Chapter 589 011 Trip to the Base
From the south, you can’t see the icy, snowy and white scenery in the north. If you look around, you can see that there is a green color in the mountainous areas.
The cold wind is also blowing. The biting cold wind in the north is far away, but the air is a little moist. This wet and cold weather is much more uncomfortable than the dry and cold weather in the north.
Qin Tao found it a little funny. He was obviously from Mingzhou, so how could he now see the weather here from the perspective of a northerner? Did he stay in the capital for too long?
“Mr. Qin, welcome to our province for inspection.” As soon as he got off the plane, before Qin Tao could finish sighing about the weather here, a large number of people came to greet him, all of them excited.
The leader, whose hair was already gray, said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself, I am Han Zhongyi, who was sent by the province to take charge of this project. AVIC also entrusted me with full responsibility."
"Hello, Leader Han." Qin Tao quickly held the other party's hand: "We at Mingzhou Group are looking forward to this project, but we still need strong support from the province!"
"As long as it does not violate the principles, the province will give strong support." Leader Han immediately made a promise: "The province regards this project as very important. Whether our province's economy can take off in the next ten years depends on it. This project.”
The J-31A is an important international cooperation project. There are already orders for hundreds of aircraft. If we can undertake the production task of this aircraft, you can imagine how many people will be employed and how many people will be created. What a huge economic benefit.
The entire province is looking forward to this project.
"Mr. Qin, welcome to Yunma Factory." Another middle-aged man came up and said: "I am Zhang Wanhe, the director of Yunma Factory. Would you like to visit our Yunma Factory first? In case you are interested They bought our Yunma Factory and purchased us directly."
There are two aircraft assembly plants in base 011. The Yunma plant, codenamed 130, is the largest fighter assembly plant here, with a construction area of more than 430,000 square meters. At its peak, there were more than 20,000 employees and their families.
After the military was converted to civilian production, Yunma Factory once entered into civilian products and made a lot of money. However, it was unable to compete with the rising private enterprises, so it returned to military production. Their specialty project was the JJ-7.
Although the technology of this fighter has long been outdated, it is cheap to build and has low operating costs. As a supersonic training aircraft, it is still very marketable.
However, precisely because of this, it is much more difficult for Mingzhou Group to acquire Yunma Factory. After all, this factory is making money!
Qin Tao came by plane and landed directly on the runway of Yunma Factory. He did not choose Shuangyang Factory. Of course, it was because the conditions there were too poor for his special plane to land.
“Of course. Since I’m here, let’s visit your Yunma factory first. However, let’s forget about the acquisition. The price of your factory is definitely not cheap, and we can’t afford it.”
This sentence was made in a joking tone, which made Zhao Shunli, the director of Shuangyang Factory on the side, heave a sigh of relief.
“Hello, Mr. Qin, I am Zhao Shunli, the director of Shuangyang Factory.” Zhao Shunli extended his hand: “Our entire factory is looking forward to your arrival.”
Qin Tao nodded: "I am also looking forward to this trip."
After speaking, Qin Tao looked around: "These factories built in mountainous areas must have taken a lot of effort back then."
"Yes, Mr. Qin, we spent a lot of effort to build an aircraft factory in the mountains. Looking back now, we did it with a hammer!" Zhao Shunli said: "This kind of operation is completely It goes against aircraft production."
What are the requirements for aircraft production? Of course, all the assembly plants are gathered together so that installation is convenient. What about the 011 base? But they asked to be dispersed! Scatter, scatter, scatter! Dozens of factories are wandering in this ravine!
"The most critical thing is the final assembly of the aircraft." Zhang Wanhe pointed nearby: "That's the 180 factory building, which is the largest factory building in our Yunma factory. It was just built that year, and the superiors took pictures of the table. Such a big factory building, waiting for Let the enemy's planes blow up? No, move them all into caves! You see, the caves in the back were dug out by us with all our efforts, but after they were dug out, they were abandoned because there was no way to get inside. Assembly! Let’s use this 180 factory building.”
Zhang Wanhe has worked here for half his life. He came here when it was first built and knows the situation here clearly, especially the 180-meter factory building.
In order to hide it, the factory was built at the foot of the mountain. However, it turned out that it was too big and the leader asked to split it up and drill it into a cave. As a result, the cave was dug out and when I walked in, I found that it couldn't work at all. It had to be in the factory outside. work there.
Fortunately, the 180 factory building has been saved. Now, the final assembly work of the aircraft is carried out in this factory building. It would be absolutely unimaginable to actually get into the cave!
