In later generations, China's aviation industry lagged behind the world powers, and China's large planes and helicopters, at least until he traveled back to this era, were basically imported. Aircraft engines, and almost all engines, have become the biggest constraint on the modernization of the Chinese military.

Heart disease has become synonymous with this phenomenon. The most critical thing is the basic theoretical research of aviation, which also lags behind the West in an all-round way. This is not only a question of aircraft manufacturing, but also the development and production of aviation materials. The West has begun to mass-produce aluminum-lithium alloys as the main material for aircraft manufacturing, while China is still producing backward ordinary aviation aluminum.

Compared with some military combat aircraft, large aircraft and some special aircraft, they are backward in all aspects. Especially for helicopters, except for the domestically produced small Zhijiu, plus some unreliable Zhiba, all of them are imported Mi-17 models.

There is even a gap in basic performance between the domestically produced Y-8 medium-sized transport aircraft and the Hercules transport aircraft developed by the United States in the 50s of the last century. The latest model is only compared to the products of the sixties and seventies of the Venerable family. The aviation industry of the Chinese, from the day it was established, was left far behind. The foundation is not solid, and the process of catching up is extremely difficult.

When the first aircraft factory of the Anti-Japanese Federation was under construction, Yang Zhen once secretly swore an oath. The aviation industry and the corresponding engine manufacturing industry, which is known as the crown of human industry, must be taken off. Even if there is no place in the first echelon, it must firmly occupy the head of the second echelon.

But this is not a simple matter, the development of the modern aviation industry, involving the application of various disciplines. It is not something that can be done by relying on that command or instruction. It's more about scientists like the guy in front of you, who need to do it with the knowledge they have.

For the performance of these aircraft, Yang Zhen is familiar with it. When it comes to the future development of the aviation industry, he is probably the most clear person in the world now. Yang Zhen thought about it a little, and still definitely took his judgment on the future direction of the aviation industry as the topic, opening a somewhat silent situation.

Yang Zhen's endless "vision" for the future development of aviation completely aroused the interest of this old man who wanted to deal with things. From just listening and not talking at the beginning, to sometimes resonating with Yang Zhen and sometimes arguing. As soon as the box is opened, it is difficult to close it. From the current situation of the development of the domestic aviation industry to the future development of the international aviation industry, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

Both of them believe that with the development of aviation technology, except for some rich and well-fed people, sooner or later the slow passenger transportation of ships will be eliminated in passenger transportation. And the aircraft will also carry more passengers, faster and faster, and the range will be longer and farther. The most critical point is that both men believe that jet power will sooner or later replace piston engines.

Although the principle of this engine has only just been formed. Moreover, this kind of aero engine is only being developed by a few countries. At present, only the British have made a real breakthrough. But judging by the development of science and technology, once this technology matures.

From the point of view of engine efficiency, power and other aspects, then the piston engine will be completely eliminated from large aircraft and even fighter jets. Although the requirements for the production technology and raw materials of this jet engine are much higher than those of the piston engines that are currently widely used.

And it will take a long time to really mature enough to be used by large passenger aircraft. But once this engine technology matures, the speed of development will be unimaginable. Even from the currently known materials, this jet engine, both in power and other aspects, is far superior to the piston engine.

However, Yang Zhen believes that in the field of military transportation, the elimination time of piston engines will be a relatively long time. Because in the field of military transport, it is not the same as passenger transport. Although the performance of jet aircraft is good, the requirements for take-off and landing sites are too high, and it is difficult to fully meet military needs in a short period of time.

And after the elimination of piston engines, turboprops will be the main replacement, at least for quite some time. After all, these engines are not as demanding as jets in terms of take-off and landing sites. This is undoubtedly crucial for tactical support capabilities.

Yang Zhen even believes that the helicopter, which is still called a rotorcraft, has just been researched, and only some prototypes have been taken out for research. It will occupy an extremely important position in the future development of aviation. The emergence of this new aviation equipment will completely change the combat mode of the army.

It will also replace some short-distance transportation. It will also play an extremely important role in the construction of the national economy. Even in first aid and firefighting, it will play a considerable role. In particular, it will play an irreplaceable role in the complex terrain where airports cannot be established.

Yang Zhen's evaluation of the rotorcraft is not the research direction of this old man, so he cannot deny it. However, focusing on the research of aviation materials, he is very in favor of Yang Zhen with the progress of science and technology, and the new materials will replace the existing aluminum to a certain extent in the future, as a point of application of aviation materials.

Moreover, the development and development of aviation materials will play a decisive role in the civil aviation market and the competition of military aircraft. Yang Zhen believes that the research of technology level and material will determine the performance of aero engines, and he is basically in the same view. The more the two of them talked, the closer they became, and the more they talked, the more interested they became.

