Chapter 165: The Land of Gentlemen
"Hey, to be honest, why don't I feel right?"
After listening to a series of statements by Committee member Shen, Wang Ye couldn't help but smack his lips and say this, hearing Wang Ye say this, Li Baojun, who was listening to Meizizi next to him and felt that what Committee member Shen said was quite reasonable, was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously:
"What's the director? Any questions? I feel right! ”
"Isn't what Commissioner Shen said strange and reasonable?"
Regarding Li Baojun's statement, the key is that many people present nodded their heads in agreement, and suddenly Wang Ye couldn't help but laugh and scolded:
"You know a ball!"
Although the factory director said that he knew a ball, Li Baojun didn't care at all, after all, he really didn't understand, and said with a smile:
"What you said about the factory director, I am a layman who watches the excitement, just talk about the airplane, if I can really understand a ball, it would be good! It is estimated that the ancestral grave of our old Li family will be smoking by then. ”
"But I really didn't see a problem, can you tell me? lest I be deceived by Commissioner Shen in the future! ”
Hearing Li Baojun's ridicule, there was a burst of laughter at the scene, but everyone looked at Wang Ye very seriously, and it was obvious that many of them did not find the problems in Member Shen's plan.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Ye looked at the old J-5 not far away, and then sighed and said:
"Lao Shen's plan just now is avoiding the important and light."
"He has been describing the powerful performance and bright prospects of this modified aircraft, but he has not elaborated on the scientific research investment and manufacturing cost in the slightest!"
"I guess they haven't finished the gas liquid oxygen engine yet, and as for the aileron patch, they also rely purely on drawings, calculated on paper, and they don't have any data on the specific lift coefficient, material strength, vortex and vibration caused by it, so they have to put forward that 'small' request to me, that is, a wind tunnel."
"Of course, without a wind tunnel, it is not absolutely impossible to do it, and these data are not absolutely unsuccessful, but the number of experiments is too much, and one J-5 will be scrapped once the experiment is carried out, and I think it is impossible to achieve initial success without thirty or fifty aircraft, and although the J-5 is outdated, the troops do not want it, but after all, this is an airplane, not a gas canister, the price is not cheap, plus modification materials, the cost can go up."
"The above is only a problem in the research stage, and the problem of manufacturing cost is equally severe."
"Hollowing out the inside of a J-5, although it seems to be a waste use, but in fact, there is no engine and avionics J-5, and that shell is not worth a few dollars at all, maybe the cost of hollowing out is higher than the cost of re-welding a similar shell."
"Even if it's a little lower, it's not worth making such a big deal to modify it at all, because of its own aerodynamic shape limitations, it is not suitable for this kind of modification, it is completely better to start the stove again, after all, white paper is easy to paint!"
"If the reform of the old 59 'wheeled speed' of the senior committee member is still of some significance, because of the high cost of the tank armor itself and the huge ownership of the 59 tank, then for the old J-5, this advantage does not exist, because the number of holdings is average, and the cost of the shell is low."
"This is no longer a matter of making dumplings for a sip of vinegar, this is for a sip of vinegar, cultivating land, planting vegetables, raising pigs, and then working until winter, just to make a meal of dumplings!"
"And the reason why everyone didn't find this problem is because everyone is not engaged in aviation, and they don't understand the development of technology inside."
"I guess Commissioner Han should have discovered that there is a problem with this project of Commissioner Shen a long time ago, right?"
In fact, Wang Ye was also fooled by Shen's words at the beginning, and felt that their idea was not bad, and they could indeed do it, on the one hand, they might be able to sell dozens of planes, and on the other hand, they could accumulate technology, right?
It wasn't until Commissioner Shen mentioned the wind tunnel that Wang Ye was not calm in an instant, and understood that there was something wrong with this plan!
Because Wang Ye's original understanding was that Commissioner Shen was just going to take the wild road of a gas tank, in other words, he could fly and blow up, but since he mentioned the wind tunnel, it means that he has to do it seriously, so the gas liquid oxygen engine, I'm afraid it is not something that can be pushed, but if it has to be set to high standards and strict requirements, then the problem arises, just such a broken shell, there is no need to do it seriously? Isn't that hilarious?
In normal history, the reason why the old J-5 and old J-6 can be transformed into UAVs is, on the one hand, the relatively low cost of unmanned technology in that era, and on the other hand, because the aircraft that can be modified can still fly, to put it bluntly, it is still a fighter, not the shell of the rocket engine that has been completely damaged now, and cannot be repaired and needs to be replaced!
Sure enough, Commissioner Han nodded and said that this was indeed the case.
And the old director's eyes have wrinkled, originally everyone thought that this plan was still good, but now listening to Wang Ye's words, it seems to be very chicken, and it is of little significance, then as a member of the project committee, Shen, he must know these problems, so what is the purpose of he still bringing it up?
