Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Chapter 307 Trainer

After discussing the Qingtongxia Hydropower Station to be developed with Zhou Shifu, Zhao Tianyang was about to go to the Hexi Corridor to check the construction progress of Factory 221 when he was stopped by a communications soldier.

"Minister, there's a call from Yan'an!"

Zhao Tianyang took the telegram and read it: "Great, another talented person has arrived!"

"Li Yuncai, find me a transport plane. I want to go back to Yan'an now!"

"Yes!"

Although he didn't know who was coming, Li Yuncai still went to coordinate a transport plane to deliver supplies.

Two hours later, Zhao Tianyang met the person he had always wanted to meet but had no chance to meet in Yan'an.

"Welcome everyone, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhao Tianyang stepped forward and shook hands with everyone: "My name is Zhao Tianyang. We will work together in the future to contribute to the anti-Japanese war!"

"Minister Zhao, I've heard of your name a long time ago!"

One of them said with great emotion: "We are so happy about the Taihang Type 1 fighter and Taihang Type 1 transport aircraft you designed and manufactured."

"China finally has its own aircraft, and its combat effectiveness is so strong. Only the Japanese Type 1 and Zero fighters can fight against your fighters!"

"Haha, you're welcome!"

Zhao Tianyang smiled and looked around: "You know me, but I don't know you?"

"Look at my brain!"

The man who just spoke patted his head and introduced himself quickly: "My name is Lin Tonghua, the chief designer of Nanchuan Aircraft Factory."

"These two are Gu Guangfu and Deputy Chief Designer Gao Bangjun."

"These people are designers, Lu Xiaopeng, Zhang Guilian......"

The team led by Lin Tonghua was very large, with a total of twenty-five people. Zhao Tianyang shook hands with each of them and said hello.

"I originally thought that only a few of you would come, but I didn't expect all of you to come!"

Zhao Tianyang greeted them happily: "I'm the host today, I'll treat you guys to a good meal!"

"Don't worry!"

Lin Tonghua grabbed Zhao Tianyang and said seriously, "Minister Zhao, don't worry about eating first."

"We agreed when we came here that we would be given money and information to develop an aircraft with performance no less than that of the Taihang Type 1 fighter!"

"Yes, Minister Zhao, we are not here to enjoy ourselves!"

Everyone agreed.

Seeing this, Zhao Tianyang was moved: "Don't worry, keep your word, I will not only let you develop new aircraft."

"And you don't have to give up on the 'Zhongyun No. 1' that you are currently developing. I will let you continue your research!"

"Great!"

Everyone was delighted. The Zhongyun-1 could be said to be the hard work of all their scientific researchers. It would be great if they didn't have to give it up.

"Minister Zhao, we don't need to eat. Can you let us take a look at the information first?"

Lin Tonghua asked expectantly.

"That's...okay!"

Zhao Tianyang was too embarrassed to refuse due to the people's fiery gazes, so he took everyone back to his room.

Zhao Tianyang took out a stack of documents from the safe and looked at Lin Tonghua.

"Let me make this clear first. For the sake of confidentiality, before you move into the factory, only you three chief designers can see this information!"

"no problem!"

Lin Tonghua nodded, picked up the information and started reading it impatiently.

After a while, Lin Tonghua handed the information to Lu Xiaopeng and Zhang Guilian who were still reading on the side, and asked Zhao Tianyang with a puzzled look on his face.

"Excuse me, Minister Zhao, these two aircraft are indeed excellent, but they are not better than your Taihang-1 fighter!"

"That's right!"

Zhao Tianyang said frankly: "One of these two aircraft is a small transport aircraft, and the other is a trainer aircraft. They are not used for combat at all!"

Without waiting for Lin Tonghua to ask, Zhao Tianyang continued, "For fighter planes, we have the Taihang Type 1 fighter, and for long-range transport planes, bombers, and reconnaissance planes, we have the Taihang Type 1 transport plane. There is no need to waste resources on developing new fighter planes and bombers at the moment."

"But we have a big shortage of pilots. In addition to personal quality, the most important reason is the lack of professional training aircraft."

"Our current training method is still to use the Taihang Type 1 fighter jet for training."

"Or we can rely on the two captured Type 97 fighters for training, which is not only difficult, but also prone to the risk of aircraft destruction and loss of life."

"So we urgently need two professional training aircraft to train pilots!"

"I see!"

Lin Tonghua nodded in understanding: "You are right, we do need two qualified trainer aircraft to train pilots."

"Otherwise, it's useless to have a plane without a pilot!"

"I am willing to develop these two aircraft!"

"We do too!"

Zhang Guilian echoed Lu Xiaopeng, who had read the information on the side.

"When do we start?"

"No hurry, eat first!"

After dinner, Zhao Tianyang called Li Yuncai and asked him to pack up Lin Tonghua and others and send them to Hami, Xinjiang, where Zhao Tianyang had built several aircraft factories and was waiting for them to arrive.

"Minister, the train is ready. Do you want to go and see it?"

As soon as he sent Lin Tonghua and others away, Wang Bensan sent someone to find Zhao Tianyang.

"train?"

Zhao Tianyang nodded and followed the worker to the steam engine factory.

As soon as Zhao Tianyang came in, he heard the roar of a train.

Looking up, I saw a locomotive running continuously on a circular railroad track in the middle of the factory, pulling several carriages.