Chapter 732 Don’t Dare to Try

Bao Zixuan is very happy, as long as the country realizes the gap. So with China's talent accumulation, I believe that it will be able to develop a third-generation aircraft in a few years. As an aerospace engineer, of course I know the technical difficulties that China needs to overcome in its current development of third-generation aircraft. But there are some things that he can't say and have to be brought up by the other party.

This is not because Bao Zixuan is being pretentious, but because he cannot tell the truth. You have to save some face for others, otherwise your face will not look good.

Bao Shoufu smiled and said: "I don't know much about China's current weapons and equipment. I should be very anxious to hear what you say. As a Chinese, of course I will be obligated to help the country. If you need anything from me or the Black Cloud Group, please Just tell me, you know my character. At the same time, as a soldier, you should be very straightforward. There are no outsiders here, so if you have any needs, please just tell me."

Bao Zixuan dare not say that the Chinese Air Force is still making a fuss about the MiG-21. After all, it is a state secret. How could he, a businessman, know that he had spies planted in the Chinese mainland? That is not just looking for trouble, but it will also bring trouble to yourself and your company. It is better to let Zhao Haijun say some things himself. As a military personnel who often goes out in the field, of course he knows what to say and what to say. There is still a certain standard for this.

Even though he knew that Bao Zixuan was pretending to be confused, Zhao Haijun was still very happy. It proved that the young man in front of him came to China just to do business and had no other ideas. Now that Heiyun Group has entered the military industry, many things have to be guarded against.

Zhao Haijun said with a smile: "It's a pleasure to communicate with Mr. Bao. I really have something to discuss when I come here this time. The Chinese military is preparing to research third-generation fighter jets, so it hopes to cooperate with Heiyun Group. Mainly, it is hoped that Heiyun Group can send engineers here Mainland China will jointly develop aeroengines, override systems and avionics equipment for third-generation fighters."

Bao Zixuan was a little embarrassed when he heard this. After all, a case was widely circulated in Luo Luo Company. The Spey engine was a good example; he didn't dare to take any chances.

The Spey engine is the first turbofan jet engine developed by the British Rolls-Royce Company in the 1960s. At the time, the invention of the Spey jet engine was considered a major breakthrough in mechanical engineering. The most important thing is that its performance is very good compared with other jet engines of the same era.

Even the arrogant Americans purchased Spey's patent and built a production line in the United States to meet demand.

In the 1970s, China's relations with Western countries made breakthrough progress. Under the instigation of the Western alliance leader, the US imperialism, some Western developed countries took the initiative to invite Chinese personnel to visit their military industrial enterprises. In July 1973, the British government announced that it would export Spey engines to China.

Two years later, the actual work began. The British company Rolls-Royce has sent dozens of aerodynamic engineers to participate in the localization of Spey engines in China.

British aerospace engineers were initially very fond of the Chinese side's warm hospitality and had certain illusions about completing the mission and returning to the UK as soon as possible. Soon after, the colorful soap bubbles blown by both parties suddenly burst.

China planned to take a two-step approach at that time. First, it would take three years to learn to use imported parts to assemble a qualified Sibei, and then five years to achieve localization.

British personnel discovered that most of the Chinese technicians had been trained in Soviet jet engine assembly, but they were obviously very inexperienced. An interpreter told them that the Soviet experts only stayed for two years and then suddenly left, while the Chinese technicians had just learned a little Russian.

There were more than 10,000 parts of the Spey jet engine that were shipped, and it took two months just to store them in categories. The Chinese side insisted on arranging how to store the parts according to their opinions.

In the assembly process of parts, Huafang Factory established a work team of hundreds of people, divided into several competing groups. The relationship between the group leaders was not harmonious, quarrels often broke out in meetings, and they did not listen to the opinions of foreign experts. British experts, although widely involved in specific work, were often consciously excluded on certain occasions.

According to one expert, it was not easy to get along with their workers and engineers. In addition to the language barrier, it always felt like there was something invisible in the air separating us. The person in charge would blush when talking to us, and always look at these white people who came from afar with strange eyes from a distance. Many meetings did not notify us to participate...''

