Rebirth of the Flying Era

Chapter 1302 Do you think you can do it again?

Du Fei was very satisfied with Factory Director Wang's attitude and said seriously: "We have three tasks in the next period of time: first, to produce the drawings of the H-7; second, to modify the drawings of the Y-8; third, by the Y-8 -8 blueprints for modifying the air gunship, I will give you a month."

Factory Director Wang was furious when he heard this: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! Three sets of drawings, one month, you might as well kill me!"

Du Fei frowned: "Don't make any noise first, and listen to what I have to say."

 Director Wang shut up immediately. Although Du Fei usually didn't show off, Director Wang knew in his heart how powerful this young man was.

If he really dares to show his seniority in front of Du Fei, he will be replaced by Du Fei anytime and anywhere.

Du Fei continued: "I don't know if I can complete these three sets of drawings in one month?"

Factory Manager Wang made a grimace: "Then you..."

Du Fei said: "I don't want you to be picky. Just send me the preliminary drawings. I will find someone to modify the specific details."

Director Wang's eyes lit up and he blurted out: "The same unit that helped perfect the H-8 last time?"

The same is true for the previous drawings of the H-8. I gave the rough drawings to Du Fei, and it didn’t take long to have a complete drawing.

Factory Director Wang is an expert. This kind of workload cannot be completed by one or two people. It can only be completed by a huge organization with at least hundreds or even thousands of people.

Director Wang knew that Du Fei had a special status, so he immediately figured out what connections Du Fei might use, and mobilized the resources of the Academy of Sciences.

Du Fei was so happy that he misunderstood him, and smiled noncommittally: "It means that we have just opened here, and the higher-ups are helping us. This kind of good thing will not happen in the future."

When Director Wang heard this, he thought to himself again. No wonder Du Fei kept stressing that the drawings must be produced within a month.

 It turns out that the above has set conditions on time. Once you miss it, you can no longer ask for help.

He immediately became energetic and went to arrange work in a hurry.

The reason why Du Fei wanted to build an aerial gunship was because he had many hidden plans.

 In the next two years, the South China Sea will definitely be unstable. Du Fei had previously relocated Yingguo's shipyard as a whole to prepare for it.

  Only with a shipyard can we have ships, and only with ships can we be qualified to enter the game in the South China Sea.

But the problem is that developing a navy does not happen overnight. It is impossible to develop Sarawak into a naval power in a short period of time. Du Fei wants to use gunships to assist.

 Fortunately, Nanyang is full of scumbags who fight against each other. They all follow the eldest brother, so don’t laugh at the second brother.

Whether it is South Vietnam or Luzon, including the half-broken seals, they all use old destroyers from World War II. The prevention and control capabilities cannot be said to be absent, but they can only be said to be better than nothing.

 Then there are smaller torpedo boats and gunboats.

Using aerial gunships converted from transport aircraft to deal with these small surface ships has a natural advantage.

 Let's get the gunships out here and pull them directly to the South China Sea. Taking advantage of the ultra-long range, we can patrol for a long time and contain and attack the enemy.

 When Factory Director Wang left, Du Fei couldn't help but think of the situation in Nanyang again.

 Just last night, I received a telegram from Kuching.

 There is Chen Fangshi’s report, Zhu Li’s confession, and Wang Yufen’s situation.

 Julie was born last year, when the situation in South Asia was at its most tense.

At that time, Du Fei couldn't escape and was wandering around Xindeli. He learned that it was a boy named Du Zhengping.

Hope that the child will be safe and sound. In addition, like Zhengze’s Ze and Beifang, it also means to pacify the other party.

  Shows that Du Fei treats the two boys equally.

 In addition, Wang Yufen gave birth to a daughter not long ago.

 For these two children, due to the special relationship between Du Fei and Zhu Li, they can see Xiao Zhengping simultaneously through their field of vision. Although the distance is far away and it is not convenient every time, they can always see it.

 On the other hand, it was Wang Yufen's first daughter who made Du Fei curious about what she would look like.

Coupled with the last time I saw Lin Tiansheng's plan to enrich the population at Dad Zhu's place, Du Fei even had the idea of ​​​​going to Nanyang.

The only tie now is with the aircraft manufacturer. The stalls are a bit too big, so we really can't do without him.

 At the moment, we must upgrade the three drawings first, arrange the work, and get on the right track before we can rest assured.

However, Du Fei did not expect that just a few days later, something happened in Nanyang.

This morning, Du Fei just arrived at the work unit and rubbed his lower back.

