went to Shanghai, I went to the train station to pick you up. At that time, Manager Lin gave me a lot of teachings, which I still benefit from a lot. ”…,

"Did I teach you?". Lin Zhenhua scratched his scalp, and he really couldn't remember what he had said to Wang Baoxing.

In fact, Wang Baoxing's words are just a well-behaved gesture, it doesn't matter what Lin Zhenhua said, the important thing is that he Wang Baoxing can always put himself in the right position, even if he carries the rank of colonel, he can still regard himself as the ordinary guard soldier back then.

Lin Zhenhua asked the jeep that sent him to return to Luzhong the same way, and he and Zhang Yihua got into the jeep driven by Wang Baoxing and drove towards the interior of the base. Along the way, Lin Zhenhua asked Wang Baoxing about his experience over the years, and Wang Baoxing briefly introduced: "After the Battle of Nansha, I was promoted to the deputy captain of the frigate group, and later I was sent to the pilot captain class to study. After graduation, he served as the deputy head of a driving detachment. This time, the army arranged for me to come to the Weihai base to study with Russian experts, and it is estimated that I will stay for a year or two. So, I'm a cadet now. ”

"Learn from Russian experts?" Lin Zhenhua's thought flashed, and he asked with a smile: "Baoxing, the meaning of the leader is not to let you work on the aircraft carrier in the future, right?" Quite a few words"

Wang Baoxing smiled innocently and said: "This is something that the leaders of the unit consider, I am a soldier, just obey the order and listen to the command." ”

Wang Baoxing's answer is actually a kind of acquiescence. He originally worked as a guard soldier at the Naval Research Institute, and later came to study at the military academy and belonged to a literate generation of soldiers. After making meritorious service in Nansha, the navy first sent him to study in the pilot and captain class, and now let him go to the Weihai base to learn from Russian experts in the 998 project. China began to build an aircraft carrier two years ago, and according to the fastest schedule, it will take more than 10 years to complete it, and Wang Baoxing will be in his 40s by then, and he will be in the prime of life, and he is the best candidate to serve as the captain of the aircraft carrier.

"Baoxing, that's good." Lin Zhenhua looked at Wang Baoxing with adoring eyes, he can't treat the other party as a little soldier anymore, he is the future captain of the aircraft carrier.

Everyone talked and laughed and came to a villa facing the sea, according to Wang Baoxing, this is the residence of Tuchinov and his wife Liusha in Weihai. Liu Xianghai and Tuchinov have been informed and are standing in front of the villa waiting for them, and next to Tuchinov, there is another Russian standing, who should also be a bull.

Wang Baoxing stopped the car in front of the villa, and quickly ran over to help Lin Zhenhua and Zhang Yihua open the car door, pick them up in the car, and bring them to Liu Xianghai. Then, he saluted Liu Xianghai and said, "Vice President Liu, I have already brought Manager Lin and Zhang Gong here, do you have any other instructions?" ”。

Liu Xianghai returned the military salute and said, "It's nothing, Baoxing, thank you, you go and rest." ”

"Yes" Wang Baoxing saluted again, turned around and drove away. He knew that Liu Xianghai, Lin Zhenhua and others had important things to talk about, and these things were not something he should care about.

"Xiaolin, Zhang Gong, have you worked hard all the way? Let's talk about it in the house. Liu Xianghai said to Lin Zhenhua and Zhang Yihua.

Zhang Yihua and Liu Xianghai are of the same age and have similar experience, but Liu Xianghai is engaged in naval equipment, and Zhang Yihua is engaged in air force equipment. The two have dealt with each other in the past, so they are relatively familiar. Hearing Liu Xianghai's words, Zhang Yihua pointed to the beach with a smile and said, "Vice President Liu, guarding such a good beach, isn't it too wasteful for us to go to the house to talk about things?" I suggest that we get some stools and sit on the beach and talk. ”

"I'm for it." Tuchinov raised a hand and said in jerky Chinese. Just now, Lin Zhenhua translated Zhang Yihua's words into English and told Turchinov, who very much agreed with the suggestion of sitting on the beach and talking about things. ..., in the base, there is no need to worry about finding someone to work. Liu Xianghai just nodded, and several guards and soldiers quickly brought chaise longues, small coffee tables, parasols and other items, and arranged them one by one on the beach in front of the villa, and quickly made a pot of tea, put some fruits and snacks. After doing this, the guards consciously retreated into the distance, so as not to interfere with the conversation of the chiefs.

"Lao Liu, I said that you are corrupt enough now." Lin Zhenhua sat on the recliner with a big grin, sipping tea while joking with Liu Xianghai. Tuchinov and others were already sitting down on the deck chairs, enjoying the cool sea breeze on the beach.

Liu Xianghai said with a smile: "These conditions are all arranged for Comrades Tuchinov and Bles, they came from Russia to work here, and we should take good care of them." ”

"Bryce? He's Bryce? Zhang Yihua turned his head to look at the Russian next to Tuchinov, and suddenly muttered a big call to him in Russian, looking a little excited.

