Chapter 38: Test Flight Success! White Work Report!
“Little brother, I’m still young!”
“Really, my wife is still in my mother-in-law's belly, I haven't even met my unseen son.”
“Brother, please let me go.”
“I’m an airborne soldier, but I don’t know how to fly a plane, and I’m not the kind of soldier who can survive after falling from the sky!”
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At the ‘Fierce Tiger Regiment’ base, Zhao Jianjun looked at the strange, open, and simple aircraft in front of him, called the ‘Hawk Rotorcraft’. It looked like a motorcycle that had been modified into a helicopter. His heart was pounding.
Can this thing fly?
Is there any safety guarantee?
Even with the naked eye, he could see the simple structure. He wouldn’t believe it could fly even if he was beaten to death!
Zhao Jianjun was now regretful,
Regretting that he had bragged earlier, saying that he would always be there for his brother.
He didn’t mention that helping would come at the cost of life!
“Really not flying?”
Chen Jinchao asked with a mischievous smile.
This was the prototype of the ‘Hawk Rotorcraft’ after its technology matured. Before this, the previous generations of experimental aircraft, which carried risks, had already undergone short-distance test flights at Harbin Institute of Technology.
“Not flying, not flying. You wait for your elder brother to find a wife, have a son, and then your elder brother will definitely fly for you.”
Zhao Jianjun shook his head like a rattle.
Chen Jinchao, however, didn't say a word and immediately got on the ‘Hawk Rotorcraft’.
“Little brother, are you crazy?!”
“I wouldn’t even dare to fly, what are you doing up there?”
“You are more precious than your elder brother, come down quickly!”
Zhao Jianjun was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, with his hands clinging to the side of the cockpit, ready to pull Chen Jinchao down.
Chen Jinchao, however, gestured for someone to pull Zhao Jianjun away before directly sliding and taking off.
The weather was good today, with clear skies and a southeast wind.
Chen Jinchao, clutching the orange handle, used the engine’s thrust at the back, transmitting it to the rotor above through gears, to shorten the takeoff distance.
The wind was good, and the Hawk Rotorcraft took off after only about 10 meters.
Seeing Chen Jinchao fly into the sky with this little thing, Zhao Jianjun became even more anxious.
After loudly scolding the people around him for being reckless, he was about to make a phone call to call for medical and fire rescue.
But at this moment, the head of the ‘Hawk Rotorcraft’ project patted Zhao Jianjun on the shoulder and said, “Commander, look.”
Zhao Jianjun followed the direction of his finger and saw that the Hawk Rotorcraft was quickly ascending into the air, leaving a beautiful trail of white smoke behind it. After that, it turned its direction and even performed a smooth low-altitude ‘flyby’!
This steady posture didn’t look like it was going to have an accident at all!
It was simply a performance!
“What exactly is this thing?”
“This is the latest weapon equipment developed by Chief Engineer Chen, called the Hawk Rotorcraft.”
New weapon equipment?!
Zhao Jianjun finally realized and hurriedly asked, “Can anyone drive this thing without any training?”
“Well, they can after some training.”
“It doesn’t need paved roads, and sometimes it can even take off in place.”
“It can seat two people, has a payload of 300 kilograms, a range of 600 kilometers, a flight speed of 185 kilometers per hour, and an altitude of about 4,500 meters.”
“In the wild, you can’t hear the engine sound from 300 meters away. There are two hardpoints under the cockpit that can carry two ‘Red Sword’ 8 anti-tank missiles.....”
“By the way, our Chief Engineer Chen was just kidding you earlier. This rotorcraft is very safe. Even if the engine fails, he can still land safely using the rotor. That’s the characteristic and advantage of rotorcraft.”
As soon as the project leader finished introducing it, Zhao Jianjun’s eyes changed.
Looking at the Hawk Rotorcraft flying in the sky, his eyes suddenly lit up.
As a man obsessed with improving the combat effectiveness of his troops, once these parameters were reported, he could understand the purpose and importance of this new weapon equipment.
Another ‘Kitty Car’!
It’s a flying, enhanced version of the ‘Kitty Car’!
This was the intuitive judgment that immediately popped into Zhao Jianjun's mind.
“Our Chief Engineer Chen heard that you really want to establish a special forces team in your regiment, so he came all the way here to deliver it!”
The project leader’s explanation almost made Zhao Jianjun cry.
His brother kindly sent him new weapon equipment, but he misunderstood his good intentions.
After Chen Jinchao landed, he was baffled. What happened?
I just couldn’t conduct long-term, long-distance testing in the city because I didn’t have a flight permit. That’s why I came to the airborne troops to do a test flight. Why is Zhao Jianjun so moved?
“Little brother, no need to say anything, let's have it all in the wine tonight.”
“Two, at most two.”
“No, little brother, you can’t say that with our relationship. Five? How about five? Tonight, your elder brother will treat you with my five-year-old Wuliangye, how about that?”
“Hey, little brother, don’t leave....”
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The Hawk Rotorcraft, test flight successful.
In the end, the five-year-old Wuliangye that Zhao Jianjun had been keeping private for ten years couldn't escape its fate.
Soon, the news of the successful Hawk Rotorcraft project was reported to the Army Equipment Department.
“Report, this is the new type of weapon equipment project submitted by Advisor Chen Jinchao.”
“Approved, from now on, don’t bring his projects here anymore, directly approve them.”
“No, Commander, they have already been developed successfully.”
“？？？！！！”
‘Little Zhuge’ Zhang Pei Yin was dumbfounded.
Whose project is already successful and they are just notifying now?
It hasn’t been long since the development of the Mountain Cat All-Terrain Assault Vehicle was successful. He’s been busy with the improvement work of the ‘Guardian’ and ‘Mountain Cat’ recently. He even wrote a great article, right?
How come another new weapon equipment has come out so quickly?
Is developing new weapon equipment as easy as eating and drinking?
Zhang Pei Yin, whose curiosity had reached his throat, quickly took the project book.
After reading it carefully,
Damn it!
I have to report it and hold a meeting again!
I have to rewrite the work report on the development and allocation of this year's Army weapon equipment!
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