The discussion in the evening ended at about half past ten, considering that Wang Jitong and Zhou Sixu had to return to Beijing overnight, Yang Rui immediately ordered his subordinates to have supper. When the simple white porridge was served, Wang Jitong was a little worried: he never knew that he would fight Europe in the perfect continent, so that the war would never be seven years, but nine years and ten years. If the war really lasts for ten years, not to mention the economy, even the most enthusiastic soldiers will get tired of it.

Wang Jitong was thinking about his thoughts, but Zhou's thoughts were a little twisted, he drank white porridge without a mouthful, and said that he was full after picking up a bowl. Yang Rui didn't care about him, only had a word with Wang Ji without a word. After a few words, Zhou Sixu coughed a few times and said, "Sir, since bombing is the key to war, the performance of the bomber is crucial......

"Hmm." Yang Rui, who was drinking porridge, responded simply, not knowing what he was going to say.

"Since the bomber is important, then the Peng-style ......" Zhou Sixu deliberately paused, and saw that Yang Rui didn't ask, so he had to smile and say: "Sir, the Peng-style is good, the range is enough, and the bomb load is smaller, but the number is 10,000 a year, and it is also safe......"

"Say whatever you want." Seeing Zhou Si like this, Yang Rui said angrily - this must be something difficult.

"Sir," seeing Yang Rui speak, Zhou Sixu hurriedly took out a document from the file box he carried, and said, "Sir, the Shanxi factory also wants to produce bombers, and this is their design sketch......

In order to make it easier for Yang Rui to watch, Zhou Sixu has put the three views of the plane on top. It's okay not to look at it, but when I saw Yang Rui, he said 'huh' and said, "It's actually ...... Six rounds. ”

Language often doesn't express what is thought in real time. What surprised Yang Rui was not the six engines, but - it was actually a hybrid, and the arrangement of the two jet engines was very strange: it was not at a certain distance from the fuselage on the wing, but directly glued to the nose; And the position is also above the wing, not below; The spout in the tail section was also not behind the wing, but against half of the wing. If Yang Rui can recall the An-72 of Soviet Russia and the YC-14 of the US imperialism in later generations, he will immediately understand the role of this model, but he obviously does not understand it.

In his eyes, this six-engine bomber was actually an improved version of the Peng, thanks to the two jet engines clinging to the nose, it was only a small extension of the wings, and the two propeller engines that were originally close to the fuselage were moved outward so that the two jet engines could be stuffed in, and nothing else changed much.

"Sir, this is a new idea for the Shanxi plant. There were two main considerations at the beginning of the design, the first was that when the Peng was at an altitude of 7,000, the maximum speed was only 480 kilometers, which was too slow and could easily be intercepted by enemy fighters; The second is that the ceiling of 10,000 meters is not enough, if you want to avoid the anti-aircraft guns on the ground, it is best to have a ceiling of 14,000 meters, but this is obviously unlikely, so you have to set the ceiling between 12,000 and 13,000 meters, so that except for a few 128mm heavy anti-aircraft guns, other anti-aircraft guns cannot pose a threat to it......" Zhou Sixu explained, and he was interrupted by Yang Rui before he finished speaking.

"The jet engine is very fuel-guzzling, and the engine is about ......, how much does it weigh, Xiao Xu?" Yang Rui looked at Wang Jitong, and Wang Jitong said: "The net weight of a single is about four or five hundred kilograms. ”

"Yes, two jet engines are only a ton, plus fuel, how far can you fly this plane?" Yang Rui asked.

"That's right, sir." Zhou Sixu said: "These two jet engines usually do not work, they only work during take-off and when entering the target area, and the take-off work is to bring more fuel and bombs, and the engines will turn off after takeoff." In the case of multi-engine bombers, it is not sensitive to engine failure or thrust loss, so we can use four propeller engines as a cruise, and when entering enemy territory, the jet engines will fire again in order to climb and accelerate, so that not only can enemy fighters catch up, but also evade ground anti-aircraft fire. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Si took out another design three views, and said: "This is another engine arrangement, which is more normal, the jet engine adopts a pod-like arrangement, not close to the nose of the aircraft, nor on the wings. But the disadvantage is that the wing has to be extended a lot, and the wing is extended, and the fuselage is also extended, which means that the weight of the entire aircraft will be greatly increased. If the weight of the aircraft increases too much, then the four propeller engines will struggle when cruising, and the maximum speed and ceiling will not go up. So it's better to use the previous option. This is mainly borrowed from the ...... of the wall effect proposed by Mr. Conda"

