The second test flight was also successful, and the first bomber of the East China Aviation Manufacturing Company achieved good results.

The bomber could reach a maximum range of 350 km, a maximum speed of 170 km / h, and a maximum ceiling of 3200 meters.

Due to the abundant horsepower, the bombs carried up to 800 kg can still take off, but the aircraft does not have that much bomb capacity, and the aircraft must be modified.

Good results were also achieved in bomb dropping, with a hit rate of more than 30 per cent due to the use of bomb sights, and this was achieved when the pilots were not proficient in dropping bombs.

This bomber already has a practical surname in terms of being able to get up.

Xia Jun soon named this bomber 'Heavy Hammer 1 Bomber', and Heavy Hammer 1 will definitely be a hot-selling bomber in the future.

However, Xia Jun didn't want to sell the bomber too early, but he could sell the plane to the Germans first, after all, after the outbreak of World War I, the sea lines of communication were blocked by the British, and he could only use submarines to trade with the Germans at that time, so Xia Jun planned to do the business of the Germans in advance, let Germany fight a little harder, and then do the business of Britain, France, Russia and other Entente countries.

This is a disguised self-respect, and this Kou cannot threaten itself, and Germany is sure to lose, because the Entente can use the huge resources of overseas colonies, while Germany is in a state of blockade, and Germany is very much at a loss in terms of material resources.

Xia Jun began to ask the aircraft factory to develop the 'Heavy Hammer 2 bomber', striving to meet the standards of the Air Force, and the Heavy Hammer 1 was also to start production, first order some for the Air Force for training, and then export to Germany.

In order to reduce the cost of aircraft production, Xia Jun purchased the technology of 'molded glue synthetic wood structure' on the exchange platform, which can cost 30 million points.

The "molded plastic composite timber structure" was first adopted by a small aircraft manufacturing company, the LWF Aircraft Company, on the LWFV aircraft in 1919. LWFV aircraft, which are produced in small quantities, are only equipped with the Czech Air Force. In 1922, the American company Northrop also adopted this structure on the S-1 biplane. A 21-foot-long mold is made out of concrete, then the spruce flakes are coated with cheese glue and placed alternately to close the lid of the mold. At this time, compressed air is filled into the rubber airbag in the middle, and a wooden structure is formed after the cheese gum is cured, and the left and right wooden structures are combined to become the fuselage of the wooden glued structure. In August 1922, the structure was granted a U.S. patent. Due to the low cost of production, the S-1 aircraft was called the "poor man's biplane".

If it's just to save costs, these 30 million points are not worth spent, in fact, Xia Jun is preparing for the creation of a mosquito bomber.

The Mosquito bomber was one of the most successful aircraft designed in World War II, and during World War II, most of the aircraft used all-metal structures, but the Mosquito bomber used a wooden structure, and it was extremely fast, and it became a very legendary British aircraft in World War II.

Manufacturing the Mosquito bomber can save a lot of aluminum, and at this point alone, the 30 million points are worth spent, plus the Mosquito bomber is made in a simple way, and even furniture factories can build it. It is indeed a veritable poor man's aircraft manufacturing technology, and it has great potential to be tapped.

Xia Jun handed over the technology to the manufacturing plant and asked them to use this structure to build a biplane. After dealing with the affairs of the aircraft, Xia Jun began to deal with the affairs of the military factory.

Eggs can't be put in one basket, and arsenals can't be built in one place, so Xia Jun set up three arsenals.

They are 'Fujian Military Factory', 'Zhejiang Military Factory', and 'Jiangxi Military Factory', among the three military factories, Jiangxi is the safest, after all, it is inland, there is enough depth, and there is no need to be afraid of being bombed when someone comes in.

The military production lines purchased from Germany will arrive after a while, so it is necessary to prepare as soon as possible, Chen Xuanyu is still in Germany for the time being because he wants to purchase military equipment in Germany, so he has not returned to Germany for the time being.

…… Beginning in March, the East China Commercial Bank began to open to various provinces, and the main trading of the East China Commercial Bank was arms, which was a relatively functional institution under the jurisdiction of the East China Group.

The commercial bank is generally the East China Bank, and the commercial bank also investigates the market for goods in the three autonomous provinces of East China, and its main task is to negotiate with the warlords of the provinces in addition to arms, and also has the right to negotiate with domestic and foreign relations.

The warlords in the provinces had different attitudes towards the East China Merchant House that came to their door to peddle arms, and most of them were very polite to the East China Merchant House.

Among them, Li Yuanhong took out another 1.5 million taels of silver and purchased a batch of bullets from the East China Commercial Hall.

Before Xia Jun sold 50,000 Mauser rifles to Li Yuanhong, Li Yuanhong still retained 5 divisions at this time, which can be described as dominant.

Since March, dozens of revolutionaries have been purged by Li Yuanhong, and Hubei has been completely under Li Yuanhong's control, and the forces of the revolutionary party have been completely squeezed out of Hubei.

In such a situation, Li Yuanhong already has the ability to argue with Yuan Shikai.

Because Li Yuanhong was more concerned about the trade of the three East China Autonomous Provinces in Hubei, when Li Yuanhong bought bullets, Xia Jun also gave him an additional 1 million rounds of ammunition to thank him for taking care of the commerce of the three East China Autonomous Provinces in Wuchang and Hankou.

Li Yuanhong knew very well that the political axe of East China's autonomy was not easy to provoke, so he naturally did not dare to stumble on trade, and the two sides were currently regarded as courtesy, and the relationship was harmonious.

