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    As the crisis in West Borneo continued and European newspapers hyped up the East Indies War, Japan and the United States also sent special envoys to Nanjing to inquire about the root cause.

    At the same time, the British Empire's Far East Fleet, consisting of three powerful battleships and battlecruisers, arrived off the coast of West Borneo. Faced with the extremely high probability of a conflict at sea, Cheng Biguang, who had already boarded the pirate ship, had to bite the bullet and order the first  The entire Second Fleet (officially known as the Nanyang Fleet) was dispatched, but the subsequent 210 Marines were postponed to be sent ashore.  At the same time, the two Taiwan Island-class heavy cruisers of the First Fleet were dispatched south, and suddenly the entire South China Sea was covered by bright and cold muzzles.

    Such a large-scale naval mobilization could not be hidden from reporters who were all-pervasive. Domestic newspapers began to report on the West Borneo riots. They not only posted photos but also deliberately exaggerated the Lan Fang tragedy. They even found witnesses of the tragedy to tell the story of the blood and tears of the Nanyang Chinese.  Due to insufficient publicity during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, not many people in China knew about the Lanfang tragedy. Therefore, when newspapers covered the old accounts, the whole of China was burned!  Many people know that in Southeast Asia and West Borneo, hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters were slaughtered as pigs and dogs by the Dutch colonists and their lackeys!

    On the afternoon of the day the newspaper was published, tens of thousands of Shanghai students gathered in front of the Dutch Consulate in Shanghai to hold a demonstration. Immediately afterwards, students in Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and other places also held large demonstrations to support the navy in condemning the Dutch atrocities and demanding the arrest of the murderer  The situation in West Borneo has deteriorated again!

    The truth behind the Lanfang massacre was quickly reprinted in Europe.  Only then did many people realize how cruel the bloody methods of the Netherlands in West Borneo were.  Of course, they only superficially condemned it.  After all, everyone needed East India's rubber, spices and cheap resources.  But the Netherlands and the United Kingdom never expected that Moscow's GC International would also intervene.  Pravda, the most famous Soviet mouthpiece, published a series of comments.  From the Lanfang massacre to the colonists' incitement of ethnic hatred in Nanyang, to the final crisis in West Borneo, countless close-ups have been exposed, strongly criticizing the predatory face of capitalism, and expressing their willingness to help all ethnic groups in the Nanyang region achieve independence.

    At this critical moment, countless pairs of eyes began to look for the key figure to solve the crisis, but His Excellency Vice President Yang seemed completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.  Aviation industry elites from all over the country gathered at Yunhua Aircraft Factory for several days to discuss technology and the future of aviation.

    This made Lu Zhengxiang, who had come from Nanjing, stamp his feet anxiously. He did not dare to disturb the on-site meeting inside, so he had to grab Song Ziqing and Jiang Fangzhen: "You two. How long will this take? If the Vice President doesn't come out  I don¡¯t even dare to go back to Nanjing.¡±

    He, the foreign minister, is under a lot of pressure. The British attitude this time was unexpected, so he is very anxious.  Song Ziqing looked at Yang Qiu, who was chatting and laughing with hundreds of Chinese aviation experts, and had no choice but to pat him and comfort him before pushing the door open and walking into the heavily guarded engine test workshop.  Yang Qiu was asking about the status of the new engine. When he saw him coming in, he knew what he wanted to say. He made a stop gesture and asked, "Have the patent and name been registered?"

    ¡°All patents were registered four years ago.¡±

    Zhou Houkun was very excited because they not only realized the dream of an all-metal monoplane flying into the sky, but also realized Yang Qiu's vision, completed the development of an overlapping radial engine and increased the engine to 750 horsepower in one fell swoop!  It has become the world's most powerful air-cooled aviation engine.  So everyone can imagine it.  When radial engines in various countries face barriers, just this design patent that overlaps two engines can bring huge returns to the company.

