Liu Yun was not polite, so he asked Qin Guodong for help on the spot, and wanted to arrange a few old workers to also participate in the manufacture of new engines, preferably workers who had copied the American Hawker II fighter.

Major General Qin had already seen Liu Yun's vast magical powers, and he didn't bother to ask him how he knew the top secret of the Republic of China, but he didn't refuse, but instead smoked and thought nervously, and talked to Liu Yun with a match.

Later, Liu Yun had no choice but to stop talking about it, and wait for Director Qin to think about it.

In 1933, in response to the Battle of the Great Wall, the Nanjing government purchased 50 Hawker II fighters, all of which arrived at the end of the year.

According to the Air Force experts, the Curtiss-Wright biplane fighter is in the leading position in the world, with a single seat and a single engine, 700 horsepower, low-altitude hovering is particularly prominent, the maximum speed is 325 kilometers per hour, the ceiling is 7650 meters, two 7.62 machine guns, and can be loaded with 225kg bombs.

Therefore, as early as 1933, Nanjing has ordered the Hanyang Arsenal to secretly copy the Hawker II fighter, due to the unsuccessful imitation of the engine, the results are not great so far, but it has accumulated a lot of imitation experience, and has been able to skillfully assemble the Hawker II., especially some old technicians in the arsenal, and even be able to manually imitate some high-precision parts.

In July 1934, the Curtis Company shipped four Hawker III. fighters, which were originally intended to be used for the exhibition of the "Far East Armaments Preliminary Negotiation" in Shanghai.

The reason why Liu Yun put it forward is also well aware of the unspoken rules of the Chinese people, since it is a good thing, it will inevitably be secretly imitated, when the first fair in Shanghai, he not only participated, but also copied it with his brain, this new tank engine, is a miniature version of the star aero engine.

If it is directly made by ant robots, it is too appalling, so Dr. Liu means that it is better to use the handiwork of some old craftsmen to make a fool of themselves.

What Director Qin really hesitated was whether it was for Liu Yun's part of the workers, some of whom were studying the Hawker III fighter, once it was transferred, it would be quite unfavorable to the progress of the research, and the Hawker II imitation work was also very important, and it was in full swing to work overtime to imitate, and the manpower was even more tight, and finally he gritted his teeth and decided to transfer the part of the manpower that was studying the Hawker III.

Seeing that Qin Guodong was silent for a long time, Liu Yun was also anxious, and simply showed his hole cards directly, "Brother Qin, it's really not good, I don't want much, just two, give me two skilled old technicians, I just need them to make it according to my design drawing."

Seeing Liu Yun, who was so anxious that he was restless, Major General Qin couldn't help laughing, threw away the cigarette butt casually, poured him a glass of water unhurriedly, and let him drink a few sips before slowly adjusting his explanation.

Don't look at him as a major general, after all, he has just arrived, and his management of the Hanyang Arsenal is limited, and his words are not even as effective as a deputy factory director.

Lao Qin is worthy of being a soldier, and his words are straightforward, "Brother Yicheng, your affairs are also a top priority, it is better to do this, I will temporarily transfer an expert in charge of the Hawke III. project, and two skilled senior technicians will use it first, once you still have a gap, I will send a report directly to Nanjing, requesting comprehensive deployment, you see how this is."

Liu Yun also breathed a sigh of relief, at least it was no problem to get the engine, but he couldn't help but emphasize that experts, preferably experts and mechanics who had been in charge of the Hawker engine, and preferably old mechanics who had been in contact with similar things, looked like they didn't want if they didn't agree.

Anyway, this kind of thing is on the stand, it won't work if you don't agree, and it won't work if you don't do it well, Major General Qin had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it, and only stated to Liu Yun that as far as he knew, the Hanyang Arsenal had no experience in successfully copying aero engines, and even if it was found, it was probably a second knife, which really didn't work, so he had to ask German experts to come over and help.

In fact, Liu Yun's heart is already very satisfied, as long as he has experience, the reason why they did not succeed in imitation is not all their fault, but the problem of equipment and technological process.

The star engine is known for its simplicity and reliability, with the help of the brain, you can first come up with the most reasonable deconstruction drawings, and then the technicians polish the specific parts, and finally by the ant robot, or assemble it yourself, a new type of tank engine will come out.

The rest is easy to do, Director Qin wants to convene all kinds of personnel and is not available, so Secretary Qian accompanied Liu Yun and Pang Taishi to inspect the raw material warehouse of the arsenal, after a while of greetings on the road, I learned that Secretary Qian's name is Qian Benedict, about 30 years old, was originally a child of workers in the Hanyang Arsenal, went to the Mauser Arsenal in Germany for an internship, and got a bachelor's degree in mining in Germany.

A group of three people soon came to the big warehouse, the warehouse is backed by Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, and a part of the Guishan foothills are vaguely circled with a wall in the distance, with a construction area of about 500 square meters, consisting of a simple steel frame greenhouse, there is a simple drainage ditch outside, the greenhouse has asbestos tiles on the roof, the ground is slightly leveled with Sanhe soil, the fine point of the material, some wood or refractory bricks are placed below as a compartment, generally with an iron bucket trolley, or a two-wheel manual forklift, as a back and forth transportation, As for professional handling vehicles, it is not yet popular.

