"Mr. Humble Yan has long said that China's navy and army have lagged behind Shijie, and it takes thousands of times more effort to catch up to make up for the lack of the past, only in the field of the Air Force, Shijie countries have just started, China is bound to bite to the death, and can no longer lag behind, otherwise China will have no chance to reverse the fortunes of the country within a hundred years!"

"Yunhua, I always heard you mention Mr. Humble Yan, this person doesn't seem to be very old, how can he be so respected?" Wang Zhu asked with a smile on the side.

Wang Zhu and Ba Yuzao were both selected to study in the United Kingdom in the late Qing Dynasty, and after the outbreak of World War I, they had to transfer to the United States to study, and together they studied aviation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and obtained a master's degree, and then entered the United States as an intern in an aircraft manufacturing company.

Wang Zhu successfully entered the Boeing Company, which had just been established at that time, and became the first chief engineer, helping Boeing win the first order of the Navy.

"Yu Peng, do you think there will be a day when China will surpass the great powers, China is full of all kinds of factories, capable of producing the most astute goods, taking off the laurels of the Shijie factory, having the most powerful armed Liliang in Shijie, and any country on Shijie should be in awe of China's Liliang."

Wang Zhu heard Ba Yuzao's words, and said with a wry smile: "Yunhua, I naturally hope so, but the longer I stay in Europe and the United States, the more I understand the gap between us and them, and this gap even makes me feel hopeless, and I even worry that China will sink like this forever." ”

"Yes, a lot of people think so, but Mr. Humble Yan is the only one I have seen who has full confidence, and not only faith, but also a real way. The most fundamental point that China lags behind the West is that it is backward in industry, and they can make it. We can't make it, and all Westerners can make huge profits with good goods, so that their citizens can enjoy a prosperous life, and at the same time build a strong army to protect commercial interests. If the Chinese can one day make the same thing, with our huge population advantage, they will be able to crush any of the great powers. ”

Wang Zhu listened carefully and said with a smile: "This argument is different from many Chinese scholars, who attach more importance to the humanistic spirit. It attaches more importance to the political system and admires the democracy and freedom of the West. ”

Ba Yuzao sighed and said with a sneer: "This is the difference between a doer and a clear stream who talks about the country. Yu Peng, you haven't experienced it in the United States, do you still believe in their so-called democracy and freedom? ”

Ba Yuzao's words immediately aroused Wang Zhu's sadness. In fact, after Wang Zhu became the chief engineer of Boeing, he already had a considerable reputation in the American aviation industry. As a veteran of Boeing. The prospects for the future are quite impressive, and Wang Zhu has also wavered whether to develop in the United States, after all, the conditions that the United States can provide are really good!

However, the seaplane designed and built by the U.S. Navy Shiyan Wang Zhu was not allowed to enter the Shiyan site because he was worried that they would learn the advanced aviation of the United States.

This is a ridiculous accusation. However, at this time, Wang Zhu also saw clearly the racist nature of the United States, in such an era of white supremacy, only if you really have a strong motherland, overseas wanderers can be respected. And Wang Zhu also returned to China with Ba Yuzao and them for this reason.

The freighter gradually entered the port, and the welcoming crowd could already be seen on the wharf, Ba Yuzao took the lead in getting off the freighter, Wang Zhu and others also followed closely behind, after a long voyage, the young students on the ship were very tired, especially in order to transport more machines, they could only squeeze into a small space with the crew, enduring all kinds of tastes, if it were not for the support of blood in the chest, I am afraid that no one would want to suffer so much.

"Yunhua, after a few years, let's meet again!"

Zhang Tinglan greeted Ba Yuzao with a smile, Ba Yuzao also noticed Zhang Tinglan, after two years, Zhang Tinglan seems to have become more mature, gentle and elegant, there is a heroic spirit, and there is a kind of decisive style, obviously this kind of superior temperament has also been trained in two years.

"Mr. Humble Yan, when we were studying in the United States, we tried our best to find news about the country every day, and when we heard that you had recovered the Middle East Road, do you know how happy we were, for two whole days, we couldn't sleep with excitement, and we couldn't sleep with excitement, and I couldn't wait to return to China immediately, fight with the soldiers of the Feng army, and kill the enemy for the country."

"Don't worry, the Middle East Road is just an appetizer, and you will soon be useful." Zhang Tinglan smiled: "Let's help me introduce other people, let me see how many talents you have brought back." ”

Ba Yuzao smiled and pulled over two young people, both of whom were about twenty or thirty years old, one was white and gentle, and the other was full of spirit and very capable.

