What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 74 The powerful bricks fly away
"Everyone, please be steady. These are village roads. If they are damaged, it will be a disgrace to us!"

Chen Yonggui was supervising the villagers who were helping to build a road when he heard the sound of a car behind him.

"Old Chen, Old Chen!"

Yang Tai jumped off the 212 and touched his numb buttocks inconspicuously.

"Village head, why are you here?"

Chen Yonggui saw that Yang Tai was somewhat dissatisfied. Since the Gaijin Shipyard was established, the village chief had come eight times a week.

"Why can't I come? Boss Tang is famous again!"

Yang Tai held a roll of newspaper in his hand and unfolded it to show Chen Yonggui the cover title:
"The engines produced by our city's emerging enterprises are selling well outside the province. Four engines were exported to Hong Kong for US$120,000."

"Oh, there's this!"

Chen Yonggui also opened his eyes wide. Gai Jin has started to do export business?
But he understood in less than half a second. This little thing was nothing to the Dragon Group!

A mere $120,000, how much do you look down on featherless arrows?

Just showing off a little bit of your skills can attract so much attention?

You're just a country bumpkin who's never seen a warship. This is nothing. I'll bring out a cruiser to scare you.

Yang Tai was completely immersed in joy at this time, because this newspaper was given to him by the town.

With a little push from Vice President Zhang, the newspaper came up with this title, making Dayuan Village in Dayuan Town famous.

Only then did the city know that there was a small factory in Dayuan Town that could produce engines independently. Although the newspaper's title was suspected of exaggeration, it was still remarkable that the company could produce low-horsepower diesel engines independently.

After inquiring more carefully about the background of Gaijin Shipyard, it was even more surprising to find out that they were still building thousand-ton ocean-going fishing vessels.

There is no decent shipyard in Echeng, but being able to build thousand-ton fishing boats definitely has the potential to become a pillar enterprise in the local area.

According to the instructions conveyed by the town, the city will come to check on the situation of Gaijin Shipyard tomorrow. It may be classified as a high-tech enterprise and given certain support.

"The city leaders are very interested in the Gaijin Shipyard, you must not let them down!
This is an opportunity, an opportunity for the entire Dawan Town. Mayor Lu is quite busy, otherwise he would come to tell you in person!

Hearing that it was the city's concern, Chen Yonggui couldn't help but become serious. He had never come into contact with such a high level.

Unlike Dayuan Town, which has only a few pitiful provisions for support, Echeng is a prefecture-level city, and even a slight allocation of resources will be a great help.

For example, when it comes to road construction, Dayuan Village and Tangwen can only repair the road in the village, and then work hard to build a cement road connecting to the town.

But as long as the city is willing, the road to Dayuan Village will be given higher priority, and both quality and speed will be much better.

Even projects such as fishing companies and tourist villages will benefit from this.

Chen Yonggui could no longer hold his temper and immediately went to find Tang Wen to make sure that he made sure to prepare for tomorrow's reception.

"Wait, take Xiao Liu with you."

Yang Tai called out to Chen Yonggui, who then noticed that there was a young man coming down from bus 212.

"Xiao Liu" looked to be around thirty years old, wearing a popular leather jacket and jeans, as well as a pair of fashionable frog-eye glasses.

“This is the pilot I invited, Liu Kan, the son of a friend from my old aviation school.

Don’t underestimate him because he’s young. He started repairing airplanes with his father at the age of five, so he can fly a plane too.”

Chen Yonggui looked at Liu Kan, who had the air of a young man and exuded an air of unreliability.

……

"My dad broke his leg during the Chinese New Year and is still recuperating, so let me take a look."

Liu Kan did not feel any pressure towards Tang Wen, who looked younger than him, and introduced himself casually.

"I've flown the CJ-51, Type 40, Type , P, and P. I haven't flown jet aircraft, but I'm sure there's no problem with piston aircraft."

Chen Yonggui always had a bad attitude towards this young man who dressed like a gangster, but Tang Wen was different.

