Chapter 164: Air Raid on Washington
The nearly 4,000-kilometer flight from Shanghai to Singapore is undoubtedly a huge test for the Hercules passenger plane, which has a speed of only 400 per hour.
"Yang, you don't have to be so nervous, it took us eleven hours to fly from Midway to Guam, and if we didn't finally fly to Guam before running out of fuel, it is estimated that we would have to wait for rescue in the sea." Earhart, who had his turn to rest, took the orange juice and sat next to Yang Feng with a relaxed face and said.
"Weren't you scared then?" Yang Feng asked curiously.
"Why should you be afraid? In 1932 I flew alone for fifteen hours in the icy Atlantic, and I didn't even know where I was going, and finally I landed on a ranch in Northern Ireland, and I was not afraid, not to mention that this time there was a large group of people with me! Earhart said with a shrug.
"A madman!" Yang Feng thought secretly in his heart, but unfortunately there is a lack of such madmen among the Chinese, thousands of years of civilization history, let us see too many mad endings, we always instinctively avoid danger, but we don't know how to succeed without risking, this point we are too far from our neighbor who can be described as not sharing the sky.
The ten-hour journey finally ended in the evening, and in the afterglow of the sunset, the Hercules aircraft slowly landed at Singapore Seletar Airport, where Yang Feng and his entourage were given a grand welcome, not only to welcome the warriors who flew around the world for the first time in human history, but also to celebrate the official opening of the Beiping, Shanghai, and Singapore routes.
Golden Resources Airlines has obtained the exclusive right to operate this route, and in front of countless reporters, Yang Feng promised that the first official flight will land in Singapore in two months at the latest. This news made the overseas Chinese in Singapore extremely excited, to know that if you take a boat to Shanghai, it will take several days, but it only takes ten hours to take Yang Feng's plane, and you can sleep in a hotel in Shanghai at night when you leave in the morning, as for the ticket price. There is really no need to think about this, the rich Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia have money.
After a day in Singapore, he flew to Mumbai and then from Mumbai to Baghdad, and three days later Yang Feng and his party were already standing in the square outside St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
He was shocked by the enthusiasm of the Roman women for Yang Feng and his party, but he was relieved to think about it, he not only had famous feminists like Earhart, but also Hollywood stars like Magritte, and also Yang Feng was a famous businessman who benefited countless women. It was also normal to be a little welcomed, and they stayed in Rome for three days, and were even received by Xiaomo.
The Italian dictator looked very different from the one he had when he hung upside down in Piazza Milan, and he was now ready to go to war against Ethiopia, but the thought of him wanting to dominate the world with the Italians was the only thing he could do. Yang Feng couldn't help but feel pity for him.
In Rome, he broke up with Margaret and the others, and Margaret and Nguyen Lingyu flew to Paris on a Hercules. Yang Feng took a plane piloted by Earhart to Bern first, where he inspected his European JY headquarters, where Fang Xianting was already in charge of the work, and President Wu was in charge of arranging for international students sent from China to Europe.
His second son had been brought out of Hu Zongnan's country by Yang Feng through He Yingqin's relationship, and then as a military attache in Switzerland. came to serve President Wu for retirement, and now the old man's life is quiet and quiet.
After leaving Bern and going to Berlin, he inspected the construction of a joint venture with Merck and Merderian, and went to Guderian's house by the way, and took some technical information on the range extender of the bottom row. It was given to him as a favor, and then flew to Copenhagen.
When Yang Feng appeared in front of Xin'er and Yang Jing with a pair of red pandas in one hand, the two of them almost went crazy, this little thing looks so cute, it is estimated that no girl will not be stunned by it if she doesn't show that little fang.
"Be careful, don't look at this thing now in a daze and look cute, you can come to the spirit at night, don't sleep with it, it will scratch your face, in addition, this thing is more sensitive to temperature, in Copenhagen this place is better to get a warm room for them alone, and then equipped with an air conditioning system, the temperature is controlled at about 20 degrees as much as possible." Yang Feng hurriedly instructed them.