“Let’s go over and have a look.” Qin Tao said.
Although he is a shipbuilder, Qin Tao has also seen many factories. Factory 112 assembles the J-11, Factory 132 assembles the J-7 and J-10 prototypes. He has seen them all. However, this aircraft factory in the ravine is really... First time seeing it.
The factory is still busy, and several J-7s are still being assembled. The sound of the rivet gun kept ringing, and each ugly rivet fell on the fluorescent plane.
Looking at the air intake shape of the nose, Qin Tao frowned: "This training aircraft is already outdated! Haven't you thought about improving it?"
“Yes, it is indeed outdated.” Zhang Wanhe said: “After all, this is only an aircraft from the 1960s, but we don’t have the technical power to improve it!”
They are just an aircraft factory here, there is no aircraft design institute at all!
Factory 112 is next to Institute 601, Factory 132 and Institute 611 are also in the same city, but the third-tier bases in your province are all manufacturing plants!
"If you don't have technical strength, then find a way!" Qin Tao said: "You guys, this is the J-7, which is similar to the J-7. The 132 Factory is currently carrying out a project to transform the Super-7 based on the J-7. You If you have any ideas, you can definitely contact them!”
Looking for 132 factory?
A trace of hesitation flashed in Zhang Wanhe's eyes, and then he became determined: "Yes, our JJ7 was a project that we asked our grandfather to sue our grandma for. Now, for the development of the factory, we are risking our lives." , want it again!”
The J-7 project is not difficult at all. Factory 132 is manufacturing J-7 in large quantities. It can easily produce J-7 as well. The country also arranged it this way back then. However, the 011 base that has been producing J-6 has no longer been able to produce J-7. They can't sit still anymore. If they can't have new projects, the entire base will be in ruins.
So, they made a lot of contacts, especially Factory 132, and they went there a lot. Factory 132 is still about brotherhood. After all, the J-7 was originally planned to be produced in the 011 base. If that was the case, it would not matter to 132. What happened to the factory?
Later, the superiors decided that Liu Ye was enough to conquer the world, and the 011 base should still produce J-6! As a result, the production of J-7 fell to Factory 132.
(There are many theories, some say that the 112 Factory handed over the production tasks, and some say that the 011 Base gave it over. The Hero of East China was also confused, so it was written like this.)
"This does not have to be concession, it can also be joint cooperation. Your factory is still operating and still profitable." Qin Tao said: "So, you can send technical personnel to do research with them and share some research and development tasks. , wouldn’t this make you more confident?”
"Yes, Mr. Qin is right!" Han Zhongyi said with a smile: "Mr. Qin is in our system, but he is very smart. Mr. Qin can provide us with valuable opinions with just a few words!"
"Leader Han, please don't praise me. I am doing this for the development of our country's industry." Qin Tao said: "In the future, our Shuangyang factory will start manufacturing the J-31A, and the Yunma factory can also bear some parts. production tasks.”
“Thank you, Mr. Qin!” Zhang Wanhe was very excited and touched.
“Don’t thank you too early. We are going to build a fourth-generation aircraft, and the production technology is much higher than that of the MiG-21. If the parts you produce are substandard, we will not accept them.”
“Yes, Mr. Qin, don’t worry, if others can process it, we can process it!”
"However, the JJ-7 is a second-generation aircraft after all. No matter how it is modified, it will still be outdated." Zhang Wanhe was still thinking about this matter: "Mr. Qin, you went to Factory 320 and contacted them about the higher education aircraft project. ,us…"
This matter once made the 011 Base very upset, and Mr. Qin really did too! Factory 320 is developing so well. The J8 is equipped with the Air Force in large quantities and is even exported. Our JJ7 is gradually declining. It would be great if the project of that high-education aircraft falls into our hands!
Of course, they just complained in their hearts and did not dare to speak out at all. Now, Zhang Wanhe only spoke tentatively.
"Yes, I contacted the Jacques Design Bureau to give them the project, so that the higher education machine can be completed faster." Qin Tao said: "In the market of higher education machine, you two have to compete. How? , are you afraid of competition?"
"Of course I'm not afraid!" Zhang Wanhe puffed up his chest: "I've heard that their high-education aircraft requires a lot of advanced technology and is equipped with two engines, so the cost is very high. Our JJ-7 is It’s much cheaper, so we still have a market.”
"Yes, in the past ten or even twenty years, your trainer aircraft still has a market. It just needs major changes, such as installing double delta wings to improve low-altitude performance, such as changing the nose air intakes on both sides. With the air intake, the cockpit can be laid out with a low front and a high rear, and a large number of internal instruments will be replaced, making it more suitable for future pilot training." After Qin Tao said this, he changed the topic: "However, if you want to continue to develop, There still have to be new projects.”
