Chapter 63 The Emperor Visits the Aircraft The Aviation Industry Starts

Emperor Chongzhen and those adults looked around the delta-wing aircraft and asked enough.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe climbing the ladder and talking to the pilot, I didn't know what to study, Emperor Chongzhen also came over and asked with great interest, "Zhang Dongjia, what are you talking about, can't you come down and talk about it?" I'll hear it too! ”

"Good! Let's come down. Zhang Zhimu agreed, went down to the ground and said, "We are studying the instruments on this plane!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "This plane and delta wing are good things, let's produce as much as possible!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Zhimu said, "We are going to start arranging that kind of delta wing in various military regions next year. We are now assembling a new one of this aircraft. This model is not ready for mass production. There are many problems with this kind of aircraft, and a new type of aircraft will be developed soon. ”

"That's already good!" Emperor Chongzhen was a little disappointed and said, "If such a plane is equipped with machine guns and **, it can scare off millions of soldiers!" ”

"We need to develop better airplanes," Mr. Zhang said, "and we also need to consider that if an airplane has an accident in the sky, pilots should be able to easily jump out of the air." ”

"Jumping out of the air?"

"That's right! Jump out of the air with a parachute! Zhang Zhimu said, "We have a skydiving tower, and the emperor will understand when he has time to go up and take a look." Jumping from the air with a parachute saves the pilot's life. ”

"Oh! You've got these things left! "Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect it. I don't know how much more shock the kiln will bring.

At this time, a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle came speeding in the distance, rolling up a puff of smoke and dust. The brocade guards were a little nervous, and they didn't know whether they should go over to intercept them.

Li Yunhe said: "It must be Li Wei, the bastard, who is here." Only he dared to drive such a fast car at the airfield. ”

When the prince heard Li Yunhe say this, he waved his hand to signal that the Jinyi guards were not allowed to act.

At this time, the car stopped on the runway in front of the plane with a puff of smoke and dust. Li Wei jumped out of the driver's seat with big sunglasses and shouted at Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, I'm late!" Something happened at the shooting range, I didn't worry, I rushed over after I finished dealing with it! ”

"Do you bastard drive like that? Are you looking for death? Zhang Zhimu scolded angrily.

"That's right, today is a special situation, I don't usually drive like this. If you don't believe me, ask Li Yunhe. Li Wei hurriedly defended.

"Mr. Zhang, don't listen to him, he usually drives like this." Li Yunhe was not polite.

Li Wei was choked up all of a sudden, and pointed at Li Yunhe, who had a bad smile on his face, and didn't know what to say.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Hurry up and come over to see the emperor!" ”

Li Wei hurriedly raised his hand to salute the emperor! The emperor smiled and said, "It's General Li Wei!" I know that you are also the favorite general of the Zhang Dong family! Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the courage to drive so fast at the airport. But it's not bad to go on the battlefield and chase the enemy with such a fast car! ”

Li Wei came to his senses as soon as he heard it, "Yes! Emperor! Such a car has good off-road characteristics! Fighting cavalry with machine guns on the rack is like beating rabbits, which is very pleasant. Li Weiyue said happily, "Haha! Those Manchu cavalry and Mongolian iron cavalry, when they met us, were so frightened that they ran desperately. But how can they outrun our off-road vehicles! ”

"Well done!" Emperor Chongzhen listened to Li Wei's words, and his eyes were a little moist with excitement, "Don't stay any of the Mongolian cavalry and Manchu cavalry you encounter!" "Emperor Chongzhen used to get goosebumps when he heard about the Manchu cavalry and the Mongolian iron cavalry. The shadow they left on Emperor Chongzhen was too heavy.

The arrogant Li Wei didn't care about Emperor Chongzhen anymore, but asked Zhang Zhimu: "Mr. Zhang, have you watched the current plane performance!" What do you think? ”

"Good fly!" Zhang Zhimu said.

"Li Yunhe's **We tried to take them to the sky and practiced throwing bombs, although they are not too accurate, but they are big, much larger than our 203 shells, and the power can make up for the lack of accuracy." Li Wei kept saying, "These days, that synchronous machine gun is about to be tested." By the way, there are also those meters, I ask them to try them all before the end of the year. Put it to the test all winter this year and see if it can stand the test. I think it's ready to go. ”

"Come on!" Li Yunhe deliberately angered Li Wei and said, "I have studied it with Mr. Zhang. The aircraft that is now being assembled will be discontinued and the next generation will be developed. ”

Li Wei was anxious when he heard this, "Don't! When will you develop a new plane? This kind of aircraft is good, it can shoot in the air, drop bombs in the air, and have a real combat effect. I'm about to talk to Mr. Zhang. I want to build an airport in Baotou, just be able to take off and land. Then they continued to build airfields to the north, and next year they would cooperate with them in attacking the Mongols in the north. Later, an airfield was built near the North Sea (Lake Baikal). It's sparsely populated and too large. If we could build an airport, we would be able to see the area for hundreds of miles. I propose to arrange ten planes in the north. In this way, it is possible to reduce the use of troops by a lot. ”

Not to mention, Li Wei's words really made Zhang Zhimu a little moved. Next year, if Li Wei goes north with Zhou Yuji, builds an airport within the range of the plane along the way, and constantly transfers the field, he can really use the plane for actual combat. If it is used with a delta wing aircraft, it is even more practical.

