Ant Bolman, who had been waiting in the conference room for a long time, saw that the two had not come yet, and couldn't help but knock on the office door, waking them up from their discussion.
Fang Lang said sorry very politely, nodded to Kurt Tank, and walked towards the meeting room together.
After following Ante Bolman into the conference room, Fang Lang discovered that this was more like a training classroom than a conference room, because there was no common large conference table here.
There were only a few small seats, and a small long table in front of them. The conference room was already full of people, densely packed, with at least nearly a hundred people.
As Fang Lang and others entered, everyone stood up and gave warm applause to welcome the boss who saved them from suffering.
Fang Lang knew some of the people here, but he had never seen most of them.
After feeling everyone's enthusiasm, Fang Lang waved to everyone with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to shake hands with Horton and other people he was familiar with one by one, exchanging greetings. After a while, he slowly walked to the main seat similar to a podium.
Seeing that a cup of tea had been placed on the main seat, he couldn't wait to take a sip, moistened his throat, and then slowly spoke:
"Hello everyone, I am Fang Lang. I believe everyone should know me, so I will not introduce myself in detail.
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I was supposed to come here today to see the first aircraft manufactured by our company, but Professor Kurt Tank always told me that propeller planes were too backward and he was not interested in them. He wanted to play with cutting-edge jet fighters.
He persuaded me with all kinds of tricks and used the same passion that he had used to pursue his lover. It's not that I couldn't resist his passion, it's that I have no interest in men!
But it was not a good idea to keep being chased by him like this. If my girlfriend misunderstood me, I would be in trouble. So, in the end, I had to compromise and agreed to let him set up a research team for jet fighters. "
Everyone burst into laughter when they heard this. When Holden heard this, his eyes lit up. He looked at Fang Lang with burning eyes and began to wonder whether he should sell his body in exchange for the approval of his project!
Fang Lang had a keen intuition and immediately noticed Horton's gaze, and quickly spoke directly:
“Don’t worry, Mr. Horton. As the saying goes, too many lice don’t itch, and too many debts don’t worry.
Since I have already agreed to Professor Tan Ke's research and development plan, I will naturally not favor one over the other. After today's seminar, we can discuss your project alone. What do you think?"
Hearing this, Holden nodded with satisfaction and replied loudly:
"good!"
Everyone in the conference room burst into laughter when they heard this, and at the same time they began to secretly look forward to it. For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire conference room became much more cheerful.
Everyone who had been feeling a little uneasy when seeing the boss felt relieved. It seemed that the boss was a very kind person!
After everyone quieted down, Fang Lang said slowly:
"Why do we need to organize everyone to put down their work and hold a symposium like this today?
It is definitely not to tell you about the establishment of a new project. It is mainly because, during my communication with Professor Kurt Tank today, I discovered some problems. Here I would like to share with you some of the latest tactical ideas of the Air Force that I have learned.
We should avoid the situation where we develop products in isolation and the products we just produce are already outdated. That would be a waste of our huge research funds.”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at Kurt Tank. Seeing this, Fang Lang quickly waved to everyone.
“I am not criticizing Professor Kurt Tank. You have to know that in the original research, someone proposed specific performance indicators, and then everyone completed the design based on these indicators.
But now our company has not received any orders from the military, so we cannot determine the specific performance indicators. The R&D work requires us to give full play to our own subjective initiative and develop excellent products.
Attract the attention of the military, and even sell our products to the air forces of other countries. Only in this way can our company make a profit and have more funds to support our subsequent research plans.
If we want our products to be good enough to attract the attention of the military and air forces of other countries, we all need to have a clear understanding of the tactical thinking of future air forces.
As the commander of an aircraft carrier formation, I happen to be able to access the latest tactical ideas. So, I called everyone here today to discuss with you some of the latest tactical ideas I have learned and some of my conjectures about future air combat modes, hoping to inspire you. "
Upon hearing this, everyone in the conference room began to whisper to each other, but fortunately they soon refocused their attention on Fang Lang.
Fang Lang could of course hear everyone's voices. He paused deliberately to see everyone's reactions. After everyone quieted down, he spoke again:
"I just heard everyone's discussion. Some people said that now that peace has been restored, the demand for military equipment may not be that great. Can we find suitable buyers for the products we have invested heavily in research and development?
I understand everyone's desire for peace, and I am very grateful to the employees who consider me as a boss.
However, I still regret to tell you that peace did not come as everyone expected with the end of the European war. Instead, it took a different form and began to break out on a small scale around the world.
