Like a light swallow, the Sparrowhawk glides down the runway for less than 500 meters before rising into the air, then begins to slowly ascend and hover over the airport. The main purpose of the first test flight was to prove that such an aircraft could fly, and that it would fly smoothly and without problems with its components. The test flight lasted only fifteen minutes and was a great success. However, by the time the plane landed on the runway and finally stopped, the test pilot was already sweating profusely.

When Li Zhiyang took the engineering and technical personnel to collect test flight data (several test recording instruments were installed on the plane), Liao Hanxiang called Tan Renhao aside.

"What do you think of the results?" Liao Hanxiang asked very directly, and at the same time handed a cigarette to Tan Renhao.

"The first test flight was easy, but it didn't go wrong, so it was a great success." Tan Renhao lit a cigarette, and he was telling the truth.

Liao Hanxiang nodded slightly, and then said, "You must ensure that the performance of the aircraft fully meets our requirements." Give me a report as soon as possible after the first stage of test flights. And then I will immediately send an application for equipment to the Admiralty, is it possible to put this new fighter into service before next spring's military exercises? ”

Admiral Liao Hanxiang made it clear that he wanted to make the Fifth Fleet champion in the spring exercise. Of course, the report to General Liao Hanxiang could only be informal.

"It depends on the situation of the test flight, the main thing is the second stage of the test flight, in addition to the production capacity of the factory." Tan Renhao didn't have anything to hide, "I will keep an eye on this side and try to communicate with the factory." However, the Admiralty's subscription contract is the most important. As long as the factory gets the order contract, then the motivation will definitely increase a lot. ”

Liao Hanxiang nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "Okay, you do the job in hand, and I'll find a way to solve other problems." ”

Liao Hanxiang took Liao Yingyu back to the Weihai Navy Sanatorium on the same day. After seeing each other for a short time, and then hurriedly parting, Tan Renhao seemed to feel that something was missing, and he knew that this was the feeling of being in love. As early as middle school, Tan Renhao experienced a three-month short first love with the female classmate at the same table who had a lot of freckles on her face. It's not that he doesn't know the taste of love, but now he doesn't have the energy to experience it carefully.

The entire first phase of the test flight lasted a month and a half, with eight test pilots taking turns piloting four demonstrators (one for ground fatigue testing) and flying two or three times a day almost every day. Li Zhiyang also led a group of engineers and technicians to process the data obtained from the test flight and make modifications to the design of the aircraft. Later, Tan Renhao learned that after General Liao Hanxiang went back, he received support from Marshal Sajiting and received a grant of 15 million yuan to reward the researchers of the factory, otherwise Li Zhiyang and they would not be so active.

In the past month and a half, Tan Renhao has also been busy day and night, he has to supervise the test flight work, and at the same time send the data obtained to General Yu Gengnian, and start to complete the work report, of course, he has not forgotten the informal report that General Liao Hanxiang needs.

After the successful completion of the test flight, Shen Fei obtained the Navy's first order and immediately organized personnel to produce the first batch of 24 improved "Sparrowhawk" fighters of the official production type. At this time, the "Kingfisher" and "Osprey" fighters had already begun to fly test, and the test flight progress of these two fighters was also very fast, and almost all the research and technical personnel of the factory were mobilized.

According to the plan, the first batch of small-batch production "Sparrowhawk" fighters will first conduct the second round of test flights in Shenfei. However, this time General Liao Hanxiang once again exerted his influence, and after getting the report sent by Tan Renhao, Liao Hanxiang directly found the general manager of the Shenfei Factory and asked for 12 fighters to go back and the pilots of the Fifth Air Wing to conduct test flights. At the same time, he also brought back more than a dozen technicians from the factory so that the results of the test flight could be returned to the factory to help the factory make small-scale improvements to the fighter and prepare for mass production. Of course, Liao Hanxiang did this undoubtedly to let the pilots of the Fifth Air Wing familiarize themselves with the qualities of the new fighters as soon as possible, so that when the troops are equipped in large quantities, they can form combat effectiveness more quickly.

Tan Renhao also returned to Zhoushan at this time, originally he wanted to stop in Songjiang for two days, and then go directly to Zhoushan by boat, so that he could fulfill his promise to Liao Yingyu. However, the transport plane sent him directly to the airport of Zhoushan Military Port, and an officer sent by General Yu Gengnian was already waiting for him there.

It was already the end of December, and Tan Renhao tightened his clothes when he stepped off the plane. Although the temperature in Zhoushan is much warmer than in Shenyang, the sea breeze is so fierce that it almost blows him away.

"Is there anything important that the general is in such a hurry to see me?" Tan Renhao felt like he was like a machine that was running all the time, and he didn't even have a chance to stop and take a breath.

"I don't know, the general just asked me to pick you up at the airport, and then asked you to hurry up and meet him." The captain officer shrugged his shoulders and drove the jeep out of the airport.

Tan Renhao didn't ask any more, and it seemed that the officer next to him definitely didn't know what was going on.

After arriving at the equipment technology building, Tan Renhao asked Du Xing to take the luggage back first, and then went to General Yu Gengnian.

Yu Gengnian faced the sea outside the window, and only turned around when Tan Renhao entered.

"General, is there anything very important?"

Yu Gengnian nodded, then made a clear gesture and asked Tan Renhao to sit down. "I've read all your reports, they're very detailed, and if I hadn't known that you had graduated from the Naval Academy, I'd have suspected that you came from an aviation technical college. Well, now there's a new thing. ”

Tan Renhao smiled awkwardly, but Yu Gengnian didn't let him breathe.

"That's just the kind of information we've received." Yu Gengnian handed an envelope marked "Top Secret" to Tan Renhao. "You don't need to know where the information comes from. Now, what you have to do is to make an analysis and evaluation report based on this information, a report on the performance requirements of the equipment, and then hand it over to me. You have five days to complete the job, and the information can't be leaked, is there a problem? ”

Tan Renhao shook his head habitually, as soon as he saw the word "top secret", he knew about this important matter.