After returning to Taiyuan, Wang Xuexin originally wanted to take a rest. After all, he was tired from running around for several days and didn't get a good night's sleep. But he couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning in bed, so he simply got up and went to the research institute to convene a meeting with staff.
The theme was of course the Japanese BF109. Wang Xuexin threw the sketch of the BF109 fighter into the conference room, which immediately caused a sensation.
"This is Hans's fighter plane!" Professor Su has been paying attention to the international battlefield so he knows something about it.
This is the difference between intellectuals and ordinary warriors.
Ordinary soldiers only think about fighting their own battles and defeating the Japanese. Why do they care about so many things abroad?
But intellectuals are different. What they actually think about is not fighting, but when China will win and when the war will end.
If you want to analyze these issues, of course you must always pay attention to the international situation, because the international situation will affect the Chinese battlefield.
After recalling it for a while, Professor Su said: "It seems to be Hans's BF109..."
"Whatever it looks like, it is!" He Zhimin took the sketch and immediately came to the conclusion: "Although the drawing is not very accurate, you can still see it!"
Although others could not recognize the BF109, they still heard about the Hans fighter for a long time, so they immediately started discussing:
"The Japanese have obtained BF109. This is not a good thing!"
"Yes, it is said that this fighter plane makes the Mao Xiong unable to fight back, and even the 'La 5' cannot compete with it!"
"That's for sure. It has a metal body and is much faster than the 'La 5', which means it is better than the 'La 5' in both defense and attack!"
"What now?"
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Then the conference room fell into silence, and everyone could see the helplessness in their eyes.
After a while, someone suggested:
"I heard that Mao Xiong is using the quantity of 'pulling 5' to suppress the quality of BF109, that is, trying to increase production to fight against BF109. Can we do the same?"
The person who said this was Chen Jiefeng. This guy used to only do his own thing and not care about anything else, but he has changed a lot since his last scandal.
It's quite good to be able to make such a suggestion today, because he at least knows that Mao Xiong is exchanging quantity for Hans's quality. If Mao Xiong can do it, maybe the Eighth Route Army can do it too.
But Su Xin immediately rejected this plan: "First of all, our industrial base is far inferior to Mao Xiong, and it is also inferior to the Japanese, so it is impossible for us to use this method to fight against the Japanese!"
Su Xin hit the point with this sentence.
What kind of country is Mao Xiong? A real industrial power, and a country that focuses on heavy industry. Its tanks and fighter jets can be produced and shipped out like running water. Only at this level can it be possible to trade quantity with an opponent like Hans.
quality.
But what the Eighth Route Army lacks is the industrial foundation. Although its opponent is the Japanese who are one level weaker than Hans, it is not the Eighth Route Army's turn to compete with the Japanese for production capacity!
Given the current situation of the Eighth Route Army, it should be to exchange quality for the Japs' quantitative advantage, such as the "La 5"... Its quantity has always been inferior to the Japs' "Zero War" and "Feiyan", even if the Eighth Route Army is fully producing
in this way.
But the Eighth Route Army just used it to cooperate with the air defense system to create a world.
"Secondly!" Su Xin continued: "We don't have that many pilots, so it's impossible to trade quantity for quality like a bear!"
Wang Xuexin nodded in agreement, and at the same time looked at Su Xin with a different eye. Her understanding of the current situation of the Eighth Route Army was much deeper than Wang Xuexin imagined.
What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that Su Xin was actually forced to do this. Because she was developing CNC machine tools, she tried every means to think about which areas needed CNC machine tools and could use CNC machine tools to improve efficiency, so she had to fully understand the production situation of the Eighth Route Army Military Industry.
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Chen Jiefeng blushed and sat down when Su Xin said this. He felt that he had made a fool of himself again.
However, Wang Xuexin encouraged: "Although this idea is not suitable for us, it is still good. After all, it is a feasible way, and it also reminds us that development should be more comprehensive, and it should not just be military industry, but also take into account civilian use.
Only in this way can we create the greatest value and the best equipment at the least cost!"
Everyone nodded as they listened. This is a very simple reason. If you only focus on military industry and ignore civilian use, it will eventually lead to a disconnect between the two... For example, if military industry has been modernized but civilians are still at the level of farming, then does military industry have to produce even a single screw independently?
Build a factory for this?
In this way, is the military industry too large? To be precise, it is bloated, because although this military industry system is large, it is not efficient.
On the other hand, civilian use may in turn promote the development of military industrial enterprises. For example, if there are any patents or inventions, military industrial enterprises can introduce them immediately.
This actually fully mobilizes the wisdom of the entire people.
This is also the reason why Wang Xuexin tried so hard to steal some textile factories, canneries and other equipment from the Japanese. They not only provided supplies for the army and solved people's livelihood problems, but were also the beginning of civilian industry.
However, this takes time to develop slowly, and there is no rush. All Wang Xuexin can do is guide and support.
"Then..." Professor Su said: "We have only one way, and that is to increase the speed of 'Pull 5' so that it can shorten the speed gap with BF109 as much as possible!"
As soon as Professor Su's words came out, many people immediately agreed.
Because everyone knows that speed is king in fighter jets...whoever is faster will take the lead and have the initiative, just like the "Pull 5" is faster than both Japanese fighter jets and therefore has the initiative.
Since speed is king and BF109 is faster, of course the speed of "pull 5" should be increased.
Then some people even proposed solutions to improve speed:
"We can find a way to reduce some weight on the 'La 5'!"
"For example, removing the bomb pylons...producing fighter jets specifically for air combat!"
This statement is even feasible. "La 5" has a bomb rack and some equipment for bomb delivery. If all these equipment are removed, the weight can of course be reduced.
If the weight is reduced without changing the engine thrust and aerodynamic layout, the speed will naturally increase.
If we can continue to find some "shortcomings" and improve them, maybe "Pull 5" can be improved to a performance similar to "Pull 7".
But Wang Xuexin does not agree with this plan, or to be precise, he does not agree with this direction...
The reason is as mentioned before, Wang Xuexin hopes to break the rule of comparing speed with the Japanese.
Wang Xuexin said: "Why don't we seek breakthroughs in fighter missiles?"