    Bayuzao, like most Mongolian men, is straightforward and straightforward. He believes that his rapid breakthrough is all due to Yang Qiu's suggestion five years ago, and also because the tens of thousands of foreign technicians brought back by Yang Qiu after his visit to Europe helped overcome the difficulties in precision machining.  barriers, so he smiled and pushed the credit outward: "In the past, the single-layer radial engine was called a Mustang, but now we call it a double Mustang. Haha In fact, Vice President, you have the greatest credit. If it weren't for the  Tips and blueprints, we couldn¡¯t imagine overlapping the two machines.¡±

    "Twin wild horses. Not bad."

    Yang Qiu is very happy. With this, it is equivalent to seeing the shadow of the C47. If there is an emergency in the future, there is no need to ride on the dangerous double-winged wooden frame. It is a pity that the name Mustang fighter cannot be registered because it cannot overlap.  But rather than pity, he is more curious about whether the U.S. company Pratt & Whitney will go all out to create "Three Wasps" and "Four Wasps" after losing its overlapping patents?  It is important to know that the double Mustang patent is very important. After all, this is not a time of war that tramples on various international conventions. The United States must show off even if it does not want to abide by it.  The reason is simple. If the United States counterfeits the Twin Mustang patents, China will naturally pirate the patent rights of major companies such as General Motors and Merlin. Judging from the number of patents purchased by each other this year, it is not cost-effective for the United States.

    ¡°Perhaps it won¡¯t be long before representatives of Pratt & Whitney, which encounters power barriers, will come to negotiate.  So he is more concerned nowWhether Motivation has large-scale manufacturing capabilities, he asked: "How are the preparations for engineering manufacturing? If new technologies cannot be transformed into products as soon as possible, others will surpass you sooner or later."

    Zhou Houkun and everyone are really lucky to meet a national leader who understands technology and cares so much about aviation and other high technologies. He interrupted: "Vice President, please rest assured that all manufacturing processes have been perfected. We have also developed specialized products with the automation laboratory."  assembly line equipment. Only the aspects of precision casting and materials are insufficient. The former has been taught by foreign masters and our own technicians have improved very quickly. We will be able to rely entirely on ourselves in another 2 years at most. The latter is more difficult, and basic material technology research has not yet been completed.  It¡¯s not difficult, but it requires a lot of funds, many school laboratories to participate, and it takes time to accumulate. But don¡¯t worry, we are conquering it step by step!¡±

    Now that the words were out of the way, Bayama Zao emboldened himself and took a deep breath in front of Wang Zhu and other national aviation elites: "Vice President, Peng Xi and I also discussed that we, we we want to acquire Xinyang  Aircraft factory!¡±

    "Acquisition of Xinyang Factory?"

    Not to mention Yang Qiu, Wang Zhu and others were also stunned by their bold ideas.  But it dawned on him after a moment.  Xinyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory is a state-owned enterprise, which not only has two 6,000-ton molding machines.  There are also a lot of equipment and thousands of junior and intermediate technicians that the government spent ten years training!  If the merger is successful, dual Mustang engine technology will be added.  It can immediately become an aviation manufacturing enterprise comparable to or even surpassing Chongqing.

    Have courage!  Merge state-owned enterprises with private enterprises!  Regardless of success or failure, it will be recorded in the history of China's discussion and development!

    "This is the engine development and manufacturing center, and Xinyang is the aviation manufacturing center. Combining the resources of the two companiesis that what you think?" Without waiting for an answer, Yang Qiu emphasized his tone of encouragement: "Xinyang is the central  To invest in a company, you can use your technology to finance the acquisition of the factory, and you can figure out how to get bank credit by yourself. I will help you with the rest of the gossiping! But there is something to say in front of you. The government wants 20% of the shares. After all, there is  When it comes to military confidentiality, we also need to protect the interests of workers.¡±

    Bayusao and Zhou Houkun originally just wanted to give it a try.  After all, Xinyang is one of the few central state-owned enterprises in the country. Selling it to private individuals is suspected of reselling national assets, but Yang Qiu actually agreed!  We are also prepared to help them ward off outside doubts!  What courage this requires!  The two were so happy that they even forgot to say thank you.  At this point, Yang Qiu didn't feel how great it was. He suddenly thought and laughed: "By the way, how about I give you a new name? Airbus, how about it?"

