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Chapter 144 Chang'an Power

Li Yun's shocked expression gradually returned, and she stared at him with wide eyes.

"You know what fear is? An eight-meter-long plane, how heavy must that be?"

"Take the smaller one as an example. If the smaller one weighs 1.6 tons, then the larger one must weigh at least 3 tons!"

Li Yun's tone was full of disbelief, and she had already guessed that the weight was heavy, so three meals was not light.

However, she still didn't guess correctly, and after she gave her guessed data, she added a comment.

"Hehe, the thing I designed weighs a total of 5 tons, okay, okay, I won't say anything more."

Grandpa Yan is currently directing people to move the eight-meter-long frame.

I don't know where the subsequent assembly work will take place.

I'm going on another business trip, but it shouldn't be too long.

While the two were talking, Yan Hang and several soldiers were loading parts onto the vehicle.

After that, he didn't spend all his time with Li Yun; he also chatted with Liu Xiaodong and Guo Shugui about some things.

By noon, thanks to the hard work of many soldiers, all the parts were loaded onto the truck.

The tarpaulin was covered over the carriage, so no one knew what was inside.

After loading the truck, Yan Hang told Li Zhenhua to leave. He didn't even have time to eat lunch before the old man took him away.

After bidding a reluctant farewell to Li Yun and the others, I sat in the passenger seat of the military truck, which then drove off into the distance.

The military truck headed south, and Li Zhenhua, sitting in the truck, guessed that it was probably transporting his parts to Hongdu.

As expected, the military truck headed south after getting on the highway.

He also received a definite answer from Yan Hang: go to the Hongdu factory, and in Hongdu, they had already set aside a workshop specifically for this aircraft.

He sat on the road and fell asleep, swaying back and forth. When he opened his eyes again, it was completely dark outside.

Looking at the car that was still moving, he had no idea where he was.

Anyway, after knowing the destination, he didn't ask any more questions. The car then drove for another four or five hours.

After the car came off the highway, he checked the time; it was almost midnight.

This timing was actually around the same time he first delivered engines to Hongdu Factory, when he got off the highway.

Junla drove him and the parts from the vehicle through the main gate of the Hongdu factory.

After walking for a while, he, who knew a little about the Hongdu Factory, increasingly felt that something was wrong.

The military truck then turned onto a road, stopped at the end of the road, passed through a checkpoint, and finally stopped in front of a workshop.

It seemed this was their destination. He then got out of the military truck.

Seeing Yan Hang jump out of the car in front of him, he walked over to the old man.

"Sir, where is this place? Is this still within your company premises?"

Yan Hang was not surprised by this question at all; he had guessed that this question would be asked from the beginning.

"This is the factory area for manufacturing military aircraft. The places you visited before were all civilian manufacturing areas."

These two places are separate. The airships manufactured using the engines you provided earlier can only be considered the outer perimeter of Hongdu.

Our main business isn't civilian small planes; our main business is building fighter jets. Don't forget, we are a state-owned military equipment manufacturer.

After Yan Hang's explanation, he understood.

Once they arrived at their destination, their work could begin. He, along with many soldiers and technicians from the Hongdu factory, started unloading various parts from the vehicle.

After more than two hours of careful unloading, they finally removed all the parts from the vehicle.

Moreover, under Li Zhenhua's command, the various parts of the aircraft were sorted and placed in the workshop.

After they had put all the parts of the aircraft in place, the soldiers did not rest and drove back to their unit overnight to report for duty.

After the soldiers left, only a dozen or so technicians from Hongdu, along with Yan Hang and Li Zhenhua, remained in the workshop.

As for Gu Changkong, the chairman of Hongdu, he had already begun various arrangements upon his return, and now his whereabouts are unknown.

Yan Hang looked at the neatly arranged parts in front of him, his heart filled with unease.

He had already examined the processing levels and materials used for these parts when they were being loaded onto the truck.

They even went to check out the engine parts and carefully examined the materials used in them.

Through his years of experience, he has come to know that many engines use single-crystal metal alloy materials.

This also explained to him why the engine of that 3.5-meter-tall small plane could emit a blue exhaust flame.

Just by looking at the materials used in these parts, you can tell that there are still many secrets about this young man, Li Zhenhua, yet to be uncovered.

From this perspective, this kid did more than just build two airplanes.

Yan Hang touched a leaf in front of him that was less than 20 centimeters long, and asked Li Zhenhua without turning around.

"Zhenhua, what I'm touching right now should be a blade on the engine, right?"

