The Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense is a brand-new organization, which Yu Dawei is responsible for setting up, and most of the experts in it are personally dug up from various arsenals and universities, and some of them are Chinese scientists invited back from the Southwest Development Task Force and from overseas, for example, three from the Krupp Company, and seven or eight from the United States and France, and they are still quite familiar with the current international military equipment. But Zhuang Jihua believes that the purpose of the work of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is not strong, they are researching weapons in the way of European and American powers, and pursuing strong surnames and high firepower, such as the 155mm howitzers, cannons, general-purpose machine guns, etc., which they are now researching; As everyone knows, what the squadron needs most at present is not these, but better infantry weapons and infantry support firepower, and at the same time, due to the overwhelming advantage of the surname, these equipment are required to be flexible and can be quickly maneuvered.

"The work of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense should be closely integrated with the actual situation of the current army and industrial capacity, and cannot be blindly developed," Zhuang Jihua glanced at the experts attending the meeting, and then took out the drawn drawings and handed them to Yu Dawei, today's memories were held at the request of Zhuang Jihua, and the leaders of various projects who participated in the meeting were present: "In the Great Wall War of Resistance, our army exposed many weaknesses, such as a serious lack of heavy firearms, a lack of anti-tank weapons, very poor light weapons, very poor firepower, and weak offensive ability to deal with groups; I've envisioned several weapons, and you'll see if you can make them. ”

Yu Dawei took it and looked at it carefully, the graphics on it were relatively rough, but the requirements next to it were very clear, the first one looked like a submachine gun, and the requirements next to it were: semi-automatic rifle, magazine feed, effective range of 400-500 meters, ruler range of 800 meters, Bullet 7.62mm;The second picture is a person carrying a weapon in shooting,It says:Infantry anti-tank gun,Requirements:Effective range 200-400 meters,Made by one or two people;The third picture is still a rifle,It is written on it is a sniper rifle,Requires the installation of a scope,Effective range of more than 1000 meters;The fourth picture is a little strange,It looks a little like a cannon.,But there are many barrels.,Three rows of gun barrels,It's written that it's multiple rocket launchers.,There are no technical requirements (unfortunately our hero doesn't know what technical requirements rocket artillery are.。 "What does a semi-automatic rifle mean?" Yu Dawei's heart was full of doubts, so he asked from the beginning.

"Semi-automatic rifles are different from flower machine guns or submachine guns," Zhuang Jihua thought of the answers to various questions when he was in retreat, and Yu Dawei's current questions have not exceeded his imagination, so he seems very confident: "The ammunition consumption of submachine gun bursts is very large, and our logistics supply is difficult, I think if we can design a mechanism on the gun, it can be a burst when needed, and it can be turned into a single shot when it is not needed, so I named it a semi-automatic rifle." ”

"Now our MP18 submachine gun (there is a mistake in the previous text, the Yucheng factory is now producing MP18 submachine guns, and the M3 was only put into production in 42 years, and I apologize for being confused) is an imported German technology, using 7.63mm bullets, and soldiers can fully master the single-shot shooting method after training." Yu Dawei asked puzzled.

"The problem of the M18 submachine gun is that it is difficult to master, the recoil is too large, the shaking is too great, the soldiers are not easy to master, and in the battle, the ammunition consumption is very amazing," this reason is too reluctant, Zhuang Jihua changed his words: "Once the war breaks out, our casualties will be very large, so we need a strong firepower rifle that is easier to master, this M18 submachine gun is a World War I weapon, and even the German [***] team is not much equipped, so we need a better weapon, first of all, easy to produce, It is best to use stamping parts, secondly, easy to maintain, thirdly easy to master, M18 is not able to meet this requirement. ”

The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is under the control of Yu Dawei, Zhuang Jihua is not good at taking orders, so he has to try his best to persuade them, Yu Dawei put down the first picture suspiciously, but he didn't ask anything about the second picture, he is clear about the lack of anti-tank weapons in the middle [***] team, the current anti-tank weakness of the current flat-fire gun is very obvious, it is easy to be attacked by enemy artillery, and it is not convenient to move, he did not ask about the sniper rifle in the third picture, but picked up the fourth picture:

"What is this?" Yu Dawei didn't understand this picture.

