Although it is difficult to explain clearly, Yu Dawei still has to explain Chiang Kai-shek's questions one by one helplessly.

"The Mawei Aircraft Factory was established in early 1918, when it was established by Ba Yuzao, Wang Zhu, Wang Xiaofeng, Zeng Yijing and others, who studied aeronautical engineering from the United States and obtained a master's degree, including many students who returned from abroad."

"Now Ba Yuzao, Wang Zhu, Wang Xiaofeng, Zeng Yijing and others have gone to Taiyuan, they are the main technical backbone of Mawei, Ba Yuzao, Wang Zhu before returning to China, both in the United States is now a large aircraft company Boeing, Curtis, General Motors as designers and chief engineers, the standard is extremely high. It is said that the chief designer of the first aircraft of the American Boeing Company was Wang Zhu. Since they left Mawei, Mawei has not been able to build new aircraft. ”

"Now the deputy chief engineer of our Ordnance Industry Administration is from Mawei, and he often corresponds with the personnel who went to Taiyuan. According to him, the Taiyuan aircraft factory did develop their own aircraft, and this is true. It's just that it's not clear what the surname of their new aircraft can be and whether it's really as advanced as Bi Guangheng said. ”

Chiang Kai-shek continued to ask: "I have heard Gongqia talk about Ba Yuzao, he and those people in Mawei are very capable talents, and these people can come back from abroad, which shows that they are all patriotic, but why did they all leave Mawei and go to Taiyuan?" Is Song Wenge paying a higher salary? ”

When Chiang Kai-shek called Song Zhewu, he did not call Wen Ge, but added a Song character, and everyone, including Yu Dawei, heard that Chiang Kai-shek was very dissatisfied with Song Zhewu's practice of digging up national talents.

The reasons for this are very complicated, and it involves several heavyweights here, which is definitely not something that Yu Dawei, a newcomer, dares to say clearly.

Yu Dawei was so anxious that fine sweat had broken out on his head, and he looked at He Yingqin with an embarrassed face, his eyes full of a look of help.

Yu Dawei is a senator of the Ordnance Industry Administration, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and He Yingqin is Yu Dawei's commander, so he must come out to speak at this time.

He Yingqin sighed slightly and said, "Chairman, that's the case. Indeed, as the chairman of the NPC National Committee said, Ba Yuzao and these people are all patriotic, and this can be seen from the fact that they were able to give up their privileged life abroad and return to China. ”

He Yingqin shook his head helplessly.

"Director Chen reported to me about their trip to Taiyuan, and I know it."

"The treatment given to them by Wenge is indeed very high, even higher than the salary of the people here, but Ba Yuzao and they did not come to Taiyuan because they coveted the high treatment given by Wenge."

"Why is that? Could it be that someone from the Ordnance Industry Administration is making things difficult for them? ”

Chiang Kai-shek's face had darkened, and one hand was clutching a pencil that he had caught in his hand at some point.

He Yingqin smiled bitterly and said: "That's not it, Director Chen values these people very much, and even recommended Ba Yuzao to me." The real reason why these people left Mawei was because of lack of funds, they only had a few hundred thousand oceans a year, not to mention that they could not build advanced aircraft in large quantities, and they did not even have enough funds to conduct research. As for Wengo, there is a lot of money available. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said with a calm face: "Chen Gongqia is responsible for this matter, the funds of the General Administration of Ordnance Industry are tens of millions every year, where do these funds go?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek said that Chen Yi was responsible, but in fact, He Yingqin understood that Chiang Kai-shek was blaming him, the Minister of Military Affairs.

"Director Chen can't be blamed for this."

He Yingqin explained: "The funds of the Ordnance Industry Administration seem to be a lot, but it is not much when it is apportioned to all aspects, and guns and ammunition are the ones that consume the most money. Mawei's funds were squeezed out by Director Chen with a lot of effort. ”

"In fact, there is another reason for the small amount of funds for the Mawei aircraft factory, that is, our navy and air force are only willing to buy aircraft from abroad, and are unwilling to use domestic aircraft. Because Mawei does not have an aircraft order, it is natural that they will not be allocated too much money. ”

Although the Aviation Administration is located in the Ministry of Military Affairs, Mao Bangchu was responsible for the purchase of planes and personally handed them over to Chiang Kai-shek for approval.

After graduating from the third phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, Mao Bangchu devoted himself to the military aviation industry, and studied in the Soviet Union and Italy successively, with excellent results.

Because of Mao Bangchu's special status, such as a native of Zhejiang, a native of Whampoa, a relative of the family, and a capable military aviation commander, especially after organizing and presiding over the aviation class of the Central Military Academy, he was even more highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek, so that He Yingqin could not interfere in the air force issue at all, and he skipped him, the minister of military affairs, and directly asked Chiang Kai-shek for approval.

He Yingqin also took the opportunity to put Mao Bangchu together, and even alluded to Chiang Kai-shek being the most responsible person for this matter.

Chiang Kai-shek finally understood what was going on at this time, and he also knew that this matter was actually related to him.