The Russian named Brise was slightly stunned and began to chat with Zhang Yihua. The two of them only chatted for a short time, and then they looked very familiar, shook each other's hands, and laughed. Tuccinov listened to the conversation between the two of them, and from time to time he interjected a few words, and the conversation was very enthusiastic.

"What, Lao Liu, this is ......" Lin Zhenhua asked Liu Xianghai strangely.

Liu Xianghai introduced: "This Comrade Bress was introduced by Tuchinov. He used to work in shipyards in Ukraine and was an expert in gas turbines. This time, I specially asked you to bring Lao Zhang over, just to let the two of them get to know each other, and there will be many opportunities for cooperation between them in the future. ”

"Gas turbines? That's a good thing. Lin Zhenhua praised.

The so-called gas turbine is also a type of engine. It works by drawing air from the intake of the engine, compressing it with blades to heat it up, and then spraying in combustible gas to ignite it. The high-temperature and high-pressure gas produced after combustion pushes the blades to do work, thereby converting thermal energy into mechanical energy. The ancient Chinese traditional marquee lantern is the prototype of the gas turbine.

Previously, Hanhua Heavy Industries developed an industrial steam turbine to power a compressor for 450,000 tons of ethylene. The principle of industrial steam turbine is to use the boiler to boil water to produce water vapor, and then send the water vapor into the engine, and use the water vapor to drive the blades to do work. Steam turbines are less technically difficult than gas turbines, but they are less thermally efficient because water is used as a medium to transfer heat energy.

Zhang Yihua is the chief engineer of the steam turbine project of Hanhua Heavy Industries, but his original specialty is to engage in aero engines, the principle of aero engines is the same as gas turbines, and several marine gas turbines in the United States are transformed by aero engines, called the so-called "aero modification aircraft". Bress is a well-known gas turbine expert in Russia, and Zhang Yihua is no stranger to his name, but he has never met him. At this time, as soon as he heard Liu Xianghai introduce Brise's name, Zhang Yihua was naturally very excited and communicated directly with Brise.

As soon as the connoisseur stretched out his hand, he knew if there was one. Although Zhang Yihua is not as famous as Brise, after all, he has been immersed in the field of gas turbines for many years. The two cherished each other, and suddenly became friends who talked about everything.

Hearing this, Lin Zhenhua roughly understood the reason why Liu Xianghai asked him to come, and he asked tentatively: "What, Lao Liu, are you going to dig up our Lao Zhang to build a gas turbine?" ”

"What, reluctantly?" Liu Xianghai asked rhetorically.

Lin Zhenhua nodded and said, "That's right, it's really reluctant." Our industrial steam turbines have just been put into production, and it is estimated that there are still many technical problems to be solved in the future. Lao Zhang is an expert in this area, if he is poached by you, my product will be almost half broken. Industrial steam turbines are a large market, and they can make hundreds of millions of output value in a year just for ethylene engineering. If this project is not completed, it will be a major loss for Hanhua Heavy Industries, and it will also bring difficulties to the localization of ethylene plants in our country. ..., Liu Xianghai pretended to be angry and said: "You Xiaolin, I thought you would convince the country to need it." Think about it, is it important for the country to build aircraft carriers, or is it important for Hanhua Heavy Industries to make money? ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Vice President Liu, the country should also be reasonable, right?" Many words: When Lao Zhang and they were idle because of the dismount of the Ten Projects, why didn't you dig him up? Now I finally found a platform for him to give full play to his expertise, and you are taking the country's needs to rob people again, is there any reason for this? Besides, our Hanhua Heavy Industry is engaged in industrial steam turbines, which is also to serve the country, and you must know that the ethylene localization project is also a national key project. ”

With Lin Zhenhua's friendship with Liu Xianghai, it is naturally impossible for him to be really angry with Liu Xianghai, but if Liu Xianghai insists on poaching Zhang Yihua away, Lin Zhenhua must also have a pimple in his heart. He is a big-picture person, but that doesn't mean he's going to obey unconditionally. In his opinion, many things can be done in another way, and if Zhang Yihua stays in Hanhua Heavy Industry, where can't he engage in gas turbines?

Liu Xianghai laughed: "Xiaolin, don't worry, I won't rob your baby bump." I invite you to come here this time to discuss with you whether it is possible for your industrial steam turbine project department to expand and join the research and development of gas turbines. We now need domestic gas turbines very much, which is also a major project of our 998 project. If you are interested in taking on it, we can commission you to develop it. ”

"This is a good thing" Lin Zhenhua heard this, and his spirit immediately came, "Lao Liu, what you said is true?" ”

Both steam turbines and gas turbines belong to prime movers, and there is a lot of overlap in the areas in which they are used. For example, most of the prime mover used in ethylene engineering is a steam turbine, but Zhang Yihua once introduced to Lin Zhenhua that it is also possible to replace it with a gas turbine, and it has many advantages such as high efficiency, fast starting speed and small size.

The price and profit of gas turbines are much higher than those of steam turbines, which is also what makes Lin Zhenhua excited. However, in order to build a gas turbine, there are far more technical obstacles to be broken through than a steam turbine, so Lin Zhenhua has not been able to make up his mind to start developing gas turbines.

