Not only Bernard Ziegler, who was still determined just now, but even Anne, who was sitting next to her, was just watching the excitement, and after suddenly seeing such a thing, the whole person was stunned.

First, it was slightly different from the "simple metal plate" mentioned earlier, and second, it was not very close to any artifact in her cognition.

"Dr. Ziegler, this is a ...... What? ”

She turned her head sideways, hesitated for a moment, but finally asked.

Although the forging process can produce thousands of workpieces, but considering that after they applied for a visit, Huaxia almost agreed without hesitation, then Anne reasonably speculated that the thing in front of her should be related to aviation.

"The fuselage of the airplane...... What else could it be? ”

Ziegler was almost flushed by this question, after all, he had sworn a few minutes ago that the trial production process would definitely make the simplest workpiece at random.

As a result, as soon as the blind box was opened, someone took out a big guy.

But Anne didn't mean anything sarcastic:

"But...... This ......"

She was going to say that this thing looked different from the airplane bulkhead she had ever seen, but after the initial mental shock, she quickly reacted:

"Oh...... So this should be a fighter ......"

Ziegler nodded, his eyes still fixed on the forging press and the workpiece that had been lifted into the air:

"Yes, the fuselage behind the fighter, and it seems that the size of this plane is probably not small......"

While speaking, the host on the stage had announced the successful trial production of the zero product of the die forging press, and the stands on the Huaxia side suddenly set off a tsunami-like cheers and applause.

Of course, strictly speaking, this is not actually the first workpiece produced by a die forging press.

In the process of equipment development and process testing, there must be a large number of actual machine tests.

However, the semi-finished products or experimental products made in those steps cannot be counted in the category of "products", and there will be no official production serial number.

Although the EU delegation will certainly not be as excited as the Chinese themselves, the atmosphere has reached here anyway, so they also applauded, and even shouted a few voices in the unfamiliar Chinese pronunciation.

Anne had never been exposed to military aircraft in her entire career, otherwise she wouldn't have recognized what this thing was for a while, so she just applauded and asked in a daze:

"But...... It looks like there is still a big gap compared to the size of the A320 and the A330, right? ”

Ziegler shook his head:

"Naturally, the fighter cannot be compared with the size of the mainline airliner, and the discourse size of this workpiece is ...... Well, that's the width, I visually measured that it was up and down 2.5 meters, which is slightly smaller than the A320, and as for the height, it is even worse......"

"But on the other hand, airliners do not need to bear the same large overload as fighters during flight, so even if they are smaller, the structural strength of fighters may not be lower than that of small and medium-sized airliners......"

"So they really have the capacity to produce large parts of the A320 now?"

Anne slapped her hand twice before lowering her palm and asking in a low voice.

"No one can say they are capable until the product is certified."

Ziegler replied:

"However, at least from the perspective of the size and use of this workpiece, they definitely have this potential, so after going back this time, I will consider arranging a round of production appraisal, and if it can pass, I can start to gradually transfer part of the fuselage structural parts to Huaxia for production."

Although there was a slight error in his judgment just now, Ziegler is not a hard-mouthed person.

Moreover, as a senior leader of Airbus, the Asian final assembly center is also beneficial to him.

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head to look at Anne next to him, and at the same time changed his words:

"Mrs. Colombo, you JAA can't put up additional policy obstacles in this regard."

In terms of industrial transfer, the interests of the JAA, as the industrial management body, and the Airbus Group, as a company, are not completely identical.

Although the original intention of the former was established back then, it can be said that it was entirely to improve the competitiveness of the latter, but after so many years of development, it has already derived its own millions of workers.

For example, many of the JAA's top executives have partisan backgrounds in several major European countries, and naturally want to keep the aviation industry within their own borders.

However, this stake is not monolithic.

If the forces behind these people are on the opposition side, they will expect the company to take away all the jobs.

For example, the expansion of Airbus' Toulouse factory is just in time for such a thing.

The head of the environmental assessment happens to be the opposition to the Sul-Pyrenees regional council, and he is not willing to give his political opponents a performance no matter how much money he spends.

Otherwise, Airbus would not have been so active in the matter of the Asian final assembly center.

