"All in place, now listen to my command and take a step forward!" Diaphragm

In a makeshift auditorium somewhere in Tianjin, Jiang Baili, Zaitao and others are beginning to conduct a second selection of the school worker guards.

Thanks to the support of Yan Zhiyi, the head of the industrial department, the seedlings sent in several batches before and after are very good, and the reputation of the Academy of Sciences is outside, and the crowd who came to sign up for a while has almost broken the threshold.

Seeing that his subordinates were screening the candidates' physical fitness, Zaitao sat on the chair, poured himself a glass of water and drank it happily: "Hey, we have been tired in the past few days, since we arrived in Tianjin, we have been busy screening people, and there must be thousands of people before and after." ”

Jiang Baili was still meticulously checking the list, and said expressionlessly: "To be precise, we have screened 891 people, and there are still 436 people left who have not been screened. ”

Zaitao picked up his sleeve and wiped it on his face casually: "You are still good at this, unlike me who throws it away after remembering it, and it is difficult to think about it again." ”

Jiang Baili's hand that was flipping through the book was stunned for a while, and he was noncommittal: "Maybe I'm really good at this, but let's raise the standard three times in a row, and now we still recruit 121 people, which has far exceeded the target given to us by the dean, have you figured out how to deal with it?" ”

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, what are you afraid of?" Although he looked like the eldest and his second child, Zaitao's hand was obviously trembling: "We are really too much, could it be that you have misremembered the data." For example, indicator 120, complete 100? "Ahh

Jiang Baili closed the ledger and looked straight into his eyes: "You mean, I miscalculated?" ”

"No, no, no, of course I didn't mean that." Zaitao waved his hand again and again, and handed the tea in his hand closer: "You drink tea first, let me take it slowly, and see if I can think of a way to get the best of both worlds." ”

Jiang Baili took the cup and didn't drink it directly, took it aside and said: "To be more specific, we only have 99 of them, but if we recruit one more and take it out for the outside world to see, it may cause unnecessary problems."

What's more, at the moment, our Academy of Sciences has caused such a big battle, and I don't know how many ill-intentioned people are coveting us, so we must be extremely careful in every step we take to avoid causing difficulties to the dean. ”

Zaitao nodded heavily: "I understand what you said, after all, playing 'private soldiers' under the noses of others, although it is under the banner of school workers, but the number of people is not right, it will still cause suspicion." Baili, do you have any other way? ”

Compared with Zaitao, who was born in the Manchu aristocracy and has no worries about food and clothing for half his life, Jiang Baili has a lot more purity for military affairs, although he doesn't look down on some of Zaitao's practices in his heart, but he has always been right about things and not people, not to mention that it is still related to Cheng Nuo's arrangement, and he is even more cautious.

Putting aside the previous suspicion for the time being, Jiang Baili thought for a while, and said unhurriedly: "At present, we still have many candidates who have signed up but will be screened in the future, and the number of people who meet the requirements is bound to increase in the future, and there will even be a number of people who continue to sign up." Diaphragm

And when we left, the dean told us to have a good relationship with the public, and the other party kept sending people here, which means that we have no way to refuse, not to mention that the selection standards have been raised many times before and after, and it is really not possible to change the requirements. ”

Zaitao leaned his head closer: "Please ask Mr. Baili for advice." ”

Jiang Baili shook his head: "You and I are grasshoppers on the same rope, where can we be counted as who guides whom?" In my opinion, the only way at the moment is to raise the selection criteria, isolate some of the better people from coming out, and maintain the size of the school staff at 99. ”

"This ...... Harm, Mr. Baili, didn't you repeat what you said again, and you just denied it. Zaitao hesitated for a long time, his face was a little ugly, and finally he couldn't help but say.

"Mr. Zai, you have misunderstood, and we have another use for the people who have been isolated." Jiang Baili pushed the water cup on the table aside, and gestured on the table: "Keep the original scale unchanged, but we will use other uses to select high-quality people." ”

"Hey, I kind of understand what you mean." Zaitao's face softened slightly, and he sat on the chair thoughtfully: "Do you want them to join us in another job at the same time?" ”

Jiang Baili said with a serious face: "Yes, it's just because our selection criteria have lower age requirements, stronger learning ability, and better body coordination." "Ahh

"Lower age requirements, better learning ability, better physical coordination...... It's not like you're looking for school workers. The deeper he thought about it, the more shocked he was by his thoughts, Zaitao hesitated: "Could it be that you are selecting according to the standards of pilots?" ”

