However, the news that Brazil has a fighter jet that surpasses the performance of the US F86 Sabre has spread around the world. The most active person in this regard is General Nairo Mora of the Brazilian Air Force.
He was so impatient that he applied directly to the Ministry of National Defense to purchase this new jet fighter that they had commissioned Fangyuan Group to develop.
When he heard that it had not yet entered mass production, he was also very disappointed.
Fortunately, the T-1 trainer aircraft, which was actually funded and developed by their Air Force Department, has already been finalized and mass-produced, and is now being equipped with the Brazilian Air Force and Aviation School.
After visiting the jet fighters, the US military delegation also discovered the jet transport aircraft project developed by Fangyuan Group, although Fangyuan Group repeatedly stated that this was a civilian jet passenger aircraft.
However, the US military delegation still saw the huge potential of this passenger plane as a transport aircraft. The Horton brothers had the full support of Fang Lang and the help of the jet engine research and development team that Polman found from Germany.
As early as last year, the first turbofan engine was finalized at the Fangyuan Power Factory, which was more than ten years ahead of the first turbofan engine in history.
Therefore, how could this transport aircraft equipped with two turbofan engines not make the American inspection team jealous? This is a technology that the United States does not even have yet.
If the FY-1 fighter was only slightly more advanced than the American F86, and the Americans could easily catch up, and there was no need to pay too much attention to it, then this transport aircraft equipped with the latest high-bypass turbofan engine made the US military inspection team no longer calm.
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The new transport aircraft, named Fangyuan 80, is a brand new jet passenger aircraft designed by Dr. Horton based on the appearance of Boeing and Airbus aircraft provided by Fang Lang.
Because this was the first experimental model, Reema Horton was not radical. The swept-wing jet airliner she designed did not have a huge fuselage and was quite different from the Boeing 707 later developed by the Americans.
But it is also a jet airliner that can transport 80 passengers at a time across a distance of 5,200 kilometers. Such performance simply left the US military inspection team dumbfounded.
Therefore, the first idea of the American inspection team officers was to convert this transport aircraft into a military transport aircraft.
Fang Lang was very generous in this request, and told the US military officers very straightforwardly that the aircraft had been finalized, and if the US military was interested in purchasing it, Fangyuan Group could arrange a production plan for them.
There is a reason why Fang Lang's attitude towards the Yuan 80 transport aircraft is different from that towards the FY-1. After all, this is a transport aircraft, and the Americans have limited potential for modifying it.
At most, it could be converted into an early warning aircraft or a refueling aircraft like the Boeing 707 of later generations, but it could never be converted into a bomber.
The 5,200-kilometer range is too much for the war on the peninsula. You should know that the base where the United States launched the war on the peninsula is Xiaori Island, and there is no need for a transport aircraft with such a long range.
The range from the west coast of the United States to Japan is not enough, so this aircraft is actually a bit useless for the US military.
But as a passenger plane, this range can beat most passenger planes of this era. More importantly, this large bypass ratio turbofan engine is quieter than ordinary propeller aircraft and is more suitable for use as a passenger plane.
If Fang Lang does not take this opportunity to sell this aircraft and seize the market, other companies will probably quickly enter the field of turbofan engine research and development and eventually compete with Fangyuan Group.
The best way is to sell this product at a relatively low price. When other countries have researched it, they will find that the cost of R&D and manufacturing may be higher than directly purchasing Fangyuan Group's products, which is not cost-effective at all.
Of course, there are also many large companies that will never give up this market, but by the time they come up with their research, Fangyuan Group’s new models and engines will surely have come out.
These people can only desperately catch up. If they want to surpass, they have to invest more capital and energy. He doesn't believe that many companies can persist. Finally, it can directly work with the companies that persist to form a monopoly network, so that those companies that want to enter later will be surrounded everywhere.
These are all old tricks left over from Boeing and Airbus. Fang Lang certainly doesn't mind letting this trick appear ahead of time.
As for whether the Americans would start research and copying after obtaining this model, it is certain that Fang Lang has never had any fluke mentality about this. Perhaps many people think that the Western world respects patent laws and will not do anything to infringe.