Yesterday, Zhu Ting came home from a business trip. The two of them had been separated for a long time and were newlyweds. It was inevitable that they would talk about life and ideals until midnight.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I sat down at work today, Yu Jiajia sent a telegram.

Du Fei took it and looked at it, and immediately frowned.

It turns out that just a few hours ago, there was a strike at the shipyard that had just been relocated to the Sarawak Special Industrial Zone!

 According to the description in the telegram, the main reason for the incident was that several technicians and management personnel who came from Yingguo were dissatisfied with Sarawak's management of the factory, vented their emotions, and created confrontation.

Du Fei became alert as soon as he saw it, and concluded that someone must be doing something here.

Logically speaking, when the shipyard was relocated, the conditions given to the Yingguo technicians and management who came over were quite good.

What Du Fei wants is their experience so that he can successfully revitalize the shipyard.

These people were quite happy when they first came here, otherwise they would have faced unemployment soon.

Having only eaten for a few days now, are you so full that you are causing trouble?

　　Du Fei would definitely not believe it if they said it was spontaneous. There must be some other reason behind it.

As for the reason, there is no need to think about it. It must be that the Yingguo people are using their "shit stirrup" talents again.

 Du Fei had a sullen face. Faced with this situation, he must not be lenient. He must let them know how powerful he is, otherwise he will definitely take more measures in the next step.

 Unfortunately, the drawings from Factory Director Wang have not been completed yet, and Du Fei cannot go there yet.

 Julie can only deal with this matter through the spiritual link.

 Since having a child, Julie’s energy has inevitably shifted to the child.

 Usually, through the spiritual link, he talks to Du Fei about his children, which is why Du Fei learns about the situation in the shipyard through telegrams.

 This is the nature of a mother, but it does not deny Julie's ability as a queen.

 Simply limited by the times, she didn't see things as far-sighted as Du Fei, and she didn't think it was a big deal that a few Yingguo people were causing trouble in the shipyard.

To this day, she has been able to skillfully use every card in her hand, including police, troops, mercenaries, and even some more secretive methods.

 After receiving Du Fei's order, the matter was settled in just two days.

 In the end, a total of thirty-eight people were arrested, and two of them were unlucky and died while trying to arrest them.

 This aroused strong dissatisfaction on the part of England and France.

These people are all British citizens, and Sarawak must hand over the murderer.

Julie did not insist on being tough. She immediately used Tai Chi Cloud Hands to express that these people were attacked by local indigenous tribes and had nothing to do with the official government of the Kingdom of Sarawak.

 And they themselves also have certain responsibilities, leaving the factory without permission during working hours and being harmed outside.

 In this case, the factory and the government can only express regret and do not bear direct responsibility.

 In a word, they deserved to die. They asked for it themselves.

However, for the sake of humanitarianism, the government of the kingdom is willing to dispatch troops to clear out the thugs hiding in the mountains and forests, but the cost needs to be borne by Yingguo.

 If you don’t contribute money, it means you don’t value the people and don’t want to avenge the dead British people.

The Yingguo people didn't expect Julie to be so difficult to deal with. She was even lower than them. Not only did she not admit her mistake, she even dared to ask for money.

  This is simply unreasonable! He immediately threatened to send warships over, and at the same time put pressure on Julie through the domestic aristocratic parliament, the House of Lords.

 Because now Julie is still nominally Winnie Slater, although she has lost her title of earl and has become a Sarawakian national.

 It's a pity that they made the wrong calculation again, and Julie didn't accept this trick at all.

 Immediately announced that the Royal Navy would conduct defensive military exercises to ensure the safety of the sea off Kuching.

 At the same time, it was announced that four 024 missile boats imported from Huaguo Wuhu Shipyard were officially put into service.

This kind of missile boat is a domestic imitation of the "Mosquito" class missile boat of SMU, which can be equipped with two "upstream" anti-ship missiles.

Because there is no Aegis anti-missile system in this era, the combination of missile boats with fast assault capabilities and anti-ship missiles poses a huge threat to large warships.

 Missile boats have a very strong tactical deterrent effect.

Especially for older World War II-era ships that lack the ability to fire blanks.

 If we really want to go to war, those big ships may not be able to get an advantage.

And the navy that the Yingguo people left in the Nanyang and Indu Oceans was exactly this kind of "old, broken and big" warships.

It was discovered that Julie had a strong reaction. Although Luandun was very angry, the navy in front was quite calm.

 After receiving the order from above, I looked for various excuses to delay. In fact, I didn't come at all. I was just talking.

In this situation where the two parties were entangled and pulled with each other, Du Fei finally received the drawings handed over by Director Wang.

