Fang Lang was of course very happy about General Nairo Mora's sudden awakening, not to mention that when he sent Chinese people into the air force in the future, the resistance would be reduced.
Just if Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company can obtain more research and development funds from the military, it will definitely make him a lot of money.
When Fang Lang thought of this, he didn't forget to remind him:
“I think since you want to bring them money while also developing truly high-precision technology, the allocation ratio of R&D expenses should be carefully considered.
It must not only meet the actual needs of research and development, but also ensure that they feel that following you is more promising than doing it on their own, so that they can always support you. "
General Nairo Mora, who had completely calmed down, smiled slightly when he heard this, slowly returned to his seat, sat down slowly, and said slowly:
"General Fang, inviting you here today is really the right choice.
Your suggestion gives me the opportunity to regain control of the Air Force. As for the distribution ratio, I have already made up my mind. It depends on whether you can convince them this afternoon.
I will always remember your help to me, and you will be my best friend.
But today’s matter, I hope you can keep it a secret for us. "
Upon hearing this, Fang Lang was slightly stunned at first, and wanted to discuss it with the other party to see in what proportion the R&D funds should be allocated! In his heart, of course, he hopes that the proportion of R&D funding will be as high as possible, so that his own factory can get more benefits.
I didn’t expect this old boy to burn bridges when crossing the river! He just said that he had made up his mind and would talk to people from the Air Force Ministry in the afternoon.
Obviously he doesn’t want to get involved!
He still had to keep today's matter a secret. Was he afraid that others would know that he was being ignored, or was he afraid of being known about the Air Force's behavior of defrauding national research funds?
However, this emotion only flashed through Fang Lang's mind. After all, the other party had done nothing wrong. After all, he was still an outsider. It was really inappropriate to get too involved in the internal affairs of the Air Force.
This is obviously someone else's family matter. Only by learning to respect each other and not interfering in other countries' internal affairs can we make true friends!
Fang Lang, who wanted to understand this, just smiled slightly and said:
"We are friends. I don't want to say anything to help. I just expressed some of my opinions. I am glad that you can feel something.
What I just said was very offensive, and I hope General Mora won't mind. "
When General Nairo Mora heard this, he smiled nonchalantly and said sincerely:
"Your opinion has made me re-understand myself. I'm grateful that you haven't had time yet! Why would you mind!"
Seeing that the other party seemed to just want to be polite to him, Fang Lang knew that he seemed to be getting up to say goodbye. It seems that I still have to take care of lunch today!
well! It’s hard to be a good person!
With a sigh, Fang Lang stood up on his own initiative and said to General Nairo Mora:
"Your Excellency General, you have important things to do today, so I won't interrupt you too much.
Seeing that this typhoon has passed, I have to prepare to leave for Natal, so I will take my leave first. "
As if sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, General Nairo Mora quickly stood up, held Fang Lang's left arm with his right hand and said:
"How can this be done? We agreed that I will treat you to a big dinner today. I must give this honor to my brother."
Hearing the other party follow his words and call him brother, he himself is the elder brother. It is obvious that he wants to have brotherly friendship. He doesn't know whether the other party just said it casually or really meant it.
He smiled and said politely:
"We brothers have many opportunities to have dinner, and it won't be too late to invite me to dinner after I have completely reorganized my team.
The most important thing for me now is to plan carefully how to convince these profit-minded guys! "
General Nairo Mora smiled bitterly when he heard this, sighed softly and said:
"It's my fault. The reception was not good this time. I will make up for it next time."
Unconsciously, the two of them really became like brothers. Fang Lang smiled slightly, gave each other a big hug, and patted each other on the back and said:
"As brothers, you don't have to be so polite. Just say hello if you need anything."
After hearing Fang Lang's words, General Nairo Mora's face felt slightly hot, and he felt that what he did today was a bit unethical. Fang Lang did not show any dissatisfaction, but still regarded him as a friend. This moved him very much and he kept this feeling deeply in his heart.
He patted Fang Lang's back a few times with his hands very naturally and said nothing more.
After the two let go, Fang Lang picked up the military cap placed aside and put it on his head. He walked out of the sofa area. General Nairo Mora also put on his military cap and sent Fang Lang out.
When Fang Lang walked out of the office, he did not forget to remind him:
"Your tea is pretty good, just like the tea set. Wait until I give you a Chinese Kung Fu tea set. I will drink Kung Fu tea next time I come over."