Chiang Kai-shek pondered and said: "The air force of the political axe started late, the scale is small, and if you want to reach the level of the European and American powers as soon as possible, you must buy the best when buying aircraft. ”

Chiang Kai-shek paused and continued: "According to Mao Bangchu, we cannot produce the most advanced monoplane in the world at present, and we can only build biplanes. Therefore, for the time being, to buy aircraft from abroad, this is also a matter of no way. ”

"However, it is still necessary for us to be able to build our own aircraft, and if we can build advanced aircraft, then we will no longer have to look at the faces of the great powers."

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Song Ziwen and He Yingqin, and said solemnly: "In the annual budget of the political axe in the future, the funds of the Aviation Administration must be listed separately, and it shall not be less than 5 million per year. ”

5 million! It was still too little, and Chiang Kai-shek still didn't understand the extent of the cost of aircraft development and manufacturing.

Yu Dawei opened his mouth, but finally held back and didn't make a sound. This question is obviously not something that he, a small person, can freely suggest to Chiang Kai-shek, especially on such an occasion, let Chen Yi go to He Yingqin and Chiang Kai-shek to theorize on this matter.

Chen Guofu, who had not spoken, leaned forward at this time and asked Wang Zhengting: "This Bi Guangheng seems to have been Shi Yousan's henchman before, right?" ”

As for Bi Guangheng being Shi Yousan's confidant, it was the first time that Chiang Kai-shek had heard of this matter, and his face couldn't help but become grim. looked at Wang Zhengting and waited for him to explain.

As soon as he heard that Chen Guofu was involved with Song Zhewu, He Yingqin was a little dissatisfied, and took over the topic and said: "Wen Ge has always cherished talents, I heard Xue Zhu say that this person is very good at lobbying, and he also admires this Bi Guangheng." This must be Wen Ge's love for talent again, so he recruited him. ”

"But one thing I am sure of is that Wen Ge will definitely not have anything to do with Shi Yousan, otherwise he would not dare to send Bi Guangheng to Nanjing openly. What's more, Shi Yousan is now in Han Fuyu's place, and Shi Yousan's subordinates are now all over the troops in North China. ”

He Yingqin meant to tell Chen Guofu, and also to remind Chiang Kai-shek that if he wanted to say that he had a relationship with Shi Yousan, the closest person was undoubtedly Han Fuyu in Shandong, not Song Zhewu. If anyone who took in Shi Yousan's old department was implicated in Shi Yousan, then the Northeast Army had the most Shi Yousan's old department, wouldn't Zhang Xueliang's suspicion be even greater?

Chiang Kai-shek also understood at this time, nodded and said: "Jingzhi is right, Wen Ge has always loved talents, and I believe that Wen Ge is the center of his heart." ”

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek affirmed Song Zhewu, Chen Guofu did not continue to dwell on this topic, but changed his words and said: "The aircraft factory under the Central Committee, as the chairman said, started late and is small in scale, but the situation in the local area is much better than that of the Central Air Force. ”

"Not to mention Taiyuan, the data of the investigation department shows that the air forces in Guangdong and Northeast China are very large-scale, especially in Northeast China, which not only has hundreds more planes than the Central Army, but also has a very large-scale aircraft maintenance plant and a well-equipped aviation school. If the central authorities can unify the military orders and at the same time bring the aircraft factories in these localities, including the arsenals in various localities, under the control of the central authorities, and coordinate and subordinate them in a unified manner, it will be extremely beneficial to the development of the air force and the aircraft manufacturing capacity of the central government. ”

Not to mention the aircraft, which is extremely valued by the local forces, Chiang Kai-shek did not fail to consider the integration of the military industrial enterprises affiliated to the local forces, and now almost all the local forces have their own arsenals, but these local forces have a very tight grasp of their military enterprises, and they will never let go easily. This can only be done gradually after he has completely stabilized the situation in the country.

Song Ziwen saw that Chiang Kai-shek's mood had completely stabilized, and his heart finally fell into his stomach. was thinking about how to comfort Chiang Kai-shek, but he didn't expect Chen Guofu to make waves again.

Song Ziwen shook his head and said: "This matter is not appropriate, let's not say that Guangdong is fighting against the central government, let's talk about Zhang Hanqing in the northeast, his arsenal is estimated to cost at least more than 200 million." The cost of his hundreds of planes and aviation schools, as well as pilots trained at home and abroad, will not be less than 100 million. I am afraid it is not easy for Zhang Hanqing to easily let go and hand over all these to the central government. ”

"It is better to say that the military enterprises in the Northeast and other places are all owned by the local finances. But the situation in Taiyuan Wenge is special. ”

"Although he also took over the military enterprises in the Yan Xishan period, when sorting out the Jin banknotes, the central government has ordered that those enterprises in Shanxi are all owned by the Taiyuan Administration, which is the compensation given by the central government to Wenge in order to stabilize the Jin banknotes."

"And I heard Xu Yongchang say that the expansion of enterprises such as the Taiyuan Arsenal and the newly built aircraft factory is even more frightening, and it is all Wenge's private money, and if the central government wants to take it back, it is bound to take out the money and return it to Wenge, but the problem is that the central government can't come up with such a large amount of money now."

(To be continued)