Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

Tan Zhenhua did not answer Wu Daguan’s question, but continued to Hooker: “Then Mr. Hooker, do you think Mr. Hawke will oppose this deal?”

Hooker replied: "No, he won't. Whether it’s because of my personal relationship with Mr. Hawke or the official position of the British government, he has no reason to stop this transaction. Tan, don’t worry, Hawke is A trustworthy gentleman."

Little Hawke smiled immediately, "Should I leave for a while? It's okay."

Hooker smiled and shook his head and said, "No, Hawke, I have nothing to hide, and if this transaction is to be concluded, it must be approved by the government. I will not do anything to sell our interests in Great Britain. You should know this very well, Hawke."

"So I don't have to be scrupulous, right?" Tan Zhenhua asked with a smile.

After seeing Hu Ke’s slight nod, he turned to Wu Daguan and said: “Old Wu, if I’m not wrong, Sir Hu Ke wants to sell us a new engine production technology, which is developed from MK202. In the United States, it has a brand new name called "TF41912-B52", Sir Hooker, am I right?"

He apparently said the last sentence to Hook, and Hook also nodded in agreement, and sighed: "So, Tan, your intelligence capabilities really surprised me, even such an unborn engine. all know."

Tan Zhenhua smiled. He didn't answer Hook's words, only he knew it in his heart. Although there are not very few people who know this information in this time and space, it is definitely not much. At least, Wu Daguan and others have never obtained it. Channels.

And the reason why he was able to report the model of the engine in one fell swoop is really because there were too many military fans on the military network in the previous life, or to be more precise. The aviation fans among the military fans summarized the most regrettable in the 1980s. Two things missed: "Speey" and "Yun Ten".

Although "Speey" had a relatively perfect ending in the end, it was eventually successfully imitated by China, and was named "Qinling" and became the heart of "Flying Leopard" galloping in the blue sky, but at that time, it was already It entered the new century in 2002, and its technical status and performance have obviously not kept up with the development of the times.

Among the many military fans who expressed their regrets, there are good people who have pulled out the entire family history of "Speey" and regard this engine as the ultimate form of "Speey" development-TF41912 -B52.

The TF41 engine is the product of the continued development of the core engine "RB168-25" after the American Allison Company purchased the complete set of patented technology of Rolls-Royce's "Spirit MK202".

After purchasing the technology, Allison immediately worked with Rolls-Royce to make in-depth improvements to this engine. The first mature model version TF41-A-1 was put into operation for the first time in October 1967 and July 1968. It was delivered to production in March, and was formally finalized in March 1969, and was immediately adopted by the U.S. Air Force to equip its A-7 "Pirate" attack aircraft.

This improvement includes the elimination of the engine’s afterburner, the use of a brand-new fan and low-pressure compressor, the change of the original 5-stage fan to a 3-stage fan and a 2-stage low-pressure compressor, and an increase in the diameter of the fan from 826mm to 950mm. The air flow and pressure ratio have been eliminated, the inlet guide vanes have been eliminated, the high-pressure compressor has been changed from 12 to 11 stages, and the installation angles of the turbine guide blades and rotor blades have been modified. Due to these modifications, the engine has no military use. The thrust has been increased by 17%, from 5.45 tons to 6.45 tons, and the improved model TF41-A-2, which was introduced later, has further increased the thrust to 6.68 tons!

More than 1,000 of these two modified engines of TF41 are currently in service in the United States, which can be said to be a very mature engine.

On this basis, in order to compete for the replacement project of the U.S. Navy’s F-14 “Panda” fighter, “Rolo” and “Allison” carried out a further improvement and redesigned the afterburner for the TF41-A-2. The combustion chamber, and the afterburner thrust of this engine named "TF41912-B52" has been increased to 10.5 tons in one fell swoop!

This is already a very surprising number. It is important to know that the new generation of engines F100 and F110 in the United States, the afterburner thrust in the current state is also at this level, but it is lighter because of the use of a large number of new technologies and materials. , So the emphasis is higher.

It is a pity that due to the internal fighting between the US Navy and Air Force, the F14 replacement project has been delayed, and the relatively weak Allison Company is increasingly competing with the two major North American engine giants-General Motors and Pratt & Whitney. The more unable to do so, the project had to be ended hastily, which also led to the "TF41912-B52" engine staying in the experimental stage forever.

Sir Hook briefly introduced the origin of this engine to everyone, but Wu Daguan could not sit still after hearing all this.

The 10-ton turbofan engine is developed based on the original "Speey MK202". Doesn't that mean that on the existing basis of Xijing Engine Factory, it can be produced with a little adjustment?

He couldn't help but urgently asked: "Hook, please tell me, what is the current state of this engine? If you want to finish it, what else needs to be done?"

Hook thought for a while and replied: "In fact, the remaining workload is not large, because it is developed based on TF41-A-2, and an afterburner is added to the TF41-A-2. Of course, Wu, you should know that adding a section of afterburner to an aero engine is not just as simple as welding a section of pipe. It requires quite a lot of matching experiments and solve many possible problems, such as the inevitable adjustment of the center of gravity. Wait, and all airworthiness experiments need to be done again, and this requires a lot of time and financial support."

"According to your experience, how much money and how long will it take to complete this content?" Wu Daguan pursued.

Hooker replied: "If all goes well, it will take at least two years, and it must be funded."

"Then Mr. Hook, when you talked about this engine to me, in what way do you plan to do this business with me?" Tan Zhenhua asked this important question while narrowing his eyes.

"A price of £50 million. Everything about this engine is packaged and sold to you, including all the preliminary drawings and the 9 engines that have been produced for experiments, as well as all the experimental data." Sir Hook The answer is simple and clear.

"I answer..." Wu Daguan blurted out and wanted to agree. In his mind, these engines, these experimental data, and these drawings are priceless treasures that can't be bought at any price!

And when he wants to come, Tan Zhenhua will definitely agree. After all, from his contact with Tan Zhenhua in the past few days, he has long discovered that this young man's persistent pursuit of new technology is far greater than his love for money. He even has a feeling The reason why Tan Zhenhua worked so hard to make money is to one day buy these world's top technologies into his own hands.

Especially today, Tan Zhenhua talked about two huge deals without blinking, and the scene of smashing Little Hawke to the ground with a waving checkbook made him even more convinced of this.

Unfortunately, what he heard was Tan Zhenhua's anxious cry:

"Wait a minute."