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#359 - Farm vehicles and A4 Skyhawk attack aircraft, a wonderful encounter in Black Africa

Chapter 359: Agricultural Vehicles and A-4 Skyhawk Attack Aircraft – A Strange Encounter in Black Africa

With Mr. Hu's connection, the matter of purchasing aircraft was quickly resolved satisfactorily. Applying for entry was not a problem as long as no ammunition was brought in, and there were no issues with applying for flight according to aviation regulations.

However, there was one condition: once in, getting out would be difficult.

Fortunately, Ren Zhong didn't plan on bringing these things back to China. On one hand, it was too sensitive, and on the other hand, it wasn't necessary. Technologically, this was already something from decades ago.

Even the Xiaolong fighter jet in China is several generations ahead of it now!

Considering the impact, the F-4H will not be displayed to the public for the time being. Instead, the TA-4 will be used as an advertisement for Yunlong Motors, directly named the 'Yunlong'. It will be placed in the factory where Yunlong agricultural vehicles are jointly produced, allowing every visitor to see it. This will be used as a gimmick in newspapers and short videos to build the product's persona.

This will instantly link Yunlong agricultural vehicles with aircraft, showcasing the strength of Yunlong Motors.

Taking advantage of this momentum, the Yunlong Y-3 pickup truck, with an agricultural vehicle core and a pickup truck exterior, was launched, equipped with a 1.8-liter diesel engine, designed for a maximum speed of 75 kilometers per hour, and a cargo capacity of 750 kilograms.

The Y-3's cargo bed was lengthened by 1.5 meters.

The price was only 25,888! And that's in RMB. Converted to US dollars, it's $3698, directly undercutting the price of used cars older than fifteen years in the local area.

But it offered smart car features like a smart large screen, oil-electric hybrid, reversing camera, and WiFi connection!

This was simply a dimensionality reduction strike!

However, Ren Zhong didn't care about these things. He only focused on finding a way to get the technology from those two fighter jets back.

To solve this problem, Ren Zhong called his two senior brothers, Li Shaoxin and Wu Jiancheng, and asked them to find a way to form a 'measuring tape brigade'. With their connections, it would be a bit difficult to find an aviation 'measuring tape brigade' in Jincheng, but with the addition of Grandpa Cao, it would be fine. Grandpa Cao was familiar with most of the most technically skilled retirees in Jincheng, so they quickly assembled a Black Africa tourism team.

Among these people were veterans from the J-7 production line, retired engineers from the Xiaolong design, old experts who had worked on avionics and the WP-13F afterburning turbojet engine, and even a Ph.D. from the materials science pit.

They went with measuring tapes and wrenches.

A-4 Attack Aircraft

Although it wouldn't be to the extent of reassembling these two fighter jets completely, it was estimated to be not far off. It might be a bit difficult for these old experts to go through an F-22; many things might not be easy to identify. But if they were asked to handle two second-generation aircraft, some of them had been working on the J-7 for half their lives, and they were very familiar with second-generation aircraft. Although these were two different systems, many concepts and practices were the same.

Physical measurement to obtain accurate 3D data was only the first step. Ren Zhong looked at the introductory materials for the various components of the F-4, which involved so many new materials and new processes. That was what was truly despairing. Fortunately, he wasn't working alone now. Now, as long as he brought back the general concepts and ideas, the team below could quickly produce results.

However, these results did not include anything related to the jet engine.

Even after several decades, the technical data on the J79 jet engine was still classified. Ren Zhong couldn't get it at all. Even if the physical object could be obtained, the size and shape were only about 10% of its secrets for an engine.

The vast majority of the secrets were buried in the materials below.

For example, super-high-temperature alloy materials were truly hair-raising.

These things were also technologies for which complete processes could not be bought with money. Fortunately, some materials science professors encountered research in this area. Basic laboratory manufacturing processes and samples of even first-generation, second-generation, and even third-generation high-temperature crystal materials have now become popularized, allowing Ren Zhong to buy some dry technology and obtain a production line for further research, development, and mass production in the Bright Sword world.

Of course, it is not realistic to break through to the third generation in one step. Many of the experimental instruments in the laboratory are not currently available in the Bright Sword world.

Currently, the international melting methods for high-temperature alloys mainly rely on three major artifacts: Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR), and Electroslag Remelting (ESR).

Ren Zhong has now completed the introduction of electroslag remelting technology from the main world. The application range of electroslag remelting is very wide. It can not only be used to produce aviation bearing steel, high-temperature alloys, precision alloys, and certain non-ferrous metals, but also to produce large high-quality alloy steel ingots weighing hundreds of tons, large flat ingots or slab ingots, hollow steel ingots, composite plates, as well as cast rolls, gear blanks, turbine disks, pressure vessels, aircraft landing gear, gun barrels, and other special-shaped castings.

For the current Dragon Country, this is the most technologically advanced tool currently available, especially for special components such as turbine disks and aircraft landing gear, which are essential for aircraft. There is currently almost no alternative technology to complete them.

From a 3-ton electroslag remelting furnace to a 10-ton electroslag remelting furnace, Ren Zhong spent tens of millions in consulting fees in the main world to get this key technology in the Bright Sword world. Now, more than 200 electroslag remelting furnaces are distributed across the country, with an annual output of nearly 2 million tons of electroslag steel, which meets the needs of special steels for tanks, artillery, aircraft landing gear, and train wheels.

Now, to manufacture high-temperature alloys, Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) is essential. For new high-temperature alloys, represented by powder high-temperature alloys, their melting process is still very cutting-edge research technology even in the current situation in the main world. Internationally, the powder high-temperature alloys of Big Bear use VIM or VIM + VAR dual melting processes, while the rogue Eagle's powder high-temperature alloys use VIM + ESR + VAR triple processes, and the effect and the final product are obviously leading the world.

As for Dragon Country itself, the domestic powder high-temperature alloys have basically just evolved to using the VIM single melting process, which leads to the purity of powder high-temperature alloy materials being lower than advanced foreign levels.

The good news is that we have the basic models, so Ren Zhong can spend money to buy the manufacturing technology of Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) in China, and he can also get some outdated models of Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) manufacturing technology, but the triple process is probably not available for purchase.

With the current level of the Bright Sword world, being able to achieve single melting is already a blessing.

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Fortunately, the J79 is also from the mid-last century, and its technical level is considered ancient in the current main world. Once the high-temperature alloy is solved, half of the problem is solved. After all, the WP-5 has been made in the Bright Sword world. Breaking through the J79 in new processes is not insurmountable in principle.

If this engine is broken through, Ren Zhong believes that at least the Dragon Country's air force will be 20 years ahead! After all, this is a real large thrust! Even in the rogue Eagle's own sequence, it has been used from the F-4 all the way to the F-16 decades later before it came to the end of its mission.

If it is reproduced in the Bright Sword world, it would be a landmark event for the Dragon Country, meaning that everything from heavy fighters like the F-4 to light fighters like the J-7 can be easily driven by this engine. It's just a matter of choosing twin engines or single engines.

In this case, with the F-4 and J-7 forming a high-low combination, the Dragon Country's sky would be as stable as a rock for at least twenty years.

Of course, in Ren Zhong's mind, the J-7 is naturally no longer the initial version of the Mig-21 imitation version, but the latest magic modification to the FTC2000G new version that even the reincarnated Mikoyan-Gurevich wouldn't recognize!

Although it is impossible to have such strong avionics and radar, Ren Zhong has the opportunity to copy the appearance back to the Bright Sword world.

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