Now, the navy wants to build gas turbines, and Liu Xianghai made it clear that he hopes to do it with Hanhua Heavy Industries, which is a great opportunity. With the support of the navy, there can be a certain guarantee in terms of technology, capital and future product market, where is Lin Zhenhua willing to miss such an opportunity. He suddenly thought that he could immediately upgrade the current steam turbine division to a steam turbine company, complete the team, and devote himself to the research and development and production of steam turbines and gas turbines.

"We are still in the stage of domestic bidding, and there are several domestic companies engaged in steam turbines, and we have contacted them. Some of them have insufficient technical reserves, and some of them are currently full of steam turbine production tasks and have no interest in developing new products. So, I thought of you, and I remember you talking to me about gas turbines once. Liu Xianghai said frankly.

According to the meaning of his words, he should have first found several other companies engaged in steam turbines, and only remembered Lin Zhenhua after touching the nail. However, Lin Zhenhua has no objection to this, after all, Hanhua is still just starting out in terms of steam turbines, and the only one who can get his hands on it is this Zhang Yihua, and the accumulation of other aspects is far inferior to several old similar enterprises in China.

"Yes, the main reason is that Lao Zhang was born in gas turbines, so I have always been thinking about gas turbines. However, I remember that you didn't say that you were going to engage in a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier? For nuclear power, gas turbines should not be used, right? Not a lot of words," Lin Zhenhua asked. Liu Xianghai pointed at Tuchinov and said: "This is mainly a suggestion made by Tuchynov after he came, he believes that we should not directly go to the 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in one step, but should first build a 50,000-70,000-ton conventional-powered aircraft carrier, so that we can accumulate experience as soon as possible." After fully soliciting the opinions of the troops and after many repeated discussions, we decided to follow Tuchinov's suggestion and first develop conventional power and then nuclear power. If you want to engage in conventional power, you must be on a gas turbine. In addition, the Navy is developing and designing new destroyers and frigates, and if possible, gas turbines will be used for power. ”

"We're under a lot of pressure." Lin Zhenhua said half-jokingly and half-seriously. Isn't it, the aircraft carrier is the important weapon of the country, and one of the important components of such an important project is handed over to Hanhua Heavy Industry to complete, which is not a joke. If you can't get a suitable product in the end, or the quality of the product is not up to par, it will affect things at the national strategic level.

Liu Xianghai said: "It doesn't matter, we will track the progress of the project at any time." Bryce is a very experienced gas turbine expert, and he will be a member of your GCA gas turbine research team in the future. I believe that with his participation, coupled with Lao Zhang's rich experience, by the way, as well as your Xiaolin's organization and coordination ability, you will be able to complete the research and development of gas turbines. ”

Liu Xianghai still has a word to say, in fact, the Navy Armament Department has given a very lenient timetable for the localization of gas turbines, leaving almost 20 years. Prior to this, the country will solve the problem of the power of warships by importing gas turbines, and in this regard, the Navy has already initialed an agreement with Ukraine to export the much-needed gas turbines to China.

"You're saying that Bryce will be our man in the future?" Lin Zhenhua asked, his face did not show the joy that Liu Xianghai expected, but was a little more worried: "Old Liu, does this mean that our gas turbine project is specially for the navy and cannot be applied to other fields?" ”

Liu Xianghai was stunned for a moment and asked, "What other fields do you plan to use it for?" ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "There are many fields that can be applied. Our old business, in the field of chemical equipment, also uses gas turbines. In addition, there is also an important area of electricity, and the use of gas turbines as the power of thermal units has become an advanced trend in the world. If we can make a breakthrough in gas turbine technology, we want to get involved in these fields. ”

Liu Xianghai hadn't thought about these things before, and when he heard Lin Zhenhua say this, he felt a little unexpected and reasonable. Liu Xianghai is a person in the military industrial system, and his consideration of problems has always been limited to the military industrial system. But Lin Zhenhua is a businessman, and he always thinks about how to apply technology to the market.

Prior to this, Liu Xianghai's thruster research institute came up with a waterjet propulsion system, Lin Zhenhua quickly saw the business opportunities, and the thruster institute co-founded a thruster company, at present, the use of waterjet propulsion system of large shuttle passenger ships have been launched, the market prospect is extremely attractive.

Now, Liu Xianghai has given Lin Zhenhua an opportunity to develop gas turbines, and it is completely conceivable that Lin Zhenhua wants to apply this technology to the market.

"Lao Liu, your military industry department must change its concept, and you can't always work behind closed doors. The conversion of military technology to civilian use is a common practice in all countries of the world. Only in this way can we ensure that military scientific research will be continuously supplemented by funds, so as to promote the deepening of scientific research activities. Lin Zhenhua began to brainwash Liu Xianghai.

Liu Xianghai nodded: "Xiaolin, what you said also has some truth. I remember you telling me about this in the past. In this way, I will apply to the Ministry of Armament again on this issue, and we can talk about how to cooperate with each other. ”……，