Margaret was almost scratched by the red panda's face, this thing has to sleep with the red panda in the middle of the night, you sleep with a nocturnal animal in your arms, isn't it trouble? When he woke up in the middle of the night, he woke up with a pair of green eyes in front of him, and was so frightened that he screamed, and when Yang Feng turned on the light, the red panda had already shown its fangs, but fortunately he reacted quickly and covered it with a sheet, otherwise a dazzling new star in Hollywood would have fallen, and he didn't want the two of them to repeat the same mistakes.
The greenhouse is naturally easy to do, Yang Feng bought a garden villa for the two of them, and now the plastic greenhouse has begun to become popular in Europe, looking for a helper to build it in the garden for half a day, and then install air conditioning, just throw the red panda inside.
Yang Feng had a tryst with his two fiancées for a week, and then he flew to Paris, and then went to London with Margaret and others, and then flew directly from London to the Azores, and then from the Azores to New York.
The long voyage of more than 40,000 kilometers, across three oceans, two large weeks of flight, so that intercontinental passenger transport has become a reality, this long flight, but also fully proved the performance of the Hercules A330 passenger aircraft, the journey has not been delayed because of mechanical reasons.
To be honest, he was able to fly back safely, even Yang Feng himself felt a little incredible, this is 1935, this is an aircraft with a piston engine, even if it is put aside for 80 years, it is already surprising that the piston engine runs 40,000 kilometers without problems, not to mention now, of course, this is also thanks to the engineers on the support plane, as well as the spare parts they carry.
But in any case, intercontinental air passenger transportation across the Pacific and Atlantic has become a reality, and the right to operate Atlantic routes obtained by Panda Air will also become another source of wealth for Yang Feng.
The Hercules twin planes made only a brief stop in New York and quickly filled up a batch of passengers, eager to wait for the passengers across the American continent to continue their last leg of the voyage, while Yang Feng and Margaret and Ruan Lingyu remained in New York.
Inside Yang Feng's private estate. The heads of those industries in the eastern part of the United States gathered together, waiting to report to the big boss on the work of the past six months, JY company naturally has nothing to say, it is still a daily money, whether it is drugs or daily chemical products are selling hot, not to mention anything else, Viagra alone has sales of more than two million US dollars a year in the Americas.
However, the quantum fund is still a money-losing product. Yang Feng's $30 million has now gone out of almost 20 million, and he has not seen the real income yet, even Lu Yongnian is a little frightened, but this is not his responsibility, in fact, he is a puppet, and what stocks to buy have to be completely decided by Yang Feng with telegrams.
"You don't have any psychological burden at this point, now that the U.S. stock market is in a downturn, it is a good time to buy the bottom, and you will naturally see the benefits in a few years. Let's put a long line to catch big fish! Yang Feng patted him on the shoulder and said, he doesn't care! The stocks he buys are historically tested and carefully selected to avoid all businesses that might be influenced by him.
Cherokee Motors is still selling well, the second production line has been put into production, and according to Yang Feng's design requirements, Land Rover, as a high-end brand, has also been put on the market, and the sales performance is also good. However, it is not strong in terms of gold absorption ability, and Yang Feng did not expect to make money from it. Besides, last year alone, he took away thousands of them.
HY Pharmaceutical has also become a big gold absorber, after penicillin was put into production, according to Yang Feng's commitment, the price was reduced to the original 10%, although the price dropped, but the sales volume skyrocketed. Not only did he earn tens of millions of dollars for Yang Feng and Pfizer, but he also earned the gratitude of countless Americans, especially Yang Feng, and under his influence, Americans' attitude towards the Chinese was much friendlier.