“Director Zhang, have you done any research on drones?”
Drones? Zhang Wanhe pondered for a moment: "Is Mr. Qin referring to the model aircraft?"
Sure enough, domestic technology is backward, and so is their vision, especially in third-tier bases, which still don’t know the difference between drones and model aircraft!
“Of course not.” Qin Tao shook his head: “The drone is even larger. If you are confident, you can build a drone larger than it!”
Seeing Qin Tao pointing at the JJ-7 fighter, everyone's hearts trembled. A drone bigger than the J-7? I’m afraid there’s none in the world, right?
“What, you don’t dare to think about it?”
Zhang Wanhe swallowed and said, "Mr. Qin, since this is the plan you proposed, it's no problem. We can give it a try!"
Qin Tao nodded: "The body design of drones is completely different from that of manned aircraft. You need a wind tunnel to decide. In short, several prerequisites are fixed. For example, the wings should be straight and the wingspan should be large, so It is easy to fly at high altitude for a long time, just like the U-2. Its engine should be placed on the upper part of the tail, just like the layout of a three-engine passenger aircraft. This can minimize the radar reflection echo. If the entire aircraft is designed to have a certain degree of stealth ability, the better.”
Of course what Qin Tao is talking about is the design of the Global Hawk. However, this UAV will not be finalized until 1998 and it is difficult for the outside world to obtain its information. However, some related systems can already be developed.
The future era will not only belong to stealth aircraft, but also to drones. Whether it is an aircraft carrier or an amphibious assault ship, a large number of drones will be needed as support. Qin Tao’s unswerving support of electromagnetic catapults is actually for Operate drones more conveniently.
The strength of the steam catapult is difficult to adjust. Heavy fighter jets are fine, but light drones will fall apart after being launched.
"Its electronic system is the most important. For example, its flight control is not only to enable it to take off and land safely, but also to be able to fly autonomously without external command. When the fuel reaches the limit, it can also fly Autonomous return." Qin Tao continued to introduce: "Its first function is reconnaissance, so it must be equipped with advanced reconnaissance photography devices and data link systems to transmit the detected data back in time."
Everyone frowned.
The takeoff and landing of manned fighter jets are very complicated and cumbersome, and there will be risks if you are not careful. It is not easy for drones like theirs to take off and land autonomously!
Especially, you must be able to fly autonomously and make independent judgments. If you run out of fuel, you still know how to fly back!
How can this be? This kind of drone is as if it has intelligence.
“In the later stages, with the development of our technology, the mission of the drone can be expanded. For example, it can carry anti-tank missiles and other ground attack weapons. After discovering the target, it can also launch an attack immediately.”
“Mr. Qin, what you are talking about is too technically difficult. I guess this kind of weapon cannot be found in the world, right?” Zhang Wanhe finally spoke.
"You can't find it yet, but it is estimated that it will be available soon. Even if it is not available abroad, can't we have it?" Qin Tao said: "If your Yunma Factory can produce such a drone, then You will become a well-known UAV giant in the country and the world. This industry has no other departments involved yet, and it is an unexplored virgin land. For your Yunma Factory, this is a brand new opportunity!"
JJVI will eventually become obsolete. What is the future of Yunma Factory? Qin Tao pointed out a way for them: drone!
"Yes, if we want to get involved in this industry, we will definitely become the leader in this industry." Han Zhongyi said: "Mr. Qin, the plan you proposed is very good, and the province will study it seriously. Yes, this project requires a lot of computer and electronics professionals, right?"
Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, the key to this project is software. Software for autonomous flight, reconnaissance and even attack system software, etc. The research and development of these software is even more important than the hardware."
"This can just draw some computer talents from the computer majors of universities in our province. Last year, junior colleges and technical secondary schools did not provide assignments, which has caused a lot of problems. Next, universities will not provide assignments. We can provide Some employment opportunities are also good!”
Hearing Han Zhongyi say this, Qin Tao understood his true thoughts and couldn't help but shake his head: "Leader Han, our country has been engaged in market economy for 20 years, and your thinking has not completely changed. This is a competition." In this era, college students also have to compete. The previous system was originally backward."
Countless people miss the era of package distribution. Why? As long as you go to college, you will have an iron rice bowl! Therefore, some people continue to study hard after going to college, while some people start to fail. No matter what, there will be jobs.