A large pile of iron sand, steel grit, tungsten sand, copper ingots, tinplate ingots, hemp white steel ingots, threaded steel bars, imported aluminum alloys, steel plates for ships, as well as gun barrels, large and small steel columns for gun barrels, etc., are all available, everything is available, Liu Yun was dazzled, and he was too lazy to look at it, so he simply asked Zhi Brain to match the materials according to the material of the Hawker engine.

Just when Secretary Qian introduced them one by one, Zhi Brain suddenly issued a warning, "I found the materials required for the upgrade of the ant robot, please pay attention to the chief."

"Ant upgrade materials", Liu Yun was stupid all of a sudden, he had been looking for upgrade materials for a long time, and he always ended up in nothing, and even every time he asked the brain for advice, the reply was to let the ants go to the mine, and it would be automatically upgraded slowly, so that someone no longer expected to upgrade quickly.

Unexpectedly, "I looked for him thousands of times in my dream, and suddenly I looked back, and the upgrade was at the raw materials", that cool, that happy, Liu Yun really wanted to laugh a few times.

Hold back the excitement in her heart, this guy excused himself to go around, let Master Pang and Secretary Qian continue to look at the raw materials, Qian Pang and the others were also stupid, they looked at Mao's raw materials, an old Xiucai, a secretary, it was useless to look at it, and they didn't know anything about the engine, and they looked at it in vain.

The more they looked at it, the more they became disinterested, they simply stared at each other, initially thinking that Liu Yun was going to boo and would come back soon, but the result was that they couldn't return for a long time, just when the two of them decided to go to boo, and by the way, when they were looking for someone, there was a haha of laughter in the distance.

When I looked closely, it was Chief Engineer Liu, Taishi Pang and Secretary Qian were excited, and hurriedly ran over, but saw this guy laughing wildly at a pile of abandoned iron slag.

A gust of mountain wind blew, the sun that happened to be west was covered by clouds again, the sky became more and more cold, looking at the dark slag and the continuous turtle mountain, the two of them were a little hairy in their hearts, and in a hurry, they didn't even notice that Liu Yun's watch was gone.

You must know that the people of that year were more superstitious, and even secretly spread the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant, in order to avoid the evil gods, when the furnace was opened, it was necessary to use living people to sacrifice, and these discarded iron slag were all decades like a day, one by one in the former Guishan mine, and I don't know how many demons and monsters were accumulated, but Chief Engineer Liu was haunted by evil spirits.

Secretary Qian was already trembling and gradually retreated, but Master Pang had no choice but to bite the bullet, reciting the names of Buddha, God, and Sanqing Patriarch, and quietly leaned over to Liu Yun, the sweat on his face was rapidly declining, and even his hands that were ready to wipe his sweat were particularly weak.

"Secretary Qian, come here", Liu Yun suddenly turned around and shouted, Master Pang was shocked, and suddenly stiffened as if he had been immobilized, Secretary Qian stumbled and fell to the ground, closed his eyes and shouted loudly, don't eat me.

Your sister, Liu Yun is really angry, am I a man-eating monster, or Taishi Pang was the first to react, and shouted with some uncertainty, "Yicheng, are you okay?"

"It's okay", Liu Yun was in a good mood, so he replied casually.

Immediately, I saw that Master Pang was pale and frightened, and after a little thought, Liu Yun guessed the ins and outs, and suddenly yelled at Secretary Qian angrily, "The surname is Qian, give you another minute, don't come back, Lao Tzu really eats (resigns) you."

"Chief Engineer Liu, I really can't walk", Secretary Qian trembled, half sitting on the ground, his face was like dirt, his legs were weak, and he really couldn't walk.

It was still Pang Taishi who woke up, and hurriedly ran over, while helping Secretary Qian, and said a few words in this guy's ear, this guy gradually stood up, and with the help of Pang Taishi, he came to Liu Yun's side, and inadvertently had some convulsions.

"What kind of place is this", Liu Yun didn't bother to say too much, and asked Secretary Qian directly.

"This is", looking at Liu Yun with a ruddy face, Secretary Qian was finally not afraid, so he came back to his senses, looked at the slag pile pointed out by Chief Engineer Liu, and was stunned for a moment before saying, "Mr. Liu, isn't this the waste slag of Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant."

"Of the steel plant", Liu Yun was a little surprised.

"Yes, it's from the steel mills."

In addition to his face was still a little pale, Secretary Qian had basically recovered, and began to talk about Liu Yun's question, "That's right, in 1890, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, opened a steel mill and an arsenal in Hanyang almost at the same time, so the first two were originally one, I remember when I was young, the workers of the two families helped each other from time to time."

"What about these waste scum", Liu Yun is not interested in those old things.

As a secretary, Qian Benedict quickly adjusted his mentality and began to reply neatly one by one, "This was the first Guishan iron ore area, and later found that the grade of iron ore was not high, so it was gradually abandoned, and gradually became a place for dumping waste slag and waste slag."

"There are only so many", Liu Yun asked casually.

Secretary Qian smiled a little bitterly, "That's just how much, over the wall, and under the mine, there are many, 1890 to the present, there have been 44 years, every year to pour tens of thousands of tons, now it is a mountain, some time ago, the two factory directors, are considering whether to dump into the Yangtze River."

"What", Liu Yun lost his voice and shouted, your sister, these slag and iron slag are treasures, and they are actually going to fall into the Yangtze River, aren't they losers, without saying a word, he immediately pulled the dizzy Secretary Qian and Pang Taishi, and went straight to Major General Qin's office.