With the development of the war, the defects of China's weak foundation have been constantly exposed.

Li Bufan's face was extremely ugly, he had heard Wu Di say that Soviet Russia had developed rapidly in World War II, but now that he thinks about it carefully, it is not without reason, because Soviet Russia received the basic heritage of the Russian Empire, and at the beginning of the 20th century, Britain and France in order to win over Russia and aid Russian industrial technology, so that Russia basically achieved basic industrialization, which laid a solid foundation for the development of Soviet Russia's five-year plan, not to mention some other factors. However, China has fallen into a civil war in the budding industry, and the scale of education has been limited because of the high salaries of teachers, and at the same time, the national strength does not allow the large-scale development of education, and what is worse is that before this period, China's education has always focused on literature, which makes China lack technical talents in various fields.

At this time, if China had the education level of an ordinary prefecture-level city in the 21 st century, as Wu Di said, it would be completely capable of asking for anything, and development would not be a problem.

Wu Di saw Li Bufan's face and said with relief: "Boss, don't worry, even if it is the current J-2, it is not something that Western barbarians can fight against." ”

Li Bufan thought about it for a while, and said in deep thought: "Development takes time, I know this." However, I would like the aircraft factory to design and produce a strategic bomber. ”

"Strategic bombers?" Li Fei, Li Air Force, and Wu Di all looked at Li Bufan in surprise.

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Not bad." I would like this strategic bomber to have a range of seven thousand kilometers, and on this range the bomb load must not be less than six tons. This bomber is vital to whether we can win this war or not. ”

Li Air Force smiled bitterly: "Commander-in-chief." That's impossible. The strategic bomber is not as good as the H-1 Thunderbird bomber, our Thunderbird uses the same engine as the fighter, if there is a change, it is just a larger propeller, so as to minimize our production difficulty. But the strategic bomber is different, with such a long range, there is no doubt that the fuselage must be huge, with a fuel load of several tons, and it must also be four-engine, such an aircraft. The weight alone will reach more than a dozen tons. Combined with bombs and fuel, the maximum take-off weight is almost close to 30 tons, or even exceeds, and it is definitely not possible to use fighter engines. Maybe you can't even fly. ”

Li Bufan frowned. looked at Li Fei. After all, Li Fei is an aviation expert.

Li Fei pondered for a while and said: "If you use the power of the Dongfeng-550, you can fly, and the estimated speed is only about 200 kilometers. But if you want to fly so far, you have to have at least a dozen tons of oil, which is unrealistic, and such an aircraft cannot be designed. However, if the strategic bomber is so critical, it is not impossible to create it. ”

"Can you make it?" Li Bufan was overjoyed.

Li Fei said: "Of course you can." However, the engine had to be redesigned, and with our current equipment, if we were to produce a large piston aero engine, I think it would be possible to design an engine powered by 800 horses. With four engines and 800 horses, the aircraft should have a maximum speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour, and it is not impossible to increase the fuel load capacity as much as possible in the design, and it is not impossible to reach a range of 7,000 kilometers. ”

Li Bufan was overjoyed and said: "Great, then it's decided." ”

Li Fei said: "Commander-in-chief, but once we produce this strategic bomber, the production capacity of our aircraft factory will be greatly affected, and I estimate that the production will be reduced by 20%. ”

Li Bufan gasped and said, "How can there be so much less?" We can stop or minimize the production of the H-1 Thunderbird, but can't these people be transferred to support the production of strategic bombers? ”

Li Fei said with a wry smile: "Commander-in-chief, in fact, only a very small number of high-precision parts are limited to the output of our aircraft, such as bearings, gears, etc., and the remaining 99% of the parts are not so high, and workers only need to train for a few months to produce most of the parts." If we want to reopen a new engine production line, we will have to bring in a small number of high-level technicians, and production will naturally drop sharply. ”

Li Bufan's chest rose and fell sharply in anger, and he said after a long time: "It's been so many years, haven't we been able to train high-level technicians in batches?" ”

Wu Di shook his head and said: "Boss, we have only been developing for a few years, and you want to train high-end technical talents in batches?" I'm not afraid to tell you, in the 21st century, such talents have to be college students, graduate students, learn professional knowledge for three or five years, and then someone will practice it for two or three years before they can barely make do with it. What is the level of education of our current technicians? A small number of college students, most of whom have not yet graduated, are studying while practicing, and it is a miracle that the output of aircraft can now produce two or three hundred aircraft per month. ”

Li Fei said: "Mr. Wu is right. If we are given three or five years, large-scale production is not a problem at all. But now it is very difficult, of course, under the current huge pressure, every once in a while, we have a small number of technical personnel will be upgraded to this level, the production of fighter aircraft will be restored in half a year or ten or eight months, after all, our current aircraft is still relatively simple, and the precision requirements of key parts have not yet reached the point of harshness. ”