But it doesn't make sense to say that he cheated on funds, because the factory's investment in the project has the management funds of the secretariat of the research institute, and there is no possibility of corruption among the members, and the members of the project team can get the opportunity to be rewarded, and the project needs to be successfully sold, and then there is money.
"Commissioner Shen, what do you say?"
At this moment, Wang Ye, who had already guessed what Committee Member Shen was thinking, said with a smile.
And Commissioner Shen smiled slightly embarrassedly, waved his hand and explained:
"I knew that in the end, I would definitely be seen through by the factory director."
"Actually, our initial idea was indeed what I just said, that is, we wanted to change this plane with a rocket engine and turn it into a big bomb, but after communicating with Committee member Han, we found that if it was replaced with a solid engine, the range would probably not exceed 100 kilometers, so we put forward a plan for a gas liquid oxygen engine, and after a simple test, it was found that the range could be increased to 150 kilometers."
"But this range still can't meet our requirements, we can only think about changing its aerodynamic shape and adding ailerons to it, but after adding this aileron, if you don't carry out wind tunnels and experiments, after theoretical planning and simple simulation experiments, you can increase the range of this thing to about 180 kilometers to 200 kilometers at most, plus the influence of meteorology in the gliding stage, there is no accuracy at all."
"The above steps, in fact, are very low-cost, and the only drawback is that the range is short and inaccurate, and it cannot reach our goal."
Speaking of this, Committee member Shen sighed helplessly and said:
"At the beginning of the establishment of our aircraft project team, the task given to us by the factory director was 'technology accumulation', and then gave us a few old planes, let us toss and ignore us, originally we were a few old guys are still happy, anyway, who is not happy with the salary?"
"But in the past two months, the results of other project teams have come out one after another, we can't sit still, we always feel that we are eating dry food, sorry for the high salary, so we submitted several specific project reports, but the committee did not approve them, the reason is very simple, that is, the project research and development cycle is too long, the pure theory is too high, and the cost recovery is not possible."
Hearing this, in fact, everyone present basically understood why Shen did this, because when the institute was established, Wang Ye determined that the preliminary work requirements were to establish projects with quick return on investment as much as possible, and purely theoretical research projects would generally not be approved.
"But, but the plane thing."
"It's really hard to see results, if we don't carry out pre-equipment investment and theoretical pre-research, there will be no later development!"
"Just like our country's aviation industry, after so many years, it was not easy to hold back a J-8, to put it mildly, isn't this something that will be backward when it comes out? But no, we haven't accumulated! ”
"We think that since the director of the factory set up our aircraft project team and did not let us go to the rotorcraft project team, the director of the factory just wanted to engage in aircraft, so after finding that the J-5 small change was of little significance, we finally decided to carry out a major reform project to see if we could convince the factory director"
As soon as Member Shen's voice fell, Wang Ye couldn't help but sigh, the reason why several plans were not passed at the beginning was because Wang Ye himself was engaged in aerospace, so he knew very well that in the absence of technology accumulation, it was really difficult to produce results!
Especially now, when there is still a lack of machining equipment and materials, it is even more difficult, Wang Ye's original plan was to purchase a batch of unrestricted machine tools from abroad, and then find a way to engage in machine tools by himself, and at the same time engage in metals, so that the processing and manufacturing level and material level of the consortium will be carried out after a level, and then relevant research and technology accumulation will be carried out, and at that time, many technologies in Wang Ye's mind can be taken out.
Unexpectedly, Commissioner Shen and the others couldn't sit still.
And this is also one of the characteristics of this era, everyone is relatively simple as a whole, the willingness to work is relatively high, especially the heart-to-heart, Wang Ye gave a generous treatment, and if he doesn't do some work, he can't go away.
As for the rocket project team, it was obvious that they also needed a wind tunnel, so they naturally stood together and acted in such a half-truth.
"Tsk, to be honest, Commissioner Shen, you yourself know that it is difficult to invest in the early stage with a high return."
"So in principle, I still can't approve this plan."
As soon as these words came out, even Committee Members Shen and Committee Han, who had expected it, couldn't help but show disappointed expressions on their faces, even if they understood, after all, the aircraft is a state-level project, and it is too difficult for the self-financing Red Star Consortium.
"In that case, factory director, I apply to disband the project team."
"I went to work in other project teams, and I felt uncomfortable with the subsidy of this committee member."
In the end, Commissioner Shen said so, and Wang Ye waved his hand with a smile, and then said:
"Listen to me."
"Not in principle, but I can give you a few other options."
"The first plan, the small turbojet engine project, and the extension of this engine project, is a real 'cruise missile', and at the same time you have to cooperate with the electronic project team and a variety of guidance project teams to find ways for the guidance function of future products."
