Chapter 244 The Great Air Force Plan
Wang Maoru was very surprised that the performance of this aircraft was much more than he expected, and asked: "Does this aircraft have a name? What is its function?"
Luo Haiquan said: "It has not been named yet. It has two functions: reconnaissance and bombing, but it does not have air attack capabilities. The %net has a storage compartment between the rear cabin and the front cabin. During this period, thirty 51mm caliber mortar shells can be stored and placed, or 20 75mm mortar shells can be placed after modification."
Wang Maoru asked anxiously: "Have you produced it?"
Luo Haiquan said: "There is one that was placed in the warehouse of Beijing Huaxing Airport and tested it ten times, but there is still a gap between theoretical flight and actual flight. For example, the maximum range is 800 kilometers, and the actual distance we tested it was only fifty kilometers."
"Huaxing Airport is relocated." Wang Maoru said, "This aircraft is very excellent in theory and is also the crystallization of your contribution, so it is named Qilin 1st generation bomber."
Today, Luo Haiquan's purpose is to hope that Huaxing Aircraft Company will relocate, so that it can naturally get the greatest support on Wang Maoru's territory. He was very happy to hear his decision and said, "Okay, I have been looking forward to this day for a long time. Here is the second aircraft. This aircraft has its biggest feature. Its structure has a big change compared to the first Kirin 1 generation you named. It is that the rear cabin is 50 cm higher than the front cabin. A air-cooled heavy machine gun can be placed above the rear cabin to attack the front. This aircraft has a maximum flight speed of only 110 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of only 400 kilometers. Other data are almost the same as Kirin. We think this aircraft can perform combat missions between airplanes." Wang Maoru nodded, and Luo Haiquan continued to introduce: "Please do the third aircraft.
Look. This is a monoplane. After referring to the pigeon-type aircraft, we believe that the monoplane also has the performance of a biplane. Moreover, its area is small and not easy to be attacked. This monoplane weighs 420 kilograms, the maximum take-off weight is 880 kilograms, the length of the aircraft is 8.6 meters, the wing length is 10.5 meters, the engine horsepower is 75 horsepower, and the maximum flight speed is 115 kilometers. Although he is only a single-person aircraft, the supervisor, please see that the pipe on both sides of the wings is not there? The distance between these two pipes is just extended outside the propeller. We plan to fix two machine guns in these two positions if possible. Using wire pulleys, the switch is placed in the cockpit, and the pilot is vacant. It only needs to be pulled gently. The pilot can attack with the two machine guns on the left and right."
When Wang Maoru saw this design, he jumped up happily. It was beyond the era and beyond the level of war. It was only 1916, not 1920. The Chinese people were so wise and wise. He quickly said: "Okay, okay. OK, this design is very clever and clever. This aircraft was named Zhuque 1 attack aircraft, the previous one was named Qinglong 1 attack aircraft, is there a fourth model? Take it out. Take it out quickly." He excitedly started to grab the drawings and sighed.
Luo Haiquan hurriedly took out the last aircraft design and said, "This aircraft... Governor, we designed this aircraft mainly for the purpose of load-load transportation. If we study the above three models at the same time, this aircraft will definitely not work and we have no energy to invest. This aircraft is a twin-engine, referring to the Handley Page transport aircraft produced by Rolls-Royce in the UK. It has two wings and twin engines. It only uses two 250-horsepower engines. It can carry 18 people, weigh 3.5 tons, and load-load 6.5 tons. It is a length of 19 meters, with a wing length of 28 meters, a maximum flight altitude of 4,000 meters, and a maximum flight range of 800 kilometers. But this is the theory during the design. We have not made this aircraft, and everything is on this drawing."
“Who made the drawings?”
"A Fujian classmate named Wang Deyue, his design." Luo Haiquan said.
"Big aircraft, big aircraft!" Wang Maoru praised "In this way, you will return to Beijing immediately and start to move the aircraft company immediately, including all the workers, flight technicians, pilots, by the way, how about the pilot now?"
"The pilots are all the teenagers who are in charge of your flight squad." Speaking of this, Luo Haiquan looked gloomy and said, "When there are many troubles, two teenagers have fallen to death."
"Why...ah." Thinking that even talents like Feng Ru died during the test flight of the plane, Wang Maoru sighed for a moment. The development of the plane does require talents, and someone even needs sacrifice. He said: "Manager Luo, let's do this, you can arrange for the aircraft factory to move to Qiqihar immediately... No, move to Anda County, Sartu Town in Anda County, where will it be our new aircraft R&D center in the future."
"yes."
"Also, bring all the children who have tested the flight. Ask Master Li if he is willing to come to Heilongjiang and open the Swallow Gate to Heilongjiang. If he doesn't want to, bring the orphans he has adopted over the years and build a teenage military academy in Sartu, which is called the Sartu teenage military academy."
"Yes, Grand Marshal." Luo Haiquan said.
"Our aircraft development plan and four types of aircraft will definitely not be able to develop all production now. Perhaps only one can be developed. If the funds are sufficient, two may be developed. However, I will also provide funds to support research and development for other aircraft, which represents a research direction. I will give you funds, conditions, people, and you will consider other things in disorder, and you just need to study them carefully." Wang Maoru said.
