Chapter 155: The First Day's Popularity

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The super performance of the wind and thunder turboprop engine immediately attracted countless inquiries, and the staff in the exhibition area of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex were busy, and even many representatives of the exhibitors of aircraft manufacturers came to consult the situation of this engine! Professionals from major aircraft manufacturers have found a huge opportunity for this Thunderbolt turboprop engine to design a series of more powerful aircraft, just like the largest M40 transport aircraft in the exhibition area, they believe that with the Thunderbolt turboprop engine, they can also design a large aircraft!

In the same way, the professionals of the aircraft manufacturer found an even bigger surprise waiting for them, and that was the Thunder Jet Engine! The average professional audience does not know about this engine, but the designers of the aircraft factory have long been looking forward to the day when it will be used! With jet engines, they were able to design faster aircraft, and of course the most promising were jet fighters and bombers, which were not suitable for transport and passenger aircraft due to their high fuel consumption. But the Wind Thunder turboprop next to it makes up for this shortcoming!

Many aircraft designers began to record the engine performance data on the display board in a notebook and made simple calculations, which frightened them! Needless to say, the Thunder jet engine can make a fighter weighing several tons reach two or three times the flight speed of the fastest fighter jet at the moment, because its thrust is simply too great! The Wind Thunder turboprop engine also attracts them, with a maximum continuous power of 2500 horsepower, a high power-to-weight ratio, and very small fuel consumption, only less than 0.3 kg/hp/h! It is even lower than the aviation piston engine, you must know that the current world's mainstream piston engines such as BMW 132 piston engine and Pratt & Whitney Wasp piston engine. Their fuel consumption is around 0.32 kg/hp/h!

After such a comparison, these aircraft designers were immediately ecstatic! If these two engines of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex can be bought, they will be able to design larger and faster aircraft, which will cause a revolution in the aviation industry!

Reporters from the news media have a keen sense of smell and quickly discover the news value! The cameras in their hands were all focused on two new engines, as well as three aircraft of various sizes. As for the other exhibits of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, they have almost been ignored, and even the Vulcan Cannon, which caused a huge sensation in the last defense exhibition, can only be willing to be green leaves now!

After filming these new engines and planes that are about to make a sensation in the world, the reporters sent the microphones in their hands to the aircraft designers of the major aircraft manufacturers who came to visit, as well as the staff of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry Complex.

Of course. Whether it is the staff of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, or the designers of other aircraft manufacturers, they do not hesitate to praise these two engines and three aircraft in the best words, and even in their eyes, these products can no longer be described as perfect!

The popularity of the exhibition area of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex is indescribable, and even the exhibits they prepared were quickly looted by the audience! The staff was even more tired enough. However, they are also happy, and even more proud to be a member of the Dragon Soul. I am even more confident in the future of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex!

If it weren't for the flight show outside the exhibition hall, I was afraid that the crowd in the exhibition area of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex would not stop at all, but fortunately, the air show relieved the pressure on the Dragon Soul staff, and the audience naturally didn't want to miss the air show, and they could come back at any time in the Dragon Soul exhibition area, because the defense exhibition was open for several days. Wait until the back is not so crowded.

Of course, not all the audience crowded into the Dragon Soul exhibition area, because there were tens of thousands of viewers, and it was impossible for them all to squeeze in, so those who moved slower were the audience. I chose to visit the exhibition area of other exhibitors, after all, the defense exhibition is open for five days. Therefore, in addition to the exhibition area of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry Complex, the exhibition areas of some other well-known large arms dealers also attracted a lot of people!

For example, the German company Krupp has also launched a series of new products, of course, all of which are artillery! As for the vehicles, they can't afford to show them here! Krupp's cannons are world-famous, since decades ago, Krupp's cannons have become a sharp weapon in war, and even the Qing government of China at that time also bought a lot, on July 27, 1866, the Chinese delegation visited Krupp. In 1871, Li Hongzhang bought 328 cannons of various calibers from Krupp in one go, and deployed them in Dagukou, Beitang, Shanhaiguan and other forts, first of all, to stabilize the defense and security of Beijing. Between 1877 and 1896, Krupp received an order from the Qing government for about 2,000 cannons. In 1896, Li Hongzhang went to the Krupp Gun Factory in Germany. The Krupp people warmly received the company's big customers for decades and also issued a special commemorative book for him. The next day, Krupp personally accompanied Li Hongzhang to the shooting range to visit Chinese students.

Gustav also attached great importance to this defense exhibition, and even personally came to preside over the installation of the exhibition. They also had a number of well-made models of cannons on their stand, after all, it was not practical to transport the cannons from Germany, and the cost was very high, just need to use the models and materials to attract customers, and then lead customers to Krupp for field visits. Because at the defense exhibition, it is generally only a purchase intention agreement to be signed, and it is necessary to go through a series of investigations, and through bargaining to determine the final price, in order to complete a weapons transaction.

In addition to Krupp, many world-renowned arms dealers such as Junkers, Mauser, Vickers, Renault, Porsche, Pratt & Whitney, Colt, Skoda and many other world-renowned arms dealers have also welcomed many guests.

Of course, on the morning of the opening of the defense exhibition, it was mainly a visit to understand that not a single agreement of intent to purchase had yet been signed. However, judging from the popularity of the defense exhibition, the turnover of this defense exhibition must be much higher than that of the first Stockholm international defense exhibition. Not only because the number of exhibitors and visitors has increased by two or three times, but also because with the changes in the international situation, many countries have a strong demand for improving their national defense capabilities, for example, countries like China, under the aggression of Japan, urgently need to purchase advanced weapons to equip their armies. In turn, the same is true of Japan, due to the lack of resources and the consumption of the war, the Japanese also need to buy weapons and equipment, because their ambitions are not as simple as occupying Northeast China! (To be continued......)