Chapter 730: Fighting Left and Right

As the leader of the Airbus delegation, Bernard Ziegler certainly knew that after finishing the trip in Luzhou, he would go to Jiangcheng to visit a company that produces and operates heavy forging equipment.

In fact, they even applied for the second trip on their own initiative.

It was to see China's technical level in the field of forging technology.

But whether it was Ziegler himself or the technicians who applied at the time, they all wanted to hand over the production of some non-important parts to China first.

This was not because they deliberately obstructed it. The main reason was that the French themselves had a 65,000-ton heavy-duty die forging hydraulic press imported from the Soviet Union, and they had a very intuitive understanding of the technical difficulty of forging large-size parts.

Let's not talk about whether the equipment on the Chinese side can meet the standards.

Even if there is a mature equipment, it does not mean that it can be put into production immediately.

A 10,000-ton hydraulic press is not a punch press used in a small workshop, and it can be operated by learning it casually.

Even if different equipment wants to produce the same parts, the process parameters will be different.

Even if they want to teach, it is unlikely to learn in a short time.

Of course, as a technician, no matter what he thinks, Ziegler is still cautious in his statement and will leave himself a sufficient retreat.

And more importantly, from his point of view, he actually hopes that this Asian assembly center can be built and put into production earlier.

First, the cost of Asian production and sales in Asia will indeed be lower, which is also conducive to Airbus continuing to expand the Asian market by taking advantage of the momentum of the previous two years.

Secondly, as the number of orders continues to increase, the production pressure of the factory in Toulouse is also increasing. For this reason, he has repeatedly proposed to expand the scale of the Toulouse factory, but he has been constantly kicked around and has not received a clear permission until now.

And building a new production line will also help to force the local area to improve efficiency.

Therefore, he just nodded calmly:

"Then, I hope that the next trip will bring us more surprises."

...

At the same time, in Jiangcheng, Chang Haonan was also making the final preparations before the die forging press was put into trial production.

Under the roof of the factory, even the banners celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China have been hung.

Although it is only late May, the National Day gift is not necessarily limited to October. Some units even start after 1999.

As for the preparations...

Naturally, the entire production process is to go through it.

Although it is a "trial production" gift, the heavy hydraulic press has only six basic processes: fast forward, pressurization, pressure maintenance, pressure relief, return, and stop. The entire production process can take a few hours or more than ten hours, and it is accompanied by strong noise and vibration. The pressure relief and return steps are even more dangerous...

In short, it is impossible for leaders and guests to watch the entire process on site.

It must be done in advance. After the ceremony begins, the product will be taken out of the forging press, and then celebrate.

What Chang Haonan and his team are doing now is to test the feasibility of the entire production process according to the process parameters of the J-11B fuselage bulkhead.

"Mr. Chang, we tested the new functional processing method you came up with and found that it is much more efficient than before."

Lin Jingtang walked into the control room from outside, holding a laptop and a pile of paper materials in his hands, and then carefully placed them on the table:

"Originally, we planned to calculate the results in about 3 months. Even after changing the algorithm, it was expected to take about two months, but in fact, it only took one month. Not only did we calculate the parameters, but we also optimized them once more."

"Well... Actually, this is not entirely due to the algorithm."

Chang Haonan waved his hand at him:

"It's mainly because I said hello to the Institute of Computing Technology and increased the computing power allocated to them. Otherwise, Even if the algorithm is changed, it can't be so much faster..."

"So that's it?"

Lin Jingtang was stunned after hearing this:

"I thought there was something wrong with our estimated calculation amount..."

At this time, He Ming, who was wearing a blue work suit, also came back from the workshop. He happened to hear Chang Haonan and the other two chatting, so he took over the conversation:

"There is no way. Our factory needs this partition frame very urgently. The key is that the superiors have already concentrated the technical personnel on the No. 11 project. We still hope to get the B-type prototype after the major changes this year."

He took off his safety helmet and hung it on the coat rack by the door. Then he sat down next to the console and watched the equipment operator enter the operating parameters one by one.

"Indeed, it's similar to our project. It's also a good opportunity to present a gift for National Day."

Lin Jingtang checked the parameters on the computer and said without looking back,

But He Ming shook his head:

"Project 11 B will definitely not be ready for the National Day. Even if it can make its maiden flight this year, it will be in November or December. Besides, thanks to President Chang, we have been making gifts every day, so we don't need this one more model."

"The key is that in the past, we always built the planes and waited for others to build the engines, but this time..."

He glanced at Chang Haonan next to him:

"Now President Chang has already brought out the matching engines, but there is no sign of our plane... And Aviation Industry and Aviation Power will be in two months. After the split, Project No. 10 and Project No. 11 are the first round of cooperation after the separation. If both sides lag behind, it will be embarrassing..."

The new plan of the J-10 is the opposite of the J-11B. The internal equipment has not changed much, but the aerodynamic and structural design have been completely changed, so it needs to be blown in a new round of wind tunnels. The progress is definitely slower. Therefore, the responsibility of keeping up with the progress of the WS-10 can only fall on the latter for the time being-

In the past, it has always been said that the engine has lagged behind, but now it has been beaten by others as soon as the separation. No one can afford to lose face.

However, after hearing He Ming's explanation, Lin Jingtang frowned, and after a little thought, he raised his head, first looked at He Ming, then looked at Chang Haonan, and finally looked at He Ming again, revealing a complicated expression.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

He Ming was a little scared by the look.

"Look..."

Lin Jingtang had already completed the parameter check at this time, so he simply put the computer aside:

"According to what you said, the WS-10 was designed by General Chang."

He Ming nodded.

"But the aircraft bulkheads, equipment and processes we are currently producing were also developed by General Chang."

He Ming continued to nod.

"Then isn't this equivalent to... letting General Chang fight both sides?"