The city quickly went through the exit procedures for the participants, they went to Hong Kong first, where there are also some good housing projects, Lu Qidao as the general manager of the project was also sent out by Lin Qiangsheng, the old man happily flew to Hong Kong with the large army, so that Xiao Zhen had a good nagging.

The next day, Lin Qiangsheng came to Dachang Town on the outskirts of Baoshan, where there is a large test flight field. The naval aircraft factory has a building on the site, where the Y-10 transport aircraft was once produced, and now the final assembly of the first McDonnell Douglas 82 is underway.

Zhang Zhenzhong, who served as the chief engineer of McDonnell Douglas and the head of the U.S. side of the Sino-US McDonnell Dalwells 82 project, and Jiang Zu, deputy director of the Municipal Aviation Office, received him together.

Zhang Zhenzhong joined McDonnell Douglas at the age of 31 and later served as a senior manager of the company, he was the leader of McDonnell Douglas 82 in China and the United States, and was also the chief engineer of the project sent by the United States.

It turned out that Lin Qiangsheng proposed to Secretary He to visit the manufacturing base of McDonnell Douglas 82, so there was such an arrangement, and Yang Wanli and others from Dongxing Aviation Industry Company also came to visit with him.

Lin Qiangsheng followed them into the huge project, and what caught their eyes was a huge semi-finished aircraft, on which the workers were busy. In the distance, there are two huge planes and a large plane semi-finished product, which Jiang Zu introduced as the Y-10.

"Both the No. 1 and No. 2 aircraft have undergone test flights, but the project was discontinued before the No. 3 aircraft was assembled, and the No. 3 aircraft was only 60% complete." Jiang Zu said.

Lin Qiangsheng sighed: "Our own large aircraft technology is still lagging behind. ”

He asked Zhang Zhenzhong curiously: "Mr. Zhang, how did you want to bring McDonnell Douglas 82 to China for production?" ”

Zhang Zhenzhong said: "It is still because of the efforts of the Chinese themselves, of course, there are also our senior management of McDonnell Douglas who have long been interested in cooperating with China. I remember it was 1975, when McDonnell Douglas boss asked me to explore cooperation with the Chinese side, and we set up a China Study Group, but we only had one meeting, and that time we didn't come up with a plan. When the Chinese leader visited the United States in '79, we suddenly received a notice that China was interested in cooperating with us on a large aircraft project. At that time, McDonnell Douglas's board of directors was taken aback, because the United States has regulations that military enterprises like McDonnell Douglas cannot cooperate with China. In addition, McDonnell Douglas was the chairman of the Council for the Promotion of China-US Relations at the time, and he also hoped that the two sides would make a breakthrough on the plane. We also know that China and the United States will soon establish diplomatic relations, and there is a great possibility of cooperation. In this way, from 79 to 85 years of contact to sign a trade agreement for the joint production of McDonnell Douglas 82, after so many years, the project was finally reached. ”

"Oh, it turns out that there is such a complicated history in the middle, and the two sides have already started to contact." Lin Qiangsheng suddenly realized this time that China has long intended to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas.

Zhang Zhenzhong nodded and said, "We moved the assembly line to the upper one. Hai, I have researched that McDonnell Douglas 82 is produced in China, and the cost of the aircraft can be reduced by 10%-20% just by reducing the processing cost, which is obviously a very big benefit, and generally speaking, the 5% reduction in aircraft manufacturing is very considerable. More importantly, through cooperation, McDonnell Douglas has found a long-term partner in China before Boeing and Airbus. I reported this to the board of directors, and the board of directors was very excited to hear that there was a 10%-20% return, and thought that even if it was only 5%, it had to be done, so the matter was decided. ”

Jiang Zu, deputy director of the Municipal Aviation Office, was also on the side, and the reason why he attached so much importance to Lin Qiangsheng was also because Secretary He personally greeted him.

He told Lin Qiangsheng: "The production of McDonnell Douglas 82 is also beneficial to China, not at all as criticized by the outside world, saying that we have given up our own large aircraft project, on the contrary, I think that doing a good job of McDonnell Douglas 82 is beneficial to China's large aircraft industry."

Mr. Lin, you should know that we have made the Y-10, which itself has the basis for manufacturing large aircraft, but we are still far from the international advanced There is still a big gap, and the production of McDonnell Douglas-82 will allow us to narrow this gap, which is of great significance! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded: "I understand this, although the Y-10 has achieved a lot of technical achievements, it is not manufactured in accordance with international standards at all, this is the gap." If we want our aircraft to squeeze into the international market, they must meet world standards. ”

Zhang Zhenzhong looked at him in surprise, gradually smiled, and said, "Yes, Mr. Lin is right. In fact, I didn't know that Shangfei had a Yun-10 before I came, and only after I came did I learn that Shangfei had built a large aircraft, and after seeing it, I think you are very remarkable, and the Chinese are fully capable of designing and manufacturing aircraft with a technical level that is not bad! ”