"This is what I envisioned," this kind of weapon is not yet available in this world, Zhuang Jihua had to assume the name of the conceiver: "In the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, we found that the artillery fire of the Yue army reacted very quickly, often as soon as our army opened fire, the enemy's artillery fire came over quickly, and our army's artillery strength was weak and could not form an effective suppression, so I conceived this kind of automatic weapon, you see this kind of cannon, multiple barrels, firing one after another, without the need for human manual work, these shells are finished, and the car is hung up and left, The army didn't have time to react. ”

After thinking about it, Yu Dawei smiled and said, "This is an idea to create a surname." Then he looked up at the experts who were attending the meeting and said, "How about you take a look?" Can you make it? ”

Just as they were discussing, the weapons experts present picked up the drawings and looked at them carefully, and then discussed in a whisper, as soon as Yu Dawei's words fell, Zhuang Jihua took over: "As far as I know, these weapons have been secretly developed by Germany and Soviet Russia, so they can definitely be manufactured, the situation of the country is already very critical, and these weapons are needed ahead, please." ”

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he stood up and bowed deeply to the experts, in the face of such a sincere request, the experts were a little at a loss, Zhuang Jihua's current identity is a lieutenant general, the actual controller of the sixteen counties of Yucheng, a prince, such a humble request, so that the experts are embarrassed to say something, besides, didn't Zhuang Jihua already say that Germany and Soviet Russia are studying, which means that these weapons are likely to succeed.

However, there are still people who are worried and ask, "What about the project we are doing now?" ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't allow Yu Dawei to open his mouth and said first: "It is impossible to catch up with Yueben in an all-round way, I thought that our countermeasures should be aimed at the surname, so far we have fought two large-scale battles with Yueben: Shanghai and the Great Wall, and our research should be aimed at the weaknesses exposed in these two wars." In addition, there is a technology that can be bought abroad, so we should not invest time in research, and seize the time to come up with a few trump cards. ”

Yu Dawei nodded after thinking about it and said: "It seems that our work should be adjusted and divided into several groups, light weapons group, artillery group, anti-aircraft weapons group, communication group, tank vehicle group, and aircraft group." What do you think? Cultural revolution. ”

"Okay, that's good, but," Zhuang Jihua said and gave Yu Dawei a look: "The aircraft crew will be established first, and the work, I'm afraid there will be some changes." ”

Yu Dawei was a little surprised, he didn't know what the change was that Zhuang Jihua said, but when he saw Zhuang Jihua's eyes, he didn't ask immediately.

But after the meeting ended, he immediately found Zhuang Jihua to ask what this change was, Zhuang Jihua told him about Boeing, and then said: "Boeing has mature technical resources, and we don't need to invest in it again." ”

Yu Dawei shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not so easy, we still have to build a factory here, otherwise, once the American political axe intervenes, we will be passive." ”

"Well, I've thought about it, and my idea is that we can start a small aircraft manufacturing company here, and then sign an agreement with Boeing to build a joint venture manufacturing plant, and then we will send people over to participate in the research, and the two sides will cooperate, so that we can get the technical information in the name of justice." Zhuang Jihua said that Yu Dawei couldn't help but smile, this is indeed a good way, doing business with himself is easy to discuss, but until now he doesn't understand how Zhuang Jihua's rich overseas resources came from, he has also been in Europe and the United States for five or six years, why hasn't he gathered such a network.

"By the way, do you have any?" Zhuang Jihua remembered Mei Yuntian's reminder, and asked with some embarrassment: "I don't have a suitable person on my hands." ”

Yu Dawei couldn't help but laugh: "Don't you know that the first chief designer of Boeing is the Chinese Wang Zhu?" Now he is in the Naval Aircraft Engineering Office of the Mawei Shipbuilding Bureau in Fujian, as well as Ba Yuzao and Wang Xiaofeng, who are our first-generation aviation experts. ”

Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but lose his joy, and hurriedly asked Yu Dawei to send a telegram to Wang Zhu and Ba Yuzao to come to Yucheng immediately to discuss major matters.

