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Volume 2 Beijing Story Chapter 178 The engine is crucial

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    As early as the end of September 1917, in addition to adding a new batch of aircraft purchase orders to the United Kingdom, Wang Geng also sought to introduce and authorize the production of the Eagle aircraft engine design drawings designed by Ross-Royce. Wang Geng's  The dh.4 reconnaissance bomber and the Handley Page 0/400 aircraft use the Rose-Royce Eagle vii and viii water-cooled engines. The Eagle vii has a powerful horsepower of 275hp, which is the most powerful engine of this era.  One of the best liquid cooled engines!

    ??Ross-Royce produces both the best car engines and the best aircraft engines. In fact, his later translation name-Rolls-Royce may be more impressive.

    Although Wang Geng's aviation talents Wang Zhu and Bayama Zao were both chief engineers of Boeing and Wright Aircraft Company in the United States, in 1917, when the US military announced its participation in the war, the US military had almost no military aircraft of its own available. The US Air Force would later fight in the European War.  Among the more than 6,000 military aircraft on the Western Front, French military aircraft accounted for more than 5,000. Of course, the best manufacturers of military aircraft in this era were all in Britain, France and Germany.

    If he could get Mercedes engines and planes, Wang Geng would certainly not necessarily choose Rolls-Royce, but at this time, apart from the UK, which has abundant aircraft production capacity, who else can count on it?  The French did not have enough aircraft for their own use or to equip the U.S. Air Force.

    To this end, in addition to the US$11.72 million purchase order for the second batch of British aircraft, Wang Geng transferred a complete set of design drawings and production licenses for the Eagle VII engine from Ross-Royce in the name of Manhattan Industrial Bank in New York at a cost of  3 million US dollars, comes with 100 sets of assembled parts.

    It is difficult to understand that the stubborn British seem to think that the transfer of aircraft technology patents, production drawings and licenses to an American bank is completely feasible without any obstacles, while the transfer to China, which may have friction with Japan in the future, is unreasonable.  Deeply suspicious, a typical ostrich policy, it is obvious that the Japan-British alliance is placing a much heavier burden on the British at this moment than imagined!

    As for Wang Zhu and Bayama Zao who came back from the United States, they felt that the 3 million US dollars was too much spent. If Wang Geng was willing to give them more time, such as one to two years, they could completely use the knowledge they had mastered.  , copy the Eagle vii and viii engines!

    Wang Zhu even patted his chest and said to Wang Geng that if he had enough time, he could develop a domestic water-cooled engine based on the production drawings and authorized patents of the Dodge engine that Wang Geng was about to introduce!  In fact, most of the early piston aircraft engines of this era were reborn from automobile engines.

    At the end of September, Wang Geng also used the Manhattan Industrial Bank in New York to use his influence in the United States and the background of the Morgan family to transfer the production drawings and authorized patents for the V6 and V8 Dodge automobile engines from the Dodge Company. The price paid was 200  Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

    Dodge Motor Company followed Wang Geng's US aid purchase order and the US military's order, and its output exceeded 100,000 vehicles in 1917. Ford Motor Company has always used engines and chassis produced by Dodge Company. Even the founder of Dodge Company  The Dodge brothers were still shareholders and partners of Ford Motor Company. In their previous life, the Dodge brothers had to wait until 1919 to leave Ford and go it alone.

    Looking back at Sino-American Petroleum and Renqiu Oilfield, the Chinese's high-yield crude oil production in Renqiu not only changed the history of oil exploration, but also made the little Japan next door feel sad and envious. So the little Japanese spent a lot of manpower and material resources on the Bohai Bay.  It is the coastal shoals of the Liaodong Peninsula that are being drilled desperately, but nothing is found.

    "If Renqiu hadn't been separated from Tanggu, Tianjin by more than 100 kilometers, it was a good thing that Wang Geng didn't go drilling in Dagang, Tianjin. Otherwise, the little devil might have really started a conflict and came to grab oil if he got mad.

    The development of Renqiu Oilfield by Sino-American Petroleum Company allowed the Chinese to use domestically produced kerosene on a large scale for the first time. While power supply and lighting were still a privilege reserved only for households in Beijing, Tianjin and other big cities, kerosene was actually the most commonly used by urban and rural people.  of lighting energy. In fact, in previous lives until the 1970s and 1980s, many villages in China still lived with kerosene at night.