 As drawings for manufacturing an aircraft, these can only be regarded as rudimentary ‘sketches’. After all, there is only one month left.

 It would be too much to ask for more.

In the office, Director Wang felt very uneasy because he had already checked these drawings before.

To be honest, even he himself can't understand it. According to his inner standards, these drawings are totally unacceptable.

 But there is no way, one month has come, and you have to pay it or not.

On the other hand, Du Fei, although he can't be said to be very satisfied, is still pretty good.

Probably the three drawings are similar to what he asked for. The H-7 is a combination of the scaled-down version of the H-8 and the turboprop version of the H-6.

 It is quite different from what Du Fei wants.

Yun-8 is simpler. It replaces the original four WJ-6 engines with two WJ-8 engines, and then makes some minor adjustments to the wings and fuselage.

 Finally, there is the gunship aircraft that Du Fei focused on.

 Du Fei couldn't help but frowned as he held the drawing. The design here was different from the one he had in mind for Meguo's C130-modified gunship.

  Meguo's gunships have their artillery concentrated on one side, using the "lighthouse spiral" flight mode to complete attacks on ground targets.

The design given by Director Wang is more like an "air gunship". A rotating turret is installed directly at the entrance of the Yun-8's cabin, which can flexibly adjust the firing range.

 The nose is also of a similar design. A set of twin 37mm cannons are installed under the nose of the nose, which can not only attack the ground, but also shoot in the air.

Du Fei couldn't help but frowned when he looked at this design. It was different from what he expected, or it was different from the Meguo people's thinking.

It can’t be said that it’s not a bad thing. The turret that can flexibly adjust the firing range is very good, but it also increases the weight of the related mechanical structure. There are definitely pros and cons.

 But that's all for now. The situation in Nanyang is getting more and more tense, and there is no time for them to make another one.

  Simply throw them into the portable space and use blue and white light to upgrade them, and whatever comes out in the end will be what they are.

 …

 Another week has passed.

The situation in Nanyang has escalated somewhat. Although the Yingguo ships stationed in Lijiapo are unwilling to move, they cannot withstand repeated urgings from above.

 Even though Zhu Li had connections with the local garrison’s top brass, she gave what was supposed to be given.

 It can only be delayed for a while. If Huandun makes up its mind, no one can predict the subsequent development.

From Du Fei's point of view, of course he does not want to conflict with the Yingguo people at this point in time.

But when things come to a head, they are the ones who started the trouble, and they cannot swallow their anger, otherwise these British guys will make further progress.

 During this period, the three drawings in Du Fei's hands have been upgraded one after another. Among them, the earliest completed modification drawings of the Yun-8 are because there are the least areas that need optimization and the least resources that consume the portable space.

 The gunship blueprint upgrade can only be started after the Y-8 blueprint is completed.

 The second completed drawing is the H-7 drawing. As a smaller version of the H-8, although the H-7 has many modifications, there is generally nothing subversive.

 The last is the gunship, which takes the longest time and consumes the most blue and white light.

 Thanks to Du Fei's success in Indu last time, he got a lot of food.

 Otherwise, he will be bankrupted just this once.

 However, when Du Fei finally got the upgraded and optimized gunship blueprints, he was surprised.

Originally, he thought that after the upgrade of the portable space, the final version of the gunship would be closer to the style of the C130, concentrating the firepower on one side of the aircraft.

Unexpectedly, a large amount of blue and white light was consumed, but the drawing did not adopt that layout.

Instead, as before, a spherical armored turret was set up at the hatch at the rear of the transport aircraft.

 The spherical turret is equipped with a 100mm rifled gun with a 52-fold barrel.

 Because the turret is exquisitely designed, it can offset the impact of artillery fire on the aircraft body.

The turret has an automatic loading structure. The gunner does not need to sit inside, but can remotely control it from the side.

 And the gunner's console, connected to the airborne radar and fire control system, can perform semi-automatic target locking.

In addition, in front of the main landing gear, a dual 37mm spherical machine gun turret is arranged on the left and right, which can not only shoot at the ground, but also serve as a self-defense weapon.

Of course, this is only theoretical. In fact, if a gunship converted from a transport aircraft encounters a fighter with air-to-air missiles in the air, it will basically just throw metal chaff and pray for luck.

 After reading the drawings, Du Fei was a little surprised by the result of this upgrade, but he did not doubt the ability of portable space.

This has been proven more than once. Since a large amount of blue and white light has been invested and the enhanced drawing looks like this, it must look like this.

Du Fei immediately called Factory Director Wang to take people to receive the drawings.

Factory Director Wang was stunned when he received the call, and his tone was full of disbelief: "So fast!"