He smiled bitterly: "I know that some people in China criticize me for blocking the Y-10, and even say that I have curbed the development of China's large aircraft, but in fact, I didn't know about this project before, how can I say that I deliberately targeted the Y-10!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng saw that Zhang Zhenzhong was a little excited, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhang, you have done a great thing for China, introducing advanced aircraft such as McDonnell Douglas 82 to enhance China's technology. ”

"Yes, why should those people's words be taken seriously, they don't know what the international advanced level is. Only by really getting in touch with McDonnell Douglas-82 can we understand our backwardness, and through the McDonnell Douglas project, we understand the technology and management of the world's advanced aviation, which opens a door for the development of China's aviation industry. ”

Jiang Zu also persuaded, and continued: "Through the McDonnell Douglas project, we have also trained the first batch of engineers for China's aviation industry to understand the Western quality assurance system and understand the ISO international standard, and the benefits are simply inexhaustible!" ”

Zhang Zhenzhong looked at the two gratefully, and then said to Lin Qiangsheng: "I'll just say it briefly, McDonnell Douglas and China's contract includes all technology patents, and we have brought more than one million design reports, scientific research reports, and production reports related to the aircraft. Sea, it's a great deal. It also includes the design data and test data of McDonnell Douglas 82, as long as you digest these materials, it is a very precious wealth for China to independently develop civil aircraft in the future! ”

Jiang Zu also said: "In addition, due to the cooperation between McDonnell Douglas and Shanghai Airlines, Boeing and other manufacturers in Europe and the United States have also begun to pay attention to China's aviation industry, prompting them to cooperate with China to develop subcontract production, because all subcontracted components must meet the requirements of international airworthiness certificates, so it has accelerated the modernization of China's aviation industry production and improved its ability to integrate with international standards." Shangfei has now contracted the production of the landing gear doors and landing gear of the McDonnell Douglas 82, and we have always made progress little by little! ”

Lin Qiangsheng's eyes lit up, what did he hear, the design data and test data of McDonnell Douglas-82, Zhang Zhenzhong actually brought more than one million copies of technical data, oh my God, this is simply a huge treasure!

Lin Qiangsheng coughed, then laughed and said to the two: "This is not a little bit of benefit, to be honest, my Dongxing Aviation Industry Company hopes to participate in the production of McDonnell Douglas-82, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”

He then said to the surprised Zhang Zhenzhong: "I sincerely invite Mr. Zhang to visit our Dongxing Aviation Industry Company. ”

Zhang Zhenzhong and Jiang Zu looked at each other in surprise, and they also knew something about the situation of China Eastern Aviation Engineering Company beforehand, and knew that this was a foreign-funded aviation industry company.

Zhang Zhenzhong was quite surprised that foreign capital dared to start aviation manufacturing business in China so early. When he heard that it was founded by a Chinese, and that the company called Dongxing had no aviation business before, it could be said that it was completely a ticket game, so he was not surprised.

However, Zhang Zhenzhong was a little surprised now, and said to Lin Qiangsheng: "We are now assembling the first McDonnell Douglas-82, and I can't leave yet, but I can take the time to take a look after the first aircraft is assembled." ”

Lin Qiangsheng said happily: "I very much welcome Mr. Zhang's visit, in fact, our aircraft factory has added a lot of large-scale equipment and advanced equipment in the past two years, such as the iron bird test bench on the fly, we also have it!" ”

He pointed to an airplane-like iron platform in the distance, and then continued: "I also invested 500 million yuan to start the design and manufacture of 15,000 tons of free forging hydraulic presses and 50,000 tons of large die forging presses!" ”

Zhang Zhenzhong was even more surprised: "Large die forging presses are only owned by Russia, the United States and France, I can't imagine that you dare to challenge this project, the main beams of modern large aircraft, long-span complex bulkheads and landing gear pillars and other load-bearing components, all rely on forging presses for blank manufacturing." This is an important weapon of the country, the scale of investment is large, and the construction time is long, are you Dongxing sure that you did it yourself? ”

He looked at Jiang Zu, and was a little suspicious that this Dongxing Aviation Industry Company would not be a state-owned enterprise in China again.

Jiang Zu was very surprised, and asked with a suspicious face: "Mr. Lin, which heavy enterprise did you cooperate with to design and manufacture a 50,000-ton forging press?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng said: "It is a cooperation with a heavy industry, this project has actually started a long time ago, three years ago I invited Shen Hong, a well-known equipment manufacturing expert in China, to preside over this major work. Now the preliminary design and material preparation, as well as the construction plan have been fully prepared, and the trial production has begun, and it is estimated that it will be completed by the end of the year. ”

"Ah, it's the first time I've heard of this project, are you Dongxing sure that you can put into production such a major equipment?" Jiang Zu asked in shock.

Lin Qiangsheng changed his face to a serious face, nodded and said: "The large die forging press is too important, and it will be of great help to all walks of life in my country. (To be continued.) )