Chapter Eighty-Three: An Epoch-Making Fighter (I)
If the shock brought to everyone by Hans's static display on the ground was the small hill next to the airport, then the lightning-like plane roaring through the sky brought everyone present a Tarzan-like shake!
No one has ever seen such a fast plane!
A dozen black dots suddenly flashed from behind the clouds in the golden sunlight. With a huge whistling sound falling from the sky at a speed-like speed, it rushed down like thunder, shocking everyone on the scene with a speed never seen before!
"Here we are." Zhang Cheng hooked the corners of his mouth and chuckled, and said lightly. That's the opening effect he wants. No kind of data detection can be more shocking than the results that you have actually seen.
Twelve all-metal monoplanes flew around the airfield several times before they began to slow down and slowly enter the landing course. At this time, everyone at the airport looked at Zhang Cheng with completely different eyes.
Not to mention anything else, the speed alone has already crushed most of the planes on the scene. With the exception of Hans's monoplane, which does not yet know how well it performs, the other arms companies have completely given up hope of competition. My family knows my own business, and the gap in performance is too big, and it is no longer something that other advantages can make up.
"You kid!" Lieutenant General Yunmo raised his hand and patted Zhang Cheng's shoulder with excitement on his face, and shouted with irrepressible excitement on his face: "It's so fast!" The fastest ones have all crossed 500 kilometers, right? ”
Zhang Cheng smiled, and the loud hum of the engine echoed in his ears, and he didn't say anything more.
Looking sideways at the big names of the navy not far away, Zhang Cheng nodded slightly. This is a shocking gift that he has been preparing for a long time, if it can't achieve the effect he expected, then what is it that he has been busy for so long? Isn't it in vain?
"Humph!" One by one, the planes landed with the help of the ground personnel and were pushed to their respective stands. Seeing that everyone's eyes had already left Hans's plane and turned to Zhang Cheng's plane.
Lieutenant General Liu Bin suddenly snorted coldly and shouted loudly, "What's the use of just flying fast!" We want fighter planes, not racing planes! Lieutenant General Liu Bin's words are obviously that he can't eat grapes and says that grapes are sour. Anyone who knows a little bit knows how important speed is for an airplane in the sky.
"Yunmo!" The naval commander, who hadn't spoken much, suddenly turned to look at Zhang Cheng and Yunmo, and shouted loudly, "And that army kid on the side, come here!" ”
Zhang Cheng raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed, and glanced sideways at Lieutenant General Yunmo on the side. "What are you looking at?" Lieutenant General Yunmo straightened out his military uniform with an expressionless face, "Can't you hear the commander-in-chief's order?" ”
The commander-in-chief of the navy is named Li Han, and he is a real old navy. When he graduated from the Naval Non-commissioned Officer School, it was still the era when ironclad ships were rampant. Li Han started as the captain of the destroyer, and gradually became the first officer, captain, cruiser first officer, and captain. After graduating, he went to the Mediterranean Fleet as an operational staff officer, and then was promoted to deputy chief of staff of the Mediterranean Fleet.
After the arrival of the dreadnought era, Li Han refused the good prospect of going to the Navy Headquarters to sit in the office, and resolutely chose to become the captain of the first dreadnought!
As soon as his three-year term as captain ended, he was transferred back to the command of the Navy. Then he started from the logistics equipment department and walked step by step to the position of the current commander-in-chief of the navy. The admiral is sixty-five years old this year, and most of his years have been devoted to the navy and the sea.
Marshal Li Han is a typical big-ship gunner, and his ability to be here today really makes Zhang Cheng feel very strange.
"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Zhang Cheng, who was not wearing a military uniform, gave a military salute to Marshal Li Han, which made him feel a little awkward.
"Tell me how about these planes." Marshal Li Han raised his chin and gestured to the planes not far away that flashed with metallic luster, "Didn't you arrange such a show just to let us see it?" ”
"Your Excellency, Marshal." Zhang Cheng's face turned slightly red, and then he said, "Please follow me." After speaking, he sideways invited Marshal Li Han to follow him to see the plane that had just been parked.
There are twelve planes brought by Zhang Cheng this time, and they are three models. After coming to the first plane, Zhang Cheng looked at the dense crowd around him, coughed, and said softly, "It's okay to reveal these now, right?" ”
"You kid!" Lieutenant General Yunmo scolded with a smile: "All the people here have first-level secrecy clearance. All of them have signed confidentiality agreements, and no one will divulge any information. Hurry up and say it. ”
"Okay." Zhang Cheng nodded, raised his hand sideways and signaled to the fighter behind him, "This is an air superiority fighter mainly to seize air supremacy and engage in air combat." The supercharged engine is capable of reaching a maximum horsepower of 1,200 horsepower and a maximum flight speed of more than 500 kilometers. ”
"Hiss~~~" There was a sound of inhaling cool air in the surrounding crowd, and this speed was absolutely unprecedented. However, there are also people who know the goods, and they ask in confusion, "Is it the engine of the Jingxi No. 1 Machinery Manufacturing Factory?" ”
Zhang Cheng looked surprised and nodded, "That's right, it's their engine that is used." ”
As the heart of an aircraft, nothing could be more important than an engine. When Zhang Cheng selected the engine, he quickly selected the latest products of Jingxi First Machinery Manufacturing Factory. It is an established engine manufacturing plant with a long history. This factory specializes in the production of engines, automobiles, ships, and airplanes. And the quality is reliable, and the credibility is very high.