Wang Zhu and Ba Yuzao came to Yucheng half a month later, they did not come by boat, but by plane, when they heard that Zhuang Jihua was about to buy Boeing, Wang Zhu couldn't help but shout: "William will never sell Boeing, I know him." ”

"Nothing is poisonous, Mr. Wang, if nothing happens, half a month or a month later, Boeing will be mine." Zhuang Jihua looked at this middle-aged man who looked extremely elegant quietly, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, why are there so many handsome guys in the Republic of China, even if this Wang Zhu is forty-one years old, he can still be seen from the perspective of his previous life.

Wang Zhu still shook his head in disbelief: "I can't believe it, how could William sell Boeing?" He was so fanatical, so obsessed with aviation. ”

"Don't worry about his problem, I'm going to get it anyway," Zhuang Jihua showed a smile, and then said very seriously: "I want to ask Mr. Wang to return to the United States and take control of Boeing for us, and the first task is to design a heavy bomber that can take off from Sichuan to bomb the mainland, in addition, I saw in a recent aviation magazine that the British and Germans are discussing turbojets, I think this may be the direction of future aircraft development, so your other task is to get jet fighters out." Can you do it? ”

Wang Zhu looked at Zhuang Jihua a little stupidly, and he suddenly understood that William Boeing might really sell Boeing, otherwise the lieutenant general would not have such confidence.

"I can't make a guarantee," Wang Zhu said after thinking about it seriously, "I have been away from Boeing for too long, I don't know anything about Boeing's current situation, and, General Zhuang, if you plan to use Boeing as a base for our aircraft production?" With all due respect, I'm afraid this will not work, the United States [***] side is very discriminatory against us Chinese, and the reason why I returned to China back then was because they actually did not allow me to enter the experimental site of the aircraft I designed. ”

"You're right," Zhuang Jihua nodded, "I don't regard Boeing as a production base, but as a design base; You are an expert in aircraft design, and you naturally know that aircraft design has a large investment in funds, a long cycle, and it is necessary to gather talents from all walks of life, which is difficult for China to do at present, but Boeing has, Boeing has all these talents, and there are existing laboratories, and it has everything that is needed for aircraft design. In addition, the untapped Chinese aviation market, the upcoming Sichuan aircraft factory will reach an agreement with Boeing to build a joint venture aircraft manufacturing company, which will be our production base. ”

"Mr. Wang, I know that the United States has done a lot of harm to the morning, but now the country needs planes, the War of Resistance needs planes, and you need to return to the United States to take charge of Boeing, are you willing to accept this task?" Zhuang Jihua finally asked solemnly.

Wang Zhu nodded without the slightest hesitation and said, "Of course I accept it, but I can't go alone, I have to add a few more people." ”

Zhuang Jihua said without hesitation: "I don't care about these, it's your business, whether it's personnel or funds, it's up to you, and after you go to the United States, if you have any difficulties, you will go to Los Angeles to find Mr. Mei." ”

A month later, Mr. Mei called, and the message was very simple in six words: "The bird is yours." Later, Zhuang Jihua learned that William. Boeing readily agreed to sell the shares to him, but the American political axe obstructed it, and Mr. Mei and Mei Yuntian's father acted separately, Mr. Mei directly approached Roosevelt, and Mei Yuntian's father found Rockefeller and Morgan and asked them to use their political connections.

The next day, Wang Zhuba Yuzao left Yucheng for the United States with his seven-member team, and Wang Xiaofeng began to move the Fujian Stern Aviation Office to Yucheng, bringing with him some of China's most valuable aviation talents.

In mid-October, the party affairs training group officially opened, and all the county party directors and deputy directors in Sichuan were concentrated in the training school, but three Xinhai-level party directors did not arrive, and Zhuang Jihua issued a reminder notice to them, ordering them to report to the school within two weeks.

To Zhuang Jihua's surprise, one of them replied to him nonchalantly, just one sentence: What is the ability of Huangkou to be a teacher? Zhuang Jihua read the letter at the plenary meeting nonchalantly, and just when everyone thought that he was going to decide the punishment of them on the spot, Zhuang Jihua did not follow up.

But as soon as the two weeks arrived, Zhuang Jihua immediately ordered the removal of the three-person party director from the post of director of the three-person party department and the three-person party membership, which shook Sichuan Province and became lively.

(To be continued)