Chapter 883 Armed Helicopter Test Flight

Armed helicopters have become the standard equipment of the Army in later generations, and the Apache armed helicopter is the most famous one. The advantage of heavy armed helicopters is that they can allocate more weight to armor, weapons loads, fuel or other equipment. This has been achieved through previous Hardened by war.

Even American opponents recognize Apache's status very much. The powerful group of armed helicopters has a huge restraint effect on armored forces. Even in the previous France-Vietnam War, France relied heavily on armed helicopters.

However, the performance of early armed helicopters was not satisfactory. This is especially true for the UK. The UK is good at manufacturing defective weapons for a long time. The armed helicopters it has manufactured for a long time do not even have a tail rotor.

For a country like the United Kingdom, which has accumulated a lot of technology in the past but lacks the ability to integrate, a shell happens to be very useful. Alan Wilson had previously provided a sketch, and asked de Havilland through his wife to see if it could be done. Integrate it into what you need.

To be fair, Alan Wilson is not very confident. Although he is barely a military fan and has seen photos of Apaches in the era of developed Internet, he can only ensure that there will be no description errors on large items. The final product, It also depends on de Havilland’s own abilities, but no matter what, compared to products that don’t even have a tail rotor, it’s not a loss at all.

In the field of armed helicopters, the United Kingdom can be regarded as the weak link of imperialism. Among the major participating countries in the war, the previous level was better than China and Japan, and no one dared to say that it was stronger than Italy.

But Britain is a strong country in fixed-wing aircraft, even stronger than the Soviet Union and Germany, but it is lame.

Now there is hope for this lame leg to be straightened out. With this hope, Alan Wilson arrived at the headquarters of De Havilland Company, the largest civilian airliner manufacturer in the world today, but he did not know when it would be straightened out. Boeing catches up with famous entrepreneurs to meet.

This was not the first time that Alan Wilson and de Havilland had met, and this time he did not mince words, saying that he, as a mere son-in-law, was taking the place of his wife, Pamela Mountbatten, and used this time to return to London to see the armed helicopters. Test flight.

"Of course there is another reason, which is to see the shipping test of customized containers. If the huge economic value is reflected, the routes connecting the mainland and Malaya will be replaced with new containers. The planned Singapore will become Asia's Refining center.”

Containers have been around for many years. The structures and specifications of early containers were different, which affected the international circulation of containers. There is an urgent need to formulate international standards for containers to facilitate their development.

This standard was formulated in Paris twenty years ago, which is normal. Paris has formulated many modern standards, which also reflects France’s long-term important position in the world. Compared with the French formulating metric units, a container standard is What kind of?

However, more than 90% of the containers in Europe are now made of wood. This time Alan Wilson came back and ordered steel containers for land and sea transport.

The idea of ​​building a terminal freight yard would allow trucks to drive up ramps to specially designed ships and unload their trailers. Ships can carry trailers to ports such as New York. After the ship arrives at the port, the trailers are picked up by other truck heads. In this way, sea and land combined transportation can be achieved.

This is not the first initiative of Alan Wilson. Americans were also thinking about this at almost the same time. The difference is that the person in the United States who is thinking about sea-land transportation is a businessman, while Alan Wilson is an official.

As long as Alan Wilson pays attention to this aspect, he will definitely implement it faster than the Americans. Otherwise, wouldn't this trip back to Whitehall be in vain?

"France has proven the excellence of armed helicopter groups against guerrillas. Malaya is not far from South Vietnam, and our advisory group was in Saigon at the time to observe this. We in the UK are lagging behind in this regard. . Not as good as any of the United States, the Soviet Union, and France. And Britain also had to face the threat of the Soviet troops stationed in Germany.

A huge armored group requires an excellent armed helicopter. "

Alan Wilson talked about the importance of armed helicopters to the UK, and by the way said that this was the common opinion of the couple. De Havilland was in disbelief, "Not as good as China?"

"Mr. de Havilland may not know that the Soviet Union has fully supported China since the Korean War." Alan Wilson explained calmly, "China's armed helicopters belong to the Soviet Union."

The Z-5 is the first helicopter produced in China and is also the beginning of the scientific research and application of helicopters in New China. The Z-5 helicopter was copied by the Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Company based on the Soviet Mi-4 helicopter drawings.

During the 1950s, there was no gap between China's weapons and equipment and those of the world's major military powers.

The Soviet Union and even Imperial Russia had nothing to say when dealing with their allies. They had always tried their best. The Three Kingdoms Agreement during World War I was essentially France not having the confidence to go to war with Germany alone, so it paid heavily to bribe Imperial Russia. Imperial Russia itself had little relationship with Germany. It's a big contradiction, but for the world war, Emperor Russia fought tooth and nail.