Of course, Zhang Cheng can also copy some engine drawings from his mobile phone. But first of all, he doesn't know at all, and secondly, complex engines can't be done with some drawings and materials at all. It also involves materials science and tectonics. Zhang Cheng didn't have the time and energy to solve the problems one by one. Some precision instruments, even a simple part drawing, can have as many as a thousand!
Zhang Cheng's idea is to use the mature technology of this era as much as possible, and combine it with a new design concept to form a perfect advanced industrial product. If they all came on their own, it wouldn't have been possible at all.
The engine selected by Zhang Cheng is a high-horsepower engine for aviation just launched by Jingxi No. 1 Machinery Manufacturing Factory, and it is a coincidence that it can be used just in time. At that time, the engineers of the Jingxi First Machinery Manufacturing Factory once suggested that Zhang Cheng use the turbocharging method, but Zhang Cheng refused.
Zhang Cheng, who understands the development of weapons and equipment in World War II, knows very well that the navy does not need turbocharging at all. Moreover, the use of immature turbocharging technology will greatly reduce the service life of the engine, and may even reach less than 1,000 hours.
It's all a pit. Engineers at the Jingxi Daiichi Machine Building Plant wanted Zhang Cheng to pay for their turbocharging technology. Zhang Chengcai will not be fooled.
"The technology of this engine is mature, and the service life can reach at least 3,000 hours. And. Zhang Cheng looked around, smiled, raised his chin slightly, and said, "I have won the patent right to use this engine and subsequent models for ten years." ”
"Coax~~~" As soon as Zhang Cheng's words fell, he immediately aroused the anger of all the arms dealers. Everyone stared at Zhang Cheng deadly, and their eyes were about to burst into flames.
Zhang Cheng's hand cut off the idea of other companies catching up in a short period of time. Without a good engine, there is no point in other aspects of design catching up.
Either you will reduce the performance, or you will spend a lot of time and money on research and development yourself. If you want Zhang Cheng to take the initiative to hand over the engine technology, unless the Ming Dynasty is in a state of war, it will be ordered by the army or navy command. This means that Zhang Cheng is very likely to eat alone.
"Shut up!" Marshal Li Han looked at the mess around him, frowned, and suddenly shouted angrily. In an instant, everyone was quiet.
The people of these arms companies may dare not to give face to Vice Admiral Liu Bin, but absolutely no one dares not to give face to the marshal. In Daming, there are almost no people who dare to do this. Even Lord Shousuke would be polite to the Admiral, let alone these people.
"I don't have the ability to complain here, what?" Marshal Li Han, who was in good spirits, looked around and said in a cold voice, "I have the ability to do it myself, and things that I can't think of have been thought of by others, so what qualifications do you have to complain about now?" Well? A bunch of with no eyes. Whoever dares to do something about it, Lao Tzu will stuff him into the barrel of the main gun to shoot the target! ”
As soon as Marshal Li Han's words fell, Zhang Cheng's heart was immediately relieved. With the endorsement of the commander of the Navy, almost no one dared to lay a black hand on him!
After a pause, Marshal Li Han looked at Zhang Cheng on the side, "Then say, don't pay attention to them." ”
"Yes." Zhang Cheng nodded slightly, and then said, "This air superiority fighter is 8.7 meters long, with a wingspan of 9.9 meters, a height of 3.7 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of 3.6 tons. The maximum flight speed in the test flight exceeded 502 km. The maximum flight altitude reaches 9100 meters. With the addition of auxiliary fuel tanks, the combat radius at sea can reach about 290 nautical miles. Armament is two 20 mm machine guns and four 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. ”
Zhang Cheng's face flashed with a hint of pride, "This new aircraft uses a large number of original patented technologies, including gull-shaped wings, retractable landing gear, foldable wings, armored cockpit and fuel tanks, all-metal skeleton and metal skin. I can say without exaggeration that, at least for the time being, this aircraft is the king of the planet's skies. No aircraft will be his opponent! This plane will rule the skies! ”
Even piston engines with low technical performance requirements require a long time to develop and a lot of money.
It's not unusual for a brand new aircraft to be designed in years. It's just that Zhang Cheng has a powerful mobile phone, and he has already completed the design work according to the technical standards that can be achieved in this era. And they are all used in the technology that has matured in this era, just combining them.
During these three months, the main thing was to improve various drawings and materials. This is followed by production, assembly, ground commissioning, engine commissioning, overall inspection, and flight tests. Until today's shocking appearance.
Everyone at the scene was holding their breath. Whether it was a marshal, a general, a colonel, a representative of an arms company, a designer, a test pilot, a ground crew, or anyone else, they were all struck by such a powerful performance. Everyone looked at Zhang Cheng with complicated eyes, speechless.
"Where is the designer of this aircraft?" After Marshal Li Han pondered for a moment, he looked at Zhang Cheng and said softly, "I want to award him a medal." ”
Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and nodded with a chuckle, "Your Excellency the Marshal, the designer is right in front of you." ”