"Is that the Romanian?" Yang Rui knew this Mr. Kangda, but remembered that he was not because of any wall effect, but because this person actually applied for a flying saucer patent in the Chinese Patent Office. Flying saucer Yang Rui didn't believe it, but the Royal Chinese Academy of Sciences has money, aviation experts and inventors from various countries have become the doormen of the Academy of Sciences, and this Kangda actually got the project funding, I really don't know how he persuaded the review team.

"Yes, sir." Zhou Sixu laughed when he heard Yang Rui say about flying saucers, and the project that cost millions of yuan ended up with nothing, and he only got a few warehouses of data tables. In order to enhance Yang Rui's confidence, Zhou Sixu emphasized: "Sir, Mr. Kangda Shenwu put forward the idea of using the wall effect to manufacture an airplane a year ago, and built the Konda -1910, which was exhibited at the second International Aviation Salon that year, but it was limited to no jet engine, it was just a model.

Although the UFO project failed, the study of the wall effect is very mature, and with the first generation of jet engines, we have verified the feasibility of this design......"

"What?!" Yang Rui was taken aback, he looked at Wang Jitong again, "What's going on, isn't the jet engine top secret?" ”

"Actually, Henry Kangda became a Chinese citizen ten years ago, and his Chinese name was changed to Kang Daheng." Wang Ji is the same way. "We recognize dual citizenship, so he's also Romanian. The same is true for the Jews, many of whom did not renounce their German citizenship and planned to return after the fall of the Nazis, so they only became Chinese citizens. ”

"It's actually called Kang Daheng, this name!" Yang Rui saw that the other party had already become a Chinese citizen, and his worries were a little smaller.

Seeing this, Zhou Sixu interjected: "Sir, Mr. Conda's father is a Romanian general, his mother is French, and he was an artillery officer before. The Shanxi plant also took into account Mr. Kangda's deep research on the wall attachment effect, which made him join the Pengliu project team. ”

"Project team?" Yang Rui raised his voice again, "The Shanxi factory is doing it by itself?" ”

"Yes..."Zhou Sixu replied weakly. He hurriedly said: "This is done at the expense of the Shanxi factory itself, and there is no appropriation from the general rear office." Hey, here's the thing: at the beginning, the Baotou factory borrowed the people and technical data of the Shanxi factory to develop the Pengsi, and the chief engineer Wang who completed the research and development of the Shanxi plant felt that the bomber could actually be built bigger, so he began to develop the Pengliu by himself. After being questioned by the Inspectorate at the beginning of last year, the factory discussed how to deal with enemy bombers, and the final result was that its own bombers had to fly high and fast. This invited Mr. Kangda to join the project team and changed the original Pengliu to this.

In addition to reducing the airframe and not making major changes to the Pengsi, this consideration also has the advantage that the wall effect can make the aircraft take off on a shorter runway. For example, Peng Si requires at least 1,200 meters to start, but Peng 6, according to the power calculation, the take-off distance is less than 700 meters, the landing run is less than 3500 meters, and the requirements for the airport runway are also very low, and the general field airport can take off and land. ”

Hearing that the starting distance was only a little more than half of the Peng-type four-engine bomber, Yang Rui finally became a little interested. If this is the case, then the iceberg base of six or seven hundred meters can take off and land such aircraft, which is equivalent to one more Cuban airfield. He randomly handed the weird-looking Peng Liusan view to Wang Jitong and said, "Do you know this project? ”

"Know." Wang Jitong nodded. "The surface blowing and lifting technology that uses the wall attachment effect is indeed more mature after spending millions of dollars on UFOs. The problem now is that the exhaust gas temperature coming out of the jet engine nozzle is extremely high, and the wing material behind the nozzle must use nickel-based heat-resistant alloys. However, it is still too late in time, the aircraft will use the second-generation jet engine, the second-generation engine has been out of Shenwu for 30 years, if the design of the aircraft fuselage is smooth, it can be produced that year, and it can be put into service at the end of the year at the earliest, and if it is late, it will be postponed for a year at most, and it will be able to catch up with the landing. ”