Du Fei didn't explain it to him and told him to just bring someone to get the drawings and watch his mouth.

Factory Manager Wang reacted instantly and said quickly: "Manager, don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut."

 More than an hour later, Director Wang arrived from the aircraft factory with two trucks.

While he was carrying the drawings, Du Fei gave Factory Director Wang another assignment: "Old Wang, I have other tasks next. I have to go abroad for a while. You should keep an eye on me at home."

Factory Director Wang immediately expressed his position: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on our factory for you."

Du Fei added: "At work, you don't have to keep an eye on the H-7. That's not difficult. Just shrink the H-8 and tilt your attention to the Y-8. We should build a prototype as soon as possible. Don't waste time. After the prototype is developed and the test flight is successful, priority will be given to modifying the gunship..."

Factory Director Wang agreed, but he didn't understand why Du Fei attached so much importance to this type of machine that was not in line with the trend of the times.

Du Fei didn't waste much time explaining. Anyway, he had done his job well and there was no need to think about anything else.

 In fact, Du Fei was eager to build a gunship and had some considerations.

Although missiles are now the direction of development, for some underdeveloped areas, gunships are still quite effective for patrolling in the air and dealing with scattered guerrillas or enemies without anti-aircraft firepower.

Du Fei believes that many people will spend money on this type of aircraft, but only if they see real combat effects.

How could Director Wang fail to tell that Du Fei attached great importance to the gunship? He immediately patted his chest and reassured Du Fei.

 …

Just after Du Fei finished arranging the work here, he prepared to wait for another two days to finish handling the matters at hand, and then set off for Nanyang.

On this day, I suddenly received a telegram from Lin Tiansheng.

 Looking at the telegram in his hand, Du Fei suddenly frowned.

The content in the newspaper was very concise. Through some channels, Lin Tiansheng sensed that Yajiada might be brewing some conspiracy.

Du Fei knew that Lin Tiansheng invested a lot in intelligence, especially targeting Yajiada.

 According to the current situation, the biggest enemy that can shake Lin Tiansheng is still Subian from Yajiada.

After Suhartu's death, Subian occupied Yajata and reached a secret agreement with the Chinese families in East Java.

 Subsequently, various means were used, either softly, toughly, assassinated, or bribed... to conquer Sumatra in a short time.

This series of actions fully demonstrated Subian's ability and skill.

 Be ruthless when it is time to be ruthless, and give up interests when it is time to give up. There is nothing sloppy about it.

Unexpectedly, more than a year after Suhartu's death, he not only completely stabilized his basic base, but also inherited Suhartu's remaining power, and is still the strongest party in the original Indy region.

Du Fei looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but think to himself: "Does Subian feel that he is good again and plans to change the current situation in Kalimantan? Or is it that Subian has the support of external forces..."

 Du Fei believes that the latter possibility is relatively high.

Although Subian has shown great abilities and skills over the past year or so, the more he does this, the more he proves that Subian is a sensible person.

 With his current power, it is simply not enough to change the general situation in the Yinni area, unless he obtains the commitment of certain people.

Du Fei first eliminated the Meguo people. Now the Meguo people are focusing their attention on South Vietnam and trying every possible means to escape there.

There is no way that one foot is still stuck in the mud and has not been pulled out, and now the other foot actively steps in.

 The other one is Yinni’s original suzerainty, but Helan has long since declined and has no motivation to do so.

After much deliberation, Du Fei still felt that the Yingguo people were more suspicious.

 They had taken action in Indu before, using the four southern kingdoms to regain their independence and begin to penetrate power.

Coupled with the clues about the Sarawak shipyard, it is no guarantee that those officials in Qi Lundun are still dreaming of the "empire on which the sun never sets".

Thinking of this, Du Fei realized that he could not delay any longer.

 He understood Lin Tiansheng's character, and would not have sent this telegram unless he reached a certain level.

Du Fei made a decision in his mind to get rid of the telegram, then picked up the phone and called Zhu Ting first.

Du Fei told Zhu Ting in the past two days that he was going to Nanyang, and something happened there.

Zhu Ting was not too surprised when she received the call. She just asked Du Fei to be careful. Until the end, she said in a low voice: "You go... take care of your second sister, she is not easy either."

Du Fei said "Hmm" and before he could say anything else, the call was already hung up.

Du Fei sighed, unable to imagine Zhu Ting's mood when she just said this.

 Du Fei immediately cheered up and called Zhu's father again to inform him of the situation and report it.