Liu Kan just introduced himself and he works at an aviation school!
The old Northeast Aviation School has now been reorganized into the Aviation University, known as the cradle of the Air Force.

Apart from anything else, most astronauts after the millennium came from there.

Liu Kan played in the aviation school when he was a child. When other children were riding on the carousel, he was riding on the plane. Although he did not join the Air Force when he grew up, he found a job as a pilot at the Aviation University.

Although he is not a pilot, he is second only to a pilot, so he is naturally a little arrogant.

Upon hearing about the F4F Wildcat, Liu Kan, who happened to be on vacation, immediately came to broaden his horizons.

However, he did not believe the claim of a brand new Wildcat. It was so many years old, how could there be a new one?
Although many vintage World War II aircraft can still fly, they have been carefully maintained. Unless they are owned by super-rich people or experienced enthusiasts, they would have lost their ability to fly after decades.

He preferred the F4F because it looked well-maintained and would allow him to take some photos as a souvenir, but he had no hope of ever seeing it fly.

Tang Wen had great trust in professionals, so after thinking it over, he asked Tang Yi to take him to see the plane, while he discussed the city leaders' inspection with the township head and village head.

This inspection will be beneficial to the shipyard, and the construction period of the Hashidate is only ten hours away, and it will be completed tonight.

The visible turrets and weapons are directly recovered, and the appearance can be viewed casually.

But since it is an inspection, some preparations must be made.

……

"How old is your boss? Has he also loved airplanes since he was a child?"

"What model is the F4F in your collection? Has it been modernized?"

"Where did you buy it from? Was it a wreckage pieced together and restored, or is it a surviving complete machine?"

"I heard the engine works. Is it the Pratt & Whitney R1830 or the Wright Cyclone 1820?"

Liu Kan asked a lot of questions like a curious baby, but Tang Yi didn't understand any of them and could only say "I don't know".

The former was a little disappointed for a moment, and came to the warehouse with Tang Yi with a nervous heart. When he pushed open the iron door, he saw the fighter jet with its head raised.

My first impression is that the surface is intact and there is nothing wrong with the paint, which is pretty good.

Leaning over slightly, the carrier hook was still there, and the communication antenna on the tail could be seen, pristine and original. The collector was a very particular person. Although it was his first time seeing an F4F, Liu Kan had already read about various aircraft from various materials. He opened the cockpit with ease and stared blankly at the full array of instruments.

Hiss, it’s been maintained so well that there’s no visible wear and tear?

Liu Kan jumped into the cockpit, first stepped on the pedal, and then began to flip the switches randomly. The crisp feel was without any shaking, which was better than the new CJ-5.

Liu Kan was shocked. He quickly climbed out of the cockpit and lay down on the landing gear to observe the structure and hydraulic pipes inside. He touched the joint directly and immediately felt it was slippery.

The entire landing gear retraction and extension structure has no rust spots, the pipelines are in order and not damaged, and judging from the oiling condition, it has been carefully maintained and is really like new.

Liu Kan didn't believe it, and observed the engine through the gaps in the cooling fins on the nose. The oil leakage and the residue in the exhaust pipe surprised him even more:
Either the engine has been completely disassembled and rebuilt, or it is new and has not been used for more than a few hours.

He looked at Tang Yi blankly and asked:
"Is there any gasoline? Let me try."

Tang nodded a little. A plane was nothing. Tang Wen said it was okay to do whatever he wanted.

……

"When the boss arrives, make sure the workers are busy. For example, you know, welding? That... eh, what's that sound?"

Yang Tai was talking incessantly about the preparations for the inspection when he heard a loud noise outside and quickly recognized it as the sound of an airplane engine.

"They're probably testing the plane. It's okay. I'll go close the window."

Tang Wen said nonchalantly, and the sound immediately became much quieter after closing the window.

After a while, the noise disappeared, and Tang Wen opened the window again to get some fresh air.