Anne waved her hand decisively:

"Rest assured, we have signed an agreement before, and we want to provide policy facilitation for the final assembly project in Huaxia."

But it is clear that such rhetoric alone will not win Ziegler's trust.

He still doesn't know what kind of virtue the EU institutions are, if he really wants to get in the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to bind it with just a paper agreement.

Looking at the other party looking at herself with a suspicious expression, Anne also knew that her organization was not very trustworthy.

In fact, the reason why she was sent over to deal with this package of projects is largely because she and her husband are highly bound to the interests of Huaxia, so they will be more attentive.

It's just that this kind of thing definitely can't be said in public, so Anne had to explain further:

"Moreover, it is not just an agreement, the revival of the euro is now the top priority of the European Union, especially several countries in the eurozone, and the Chinese people are now holding a lot of cards in their hands, and no one will joke about this matter."

"It's better to ...... like this"

Ziegler said, refocusing his gaze on the front.

The artifact had now been placed on a special bracket and looked like it was ready to be viewed.

Sure enough, several staff members soon came up and said in French and English, not very fluent, that the equipment had been locked, and invited members of the EU delegation to visit the production area.

Compared to his peers, Ziegler had little interest in the majestic machine itself.

After all, the die forging press itself is already a very mature industrial equipment, and the overall structure that can be seen from the outside is actually nothing to look at-

There are only a few in total, and even a lot of information is completely public.

The real value lies in the design details of several core structural parts, as well as the corresponding algorithms and operating logic of the industrial control system.

Especially the latter.

At present, the forging press in France is also in urgent need of numerical control transformation, but the Russians who made the equipment back then have lost a lot of technical data, resulting in the transformation progress has not been optimistic.

As for the other equipment of the same type in the world, they are all old antiques that were put into use thirty or forty years ago.

Only Huaxia may have taken into account the application of CNC system in the design stage and made targeted optimization.

The reference value is still full.

It's a pity that the arranged tour does not include the equipment operation room.

Of course, this is also reasonable.

After all, the main purpose of letting outsiders visit this kind of equipment is to show their ability, or to show off, and no one will be stupid enough to leak out their housekeeping skills.

So Ziegler went almost straight to the box that had just been produced.

It was only then that he realized that the size he had just estimated was a bit on the underside.

The width is not 2.5 meters, but there are levels of more than 3 meters.

And if only the fuselage bulkhead has a width of 3 meters, then the whole aircraft ......

"It's supposed to be a heavy fighter, right?"

Just as Ziegler leaned down to see if he could see some clues, a slightly unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared from behind him.

It's French.

He looked back and saw that the person who had come was a half-lived face with a slight impression but not a clear memory.

But in short, it must be the people in this delegation.

"Well, judging from the size of the fuselage structural parts, the aircraft itself must be the size of the F15 or Su-27."

Ziegler nodded, then returned his attention to the artifact:

"I remember that Huaxia should have signed a contract with the Russians to produce Su-27 fighters in their country, so it seems that it should be used for that."

"Speaking of which, the air force equipment of the Chinese people has been updated very quickly in recent years, and I remember that when they held an air show the year before last, they only came up with an improved version of the second-generation fighter, and it has only been three years, and they are about to produce their own third-generation heavy fighter......

There is a slight sourness in the tone of this sentence.

Although the Mirage 2000 is also a third-generation aircraft, it obviously has a certain gap with its peers in terms of volume and development potential.

This also reminded Ziegler of the other party's identity.

It should be the head of a department at Dassault Systèmes.

But he couldn't remember exactly which department.

"Isn't your Rafale about to enter service, when I went to a meeting in March, I heard Dr. Fischcherfer say that the first production model has already begun to be manufactured, although it is still a little smaller, but the technical level is definitely stronger than the Su-27 ten years ago, right?"

Daniel Fischcher, head of the combat aviation systems division at Airbus, is responsible for developing combat-related software control systems for Rafale fighters.

It's an old colleague with Ziegler.

"It was ...... before"

The other party took two steps forward and stood side by side with Ziegler:

"But at the beginning of this month, GE suddenly withdrew its technical support to Snecma, so the situation is a bit difficult to say......

(End of chapter)