Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

In fact, he had this idea since he just awakened his memories of his past life. However, due to the limitations of the country's industrial level at that time, he could only bury this idea deep in his heart.

But on this year's National Day, when he saw that the car the old man was riding in was a GAZ-115 bulletproof car made by Big Brother, he couldn't help feeling sad.

On such an important festival, our ancestors actually rode in cars from other countries, which was undoubtedly a great shame for scientific researchers like him.

It was for this reason that he resolutely devoted himself to the research of engines.

He has a strong desire, which is to allow all the predecessors to sit in the cars independently developed and produced by the country during the next military parade.

According to his memories from his previous life, in 1952, the automobile engine field was dominated by carburetor-type reciprocating piston internal combustion engines, and gasoline engines dominated.

On the technical level, in-line and V-type engines are already quite mature. Although turbocharging technology has begun to be used on a trial basis in some high-performance models, it is far from being popularized.

The engine's displacement, compression ratio, number of valves and other designs have been continuously optimized, resulting in significant improvements in efficiency and performance compared to traditional reciprocating piston internal combustion engines.

Zhou Tian learned from the failure of the previous lithography machine project. This time he did not directly develop turbocharging technology, but started from the most basic gasoline engine technology.

He planned to use the Resurrection Piston internal combustion engine as a starting point and gradually and steadily improve the technology layer by layer.

The advantage of doing this is that it will be easier to train a large number of professionals in the engine field, thus avoiding these people from falling into the dangerous situation of technological gap.

When it comes to reciprocating piston internal combustion engines, many people's first impression is often Audi's EA888 series engines.

In this series, a classic reciprocating piston internal combustion engine is the DKW engine of Audi's previous generation.

This engine integrates a series of advanced technologies such as direct injection, water-cooled turbocharging and variable valve timing.

In the 1930s, it represented the pinnacle of reciprocating piston engines. It evolved from a four-cylinder two-stroke to a four-cylinder four-stroke, and has undergone three generations of upgrades. What Zhou Tian drew this time was the first generation of a four-cylinder two-stroke piston engine.

Although the four-cylinder two-stroke engine has many shortcomings compared to the four-cylinder four-stroke engine in terms of power, range and fuel consumption, it also has many significant advantages.

Its technology is relatively simple, with fewer parts and components, no complex valve mechanism (such as camshafts, valves, valve tappets, etc.), the overall structure is relatively simple, small in size, light in weight, and the manufacturing cost is relatively low.

This makes it more suitable for cultivating talents in the engine field from scratch.

As for those shortcomings, Zhou Tian plans to successfully research the four-cylinder two-stroke engine first, and then gradually start research on the second and third generations.

In this way, not only can researchers keep up with his research progress, but also a large number of talents in engine research can be cultivated, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent introduction of water-cooled turbocharging and direct injection technology, and thus achieving continuous upgrading and transformation.

After having a clear idea, Zhou Tian not only carefully drew the design drawings of the first generation DKW engine, but also began to draw the second generation DKW engine.

In a short period of time, having these two engines was enough for the Bayi Red Star Machinery Plant to conduct research.

Ten days later, Zhou Tian finally completed the design drawings of the two reciprocating piston engines.

"Xiao Liu, go find Dong Cheng and ask him to come see me."

After drawing the design drawings of the two engines, researchers will naturally be needed next. Compared with asking superiors for people in the past, Zhou Tian is more inclined to train technicians in his own factory this time.

After all, it was too difficult to ask for people from the superiors. Just like when he applied for chemical talents from the superiors before, no one has reported until now. This made him realize that it would be difficult to complete the mass production of transistors in a short period of time.

"Okay, director!"

Liu Yuan responded and left in a hurry.

Half an hour later, Dong Cheng followed Liu Yuan and rushed to Zhou Tian's office.

"Director, you're looking for me?"

Dong Cheng looked at Zhou Tian respectfully. He was greatly shocked when the factory director gave him the material formula last time. He did not expect that the factory director would trust him so much, which also made Dong Cheng feel impressed by Zhou Tian.

"Chief Dong, I came to you for two things. First, I want to know how many of the formulas I gave you have been successfully researched. Second, I want to ask, how many idle people are there in your technical department now?"

Zhou Tian asked directly without any nonsense.

Dong Cheng heard Zhou Tian's question. Although he didn't know why the factory director asked these questions, he still hurriedly reported: "Director, we have already developed 34 formulas you gave me, covering all categories. As for the manpower of the technical department, don't worry, even if there are one or two more projects, we can fully handle it."

The entire technical department has a total of 130 people, of which 33 are following him to study the formula. In addition to the 21 people needed to ensure the normal operation of the factory machinery, there are nearly 60 people left. So when he said this, he was very confident.

"Two projects?"

Zhou Tian's heart was slightly moved when he heard Dong Cheng's words. He was originally worried about the problem of chemical talents, but he didn't expect that there were so many technical personnel. In this case, he made a decision instantly.

"Okay then. Call all the remaining people to me first. I need them to work with me on two projects."

"What? Director, you said two projects?"

Dong Cheng was stunned by Zhou Tian’s words and asked in disbelief.

"That's right. I'm sure you know that the transistor project has come to a standstill because the purification equipment is not up to standard. Although I have manufactured the purification equipment, the project has to be stopped due to a lack of manpower. I have already applied to my superiors for chemical talents, but the talents have not yet arrived. Now we can only train them ourselves."

Zhou Tian said this with a hint of helplessness on his face.

"And now that I have designed the engine, I also need a group of people to conduct research. In this case, we will need a lot of manpower."

"Transistor? Engine?"

Dong Cheng knew about the factory director's research project on transistors. At first, he thought that there were no such research conditions in China, but now that he heard what the factory director said, could it be that the transistor project would be successful? However, he did not care much about this project. Instead, he had an idea in his mind about the engine.

"Director, it seems that some of the materials we are currently researching are very suitable for making engines!"

"Of course I know that. Well, you should call all the people here first, and we can divide the work."

Zhou Tian naturally understood Dong Cheng's thoughts after hearing his words. However, he had already considered this issue comprehensively. Otherwise, he would not have started to study the engine after he got the materials. It was because the materials required for the engine were relatively high.

"Yes, factory director!"

Dong Cheng heard this and said nothing more. He turned around and left the factory director's office and walked towards the technical department. After a while, more than 60 technicians, led by Dong Cheng, walked into the factory director's office.

"Director, call everyone here!" Dong Cheng said.