In 1996, the state stopped caring about the jobs of college and technical secondary school students. In 1998, college students didn’t care either. If you have the ability, you can find a job on your own!
Those college students who study hard in college, receive scholarships every year, and are full of knowledge will naturally become the most popular talents in society. As for those who are dawdling and don't know whether they went to college or were admitted by college, it is naturally difficult to find a job.
(The Hero of East China admitted that he did not study well in college, so when he was looking for a job after graduation, he was very envious when he saw his classmates who were looking for jobs with various certificates. The first-rate talents went to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, while the second-rate talents stayed in the provincial capitals. Heroes of East China is a third-rate movie, and it just went to a county-level city. So, if you have any book friends who are in college, you must study hard!)
"By the way, Mr. Qin, doesn't Mingzhou Group have a software company?" Zhao Shunli said: "Can you..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Wanhe: "Of course not. For us, flight control, reconnaissance systems, etc. are the core. We must not leave the core tasks to others. We must Grow your own team and talents!”
Qin Tao nodded with satisfaction. Zhang Wanhe's statement was correct. If such core secrets were handed over to others, what else would their Yunma Factory have? Even if drones develop and expand, they will be taken over by others at any time in the future.
Mr. Qin has given guidance to many units, and it has been proved to be the most correct path in the end. Therefore, Zhang Wanhe has just made up his mind. Since President Qin said that this path is acceptable, he must go on firmly!
Improved JJ-7, self-developed drone! The future of Yunma Factory is bright!
At noon, after having dinner at Yunma Factory, the group set out on the road to Shuangyang Factory.
After all, Yunma Factory is just a sideshow, Shuangyang Factory is the main one.
When leaving the factory, I saw more sights along the way. This place is more like a small town, with factories, residential areas, markets, schools, and a cultural palace. Although it is small, it has all the internal organs. This is a memory of that era! The entire ravine prospered due to industrialization and was destroyed due to marketization. The Yunma Factory cannot always remain in the ravine and will definitely be relocated in the future. The ravine here will eventually turn into a depressed and dilapidated scene. Only the successors will visit the factory if they are looking for memories of the past.
Compared with Yunma Factory, Shuangyang Factory is located in a more remote location, with winding mountain roads and off-road vehicles that are very dangerous to drive. More than two hours later, the group arrived at Shuangyang Factory.
The buildings are scattered among the mountains, and green vines grow wildly. The natural environment here is very good, but it is not convenient for industrial production.
“Our factory used to produce J-6 fighter jets. After the production of J-6 was stopped, we started to produce other products. We also produced Skylark brand mini cars, but now, this project is in trouble.”
It is said that it should be easy to build cars instead of aircrafts. Base 011 is in the process of being converted from military to civilian, and manufacturing cars is their biggest project.
In the late 1980s, they introduced the "Subaru-Lex" series of mini car technology from the Japanese Fuji Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. After nearly three years of digestion and absorption, they improved the Skylark mini car for the domestic market.
In 1992, this project was officially approved by the state and included in the "Three Major, Three Small and Two Micro" projects for the national "Eighth Five-Year Plan" car development.
However, the name Skylark sedan will not be heard in later generations because it has been eliminated long ago!
This is a mini car smaller than the Chery QQ. It still uses a two-cylinder engine. It is almost at the level of a scooter for the elderly in later generations. It may have been sold in the early 1990s, but it is completely outdated now.
"This car is outdated. If we want to continue to develop, we will have to invest huge sums of money to rebuild it. Our superiors have lost confidence in our project. Instead of investing huge sums of money to transform it, it is better to sell us directly to Ming Dynasty." State Group." Speaking of this, Zhao Shunli felt a little sad.
It is not easy to convert the military into a civilian enterprise. After all, enterprises like theirs are bloated and will encounter various constraints if they want to do big things. They are completely different from private enterprises!
Qin Tao nodded: "You haven't lost your skills in making airplanes, have you?"
“Of course not, we are gearing up, hoping to build advanced fourth-generation aircraft with our own hands,” Zhao Shunli said.
“Leader Han, let’s put this Skylark sedan project on hold for now, but since it is a project of Shuangyang Factory, let’s put it in the attachment of the contract.”
Han Zhongyi nodded. The Skylark sedan has failed and the superiors have become discouraged. Giving it to Mingzhou Group is not a big problem.
Qin Tao felt happy. He was still thinking about the electric car project. It was not easy to start a car project in China, and the birth certificate problem could not be solved. With the Skylark brand, he would have a birth certificate. .
If you want to do it in the future, you can do it at any time.
(End of this chapter)