Why don't you go to court? There are many infringement lawsuits in Europe and the United States. Many of the equipment in the United States are imitations of other countries' products.
For Fang Lang, the biggest advantage of Fangyuan Aircraft Manufacturing Company now is that it completed the research and development of related products one step ahead of other countries.
If other countries want to catch up, the gap will not be so easy to narrow.
Fang Lang even took the initiative to tell the officials of the inspection team that if the United States needed it, the turbofan engines produced by Fangyuan Power could be sold directly to them.
The price was unexpectedly cheap, which made the Americans excited. Soon, Fangyuan Group received a cooperation application from Boeing.
At the same time, Fangyuan Group also began to make rapid efforts to promote this new Fangyuan 80 model to these companies on a large scale through the channels it controlled by giving those airlines the opportunity to modify their transport aircraft.
In order to prevent Fangyuan 80 from being surpassed by others, Fangyuan Group also started research on more advanced models. This time, Fang Lang set a goal for the laboratory to develop the most cost-effective aircraft with the lowest flight cost per passenger.
The first step is to further expand the number of passengers on the aircraft, from the current 80 to more than 100. This is not difficult for Reema Horton, after all, this model is originally used to verify new technologies.
Then, we need to further improve the aircraft's range and work towards being able to travel directly across oceans in the future.
It has to be said that after the US delegation discovered Brazil's achievements in the aviation field, the delegation attached greater importance to this inspection in Brazil.
He not only visited the aircraft manufacturing factory, but also visited the Fangyuan Shipyard, and expressed great interest in the warships produced by the Fangyuan Shipyard.
Then, they visited the artillery factory and expressed surprise that the artillery factory could mass-produce 155mm howitzers. If the Americans did not have a lot of artillery and shells in stock, they might have been ready to purchase a batch from Brazil.
Fang Lang's attitude towards the US military inspection team was very simple. He did not intend to provide them with weapons and equipment, but he would not refuse logistics transportation or medical rescue. After all, with the strength of the Americans, even if he did not participate in these things, others would.
Instead of doing this, it is better to get involved yourself, just like he took the initiative to help the Americans transport supplies. This way, not only can he make money, but he can also understand the logistics supply situation of the US military and facilitate the timely delivery of this information.
Although it may not be able to influence the situation of the war, it can provide some reference for the hometown side to formulate strategies and tactics.
Finally, after a detailed investigation, the delegation not only placed an order with the aircraft manufacturer for Bell 47, but also purchased five of the latest Fangyuan 80 passenger aircraft. As for the purpose of purchasing this aircraft, there is no need to guess, it must be for Boeing's research.
Fang Lang didn't care about this, instead he wished they could buy more to help Fangyuan Aircraft Company advertise. Think about it, the US military has purchased from our Fangyuan Group, so you British people should also buy a few!
Developed countries in Europe and America such as France, Italy and the Netherlands have a huge demand for aircraft. This is the most advanced jet airliner in the world. Wouldn't you consider purchasing some?
At the same time that the American delegation was inspecting Brazil, MacArthur, commander of the US Pacific Theater, also organized a delegation to investigate Japan's industrial conditions.
Coincidentally, John Clark, a captain in the logistics department of the US Navy, was one of the members of this expedition.
With the presence of John Clark, the public relations staff of Fang Lang's American Global Group naturally became friends with the officials of the inspection team.
Coupled with the American background of the Global Group, some Japanese companies controlled by the Global Group soon entered the United Nations forces' logistics procurement system.
Among them, some heavy industrial automobile manufacturing plants and shipbuilding factories were the most numerous. According to historical situations, during the entire Peninsula War, almost all American cars on the Peninsula were produced in Japan.
To this end, the United States directly returned to Japan more than 850 factories that were originally intended to compensate for war losses, including 314 aircraft manufacturing supporting enterprises, 131 arms factories, and 25 weapons research institutes.
It was these factories in Japan that provided the United States with a steady supply of military supplies, with arms alone amounting to as much as $110 million.
