After the signing ceremony, the establishment of Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing China Co., Ltd. will enter the actual operation stage. Xiao Weiguo also sent a telegram back, asking Carl to find a few more capable people to come to China, the company's preparations will start soon, no manpower is not enough, of course, most of the employees are recruited from China, but the key positions still have to be brought by the Dragon Soul Ordnance. The Chinese side will also send some management and technical personnel to join the management and technical level of Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing China Co., Ltd.

Anna wants to go to Qingdao to meet her parents, but now she needs to choose the location of the factory first, because only by choosing the address can she enter the design and construction stage, and the construction of a new factory will be completed within a year, and the time is very tight.

This time I went to Chongqing to inspect the site, and the Nanjing government also sent several representatives, including Dai Yulong and Bai Wanrou, as well as Huang Bingheng, director of aviation, and Zhao Shen, an architect from the Department of Architecture of Central University. Several people once again took the M30 business jet of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, and flew directly from Nanjing Xiaguan Airport to Chongqing Guangyangba Airport.

Since the Chongqing area is almost all mountainous, it is difficult to find large pieces of flat land, and it is also difficult to find such a place because of the convenient transportation. In terms of the scale of Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing China Co., Ltd., the factory covers an area of at least one million square meters, that is, a radius of one kilometer, which is almost equivalent to a small town. Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing China Co., Ltd. will be built with independent design and manufacturing capabilities of the factory, just its various types of production workshops will have dozens, the largest three assembly workshops, each area is more than 5,000 square meters, the total area of the plant alone will be more than 50,000 square meters, plus office buildings, dormitory buildings, design and development centers, test centers and other buildings, the total construction area of more than 100,000 square meters.

In addition, the aircraft produced by Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing China Co., Ltd. It also needs a huge apron to park the aircraft, and this apron area needs to be able to park at least 200 aircraft, covering an area of more than 200,000 square meters. Two runways are mandatory, one main and one secondary, with the main runway at least 2,000 meters long and 50 meters wide. Plus greenery or something. The total area is at least one million square meters.

The M30 business jet flies from Nanjing to Chongqing, with a range of about 1,500 kilometers, which requires nearly five hours of flight time. So as soon as we got on the plane, everyone began to chat and pass the boring journey.

Huang Bingheng, director of aviation, and Zhao Shen, an architect from the Department of Architecture at Central University, couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the M30 business jet they were flying in from the first time they saw it. Such a good aircraft will be made by China itself. What an achievement! Even an aviation industry powerhouse like the United States could not build such an advanced aircraft.

Huang Bingheng sighed: "This plane is comfortable to sit on!" Not to mention the spaciousness, the seats are also well designed, so you don't feel tired when you sit up! I'm excited to think that we can produce this kind of aircraft soon! Mr. Xiao Weiguo, do you think we can really build this kind of aircraft in a year's time? ”

Huang Bingheng is a pilot, naturally has an in-depth understanding of the flight performance of aircraft, and after becoming the director of aviation, he also has some research on aircraft manufacturing, because domestic aircraft manufacturing is under his jurisdiction, so he has also inspected his own aircraft manufacturing on the spot. However, those small workshop-style factories could not build such an advanced aircraft as the M30 transport aircraft.

Xiao Weiguo saw that Huang Bingheng was still a little incredulous at this time. He smiled and said, "Director Huang, please rest assured!" We have a lot of experience, and as long as the factory is completed on schedule, you will be able to see the M30 business transport aircraft like the one we are flying in a year from the new factory. After all, in the beginning, we only assembled the aircraft from ready-made parts, so it was not very difficult. In the future, it will take a certain amount of time to gradually realize that all aircraft parts are produced in China, including aircraft engines and propellers. ”

Zhao Shen suddenly said, "Mr. Xiao Weiguo." This time we went to Chongqing to survey the site, I don't know if you have any preliminary intentions? You must know that Chongqing is a mountain city, and to build an aircraft factory in such an area, the amount of earthwork will be very large, and the construction period is relatively urgent. The location is so important. ”

Xiao Weiguo nodded and said, "That's true!" Not only because of the large amount of earth and stone, but also in Chongqing, I am afraid that there are no mechanized construction conditions, and the main projects may have to be completed by manpower, and the one-year construction period is really a bit tight! As far as I know, the terrain in the Baishiyi area of Jiulongpo in Chongqing is relatively flat, and along the direction of Zhongliang Mountain and Jinyun Mountain, there is a long and narrow flat area, which I think may be more suitable for us to build an aircraft factory. ”

Zhao Shen said in surprise: "Ah! Mr. Xiao Weiguo, I didn't expect you to be more familiar with Chongqing than me? You've never been to China, let alone Chongqing, how do you know? ”

Xiao Weiguo really doesn't know how to explain it now, he can't say that he was from Sichuan in his previous life, right? So he had to make up a lie: "Mr. Zhao, in fact, there are books on the topography of China's major cities abroad, and it is easy to find a topographic map of Chongqing." So don't be surprised! I was only interested in Chinese culture, history, and geography until I learned about it through books. ”

In fact, where has Xiao Weiguo read any books that introduce China's topography, he has only been to Chongqing countless times in his previous life, and as an expert in military industry, he has also been to Baishiyi Airport many times. In the past, Baishiyi Airport was located in the southwest of Chongqing, 25 kilometers away from the city center.

Jiulongpo Local Chronicles: On May 1, 27, the Sichuan Provincial Government ordered the Yongchuan Administrative Supervision District Commissioner's Office and the Air Station to be responsible for the survey and construction of Zishiyi Airport. The survey began on July 1, and the airport construction committee was established on November 1, and the construction started on November 5, with 922.236 acres of land and 6,678 workers. On June 30, 1939, the airport was basically completed. A total of 1,200 meters × 500 meters of the scene was leveled, the mud gravel runway was 1,150 meters long and 100 meters wide, with a total of 429,865.7 cubic meters of excavation, 891,058.9 cubic meters of fill, 11,500 cubic meters of gravel collected, and 1.8 million labors. Later, at the end of the 28th year of the country (1939) and the 32nd year of the country (1943), two expansions were carried out, and the runway was extended at both ends and a number of ancillary facilities were added.

Therefore, it should be very appropriate to build an aircraft factory on the site of Baishiyi Airport. (To be continued......)