Of course, it's not just good news. There is also bad news, because of the large number of acquisitions of gold resources, resulting in a sharp rise in the price of jewelry in the American market, and now it has risen by one-third compared with the beginning of last year, although this increase is of little significance to Yang Feng, but it still makes him feel very uncomfortable, and now the United States prohibits private ownership of gold, let alone export gold abroad, so jewelry has become the only way for him to solve the dollars in his hand, and now the price of jewelry has risen so much, that means spending more money.
"What if you invest in a diamond mine yourself? The world's largest diamond mine seems to be in Australia, right? It seems to be called the Argyle Diamond Mine, which was only discovered in the 70s, and what if you go and buy it there now? Yang Feng immediately showed a wicked smile.
Not only diamonds, but also all kinds of gemstones, especially those that are not taken seriously now, at this time the gemstones are still mainly ruby sapphires, tourmaline, aquamarine, imperial jade these things are not very popular, and the main source of these gemstones is in Brazil, if you set up a gemstone company in the United States, and then go to Brazil for gem mining, and specialize in mining these gems that are not very popular now, it is a good business.
As soon as he said it, Yang Feng immediately registered a new mining company in the United States, named Amazon Mining, and then threw the next personnel recruitment to Lu Yongnian, who had nothing to do, and flew to Los Angeles with Margaret.
The Marauder is about to arrive in Los Angeles, but that's not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Yang Feng will preside over an unprecedented ceremony to justify the injustice suffered by Lockheed in the U.S. Department of Defense, or simply the bombing of Washington.
Of course, not real bombing, the Liberator bomber was rejected by the US Army long-range bomber project, just because the Lockheed boss is a Chinese, which makes everyone in Lockheed angry, Kelly Johnson and Wang Zhu have built two prototypes, after nearly half a year of test flights all indicators are no problem, and the actual performance of the two Liberators manufactured by Lockheed is similar to the Liberator D type, because of the use of a large number of light alloys, even slightly stronger.
The maximum range can reach 5,500 kilometers, the maximum bomb load is 6 tons, and the fastest speed is slightly slower than 450 kilometers, but the strength of the fuselage is more than that of the B24D, according to Kelly Johnson's plan, the two Liberators will each carry 100 kilograms of fireworks, and then the excess weight will be equipped with fuel, take off from Los Angeles at midnight, reach the sky over Washington at noon, first demonstrate and then drop fireworks in the air.
"Is there a law prohibiting fireworks in the skies over Washington?" On the outskirts of Burbank at midnight, the Lockheed Corporation's dedicated test flight site was brightly lit, Yang Feng looked at the two bombers in front of him and asked Kelly Johnson curiously.
"No, we have consulted a lawyer." Kelly Johnson said with a smile.
"So is there a law in the skies over Washington that prohibits the passage of planes?" Yang Feng asked again with a smile.
"Nope. However, theoretically we need to apply for the route in advance, and of course we can say that the equipment malfunction caused the loss. Kelly Johnson said with the same wicked smile.
"That's fine!" Yang Feng nodded and said.
"Will they be able to fly back to Los Angeles?" He suddenly asked, after all, it would take more than 7,000 kilometers to fly round trip, and the maximum flight distance of the Liberator was only 5,500 kilometers.
"It's not a big problem, and even if you can't fly back to Los Angeles, as long as you can fly west, it's a success." Kelly Johnson said. It can be seen that this product is looking forward to this operation more than Yang Feng, and the rejection of the liberator is not entirely because the boss of Lockheed is Yang Feng, and the chief engineer is a nobody in his twenties is also an important reason, if this operation is successful, there is no doubt that he will be famous, so this is also an opportunity for him to make a name for himself.
The four 1,200-horsepower engines of the Liberator roared at the same time, and the huge body began to glide slowly down the runway, one after the other, and soon began to accelerate, faster and faster. Until the lift of the wings was strong enough to support their bodies, the two behemoths gradually flew off the runway with their heads held high, and then pulled up and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
The next morning, Kelly Johnson took Yang Feng to the factory again, in addition to the Hercules passenger plane and the Libertadorant bomber, the prototype of the Lightning fighter is also being manufactured, but it will take at least a week before the test flight can be carried out, but the twin demons in the workshop have already shown their hideous faces. This strangely shaped fighter is full of evil, which is very much in line with Yang Feng's taste.
