Old Pete laughed and said: "You can rest assured that these materials are all given by the boss, and we are only responsible for transforming the technology on the drawings into real objects." Most of the drawings are stored in the base of the Dragon King Temple, and there are no key drawings here. ”

Everyone is no stranger to Hu Wenkai's cross-industry technical talent, especially Lu Dahai, who knows that Hu Wenkai selectively introduced German submarine design engineers and submarine instructors. At that time, he wondered how the boss chose people, and wrote the list on a piece of paper just like the class teacher selects students.

After these Germans came to the base for a period of time, they found that none of the hundreds of people were invalids, most of them were engineers and designers of submarine factories, and some of them were excellent German submarine officers before submarine instructors.

In two years, the naval base built a large ocean-going submarine of more than 1,000 tons and six medium-sized submarines of more than 400 tons, and trained more than 2,000 submarine sailors. Lu Dahai now has confidence in his heart, even if he encounters the Oriental Navy, he has the courage to fight. The naval base now has four destroyers of about 4,000 tons, eight frigates of more than 1,000 tons, more than 50 inshore patrol boats and torpedo boats, and an aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons in dock.

The number of skilled sailors gradually grew to more than 4,000, and there were more than 1,000 officer cadets in the naval academy, including 400 submarine officer cadets. After June, more than a hundred navies went to the Dragon King Temple for flight training, and the boss was to train pilots in advance for aircraft carriers.

Lu Dahai suggested to Old Pete that the naval base send technicians to work with Old Pete's aircraft factory to completely transform this aircraft into an aircraft that can adapt to the use on aircraft carriers.

Chen Jiaxiang said on the sidelines that it would be best for you to work with Jiang Qiuming's electronics research institute to apply the most advanced electronic products to this aircraft.

Old Pete slapped Chen Jiaxiang on the shoulder and said, "Jiaxiang, what you said is so good, so you can send an invitation to that side now, and a joint research department will be established the day after tomorrow." ”

Chen Jiaxiang's unintentional move today contributed to the first large-scale cross-departmental cooperation in the Republic of China, and this model will often be used in scientific and technological research in the future, effectively using the large-scale gathering and application of scientific research personnel.

Four days later, in the morning, Li Manqiang, Li Congshan, Lu Dahai, Jiang Qiuming, Lao Pete, Zhou Haiquan, and Chen Jiaxiang gathered together to sit on the rostrum, and under the stage were more than 600 scientific researchers of various projects, including engine projects, aerodynamics, structural mechanics, and material mechanics.

Old Pete proudly looked at the engineering and scientific personnel in the audience and said: "You have summoned you here today because we are going to launch the largest scientific and technological research project in the company's history, which spans several departments, and we will concentrate all our scientific and technological forces to develop our carrier-based aircraft, air-dropped torpedoes, air-dropped bombs, aircraft air communication and liaison systems, and air friend or foe identification systems. ”

"We named it codename: Free Fall. This project is a systematic project, which will drive the development of the company's precision machine tools, electronic communications, weapon integration, and material combination. ”

Zhou Haiquan took over and said: "This will also be a comprehensive assessment of our scientific and technological personnel, and the outstanding ones who stand out from the company will be given heavy rewards and heavy responsibilities." I hope that you must do a good job of coordination and communication, and come up with a plan as soon as possible. ”

Jiang Qiuming sighed, in a short period of time, the company can gather more than 600 scientific and technological engineering personnel to carry out large-scale project research, which is impossible to achieve anywhere in the Republic of China.

"On behalf of the boss, I am here to say that asking for money for money and equipment for equipment is a requirement that the "free fall" project must be successfully completed. This project will drive the company's comprehensive development of science and technology, as Director Pete said, and can only succeed and not fail. After the project is successful, I will ask the boss for instructions and ask the boss to award meritorious service to the meritorious personnel. ”

The audience immediately burst into thunderous applause, and for the first time, it was revealed from the top that the function of awarding medals to scientific and technological personnel was not happy or excited.

Jiang Qiuming continued: "You have just signed a confidentiality agreement, you know the degree of confidentiality of this project, you can't take a piece of paper out of here, you can't talk about this project with your wife and children when you go home, and you can't reveal the slightest bit of this project with your former colleagues. Of course, there will be no restriction on your freedom of movement, but if you notice any signs of danger, you should report it immediately, and the company's secrecy department will be ready to help you solve the problem. ”

"The materials you need can be borrowed from the Tianxing Town Library, and you need to purchase them from a listed catalog company that purchased abroad."

"Now give you two hours to choose your own leadership group for each project, submit the list in two hours, and see you in two hours after the meeting is dismissed."

As soon as Jiang Qiuming's voice fell, there was a mess in the audience, and people kept shouting their names to gather on the side.

Li Congshan scattered a circle of cigarettes and said, "Good girl, this time it's really bloody, did old Pete think of it?" ”

"It's not me, it's Lu Dahai and Chen Jiaxiang who proposed it and got Jiang Qiuming's strong support." Old Pete didn't want to take credit.

