The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 161: Sprint to the World's No. [Request for full order]

Cao Hanhua had just taken office as the director of the Beijing Automobile Factory less than half a year ago.

As soon as he took office, he formulated an ambitious development plan.

He hopes to lead Beijing Automobile Factory to become a leading vehicle manufacturer in the country.

To this end, he recently visited Fengtian Automobile Company in Jiaoben.

This inspection was a huge blow to him.

Because he found that the automobile manufacturing companies in Jiaoben have already achieved semi-automated production on the assembly line. The production equipment is very advanced and it only takes a few minutes to assemble and produce a car.

Domestic automobile factories are still doing things piecemeal, and it takes more than a dozen workers several days to produce one car.

Beijing Capital Auto is still one of the more advanced automobile manufacturers in China, with an annual output of just over 1 vehicles.

The most critical thing is that not only is the production slow, but the quality of the cars produced cannot compare with those produced abroad.

When visiting the Fengtian Automobile factory, the people there guarded Cao Hanhua and his group as if they were guarding against thieves.

No taking photos or close viewing allowed, you can only take a few glances from a distance.

The management of Fengtian Automobile is even more arrogant.

They said to Cao Hanhua in front of him: "All the cars you produce are garbage!"

"We believe that your car factory is completely unnecessary."

This is a complete humiliation!

Cao Hanhua was naturally very angry.

But he couldn't have an attack.

Because, compared with others, we are indeed far behind!
Look at the workshop where wheel hubs are produced. On average, it only takes a few minutes to produce a practical, sturdy and beautiful wheel hub.

The Beijing Automobile Company has to use traditional methods to cast its wheels.

As we all know, cast wheels have great defects in quality, and cast wheels are also relatively heavy, which makes the car heavy and fuel-consuming. The most important thing is that the durability of cast wheels is far from good.

Cao Hanhua learned that the machines used by Fengtian Automobile to manufacture wheels and many auto parts are large-scale die-forging hydraulic presses.

This type of machine has a fast production speed, and the parts it produces are more sophisticated, durable and more precise.

Cao Hanhua was extremely envious at that time.

He once expressed to Foot Basin that he wanted to buy their die forging hydraulic press.

But the foot basin man said arrogantly that this machine was not for sale.

Moreover, Jiaoben people also suggested that Cao Hanhua should no longer produce domestic cars for Longguo, but should act as an agent for Jiaoben's cars to sell in Longguo.

Maybe agency sales can make much more money than Beijing Auto making its own cars.

In short, this trip to the foot basin brought a huge impact to Cao Hanhua.

He felt that Longguo was seriously lagging behind in the field of automobile manufacturing.

The arrogance of the foot basin people also caused him great mental trauma.

Cao Hanhua thought, you bastards! We will definitely catch up with you soon!

After returning to China, Cao Hanhua also reported to his superiors.

He hopes to organize scientific research forces to study die forging hydraulic presses. At the same time, he also hopes to upgrade the automobile production line of the Beijing Automobile Factory.

However, the news he learned made him frustrated: in fact, Longguo had been conducting research on die forging hydraulic presses for a long time before, but had not been able to develop it.

In other words, it is too difficult to achieve domestic production of this very important large machine.

Cao Hanhua thought it would be great if he could import this kind of equipment from other countries.

If foot basins cannot be imported, you can also look to Europe and North America.

However, even if it could be imported, the Beijing Automobile Factory did not have enough money to import multiple sets of die forging hydraulic press equipment.

What's more, maybe the other party has already reached a united front to ban exports?

That is, when Cao Hanhua was looking for channels to import die forging hydraulic presses, he heard a piece of news: the genius scientist Wang Haoran led his team to develop an 8-ton die forging hydraulic press.

Cao Hanhua was overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately called Wang Haoran's office to confirm the matter.

Of course, the external liaison calls in Wang Haoran’s office would not actually be made in his office. Instead, his assistant would be responsible for answering the call and then deciding whether to transfer it to Wang Haoran.

