The sound of clanging still echoed in the empty room.

Ustinov was a little dumbfounded.

I don't understand which one of the 102 chiefs is singing, obviously it should be compromised, why did he lift the table while talking? That's it, what's the matter if you lose that piece of metal? Send beggars, that should also be with money, not tattered pieces of metal.

Ustinov, who was confused by the second monk, sat there in a daze, but Grechko on the side noticed what the 102 chief said when he was leaving, frowned and took the piece of metal on the table in his hand, stroked his glasses and studied it carefully.

It didn't matter what it looked like, the blue-gray eyes hidden behind the lenses first narrowed, then suddenly widened, and then they took off their eyes with a shudder, and brought the piece of metal to their eyes to take a closer look.

Such an obvious action naturally attracted Ustinov's attention, and he immediately asked: "Is there anything wrong with this piece of iron?" ”

Iron sheets? Grechko smiled bitterly, it would be nice if the thing in his hand was an iron piece, the problem is that it is not an iron piece at all, but in the face of Ustinov, Grechko couldn't say it so bluntly, but put on his glasses again and responded in a noncommittal tone: "This thing is not a piece of iron, but more like a turbine blade on a jet engine, a complex alloy sheet." ”

"Turbine blades for jet engines?"

Ustinov is like a cat with its tail stepped on, and his head shakes like a rattle: "What a joke, the Chinese don't even have basic manufacturing machines, how can they make turbine blades for jet engines?" ”

"This ......"

Grechko wanted to say yes, but in the face of the piece of metal in his hand, he swallowed the words he blurted out earlier.

Others don't know, but as a well-known expert in aviation power in the Soviet Union, Grechko knows better than anyone what the metal piece in his hand represents.

Although he did not have professional inspection instruments at hand to do accurate data acquisition tests, with years of experience in the research and manufacture of jet engines, he could still tell whether the turbine blades were good or bad.

Because of this, his heart was particularly shocked, because the blade in his hand was quite complete in terms of color and uniformity.

Judging by the current Soviet standards, it is definitely a super-first-class product.

If such a product appeared in the Soviet Union, it would be fine, although there were not many Soviet manufacturers who could produce such products, but after all, there were still one or two, but the key to the problem was that it appeared in China, and what is even more incredible is that the 102 chief said before leaving:

This thing was made by the Chinese themselves.

And how is this possible?

Without technology, equipment, and core technical talents, how can such a country with such a blank slate create such high-value core products?

Sensing Grechko's somewhat flickering eyes, Ustinov also noticed that something was wrong, and his face sank: "Can the Chinese really make it?" ”

Grechko shook his head: "I don't know! ”

As he spoke, he focused his eyes on the piece of metal, looked at the smooth and weird arc, shook his head and continued: "But one thing is certain, the completion of this blade is very good, and ordinary precision forging machines can't do it at all, and more importantly, there is no trace of machining on it, which shows that the entire blade is formed at one time, in other words, the manufacturer who made this blade uses a new process that even our Soviet Union has not mastered, which is terrible." ”

Grechko's words are not exaggerated at all, you must know that the production method of turbine blades today is generally the production process of precision forging machine precision forging and high-precision machining.

To create a turbine blade with a very high finish, it is not only necessary to have excellent and reliable machinery and equipment, but also to have the skills of skilled workers.

But even so, it is not easy to process a qualified turbine blade, and the slightest mistake can be the scrapping of an entire high-value alloy metal plate.

Therefore, the world's major aviation powers, including the Soviet Union, are committed to the improvement of the turbine blade production process, hoping to find a better production process.

But the problem is that this kind of efficient production process is not something you can make out of thin air if you think about it, Germany began to explore at the end of World War II, and now the United States and the Soviet Union, which inherited the mantle of German aviation technology, have never stopped exploring.

In the past ten years, countless resources have been invested, but few results have been produced, so that it is still necessary to use the old methods to effectively produce turbine blades.

And now the turbine blade in Grechko's hands is not only surprisingly well finished, but more importantly, there is no trace of machining at all, and this alone makes this blade ahead of them in the Soviet Union.

Isn't that scary?

Terrible, absolutely terrible!

As the head of the Soviet Weapons and Equipment Department, Ustinov knew very well what this basic military-industrial manufacturing technology meant for the whole country, so when he listened to Grechko's words, his already gloomy face was even more cloudy.

The Soviet Union lagged behind others in the manufacture of aviation power cores, which is equivalent to saying that the Soviet Union was left behind in the entire aviation industry, although it is not yet possible to confirm the true origin of this blade, but the information revealed in it is enough for them to be vigilant and traced by the Soviet Union.

"This matter must be clarified, especially the process, must be clarified!" Ustinov deserved to be the minister who survived all the way, and he quickly made a decision.

Then he turned his head to look at Grechko, who was a little stunned: "Comrade Grechko, I need you to tell me responsibly, whether China has the ability to make this kind of turbine blade?" ”

"Theoretically impossible, but ......"

Grechko wanted to say that it was actually impossible, but in the face of the blade in his hand, he hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and muttered noncommittally: "But now, this possibility cannot be ruled out!" ”

Hearing this, Ustinov's eyes flashed a trace of imperceptible annoyance, and the palm of the hand lying on the table subconsciously clenched into a fist, to be honest, he was indeed very annoyed, because when he came, he had already consulted Grechko on this issue, and it was precisely after getting an impossible answer that he would come to negotiate with confidence, but he didn't expect that people just showed a metal blade, and his technical expert who relied on came directly to a possibility that could not be ruled out.

How could this make Ustinov, who patted his chest in front of Stalin and promised to make a lot of money from China, embarrassed?

"Check, check it for me!"

Ustinov's clenched fist slammed on the table, and he rose up with an angry rage, and immediately raised his head without looking back under the frightened eyes of the other Soviet representatives!