Jiang Qiuming patted his head and said, "Fuck, I forgot about the research institute in Nanjing with this head." ”

Zhou Haiquan took off the cigarette in his mouth and said, "Don't worry, you don't need them to participate for the time being, and then invite them to join when you are halfway here." They have a lot of things over there and are very busy with Xuzhou's affairs, you can't delay the key projects of the boss in Xuzhou for a "free fall", beware of the boss looking for trouble with you. ”

Li Congshan went around and did not forget his order: "Old Pete, when will your factory in Xuzhou start?" If we don't start construction, it will be too late, and more than 100 planes will be delivered before the end of the year. ”

"August 15 officially started, will not delay the order, here spare parts have been produced almost, the most important thing is that the engine has been produced more than 300 units, the more than 100 aircraft I estimate that at the end of November at the latest will be able to assemble and deliver, you can let go of the sale, and when it stabilizes over there, I will be able to produce 50 or the most conservative number." Old Pete said inappropriately.

Li Congshan was stunned for a moment and then said: "Old Pete is what you said, do you know what is the most profitable in the whole company?" Just this sparrow plane is a money printing machine. I'll give you another fifty planes when I get back. ”

Zhou Haiquan interjected and said: "Li Congshan, you can brag, the most profitable is the catalyst produced by the boss in Hu Bin, one gram of catalyst is equivalent to one gram of gold, and fifty kilograms of gold are shipped from the United States every month." ”

Lu Dahai has been a soldier for a while, and he didn't talk on the rostrum, and walked off the rostrum to the scientific research and engineering personnel of the naval base. The personnel of the naval base are still in formation, and the list of leading groups has been produced.

Lu Dahai took the list and said: "You are scientific researchers among the soldiers, and I hope that you will maintain the essence of soldiers, do a good job in relations with various departments, and obey the leadership." It is an opportunity for each of you to be part of this project, and I hope you will take advantage of it. ”

More than 100 scientific research and engineering personnel of the naval base saluted in unison and said in unison: "Please rest assured that the head of the base will resolutely complete the task." ”

This formation surprised everyone on the side, Nima has such a scientific research team, it is simply a phalanx of troops. Lu Dahai also knew that it was not appropriate, this was not the army's territory after all, and hurriedly said: "Take a break, you guys relax, don't make it hard, otherwise you will really scare the people of the brother unit." ”

As soon as he heard Lu Dahai say this, a phalanx immediately scattered and looked for someone he knew, and he had long seen his classmates or people he knew beside him and had not dared to leave the phalanx, but now he got the order to disband, and went directly to his shoulders.

Lu Dahai didn't expect this kind of duck release scene, and he didn't plan to pursue it, so he patted his ass and returned to the rostrum.

As soon as the venue was quiet after two hours, Zhou Haiquan took the list of project team leaders and read it out loud: "These leading groups are temporary, and we need to make adjustments according to the actual situation after a month." The general person in charge of the "Free Fall" project is the director of the factory, and the deputy leaders are me, Lu Dahai and Li Congshan. Now, I would like to give the floor to Director Pete. ”

Old Pete is not used to taking the microphone at length: "I announce the official launch of the "Free Fall" project, and now the members of the project leadership team stay for a meeting, and the rest of the personnel are disbanded. ”

At the same time, four telephone lines were set up from the naval base to the aircraft factory and the Tianfen base, and the switchboard was located at the Tianfen base. The automatic telex machine has been set up at the Shanghai Electronics Research Institute, and it can communicate with the aircraft factory at any time.

Old Pete walked into the conference room with the file bag in his hand, and a graphic of an airplane and the main parameters hung on the wall of the conference room.

Old Pete went straight to the point and said: "This aircraft has just been developed by us and has already passed the test flight of the flying group. You can open your own document bag to view the aircraft parameters in detail. ”

Everyone opened the file bag in front of them and took out the materials, and it seemed that there was only the rustling sound of turning documents in the conference room, followed by the sound of chattering and exchange.

"Well, you've seen it roughly, let's talk about the specific requirements, let's talk about the name of the plane first, the name chosen by the boss is too earthy, we unanimously decided to call this aircraft a vulture, no matter which plane it is in the air, it is not its opponent."

"This is a fighter used at a land airfield that cannot be used on our aircraft carriers in the future, and our intention is to use the Vulture main design to completely transform it into an aircraft that can be used on aircraft carriers."

"First, it is necessary to solve the problem of not being able to board ships at high speeds; second, it is necessary to solve the problem that the cockpit field of view is not suitable for taking off and landing on the deck; third, it is necessary to solve the problem of anti-corrosion in the use of the navy; fourth, it is necessary to solve the problem of communication and command of aircraft formations and the problem of distinguishing between friend and foe; and fifth, it is necessary to develop a type of bomb suitable for air-projected torpedoes and various types of bombs of this type of aircraft."

The groups discussed that it turned out that the existing aircraft was completely modified and developed an aircraft suitable for aircraft carriers.