Finally, the call was made to Factory Director Wang: "Hey, Lao Wang, I'm Du Fei... You can apply immediately with me. The H-8 No. 1101 will conduct a long-distance flight test this afternoon... From Beijing to Guangzhou, I will go there with you randomly. …”

Factory Director Wang was a little confused over there. After Labor Day, several more test flights were conducted. Although they were all successful, it was not logical to conduct a long-distance test flight.

 What's more, it's more than 2,000 kilometers directly from Beijing to Guangzhou.

Du Fei also wanted to take a flight to go there together.

Director Wang couldn't help but grin on the phone, trying to persuade Du Fei to take another plane.

Du Fei said, "Are you sure that the Y-5 is safer than our H-8?"

Director Wang was immediately speechless.

 He has also been in luck-5. To use an adjective, it is to be on tenterhooks.

 In terms of safety, at least in terms of senses, it is indeed not as strong as the H-8.

Du Fei finally said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense and apply for a route immediately." Du Fei looked at his watch: "It will take off in an hour and a half, I will go there immediately."

 Then he hung up the phone with a bang.

Factory Director Wang looked helpless and had no choice but to start preparations according to Du Fei's order.

Du Fei hung up the phone, called Shen Jianing and Zhang Wenzhong over again, arranged his daily work, and hurried to the aircraft manufacturing factory.

　　After arriving at the aircraft manufacturing plant, Du Fei did not go to the office and went directly to the airstrip at the back.

 At this time, No. 1101 had stopped on the runway.

Du Fei walked in front, and Factory Manager Wang followed closely behind, still persuading: "Manager, flying more than 2,000 kilometers for the first time. We don't have our ground staff there, so it's like flying more than 4,000 kilometers in one go. This..."

Du Fei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Why, you are not confident in the plane you built? I am full of confidence."

Factory Director Wang was immediately speechless. It would definitely not work if he said he had no confidence, but the problem was...

Du Fei looked at his watch: "Okay, don't talk nonsense, there are still fifteen minutes left, get ready to take off."

This was the decision. Factory Director Wang watched Du Fei climb in along the ladder under the belly of the H-8 aircraft, and had no choice but to trot towards the tower next to it.

 The tower has been put into use, and for the convenience of test flights, the authority level is very high.

As soon as Director Wang arrived at the control tower, an announcement came: No. 1101 is ready, requesting takeoff, requesting takeoff...

At this time, Du Fei was sitting in the plane.

Like the Tu-95, the H-8’s cockpit has a total of five pilots and six seats behind the driver.

 Because of its long range, under extreme conditions, the H-8 can achieve nearly 20 hours of idling time. A group of pilots simply cannot persist for such a long time.

 So these seats are set up to perform certain long-distance missions, and a spare crew can be carried for replacement flights.

 The journey from Beijing to Guangzhou is only 2,000 kilometers and takes more than three hours at most, so there is no need to replace it.

Du Fei fastened his seat belt and could see the tower outside through the porthole next to him.

 Actually, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. After all, it was his first time flying in a bomber.

But at this moment, the captain in front suddenly shouted: "Comrade Manager, No. 1101 is ready to take off, please give instructions."

Du Fei was stunned for a moment, this was asking him.

He couldn't help but look sideways. The person sitting in the driver's seat on the left was the captain of this flight. He also came with the Shaanxi Aircraft Factory. He was originally an ace pilot of the Air Force. Du Fei had the impression that he also had the surname Wang.

 “Take off~” Du Fei responded.

 Captain Wang repeated it, and several others immediately responded "yes".

At the next moment, Plane 1101 shook violently, and the noise of a coaxial reversing engine came from outside.

 The plane began to move slowly. Du Fei looked out the window. The ground moved backward faster and faster.

 As the noise became louder, my heart skipped a beat, and the plane had already taken off.

  It is not like ordinary civil aviation, which steadily increases the altitude after takeoff.

 After the H-8 took off, the pilot quickly climbed up and reached an altitude of several thousand meters in almost a short time.

Du Fei could only see a white cloud below from the porthole.

After a while, Captain Wang's voice came from the front: "The cruising speed is 700 kilometers, the altitude is 8,000 meters, and it is expected to arrive in Guangzhou in three hours and ten minutes..."

Although the engine noise is really loud, this plane is very stable and does not bump around from time to time like those small planes I flew in before.

It was as if the blades of the four huge counter-rotating coaxial engines had broken up all the airflow coming from the front.

Du Fei looked out the window for a while, but there was really nothing interesting to see, so he simply retracted his gaze and began to close his eyes to rest.

In my mind, I was thinking about a few things I had to do when I came out.

 (I have an operation tomorrow and need to take a day off. Please forgive me.)

 (End of this chapter)