"These two are my classmates, graduated from MIT with a major in aeronautics, the little white face is called Wang Zhu, and the other skin monkey is called Wang Xiaofeng. There are only a dozen people who graduated in the same period, and Chinese account for three, and it turns out that Chinese are no worse than Westerners in terms of learning ability! ”

Zhang Tinglan also deeply agrees, the learning ability of Chinese is also recognized in later generations, China does not lack genius, only lacks a stage for genius to play to the fullest. I may not be familiar with Wang Xiaofeng and Zhang Tinglan, but I know very well that Wang Zhu is the father of the famous Boeing and is definitely the top authority in the field of early aircraft manufacturing.

However, like most Chinese experts of this era, their talents were not fully utilized, and after Wang Zhu returned to China, he struggled to build China's own planes and tried to set up his own aircraft factory, but the first plane he built crashed during a test flight.

In fact, it is very normal in the field of aviation, and the early development of aircraft is piled up by human life, but due to the incomprehension and lack of attention of the government of the Republic of China, Wang Zhu did not get any substantial support in the subsequent time, and the dream has been stuck in the dream stage.

Until the Anti-Japanese War, Chinese pilots could only fly foreign planes and fight with the Japanese invaders, and soon the air force became a real "air force", and Wang Zhu at this time could only be responsible for repairing the aircraft. It has the top aviation talents, but China does not have its own aircraft, which cannot but be said to be the sadness of the Republic of China.

The so-called golden decade is also a fortress built on the beach, which looks very good, but without a strong heavy industry as a backbone and as a pillar, it cannot withstand a collision at all, and a government that does not know how to develop industry can only be defeated again and again under the blows of the Japanese, and retreat to the southwest.

Now that Wang Zhu and others have just returned to China after completing their studies, it is the time when the wind is flourishing, history will definitely not repeat itself, and the aircraft belonging to the Chinese themselves will inevitably dominate the blue sky.

"You are welcome to the three eastern provinces to display your talents, I made a suggestion to Yu Shuai a few days ago, ready to set up several aircraft manufacturing plants, you three talents, plus the teachers of Nanyuan Aviation School. It is also a common practice in the West to set up two fighter manufacturing plants, two bomber manufacturing plants, and if you wish, this aircraft manufacturing plant will be named after you. ”

After hearing Zhang Tinglan's proposal, Ba Yuzao, Wang Zhu, and Wang Xiaofeng all widened their eyes, Feng Jun's handwriting was really extraordinary, and he was about to build four aircraft factories at once, and he felt invigorated just by listening to it.

"Mr. Humble Yan, Weishenme fighter and bomber have to build two factories, isn't it a waste of resources? Let's put Liliang together and build a large factory, can't we? Ba Yuzao asked with a little confusion.

"Of course not, people need to be under pressure, factories also need to have competition, and in the future there will be more types of aircraft, and the functional focus is not exactly the same, so different design ideas are needed, of course, too much is not good, it will be dispersed, for the time being, there will be two fighters and two bombers, and then it will be appropriately increased in the future!"

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "You should also pay attention, the funds are always limited, you must come up with enough ability, strive for funds, and also produce the best products, get orders from the army, so that your factory can develop." ”

Ba Yuzao and others instantly understood Zhang Tinglan's plan, in order to let the entire industry form a healthy competition and achieve the most haode effect, which is also a common practice of Western powers, Zhang Tinglan planned like this, it is obvious that he is an expert who understands the overall situation, and can have such an expert leader, so that they can put their hearts down, it seems that the three eastern provinces are indeed the places where they can realize their dreams.

Ba Yuzao immediately introduced other talents to Zhang Tinglan, including overseas Chinese, as well as students from Beiyang official fees, as well as several apprentices sent out by Zhang Tinglan at the beginning, who were mainly engaged in aviation, metallurgy, and machine manufacturing, which were the talents that Fengjun needed most.

Even those apprentices are quite remarkable, they not only learn skills in the factory in the United States, but also pay attention to the management skills of the factory, after two years of training, in China, there is no problem at all in managing a workshop. In addition to these talents, there is also a group of people, led by Hou Debang, they are mainly talents in the chemical field, because they have also purchased a lot of machines, a ship can not be shipped back, so it will be a month later, before they can return to China.

Zhang Tinglan is already very satisfied with these talents, and Fengjun's aviation industry has finally been settled.

"Mr. Humble Yan, we heard that the Feng army was fighting a war with the Russians, so we used the funds you provided to trial produce ten planes and purchase a batch of engines, and we can assemble them immediately as long as we need them."

When Zhang Tinglan heard Ba Yuzao's words, his eyes suddenly lit up: The Air Force has become! (To be continued......)