Jiang Baili affirmed this: "Yes, this is my idea, to select pilots as soon as possible, and to conduct comprehensive training for them on the ground before the aircraft is manufactured, so as to facilitate the work of other comrades of our Academy of Sciences in the future." ”

Zaitao hasn't reacted yet: "But in this way, the second selection with the standard of selecting pilots is not just as simple as a higher grade." ”

Jiang Baili showed a rare smile: "Doesn't this just give us a reason to streamline the team." ”

In fact, the reason why Jiang Baili chose to do this was because he had already been allowed by Cheng Nuo, and even the number of people was overselected at the beginning, which was intentional by him.

According to the historical background at that time, the government also specifically stipulated the distinction between military cadets and students in terms of aviation cadets, which continued until the War of Resistance Against Japan.

The selection of aviation students from the Nanjing National/Nationalist Government is mainly selected from two aspects: the selection of military students and local schools. The aviation cadets selected from the army are mainly selected from the army, navy, and aviation schools, and most of them study aircraft piloting technology. Diaphragm

There is also a small number of studies in aviation mechanics. This part of the personnel is called the Air Force cadets. In fact, for various reasons, the number of Air Force students selected by the National/Nationalist Government is actually much lower than the number originally planned.

In local schools, especially from Tsinghua University and Jiaotong University, the aviation students are mainly studying aeronautical engineering technology, and most of them have obtained master's or doctoral degrees in aeronautical engineering abroad.

This was carried over by the policies of the local warlords, and some powerful local factions such as Chen Jitang in Guangdong, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in Guangxi, and Yan Xishan in Shanxi also sent some personnel to learn aviation technology, but most of them were still flying aircraft.

Cheng Nuo has the heart to do the aviation industry, of course, he knows some about this history, and naturally has these special arrangements for Jiang Baili when he leaves.

Smoothing out his thoughts, Zaitao was still a little puzzled: "To put it bluntly, let's raise the standard just to select some people who fly planes, where do those who can build planes come from?" ”

Jiang Baili took a sip of tea, his eyes were full of trust: "The high scientific research and technology content is naturally responsible for the dean, if nothing else, the future aviation scientific research personnel will be officially hired from various universities in China." ”

Before Zaitao could continue to speak, there was a sudden commotion from the inner compartment. Diaphragm

"According to the order, each of you has to take off all the clothes on your body, now I will carry it for fifteen seconds, and after fifteen seconds, all the vests on my body will immediately get rid of me!" Instructor Zhang San was expressionless, but his voice was like a bell.

"Instructor, I have something to ask." A trembling hand was stretched out from the corner, with a nervous look on his face.

"If you have something to say, let it go!" Zhang San said coldly, without emotion in his tone.

"That's right, I want to ask if the little pants can be kept?" The student swallowed and spat and asked out loud.

"Can't you understand what I'm saying? All clothes, remember, all clothes are not allowed! Zhang San walked up to the student and said in a loud voice: "Answer me, do you understand this time?" ”

The trainees staggered their eyes and did not dare to look directly at the instructor: "Understood." ”

Zhang San was very dissatisfied with this: "Didn't I send you food in the morning, my voice was like humming words, tell me loudly!" "Ahh

The trainees mustered up courage: "Got it!" ”

Zhang San scoffed: "No wonder I don't dare to take it off, I don't think there are no eggs underneath?" ”

The student was completely enraged, his face flushed, and his eyes seemed to burn the person in front of him: "Report, Li Si understands, and at the same time tells the instructor that I am not lacking in what a man should have!"

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Zhang San raised his eyebrows, not frightened at all: "Very good, this is a bit of a man's taste, just now I thought it was a father-in-law from the palace." ”

As soon as he said this, it immediately caused laughter from the audience, and even the instructor Zhang San seemed to be infected by emotions and laughed.

It's just that Li Si is suffering, and his devouring eyes want to tear the person in front of him apart.

At this moment, the smile on Zhang San's face stopped abruptly, and he immediately turned around and raised his watch: Yan

“15”

“14”

“13”

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Looking at this extremely dramatic scene, Zaitao was dumbfounded.

"Mr. Baili, that's how we were selected?"

"That's right, if you want to become one of the most diverse teams in the future Academy of Sciences, the parts on your body are naturally indispensable, and what you see now is the first pilot of our pilot selection, and you can't even give me a scar." Jiang Baili and the two came in from behind, stood behind the students and whispered. Diaphragm

"But shouldn't our attitude be better?" Zaitao hesitated.