Could you tell me about the engine you designed? And the materials used for these blades must be quite sophisticated!

At this moment, only the two of them remained in the workshop; the technicians from Hongdu Factory had all gone home.

"Yes, this is a blade on the fan at the front of the engine."

The engine I built is 250 centimeters long and 65 centimeters in diameter.

It weighs 300 kilograms, has a thrust-to-weight ratio of 12, and a total thrust of 3.6 tons.

It has more than twice the thrust of the engine on my small plane, which only has a total thrust of 1.4.

"It was because I calculated the thrust platform to be powerful that I was able to build that small plane."

I already had some guesses about this eight-meter-long aircraft, but I didn't expect its thrust to be so strong.

"3.6 tons of thrust? You're really something. I remember the afterburner thrust of the WP-5 turbojet was only 3.8 tons."

Your engine, which is only 2.5 meters long, has enough thrust to power the J-5 fighter jet.

You really know how to have fun, and you're going all out.

Alright, that's enough for today. Tell me about the materials tomorrow. It's getting late, why don't you come to my office for the night?

We'll start work first thing tomorrow morning and try to get your plane out as soon as possible.

Li Zhenhua followed Yan Hang to his office. Although he had dozed off the way there, he was still a little tired.

I lay down on the sofa and soon drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, the sunlight shone on his face, and he woke up shortly afterward.

After having lunch with Yan Hang at the Hongdu factory canteen, we returned to the workshop.

The technicians who helped move things in the workshop yesterday had already arrived here and were waiting.

"Zhenhua, these are the ten most skilled technicians in our factory. They will help us assemble your aircraft, which will speed things up."

Yan Hang gave him a brief explanation, and Li Zhenhua nodded in agreement; it was certainly helpful to have someone to help.

He completely disregarded the question of whether to keep it a secret from Hongdu Factory at this time. He trusted Yan Hang and believed that Hongdu Factory would not do such a thing in certain matters.

Assembly began, and everyone was now under his command. The engines were the first thing to be assembled.

With the help of these people, the assembly speed was much faster than if he had done it himself.

Of course, he did the work himself on some key parts.

With the help of the Analytical Eye, the engine assembly was quite fast. In just two days, a turbofan engine was presented to everyone.

Yan Hang looked at the engine in front of him and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

Who would have thought that a turbofan engine that is only 2.5 meters long and 65 centimeters in size could provide 3.6 tons of thrust?

Such a small yet incredibly powerful engine can be used on more than just his current aircraft.

Take the Rainbow-5 drone for example. Its takeoff weight is just over 3 tons, and such a small engine is perfectly capable of making it fly.

Of course, this is just a metaphor, since Rainbow 5 uses a turboprop engine, while this engine is a turbofan.

However, new aircraft models can be developed around this engine. As long as the thrust is high enough, it is still possible to design a new aircraft.

The engine has been assembled. Although Yan Hang has obtained the calculated data from Li Zhenhua, he still needs to conduct some tests.

Yan Hang then contacted Chang'an Engine Company, and their engine will be transported there for testing.

The engine's next steps were arranged, but he didn't concern himself with those things; he simply continued assembling the second engine.

"Sir, let's send this engine to Chang'an and leave it there for now. Let them do a comprehensive test."

I made enough parts to assemble four of these engines; we need two for our aircraft.

That's enough for now. I'll get the remaining three units out later, and keep one as a spare.

The engine was arranged by Yan Hang to be transported away on a military transport plane, with Chairman Gu Changkong personally leading the way.

After the engine was installed, he devoted himself entirely to assembling the eight-meter aircraft.

With the packed engine in hand, Gu Changkong first went to the nearest military airport and boarded the Y-8 transport aircraft that was waiting there.

Then it flew towards Chang'an.

At Changan Power, the department that manages the test bench received an outsourced testing task early in the morning.

The data they received led the staff to unanimously believe that someone was playing a joke on them.

It's just a small engine that's only 2.5 meters long and weighs no more than 300 kilograms, but it can generate a thrust of 3.6 tons, which sounds outrageous.

What they didn't know was that an even smaller engine had already taken to the skies!

The outsourcing unit was Hongdu Factory; this sister company wouldn't joke about something like this.

So everyone in Chang'an was waiting for the engine to arrive; they wanted to see what kind of engine it was.

Finally, around 10 a.m., the Y-8 transport aircraft carrying Gu Changkong landed at the airport. The engine was then loaded onto a military truck and transported to Chang'an Power.

More than ten minutes later, the personnel from Changan Power finally saw the small engine.

(End of this chapter)