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10: Shocking, two large boxes of technical drawings!
When Chief Engineer Gu looked up at the behemoth soaring in the sky, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"We disassembled it, but we can't put it back together!"
"That was exchanged by the country for an island!"
"How can we account for this to the motherland and the people!"
For the past two years, these few sentences had haunted him like a nightmare.
It pressed him so hard he couldn't breathe!
But now, under the leadership of Peng Lin, a newly joined technician at Changhe Factory, they had miraculously reassembled the Chinook Helicopter!
Looking at the sky, Chief Engineer Gu suddenly felt as if he were dreaming!
As for the expert team and Professor Sun, they were also filled with shock as they gazed at the steel beast in the sky!
This was a tandem-rotor helicopter, the most advanced transport helicopter in the world!
A technology that even the Soviet Union couldn't master!
Now, under Peng Lin's leadership, their Dragon Country had completed the first step of the Long March.
That was to reassemble the 30,000 disassembled parts.
Before, when Peng Lin talked about reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter, they only thought the young man was too whimsical.
But now, Peng Lin had truly reassembled the Chinook by himself.
"Perhaps under his leadership, the Dragon Country can truly reverse-engineer the Chinook Helicopter within the next five to ten years!"
Professor Sun looked at Peng Lin, thinking to himself.
At this moment, his view of Peng Lin had even changed.
Reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter in five to ten years didn't mean he still underestimated Peng Lin; on the contrary, this was already a very fast pace.
Because even after assembling the Chinook Helicopter, reverse-engineering it still faced many challenges.
For example, the technical drawings for each component of the Chinook Helicopter!
Especially the most difficult engine drawings!
All of these required time!
In addition to the expert team, Vice Minister Zhou of the Fifth Ministry of Machinery was also extremely excited at this moment!
Especially the commanding, methodical aura and ability Peng Lin displayed when directing everyone to assemble the Chinook, which delighted him even more.
Engaging in research and development, especially military industrial research and development, has never been a solo endeavor.
Projects like helicopters, tanks, and even fighter jets and bombers, are all incredibly vast systemic engineering tasks.
Over the years, the Dragon Country had cultivated a group of solid technical backbones and researchers.
However, Chief Engineer-type talents who could lead a team, uniting many technical backbones and researchers into a single rope pulling towards the same goal, were incredibly scarce in the Dragon Country.
In his eyes, Peng Lin was precisely this kind of scarce and invaluable Chief Engineer-type talent!
Now he even regretted telling Peng Lin about the operation against the Viet Cong.
Because reverse-engineering the Chinook within a year placed too much pressure on Peng Lin.
After all, the work of reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter was not as simple as just reassembling it.
This was a fairly systematic and very lengthy process.
And one that could not be rushed!
"Comrade Peng Lin, you actually assembled the Chinook Helicopter yourself, which has given us another huge surprise."
"Now that you say you want to reverse-engineer the Chinook Helicopter, I am the first to believe you and willing to support you."
"You don't need to worry about the operation against the Viet Cong; I will figure something out."
"Your first priority now is to reverse-engineer the Chinook Helicopter and develop its technical drawings."
"If I give you an expert technical team to lead, how long would it take you to reverse-engineer the Chinook?"
"Do you have confidence within five years?"
Vice Minister Zhou looked at Peng Lin with slight tension.
He had extended the reverse-engineering deadline for Peng Lin, but to be honest, five years was still a bit rushed.
But there was no other way now; what the Dragon Country lacked most was time.
The war against the Viet Cong could barely be handled by the Z-5.
However, using an old piston helicopter like the Z-5 to confront the Soviet Union would not work.
Now, with the Soviet Union deploying a million troops in the north of the Dragon Country, the international situation was changing rapidly, and the Dragon Country had to seize every moment to develop as quickly as possible!
"Five years?"
Peng Lin looked at Vice Minister Zhou's nervous expression and smiled.
"Five years is indeed too little; I was too impatient."
"How about this, we will select the nation's most outstanding helicopter expert team and strive to build the first prototype within seven years..."
Vice Minister Zhou quickly corrected himself.
But Peng Lin didn't speak; instead, he returned directly to the workshop and pulled out two large wooden boxes.
He opened the wooden boxes, revealing two full boxes of technical drawings inside.
These technical drawings were all meticulously drawn by Peng Lin himself over the past two months, sheet by sheet.
"These are the technical drawings I made while assembling the Chinook Helicopter parts."
"You can take a look."
"As for the other box, it contains the feasibility of complete domestic reverse-engineering and some alternative solutions."
"This addresses most of the problems faced in reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter."
"As for the remaining problems, I believe we can solve them during the manufacturing process."
Peng Lin clapped the dust from his hands and said.
This time, he didn't need to say much; Chief Engineer Gu, Director Feng, and the entire expert team immediately picked up the drawings to examine them.
As they held sheet after sheet of drawings in their hands, they were shocked to discover that Peng Lin had actually reverse-engineered the entire set of technical drawings during the process of assembling the Chinook Helicopter.
These technical drawings meticulously listed the dimensions, technical parameters, and other valuable data for each component.
When they finished looking at one page of technical drawings, each of them involuntarily wiped their hands on their clothes.
Nothing else, it was just that these technical drawings were too precious!
They felt that if they were to dirty or damage these drawings due to their own reasons, thesin would not be enough even if they were executed ten times!
"Is this an alternative solution for the drive shaft?"
"And this... this is actually the technical drawings for the turboshaft engine and some alternative solutions for domestically produced parts?"
The scene was filled with the heavy breathing and exclamations of everyone present.
Peng Lin had previously said that he had already solved some of the problems faced in reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter.
So everyone naturally assumed that the problems Peng Lin had solved were minor ones.
But after looking at the technical drawings, they suddenly realized that the problems Peng Lin had solved were actually major issues like reverse-engineering the turboshaft engine, drive shaft, and main rotor!
And these problems were precisely the most difficult ones the Dragon Country encountered in reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter.
Other reverse-engineering difficulties, compared to these major problems, were not even considered problems at all!
After Peng Lin solved problems like reverse-engineering the turboshaft engine, drive shaft, and main rotor, didn't that essentially mean he had already solved all the difficulties in domestically reverse-engineering the Chinook Helicopter?
"Within one month, Changhe Factory can reverse-engineer the first prototype of the Chinook?"
Vice Minister Zhou of the Fifth Ministry of Machinery was completely stunned after hearing the expert team's analysis!