When Wang Jitong introduced the situation, Zhou Sisi was looking at him nervously. In the final view, it is best to have two manufacturers competing with each other; The meaning of the General Staff and the Air Force is very clear, they care about the aircraft's short-distance take-off and landing capabilities, and they also hope that the bombers can fly higher and faster to reduce battle losses; The last use is the early warning aircraft, if the Peng-6 is used as an early warning aircraft, the range will reach 10,000 kilometers, not to mention, it is not afraid of interception by enemy planes. It's just that resources are limited, not to mention R&D costs and manufacturing costs, what if the project is like a flying saucer, so Wang Jitong's opinion is very important.

Wang Jitong only said something and did not add subjective judgment, but Yang Rui turned his head and asked: "What kind of propeller engine does the plane use?" ”

"For the sake of conservatism, 1,600 horsepower will be used first, but 2,000 horsepower will be considered when designing the airframe." Zhou Sixu said. "If it is a 2,000-horsepower engine, the bomb load in the combat radius of 2,000 kilometers will exceed three tons, which is not much more than that of Peng Si."

"How much does that cost R&D?" Yang Rui asked. "How much will it cost to equip after the R&D is completed? And then you have Peng Liu here, Peng Si's purchase volume will definitely come down, and people can still give you 250,000 cabbage prices? At that time, the Baotou factory had a huge investment, and it relied on Pengsi to return to its capital. Or are you going to deceive people with that torpedo dive bomber? ”

The torpedo dive bomber was used to prevaricate the Baotou factory, and when Yang Rui mentioned this, Zhou Sixu said meaninglessly: "There is no way to deceive people." The Inspectorate didn't give money, and the Air Force chased after the ass for planes, which ......" he said, spreading his hands, and then said: "Sir, don't worry, anyway, I will definitely add the depreciation of the Baotou Factory to them." The Shanxi plant estimates that the research and development cost is about 2 billion yuan, and the production after finalization is about 400,000 aircraft, excluding depreciation, and if 10,000 aircraft can be ordered with depreciation, the price should be within 450,000 yuan. ”

"That's the money!" Peng Liu's three views returned to Yang Rui from Wang Jitong, he also hoped to have a heavy bomber with low battle damage and short take-off and landing, but what if this plane wanted to be like a flying saucer?

As if seeing Yang Rui's concern, Zhou Si said: "Mr. Kangda said that he would guarantee in the name of his ancestors that the plane would be successfully designed. ”

"Did he say that when he used to design flying saucers?" Yang Rui asked Wang Jitong with a smile. "Xiao Xu, what do you think? Will the project fail? What if it fails? ”

"This ......" Wang Jitong finally spoke under the expectation of Zhou Si, "Whether it succeeds or not, you have to try it, there is not much money." Even if you fail, you can gain experience in this area. After managing the laboratory for so many years, I have realized a truth: that is, research and development is similar to gambling, and if you win, you owe the dealer, and you will have to pay it back next time; Losing is what the dealer owes you, this time you can't get it back, there will always be a next time, as long as you lose enough will come back one day, winning or losing is actually a fixed number. ”

Seeing him say this, Yang Rui finally nodded reluctantly, and he said: "If the project starts now, where will the project funds come from?" Is the Air Force's budget compressed? ”

"The Air Force has run out of money." Zhou Sixu said. "This can only be done by the National Bank. It's only four or five hundred million, and there will always be a way for Xingjian. ”

"'That's it'?" Yang Rui glared at him, "Xingjian's budget for this year has also been used up, and the Japanese are picking on the door tightly, unless it is a mortgage loan, otherwise the money is not so easy to take." ”

When it comes to little Japan Yang Rui, he is angry, 200 million yuan bombs are still too expensive, and they have to be taken apart to see it, and they need more specific production technology. Knowing that this appropriation of the Eye Suspicion Institute cost 1.4 billion, and then counting the value of his own allocation, it is worth at least 3 billion, and he has to look at the full set of 400 million, and there is no door.