The assistant heard the other party introduce himself as Cao Hanhua, the director of Beijing Automobile Factory, and wanted to know about the 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press.

The assistant naturally introduced the relevant situation to the other party.

Cao Hanhua confirmed that this was true, so he asked if he could visit Pangu Company in the next two days.

The assistant went to ask Wang Haoran.

Wang Haoran thought to himself that Cao Hanhua seemed to be very ambitious. He knew about our equipment just after it was successfully developed and carried out its first experimental production.

After knowing this, I can still be so eager to visit it as soon as possible.

This is a good thing!
The other party is eager to change the backward production situation of the Beijing Automobile Factory.

Wang Haoran asked his assistant to tell Cao Hanhua that he could come and visit at any time.

In the evening of that day, Cao Hanhua arrived at Pangu Company's test workshop.

Wang Haoran would naturally accompany them on the tour.

The automobile industry is a very important industrial category.

Among the developed countries in the world today, there is no country that is not leading in automobile manufacturing.

Even in countries like Hans and Jiaoben, automobile manufacturing can be considered a pillar industry.

Wang Haoran also hopes that Longguo’s automobile industry can develop as soon as possible.

But he can't take care of this industry for the time being.

Since Cao Hanhua is so enthusiastic, Wang Haoran also wants to see whether Longguo’s automobile manufacturing companies can save themselves.

"Comrade Haoran, thank you. It's already after get off work, and I still have to trouble you to receive me." Cao Hanhua felt a little embarrassed.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Director Cao, this is nothing. I just happened to want to chat with you."

Wang Haoran first took Cao Hanhua to experience the powerful force of the 8-ton die forging hydraulic press.

This experimental production is also about making wheel hubs.

Cao Hanhua has seen the work of the die forging hydraulic press equipment of the foot basin people.

Therefore, he will inevitably make a comparison during the observation process.

In front of Cao Hanhua, Wang Haoran had someone make a rough blank of a car wheel hub, which only took a few minutes.

Cao Hanhua, who was watching from the side, felt a little excited.

Because the domestically-made machine made by Wang Haoran seems to be more advanced than the one made by Jiaoben people, the production speed is also faster, and the rough blanks produced are also finer.

Although it is called a rough blank, it is actually quite perfect. It only needs simple post-processing to become a high-quality wheel.

"Great! Comrade Haoran, this die forging hydraulic press you developed is better than the ones used by people with foot basins!"

Cao Hanhua said while clapping his hands.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "It seems Director Cao has already visited the automobile factory of Jiaoben people."

Cao Hanhua felt a little uncomfortable when he talked about the foot basin.

He said: "I've seen it, the Foot Basin Man is really crazy!"

"They actually said that the cars we produced were rubbish and that we would never catch up with them in terms of car manufacturing in 10,000 years."

"It really pissed me off."

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "We are all Zhongshan wolves in our daily lives. It's normal for us to act arrogantly when we are successful."

"The key is that we must have strong determination and go all out to catch up with them!"

Cao Hanhua said: "To be honest with Comrade Haoran, I have been holding my breath since I came back from the foot basin!"

"We Dragon people must never admit defeat!"

"However, feeling the gap between our automobile manufacturing industry and the foot basin, I was a little desperate at first!"

"But after seeing the die forging hydraulic press you made tonight, I regained my confidence!"

"We can do better than what we can do in our daily life!"

Wang Haoran smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes! We are no worse than them!"

"Throughout the long course of history, they have always been in a backward and subordinate position."

"We can make a copy of the technical drawings of the die forging hydraulic press for you."

"You can process and manufacture it yourself."

"However, I would like to remind you that in the automotive manufacturing industry, a die forging hydraulic press of 800 to 1200 tons is generally sufficient."

"Too big is a waste."

Cao Hanhua was ecstatic because Wang Haoran actually agreed to give him the technical drawings so readily. "Thank you, Comrade Haoran! Thank you so much!"

Wang Haoran waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. Computers are already widely used in your factory, right?"

