Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 365 Praise (First Update)
The aircraft imported into China include civilian passenger planes from other countries.

But those are always manufactured by others, while the civil airliners manufactured in our own country look different.

Li Song accompanied the leader and first looked around the plane.

Chief Engineer Ma was right there explaining things, and Li Song, as the boss, didn't try to steal the limelight from his subordinates!
Chief Engineer Ma sounded slightly guilty when he spoke, because he had only led a team to assemble the aircraft, but he knew its parameters by heart.

"Our CA201 passenger aircraft is equipped with two high bypass ratio engines, enabling it to fly at a maximum speed of Mach 0.86 for a maximum distance of 8600 kilometers!"

"And its maximum flight altitude reaches 12,300 meters!"

"It can accommodate up to 230 people!"

"It is about 46 meters long and has a wingspan of about 42 meters."

The leader nodded as he walked, and then boarded the plane.

Narrow-body passenger aircraft are all single-aisle layouts, and the number of seats mentioned earlier refers to the number of seats for low-cost carriers!

You could also add seats similar to first class, but there would be nothing separating this first class from the seats behind it.

At most, we can put a curtain in the back to separate them!

The first-class cabin and the economy class cabin on a large wide-body passenger plane are separated by a main beam.

The leader and his entourage boarded the plane, first going to the cockpit and inspecting it carefully, then walking into the passenger cabin from the front to the back.

Look carefully at every place!
Then the leader sat down in his seat again.

"Okay!" The leader didn't say much throughout the whole process, but now that he's sat down, he speaks.

"This aircraft fills many gaps in our country's capabilities." The leader, of course, knew that the aircraft was assembled.

They also knew why Li Song and his group wanted to bring in an airplane part first.

From the leaders' perspective, Li Song and his group's actions were perfectly acceptable.

Business competition is just like war; as long as you can win, it doesn't matter if you use some underhanded tactics!
I also know that Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant has the technology.

"Thank you for the compliment, leader."

"We just did what we could!" Li Song replied modestly.

Then the leader led the group off the plane!

Then the leaders and some other people stood outside the assembly workshop!

Then the trailer towed the aircraft out of the factory.

After leaving the factory, the pilots and staff, under orderly command, started the aircraft's engine.

Then the plane began to taxi on its own.

The leaders and others applauded as they saw the plane begin to taxi on its own!

The plane taxis to the runway!
Then the engine was turned off, and the leaders and staff began taking photos with the plane.

"This is our small turboprop engine!"

"Used to manufacture small transport aircraft similar to carrier-based transport aircraft." The leader then inspected the small turboprop engine department, but of course, there was no need to record this, as it was classified.

"Wow!" The leader was also somewhat surprised when he saw this small turboprop engine.

“This small turboprop engine is even more powerful than similar models from Aramco, saving 10% more fuel and increasing power by 8% compared to the same model,” Li Song said.

Li Song was referring to Aramco's Greyhound transport plane, which first flew in 1964 and has been in service for almost twenty years.

The engine that Li Song customized on the second-hand platform is even better than the engine he was using, mainly because the technology has developed recently!

This is the advantage of being a latecomer.

The Greyhound transport aircraft underwent a comprehensive optimization in 1973, extending its overall service life.

The leaders and their followers believed Li Song's words without a doubt, because these technologies were originally obtained by the other party.

"This can be used as a platform for carrier-based early warning aircraft and carrier-based refueling aircraft in the future."

"Because there is a transport capacity of about five tons."

"Aircraft that can be used for airdropping supplies!"

"It can also carry nearly forty soldiers!"

"Moreover, it has a short takeoff and landing distance and uses a turboprop engine, so its service ceiling can reach more than 10,000 meters."

"It can adapt to high-altitude plateau environments!"

"The maximum speed can reach 550 kilometers per hour."

"The flight range can reach 2,400 kilometers!"

"So this aircraft can be completely converted into an armed patrol aircraft!" Li Song stopped there, because of the use of weapons.

The mainland can use weapons in all sorts of creative ways.

The leader nodded upon hearing this. Having experienced what happened in 1962, he certainly knew what the biggest weakness was there.

That is material logistics.

Of course, logistical support is very difficult for us.

The situation is equally difficult for the neighboring area, even though it is located at the foot of the mountain.

However, during the rainy season, many roads on the south side of the Himalayas are washed away!

Over the years, our neighbors have been making underhanded moves, mainly because it's too difficult for us to detect them.

Take a little today, take a little tomorrow!
Of course, we also control key areas, such as YD County, which is only a few dozen kilometers away. If we cut off their contact with the gangs in Northeast China, they will lose contact with them.