Perhaps, a world war like the European War will not happen again, but civil wars caused by ideology will continue to occur. The confrontation between the capitalist camp led by the United States and Britain and the other camp led by the Soviet Union will intensify.
Brazil, where we are, is a rare paradise that ensures that everyone can conduct research in a relatively safe environment.
Therefore, Brazil is now a perfect place for everyone to show their talents. You don’t have to worry about your products not being put to good use.”
Fang Lang said these words in order to keep these outstanding senior intellectuals and technical elites of the aviation industry in his hands, so that they would not become restless and want to go home after hearing that Germany was about to relax restrictions.
Although he brought everyone's family to Brazil, there is no guarantee that some people would miss their homeland and want to return.
After hearing Fang Lang's words, everyone looked nervous and slightly worried, while some looked relieved.
Fang Lang did not dwell on this topic too much and continued:
“Some people also say, as the commander of the Brazilian Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet, can I understand the world’s latest tactical thinking and future warfare methods?
Who are you looking down on? Don’t leave after class, let’s have a good chat in the playground!”
Everyone understood that Fang Lang was joking, and when they heard what he said, they burst into laughter again.
"You know what? I, a humble naval aviation commander, actually understand the world's latest tactical thinking and future warfare methods.
Why do I say that? Everyone knows that Brazil and the United States are very close, and I have close relations with many American generals. Some time ago, I hired many retired American generals to work as consultants in one of my companies. So, if I say that I have many American generals under my command, you should not have any objection, right? "
Of course everyone believed this. After all, the military contracting company's recruitment of mercenaries in Brazil had caused a lot of controversy, and everyone knew that the boss behind the military contracting company was the young man in front of them.
After realizing this, everyone really had to start taking Fang Lang's words seriously.
"Through my exchanges with these American generals, I have also developed my own understanding of the methods and tactics of future wars. Today, I will share these understandings with you.
During World War II, due to the improvement in the performance of fighter planes and the widespread use of radio and radar, command conditions were improved and coordination between the various arms became increasingly close.
The Air Force aviation forces mainly carried out large-scale air combat and large-scale concentrated bombing. The tactics of supporting the army and navy operations were also fully developed.
These are our actual experiences during World War II, and I believe that everyone is already very familiar with them without me having to say much.
So with the emergence of jet fighters after World War II, how will our air force tactics change?
First of all, now all major countries in the world have begun their own research on jet fighters, or to be more precise, research on jet fighters. I believe everyone should know the characteristics of jet fighters better than I do, such as faster speed and higher ceiling.
As for its role, it has not changed much. It is still used to compete with the enemy for air supremacy.
But is his tactic still to concentrate forces on a large scale and engage in large-scale air battles with the enemy?
I don't think so. After all, the high speed and high ceiling of jet fighters require them to have a larger space to move around, rather than being densely gathered with a large number of aircraft. Otherwise, they might collide with their own people.
Therefore, under this circumstance, the air combat formation will inevitably gradually transition to a mode of small-formation mobile air combat and maintaining tactical coordination between small formations.
The jet fighters that used this tactic, I would classify it as the first generation of jet fighters."
Everyone below started to discuss among themselves. Fang Lang did not stop them but waited for everyone to discuss. He also wanted to see if anyone would raise any objections and then bring them up for discussion.
But it was obvious that everyone present was an expert and could easily understand Fang Lang's words, so soon everyone nodded and looked at Fang Lang, waiting for his next words.
Seeing that no one asked questions, Fang Lang did not feel disappointed. He just nodded and continued:
"The tactical thinking of air forces around the world is now moving in this direction. So, under the guidance of this tactical thinking, what kind of performance do our fighter jets need to have in order for the air force to pay for it?"
Fang Lang stretched out his fingers and counted them one by one:
"Faster speed, higher ceiling, larger combat radius, better maneuverability, better handling performance, and greater destructive power. These are what we have been pursuing.
But is there anything else besides these? "
After saying that, Fang Lang swept his eyes across the people in the conference room, hoping to get their answers, but it was obvious that it was difficult for everyone to come up with other ideas in such a hurry, so they could only wait for Fang Lang's answer.
Seeing this, Fang Lang didn't keep the secret and spoke directly:
"My answer is yes. I got inspiration from the Americans, which is to find the enemy's traces first.
As we all know, jet fighters are very fast and may be next to you in the blink of an eye. Relying solely on the naked eye to find the enemy's traces is obviously no longer up to date.
Therefore, the Americans began to install air search radars on their fighters, which means that they can detect the enemy's traces first without the guidance of ground radar.
In my opinion, this is a huge improvement and provides a new direction for our fighter design."
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