On January 5, 1985, four S-70C civilian "Black Hawk" helicopters finally arrived at their destination Ben Cheng after a long journey of two days and two nights!

Lin Qiangsheng had been waiting for a long time, he had already taken a plane back three days in advance, and met with 8 flight students including Xu Yuanhang and Zhang Xu who were escorted, as well as 15 other maintenance personnel.

These 23 people were sent by Dongxing to the Sikorsky Company in the United States to learn pilot training and maintenance, they all went through rigorous training, 8 pilots successfully graduated, and the maintenance personnel also initially mastered the simple repair and maintenance work of the Black Hawk, and the Americans still taught some things, at least to ensure that these maintenance personnel learned to repair and assemble simply.

Eight pilots are carefully selected from the flying technical school piloting major, among which Xu Yuanhang is the oldest, 32 years old, as the captain of the flight team, he was an ordinary driving school teacher, but now he is the captain of the Black Hawk helicopter pilot team, both the salary and the job environment have changed a lot, and Zhang Xu is 25 years old, is an excellent student who graduated from the driving school, the driving technology is solid, I am also very hard-working, the remaining seven people are also students, are self-motivated young people.

Lin Qiangsheng recruited helicopter pilots and maintenance personnel at the driving school, and nearly 20 of them were selected, trained intensively for one and a half months at the Harbin Airlines Helicopter Factory, and then sent to the Sikorsky headquarters in Wisconsin, USA, to receive training from the American side, and now they have returned victoriously.

With Lin Qiangsheng came together, there is also Fu Yulong, chairman of Hafei Automobile Company, now this company has an automobile factory and a number of auto parts supporting enterprises, as well as automobile research institutes and other units, the scale is huge, not long ago Hafei Automobile Company officially changed its name to Hafei Automobile Group, Fu Yulong was promoted from the director to the chairman. Although it still belongs to the Harbin Airlines Group, it plays an important role in the group.

There is also Lu Kairen, director of the Y12 Transport Aircraft Design and Research Institute of Harbin Airlines, Lin Qiangsheng ordered seven Y-12s, Lu Kairen is a person with a particularly strong curiosity about technology, and his ability to accept it is also fast, and he is also a little helpful from Dongxing Aviation Industry Company. This time, I heard that Lin Johnson bought a Black Hawk helicopter again, and this old man also came to see what the Americans' planes looked like.

In addition, there are Yang Shouwen, general manager of Harbin Airlines Group, Guo Jingshan, chief engineer, and Li Guangshu, chief designer.

Originally, I heard that the domestic military ordered 24 Black Hawk helicopters from the United States in July this year to equip the Air Force, and the Zhijiu is the same helicopter project introduced in China.

Unexpectedly, in September, Dongxing Group also signed a contract with Sikorsky. The introduction of 12 Black Hawks, Ha Fei was greatly surprised, but they also looked forward to it, when the Black Hawk arrived in Bincheng, Ha Fei's technicians can get close to the advanced technology of the Americans, it is said that this helicopter is equipped with a good avionics system and turboshaft engine, much more advanced than the French Dolphin helicopter.

Lin Qiangsheng shook hands with Xu Yuanhang quite excitedly and said, "Thank you." Escort the Black Eagle to Bencheng safely, and I will celebrate you when you arrive at the company! ”

Xu Yuanhang was also very happy. This time he went to the United States and learned helicopter piloting skills, he smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, you are polite, this is our task!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded emphatically and shook hands with Zhang Xu and other seven pilots one after another. He is full of anticipation for these people, this is the seed of his helicopter squadron!

In the future, he will continue to train helicopter pilots and establish aviation schools in China, which is also a sunset industry, and the wealthy people also want to realize the blue sky dream.

Lin Qiangsheng also shook hands with the crew one by one. Some of these people were recruited from domestic helicopter research units, and some were young driving school students, he said to everyone: "You are the first batch of pilots of my Dongxing Group to master the piloting technology of Black Hawk helicopters, and the first batch of maintenance personnel to master repair and maintenance operations, but by no means the last batch, I ask you to teach your excellent skills to more students, so that our Black Eagles can spread their wings and soar in the blue sky of the motherland!" ”

Xu Yuanhang, Zhang Xu and others stood in a row and said solemnly: "Please rest assured Mr. Lin, we will resolutely complete the task!" ”

Although they are not soldiers, Xu Yuanhang and others still demand themselves according to strict military standards, and they have also received military training before going abroad.

"It's amazing, Comrade Xiaolin's team is well led!" Lu Kairen said in surprise next to him, he had been staring at the hoisted helicopter before, and the old man also wanted to run forward to help, but he was even more afraid of bad things, he saw two American engineers, staring at Yang Wanli and other technicians.

"Comrade Kobayashi, those two Americans don't seem to be easy to handle, we want to get close to the Black Hawk helicopter, but the attitude of the Americans doesn't seem to be very friendly!" Chief designer Li Guangshu approached Lin Qiangsheng and said to him.

Lin Qiangsheng looked at the two American engineers, indeed, the eyes of these two people were staring at them like eagles, and it seemed that it was impossible to get any technology from them.