The reason why the neighboring country occupies a little bit today and a little bit tomorrow is mainly because they feel insecure! Because the border is only a few hundred kilometers away from their capital, a plane can reach it with a push of the throttle.

Although the neighboring country has a large land area, it simply cannot move its capital to another place!
Because the capital city and other places simply cannot support so many people.

The wealthiest neighboring state is Uttar Pradesh, located at the foot of the Himalayas.

As for the Deccan Plateau, although it has a large area, it is either arid or rainy.

The leader nodded: "Now that this type of transport aircraft is available, we'll purchase some."

"Thank you, leader." Li Song nodded upon hearing this.

"This is the general helicopter division, which is developing a turboshaft engine!"

"Our technology is comparable to Aramco's Black Hawk helicopter!" Then we went to the general helicopter division.

Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant has grown from a few hundred people at the beginning to several thousand people now.

The first general aviation helicopter project only had five people, so progress was slow, but now it has more than a hundred!
The main reason is that Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant has too many projects.

Of course, this also requires the strong support of higher authorities.

In fact, the higher-level departments are also feeling overwhelmed because the demand for technical talent is too great.

Even the relevant education departments are now feeling overwhelmed!

Because technology is advancing so rapidly, students are already far behind after graduation.

Even the school professors are far behind in reality.

Whether it's a regular industrial school or a secret school!
Students and teachers are now learning together.

The technology that Li Song brought back essentially elevated China's industrial manufacturing capabilities by several levels.

"it is good!!"

"Black Hawk helicopters are great!" Of course, the leader knew that Black Hawk helicopters were good, and he also knew that Li Song had this technology.

"Can we manufacture armed helicopters?" the leader asked, looking at Li Song.

Because the leaders never forget how many tanks their northern neighbor has.

At present, the nemesis of tanks is helicopters.

Keep in mind that there is an endless plain between us and our northern neighbor.

At its worst, the enemy had a million troops on their side!
"We can provide technical support, but our factory does not manufacture military products!"

"Because the products manufactured by our factory will be sold all over the world!" Li Song said.

"Once the semiconductor chips for military helicopters are developed, we will design helicopters that are world-leading," Li Song said.

"The electrification of weapons and equipment is the future trend."

"The electronicization of weapons and equipment can greatly improve the performance of weapons on the battlefield and enhance the equipment's awareness of battlefield situations," Li Song explained.

"Great!!" The leader has said "great" countless times today.

"This is our Type B transport aircraft project!"

"This project is expected to yield results within two years," Li Song said.

Of course the leaders knew that Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant had two types of transport aircraft projects, namely A and B!

I also know how incredible the B-type transport plane is!
Its technical parameters can be said to have reached the world's leading level.

They also knew that Li Song planned to use this transport aircraft to deliver the rocket.

"Looks like I'll have to come here more often!"

"After looking around here, I feel much more relaxed!"

"It is precisely because our country has venues like yours that we are able to avoid discrimination from those foreigners!" The leader knew that in the past, when they wanted to buy advanced technology from foreign countries, the other party simply refused to sell it to them.

Even if it's outdated or obsolete technology, we'll still buy it at a high price!
The foreign exchange used to purchase these technologies was all produced through the hard work of farmers and miners!

In the early days, the only things that could be exchanged for foreign currency were agricultural products and minerals.

How much grain and agricultural products does a technology require?

But there's nothing we can do; the country's foundation is too weak!
During World War II, other countries had planes, cannons, and aircraft carriers flying all over the sky!
Many of our country's weapons cannot yet be produced domestically.

After World War II, our country was reduced to ruins, so we had to rebuild it little by little!
It is a country built entirely by our own hands.

It's not that no one came to help with the construction, but the conditions they proposed were too outrageous!

The other party wants to take over sovereignty, and even threatens with mushroom eggs.

But the leaders know what all those sacrifices were for.

If we hand over sovereignty so easily, wouldn't all those people have sacrificed themselves in vain?

And so, a considerable number of people at the time agreed to relinquish some sovereignty.

They even want to become a member state of the other party.

That's why there was that big wind later.

This is also why our country's development was slow later on!
The other two countries benefited from the victory in World War II, which enabled them to develop rapidly.

"We will definitely continue to develop!" Li Song nodded. Some technologies will not be revealed for the time being, but will be shown after Fat Bear flexes his muscles!

Moreover, Li Song will indirectly propose some plans at that time, because the West will verbally say that they will sell everything!

We can buy some fighter jets then, so that when our fighter jets come out, the other side won't suspect anything!
(End of this chapter)