Sun Tian stood behind him, stomping his feet in anger, but there was nothing he could do. He could only continue to chase after him: "Hey, Boss Lu, how about we make a deal? I'll lend you this guy for a few days, and you can return him after I fix this plane. What do you think?"
Upon hearing his words, Lu Yuan not only sneered, but also said, "Sorry, I'm already a mechanic, and I'm not interested in your suggestion."
Sun Tian was not only somewhat taken aback, he also didn't expect Lu Yuan to refuse so decisively, something he hadn't anticipated at all.
By this time, Lu Yuan had already walked far away. Sun Tian stood in the biting cold wind, speechless, but his anger towards Lu Yuan grew stronger.
"You bastard, you'll regret this one day!"
Sun Tian stood in the cold wind and shouted loudly at Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan had already walked far away and could not hear him at all.
Once inside the cave on the back mountain, a group of mechanics were working around the plane, using hot towels and other materials to melt the frozen parts.
When Shi Quan saw Lu Yuan arrive, he quickly wiped the oil off his hands on his clothes and walked over.
"Boss, you're here!"
Lu Yuan nodded slightly, glanced around at the people working, and then nodded in satisfaction: "How is it? Any problems?"
"Yes, it's still a big problem!"
Shi Quan didn't even look at Lu Yuan's expression. Instead, he took the notebook in his hand. It was a thick stack of papers filled with information about the missing items on the plane and various problems found during inspections.
"These are all the problems we've compiled over the past few days. We're currently working on some minor issues, and we also have a very low timber supply right now, so we need a large quantity of timber."
Lu Yuan had already guessed most of what Shi Quan was saying when he arrived. After all, the reason why the people of the United States abandoned this plane here must be because it was not worth repairing, so they abandoned it.
Lu Yuan was not surprised to hear what he wanted to hear, and he was quite satisfied with Shi Quan's honest attitude.
"I'll take care of the timber issue for you in the next couple of days. As for the other things, are there any problems with the tools or anything else?"
Lu Yuan has brought all the tools he could find.
"We are still lacking some specialized machining equipment, such as lathes and raw materials. We don't have any of them here. There are some technical issues that we haven't resolved yet. Also, if we disassemble the ammunition compartment, there might be problems that could affect its subsequent use! If we install the seat, we still need to conduct tests!"
"How long will it take to repair this plane?" Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice.
He wasn't interested in the repair process; he only cared about the result. He would be satisfied as long as he could fix the plane and leave before the world froze over in the blizzard.
Shi Quan scratched his long hair, then pondered for a while, constantly calculating the amount of work they needed in his mind.
"Conservatively speaking, it will take at least a month and a half! If we encounter any problems that we can't solve, it could take even longer, or we might never be able to repair this aircraft!"
Lu Yuan fell silent. This was not good news. After all, they had already spent manpower and resources. If the plane couldn't be repaired, then all their efforts would have been in vain.
Then he remembered that Sun Tian, who had just been looking for him, had said that they had an aircraft manufacturer, but Lu Yuan didn't want to pay any attention to him. They were obviously trying to raise the price and make him beg them, but given Lu Yuan's personality, there was no way he would continue to cooperate with them. He would rather give up the plane than shamelessly beg them.
What are the chances of successfully repairing this aircraft?
"Fifty-five percent." Shi Quan thought for a moment, then felt he had been a bit too certain, so he added, "Forty percent, forty percent should be about right!"
"A 40% chance?" Lu Yuan could feel himself becoming less inclined to continue fiddling with the plane.
"A 40% chance of success is too low! Do you think this plane is even worth repairing? If it's not worth repairing, then we should abandon it!"
Shi Quan shook his head with a wry smile: "I'm giving a high estimate of 40%. After all, this is the first time I've ever worked with such a high-performance aircraft. I'm just an assembler; maintenance and inspections are done by professionals. It's really difficult for a makeshift team like ours to repair this aircraft properly! But if we just give up like this, I'll still feel a bit guilty towards you!"
Lu Yuan smiled and gently patted the other person's shoulder: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Take things apart if you can, it doesn't matter if you break them!"
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, Shi Quan nodded: "Okay, then it will take up a day of your time. We're going to disassemble this plane and remove anything we don't need! Tell us what we don't need and what we do need!"
"No problem, I'll stay with you today!"
Then Shi Quan picked up his notebook again and pointed to the first item on the list: "The munitions carried on this plane are all high-end precision-guided munitions. Should we discard them?"
"Of course, there's no use keeping these things. Besides, who am I going to fight with these DDs!"
"Okay, since we don't want them, let's remove the fuel units from the launchers at the back of these DDs, modify them, and use them as power units for the aircraft!"
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