Seeing that Zhang Zhimu stopped talking, Li Wei said again: "There is more! Our aluminum plane can also send a person in an emergency, and when the special forces go on a mission, they can also airdrop supplies and weapons, which is very practical. Besides, Mr. Zhang, you see that we pilots are training, and only two planes like this will not work! When I came back, I recruited another batch of pilots. I know that in the future, the airplane is likely to determine the course of the war. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Li Wei was a very brainy person, and he put a lot of effort into it. Besides, what Li Wei said also makes sense, waiting for Li Yunhe and them to develop new planes will take a long time, so it is better to produce some such planes now. Such an aircraft is simple and practical, and it also trains the team of pilots. turned around and said to Li Yunhe: "I think what Li Wei said is also a little reasonable. If you let go of your hands, you can produce as many planes as you can. We will also build up our aircraft production capacity first. ”

Li Yunhe thought for a while and said, "It's okay to produce!" The main beams of the aircraft are rolled with a water press, and the fetal tools are ready-made. As long as our engines can keep up. If not improved. Mass assembly is fast. Then build them ten more planes first. Strive to allow them to participate in next year's northward march. ”

Li Wei excitedly punched Li Yunhe and said, "Please drink at night!" ”

"Don't get excited!" Li Yunhe said, "In my opinion, your method of building the airport with the army is very good. However, I suggest that you set up a mobile airport command staff, equipped with mobile command and navigation equipment. It is better to have a field construction team, and the runway of the airport is bulldozed with a bulldozer, and it is enough to be crushed with a roller. Later, the delta wing of the aircraft was advanced with the airfield. ”

Li Wei saw that Li Yunhe was spitting, and immediately said: "Ten planes are not enough at all. In the future, the north will need 10 planes, and we will build multiple airfields in various parts of the north so that the planes can be transferred from place to place. It is a deterrent to the enemy, and for us it is a means of supervising the enemy. Immediately, I also want to build a few airports on the west side of Jiayuguan and Hami in Ningde, which are also vast and sparsely populated, and we need to have ten planes. There are also mountains in the south and southwest, and Qin Peng's army is scattered in the mountains, and it is very convenient to use airplanes to supply small troops. It all needs planes! ”

"You guy, you have to inch in!" Li Yunhe punched Li Wei.

Zhang Zhimu played a round and said, "That's it, Yunhe! You have to build an aircraft factory. It is necessary to choose a larger place and produce as many aircraft as possible. Maybe while you produce this type of aircraft, you will develop a new aircraft. Then you can get on a new plane. ”

Emperor Chongzhen, who was listening to them on the side, suddenly interjected: "Zhang Dongjia, your kind of plane is already very good!" I suggest that you produce new aircraft while you develop them. I also suggest that you immediately develop a two-engine aircraft like the one you mentioned. I immediately asked them to choose a place in Beijing, and to build an airfield in the same way as your airport. ”

Li Wei was amused and said, "Your Majesty, you should let them build the airport immediately." When you want to go back to Beijing, if you are in a hurry, you can fly back to Beijing in the back seat of this plane. ”

"General Li, have you ever sat on it?" Emperor Chongzhen asked Li Wei jokingly.

"Huh! Of course I went up. Li Wei smiled and said, "However, that guy gave me flying stunts in the sky, a few rolls, and I almost vomited my intestines." ”

"If you just fly smoothly, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?" Emperor Chongzhen is interested in flying to the sky.

"It's not a big problem, but the air flow in the sky is unstable, and people have to constantly toss and turn on it, which is not too comfortable. Such an aircraft may not stand it without training. Li Wei replied.

"In the future, the plane will be bigger, and it will be better to fly higher!" "The closer you are to the ground, the more unstable the airflow becomes. ”

Li Yunhe said to Emperor Chongzhen: "We are already debating the matter of twin-engine aircraft. Sooner or later, a twin-engine aircraft will have to be developed. ”

"Good!" Emperor Chongzhen said yes repeatedly.