In this trade, the Sikorsky company did not provide Lin Qiangsheng with any technical drawings, and he also proposed it to the Americans, but Sikorsky's people refused his request. Through his understanding with Ma Chenglin, Lin Qiangsheng learned that the domestic military did not get any drawings, and the Americans only sell products and not technology, and they are also strictly guarded against the Chinese!

However, he said to Li Guangshu: "Then let's show the Americans well, and wait until these two goods are obediently sent away!" ”

Yang Shouwen, general manager of Harbin Airlines Group, a middle-aged man who is more like a soldier, said: "Mr. Lin, your Dongxing Group imported 12 Black Hawks, how much foreign exchange did you use, and what do you plan to do?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng said: "Each Black Hawk, the unit price is 6 million US dollars, plus the attached three sets of external auxiliary fuel tank systems with a unit price of 780,000 US dollars, as well as 1 set of Goodman's airborne flight test system and ground handling equipment, as well as the tools required to maintain the helicopter, etc., the total price is 70 million US dollars, and these money also includes the training costs of the US side for flight personnel and maintenance personnel."

As for the usefulness, our company plans to invest in agriculture and forestry industries, forest planting, fire safety, all need helicopters, just when the United States is open to China to sell Black Hawks, so I ordered 12 of them! ”

Yang Shouwen nodded thoughtfully, and said with some sighs: "70 million US dollars, equivalent to three or four billion yuan, not cheap!" ”

Guo Jingshan jokingly said to Lin Qiangsheng: "If we heard that Mr. Lin wants to buy a helicopter, we will definitely not let you spend so much unjust money, our Hafei Zhijiu can be sold to you!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Don't you already have a place to go, and the Air Force allows you to sell the helicopter to me?" ”

Yang Shouwen and Guo Jingshan were silent for a while, and the two of them secretly thought, this is also true, in fact, now that Ha Fei has just mastered the assembly, these parts are also imported from France, and they are really embarrassed to be second-hand dealers.

Yang Shouwen looked at the semi-finished Black Hawk helicopter that was loaded onto the car and asked, "I don't know if you have any ideas for domesticating Black Hawk?" ”

"This" Lin Qiangsheng hesitated a little and did not answer, he knew that China had also copied the Black Hawk in his previous life, but in the end it was defeated in the engine, and it was impossible to manufacture advanced turboshaft engines in China.

Lin Qiangsheng asked Yang Shouwen and others: "Can you tell us about the localization of Zhijiu and how much research funding is needed?" How many years will it take to get it done and mass production? ”

This question was answered by Guo Jingshan, the chief engineer of Hafei, who apparently had also studied it, and said: "After our calculations, the localization of Zhijiu will require at least 240 million yuan of scientific research funds, 570 new brands of new materials, 55 new forgings, 1,206 standard parts, 342 new airborne equipment, 305 finished parts, and 541 major key technologies."

The new materials and new equipment must meet the technical conditions of the French side, the manufacturing process must meet the French manufacturing standards, and the performance must fully meet the technical requirements of the 365N/N1 Dolphin II helicopter. In particular, there are third-party patents that are completely developed by us and meet French standards! ”

Lin Qiangsheng said: "The task is very arduous, I estimate that according to your requirements, it will take at least seven or eight years for Zhijiu to complete the localization work!" ”

Yang Shouwen said sonorously: "We have the confidence to solve the problem of localization of Zhijiu!" ”

He looked at the Black Hawk helicopter in the distance, and seemed to be waiting for Lin Qiangsheng to express his determination, but before he could make a statement, Lin Qiangsheng laughed twice, and said a few good words and passed like this, which made people feel embarrassed.

Several people fell silent for a while, Lin Qiangsheng didn't understand what happened to Ha Fei's bosses, and Ha Fei's few people also stared at him with big eyes.

Probably feeling that his tone just now was a little blunt, Yang Shouwen slowed down and said: "Actually, we Hafei are still very grateful to Mr. Lin, since the establishment of Hafei Automobile Company, it has been running well, and the cars produced sell well all over the country, which are inseparable from the support of Mr. Lin and Dongxing Group, on behalf of Harbin Airlines, I am very grateful to you and Dongxing Group for your help!" ”

Guo Jingshan and Li Guangshu also nodded and expressed their gratitude to Lin Qiangsheng, Fu Yulong laughed even more, patted Lin Qiangsheng's shoulder vigorously, and said: "Johnson & Johnson, thanks to the automobile project, otherwise how would Zhijiu's 240 million research funds be made!"

Now there are more than 2,000 cars, and you can get it, thank you very much! ”

His words made the general manager Yang Shouwen even more embarrassed, just now I heard Lin Qiangsheng say that he bought these 12 Black Hawk helicopters for 70 million US dollars, that is, three or four billion yuan, even he felt pain, but this will pay Yu Long As soon as he said it, Yang Shouwen felt that Hafei was no longer the original aircraft factory that produced all kinds of messy things.

Their car industry is very good, and the economic version of the Accord sedan has been sold for 220,000 yuan, which is quite expensive, and it is simply a sky-high price for the people!

240 million yuan is more than 2,000 cars, and half of the profits allocated to Dongxing can reach this amount, and the production of cars can easily make so much money, which no one expected, the leaders of Harbin Airlines are now not scratching their heads for any projects, there is money, and the factory has long since thrown the machines that used to produce pots and pans to where they are! (To be continued.) )