"The second plan, the gas liquid oxygen engine project, you can cooperate with the rocket project team, I think this is an important direction, in the future we will not only build aircraft, but also launch satellites, communication satellites, navigation satellites, as far as I know, the United States has used satellite guidance, we must invest in this area, and finally provide guidance for our weapons."
"The third plan, turbojet, turboprop, turboshaft, gas turbine project pre-research, since you feel that the burden is not heavy enough, then I will now add a burden to you, what literature is needed to contact the secretariat procurement, what materials are needed to contact the material project team to tackle key problems, the processing level is not enough to go to a factory to solve the problem, can not solve the problem on the report to apply for equipment procurement, procurement can not be reached, contact other project teams to tackle the problem."
"The fourth plan, which I call the 'Propeller Aircraft and Unmanned Model Aircraft Program', that is, the use of piston engines for screw aircraft, contains two difficulties, one is the large-scale model aircraft, and the other is radio control technology."
"How's it going, are you satisfied?"
At that moment, hearing Wang Ye's words, Commissioner Shen and Commissioner Han who were standing there were stunned.
They never expected that Wang Ye would suddenly say such a project and content, and they could even guess through Wang Ye's words, Wang Ye probably had a plan a long time ago, but because of time problems, he didn't have time to put it on the agenda.
"Satisfied! Satisfied! ”
In an instant, Committee member Shen said excitedly, and he was not afraid of facing so many difficulties, after all, he was actually only in his early fifties, which is the golden age of scientific researchers.
Hearing him say this, Wang Ye nodded and continued with a smile:
"If there are not enough professionals, then please ask Commissioner Shen to call your friends, write letters and call the old ones, and invite those technical masters to come over, what do you think?"
This kind of thing has happened in recent months, and Commissioner Shen nodded quickly and said:
"Absolutely! No problem! ”
Then he looked at Wang Ye slightly apologetically and said:
"It turns out that the factory director has been prepared for a long time, is our set disrupting your pace?"
In this regard, Wang Ye waved his hand and said indifferently:
"Not really, but the problem I must explain in advance is that although these projects can be carried out, our total funding is limited, and we can't really open up our work, please forgive me."
"So you measure for yourself, how to allocate funds, how to start work, what is the priority, but we will not not review the progress of the project because of the lack of money, I hope you can understand."
Hearing Wang Ye say this, Member Shen, who was relieved, smiled and said:
"What's the problem? It's just a dojo in a snail shell, we know it best. ”
"And the conditions of our factory are quite good, all departments are very complete, and you can communicate directly with everything you need, at least it is very convenient, much better than in the past!"
"Factory director, don't worry! If nothing else, I'll definitely get it out for you next spring! ”
In the end, Commissioner Shen agreed in a very loud tone, and Wang Ye looked at his watch, it was already half past six in the evening, glanced at everyone present and said:
"It's not early, then let's go eat first."
"After dinner, call all the big guys over and have a meeting!"
Hearing Wang Ye say this, a group of people present immediately responded, after all, Wang Ye is back now, so it is natural to hold a meeting to understand the time of the past month, the work progress and work of various departments.
Subsequently, a group of people went to dinner.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of kilometers away, in Tanzania, Kikwete is working on documents with his head down.
At present, Tanzania has received a large number of weapons, including those purchased from official channels and those purchased from Wang Ye's channels, so the counteroffensive against the rebels has begun.
It is expected that, if nothing else, all of Tanzania will be regained and military control over Uganda will be restored by April next year.
"General, there's a visitor of yours."
"He wants to see you and talk to you."
Hearing this, Kikwete couldn't help but put down the pen in his hand and said with a smile:
"What's the matter, anyone can see me?"
"Wouldn't I spend all my time meeting with these visitors every day? Missing! ”
As soon as Kikwete's voice fell, the staff hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"The visitor has a bit of an identity, he's from Upper Walter."
"He called himself Thomas Sankara, he was the state secretary for press at Upper Walter, he came secretly, he brought two books, and he said let me give it to you, and when you see it, you will decide whether you want to see him or not."
Hearing this, Kikwete frowned slightly, and then asked:
"What book, have you checked it? No poison, no other hidden dangers, right? ”
The staff member shook his head and said:
"Checked, no!"
After that, the staff clapped their hands, and another staff member pushed open the door and walked in, holding two books that looked to have been turned countless times and were in tatters, and then the staff member respectfully placed the books on the desk in front of Kikwete.
Kikwete took it and saw that the top one was thin, and the bottom one was a little thicker.
At that moment, Kikwete looked at the book in front of him and fell silent.
Finally, he looked up, looked at the staff, hesitated and asked:
"Did he say he saw me for some purpose?"
In this regard, the staff nodded and said:
"He wants you to help him and go to Huaxia!"