As Yang Feng said, this is an era of a hundred flowers blooming.

The aviation jet era that has just kicked off is as crowded as a marathon track, and everyone, seeded runners, upset dark horses, eager newcomers, and veterans who are determined to win, have all taken their own steps and rushed towards their dreams in the distance.

This is true for military aircraft.

The same is true for civil aircraft.

Morality. Havilland rode the dust, the Comet airliner was ready to lead human civil aviation into the jet age, and then one by one the illustrious names competed to join the track, Boeing 707, Tu 104, Douglas DC8, French Southern Aircraft Clipper, BAC111, Convair 880, Hawker. Siddeli Trident ......

And then one by one is also like virtue. Havilland's collapse in the sand eventually made Boeing's immortal myth.

Until another name, Airbus turned out.

"Yes, it's called Airbus."

In a manor house outside Paris, Yang Feng drank red wine and said to Louis Brown, who was invited. Breguet and Marcel. Dassault said: "I'm going to develop a real Dreamliner, if it's my special plane, it can fly from Yingtian to Europe with a full tank of fuel, although it's a bit unrealistic to get to Paris, but at least it should be able to get to Athens, and its speed will not be less than 800 kilometers, so that it will only take a dozen hours at most, and I can see the blue waves of the Aegean Sea."

If it is a commercial airliner, it should carry at least 200 passengers, and the maximum range when fully loaded will not be less than 6,000 kilometers, so that it can take off from Temasek or Hong Kong and land in Karachi for refueling. The same can be flown directly to London. And the time is also a day at most. Even if you fly from Tokyo, it won't take more than a day to reach London. In one day, from the easternmost point of Asia to the westernmost point of Europe, the distance between the two continents will be shortened to a day, and the long distance that once a European navigator could only travel in a year on a merchant ship will become a day in our hands.

But this great initiative is too huge. It's hard for me to do it alone, so I'd like to invite you to join us in setting up a joint venture to build an aircraft manufacturing company, which is called Airbus, and then we'll work together to make it a reality and let it fly over Eurasia. ”

"Sorry, Your Excellency, Dassault has no intention of developing in the field of civil aviation at this time."

Marcel. Dassault said.

"That's a pity, and what about you, Mr. Breguet? You are a respectable elder. But I still have to tell you that there is no future in this airliner that you are working on. Just in Germany. When Havilland was about to test fly the Comet, you actually developed a propeller airliner, and even if you developed a propeller airliner, you would change the engine to a turboprop, and you actually got a piston engine, I can assure you that even if you add military aircraft, you will not sell more than fifty of them. ”

Yang Feng stretched out a slap and said to Breguet.

In fact, he said too much, and the real record is that twenty crosses were built.

"Pratt & Whitney 2800 is a good engine, but no matter how good it is, it's a piston, are you sure your aircraft can fly more than 400 kilometers per hour? Gosh, aside from the extra passenger capacity, what data does your aircraft have that surpasses the constellations that I've been using for years? Why do you think such an aircraft will be popular when it is put on the market?

Forget about it and let's join hands in the jet age. ”

He looked at Breguet, who had a slightly embarrassed expression, and said.

He really wants to pull a few into the group, and it's not just a technical problem, it's not a difficult thing for him to drag a few Boeing 707 from modern times to dismantle the mapping and imitation, of course, the real manufacturing is still a huge project, but it takes three or five years to basically make it go to the sky, but this level of things, not to make a shirt, if you make it beautiful, someone will definitely buy it, this kind of thing is very political, you just make it, and it is difficult to sell it.

Why did Europe's jetliner programs fail in the end? The reason is very simple, the people of the United States not only master the technology, but also the market.

Why is Airbus successful again?

Because of the era when Airbus was born, Europe has come out of the predicament, and they not only have technology, but also have a market.

If Da Ming makes it himself, not only will it be difficult for others to buy it except for himself, but it will also become the number one target of the hostility of the United States, and it may even attract disasters. If you want to be ahead of Boeing, then you have to launch it in the mid-fifties, and Yang Feng is confident that at that time, he will not be able to develop to the extent of ignoring the big stick of the United States.

Now there is one more collaborator, which means that a country has opened the door to the market, and there is also one more person who shares the hatred of the Chinese people.