Jiang Baili pinched his waist and said unceremoniously: "It's not their true nature to be submissive, but the edges and corners have been smoothed out by reality for the time being." It may be appropriate to put it somewhere else, but here, it is absolutely not okay, what we want is their blood. ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to Zhang San, who was about to come over to say hello, Jiang Baili said loudly: "Everyone is in place, now listen to my command, raise your hands in front of you, and do thirty squats on the spot......

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Cheng Nuo naturally didn't know about the situation at the selection site in Tianjin, and now he found Ba Yuzao and others to discuss the issue of aircraft manufacturing materials.

"In fact, the aircraft of the Wat brothers is mainly made of wooden materials as the main structure of the aircraft, its fuselage including the skeleton, pillars and wing ribs are made of spruce wood, the propellers are made of walnut, the wing skin is made of linen, and only a few load-bearing parts are made of metal rods." Ba Yuzao introduced.

Cheng Nuo tasted the taste: "That is, you want to use wooden materials to build an airplane for us?" "Ahh

Although Cheng Nuo's impression is that most of the aircraft are manufactured using technical materials, in the current environment, the current mainstream configuration is still mainly wood.

When the world's first all-metal aircraft, the F13 passenger aircraft, is pushed back a few years, Cheng Nuo is not too surprised here.

In addition, wooden aircraft are lightweight, easy to process, and low cost. Early aircraft engines had low power and low flight speeds, so the wing surface was also subjected to less load, and the strength of the wood material was sufficient.

At the same time, most of the aircraft in World War I had engines of less than 74 kilowatts and flew at a speed of about 100 km/h, and the wooden material was completely sufficient.

Moreover, in a special war environment, even after World War II, when metal jet aircraft became the mainstream, wooden aircraft still had a certain combat capability.

For example, in the War of Resistance Against US Aggression, although the US military monopolized air supremacy on the Korean Peninsula, during the entire war, more than 1.04 million aircraft sorties, an average of 800~1,600 sorties per day, posed a serious threat to our military.

In the face of such a huge disparity in air power, the Chinese and DPRK air forces have successfully organized several night air raids on the US air force's deep bases, and have achieved outstanding results. Diaphragm

One of them is because we used the Bo-2 aircraft, which is a small two-seat biplane with a wooden fuselage and canvas skin made in the Soviet Union, mainly as a primary training aircraft, with no combat self-defense firearms on board, equipped with a piston star-shaped gasoline engine, and a speed of 200~300 kilometers per hour.

However, it is this kind of small aircraft that seems to be very backward in terms of performance, because the electromagnetic reflection of its air defense warning radar on wooden canvas planes is very weak, and it is difficult to detect it in advance, and it has repeatedly broken through the interception of jet interceptors equipped with night-time sighting radar devices of the US Air Force, and has achieved good results.

So although the general trend of history is unstoppable, the good and the bad can still be transformed.

"If there is no better design solution, for the time being, it will be mainly wood." Ba Yuzao thought for a moment and gave an affirmative answer.

"Then do you have any replacement materials, as far as I know, whether it is walnut wood popular in Europe and the United States or other special woods, we don't have them, so we have to be flexible." Cheng Nuo instructed.

"We have to consider this, European and American aircraft are expensive walnut, when we came to Fujian to investigate and find fir and pear wood, found that the local fir and pear wood are particularly good, with tung oil and lacquer for anti-corrosion, not only the resistance is reduced, no water seepage, its performance is also greatly more than abroad." Ba Yuzao said excitedly.

Cheng Nuo nodded: "Yes, the use of wood instead of other metal materials can also greatly reduce our requirements, and it will be much easier to mass produce later, I believe that there must be similar high-quality wood in China that can be replaced." "Ahh

It's a pity that before Ba Yuzao was happy, Cheng Nuo continued to pour cold water and said: "But the shortcomings of wood materials are also obvious: low strength, low stiffness, flammability, corrosion, and strong moisture absorption. It's okay to look at it from the perspective of the present, but when it comes to actual combat in the future, it will be difficult to say. ”

"What does the Dean mean?" Ba Yuzao was puzzled: "Could it be that we want to try other directions, not wood-based?" ”

"I've always believed that within what I can, I have to do my best." Cheng Nuo smiled and said confidently: "Since there are no all-metal planes in the world, why don't we try to eat crabs first?" ”