1: Rebirth 1978, Military Auxiliary System

Central China.

Third Front.

The dirt road was muddy.

Comrade Peng Lin sat in the passenger seat of the car, looking out the window.

He never dreamed that he would travel back to 1978.

Comrade Peng Lin was an aerospace engine expert in his previous life and the Chief Engineer for the development of the H-20, a national strategic weapon!

He had successively developed the WoShan-10 "Taihang" series engines and the WS-15 "Emei" aero-engines for the country!

Later, he presided over the H-20 project, developing a heavy stealth bomber for the nation!

"Give me five more years, no, just three years, and I can definitely lead the team to develop a high bypass ratio heavy aero-engine!"

"And bring the H-20, long-awaited by military enthusiasts, into existence!"

Comrade Peng Lin was filled with emotion, wondering why his body failed him at the most critical moment.

Just as Comrade Peng Lin was filled with regret, he suddenly thought of a key point:

"That's not right, I've been reborn in 1978, I can start developing the H-20 fifty years in advance!"

Now, his identity was that of a freshly graduated worker-peasant-soldier university student.

He was assigned to the Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory as a technician.

If he started R&D now, he could definitely make domestic military industry take off rapidly in this era.

Even developing the H-20 ahead of schedule wouldn't be impossible.

"Step one, first gain the attention of the Changhe Factory leadership."

"Only then can I obtain funding and various resource support to engage in the development of advanced weapons."

Comrade Peng Lin silently calculated in his mind.

And this step posed no difficulty for him.

Because in addition to his R&D experience and technology from his previous life, he also bound a system after his rebirth.

Military Industrial Scientific Research Assistance System activated...

Host: Comrade Peng Lin

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Received Newbie Reward: Tandem Reverse Coaxial Rotor Helicopter Technical Blueprints

The Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was a model military factory in this era, supporting half of the country's helicopter manufacturing.

With his R&D experience and technology from his previous life, and the tandem reverse coaxial rotor helicopter blueprints far exceeding the current era, he was sure to make a big splash here!

While Comrade Peng Lin was lost in thought, the driver in the driver's seat suddenly craned his neck to look outside:

"We're here, almost there."

Outside the car window, the outline of the Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory emerged.

In this era, military factories were generally built in the country's interior and in uninhabited mountains, following the principles of "reliance on mountains, dispersion, and concealment."

After getting off the train in the city, Comrade Peng Lin took a ride with the military factory's logistics department and bumped along for several hours to reach this place.

With a "creak" of the brakes, the car stopped at the main gate of the Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory:

"Young comrade, you should go register."

"Alright, thank you."

After getting out of the car, Comrade Peng Lin waved to the driver.

Then, he handed his letter of introduction and work certificate to the guard on duty.

After reviewing them and confirming everything was in order, the soldier led Comrade Peng Lin to the technical R&D department office building and introduced him to the military factory's situation.

The Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory was a large, comprehensive military factory.

Not only could it manufacture helicopters.

It could also produce a series of weapons and equipment such as the Type 54 semi-automatic pistol, Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, Type 56 squad machine gun, Type 63 assault rifle, Type 67 general-purpose machine gun, and Type 69 40mm rocket launcher.

The production equipment was very complete.

The entire military factory had over ten thousand management cadres, technical backbone personnel, and production workshop workers.

If logistics support personnel and their families were added, the military factory's population could reach fifty to sixty thousand.

Inside the factory, there were supply and marketing cooperatives, auditoriums, cultural centers, guesthouses, family quarters, schools, hospitals, cinemas, and a whole host of other buildings.

The technical R&D department consisted of three office buildings: the Military Industrial Design Institute, the Process Research Institute, and the Metrology and Testing Center.

Led by the soldier, Comrade Peng Lin entered the office building of the Military Industrial Design Institute and met Director Feng.

"Comrade Peng Lin, welcome to our Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory."

"My name is Feng Zhenhua, and I serve as the Director of our Technical R&D Department's Military Industrial Design Institute."

Director Feng welcomed him with exceptional warmth.

"Hello, Director Feng, please arrange my work."

Comrade Peng Lin saluted and said to Director Feng.

"Young people certainly have drive. I was just about to take you new technicians to familiarize yourselves with the work environment."

"You come along."

Director Feng patted Comrade Peng Lin's shoulder and said with a smile.

Afterward, he led Comrade Peng Lin to a workshop that had no production tasks.

Five or six young people were already standing in a row, waiting there.

"Comrade Peng Lin is also a new technician in our Military Industrial Design Institute. You all get to know each other."

"I'll first show you the work environment and familiarize you with the factory's machine tools and equipment."

"Now, feel free to look around. You can ask me any questions you have."

After Director Feng arrived, he called everyone into the workshop and spoke.

Hearing that they could freely explore, Comrade Peng Lin immediately began inspecting the machine tools and equipment in the workshop.

