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Chapter 897: A New Era for Light Cavalry (First Update, Please Subscribe)
"…When King Rama VIII's car appeared on the streets of Bangkok, the wide Arunachal Boulevard was crowded with people kneeling on both sides. Millions of Siamese people welcomed the king's return in their own unique way…"

Although the radio only emitted some simple words, Qiu Weilun could imagine the scene. However, he did not feel anything. After all, he was a Chinese overseas from Siam and came to Southeast Asia with his father eight years ago.

As overseas Chinese, they naturally cannot have deep feelings for the King of Thailand - in fact, there is no feeling at all.

In the past, Qiu Weilun had long considered himself a Nanyang person. As for Siam and Chiang Mai, they were just the places where he grew up when he was young.

In contrast to his calmness, Qiu Weilun's father was very excited when he heard the news.

"That's good. Now I can go back to Chiang Mai again."

Qiu Bowen seemed a little excited. When he left Chiang Mai that year, he always felt a little helpless - his rice mill was confiscated because it affected the livelihood of the people.

Now it's all right. I can go back home again. I can finally go home. Of course, more importantly, I can get back my lost property.

Although it is still unknown whether he can get it back, the king has returned, and he returned with the help of Nanyang. They must abide by the law!
"And the rice mill, we can also take our rice mill back together!"

"Wei Lun..."

Without waiting for his father to speak, Qiu Weilun spoke.

"Dad, there's no way I can go back to Siam. What would I do there? I can't open a rice mill like you, can I?"

Qiu Weilun, who just graduated from university last year and currently works for BMW, looks down on his own rice mill.

"The rice mill is the family business founded by your grandfather, Weilun. I wonder if your grandfather only had two taels of silver when he first came to Siam..."

Once again, Qiu Bowen’s father’s entrepreneurial history mentioned the difficulties their family faced in starting their own business. Who would go to Southeast Asia if they could have enough food to eat at home back then?
Anyone who has been able to accumulate a fortune must have endured countless hardships and sufferings.

Although Qiu Weilun is grateful for all this and for his grandfather's hard work, as an adult, he has his own choices.

Compared to inheriting a rice mill, a job that does not require any technical skills, he prefers his current job.

After all, the significance of this job is far beyond what the young master of a rice mill can compare to.

"Dad, it's just a rice mill. Anyone can do that business. But you don't know my current job. In the company, we and other engineers are conducting new research. Two years ago, we launched the world's first turboshaft engine. It was the world's first..."

Qiu Weilun talked to his father about science and the work he was doing.

……

Who will inherit the family business these days?

Whoever is willing to inherit, let him or her inherit it. It’s impossible for me to go anyway!
Until he entered the company, Qiu Weilun was still thinking about this question in his mind, but soon he put it behind him.

After all, compared to the rice mill, family business and other things, he loves his current job more. For example, the new engine being developed is the meaning of their work.

When entering the institute, Qiu Weilun's eyes involuntarily glanced at the display stand beside him - a GT-200 turboshaft engine. Although the display board reads "the world's first turbo engine", in fact... it is not. As early as during World War II, in order to provide better power for tanks, BMW transformed the immature BMW 003 jet engine into a GT 101 turboshaft engine, but in fact, it is not suitable for tanks, and it needs to adjust the output power very quickly.

So for a period of time after the war, people did not find a suitable use for turboshaft engines until the advent of helicopters. The lightweight and powerful turboshaft engines really seemed to be tailor-made for helicopters.

However, at the beginning, neither the military nor the enterprises paid attention to the turboshaft engine. Finally, it was at the suggestion of Anselm Franz that the company began research in this area. During World War II, he led the design of the world's first practical jet engine - Junkers' "Jumo" 004 engine.

After arriving at Nanyang, because Nanyang's jet engines mainly used British technology, Anselm Franz felt that he was somewhat useless, so he changed his track and aimed at the turboshaft engine studied during the war. Under his leadership, they designed the GT-200 turboshaft engine. Although it weighed only 165 kilograms, it could output 730 horsepower of shaft power. Immediately, at the request of the military, they began to develop a turboshaft engine with more powerful thrust. As soon as he walked out of the elevator, Qiu Weilun found that today seemed different from usual, so he hurried over to ask.

"Lin Yihui, what's going on? Why are everyone in the conference room?"

"Someone from the military has arrived and is reviewing our design."

Lin Yihui said as he walked towards the meeting.
"…Compared to the GT-200, the GT-300 has a much more complex structure and is also more efficient. Its compressor is a 5-stage axial flow type plus a 7.4-stage centrifugal type, with a total pressure ratio of 200, far exceeding that of the GT-200. And its turbine design is even more different from that of the GT-. Behind the two-stage turbine of the drive compressor are two-stage freely rotating power turbines…"

When he arrived at the conference room, Qiu Weilun, who was standing outside the door, heard chief designer Anselm explaining his design in Chinese.

"As the name implies, it can rotate freely. This is equivalent to the compressor, combustion chamber, and turbine forming the core engine. This core engine can create a strong high-pressure and high-temperature airflow that blows out from the turbine, and the freely rotating power turbine converts the energy in this strong airflow into shaft power output. The advantage of this design is that the power turbine is unbound from the core engine speed..."

The military representative was looking through the blueprints, occasionally asking about its performance data.

What weight, what power.

Qiu Weilun already knew these numbers. With a deadweight of 249 kg, it can output 1400 horsepower. Compared with the previous GT-200, its performance is obviously more advanced. It can even be described as a new era.

"1400 horsepower..."

Several military representatives looked at each other, and even though they were far apart, Qiu Weilun could see the joy in their eyes.

The military representative asked, staring at the engine drawing in front of him.

"When can a prototype be manufactured at the earliest?"

From their anxious tone, one can feel their urgency, and their sudden visit also shows that they are in great need of new engines.

After the military representatives left, Qiu Weilun asked curiously.

"Why are the military representatives coming here at this time? I didn't hear they were coming before."

“That’s because there was no war before.”

A colleague next to him whispered.

"I heard that they used the Z1 helicopter in Siam and the effect was very good, so they rushed over here in a hurry to ask about the progress of the new engine project. Well, if nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely develop a more advanced large helicopter and use our engine."

Many times, many things are like this. At the beginning, people cannot realize the role of some new things, but when it is put into use, at the right time, people will discover the power it contains.

This is the case with helicopters. Before this, helicopters were just a type of aircraft. However, now, the successful use of helicopters in the Siamese crisis has allowed the military to see a new opportunity - to establish an air force belonging to the army!

"A large helicopter? How big?"

Qiu Weilun asked with some curiosity.

"A 1400 horsepower engine... shouldn't be much bigger!"

(End of this chapter)