Li Bufan's expression recovered slightly, and he said in deep thought: "If we send technicians to produce strategic bombers as you said, how long will it take us to produce them, and what is the output?" ”

Li Fei calculated: "In terms of design, there is a smart brain simulation of the base car, which can be done in one month, and the quality must be first-class, and even the conventional test flight can be saved." However, if such a demanding large aircraft wants to enter the mass production process, it is estimated that it will take several months or even half a year, and the biggest obstacle to production is the engine, and I estimate that the production of six aircraft a month is the limit. ”

"Six?" Li Bufan frowned and said, "See if you can do this." Our automobile factory also produces automobile engines, although the requirements of automobile engines are low, but we can transfer the good hands to it, is it possible to expand production capacity? ”

Li Fei said: "I have done this a long time ago. The precision manufacturing technicians of these engines, who are considered qualified, will first be transferred to the production of J-1 training aircraft engines, and then transferred to the production of Dongfeng-450 engines when the technology has improved. If it weren't for this gradual increase in cultivation, how could we have been able to achieve this scale of aircraft production in such a short period of time? ”

Li Bufan was suddenly speechless, and could only let out a deep sigh.

Long-range strategic bombers are a must-have for China. After Li Bufan heard Wu Di's description of the old United States bombing the German mainland during World War II, he made up his mind that it must be produced, and he naturally knew that it was impossible to produce that scale, but once his "plan to land in the city" was successful, strategic bombers would come in handy.

The industrial capacity of the United States is so strong, seven or eight times that of China in this period, that the purpose of building strategic bombers is undoubtedly to destroy the heavy industrial cities of the United States, destroy their factories, and weaken their industrial capabilities. At the same time, if China advances to the Middle East in the ensuing war, then strategic bombers can also launch a major strike against European industry.

It is difficult to increase industrial production capacity quickly in a short period of time, which is a matter of no way. Then if you want to close the gap as much as possible, the only way to do this is to destroy the enemy's industry, which is much easier to destroy than to build. The British can get the officers and men of the navy to set up a naval death row squad to deal with China's "rocket-boosted unlimited" torpedoes, and of course they can "return the favor to the other in the other way."

After Li Bufan finalized the production of strategic bombers, he soon returned to Nanjing.

As soon as he returned to the Ministry of National Defense, Li Hengshan reported: "Commander-in-chief, the plan to use prisoners of war has been basically counted. ”

Li Bufan and Wu Wei glanced at each other, and Li Bufan took a sip of Li Huashan's upside down tea and said, "How is it?" ”

Li Hengshan said: "We have captured more than 567,000 American soldiers, more than 183,000 British troops, more than 212,000 French troops, plus other white prisoners, a total of more than 1.31 million people. After preliminary inquiry and examination, more than 60,000 of these captives were engaged in heavy industries such as machinery and manufacturing, and they could be used by us, although their level needs to be further verified. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Very good." These people can be used by me, starve them to death if they don't work, and shoot them if they do sabotage. ”

"Yes!" Li Hengshan responded, paused and said, "Commander-in-chief, according to normal inference, I think most of these people are of average level, and it is difficult to have any great use. I have an idea now that should be more useful, though. ”

Li Bufan was surprised and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Li Hengshan responded: "Since there are so many white people for my use, I want to have some more people, so that people will not be suspicious." ”

Li Bufan frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Li Hengshan smiled: "I mean, haven't we always had a secret cooperation with the Rothschilds?" In the early stage of our development, they provided a lot of high-end talents, which provided great help to our development. ”

Wu Di jumped up on the spot and said happily: "That's right." Let the Jews send some high-end technicians to assist, and our high-end manufacturing will not be a problem, and the scale of our aircraft production will definitely be able to grow rapidly. ”

Li Bufan nodded and smiled: "This is indeed a good way." ”

Li Hengshan said: "It's just that Jews don't necessarily agree. If this news leaks, then Israel will be in crisis. While we can call on Tiger warriors to keep them safe and confidential, the Jews may not believe in absolute secrecy. ”

Li Bufan frowned, this is definitely not a lie, and he would not agree to it.

Wu Di laughed and said, "As long as the Jews have this heart, then there is no problem at all." ”

Li Bufan was surprised and said, "Do you have a way?" ”

Wu Di Yin smiled: "Of course. For example, we can let the Jews set up a high-precision machinery factory on the west coast of the United States, concentrate a large number of high-end mechanical personnel, and we can send submarines and tiger warriors to attack them all and get them all, as long as we prepare some supplementary fuel on the west coast of the United States. ”

Li Bufan looked at Wu Di blankly, thinking: Could this be one of the means of the traverser? (To be continued......)