"If your engines are more powerful, you can have a few more seats in the back of this kind of plane. If the landing gear can be retracted, the resistance in the air is much less. In the future, new aircraft will also have to work hard to reduce drag. All windward sides should be made streamlined. Zhang Zhimu said, "It shouldn't be very difficult for an airplane with this kind of engine to take two or three people into the sky." ”

"Now I'd like to develop an airplane that can carry more cargo." Li Yunhe said, "If there is an emergency, you can also airdrop things." For example, the front-line fighters are out of bullets, and automatic rifles are not as good as burning sticks. We sent planes to drop a few boxes of bullets on them, and the problem would be solved right away. ”

"That's right!" Li Wei clapped his hands and said, "Combat vehicles in mountainous areas can't get in, and ammunition has to rely on people's backs." With planes, it is possible to replenish supplies from the air. ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, sighed and said: "At the beginning, the Manchu Qing Dynasty broke the wall several times to enter the customs, and they rode back and forth like the wind. He has done us a great evil. It would have been nice to have a few planes then. ”

In fact, Zhang Zhimu knew that the reason for the disaster of the Manchu Qing at that time was not that the Manchus ran fast, but that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to fight, which made the Qing soldiers rampant. But no one can say that.

At noon, everyone had lunch in the canteen of the airport and tasted the pilot's food. Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, princes, and princesses seem to like the pilots' food and eat very fragrant.

Zhang Zhimu introduced to Emperor Chongzhen: "Pilots have particularly high requirements for physical fitness. The food cannot be ambiguous. Meat and vegetables should be well matched, and all kinds of nutrition should be comprehensive. You see, not only the food here is good, but also the fruits are not lacking. It is not easy to raise a pilot, it costs a lot of silver. That is, now we dare to raise so many pilots, which we didn't dare to do before. ”

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded while eating, and said, "Yes!" This kind of food must be guaranteed every day, and it costs a lot of silver. What a baby! However, they are more useful! ”

"What the emperor said is," said Zhang Zhimu, "no matter how much money you spend, you can't relax." Pilots will be even more useful in the future. ”

Emperor Chongzhen visited the plane, and talked about the plane with Zhang Zhimu, and he was deeply impressed by the plane. When I walked back, Emperor Chongzhen and Zhang Zhimu were still talking about airplanes.

Zhang Zhimu said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the use of airplanes will be greater in the future. In the future, we will build an airport in every relatively large city in the Ming Dynasty, and it will be more convenient for people to go there. At that time, people's production and lifestyle will undergo great changes. ”

"It's full of airplanes, maybe it's harder to manage than a train on a railroad, right?" Emperor Chongzhen saw the problem.

Of course, at that time, the whole social form will also adapt. It's not just about air traffic management, it's about changing every aspect of society! If you don't follow the changes, you won't be able to adapt! Zhang Zhimu's words were a little deeper.

"Yes! Needless to say, at that time. Emperor Chongzhen said with great feelings, "Let's just say that these things in your kiln gang are now under the control of these people in our court." It's not that they're stupid, they've never seen anything like that. Now everyone is a little dumbfounded. I used to think I was very smart in Beijing, and I fought there! Fight! When I got here, I saw it, just like the scholar Liu Jiantai said, 'It's ridiculous! ’”

When Zhang Zhimu heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, he knew that their hearts had begun to change.

Sending Emperor Chongzhen and them back to the hotel, Zhang Zhimu took Li Yunhe and Li Wei to his office.

Yang Yulin knew that they must have something to talk about, so she went out after bringing in tea.

Zhang Zhimu sat down and took a pen and said to Li Yunhe: "Yunhe, if your aircraft wants to develop further, it is necessary to develop a new type of engine. ”

"Oh my God! And a new engine? Li Yunhe asked exaggeratedly.

"Yes!" Zhang Zhimu said, "We can't guarantee the reliability of this piston engine in the aircraft." The efficiency is also not very high. It's okay to use it on the car if something goes wrong, just stop and fix it. But not in heaven, which requires reliability. Of course, it's another thing to use a double shot. ”

"Tell me what kind of new engine it is?" Li Yunhe saw Zhang Zhimu holding a pen in his hand, and he must have been going to draw a picture for him.

Zhang Zhimu drew a schematic diagram with a pencil and said, "This is the schematic diagram of a jet engine. You see, this is the intake tract, the compressor, the combustion chamber, the turbine, the tail nozzle. You can see that the air can come in through this air intake, compressed into the combustion chamber through the fan, and we will spray the fuel gasification into the combustion chamber for combustion, and the high-pressure gas will drive the turbine to rotate and drive these mechanisms to move, and then spray it backwards at high speed through the tail nozzle. Is it possible to generate forward thrust? ”

Li Yunhe and Li Wei took the sketch drawn by Zhang Zhimu and looked at it for a while. Li Yunhe said: "It seems to be okay! It's like a rocket jetting back. It's just the high-velocity air flow generated by the combustion of the fuel and air we use. ”