He possessed advanced technology and R&D concepts and wanted to make a difference at the Changhe Factory, so naturally, he had to first check the factory's industrial production capacity.

And machine tools, as the mother of industry, were of paramount importance.

"Precision boring and milling machines, gear processing machine tools, precision grinding machines, EDM machine tools..."

Comrade Peng Lin examined the machine tools in the workshop and found that the equipment here was indeed quite good.

But what surprised him most was still a helicopter with American livery displayed on the open ground of the workshop.

This helicopter was about fifteen or sixteen meters long and nearly six meters high.

It was clearly a heavy transport aircraft, exceptionally conspicuous in the workshop.

Comrade Peng Lin walked over to observe carefully and realized that what he had just seen was merely a fuselage shell.

As for the main rotor and other fuselage components, they were completely disassembled and displayed in batches around the fuselage shell.

"Is this a Chinook Helicopter?"

Comrade Peng Lin spoke out.

"Comrade Peng Lin, you recognize this helicopter?"

Director Feng was quite surprised and looked at Comrade Peng Lin.

Comrade Peng Lin nodded silently; he naturally recognized the Chinook Helicopter.

After all, it was the world's most famous tandem reverse coaxial rotor heavy helicopter.

In this era, only the USA could develop it; even the Soviet Union couldn't.

"Isn't this the treasure the USA just developed? How do we have it?"

Comrade Peng Lin asked.

However, after Director Feng heard this question, his expression became somewhat grim.

Then, he began to explain the origin of this Chinook Helicopter to everyone.

It turned out that this Chinook was actually exchanged by Dragon Country with Yue Hou Country for an island!

A few years ago, the USA invaded Yue Hou Country.

Dragon Country, tightening its belt, saved 5 million tons of rice and 20 billion US dollars, using all its national strength to help Yue Hou Country defeat the USA.

When the USA withdrew from Yue Hou, it left behind a large amount of advanced American equipment.

And this Chinook Helicopter was one of them.

Dragon Country valued the USA' newly developed tandem reverse coaxial rotor heavy helicopter technology immensely, so it had been consistently negotiating with Yue Hou Country for this Chinook.

But at this time, after Yue Hou Country drove away the USA, it began to renege on its promises.

Not only did it disregard Dragon Country's previous aid, but it even demanded an island from Dragon Country in exchange for this helicopter.

There was no other way; the tandem reverse coaxial rotor technology used by the Chinook Helicopter was too advanced.

Its various parameters were even more than ten times that of Dragon Country's current main Z-5 helicopter.

In order to reverse-engineer the tandem reverse coaxial rotor technology, Dragon Country ultimately agreed to this exchange condition.

The new technicians at the Changhe Factory, upon learning this inside story, were all filled with righteous indignation.

"These ungrateful Viet Cong, these ungrateful wolves, are now causing trouble again on our border in Caiyun Province."

"So, did we successfully reverse-engineer the Chinook Helicopter?"

Someone asked.

In his opinion, the country paid such a huge price to acquire this helicopter.

Wasn't it for the purpose of reverse-engineering its own Chinook and rapidly developing Dragon Country's helicopter technology?

"The Chinook Helicopter, upon its arrival in our country, was promptly sent to the Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory."

"Its massive size and astonishing performance left our experts and technical backbone personnel dumbfounded."

"Chief Engineer Gu of our Technical R&D Department quickly organized all the factory's technical backbone personnel and professors from Yanjing to jointly conduct in-depth reverse engineering disassembly analysis and attempts at reverse-engineering."

"But now, three years have passed, and the technical difficulties and the gap in industrial strength have truly given us a rude awakening."

"In this matter, our Changhe Aircraft Manufacturing Factory and helicopter experts have failed to live up to the trust of the country and its people!"

When discussing this matter, Director Feng felt somewhat ashamed.

"If research and reverse-engineering weren't successful, then couldn't it be reassembled and put back into use?"

"After all, we exchanged an island for it."

Someone looked at the large machine in front of them and asked, very puzzled.

"Reassemble it?"

"Don't dream!"

"This helicopter was disassembled into over thirty thousand parts, not even counting some smaller components and rivets."

"Without technical blueprints, how could it possibly be reassembled?"

"Even if it were largely reassembled, there would be many extra parts, and the helicopter simply wouldn't work!"

Director Feng said with a grim expression.

In fact, the Chinook's frame and components were continuously displayed here precisely to constantly spur and motivate all R&D personnel.

The new technicians, hearing this, couldn't help but fall silent and feel shocked.

An island exchanged for a helicopter, and now it was disassembled into scrap metal like this?

Everyone's hearts were practically bleeding!

"I might be able to try reassembling this Chinook!"

Comrade Peng Lin thought for a moment, then looked at Director Feng and said.