    ??Don¡¯t call it Airbus, even call it the Underworld Express!

    The two of them nodded hurriedly, but Wang Zhu and other technical experts from other factories and laboratories looked bad.  "Are you afraid? It's a good thing to be afraid. Only competition can give you motivation!" Yang Qiu chuckled when he saw this, and suddenly waved to the back: "Xingwen."

    Being summoned.  An army major in his thirties walked quickly carrying a black briefcase.  If you are interested, you can find that the briefcase and his wrist are connected by a thin thread.  Over the years, everyone knew that Yang Qiu had a mysterious officer who never left him like a shadow, but the outside world thought he was a personal bodyguard, so they didn't pay much attention to the tall but rigid-looking major.

    The major opened the bag and took out two thick pieces of information, then retreated outside the crowd and looked alert.

    Yang Qiu handed one copy to Wang Zhu and the other to Zong Lei, chief engineer of the state-owned Shenyang Aircraft Factory.  He was one of the first batch of students from Southwest China to study in the United States, and the second Chinese student after Zhou Houkun to receive a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the United States. After the war in Europe, he also interned at Curtiss and BMW in Germany for a total of 4 years before returning.

    What Zong Lei got was actually the blueprint of the British Merlin water-cooled engine, but Shenyang's water-cooled engine technology was not good, so he immediately thought of cooperating with the Hanyang Group Engine Company, the most technologically advanced and largest engine company in the country.  And what Wang Assistant got was very, very strange.

    "This is"

    "future!"

    Yang Qiu smiled slightly and put together the information in his hand: "If you can master it, the future sky will be ours! Keep it confidential!" After speaking softly, he simply formally invited bids for several military models on the spot.  Aircraft, including carrier-based torpedo aircraft, twin-engine long-range seaplanes, twin-engine military transport aircraft, monoplane fighters, training aircraft, etc.

    Song Ziqing was a little envious of Yang Qiu's ease, especially the thick information that Assistant Wang had so tightly grasped. It made him very curious. It wasn't until many years later that he understood what he had witnessed today.

    Six months later, with the help of Yang Qiu, Yunhua Aircraft Factory merged with the state-owned Xinyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and changed its name to Airbus, becoming the second largest private aviation manufacturing company in the country after Chongqing.  Chongqing also officially changed its name to Meteor Company, and even Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and Hanyang Engine Factory joined hands with each other and changed their name to Raytheon Company.

      In addition to these three companies participating in the tender, Sikorsky, the second person after Bayama to start his own business and become a Chinese national, also founded an aircraft company named after himself in Chengdu, and also led several people who have also become Chinese nationals.  Russian aviation engineers participated in the bidding and won a large contract to manufacture 370 Air Force training aircraft and other aircraft accessories.

    Yang Qiu secretly provided the drawings, and the four companies competed with each other to promote the emergence of the Twin Mustangs in China's aviation era.

    This is something.

    Yang Qiu gently squeezed his fist and told everyone not to leak the information handed over to them. Then he and Song Ziqing walked towards the anxious Lu Zhengxiang, leaving behind these young Chinese aerospace elites who are destined to become world-famous.

    ¡°Vice President, Great Britain¡­.¡±

    Before Lu Zhengxiang finished speaking, Yang Qiu interrupted him: "I know, let's go back to Nanjing together."

    News that Yang Qiu had returned to Nanjing Center spread quickly, but before the envoys from various countries could see him, the "major news" that he and Li Yuanhong had a quarrel broke out that night.  According to insiders in the presidential palace, the two had a major conflict over the West Borneo issue.  Yang Qiu believed that the country was in a great opportunity for transformation and that military measures should not be used on the issue of overseas Chinese in West Borneo. Instead, negotiations should be carried out with the Dutch government while ensuring the safety of overseas Chinese, and the Dutch government should be asked to grant autonomy to overseas Chinese in Nanyang.  However, Li Yuanhong felt that he should be tough, otherwise he would be looked down upon. He even said that he should not hesitate to declare war on the Netherlands to clarify the central government's determination to protect overseas Chinese.