Cao Hanhua nodded and said, "Yes."

Wang Haoran said: "Our entire set of drawings were drawn directly on the computer using software."

"I can give you an electronic copy, and then you can modify it yourself."

Cao Hanhua nodded repeatedly and thanked again and again.

Wang Haoran asked: "Director Cao, does your factory have many scientific researchers now?"

Cao Hanhua shook his head: "We only have technicians."

Wang Haoran said: "I suggest you set up your own scientific research institute as soon as possible, and recruit a large number of relevant technical talents to conduct research on various automotive technologies."

"Only by continuously conducting scientific and technological research can we achieve rapid development, update our products and catch up with advanced companies!"

Cao Hanhua nodded quickly and said, "You are absolutely right."

“Only companies on the production line can do better in applied research.”

“We will get this done as soon as possible.”

The two talked for a while.

Wang Haoran took the opportunity to give Cao Hanhua some more advice.

Cao Hanhua felt that after chatting with Wang Haoran, he was full of energy.

In the next few days, the heads of industry-related ministries and commissions conducted intensive research on Pangu Company.

Everyone went there for the die forging hydraulic press.

Because this big treasure is extremely useful in almost all industrial fields.

Wang Mingshan, the head of the First Ministry of Machine Building, called him the day before and came over early the next morning.

Wang Mingshan visited the 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press with great interest and immediately expressed his desire to promote it nationwide in a comprehensive and rapid manner in the machinery industry.

Wang Mingshan said: "Comrade Haoran, this thing is a high-tech industrial machine!"

"With it, the quality of our mechanical equipment can be greatly improved!"

"For example, in automobile and tractor manufacturing, if some engine parts use die-forged hydraulic parts, it will greatly improve the performance of the engine!"

Wang Haoran naturally agreed with this.

The reason why Longguo’s cars consume a lot of fuel and are easily damaged is closely related to the fact that their parts are not precise or high-quality enough.

For a simple auto part, the one produced by Dragon Country is bulky, clumsy and difficult to use, while the one produced by Lizard Country is durable, easy to use and has outstanding performance. In fact, it is all caused by the difference in production equipment.

Before Wang Mingshan left, Zhang Mingxiang, the head of the Third Ministry of Machine Building, came again with a group of people.

After observing the production performance of the 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press, Zhang Mingxiang immediately stated that this machine is very important to the aerospace industry.

Zhang Mingxiang also hopes that Wang Haoran can help the development of the aerospace industry and fully develop and apply the die forging hydraulic press in the aerospace field as soon as possible.

He even asked Wang Haoran to hand over the 8,000-ton die-forging hydraulic press to Longguo Aerospace as soon as possible.

Because whether it is used to build airplanes, rockets or missiles, this machine can play a big role.

Wang Mingshan immediately sang a different tune, and said with a smile: "Comrade Mingxiang, our heavy machinery manufacturing in the machinery industry also requires heavy-duty die forging hydraulic presses."

"Besides, I came earlier than you. There has to be a first come first served order, right?"

Zhang Mingxiang smiled and said, "But aerospace is a key area of ​​development for the country!"

"Moreover, this die-forging hydraulic press is the result of Comrade Haoran's research on the J-10 project. It should also belong to our Third Machine Department, right?"

The two of them argued fiercely for a while.

Finally, they all unanimously asked Wang Haoran to make a judgment: which department should this 8,000-ton die-forging hydraulic press be handed over to?

This made Wang Haoran a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Wang Haoran had no choice but to say, "Two big guys, you guys are fighting like this, and it makes it very difficult for a small shrimp like me!"

"How about this? This die forging hydraulic press will stay in our Pangu Company. If you have any large parts that need to be processed, you can give us production assistance tasks. How do you think?"

"In addition, I can give you the drawings of a complete set of die forging hydraulic presses, and you can process and manufacture them yourself."

Wang Haoran handled it this way with the main goal of not offending anyone.

The two bosses had no choice but to compromise in the end.