Li Wei asked, "Can't the burning heat come out from the front?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In front, we can do many stages of compression fans, and the strong pressure presses the air and can't withstand it." The air temperature of our high-speed compressed air is very high, which can reach several hundred degrees. It is easy to ignite and burn when you spray oil. This is the same as the four processes of our piston engines. There is also air intake, compression, combustion, exhaust. ”

"Mr. Zhang, you have another problem!" Li Yunhe said, "These things are not simple things, and they need to be calculated well. Only the turbine in the back we can borrow from that part of the steam turbine. ”

"Yunhe, this level must be passed, but there is no hurry." Zhang Zhimu said, "Your piston engine continues to do. But it is necessary to arrange a few people with a good theoretical basis to do this. This kind of engine has to have a lot of breakthroughs in materials. Because of the general material, it cannot withstand such a high temperature. I can remind you that there is a titanium alloy that fits. But we don't know titanium alloys yet. In the future, we should pay attention to titanium. ”

Li Yunhe thought for a while and said: "We have a person who is engaged in automobile engines, who has a very smart brain and always has a lot of ideas. I matched him with a couple of people, as well as new graduates. By the way, there is a math and a physics student who also gave it to him. Let them try first. These things require them to take a moment to slowly touch the doorway. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, high-speed aircraft must use such engines. If you want to fly faster than the speed of sound, you can't fly without a jet engine. ”

"What?"

"More than the speed of sound?"

Li Yunhe and Li Wei were shocked by Zhang Zhimu's words at the same time.

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said: "What's this, our bullets are supersonic." Why can't our planes? As long as we want to do it, there is nothing that we can't do. ”

Li Wei said, "Oh my God! The speed of sound is more than 2,000 kilometers per hour! ”

"What's this?" Zhang Zhimu said, "We will have planes with several times the speed of sound in the future." Don't think about that now, though. In fact, you should know that this kind of engine brings thrust through high-temperature and high-speed gas spraying. However, high-speed gases also take away energy, so this engine efficiency also needs to be considered. In the future, we can also develop turbofan engines and turboprop engines on the basis of such engines. We'll get to that later. ”

Li Wei suddenly asked Li Yunhe: "Yunhe, can you develop an aircraft that can take off and land on ordinary ground?" In that case, it will be more convenient for us to use the plane. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Wei is right! The next step is to develop an aircraft with low take-off and landing speeds. Such an aircraft will not have too high requirements for the landing site. You're going to have to strengthen the landing gear a bit. ”

Li Yunhe nodded: "Yes!" The wheels should also be larger, so that they are more adaptable to the ground. ”

"In the future, we will cooperate with the navy to develop aircraft that can take off and land from the water." Zhang Zhimu said again.

"Yes, yes!" Li Wei said, "I think it is enough to use two small boats as landing gear. I heard that our 20,000-ton ship has been launched and is about to go on trial. There are no problems with two aircraft on such a ship. ”

"It's a way." Zhang Zhimu said, "It is also possible to develop an airplane with a fuselage that is close to a ship, and uses the fuselage to generate buoyancy when it falls on the water." ”

"Alas! Airplanes that take off and land on water have things that take off and land on water. Li Yunhe said: "It's not something that can be said clearly in a few words now. ”

"Take your time!" Zhang Zhimu said, "We have to build bigger ships." At that time, we built a direct deck on the ship for aircraft take-off and landing! ”

"Take-off and landing planes on a ship?" Li Wei was a little confused.

Zhang Zhimu looked at Li Yunhe and asked, "How is it?" Can't this be done? ”

"A little difficult? But it's not impossible. But the requirements for drivers are higher! Li Yunhe said.

Zhang Zhimu said again: "Have you thought about it? If we drive a large ship of tens of thousands of tons to Hongmaofan's hometown. Close to the coast, we flattened with heavy artillery and rocket artillery! In the distance, we sent planes from the ship to bomb with **. Is it possible to subdue them without logging in? ”

"yes!" Li Wei slapped his thigh and said, "Yunhe, you should hurry up about the plane." Pilots, I'll let them practice well. As for building a big ship, Mr. Zhang stared at them a little. One day, we will sail to the barbarians and the Japanese to blow them up! ”

"Li Wei!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Your airport in Baotou should be built immediately. The airplane practiced flying on both sides. ”

"Don't worry!" Li Wei said, "I contacted Zhou Yuji, and he said that the place was chosen by me, and the construction was entrusted to him." Zhou Yuji is more anxious than me! Hehe! ”

Li Yunhe said: "In this way, our Aviation Industry Committee will be formally established!" I want to give them independence. Let them have their own test sites, production plants. The plane can't be screwed off by our technicians. It is necessary to train mechanics who specialize in assembling aircraft. The mechanics who assemble the aircraft are different from other workers, with greater responsibilities and stricter requirements. ”

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