Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 121 The East China Sea Project Starts
August 9 afternoon.

"I agree to implement it immediately. If conditions permit, the production capacity can be appropriately expanded. Please give priority to the second batch of fighter jets for deployment to the border defense forces."

"Comrade Zhong Cheng, please consider developing a manned main combat aircraft on the basis of drone technology to replace the fifth and sixth generation main combat aircraft."

Zhong Cheng holds the file in shock.

Dean Ye smiled and nodded, "However, don't worry, first get the Jingwei drone ready, step by step."

Zhong Cheng still couldn't believe it.

"Hehe, do you think you are still an unknown junior?"

"Dean Ye, I will definitely come up with a design plan for the main combat aircraft next year!"

"Good! Young people must have the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties."

In fact, Zhong Cheng has long had the idea of ​​developing a manned fighter after the Jingwei unmanned fighter.

Because unmanned combat aircraft cannot be separated from human remote control, no matter how advanced the computer system is, it cannot replace human intervention in the complex and changeable air combat environment.

In the case that the computer system can't simulate artificial intelligence, there are still big problems in remote control hundreds of kilometers away.

Once the communication is interfered, the combat capability of drones will be greatly reduced, and it is still impossible to completely replace manned fighters.

But if there is a manned fighter with the same level of technical performance for battlefield command, with ten or even dozens of them in one area, the situation will be completely different.

Zhong Cheng calculated that as long as the Jingwei unmanned fighter is mass-produced in the first half of next year, he will have time to consider the research and development of manned fighters.

With the technical reserves in the early stage, it is not too difficult to have a fighter jet!
He is really not talking big when he submits the design plan for a manned fighter next year.

After receiving the approval, Dean Ye took the lead to find the relevant responsible personnel of the Ministry of National Defense, and confirmed that the main body of the East China Sea project was Red Star Company, and the project construction funds were deducted from the profits handed over by Red Star Company.

Zhong Chengcheng doesn't need to worry about the specific handover matters. The Ministry of National Defense will contact Red Star Company directly.

Seeing that the matter has been completed, Zhong Cheng felt incredible that such a big matter could be done in one day. It is really not empty talk to give the green light to national defense construction.

He didn't stay any longer, and after calling Ye Wenxin, he took Li Shaojie and Chen Yilong on their way home.

9 month 12 day.

When he rushed back to Beishan, Red Star Company had established the Donghai Project Promotion Committee.

Since this is a military project that needs to be kept secret, and the scale of the project is not too large, the company did not make much fanfare.

The company appointed Cheng Zhidong, director of the crankshaft production branch of the former engine business department, as the commander-in-chief, and Zhong Cheng as the technical director.

His project team is fully responsible for the technical implementation work, and has transferred dozens of technical management backbones from the company to participate.

The headquarters of the Donghai Engineering Project is located in the office building of the power battery factory, and a group of personnel from the power battery factory, including Zheng Yilun and Chen Qiang, also participated in the promotion committee.

At the East China Sea Engineering Headquarters, Zhong Cheng met Cheng Zhidong. They were also old acquaintances. They had known each other since the second day Zhong Cheng joined Red Star Company. Later, they also cooperated in the daily engineering project.

Cheng Zhidong is a very capable management cadre, but Zhong Cheng knows that the company's arrangement is also considering the issue of cooperation with him.

Cheng Zhidong will be the person in charge of the future Jingwei UAV factory and will have a long-term cooperation with Zhong Cheng.

The start-up meeting of the East China Sea Project was scheduled for the afternoon of the same day.

Before the meeting, Zhong Cheng saw another old face, Wang Xing, who was transferred from the Air Force 912 Research and Development Institute.

Wang Xing said that he was able to participate in this project through active fighting, and he will take root in Beishan in the future.

Since seeing the performance of Jingwei No. [-], he has no interest in studying his long sword attack drone. He claims that he will give the rest of his life to the Jingwei drone.

Regarding this, Liu Yuzhu expressed great doubts, thinking that Wang Xing might have come here after Jiang Yan.

But Zhong Cheng still expressed his welcome very warmly, and Wang Xing is still very capable.

Wang Xing and Cheng Zhidong have one article and one military, and the production of Jingwei unmanned fighter jets and even manned fighter jets will be handed over to them in the future, and he can rest assured that just like the daily project, he will retire when the time comes.

The East China Sea project kick-off session will begin at 3pm.

Relevant leaders of Red Star Company, Beizhong Group, Hongguang Optoelectronics, and Beifei Company attended the meeting, and leaders of some subsidiaries of Red Star Company also came, such as Mr. Li from the machine tool factory.

According to the specifications of this meeting, it is even higher than the original daily project kick-off meeting.

After Mr. Deng, Mr. Wan and Director Qian made brief speeches, it was Zhong Cheng's turn to speak. Cheng Zhidong was still not familiar with the project, so he could not speak for the time being.

In the face of so many high-level leaders, Zhong Cheng is not stage frightened, and he can be regarded as trained.

He went straight to the point and directly explained the division of labor of the East China Sea Project.

In general, the first phase of the Jingwei unmanned fighter is to be assembled in the second phase of the power battery factory, and all parts of the unmanned fighter are subcontracted.

Therefore, the budget for the first phase of the Donghai Project is very low, only 45 billion.

The specific subcontracting situation is:
The blanks of chaotic alloy components such as the fuselage and Zhurong electric push box are handed over to Beizhong Group;
The finishing machining of chaotic alloy components is in charge of the machine tool manufacturing branch of Hongxing Company;

Beifei Company is in charge of Zhurong's electric push, airborne radar, and communication systems;
The on-board Fuxi optical brain and laser cannon are handed over to Hongguang Optoelectronics;

The power battery factory is responsible for Kuafu's new power battery and soil nanotubes;
Some other parts and components are under the responsibility of related subsidiaries of Red Star Company.

The coordination of the Donghai project was handed over to Cheng Zhidong and his management team, while Zhong Cheng's team was still responsible for technology development and guidance.

This is a complex project involving the coordination of several large companies, mobilizing the main military enterprises in Beishan City.

The company leaders of Beizhong Group, Hongguang Optoelectronics, and Beifei Company all expressed their full support and cooperation with the construction of the Donghai Project.

Everything is in a hurry, if all the projects are new, it will take more than a year.

Of course, the follow-up second phase of the project will bring these tasks together, but it will be a matter of the next year or the next year. The specific situation depends on the production of the first batch of Jingwei unmanned fighter jets.

According to the plan discussed by Zhong Cheng and the company's leaders, the second phase of the project will flatten all the mountains within seven or eight kilometers between the power battery factory and the R&D institute.

It is a land of nearly 3 mu, which will be used as a production base for unmanned aerial vehicles, manned fighter jets and even civil aviation aircraft in the future. It is equivalent to the area occupied by the existing Red Star Company and will become a place for Red Star Company to take off again.

The construction cost of the second phase of the project will be very high, Zhong Cheng expects to reach hundreds of billions of funds, but Mr. Deng said that Red Star Company is rich now, and there is no pressure to spend 1000 billion within three years.

Zhong Cheng finally determined the project goal, and completed all construction preparations before June 2016, 6. In June, the first Jingwei unmanned combat aircraft rolled off the assembly line.

Counting from today, there are still 236 days.

(End of this chapter)