At the beginning, the morale of each working group was high, scrambling to catch up with the progress, and performing assembly work according to their imagination and loose translation. After scrapping an engine, they were obviously severely criticized by their superiors; the assembly work was even more complicated. Stopped for a month.

In the factory, the Chinese translators had the most contact with the British technicians, trying desperately to extract some secrets from the British people. The Chinese technicians were prohibited from contacting the British technicians after work. According to the memories of British experts, these translators later became the heads of technical work and witnessed them speaking at the front of the conference.

Chinese technicians underestimated the difficulty of assembling the Spey engine and used the same set of tools and methods left over from the Soviet Union to work. They quickly lost ground in the face of more sophisticated Western parts. It took several more months to import machine tools and tools produced in Western Europe.

The British originally planned to assemble the first Spey engine in 5 months, but later changed it to 7 months. In fact, it took more than a year.

In 1979, China underwent earth-shaking changes, which forced the work of replicating the Spey engine to stop. At this time, the test run of the Spey engine assembled by China had just been successful in the UK.

Bao Zixuan knew that it would take 27 years for the successful localization of the Spey engine!

Although there are fundamental differences between now and the 1970s, most of the Heiyun aviation engineers are European and American. There will definitely be some discomfort when working there, and the problems of Rolls-Royce may also arise. If it is not done well, it will also affect relations with mainland China.

You must know that the engineers of Heiyun Group can only be defeated by the super genius Bao Zixuan. They will not work according to the opinions of China. All this is troublesome, so Bao Zixuan doesn't dare to try it.

Bao Zixuan thought for a while and said: "Forget it about joint research and development. After all, the third-generation aircraft is related to China's national defense secrets. Most of the aerospace engineers in Heiyun Group are European and American, and there is a risk of leaking secrets. I dare not take this risk. If it happens, The problem is, I am a sinner of the nation, and even death cannot atone for my sins."

"Heiyun Group is preparing to enter the research and development of third-generation aircraft. Of course, the project has not yet been approved. However, the third-generation fighter engine has been successfully developed. If the country needs it, Heiyun Group can sell it at cost price. In addition, avionics equipment and control systems are of great importance. It’s better to do your own research. Heiyun Group can open up some technologies for free, but there’s only so much I can do.”

Zhao Haijun himself was embarrassed to mention the joint development of third-generation aircraft, but Heiyun Group could even develop the HH-01 Phantom stealth aircraft. The third-generation aircraft is absolutely high-tech in mainland China and is a technological peak that is difficult to overcome in the short term. But it was not enough in front of the Heiyun Group. In addition, Bao Zixuan was a recognized expert in the aviation field in the world, so it was not difficult for them at all.

The joint research and development was more about using Heiyun Group's technology; now that Bao Zixuan refused, it seemed very reasonable, and Zhao Haijun didn't know how to refute it for a while.

In fact, there was one thing that Zhao Haijun didn't say out loud, which would have been even more embarrassing. It was a technical expert from China who proposed to jointly develop bombers with Heiyun, or to upgrade existing bombers.

The Heiyun Group's HH-01 Phantom combat bomber is already the best bomber in the world, and has been rated by the media as being 20 years ahead of its time. At this time, the proposal to jointly develop bombers with others is not a lice on the monk's head, it is obvious.

Of course, we can’t say anything about the experts, but we must admire them. Chinese people in this era are very dedicated and believe that Bao Zixuan is Chinese; it is natural for them to share good technology.

Seeing Bao Zixuan's firm attitude, Zhao Haijun stopped insisting. Maybe people have unspeakable secrets, and they shouldn't go too far even for the sake of the country.

It’s good to be able to provide an engine now, there’s no need to ask for anything more. Heiyun Group is an enterprise and it definitely needs to make money. It is very rare to be able to sell aircraft engines at cost prices and provide part of its technology for free. Most businessmen have not yet realized this.