But when he leaned over the window and looked, he found that the F4F in the warehouse had reached the gate, with its wings folded and about to leave the gate.

"??"

Hearing that the plane had been pushed out of the gate, several people hurried down, only to see that Liu Kan had already started the engine again and was about to climb in.

Tang Wen hurriedly asked him to stop, but heard him say:
"Boss Tang, you really can't judge a person by his appearance. I never thought that such a small fishing village could hide a master like you.

This Wildcat is not only an authentic early model of the 1942 F4F-4, but is also better maintained than the CJ- at the aviation school!

I looked at the plane and it was in perfect condition, with nothing wrong with it. I filled it up with fuel and took it for a test flight."

"What, flying here?"

Yang Tai was dumbfounded. He just asked Liu Kan to come over and take a look, but now he wanted to start flying directly?

There is no airport, how can we fly?
There is a flat open space in Dayuan Village, but it would probably still be difficult to take off a plane?
"This is enough!"

Facing Yang Tai's question, Liu Kan replied with a smile:
"The F4F is a carrier-based aircraft that can take off from just over meters, and it was designed for field takeoffs during wartime.

As for the newly leveled land in front of us where the road is being built, the distance and flatness are both sufficient and there is absolutely no problem.

Boss Tang, don't you agree? "

"This……"

Tang Wen was also speechless about this big man from Northeast China. He dared to fly as soon as he came. You are so brave.

He was thinking about how to persuade the other party to stop, but he heard Yang Tai suddenly say:

"If we can let the leaders see fighter jets flying tomorrow, the tourism village project will definitely be a success."

Chen Yonggui, who originally thought that Liu Kan was fooling around, started to think after hearing this.

Yeah, just looking at shipbuilding, there’s probably nothing new about it. How impressive is an airplane?

"Brother Liu, you..."

Tang Wen was about to speak to dissuade him, but was blocked by two hands on the left and right at the same time.

Yang Tai: "I trust Xiao Liu's skills and judgment."

Chen Yonggui: "The quality of this aircraft is absolutely impeccable."

"Boss Tang, you don't want to spoil the boss's fun, do you?"

"Xiao Tang, the professionals are right in judging that it can fly. Is there something wrong with your plane that prevents it from flying?"

"This……"

While Tang Wen was dumbfounded, Liu Kan had already jumped into the cockpit, lowered the flaps before the villagers who were watching the excitement in the distance came close, and then pushed the throttle to MAX.

The F4F's tail rudder deflected and made a beautiful turn towards the flat road surface where the foundation had just been laid.

The 1200-horsepower radial piston engine started at full power, and the noise immediately drowned out all other sounds on the scene.

The fighter plane began to slide on the flat road and accelerated at an astonishing speed, with the rear wheels already off the ground.

As a carrier-based fighter, short-distance takeoff and landing in harsh environments are basic skills.

At the same time, with the powerful brick-flying design of the Mi series, the F4F reached take-off speed in less than half a minute.

Liu Kan pulled the rudder, and the main landing gear of the F4F left the ground. The fuselage tilted to the right and climbed towards the sea.

then……

In the cockpit, Liu Kan desperately shook the crank on the right side of the seat.

As the first generation of the United States' main carrier-based aircraft, the F4F's landing gear is a hydraulic system, but it does not have an electric retraction function. The pilot needs to manually crank the handle 29 times to retract the landing gear.

Fortunately, the designer took into consideration the fact that the human right hand is strong, so it didn’t take Liu Kan long to shake it 29 times in one breath.

Compared with the CJ-4, the F500F is a serious high-speed fighter with a maximum speed of over 280 kilometers, while the CJ- is only kilometers.

Under the surging engine power, Liu Kan had never felt that an airplane could be so flexible. After climbing at a large angle, it tilted the rudder and performed a clean and neat roll.

On the ground, the trio were stunned. The nearby construction teams and villagers all stopped their work and stared intently at the nimble fighter plane flying in the sky.

(End of this chapter)