The 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press attracted a large number of onlookers from various fields and competent departments in China. Everyone was a little jealous of such a heavy equipment.

However, Wang Haoran knew that the 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press was still not enough for the production of large components for aircraft, rockets, and missiles.

Take the landing gear of a fighter jet for example. One landing gear weighs hundreds of kilograms, and an 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press is simply unable to handle it. It requires at least a 4-ton die-forging hydraulic press to produce it.

Although the aircraft landing gear may seem inconspicuous, it is one of the most important parts of an aircraft.

A heavy fighter jet weighs 80 to tons, and when it lands, the impact force it brings can reach more than tons.

If the landing gear of the aircraft is not good enough, there is a high probability that the aircraft will be destroyed and people will die.

For many years, Longguo was unable to produce high-quality aircraft landing gear on its own.

The main problem is the lack of giant die forging hydraulic presses.

Wang Haoran had read a piece of information in his previous life: It was precisely in order to solve the problem of the C919 landing gear that Longguo resolutely researched and manufactured an 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press on its own.

It's the only one in the world!

In this life, Wang Haoran decided to develop this 8-ton national treasure in advance.

After the 8-ton die-forging hydraulic press is built, it will be easy to make the -ton one.

But it may not be easy to quickly build such a huge thing weighing more than 20,000 tons.

Wang Haoran then led the team to design an 8-ton die forging hydraulic press.

He gave the general framework and direction of the research and handed over the specific work to the team members.

He himself also has to lead other teams to work on avionics systems and aircraft engines.

Among them, aircraft engines are a relatively big difficulty.

The difficulty in producing aircraft engines lies in the rhenium metal blades.

Because the temperature is the highest, the stress is the most complex, and the environment is the harshest where aircraft engine turbine blades are located, blades made of ordinary alloy materials simply cannot continue to work here for a long time and will often be damaged after not long.

Rhenium metal has a high melting point, is strong and difficult to crack, and has relatively strong toughness. Blades made of rhenium alloy can withstand high temperatures and have no problem rotating at 1.6 revolutions per minute.

But there are several problems at present.

First, there are no rhenium metal mines in the country.

Rhenium metal is basically a by-product mineral and its reserves on Earth are very scarce.

Second, Longguo does not have the manufacturing technology for rhenium alloy single crystal blades.

However, Wang Haoran has already made up his mind about these two issues.

Although it is impossible to import rhenium metal from abroad, it can still be found in China.

As mentioned before, rhenium metal is a by-product mineral, and Wang Haoran happened to have read relevant information in his previous life.

The main rhenium metal mines in Longguo are distributed in Qin Province, Henan Province, Jilin Province, Long Province and BY City mining area in Gan Province.

Wang Haoran called the senior leaders and told them about the matter, hoping that people from all over the country could help find rhenium metal associated minerals.

Before, this rhenium metal was naturally almost ignored.

It was only in the past two years that the domestic scientific community had more exchanges with the outside world and realized the importance of rhenium metal, and carried out some related research.

When the leader heard Wang Haoran say that rhenium metal was so important, he agreed without hesitation.

Soon, notifications were received from all over the country requesting assistance in the investigation and search for rhenium metal, and the main search target was the mining areas that were currently being mined.

People all over the country took quick action after receiving the notice.

The main people who implement this action are materials research scientists and chemists from all over the world.

Wang Haoran also provided guidance on searching and better ways to refine the results.

Vigorous mineral exploration activities were launched in various places.

At this time, Wang Haoran himself received a call from Yuan Longfei, the director of Pingu Machinery Factory.

It was already late August 1980, and after intensive construction, Pingu Machinery Factory built a brand new refrigerator production workshop.

The production lines for refrigerators and freezers have also been completed and installed in the workshop.

Pingu Machinery Factory has trial-produced some refrigerators and freezers. Generally speaking, the product quality is very good and the appearance is beautiful.

Yuan Longfei was very happy and planned to hold a mass production ceremony.

As the developer of the refrigerator production line, Wang Haoran was naturally invited to attend.

(End of this chapter)