Yang Rui thought about Little Japan's slamming the door, but Zhou Sixu, who heard that he had no money, smiled bitterly, and said: "Sir, if the project has to wait until next year to start, it will be too late for the bomber to come out." ”

He said the same, Yang Rui had no choice but to look at Wang Jitong, "Is there a way?" ”

"Nope." Wang Jitong shook his head very dryly. "This year's R&D money will be allocated in the spring, and there are at most seventy or eighty million left."

"Have you talked to the Shanxi factory specifically?" Yang Rui had no choice but to ask Zhou Sixu again, "How much does it cost to start?" ”

"At least 400 million, if it's not enough, 300 million." Zhou Sixu was a little incoherent, "Anyway, let's move first, it's okay if you can't do 200 million." ”

"Then go back and ask Yang Zengxin. Beiting and the Western Regions have not paid taxes and only allocated funds, and it is time to shear sheep. Yang Rui thought about it, but he really couldn't think of a place to go, so he had to ask Zhou Sixu to find Yang Zengxin. But thinking that Yang Zengxin would not have money at the end of the year, he had to say: "It's better to go to the Overseas Chinese Commercial Bank to borrow it temporarily, and pay it back next year." ”

Qiaoshang Bank is facing overseas Chinese at home and abroad, the capital is extremely abundant, and the bank can take out hundreds of millions at any time.

A late-night snack actually ate a bomber worth two billion, and Yang Rui sent people away with a wry smile. But the temptation of short take-off and landing and low battle damage is too great, since Wang Jitong said that winning or losing is always a certainty, let's gamble on it.

Yang Rui went back to the room and finished sorting out the notes of the meeting before going to sleep, and when he got up the next day to study the entire battle plan, Yang Wuming came in a hurry, his face was mixed with excitement and uneasiness, and said: "Father, the Japanese government has issued an ultimatum to Washington!" ”

"Really?" Yang Rui put down the notepad and calculator and agreed lightly. He lit a cigarette before saying, "What just happened? ”

"Yes, the radio will be on the air soon." Yang Wuming said, and then turned on the radio, which was playing the commentary of the Chinese martyrs.

After listening to the storytelling for a while, I didn't want to wait for the news to be broadcast, so Cheng Ying and Lu Mei came. The former clutched a telegram in his hand, and the latter held several telegrams in his hand. The telegram in Cheng Ying's hand was sent by overseas Chinese in Hawaii -- 8 o'clock in the morning in Beijing was 2 o'clock in the afternoon in Hawaii, and as soon as Japan's ultimatum to the United States was issued, Hawaii, as a hot spot, knew about it, and the overseas Chinese immediately sent the telegram to Cheng Ying. Although this was an ultimatum from the Japanese government, the Americans could not distinguish between the Chinese and the Japanese, and the Chinese living in the cities were more vulnerable to attack, so the overseas Chinese hurriedly called.

"What the hell is going on?" Cheng Ying's face is very ugly, Hawaii is her hometown, but now this hometown may be engulfed by war at any time.

Although he understood what was going on, Yang Rui still pretended to be stupid and said, "What's going on?" Japan issued an ultimatum. ”

"What do you mean?!" Cheng Ying almost cried. "The ultimatum is seventy-two hours, and if Washington does not agree, then the next step is a declaration of war between Japan and the United States. Are we going to declare war on the United States too? ”

"We have withdrawn from the East Asian Alliance, as long as the United States does not fight us, how can there be a war?" Yang Rui couldn't see a woman crying the most, and when he saw her appearance, he had to turn his head to the side.

"Didn't you promise me not to fight before?" Cheng Ying really cried, the pear blossoms with the rain were pitiful.

"How can I promise you whether to fight or not? When did I promise you? Yang Rui asked strangely, he remembered that he had never said it.

"You also said that you asked me to give you ...... with Xiaoman" Cheng Ying's face suddenly blushed, in front of his son, how can he say it directly, let alone that kind of thing. However, as soon as she said that Yang Rui and Lu Mei also blushed, it was really a night of Yin's swing.