The hundreds of thousands of UN troops who took turns to rest in Japan brought a huge consumer group to Japan. During the Korean War, the various service fees spent in Japan by these soldiers while they were resting reached as much as 3.6 billion US dollars.
As for what these so-called service fees are, everyone knows it. If you really don't understand, just look at the clubs and nightclubs that have sprung up like mushrooms on the streets of Japan and you will understand.
Although Japan's behavior is extremely despicable, it must be said that it is this kind of service-oriented consumption that has enabled Japan's private economy and employment situation to improve rapidly. At the end of the war, the gross national product directly recovered to the level before World War II.
Of course, with Fang Lang's presence, he would certainly not allow this situation to happen again. As early as two years before the start of the Peninsular War, he began to lay out Japan's Global Group, and had become the behind-the-scenes boss of Japan's war-related companies through various means such as acquisitions and holdings.
Among them, Japan's automobile manufacturing factories were directly acquired and integrated by the Global Group. For example, among the well-known Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, only one brand still looks like a Japanese brand.
Historically, Toyota's monthly production before the war was less than 300 units, but in the first month of the war, the US military placed an order with them for 5,000 vehicles.
Now, all of this no longer belongs to Japan, but to the largest American consortium in Japan, Global Group. What's more interesting is that Global Group believes that the quality of Japanese cars is not good, so it changed the most important engine and transmission systems in car production from domestically produced in Japan to imported from the United States and Brazil.
To this end, Global Group also persuaded General Motors and Ford of the United States to provide engines and gearboxes to Japan. These companies would naturally not refuse such a profitable thing.
What the Global Group needed them to do was to block Japan's related technologies and prevent Japanese automakers from mastering these core technologies. It turned out that Japan's own engine and transmission technologies were also transferred by the Global Group, and the relevant research materials had been packed and shipped to Brazil long before the war began.
Japanese engineers who mastered these core technologies were also hired by Fangyuan Motors, Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin in Brazil. Some of them who were unwilling to leave Japan were even kidnapped by Japanese gangsters who broke into their homes.
Unfortunately, the risk of sea voyages during this period was too high, and many people did not make it to Brazil alive. This directly led to a gap in the technological level of Japan's automobile industry.
Now when orders come to them, these car companies simply do not have the ability to produce core components independently and can only follow the boss's arrangements and purchase from abroad.
As for these factories belonging to Fang Lang, purchasing these important parts from abroad will cost higher costs, but Fang Lang doesn't care at all.
First of all, the suppliers of these parts are all his own companies, and Global Shipping is responsible for the transportation. This is not a waste at all, but a way to stimulate domestic demand, and it is using the American military budget to stimulate domestic demand.
There is another more important reason for doing this, which is to hinder the Americans. Just think about it, if these core parts can be produced in Japan, the time for producing a car can be shortened. If they need to purchase from the United States and Brazil, the time will be delayed by at least one week.
If the delivery of thousands of vehicles is delayed for a week, a lot of supplies will be delivered less. Just here, the logistics situation of the Americans will definitely not be as sufficient as it was in history.
In addition, Fang Lang had made early arrangements and encouraged John Clark to sign a vegetable supply agreement with Japanese farmers, which caused Japan's food production to decline significantly. As a result, Japan's food reserves were not enough to support the consumption of the United Nations forces.
Before the war started, the Fang family's Nice Company shipped two ships of grain from Brazil to be sold to the Global Trading Company in Japan. When the war broke out, the two ships of grain were still drifting in the Pacific Ocean.
Needless to say, after this news was passed to the UN Logistics Department through John Clark, they naturally requisitioned this batch of food directly.
These grains are like carrots hanging in front of a donkey's mouth. You can see them but can't eat them, but it's impossible not to eat them. It's really uncomfortable.
This has seriously affected the US military's assembly progress. If this situation happens a few more times during the war, the delicate American soldiers might just give up.
In addition to automobiles and food, the Global Group also controls various industries in Japan, including textiles, chemicals, electricity, coal, shipping, steel, shipbuilding, etc.
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