On Yuan Shikai's side, because the East China Commercial Hall deliberately pretended to undoubtedly reveal the news of the sale of arms to Li Yuanhong, Yuan Shikai's face couldn't help but change when he heard it.

The East China Commercial Hall then sold arms to Yuan Shikai, and the arms in the East China Commercial Hall were indeed cheap, a Mauser rifle was only sold for 15 yuan, and when you bought it in a foreign company, it cost 30 yuan, and the price was half cheaper.

There is also the Springfield rifle, which is also rough in foreign trade, and even the burrs have not been repaired, but the quality is okay, one dollar cheaper than the Mauser.

In addition to rifles, light machine guns, pistols, bullets, and grenades are also sold. A BZ-26 light machine gun costs 60 yuan and comes with 200 rounds of ammunition.

In addition, military uniforms, sapper shovels, water bottles, bayonets, helmets and other individual equipment are readily available.

Yuan Shikai is a smart man, he naturally understands what the East China Autonomous Political Axe means, and he wants him to buy arms! In a word, no money.

And Yan Xishan, who is entrenched in Shanxi, personally rushed to congratulate after the opening of the East China Commercial Hall, this Yan is familiar with "The Mean", and is a typical middle-of-the-road, this is a master who dances on three eggs.

At this time, Yuan Shikai was on the edge of Yan Xishan, so he had to behave very obediently, Chief Yan usually read all newspapers, and from these newspapers it was immediately seen that the East China Autonomous Political Axe had a strong capital, and last month the newspaper revealed that the East China Autonomous Political Axe had spent 150 million yuan to open a machinery manufacturing factory.

According to Yan Xishan's combination of information from various channels, the strongest person in China at present is not Yuan Shikai, the president of Beizhili, but the autonomous political axe of East China entrenched in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi.

There are contradictions and balances in everything, this is the perspective that Chief Yan came up with after studying "The Mean", and in his vision, the future is basically the competition between the Beiyang political axe and the East China political axe.

And he himself can find a balance between these two forces and protect himself with a second wisdom.

So let this Chief Yan come up with a clever trick, that is, long-distance and close attack. Of course, it's not a real long-distance and close attack, it's just a joint East China autonomous political axe to protect himself from being annexed by Yuan Shikai, and on the table, he still has to sing an ode to Yuan Shikai.

On the same day, Chief Yan went to the East China Commercial Hall to celebrate its opening, and then talked with Di Yuanjun, the manager of the East China Autonomous Political Axe stationed in Taiyuan, and Chief Yan said that he welcomed the East China Autonomous Political Axe to invest in Shanxi.

Di Yuanjun, as the manager of the East China Commercial Hall in Shanxi, one of his own tasks is to open up the business situation, so he talked about industry with Yan Xishan.

Yan Xishan is a bureaucrat who has inherited the tradition of Jin merchants, and has a very keen sense of smell in business, and constantly puts things in his mouth in the conversation with Di Yuanjun, mainly some seemingly irrelevant details, but Yan Xishan is exploring the business situation of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, so as to have a deeper understanding of the strength of the East China Autonomous Political Axe.

Yan Xishan soon discovered Shanxi's economic advantages during the conversation, and he learned from Di Yuanjun's mouth that the three autonomous provinces of East China were somewhat short of coal.

"If we build a railway, our Shanxi coal mine can be transported to the three autonomous provinces of East China, so that you will not be short of coal." Yan Xishan said seemingly casually.

"Yes, if there is a railway, the energy problem of the three provinces of East China Autonomous Province can be solved, there is no problem in repairing the railway, we also have enough funds, as long as Yan Dudu is willing to cooperate, this railway can be repaired at any time." Di Yuanjun was overjoyed that he was sent to Shanxi, and the main task was this railway.

"This, I have to ask President Yuan!" Yan Xishan immediately became vigilant, it seemed that the East China Autonomous Government had already intended to build this railway, what was his intention?

Before figuring out the true intention of the East China Autonomous Political Axe, Yan Xishan was very worried about this railway, once this railway was built, people's soldiers and horses could directly drive to Shanxi.

The conversation between the two sides ended quickly, Yan Xishan went back suspiciously, and Di Yuanjun immediately sent a telegram to report to Xia Jun.

When he received the telegram, Xia Jun read the telegram and wondered: "What is this Yan Xishan talking nonsense, does he have to ask Yuan Shikai when he goes to the toilet?" ”

Xia Jun picked up the phone and called the radio station and ordered: "Send a telegram to Di Yuanjun and ask him to find out Yan Xishan's intentions." ”

The railway to Shanxi has been repaired, without which the energy problems of the three autonomous provinces in East China will not be solved.

At present, Xia Jun is building a hydropower station, and the hydropower station in southern Zhejiang and the Qiandao Lake area of Zhejiang are being repaired, and the hydropower station in Fujian has entered the overall planning stage.

Although Fujian's hydropower plants can support their potential for a while, and Fujian's coal mines can support it for a while, once Jiangsu and other provinces are annexed in the future, and the number of factories increases, the electricity will not be enough.

The common people do not use much electricity, but shipbuilding, steel, military industry, and building materials are all electric tigers, and there will be an explosive development in the future, where is there so much electricity.

Especially after the arrival of the First World War, when the factory would be working in three shifts, and once there was no energy, it would have to be shut down.

The most important way to solve the problem of energy is to build a railway to Shanxi, where there is a lot of coal, and coal can be used to generate thermal power at that time.

Of course, Xia Jun is not very happy to dig coal, especially in Shanxi, where if the coal is too dug up, the groundwater will be destroyed.

However, it is still possible to dig some during the First World War, just don't dig too much.

(To be continued)