This act of ignoring British influence was finally cracked by the outstanding British Lord of the Admiralty Churchill, at the cost of two battleships, putting the huge imperial Russia at the center of a comprehensive siege, and eventually collapsed.

"The Soviet Union is simply crazy. How can they sincerely support a country? They will definitely regret it in the future." De Havilland is just an entrepreneur and cannot have such a deep understanding of the extent of the Soviet Union's support for China, but he still gave He thinks his own evaluation is very fair.

"It's crazy, and I will definitely regret it in the future." Alan Wilson nodded seriously and agreed with the pertinent evaluation.

From the perspective of the United States, the optimal solution is to take advantage of the collapse of the Soviet Union and kill all remaining forces.

After achieving this goal, it is not too late to turn around and deal with Russia. And within that time period, success was completely guaranteed.

However, that is the perspective of the United States. It is different from the perspective of the United Kingdom. Alan Wilson is British, not American, and has no obligation to make suggestions. If he were an American official, he would definitely want to change the outcome of the Cold War from a great victory to a victory. Cheng Quansheng, but he is not, there is nothing we can do about it.

De Havilland took Alan Wilson to the tarmac and asked someone to remove the tarpaulin covering it. As he walked, he said, "The engine is provided by Rolls-Royce. The technical support in this regard and the profit distribution once the bid is won have not yet been discussed." .”

"Thank you Rolls-Royce for your support, but having said that, I helped negotiate the engine contract between them and the Soviet Union. Otherwise, wouldn't it have become a classic case of being deceived?"

Alan Wilson patted his chest to demonstrate his merit. Although the result has not changed, isn't the contract conditions countless times better than those in Moscow before?

Now that the helicopter's engine is provided by Rolls-Royce, Alan Wilson's worries have been reduced a lot.

Britain's current industrial technology is not a problem, and it is not like future generations who will only focus on finance. If there is no problem on the toughest engines, then there is only a matter of materials.

In fact, the UK does not have a big problem with materials. It is not as bad as the United States investing huge sums of money in the research and development of new materials, and not as good as the Soviet Union in digging up the rarest metals. It will not be any worse.

If there are no problems with the engine and materials, the biggest problem is the traditional British design problem. First-class technology produces second-class equipment, which ultimately leads to a series of tragic consequences.

Looking at de Havilland talking eloquently, Alan Wilson said to himself, if I did not exist, your Comet airliner, together with you, would be the background of Boeing in the history of aviation. The reason why it is now respected in the industry Your status depends entirely on me making up for your shortcomings.

"The driver and shooter is in the front seat, and the driver's seat is in the back seat. Both seats can be used for flight control and weapon firing control. There is bulletproof glass between the two seats to reduce simultaneous damage when hit by enemy weapons. Probability of two crew members. The cockpit glass adopts a flat plate design to reduce reflection, the front section of the fuselage is made of a multi-beam stainless steel structure reinforced by plastic steel, and the rear section uses a honeycomb structure with plastic steel skin."

"I have to say that the external rocket launchers on both sides are eye-catching. I want to meet the very imaginative designer, and the cannon on the head is just right." De Havilland admired and expressed his gratitude to Ai Len Wilson introduces.

"I painted this helicopter." Alan Wilson put his hands in his pockets, looked at de Havilland like a polite scum, and said with a half-smile, "Pamela gave it to you, I painted it. A sketch. Of course, I don’t have the painting skills, so someone else did it for me.”

"Alan, it's amazing that you have such a talent." De Havilland was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but extend the invitation, "If you are not a civil servant, you can consider starting a business."

"I'm still more willing to think of ways to benefit society." Alan Wilson refused indifferently. He is more interested in coding than starting a business. He can also spread conspiracy theories and deceive people by using the world's unsolved mysteries. How happy the rednecks are.

At the same time as the two people were talking, the engine of the armed helicopter had started and the propeller above was spinning. The landing gear flew off the ground, and the strong wind brought by it caused the two of them to leave a distance. The balance was very good, which was witnessed with my own eyes.

It seems that there is no problem with Rolls-Royce's engines. After all, Rolls-Royce is responsible for manufacturing even the British ship engines and nuclear submarine reactors. I just know where it is now.

Alan Wilson's excitement lasted for a while, and since the first feeling was good, it should be good. At least he didn't find anything awkward, and happily asked de Havilland, "Where is the development progress of the regional airliner? I wonder if I can take a look."

"The test flight in this area has not been completed, but it is okay to take a look." De Havilland did not refuse, and asked his assistant to prepare the car and take Alan Wilson to visit.

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