    October 1917 was a very important month. The drama of Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui working together to advance Anhui seemed to have frightened all the local forces with ulterior motives. On the surface, Cao Kun, who was directly from the direct line, was in charge of Henan.  Wu Peifu, who was born in the Zhili lineage, took charge of Suiyuan, and Cai Chengxun, the former commander of the first division of the Zhili lineage, became the deputy chief of staff of the participating armies, not to mention Wang Tingzhen's high-spirited leadership of the 30,000-strong army of the 7th division, fully equipped with fine weapons.  After setting off for the Northeast, four supplementary brigades will follow in half a month.

    Of course, the thousands of tons of high-quality crude oil that the first well of Sino-American Petroleum spews out every day makes people happy. The infrastructure work in the Chahar Xuanhua Mining Area is working in three shifts every day, and five engineering regiments are working at night.  The manpower of the four supplementary brigades, as well as the personnel of China Steel, Sino-American Petroleum, and Xuanhua First Arsenal, devoted all their efforts to this strategic base.

    The entire project is expected to be completed in the yearIt will be successfully completed by the end of November, and the Sino-American Petroleum Xuanhua 500,000-ton refinery will also enter trial production at the end of November. The Rockefeller oil exploration team has begun drilling the second oil well in Renqiu. With the experience of the first well, senior  American oil exploration experts quickly analyzed the topography and selected the location of the second well.

    Although Wang Geng couldn't remember the location of the well with a daily output of 5,000 tons of crude oil in his previous life, looking at the location of the well chosen by Rockefeller Jr., it seems that this time it is really close to ten, but they can't drill a well with a daily output of 5,000 tons.  Well, the daily output of 1,000 tons is probably not going to work!

    During this period of time, the service quality and reputation of China Airlines have also continued to improve. Wang Zhu and Bayuzao found ways to improve the airtightness of the cabin of the Handley Page 0/400 aircraft, although it is not strictly speaking.  The pressurized cabin has greatly improved ride comfort. The thinness of the air at an altitude of 3,000 meters during 0/400 flight has been greatly improved after the use of a sealed cabin.

    In the construction of the Xuanhua Mining Area, Han Yeping Company, one of the shareholders of China Iron and Steel, played a huge role. As the largest and most advanced steel conglomerate in China, Han Yeping felt very happy to be able to ride on the coattails of the Prime Minister and the War Supervisor.  excitement, which means that China Steel will become a partner rather than a competitor. Although Han Yeping has a long history and leading technology, he cannot stand the relationship between Wang Geng and the Yankees. Whether it is a Japanese steel mill or an American steel mill,  When she arrived in China, Han Yeping felt that she might not be technically better than others.

    Among the first batch of 500 Nanyuan aviation cadets affiliated to the participating army, 300 have completed their first solo flight. The best and earliest guys who flew solo have long been loaned to China Airlines along with the aircraft, and 36 of them have been put into use.  Each crew of the 0/400 modified civilian passenger aircraft in operation has four members. Including the spare crew, there are nearly 180 student pilots leased to China Airlines.

    The first dh4 reconnaissance bomber squadron was assigned to the Wu Peifu 3rd Division in Suiyuan, the second dh4 reconnaissance bomber squadron was assigned to Rehe Chengde, and the third dh4 reconnaissance bomber squadron was assigned to Kaifeng, with two mixed brigades.  After Cao Kun, who was equipped with American equipment, obtained the right to use the third dh4 reconnaissance bomber squadron, he went to Beijing in person to meet Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui. In addition to showing his loyalty, the second purpose was to take the initiative to ask for his third squadron to be used.  The division was also formally organized and trained to become a member of the participating armies.

    In fact, although the Third Flying Squadron was deployed to Kaifeng, Henan, it still accepted the command of the Nanyuan Air Force Headquarters. The Henan Governor only had secondary command rights but no property rights. All dispatched flying squadrons were actually under dual leadership, but the participating military aviation  The team headquarters is the real first-level commander.  All missions issued by local governors to flight squadrons can only be carried out after being authorized by the Air Force Headquarters!
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