The three officers outside obviously didn't know what the two officers were talking about inside. When they saw the two walking out of the office talking and laughing, they all stood up and saluted again.
General Nairo Mora had already calmed down and followed Fang Lang with a smile on his face and said:
"No problem, let's drink Kung Fu tea next time. However, it's not enough for you to give me the Kung Fu tea set. I also want your good tea from Huaxia Biluochun."
Hearing this, Fang Lang burst out laughing.
"no problem."
The two walked out of the Air Force Ministry building, talking and laughing. General Nairo Mora sent Fang Lang out of the door, watched Fang Lang's motorcade go away, and then slowly turned back.
As he went upstairs, he was still smiling and nodded to every air force officer he met. I wonder if it was an illusion, but many people felt that General Nairo Mora seemed to be more relaxed now.
After getting in the car, Fang Lang looked at the tall Air Force Ministry building and shook his head with a smile. The meaning of his smile was unclear.
Qi Qingshan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at Fang Lang and asked with some confusion:
"Boss, where should we go next?"
Fang Lang looked at the street scene outside the window. Although there were still raindrops falling from the sky, it was obviously much lighter, and there were slowly more pedestrians on the road.
"Go back to the club for lunch first. You can ask at the airport to see when the plane can take off. If there is no problem, we will fly to Sao Paulo in the afternoon."
Hearing this, Qi Qingshan glanced at Fang Lang in surprise, but he didn't say anything more. He just nodded seriously and turned around to sit down.
"Yes, boss!"
Fang Lang looked out the window without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
That afternoon, the group took a special plane to fly directly to Sao Paulo. When they landed in Sao Paulo, it was already dinner time. Fang Lang went straight home and had a warm dinner with his family.
Early the next morning, under the escort of guards, Fang Lang once again came to Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. located on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. As the general manager of the company, Ant Pohlman had already received the notice yesterday and had arrived at the company early. Waiting for Fang Lang's arrival at the door.
The current Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company is no longer what it was when we first came here. Vehicles are constantly coming in and out, and workers wearing uniforms are also coming and going in a hurry.
"Boss, this is the T-1 prototype we are testing."
Ant Pohlman pointed to a simply painted propeller plane on the tarmac and introduced it to Fang Lang.
Fang Lang, who had already seen the plane from a distance, smiled and nodded, opened the door, got out of the car and said to Ant Bollman beside him:
"It seems that your efficiency is very high! You have completed the manufacturing of the prototype so quickly. Have the body for static and fatigue testing been assembled?"
Hearing the boss's praise, Ant Bollman seemed very happy, laughed and said:
"Thank you, the boss. The test body has been assembled and the testing work is proceeding in an orderly manner. According to Professor Tan Ke, this aircraft is not difficult at all and is of course very efficient."
Hearing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly, and accompanied by the other party, slowly walked towards the T-1 aircraft on the tarmac.
Beside the plane at this moment, there were several engineers holding various tools, tapping from time to time around the plane, and taking out tools like stethoscopes and placing them on the body of the plane to listen for something.
It was obviously checking the condition of the aircraft. Based on Fang Lang's own experience, it was estimated that this was flaw detection on the metal. After all, in this era without electronic detectors, this was a very common detection method.
What makes Fang Lang happy is that almost every engineer is followed by one or two young assistants. These young people all held a notebook in their hands. As the engineer talked, they recorded in the notebook. From time to time, they would wear stethoscopes and listen carefully under the guidance of the engineers.
This approach of bringing in the old with the new allows the company to have more qualified talents in the shortest possible time.
Not far in front of the plane, Professor Tank and several others were discussing something with people wearing pilot uniforms.
As Fang Lang walked forward, he asked Ant Polman beside him:
"Professor Tan Ke, what are they doing?"
"The T-1 trainer aircraft is still in the testing phase. During the test, it needs to perform some difficult flight maneuvers to check whether the aircraft meets the design standards.
Every day, Professor Tan Ke communicates with the test pilots about the test flight movements. After the test is over, the test pilots also need to tell our engineers in charge of the test how they felt during the test flight.
Engineers will use the collected data and test pilots' feelings to detect whether there are problems with the aircraft and where improvements can be made. "
Ant Pohlman has coordinated many trial productions of aircraft and is very familiar with these things. Therefore, when Fang Lang asked, he introduced them directly to Fang Lang.