"Mm-hmm......" Yang Rui pretended to look at his son seriously and said, "Go out first." ”

"Yes." Yang Wuming, who didn't know what was going on, was comforting his mother, he only had one wife, how could he know that Lao Tzu's Yin was chaotic.

"Alright. I'm not the emperor of Japan, he died in the Marshall last year three or four thousand, and after a year of endurance, he will come out. After his son left, Yang Rui closed the door of the study and sat Cheng Ying in his arms, afraid of snubbing Lu Mei, and pulling her with his other hand.

"Then will we have to fight and kill more people?" Cheng Ying wiped her tears, "What should I do over there in Honolulu?" ”

"Honolulu ......" Yang Rui, who had only returned to normal at this time, thought that Honolulu was really difficult to manage, and the government only evacuated overseas Chinese from the United States, and tens of thousands of people in Honolulu did not move. If it doesn't work, take it. Liaodong is very big anyway, and many people can be stuffed. ”

"Can't you stop fighting?" Cheng Ying asked. She worries about her compatriots as one, and war-disgusting as two.

"I'm not the emperor of Japan." Yang Rui said weakly. "The Americans have gone too far, why do they rush to the island to kill three or four thousand people, this thing is ......"

"Human rights are more important than sovereignty." Cheng Ying's beautiful fan nature was revealed again, "Who let the Japanese not let people go to the island." You say, if I fall on another island and disappear, will you come to me? ”

"At the ends of the earth, I will find you and Xiao Man." Yang Rui pulled Lu Wei's eyebrows and had to give a standard answer. "But I really can't control the Japanese about this, and the resolution passed by the League of Nations is also to ask the U.S. Navy to withdraw from Marshall, and those who are looking for people can stay. If the Americans really don't have bad intentions, then this ultimatum is nothing. ”

"The League of Nations is not yet facing us and Japan." Cheng Ying is really hopeless, this is by no means an IQ problem. "If the Japanese really don't have ghosts in their hearts, why don't they let the Americans go to the island if they die? And the heel I found, it's obviously ......"

"Mmmm......" Yang Rui was serious again, he slowly pushed Cheng Ying out of his arms, and said, "Okay, I'll have someone send a boat to Honolulu to pick people up later." "After that, I will go out of the study to the secret room.

"Where are you going?" Cheng Ying was a little inexplicable, obviously coaxed in the man's arms, and didn't want to change his face suddenly.

"I'm busy, and I have a lot of telegrams to read." Yang Rui didn't look back, and went out with Lu Mei.

Most of the telegrams were sent by representatives of overseas Chinese from various countries, and they basically went straight to the point after greeting each other, and there were also acquaintances such as Yu Qiaqing in China, who did not understand how the situation would change, so they came to inquire about it. After hurriedly browsing these telegrams, Yang Rui looked at Lu Mei, who was about to take a pen to record the call, and said, "Don't go back, there's nothing to reply." ”

"Yes." Lu Mei closed the telegram book seriously, waiting for Yang Rui's other instructions.

"Let's let Zhang Shi pay close attention to the reaction of the Americans." Yang Rui advised. "The reaction of those in power to this should be recorded in detail and studied well, maybe it will be useful in the future."

"Yes." Lu Mei opened the telegram again, began to draft the telegram, and handed it over to Yang Rui for signature after writing, and then sent it out.

There has been a year of conflict between Japan and the United States, and last year when the whole world thought that the Japanese were going to declare war, they slammed on the brakes and handed the matter over to the League of Nations for investigation, which made peace-loving people all over the world suggest this year's Nobel peace. The award was presented to the Emperor of Japan. But when the most dangerous moment passed, the League of Nations made a resolution, and the Japanese actually issued an ultimatum.

This is basically the rhythm of the declaration of war, although the content of the ultimatum is not different from the resolution of the League of Nations, but the things that can be negotiated for a long time by the Japanese have to be compressed into seventy-two hours - you have endured it for a year, and you still care about enduring it for a few more months?! With such resentment, Japan's ultimatum has been condemned by peace-loving people all over the world, and it seems that Japan is the real destroyer of peace. This can't help but remind people of the last war, when Austria-Hungary also delayed more than half a month to take revenge on Serbia, and did not want to become the culprit of the war. (To be continued.) )