He designed not only Gauls, but also Britons. Havilland was certainly not interested, but the question was whether there was still Hawke. Sidley, and Avro, not to mention that the engine must be Rollo's, and then you have to add the Dutch, they also have Fokker, but not Focke-Wolf, the two are not the same thing, the former is Anthony. Founded by Fokker and has been a famous regional airliner manufacturer since the war, the Fokker 100 is not inferior to the ARJ21.

Then pull Saab, so that there will be four, and the control of Prussia's aircraft manufacturing industry will soon end, and his Messerschmitt and others may be able to move, after all, they are only hired for a few years, and they are all princes of the aviation industry who dominated one side back then, and they may not be willing to continue to work for him. The best way to get them in their hands is to open an aircraft company in Prussia, which they will be responsible for, and then give them a part of the shares, so that this company will also become one of the partners, if Fiat or the teeth, the Austrians or even the Swiss can also pull up, and such an aircraft manufacturing company covering almost all the major countries of Europe will be established.

And once this Boeing 707 class passenger aircraft comes out, the markets of these countries will be open, and if the United States cracks down on this company, it will be equivalent to a blow to the aircraft industry in the whole of Europe, with such a huge shield in front of it, which is much safer than facing the anger of the United States alone.

As for Du Li's development of large jet airliners, it is estimated that he will not be ready to do so in the next 20 years, because there is no need at all, Kunpeng Airlines is quite good as a subcontractor of Airbus, build a regional airliner or something, and then get a certain type of final assembly line, and the rest is just to build military aircraft.

But the first thing he needs to do is to bring Breguet into the gang first.

"Your Excellency, if so, in what way?"

Breguet said.

He also knows that the aircraft he is developing has no future, just that technical level, not to mention that it has not yet been put into production, that is, it is already flying all over the sky, there are a lot of stronger than it, he also wants to develop jet airliners, but the problem is money? The cost of developing large jet airliners is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and it would be good if Breguet could maintain it now, so how could there be any capital investment.

"At first glance, you are sincere, very simple, we are a joint venture, the proportion of shares is discussed separately, but I must be the largest shareholder, in addition, I have the right to decide the final shape of this aircraft, and then subcontract, one is responsible for the development of a part of the system, and our new company is only responsible for the final assembly, as for the location of the final assembly plant is discussed separately, anyway, I know that I definitely do not have this ability there.

Also, I don't think the two of us will be able to play this project, so we have to find more collaborators, such as Britons, Dutch, Swedes, Prussians and even Italians. ”

Yang Feng said.

"Your Excellency, you are trying to gather the strength of the whole of Europe."

Marcel. Dassault said with a smile.

"Mr. Dassault, do you think that if we don't pool the strength of the whole of Europe, we will have the ability to compete with the predators in the New World? I think the strength of Boeing alone is enough to crush your country's aviation industry, right? For European industry, the only way forward is to unite, and believe me, that is really the only way out for you. ”

Yang Feng said.

"But this matter still needs the approval of Congress, although we are both private companies, but the controlling stake is already in the hands of the government, even if this cooperation is carried out, it must be approved by Congress."

Breguet said.

"Fortunately, I am still a guest of your government, and fortunately, your government still has to rely on my help, so I don't think your parliament will block a friend's invitation."

Yang Feng said.

In fact, at this time, the entire European countries are wantonly nationalizing, not only Gaul, Britain is the same, of course, their nationalization methods, are carried out by the government in the form of capital injection, in addition to being forced by the labor problem, to a large extent, it is also forced by the United States, if it is not for the government to inject capital, in addition to Britain can also have a few companies and the United States people to contend with, the remaining private companies in other countries, in front of the United States consortium, is really lifting the foot and stepping on the dead goods.

After studying this problem, Yang Feng left Gaul directly, because he had no friendship with Belgium, so he went straight to the Netherlands, where he was warmly welcomed by the Dutch royal family and government, as well as countless Prussian people, and even Prince Bernhard, the husband of Queen Juliana, who was about to be crowned, ran to the station to greet him.

After some necessary diplomatic activities, Yang Yuan took his fiancée and squeezed in the middle of a group of European kings, queens, princesses and princes, wearing his red dress, and participated in the queen's coronation very ostentatiously. (To be continued.) )