The two chatted while walking, and soon came to the plane. Professor Tan Ke also saw Fang Lang and took the initiative to say hello to Fang Lang. Fang Lang smiled and nodded, indicating that he would continue chatting with the test pilot. He wanted to see Watch the plane.
This T-1 training aircraft does not look big. Its wingspan is similar to that of the F4F Wildcat carrier-based fighter currently in service on aircraft carriers. In terms of length, it is obviously longer than the T-1 in front of him. According to Fang Lang’s estimation, it should be because there are two seat.
Different from the piston engine, the turboprop engine makes the diameter of the entire nose significantly smaller. There are two protruding exhaust pipes on both sides of the single-engine nose, and there is an air inlet under the nose.
The entire exterior design is more streamlined, especially the curved glass on the water-drop-shaped glass cockpit. This must be a new product after a breakthrough in glass technology.
Although it has not yet reached the overall glass shield seen in later generations, it is obviously less than the number of cockpit glass on the F4F Wildcat serving on its own aircraft carrier.
This means that the pilot will inevitably have a better field of vision, and the blind area of the field of vision will be reduced accordingly. This is particularly important for aircraft that must still fight within visual range.
The whole machine adopts an all-metal semi-monocoque structure, which has been used in later generations. The stress skin is still joined by rivets.
The cantilevered all-metal structure tail looks quite ordinary and inconspicuous. This is the most commonly used tail layout in this period. Later Super Tucanos also adopted this layout.
This is a propeller aircraft that was classified as a primary trainer aircraft in later generations. Of course, such a clear division has not yet been made in this era.
Fang Lang's excitement was palpable around this first aircraft developed by Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company. He touched here and knocked here from time to time, as if a man had got his first big toy, and he felt like he couldn't put it down. .
Ant Polman also smiled when he saw this, and followed Fang Lang without saying a word, waiting for him to slowly appreciate it.
After Fang Lang circled the plane three times, he finally got out from under the plane with satisfaction.
Professor Tan Ke had also finished communicating with the test pilot, came to Fang Lang and said to Fang Lang:
"Boss, nice to meet you!"
Hearing the other party's voice, Fang Lang reacted, turned around, held the other party's hand, gave the other party a big hug, and said very happily:
"I'm glad to see you too, Professor Tank. You never disappoint. I didn't expect that our first plane would already roll off the assembly line in such a short period of time."
Hearing this, Kurt Tank just smiled slightly and said slightly:
"Boss, you know, this is not my ambition.
Not sure when we can move forward with my jet fighter project. "
Fang Lang was already used to Kurt Tank's directness. In the past, he would make detours and try to avoid the topic of jet fighter development.
However, today he decided not to continue to hang on to the other party. After all, such a talented designer is very rare. If the other party changes jobs and leaves him because he cannot realize the other party's ideals, it will be a huge loss.
"I have decided that the next project is to support you in developing a brand new jet fighter. I wonder if you already have a direction?"
Kurt Tank obviously did not expect that his boss would agree to him so easily today. He was still a little unresponsive for a while and asked in disbelief:
"Boss, are you serious?"
Seeing Kurt Tank's expression, Fang Lang laughed, patted the other person's arm hard, nodded seriously and said:
“Of course, I’ve always been very serious about it.
However, we have not yet started with turbojet engines. If we want to develop jet fighters, we may need to purchase engines from outside parties.
In this way, you may be subject to many restrictions during research, so you must be mentally prepared. "
Professor Kurt Tank heard this and said confidently:
"Don't worry, boss, we have already started researching the engine. We encountered many problems when developing the turboprop engine for this T-1 project. For this reason, I recruited several people from Germany who have experience in jet engine development. Experienced Engineer.
As long as the boss can agree to our project, I will organize them to start related design work. "
Seeing the other person's confident look, Fang Lang also laughed.
"Now, unlike before, we don't necessarily have to develop new turbojet engines entirely on our own. I am now one of the shareholders of General Electric in the United States, and GE has products related to turbojet engines.
You can pick from their product catalog and find the product that best suits ours. If you are not satisfied, you can also check out related products from Pratt & Whitney or Rolls-Royce. You don’t have to worry about purchasing, I”
(End of chapter)