When talking about the current situation of China's domestic aviation industry, this person was quite dissatisfied with the fact that Chongqing only wanted to buy American planes and did not want to establish the status quo of its own aviation industry.

Looking at him who was in a somewhat depressed mood, Yang Zhen didn't hide too much. Directly told him that the two groups of aviation and mechanical students from various universities who came from Guannai last year and this year, except for some of them who stayed in the northeast to establish the first real aircraft factory of the Chinese, as well as an aero-engine manufacturing plant, and set up an aviation design institute.

The rest were sent to the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy of the Soviet Union, as well as the Moscow Aviation Institute, the Bauman Engineering Institute, the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics and other famous Soviet aviation industry institutions to study. Students learn the design and manufacture of aircraft, airborne equipment and engines, and the smelting and research of aviation materials.

And not only these people had to learn advanced aviation technology in the Soviet Union. It was those who, because of the needs of their work, could only temporarily stay and participate in the formation of the work, and could not go directly to the Soviet Union to study. After their classmates or seniors return to China, they also want to study in the Soviet Union. In order to further improve their professional level and lay a good foundation for future development.

The Anti-Japanese Federation also selected a group of capable personnel from this group of international students to join several aviation design bureaus of the Soviet Union and the Central Research Institute of Fluid Mechanics, where they studied the design and manufacture of aircraft while taking professional courses. Some of them have completed their master's degrees after a year of hard study.

At the same time as sending a large number of international students to study abroad, the Anti-Union has set up aeronautical engineering departments in the only Harbin Engineering University in the base area and in the newly established Anti-Union University of Technology. Under the circumstance of limited funds, a sum of funds were squeezed out, and a group of experts and professors from the Soviet Union and the United States were hired to give lectures.

Moreover, the Chinese's own aircraft factories have also entered production. Some research and imitation work has been started on the basis of institutions. Under such a tense situation in the current war situation, the Anti-Japanese Federation did not hesitate to invest a lot of energy and funds in order to build a powerful aviation industry for the Chinese themselves at an early date.

Not only should you be able to copy other people's products, but you must also be able to design and manufacture advanced aircraft and engines yourself. The Chinese must not only produce and build advanced fighters and bombers to ensure that the future China will no longer suffer today's suffering. It is also necessary to produce and manufacture advanced transport planes and large passenger planes, and to create the Chinese's own competitive aircraft.

Now it produces and manufactures its own excellent piston engines, and in the near future it will produce and manufacture advanced jet engines, as well as turboprop engines. Completely get rid of the situation that the Chinese, whether military aircraft or civilian aircraft, can only rely on imports. Build the Chinese's own powerful aviation industry, so that the Chinese can once again stand at the forefront of the world.

If he wants to stay, he can choose to teach at a university or work as an engineer in a design institute. However, Yang Zhen hopes that he can hold two positions at the same time, bring out a group of students like him, and at the same time develop his ambitions to build the Chinese's own aviation industry.

During the conversation, Yang Zhen not only apologized again and again for the mistakes made by the Political Department, but also sincerely apologized again. He also promised that as long as he could stay, he would be free to choose where he would work. All aspects related to the aviation industry have no secret to him.

Hearing Yang Zhen's ambitious plans, the man who had suffered a setback in Chongqing saw those aeronautical engineering graduates who were already lacking in China. However, because they couldn't even find an internship unit, they could only choose to study abroad after graduation, or they could only change their majors and could not apply what they had learned.

Such a huge plan has not been considered by Chongqing, which has the resources of a country in its hands, let alone been able to carry it out. Even if an aviation factory is set up, it is still dragging it half-dead. Every year, they only get a lot of money, but they can only repair some engines, or copy a very small number of outdated old aero engines. The real production capacity is only one digit zero.

They are confined to the northeast in a corner of China, but they have really done it, not to mention, and have sent such a large number of international students. He calculated that Yang Zhen said that there were more than 300 students who graduated from several universities and came to the Northeast and were selected to continue their studies in the Soviet Union. This is enough to account for more than half of the aviation students involved in several universities in the Northeast in the past two years.

You must know that such a large number of students studying in the Soviet Union cost a lot of money. Especially in the Soviet Union, which was also in a war environment, the cost could only be higher. This was only selected from Kannai, and they themselves sent a large number of students to the Soviet Union to study aviation-related majors.

Add in all the other students who are building modern industry, and the number of students sent out from them is seven or eight thousand. And this number is still growing. How did they sustain such a large burden?

The proud disciple of the Dading Engine Factory in Chongqing has now studied aero-engine design at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in the Soviet Union. At the same time, he studied engine design and manufacturing under the Soviet aircraft engine design master, Klimov. Not only him, but he also heard many other names that he was once familiar with in the list of those who studied in the Soviet Union.