Luo Haiquan said in surprise: "Master General means that we can study it at will?"
Wang Maoru said: "It's OK in theory, but if I find that I'm wasting too much, I'll kill you." Luo Haiquan hurriedly shrank his neck, and Wang Maoru said: "Okay, after the aircraft factory is moved to Saltu, it can't be called Huaxing Aircraft Factory anymore, it's called Saltu Air Force Base."
"Air Force?" Luo Haiquan said in surprise. This commander is really unique. He actually has an Air Force. Can a few of their planes establish an Air Force?
"Yes, Air Force!" Wang Maoru waved his arm and said, "Air Force, I want to build the world's first air force." (Note: At this time, the mainstream media in the world believed that the Air Force was just an affiliate of the army. Until World War II, the country even allocated the Air Force to the Army and Navy as auxiliary departments.)
After receiving the order, Luo Haiquan immediately returned to Beijing to arrange for the relocation of the Huaxing Group Aircraft Factory. This was quite a bit of a sudden, which naturally alarmed the Beiyang government. Xu Shuzheng yelled that he would not allow the relocation of Huaxing Aircraft Company. However, Huaxing is private, so how can you take care of it? Besides, Duan Qirui needs Wang Maoru's support now, so it is not appropriate to offend Wang Maoru, the governor. Why does he need Wang Maoru's support? Because the dispute between the government and the court has become increasingly fierce at this time.
The starting point of the dispute between the government and the court was the personal fighting spirit of Sun Hongyi, the Presidential Office Director of the Interior and Xu Shuzheng, Secretary General of the State Council. Both of them were not good-tempered and generous. Sun Hongyi was born in the Tongmenghui and had a good personal relationship with Sun Wen and Huang Xing. When he was against Yuan, his article "Crying to the Fathers of the Northern Countryside" was fully explained, which was quite similar to the style of Chen Lin writing a "Emperorial to the Defend Cao" that cursed Cao Cao for Yuan Shao.
After the second republic, he was recommended by President Li Yuanhong and Vice President Feng Guozhang as the Chief of Internal Affairs. But this man was sharp-tongued and looked down upon, as if no one was around, and he was not as good as he was. However, others were different, so Xu Shuzheng was different. Xu Shuzheng was difficult for him because of the issue of being a martial general named Wang Maoru. Moreover, Wang Maoru gave gifts and pleasing him, so that Deputy Chief Xu let him go. The meeting between these two people was really a needle
Jian met Mai Mang. Xu Shuzheng is the master of the State Council, who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people. The State Council is suitable for all sizes and sizes, and they are sent to Secretary-General Xu Shuzheng first, and then to Duan Qirui for handling. It can be said that the nominal president at this time was Li Yuanhong, but in fact the country was governed by Prime Minister Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui added all trust to Xu Shuzheng. It can be seen that Xu Shuzheng was basically the mastermind of all major and small matters in the country at this time. How powerful should Xu Shuzheng be?
Sun Hongyi is a person who often has a headache for Li Yuanhong. Xu Shuzheng is also the most famous person known as the second most premier. Therefore, whenever the State Council sends the official documents to the Presidential Office (the official documents need to be stamped with the presidential seal before they can be considered as legally issued a ruling order), Sun Hongyi either rejects them or tampers with them. Whenever he sees the flaws, he will pick on them, which makes Xu Shuzheng very unable to come to Taiwan.
Another time, Xu Shuzheng and Sun Hongyi had a break between the State Council meeting. Sun Hongyi accused Xu Shuzheng of not even being ineligible to participate in political participation in meetings like us. Xu Shuzheng is Duan Qirui's secretary and confidant and aide. Duan Qirui was directly appointed as Secretary-General of the State Council and was not an elected member of parliament.
Xu Shuzheng was so angry that although he was the Secretary-General of the State Council, he had been in the army for a long time and had no influence among the members of parliament. Therefore, no one chose him during the general election, so it was also an exception for the State Council. The only person who had never received a vote became the Secretary-General of the State Council. Xu Shuzheng's vindictive character could not bear this anger. He revealed that Sun Hongyi privately disclosed the national news to the newspaper office. It is true that Sun Hongyi was sharp-tongued, but such people often like to nitpicking and show off wherever he goes, and eventually revealed some news from the State Council and the Presidential Office to the newspaper office. So sometimes before the country could release any news, the newspaper office learned the news first. Moreover, Sun Hongyi was once one of the leader of the Progressive Party. After having conflicts with Liang Qichao, he led a group of people to withdraw from the Progressive Party and joined the Kuomintang, and gradually became the backbone of the Kuomintang's northern faction (Note 1).
One of these two people is the second in command of the Beiyang Anhui faction in the prime of the limelight, and the other is the leader of the Kuomintang's northern faction, so they naturally start to look at the top of the enemy. (Note 2)
(Note 1, also known as the Xiaosun School, headed by Sun Hongyi, is also known as the Taoyuan School because it often holds meetings in Taoyuan, Beijing)
(Note 2 Li Dazhao was a student of Sun Hongyi. Later, Li Dazhao defected to the Soviet Union and was arrested by Zhang Zuolin for organizing and planning a riot. The real Li Dazhao is not a great man in history books. He is a hardcore Su fan and believes that only the Soviet model can save China)
Chapter completed!