"But now it's hard to get orders from the military. Even if there are quantities, it will not be too large, how we can maintain production is a big problem, but the Hercules airliner is no problem, and now we have more than ten orders under negotiation. Kelly Johnson said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter," Yang Feng shrugged and said, "I'm afraid that there is no surplus of Hercules aircraft produced this year for external sales, and I need at least four airlines in China." In addition, Panda Air needs at least six, and two more for me to modify, one for special passenger aircraft and one for support aircraft, which is already twelve.
As for the Liberator bombers. You're going to produce me at least ten or more, and I'll send them all to China, and someone will definitely want them then. ”
The bald guy will definitely want it, even if he doesn't want them to stay in Yang Feng's hands, he has to buy these bombers, as for the money, it's also easy to do, if you don't have money, you can pay for gold, silver, jewelry and medicinal materials!
This cargo is ready to use this method to force the skinheads to develop the air force, the biggest trouble encountered by the Chinese army during the Anti-Japanese War is that there is not enough air protection, if there are enough aircraft, at least the casualty ratio will not be so disparity, the bomber is just the beginning, his real goal is to put the double demon, in this way to stuff a large number of bald heads.
After watching the production of fighter jets, Yang Feng went to Whittle's Jet Power Research Institute, and with sufficient financial support and the assistance of a large number of technicians, Whittle had already begun to manufacture the world's first turbojet engine.
"Yes, good job!" Yang Feng patted him on the shoulder with great satisfaction and said that in order to reward his engineers and business managers, Yang Feng specially got a bunch of Hollywood stars at noon to have lunch with these guys in Los Angeles, coaxing a group of young engineers to be dizzy, just when they were happy, far away in Washington, on the roof of a building, dozens of reporters were holding cameras and even camcorders blowing cold wind.
Of course, they have money to make by blowing the wind, and although I don't know why the JY company invited them here, they are still happy to come for the two hundred dollars of extra money for that person.
"George, what do you think they're trying to do?" A reporter poked an acquaintance next to him.
"I didn't know that these guys from JY Company are as inexplicable as their Chinese bosses!" George said with a shrug.
"Hey, what's that sound like?" At this time, another reporter suddenly shouted, and everyone was stunned for a moment, then turned back together, and then all of them were dumbfounded.
Two huge four-engine planes were flying at a very low altitude against the top of the building, and before their screams could be heard, they had already swept overhead, and the strong air currents blew down their hats.
"Bastard!" A journalist shouted at the ass of the plane with a waving fist.
"No, it's bombers, what are they flying to Washington for!" A reporter who came to his senses suddenly shouted, and everyone reacted at once, not caring about picking up their hats, and quickly pointed the camera at the distant planes one by one, and almost at the same time, two explosions exploded one after another, and two fireworks suddenly exploded behind the two planes.
Then I saw two planes arrogantly circling over Washington, and kept throwing fireworks as they flew, and the originally quiet afternoon was suddenly disturbed by these sudden evildoers, and the streets were full of people looking up at the sky, and even many moving cars stopped, and all the drivers poked their heads out to look at the sky.
The cameras in the hands of these reporters faithfully recorded everything above them, and the two bombers circled in circles, constantly showing their arrogance in the sky with fireworks.
"Oh my God, I can't imagine what our capital would be like if these guys threw bombs instead of fireworks." A photographer muttered to himself while photographing the plane, and all the reporters couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs.
At this time, the destroyers of the Army Aviation finally arrived, but the next scene was jaw-dropping, because these destroyers couldn't catch up with these two bombers, this is P26, the fastest is close to 400 kilometers, but behind these bombers that should be slow, like a group of children chasing adults, no matter how they run, they can't catch up with the footsteps in front. (To be continued......)