    After the two argued repeatedly to no avail, Yang Qiu simply ignored the matter and stated that he would visit the United States to discuss a new round of economic cooperation. The National Defense Forces were only responsible for the safety of overseas Chinese and handed over the resolution of the crisis to the Nanjing Central Committee and would no longer participate in the resolution of the crisis.

    ¡°Probably out of anger, Li Yuanhong, who had been president for more than ten years, clamored to close loopholes in the constitution and take back power, so he summoned several close associates overnight and asked Yang Du to draft a constitutional amendment bill.  This sudden change made the crisis in West Borneo even more confusing. The next day, Yang Du submitted a presidential constitutional amendment draft to Congress, requesting a formal amendment to the constitution!  Move the capital to Beijing and change the current parliamentary system to a presidential system!

    "One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Before Congress could figure out what Yang Qiu meant, Yang Du's constitutional amendment proposal immediately triggered a quarrel in Congress!  Because the current Constitution of the Republic of China was modified from Song Jiaoren's Constitution of the Republic of China, and has always been regarded as their greatest achievement. Amending the constitution to change the presidential system is tantamount to a total denial in the face.

    The constitutional amendment bill caused a lot of quarrels in Congress, and even the crisis in West Borneo has abated a lot.

    When Yang Qiu began to prepare for his visit to the United States, he also welcomed his first visitor after the crisis, Sir Lampson, the British Ambassador to China.  Compared with several of his predecessors, this old knight has no bright spots at all. If there is anything impressive, perhaps he did not forget to bring his beloved Scottish shepherd dog with him when he came to visit.

    "Mr. Vice President, I deeply regret the experience of the expatriates in your country, but I think this is not a reason for you to send troops to Borneo! West Borneo is under the jurisdiction of the Dutch government and is recognized by the world! The British Empire does not want East India  A war breaks out, absolutely! So please inform your soldiers to withdraw immediately and hand over the responsibility of quelling the riot to the Batavia government!" Probably because they realized that the National Congress of the Republic of China was already in a quarrel over the constitutional amendment and had no time to pay attention to West Borneo.  , Lord Lampson also used the word "never" to strengthen his tone, and he seemed to be ready to start a war immediately if he disagreed.

    Yang Qiu knew what Britain was worried about, and also knew that the whole world was now openly or covertly isolating the British Empire. He stood at the window with the same seriousness, blocking the sunlight: "Mr. Ambassador, the crisis in West Borneo was not caused by our country! After the riot, our country  We immediately notified the Dutch government, but they still ignored the lives of our citizens and were reluctant to send troops to maintain order, resulting in the casualties of hundreds of our citizens! This is something that no responsible country will agree to! We have no choice but to protect our citizens this time  !¡±

    Seeing that Yang Qiu never left the word "protecting overseas Chinese", Lampson asked tentatively: "So, you will not occupy West Borneo?"

    "Occupy? HahaAre you kidding?! I just want to ensure the safety of expatriates. The expansion of this riot is entirely caused by the inaction of the Dutch government."

    "Please tell the Dutch government that our president and people are very angry about this matter. Although I am willing to negotiate, but for some reasons I will visit the United States in three days, so this work will be solely responsible for this work. What I can tell you is that  , we do not need the land of West Borneo and do not want any war. It must also be emphasized! Batavia must immediately arrest the murderers of our expatriates! Compensation for the loss of life and property caused by the riots to our expatriates totals 15 million US dollars!  To prevent such incidents from happening again in the future, our diaspora in West Borneo must be given the right to political participation and autonomy!¡±

    Knowing that Yang Qiu was going to visit the United States regardless of the matter, Lampson was bypassed.My head hurt a little, but when I heard the huge compensation, especially the demand for autonomy, I jumped up like a hound at the door.

    "This is impossible!"

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